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Krusty has his own show: The Krusty the Klown Show, which is aimed towards a children's audience and has many followers, including Bart Simpson.

Some of the early details of Krusty's career have been revealed in clips, but many have been contradictory.

For example, Krusty once revealed that he was banned from television for consecutive 10-and 22-year periods taking him from 1957 to 89.

Another episode shows a rerun of Krusty's show from 1961 in which he interviews AFL-CIO president George Meany.

Krusty's show has gone through various phases: a clip from 1963 shows Krusty interviewing Robert Frost then dumping a load of snow on the poet.

The show later took a different turn, featuring Ravi Shankar as a guest and having Krusty howl a drugged-out version of The Doors ' " Break on Through ( To the Other Side )" in 1973.

By the 1980s, the show had devolved into a children's entertainment show.

During the series, the Krusty the Klown Show is shown to be aimed almost entirely at children and features many characters, including Sideshow Mel, Mr. Teeny, Tina Ballerina and Corporal Punishment.

Sideshow Bob used to be Krusty's main sidekick, but years of constant abuse led to Bob framing Krusty for armed robbery, although Bob was eventually foiled by Bart.

Bob has since been replaced by Sideshow Mel, who has remained loyal to Krusty.

He seems to retire from and then get back into show business repeatedly throughout his career.

His most recent retirement was almost permanent because of recently paroled Sideshow Bob's latest scheme – wiring plastic explosives to a hypnotized Bart and sending him up on stage.

When Krusty makes a tribute to Bob at the last minute, however, Bob has a change of heart and stops Bart from fulfilling his mission.

Bob and Krusty later reconciled, with Krusty exclaiming that Bob's attempts at Krusty's life make his ratings shoot through the roof.