Talk:Like Father, Like Clown

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DateProcessResult
July 5, 2009Good article nomineeListed
May 5, 2010Good topic candidatePromoted
Current status: Good article

Issue in Trivia Section[edit]

Regarding the current final entry in the trivia section:

Krusty claims his first big laugh came when he was a boy at yeshiva school impersonating his father. He is seen quoting from a book and the other boys are laughing at Krusty as he mouths off "Blah, blah, blah Moses, blah, blah Elijah." Krusty is supposedly illiterate. How he was a yeshiva student despite being unable to read is one of the many plot holes about Krusty.

He was mimicking his father by saying "Blah, blah, blah Moses, blah, blah Elijah", yes, but he was obviously not reading that out of a book but rather mentioning names frequently uttered during Jewish learning. --Valley2city₪‽ 03:08, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The text of the article ignores the possibility that Krusty can (or at the time could) read Hebrew but was illiterate in English. This is not an unheard-of phenomenon in haredi yeshivas even in America. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 14:20, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is true, and that was the explanation that occurred to me as well. Except that in subsequent episodes it seems like he can't read due to some disability, rather than lack of opportunity. And it seemed that he had been a gifted Yeshivah student. One would have to posit that Krusty subsequently sufferred minor brain damage from substance abuse or injury. (And indeed, this was an occupational hazzard for clowns. Thinking about Curly Howard.) (The extent of his illiteracy is also inconsistent from episode to episode. I agree that this is a glaring plot hole about Krusty and something that distracts me whenever it is referenced in an episode.) (But if the clown is also a bit demented, then anything is possible...)

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Like Father, Like Clown/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Hi, I reviewed this article for GA and made some minor copy editing changes; hopefully they are ok with the nominator. Please feel free to revert any errors I may have made. I find that the article passes the good article criteria.

GA review (see here for criteria)

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): Well written b (MoS): Follows relevant MoS
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): Well referenced b (citations to reliable sources): Sources are reliable c (OR): No OR
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): Covers major areas b (focused): Remains focused
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias: Neutral
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars etc.: Stable
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail: Pass

Congratulations!

—Mattisse (Talk) 20:30, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your edits to the article (Scorpion is away right now, so I'm thanking you on his behalf as well). :) Theleftorium 20:40, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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