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*{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy & Marge}} | *{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy & Marge}} | ||
*{{ep|Old Money}} | *{{ep|Old Money}} | ||
| − | *{{ep|Brush | + | *{{ep|Brush with Greatness}} |
| + | *{{ep|Colonel Homer}} | ||
*{{ep|Separate Vocations}} | *{{ep|Separate Vocations}} | ||
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror III}} | *{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror III}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|22 Short Films About Springfield}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)}} | ||
*{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)}} | *{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|I'm with Cupid}} | ||
*{{ep|My Sister, My Sitter}} | *{{ep|My Sister, My Sitter}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Skinner's Sense of Snow}} | ||
*{{ep|The Frying Game}} | *{{ep|The Frying Game}} | ||
| − | *{{ | + | *{{ep|My Mother the Carjacker}} |
| + | *{{ep|All's Fair in Oven War}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Day of the Jackanapes}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Bart Has Two Mommies}} | ||
*{{ep|The Wettest Stories Ever Told}} | *{{ep|The Wettest Stories Ever Told}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Regarding Margie}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Jazzy and the Pussycats}} | ||
| + | *{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVII}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|The Wife Aquatic}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Little Big Girl}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Springfield Up}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Rome-Old and Julie-Eh}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Marge Gamer}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Homerazzi}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Crook and Ladder}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|24 Minutes}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Dial "N" for Nerder}} | ||
*{{ep|All About Lisa}} | *{{ep|All About Lisa}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|The Great Wife Hope}} | ||
| + | *{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XX}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|The Devil Wears Nada}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Rednecks and Broomsticks}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Once Upon a Time in Springfield}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|The Color Yellow}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Moe Letter Blues}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|The Bob Next Door}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Judge Me Tender}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Treehouse of Horror XXI}} | ||
*{{ep|The Fool Monty}} | *{{ep|The Fool Monty}} | ||
| − | *{{ep|Love is a Many | + | *{{ep|A Midsummer's Nice Dream}} |
| + | *{{ep|Love is a Many Strangled Thing}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|The Great Simpsina}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|The Real Housewives of Fat Tony}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Homer Scissorhands}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|The Falcon and the D'ohman}} | ||
*{{ep|Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts}} | *{{ep|Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|The Food Wife}} | ||
*{{ep|The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants}} | *{{ep|The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|The Ten-Per-Cent Solution}} | ||
*{{ep|Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson}} | *{{ep|Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson}} | ||
| − | *{{ep|Moe Goes | + | *{{ep|The D'oh-cial Network}} |
| + | *{{ep|Moe Goes from Rags to Riches}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|At Long Last Leave}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|How I Wet Your Mother}} | ||
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| + | *{{game|The Simpsons Road Rage}} | ||
| + | *{{game|The Simpsons: Hit and Run}} | ||
| + | *{{game|The Simpsons Game}} | ||
*{{bon|Comic Fan No More}} | *{{bon|Comic Fan No More}} | ||
*{{bon|Hanukkah at Schtickfair}} | *{{bon|Hanukkah at Schtickfair}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:33, July 1, 2012
- Sideshow Mel redirects here. For the chocolate, see Sideshow Mel (chocolate)
- "Lisa, applause is an addiction, like heroin - or checking your e-mail."
- ―Sideshow Mel[src]
Melvin Van Horne
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Character Information
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Melvin Van Horne, better known as Sideshow Mel, is Krusty's sidekick on The Krusty the Clown Show. When not in character, Mel speaks in a grandiose/posh Shakespearean accent and owns poodles.
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Biography
Mel joined the cast of The Krusty the Clown Show to replace Sideshow Bob in April 1990, who was sent to prison for attempting to frame Krusty for armed robbery the previous month. It seems that Krusty unceremoniously replaced Bob with someone even stranger-looking than he was.
Sideshow Mel uses a slide whistle to communicate on camera. When not in character, Mel speaks in a grandiose British/Shakespearean accent and owns poodles. His main accomplishment so far has been successfully removing Waylon Smithers from suspicion of having shot Mr. Burns.[3] Off-screen, Mel is generally very eloquent, educated, poetic and intelligent, with a beautiful singing voice-it is implied that, as with Sideshow Bob before him, his true talents are wasted on Krusty's show. When Lisa Simpson won the "Entertainer of the Year Award"; it was revealed that Melvin also won the award previously for his portrayal of Biff in Death of a Salesman, but his desire to keep his stardom eventually led him to become the sidekick he is today.[4] He was once forced to conduct an orchestra of kazoo-playing monkeys. When he pleaded with Krusty to not force him to do it, Krusty simply shouted at him to "shut up and conduct!"
Religion and Education
Little is known about Mel. He is a Cornell University graduate and an Atheist (though he is occasionally seen at the Presbylutheran church). It is also shown that Mel could be a recovering alcoholic as he had attended several Alcoholic Anonymous meetings.
Hair
Aside from the bone, Mel has curly green hair in a sort of beehive-like style similar to Marge's only shorter and rounded at the top,his hair also appears to be "fashioned/poised/set" in an upward position because it seems to sit atop his head showing that he has no sideburns or even a hair "tail". Mel perpetually wears a bone in his hair which may or may not be permanently affixed. He once warned Lisa Simpson not to use a bone to try and get gum out of her hair, as he did and it became permanently stuck there.[5] However, he was once seen removing the bone and using it as a weapon during a duel. When Springfield was trapped under a dome by the EPA, he was also seen removing the bone and whacking it at the dome.[6] Bart also took the bone out of his hair pranking Martin Prince. He indicated that he could feel meteorological conditions in the bone, such as incoming storms.[7] Before he got his bone, Mel was famous in both London and Hollywood and was able to comb his hair.
Disabilities
Bart Simpson found out that Mel is lactose-intolerant. Krusty once poured liquid nitrogen down Mel's pants and cracked his buttocks with a hammer.
Family
He may be married to or living with a woman named Barbara with whom he wished to purchase a house from Marge Simpson.[8] Mel once complained that Barbara no longer pleasured him with the French Arts.[9] Mel also has a son (that looks exactly like him but has no bone in his hair) who's name was/is never mentioned directly or indirectly. Mel's last name of Van Horne may suggest his family is of Dutch/Afrikaner origin.
Krusty reveals to Mel that he has been secretly dating Mel's wife, and that he wants to dump her after 11 years since the thrill is gone.[10]
Other jobs
After Krusty's show was cancelled following the rise of Gabbo, Mel worked at a taco stand where he initially refused Krusty's pleas to return to his show.
He was the jury foreman for the Mona Simpson trial. The jury was sequestered at a Quality Inn which "more than lived up to its name." [11]
Appearances
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Gallery
- Mel.jpg
Mel's natural hair
- SideshowMelSon.jpg
Mel's son
- Mel and Barbara.jpg
Mel's wife
References
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The Krusty the Clown Show
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| Main cast | ||
| Krusty the Clown • Sideshow Mel • Mr. Teeny | ||
| Other cast | ||
| Tina Ballerina • Clown doctor • Ms. No Means No • Corporal Punishment | ||
| Former cast | ||
| Sideshow Bob • Sideshow Leonard Cohen • Holly Hippie • Princess Penelope • Sideshow Luke Perry • Sideshow Raheem • Bart Simpson • Lisa Simpson • Sideshow Agent Tom Stovak | ||
| Guest cast | ||
| Battery • Professor Gas Can • George Meany • Robert Frost • Hyman Krustofsky • Miami Sound Machine • Madame Mimi • Ravi Shankar • Sophie • Stingy | ||
| Staff | ||
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Krusty Comeback Special Stars
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| Krusty the Clown • Sideshow Mel • Luke Perry • Red Hot Chili Peppers • Johnny Carson • Hugh Hefner • Bette Midler |
