Krusty the Clown - An illiterate, rowdy green-haired clown on the animated cartoon THE SIMPSONS/FOX/1989+. Krusty the Clown was the favorite TV personality of Bart Simpson (Krusty No. 16302), a bratty little kid who lived in the town of Springfield, USA. Krusty's TV show assistants included Side-Show Mel, Corporal Punishment, Tina the Ballerina, his backup band Krusty and the Ktums and Krusty's faithful secretary, Miss Penny Candy. The "Krusty the Clown" program featured ax-throwing stunts and cartoons like "Itchy and Scratchy" (a bloodier version of "Tom and Jerry"). In one cartoon, Itchy ran over Scratchy with farm harvesting equipment and then played ball with his decapitated head. Despite, the gore, kids loved Krusty. He was so popular that Izzy's Deli, a local eatery honored Krusty with his own sandwich that consisted of "ham, sausage, bacon with a smidge of mayo on white bread." Krusty's entrepreneurial spirit once inspired a creation of a kids summer camp. Upon arriving at "Camp Krusty," Lisa Simpson wrote a letter home to her parents. It read: "Dear Mom, I no longer fear Hell for I've been to Camp Krusty...Save us. Save us now!" Krusty the Clown got his start in showbiz in the 1960s when he appeared on PULVER LAWN PRODUCTS PRESENTS THE CLOWNS OF TOMORROW. During a 1991 episode Krusty's real name was revealed as Herschel Schmoikel Krustofski, and that he was born to Jewish parents on the Eastside of Springfield. His father, Rabbi Hyman Krustofski (voice of Jackie Mason) disapproved of his son aspiring to be a clown. In a parody right out of The Jazz Singer (1927), Krusty told his father "I wanna make people laugh." Unfortunately, his father responded "Selzer is for drinking, pies is for eating." When the Rabbi discovered his son performing at a Rabbi Convention in the Catskill Mountains, (twisting balloons into images of the Star of David and Menoras), he refused to ever speak with his son again. However, with the assistance of Bart and Lisa Simpson, their twenty-five years of silence ended and the two were happily reunited. Some Krusty Stats: Krusty's family arrived on Ellis Island in 1902. Krusty lived in a large mansion called “Shtickfair” until he lost it to the IRS, Krusty is chain smoker and suffered a heart attack that forced him to wear a pacemaker. Krusty has a vertical scar on his chest from the heart surgery and a superfluous third nipple. During the Gulf War Krusty entertained the troops at a USO program and met a shy soldier with chestnut brown hair and 22 confirmed kills. They had a short fling that produced a cute little girl named Sophie [she plays the violin].