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'''[[John Swartzwelder]]''' (born November 16, [[1950]]) is a writer for the animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He is credited with writing the largest number of ''Simpsons'' episodes. John was one of several writers recruited to The Simpsons from the pages of [[George Meyer]]'s ''[[Army Man]]'' magazine.
 
  
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Beginning with the show's sixth season, Swartzwelder no longer attended rewrites with the rest of the staff, having been given special dispensation to send in his drafts from home and let the other writers revise them.
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'''Krusty's Clown College''' is a college that trains people to become [[Krusty]] actors. The college used to be {{Ch|Willie Nelson}}'s house.
  
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According to his longtime collaborators on ''The Simpsons'', [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]], Swartzwelder is a huge fan of [[Preston Sturges]] films and loves "anything old-timey American." This vaguely defined aesthetic presents itself in many of the episodes he's written, in the form of wandering hobos, Prohibition-era speakeasies, carnies, 19th-century baseball players, aging Western movie stars, and Sicilian gangsters.
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When [[Krusty]] was struggling financially, his accountant, {{ap|Bill|Homie the Clown}}, suggested that Krusty could open a clown college to train some regional Krustys. At first, Krusty was against the idea and decided that he would instead cut back on condor egg omelets. However, Bill decided to get the college founded anyway.
  
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According to the DVD commentaries, he used to write episodes while sitting at a booth in his favorite restaurant "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes" (Matt Groening). When the state of California passed an anti-smoking law, Swartzwelder bought a diner booth and installed it in his house, allowing him to smoke and write in peace.
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As [[Homer]] was driving along the freeway, he noticed a billboard for Krusty's Clown College. At first, Homer dismissed it as clown college wasn't something he could eat. However, the billboard kept playing on his mind, and he kept imagining people as clowns. During dinner with his family, Homer made a circus tent out of mashed potatoes and then decided that he would go to clown college...
  
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Krusty's Clown College is a college that trains people to become Krusty actors. The college used to be Willie Nelson's house.

When Krusty was struggling financially, his accountant, Bill, suggested that Krusty could open a clown college to train some regional Krustys. At first, Krusty was against the idea and decided that he would instead cut back on condor egg omelets. However, Bill decided to get the college founded anyway.

As Homer was driving along the freeway, he noticed a billboard for Krusty's Clown College. At first, Homer dismissed it as clown college wasn't something he could eat. However, the billboard kept playing on his mind, and he kept imagining people as clowns. During dinner with his family, Homer made a circus tent out of mashed potatoes and then decided that he would go to clown college...

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