Season

9

Production Code

5F10

Episode Number

0

Airdate

21 February 1998

Writer

Donick Cary

Director

Mike B. Anderson

Executive Producer

Mike Scully

DVD Commentary

Matt Groening
Mike Scully
George Meyer
Ron Hauge
Donick Cary
Yeardley Smith
Jay Leno
Mike B. Anderson

Editor

Gary M. Gadsdon

Plot When at a comedy bash, Krusty realizes that his material is outdated and no longer funny, reading the review, he goes out on an all night bender. Bart finds Krusty passed out on the Flanders' lawn where Bart drags him to his room, where after seeing all of Bart's Krusty merchandise, he realizes that when he could've been working on his act, he was too busy selling out. Krusty adopts a new "tell it like it is" persona, and becomes a hit, but when he is offered a free Canyonero Krusty returns back to selling out.