Difference between revisions of "Untitled Itchy & Scratchy cartoon (Whacking Day)"
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− | |episode="[[Whacking Day]]"
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− | |director={{w|Oliver Stone}}
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− | An '''untitled episode''' of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' was seen in "[[Whacking Day]]". The episode was directed by guest director {{w|Oliver Stone}}.
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− | == Plot ==
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− | A handcuffed [[Scratchy]] is being led through a crowd by two plainclothed law enforcement officials. [[Itchy]] leaps out from the crowd, draws a gun and shoots Scratchy. The screen freezes just as the bullet hits Scratchy, and we hear someone say "He’s got a gun!"
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− | ==Behind the laughter==
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− | *The episode parodies the 1991 film ''{{w|JFK (film)|JFK}}'', which was directed by Oliver Stone.
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− | *The episode is also a re-enactment of the shooting of {{w|Lee Harvey Oswald}} by {{w|Jack Ruby}} two days after Oswald assassinated U.S. President {{w|John F. Kennedy}}. The episode casts Scratchy as Oswald and Itchy as Ruby.
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− | *In real life, a photo of the moment when Ruby's bullet hit Oswald (the point at which the screen freezes in the cartoon) became a {{w|Robert H. Jackson (photographer)|Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph}}.
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− | == Appearances ==
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− | * {{Ep|Whacking Day}}
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− | [[Category:The Itchy & Scratchy Show episodes]]
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Latest revision as of 16:20, January 6, 2019