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3.07sGood evening, I'm Scott Christian. Kent Brockman is off tonight.
4sWhy did the clown cross the road ? To rob a Kwik-E-Mart.
4.14sThe news story behind that enigmatic half-joke right after this commercial message.
2.14sWait a minute. Bart, you know that guy on your lunch box ?
2sOh, you mean, Krusty the Clown ?
1.43sHe's sort of a hero of yours, isn't he ?
0.94sAre you kidding ?
3.27sHe's my idol. I've based my whole life on Krusty's teachings.
3.37s- Uh, maybe you'd better run off to bed.
- Krusty the Clown is behind bars...
2.6safter a daring twilight robbery of a local Kwik-E-Mart.
0.06sKrusty !
1.84sOh, no !
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2.31sEarlier this evening, the Springfield SWAT team...
3.07sapprehended the TV clown, who appears on a rival station...
2.17sopposite our own Emmy Award-winning Hobo Hank.
3.6sAnd just in, actual footage of the crime...
2.47staken with the Kwik-E-Mart security camera.