{"id":15,"age":null,"birthdate":null,"description":"Sir Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky, also once known under the alias of Rory B. Bellows, better known by his stage name Krusty the Clown (sometimes spelled as: Krusty the Klown), is the cynical, burnt-out, addiction-riddled smoking clown host of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie's favorite TV show The Krusty the Clown Show. He is a recurring character in The Simpsons and has a supporting role in The Simpsons Movie.","first_appearance_ep_id":12,"first_appearance_sh_id":35,"gender":"Male","name":"Krusty the Clown","occupation":"Television personality","phrases":["Hey hey, kids!","Hoohoohoohahaha!","Why you little!","Im Krusty The Clown! And I Love you!"],"portrait_path":"/character/15.webp","status":"Alive","first_appearance_ep":{"id":12,"airdate":"1990-04-29","description":"\"Krusty Gets Busted\" is the twelfth episode of Season 1. Kent Brockman, Judge Roy Snyder and Scott Christian make their first appearances in this episode. Kelsey Grammer makes his debut as Sideshow Bob.","episode_number":12,"image_path":"/episode/12.webp","name":"Krusty Gets Busted","season":1,"synopsis":"Bart and Lisa play amateur sleuth for their hero, Krusty the Clown, after he's accused of robbing the Kwik-E-Mart and Homer implicates him in the crime."},"first_appearance_sh":{"id":35,"airdate":"1989-01-15","description":"The Krusty the Clown Show is the thirty-fifth Simpsons short and originally aired on The Tracey Ullman Show on January 15, 1989.","episode_number":35,"image_path":"/short/35.webp","name":"The Krusty the Clown Show","season":3,"synopsis":"The kids get to watch The Krusty the Clown Show live although Bart suspects that Krusty is an imposter and exposes him."}}