Like Father, Like Clown/References

References/Trivia

Season 3 Episode References

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Cultural references

This episodes title and plot is a parody of the saying: "Like father, like son."
According to Lisa, Lauren Bacall, Dinah Shore, William Shatner and Mel Brooks are all Jewish.

This is the first episode that truly focuses on Krusty the Clown.
This episode shows the whole entire cast of The Krusty the Clown Show.
This episode marks the first time Jackie Mason guest starred on The Simpsons, as Hyman Krustofsky. He would later come back and voice the character again several other times.
Krusty reveals his real name is Herschel Krustofski.

When Krusty pulls Mr. Teeny out of his bag he tells the chimp to go wait in the car, but when Krusty leaves there is no car outside and in the next scene he is also walking home. (The bag has also disappeared.)
After Krusty starts crying at the dinner table, Homer asks if he will finish his meatloaf, but there is no meatloaf on his plate.

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