 "D'oh! The Simpsons series kills off a character, fans say 'why him!'")
The longest-running American sitcom and one of the popular animated series The Simpsons killed off a character in their Season 26 premiere. [caption id=“attachment_1737141” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Rabbi Krustofski (left) with his son Krusty the clown. Courtesy: Twitter[/caption] However, it was minor character Rabbi Krustofski who kicked the bucket in the episode. Krustofski was the father of Krusty the clown, who was a prominent character in The Simpsons. As Mashable reported, even though the Rabbi had appeared in only six episodes before his death in the season premiere, the Simpsons fans did not take his death very well. People on Twitter generally responded negatively to the Rabbi’s death, with some people mourning the Rabbi’s death to some severely criticising the animated series of a cheap publicity stunt.
Mona: "So they killed you off for a cheap ratings stunt too?"
— Don_East: 𝐸𝑒𝓅𝓎 𝐸𝑒𝓋𝑒𝑒 (@TheRealDonEast) September 29, 2014
Rabbi Krustofski: "Yeah."
We mourn the loss of revered cartoon Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky, voiced by Jackie Mason. The... http://t.co/PehOwp1QeO pic.twitter.com/NSYiX2M7ts
— The Jewish Standard (@JewishStandard) September 29, 2014
RABBI KRUSTOFSKI NOOOO :( #TheSimpsons
— RetroK"YEAH"283 (@KennyT83) September 29, 2014
Even though some people thought that Krusty himself was going to die in the episode, most of the people on Twitter had guessed the demise of his father.
My prediction for whom they kill off is Rabbi Krustofski, Krusty's dad. I have a strong feeling about it #TheSimpsons
— R✨zzyMaedotJPEG🐀🫧🖤 (@RachMae_CMYK) September 28, 2014
I predict that the character that will die in the Simpsons will be Rabbi Krustofski.
— Cesar Perez (@Cesarmania1987) September 29, 2014
While mourning the loss of Rabbi Hyman Krustofski, in the season 26 premiere, the show also honoured late comedienne Joan Rivers with a brief tribute. An animated version of Rivers, 81, was featured briefly among a group of people in ‘Jewish Heaven’ based on the imagination of Krusty who just lost his father. (With inputs from PTI)
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