On Mastodon, Geoge Takei linked to a story about a Jeopardy answer (that is, question), that got the “real name” of Sideshow Bob wrong. Sideshow Bob, as any longtime fan of The Simpsons (now in its 800th season) knows, is the murderous sidekick of Krusty the Clown.
The incorrect question as it appeared on the show:
The inspiration for the character’s name, from the writers of the episode that revealed his real name:
All well and good so far. Jeopardy put in some u’s instead of o’s. But the site (comicsands.com, which is part of Takei’s media holdings) then went on to include this:
Good ol’ Krust the Clown1Takei got repeatedly dunked on Masotdon for this, in case you were wondering. I’ve used screenshots because the typo will likely be fixed in the future. The internet never forgets..
Anyway, this is a long way to go to point out a minor typo, but I gotta get the post count here up. Also, Krust the Clown just sounds funny.
