Kamp Krusty

Crisis in Kamp Krusty (English Original title: Kamp Krusty ) is the first episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

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Action

Children Bart and Lisa speak at the end of the school year excited about their visit to Kamp Krusty, a summer camp by Krusty the Clown. Father Homer makes Bart's visit there the condition that he gets at least an average score of C in his testimony. However, Bart receives a D in each subject, which is why he changed all the notes in an A, but in order to be able to drive away. When Homer later Barts notes look and noticed his attempt at forgery, he scolds indeed with him, but lets him go to the camp to him not to have the whole summer with him yet.

After Bart, Lisa and the other children are, however, arrived in Kamp Krusty, Krusty their idol is not there. In addition, the lake, the cabins are poorly built, too dangerous to swim in, and the Springfield school bat Dolph, Jimbo and Kearney let the kids do heavy work. At the same time Homer and Marge enjoy their summer alone, where Homer loses weight and his hair grows exceptionally. Although Lisa her parents wrote a letter about the brutal conditions in the camp, they do not believe her and think of an exaggeration on their part. Beard hopes during which the fact that his model Krusty sometime but will come and save him.

After camp leader Mr. Black told the children, Krusty would come, but only a disguised Barney Gumble appears, Bart starts a riot at the camp and sells Mr. Black and the school clubs. As a television reporter Kent Brockman about the camp and reported as a leader Bart, Homer fall at random seeing the reportage out his hair and he suddenly takes on weight. Then Krusty is also aware of the abuses in the camp, visited the camp and apologizes to the children. As compensation for their experiences he wants, go with them to the " happiest place on earth ," namely, Tijuana. The episode ends with overlays of photos showing the visit to Mexico.

Cultural references

Several parts of the plot are the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh by Allan Sherman taken, in which a child moves into a camp and hates this. A scene in which Lisa gives a man on a horse a bottle of whiskey, is a reference to a scene with Meryl Streep in the film The French Lieutenant's. Some elements of the sequence ( a pig's head on a spear, children have primitive weapons and wearing war paint and a burning doll ) are references to the novel Lord of the Flies. The scenes of the camp in chaos and Krusty and Bart's meeting similar to the movie Apocalypse Now. The entire plot of the episode also similar to the video game Bart Simpson 's Escape from Camp Deadly from the year 1991.

Production

The idea that Bart and Lisa to a camp Krusty the clown, walking, was first described by David M. Stern. Several animators of the series were delighted with the result, as some had been more than children in a summer camp. The authors found, it would be fun to see how Homer and Marge's marriage is better than ever before, while their children are elsewhere. Mark Kirkland, a director of the episode, was sure that the figure of the camp director Mr. Black would appear one more time in the series; they did not do it, however.

After producer James L. Brooks looked at the finished result, he called to the authors and proposed to use the script of the episode for a feature film for the series. However, the sequence is so short that, inter alia as a result of the played song about Kamp Xiangsu to many verses would need to be extended in order to achieve the minimum time of a movie. In addition, the result should be the first of the season, leading to the production of a film would have more difficult. Showrunner Al Jean told Brooks then: "First of all, if we make it into the movie then we do not have a premiere, and second if we can not make 18 minutes out of this episode how are we Supposed to make 80? " ( German: " First of all, if we make it into the movie, then we have no premiere, and secondly, if we can not make 18 minutes of this episode, how can we make 80? " ) together with the subsequent episode the stage is set for margin crisis in Kamp Krusty was a remnant of the production period of the last third season. She was the last produced episode of this period as well as the animation company Klasky Csupo, before the production of the animation changed to Film Roman.

Synchronization

Publication and reception

The episode Kamp Krusty crisis was first broadcast on 24 September 1992 on American broadcaster Fox. Your Original Air came in the Nielsen ratings for the week of September 21 to 27 in 1992 with a rating of 13.5 on the 24th place of all U.S. television broadcasts, which is about 12.6 million TV households corresponded. She had thus the highest rating of all shipments on Fox this week. The German -speaking Original episode took place on 14 April 1994 on the ProSieben.

Reviews

Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book I Can not Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, written result: "A bit baffling to non -Americans unfamiliar with the summer camp System. But top grade stuff Nonetheless. Anyone who's worked as a counselor in seeking a place can testify to this episode 's authenticity " ( German: ". . A bit confusing for not using the summer camp system familiar non-Americans, but still first-class stuff Anyone who as a as a consultant. place worked, the authenticity of this sequence can testify. " )

"The season opener of The Simpsons ' fourth season Has lost none of its freshness, wit or boldness over the years. It's timeless in the best possible sense, 22 minutes of hilarious anarchy did more than stands the test of time. ' Kamp Krusty ' would SEEM to set the bar prohibitively high but a mere glance at the episodes to come, 'A Streetcar Named Marge, ' ' Homer The Heretic, ' and ' Lisa The Beauty Queen' are the next three episodes - Suggests otherwise. God bless you, The Simpsons. You were truly doing God's work. "

" The season premiere of the fourth season of The Simpsons has lost none of its freshness, insight or impudence over the years. It is timeless in the best possible sense, 22 minutes from hilarious anarchy that is more than the test of time. , Kamp Krusty ' seemed to set the bar incredibly high, but a look at the coming episodes, A Streetcar Named Marge, Homer The Heretic "and Lisa The Beauty Queen' are the next three episodes, suggests otherwise. God bless you, The Simpsons. You really tatst God's work. "