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28-08-2008, 06:00 AM
Sideshow Mel
Sideshow Mel, full name Melvin Van Horne (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), is Krusty the Clown's sidekick. He replaced Sideshow Bob after Bob was incarcerated for framing Krusty for armed robbery. Mel's hiring was never explicitly shown in the series and his full name was only revealed when he announced himself whilst trying to solve the mystery of who shot Mr. Burns in the episode Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two) and in the episode All About Lisa on the portrait of Sideshow Mel in the past. He first appeared in "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge", shortly after Sideshow Bob was sent to prison, filling the exact role that Bob once did. Little is known about Mel. He is a Cornell University graduate, and a former Gulp 'n Blow employee. Sideshow Mel is revealed, in the episode entitled All About Lisa, to have been the winner of the prestigious Springfield Entertainer of the Year award. The intoxication of applause made him reduce himself to ridiculous behavior for laughter, which he compared to heroin. Sideshow Mel uses a slide whistle to communicate on camera just like Bob. When not in character, Mel speaks in a grandiose British/Shakespearean accent (Castellaneta's play on Kelsey Grammer's character, Sideshow Bob) and owns poodles. When Springfield inhabitants form an angry mob, Mel often takes a leading role. Mel perpetually wears a bone in his hair which was revealed in "22 Short Films About Springfield" to be from a failed attempt to remove gum from his hair; however, in Bart of War the bone is shown as removable when Mel takes it out of his hair and uses it as a weapon. He also uses it to bat at the dome in The Simpsons Movie almost immediately after it is first laid over the town. It was also removed by Bart in Dial 'N' for Nerder. In "Homerazzi" it was revealed that Mel was in a bitter custody battle and that he has a son, who looks just like him except without a bone in his hair. In "I'm With Cupid", he reveals he has a wife called Barbara, who appears in "Realty Bites". She is revealed to be giving birth in the episode All About Lisa, suggesting that Mel has at least two children.
In the 19th season's finale it is revealed that Sideshow Mel once played Biff in the Broadway play "Death of a Salesman".
Sideshow Mel is often subject to abuse by Krusty, just as Sideshow Bob was before him. Such occurrences include 'Krusty's Slide', where he is forced into a mixture of laundry detergent and rancid Bearnaise sauce; another unseen one is in "Krusty Gets Kancelled" where he states that Krusty once poured liquid nitrogen down his pants and cracked his buttocks with a hammer.
Sideshow Mel, full name Melvin Van Horne (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), is Krusty the Clown's sidekick. He replaced Sideshow Bob after Bob was incarcerated for framing Krusty for armed robbery. Mel's hiring was never explicitly shown in the series and his full name was only revealed when he announced himself whilst trying to solve the mystery of who shot Mr. Burns in the episode Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two) and in the episode All About Lisa on the portrait of Sideshow Mel in the past. He first appeared in "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge", shortly after Sideshow Bob was sent to prison, filling the exact role that Bob once did. Little is known about Mel. He is a Cornell University graduate, and a former Gulp 'n Blow employee. Sideshow Mel is revealed, in the episode entitled All About Lisa, to have been the winner of the prestigious Springfield Entertainer of the Year award. The intoxication of applause made him reduce himself to ridiculous behavior for laughter, which he compared to heroin. Sideshow Mel uses a slide whistle to communicate on camera just like Bob. When not in character, Mel speaks in a grandiose British/Shakespearean accent (Castellaneta's play on Kelsey Grammer's character, Sideshow Bob) and owns poodles. When Springfield inhabitants form an angry mob, Mel often takes a leading role. Mel perpetually wears a bone in his hair which was revealed in "22 Short Films About Springfield" to be from a failed attempt to remove gum from his hair; however, in Bart of War the bone is shown as removable when Mel takes it out of his hair and uses it as a weapon. He also uses it to bat at the dome in The Simpsons Movie almost immediately after it is first laid over the town. It was also removed by Bart in Dial 'N' for Nerder. In "Homerazzi" it was revealed that Mel was in a bitter custody battle and that he has a son, who looks just like him except without a bone in his hair. In "I'm With Cupid", he reveals he has a wife called Barbara, who appears in "Realty Bites". She is revealed to be giving birth in the episode All About Lisa, suggesting that Mel has at least two children.
In the 19th season's finale it is revealed that Sideshow Mel once played Biff in the Broadway play "Death of a Salesman".
Sideshow Mel is often subject to abuse by Krusty, just as Sideshow Bob was before him. Such occurrences include 'Krusty's Slide', where he is forced into a mixture of laundry detergent and rancid Bearnaise sauce; another unseen one is in "Krusty Gets Kancelled" where he states that Krusty once poured liquid nitrogen down his pants and cracked his buttocks with a hammer.