Absolutely classic, it's hard to nail it down but this maybe the funniest Simpsons episode just non stop hilarity, like when he just burns a pearl necklace to light a smoke.
@@miamitten1123 The Harlem Globetrotters are a basketball exhibition team with staged matches, most famously against the Washington Generals. Since the games are predetermined, the Generals have won maybe 3 matches since the 1950's.
I scream things like this in the same exasperated manner at the TV/phone when I'm gambling on sports all the time. This is the single best scene in the whole show LOL
No, I think it’s supposed to be the Generals’ basket he scores in, emphasising further how ridiculously staged the routine is - and how stupid Krusty was to bet against the Globetrotters.
Krusty saying "I thought the Generals were due" is the most hilarious line.... betting against the Globetrotters in a match with a predetermined outcome 😂
The outcome isnt predetermined. The Washington Generals play real when they have the ball. But they back down when the Globetrotters have it, so around 30% of the game is "real". Of course that still means nearly every game is won by the Globetrotters, but once in a while the Generals actually win. (And the audience ususlly is confused)
So, not being a basketball fan or an American, it was only many years later that I actually fully understood the fact that they were an exhibition team, making the joke a lot funnier 🤣
Every kid who grew up in the United States in the 1970s knew who the Harlem Globetrotters were because not only were they a comedy exhibition team who always beat the Generals, but they also had a syndicated nationally broadcast cartoon they played every Saturday morning. So anybody who was 11 or 12 years old in the mid 1970s would, as adults in the 1990s instantly get that joke and find it hilarious.
@@mandyward5372maybe he really cares about his client or maybe Krusty's incoming financial meltdown ain't gonna look pretty in his CV when seeking for his next job.
I remember when the Harlem Globetrotters came to my elementary school. I asked my teacher "Do we have cancer?" Because you know ... Someone famous coming to see kids ......got paddled for that but they gave me a ride home from school 😂😂
At 0:09, “HE'S SPINNIN' THE BALL ON HIS FINGER!!!!! JUST TAKE IT!!!!! TAKE THE BALL!!!!!" (The Harlem Globetrotters score) "That game was fixed! They were using a freaking ladder, for God sakes!"
0:09 as a small 6 years old Serbian kid watching this episode on VHS in the year 2000, this part always slayed me with laughter even tho I didn't understand English yet Just the cheerful whistling, the Globetrotter player smiling while the Generals are struggling, Krusty YELLING and being frustrated at that for some reason, it just looked and sounded hysterical to me lol
In fairness, it probably still keeps flying over the heads of many outside of USA not at all versed intto the basketball culture. I didn't even know that it was an exhibition match with a predetermined outcome, making Krusty even more Epic Fail here.
When I got to go to a Globetrotters game in the 80's I also thought they were just amazingly good. I asked my parents why they don't join the NBA and dominate it. Thankfully they just said "I don't know." and avoided spoiling the magic.
You'd think that whoever was taking bets would have told Krusty that they (likely) wouldn't be taking bets on a *staged* exhibition match yet Krusty kept insisting it or wasn'tt having none of it 'till they gave up and let him bet? Then again, there are less than competent people at such positions like the ticket clerk who bought into the guy buying tthe entire stadium's worth of tickets "Can I pay the rest later?" -"Sure!"
@@shorewall Yes, any sane man would have used the money he made from the franchise and pay back the mob to get them off his back. Not Krusty, though, he just HAD to bet every cent he had on a team against the Globetrotters because he 'thought they were due'.
Having researched about the Harlem Globetrotters, and finding out that out of 10,000 games against the Washington Generals they only lost about 5 or 6… I now realise how hilarious that was from the show writers 😅
How does no one realize “that game was fixed. They were using a freakin ladder for god sake.” May be one of the funniest lines in this show. It sums up in one line what every gambler thinks when they lose after not doing the slightest bit of research lol
Just thought of something, but when he kicked the ball backwards into the basket, he kicked it into the other team's goal, scoring for the other team. But Simpson logic, moving on......
"Kids have a lot of money these days. So after you've finished your performance, you might want to consider robbing them!" It's true kids do have a lot of money these days.
My son watched a video of Handyman Hal with the Harlem Globetrotters today, I thought of this very joke in this very episode, and hours later it is recommended to me...
thats not even the funniest part. Its the fact that it was THE GENERALS. Who are literally used solely to make parody games with the Globetrotters. Its literally justa show for the audience with the Globetrotters doing silly stuff while the generals "try to play seriously"(but arent trying to win they really are just a foil for the globetrotters to show of)
"I thought the Generals were due!" Possibly the lamest excuse from anyone who would foolishly bet everything they've got against the Harlem Globetrotters.
Trust me they don't need latters. I met George Gervin in San Marcos, Tx one time, actually a few times, I thought I was tall, no I wasn't. I was 6feet at the time. It was nothing compared to him.
No one else has realized that technically the Generals are the worst team in sports history? They are like on a 1,500+ game LOSING streak to the Harlem Globetrotters 😂 Krusty should've known
i am - in all and complete honesty - unable to hear that song that NOT quote this scene. …….. It has become a problem. I have ruined numerous social interactions because of it 😅😅😅😅 LOL
The Simpsons has done that old "driving away offscreen" gag numerous times, but this is probably the best instance out of all of them!
It's one of those jokes that never gets unfunny.
Lies again? Mountain Blast Powerade Strong
This one included the ol airplane flyaway gag
Clarence Thomas, by the end of the next week.
When he’s done in there, I gotta go.
"I thought the Generals were due" is one of the funniest lines in the Simpsons. I say it every time I get something wrong
Absolutely classic, it's hard to nail it down but this maybe the funniest Simpsons episode just non stop hilarity, like when he just burns a pearl necklace to light a smoke.
@@Lawgang94 I thought he said doomed
@@Lawgang94 It's 100% in the top ten.
@@Lawgang94 explain it. I don’t get it.
@@miamitten1123 The Harlem Globetrotters are a basketball exhibition team with staged matches, most famously against the Washington Generals. Since the games are predetermined, the Generals have won maybe 3 matches since the 1950's.
*HE’S SPINNING THE BALL ON HIS FINGER! JUST TAKE IT! TAKE THE BALL!*
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Krusty’s funniest line. The level of desperation and bewilderment in his voice is amazing.
That game was fixed!
Yeah everybody's a couch coach.
I scream things like this in the same exasperated manner at the TV/phone when I'm gambling on sports all the time. This is the single best scene in the whole show LOL
Is there a need to shout?
The 'Driving away offscreen' gag always makes me laugh.
And this was the ultimate version of the gag, with Krusty flying overhead in a plane right afterward!
😂😂
Me too, first the car sound and then the sound of the airplane😂😂
And taking off in a plane 😂
We're not too sure if he was on that plane waiting.
Tony was looking at Legs at the end like "seriously?"
I thought I remembered him saying something
Noone gonna mention that the Globetrotter kicked it backwards into his OWN hoop?
Sure hope someone was fired for that blunder
They were so far ahead in points that it didn't even matter. ;) It was a power move.
No, I think it’s supposed to be the Generals’ basket he scores in, emphasising further how ridiculously staged the routine is - and how stupid Krusty was to bet against the Globetrotters.
@@kisbie yeah I think it’s just the generals net lol 😂
In basketball, it doesn't matter which hoop you put the ball through.
Krusty saying "I thought the Generals were due" is the most hilarious line.... betting against the Globetrotters in a match with a predetermined outcome 😂
The Generals actually won once.
Actually the generals won like 6 times
I think the Globetrotters play legit basketball sometimes against college teams.
The outcome isnt predetermined. The Washington Generals play real when they have the ball. But they back down when the Globetrotters have it, so around 30% of the game is "real". Of course that still means nearly every game is won by the Globetrotters, but once in a while the Generals actually win. (And the audience ususlly is confused)
Krusty's just plain brainless in addition to being a jerk, it's a wonder he's still alive after all this time.
I lost it when the teacher said “kids got a lot of money so you might consider robbing them.”
And they really took notes😂
So this is how Joker got his start
“When he’s done in there, I gotta go.”
Love the look on Fat Tony’s face afterwards.
Damn, Krusty just breeeeezed past that UNITED ticket counter, ahhh the glory of pre-911 air travel...
Yeah I really really miss it
@@djmars1983 There's always some asshole that has to ruin a good thing for everyone....
0:09 “He’s spinning the ball on his finger!!! Just take it, take the ball!!!😂😂😂😂
His tone!
So, not being a basketball fan or an American, it was only many years later that I actually fully understood the fact that they were an exhibition team, making the joke a lot funnier 🤣
Me too, I literally only just found out 5 minutes ago 😅 It does make the joke even better than I thought it was.
Also, the Generals are supposed to ALWAYS lose to the Globetrotters
@@MrBerdman77 They've let them win a few times.
Every kid who grew up in the United States in the 1970s knew who the Harlem Globetrotters were because not only were they a comedy exhibition team who always beat the Generals, but they also had a syndicated nationally broadcast cartoon they played every Saturday morning. So anybody who was 11 or 12 years old in the mid 1970s would, as adults in the 1990s instantly get that joke and find it hilarious.
@@epicmeadeas a kid in the 1990s, I still knew who they were thanks to their Scooby-Doo episode.
That poor accountant 😂
He should have advised against Krusty wagering on the Generals. I guess that would be more of a financial advisor
Krusty’s Accountant is my 21st favourite obscure Simpsons character.
I mean...its not like hes not getting paid
@@mandyward5372maybe he really cares about his client or maybe Krusty's incoming financial meltdown ain't gonna look pretty in his CV when seeking for his next job.
Krusty is every accountant’s nightmare.
I remember when the Harlem Globetrotters came to my elementary school. I asked my teacher "Do we have cancer?" Because you know ... Someone famous coming to see kids ......got paddled for that but they gave me a ride home from school 😂😂
askin if you have cancer... that's a paddlin
@@ryansmith-wc2xy Don't kink shame me
Ooo you betta believe thas a paddlin
I can totally picture Ralph asking Miss Hoover that.
@@lauralove8388 lol 😂 that was a brilliant line. You could be a comedy writer.
I think Krusty "going to the bathroom" was the first Simpsons joke I saw as a kid that I really laughed at. The timing is flawless.
As a kid the first one I really laughed hard at was the Homer swear jar scenes.
“HE’S SPINNING THE BALL ON HIS FINGER!” is right up there in my top 10 Simpsons lines. Always makes me 🤣.
At 0:09,
“HE'S SPINNIN' THE BALL ON HIS FINGER!!!!!
JUST TAKE IT!!!!! TAKE THE BALL!!!!!"
(The Harlem Globetrotters score)
"That game was fixed!
They were using a freaking ladder, for God sakes!"
Sweet Georgia Brown, not "Harlem Globetrotters theme or soundtrack"
You know the joke is good when there's at least four possible points you can end it and it's still funny asf
Considering the fact he did all that to avoid paying 48 bucks.
And also that those 48 dollars is all the money krusty made franchising his name 😂
Moral of the story do not gamble with the mafia.
Krusty turned into the Flash. 😂
That and don't bet AGAINST the Harlem Globetrotters.
I love how Krusty, a prominent man in show business, has no concept of staged acts.
0:09 as a small 6 years old Serbian kid watching this episode on VHS in the year 2000, this part always slayed me with laughter even tho I didn't understand English yet
Just the cheerful whistling, the Globetrotter player smiling while the Generals are struggling, Krusty YELLING and being frustrated at that for some reason, it just looked and sounded hysterical to me lol
Lmfaoo Krusty has every vice
They set that bathroom joke up so well.
One of my favorite minute-long segments of the show. F*cking gold.
Krusty's face in the first three seconds sums me up the past few months, being miserable, depressed and anxious.
When you were a 90's kid and watching this, even YOU knew better than to bet against the Harlem Globetrotters😂😂😂
No, we just-a won't kill you. But, you still owe use the money...
[dramatic pause]
$48!
"Here's fifty."
@@MsCassidy23 And two, your change and I thank a you
“You wanna kill me? Go ahead and kill me! Whoa! We can talk this over!”
“No more talk. 0:36”
0:08 HE’S SPINNING THE BALL ON HIS FINGER!!!
One of my favorite lines!
Moral of the story, never bet against the Harlem Globetrotters. 😂
I love the idea that you can *place bets* on an EXHIBITION MATCH
Funny how the Generals weren't even defending in the right direction
Search terms so I find this more easily: "when he's done in there I've got to go". "when he's done I've got to go" "krusty escapes mob"
This went over my head as a kid, I just thought the Globetrotters were ridiculously good 😂
In fairness, it probably still keeps flying over the heads of many outside of USA not at all versed intto the basketball culture. I didn't even know that it was an exhibition match with a predetermined outcome, making Krusty even more Epic Fail here.
@@FezFindie I'm from Europe and didn't understand the joke until I just read the comments on this video.
When I got to go to a Globetrotters game in the 80's I also thought they were just amazingly good. I asked my parents why they don't join the NBA and dominate it. Thankfully they just said "I don't know." and avoided spoiling the magic.
Betting against the Harlem Globetrotters was the dumbest thing Krusty has ever done, especially when he was already in debt.
Legs: When I’m done I gotta go😅😅😅😅😅 I love the dramatic irony
I thought Krusty was gonna say they gave me great odds 😂
Like a million to 1 odds, he'd be a quadrillionaire
10 jokes in under a minute. This is what great writing is. Its a shame that nothing comes even close to this today.
*Legs:* When he's done in there, I gotta go.
I thought the generals were due lol
Sweet Clyde, laugh derisively at him
I never noticed how they drew the Globetrotter as being an older guy. Nice touch.
Its even funnier considering that he only bet $48 on it.
Pablo the clown: "I thought Valencia were due!"
You'd think that whoever was taking bets would have told Krusty that they (likely) wouldn't be taking bets on a *staged* exhibition match yet Krusty kept insisting it or wasn'tt having none of it 'till they gave up and let him bet? Then again, there are less than competent people at such positions like the ticket clerk who bought into the guy buying tthe entire stadium's worth of tickets "Can I pay the rest later?" -"Sure!"
The Generals did win at least once. Imagine how much money Krusty would've made if they did win again.
'Uncut Gems' (2019, colourized)
I love the jaunty music that plays during the basketball clip.
This show doesn't get nearly enough credit for it's sound design. XD
The airport must be really close
He took of in record time!
This has layers of jokes 😂 it just keeps going
Fat Tony's eloquence is legendary.
Legs and Louie swap places very quickly 0:21 and 0:43
What intrigues me is that Krusty owed the mob only $48. This means that Krusty only made $48 from franchising his name....
That was after it was double or nothing. So he only made $24!
He might have made more from franchising his name, but then he went and bet it all against the Harlem Globe Trotters!
@@shorewall Yes, any sane man would have used the money he made from the franchise and pay back the mob to get them off his back.
Not Krusty, though, he just HAD to bet every cent he had on a team against the Globetrotters because he 'thought they were due'.
0:35 It is time for us to take you for a ride - Fat Tony
The look on the lawyers face is priceless
Krusty never escape
Fat Tony was very trusting 😂
When he's done in there I've gonna go well Legs you will be waiting a long time
Hope he has a strong bladder. Lol
I thought the cowboys were due
Skip Bayless
Okay. I was following and then Krusty made through customs in less than a minute. They lost me there.
This was pre 9/11
@@TheNolotai33what has 9th of November to do with it
@@dontspikemydrink9382that’s 11/9 to you across-the-pond gentlemen
@@nottherealpaulsmith i know
Having researched about the Harlem Globetrotters, and finding out that out of 10,000 games against the Washington Generals they only lost about 5 or 6… I now realise how hilarious that was from the show writers 😅
Best thing is that in the end of the episode, Krusty pays the Mob like 3 dollars, meaning that his entire franchise was worth nothing.
No one's questions how Krusty franchising his name only made him 48 dollars? 😂
Krusty should have known you NEVER bet against the Harlem Globetrotters under any circumstances.
How does no one realize “that game was fixed. They were using a freakin ladder for god sake.” May be one of the funniest lines in this show. It sums up in one line what every gambler thinks when they lose after not doing the slightest bit of research lol
Just thought of something, but when he kicked the ball backwards into the basket, he kicked it into the other team's goal, scoring for the other team.
But Simpson logic, moving on......
"Kids have a lot of money these days. So after you've finished your performance, you might want to consider robbing them!" It's true kids do have a lot of money these days.
To think he only owed them 48 dollars.
“That game was fixed”
Ya think??????
My son watched a video of Handyman Hal with the Harlem Globetrotters today, I thought of this very joke in this very episode, and hours later it is recommended to me...
I thought the generals were due!
Who the hell would bet against The Harlem Globetrotters??!!
🤦🏽🙄
thats not even the funniest part. Its the fact that it was THE GENERALS. Who are literally used solely to make parody games with the Globetrotters. Its literally justa show for the audience with the Globetrotters doing silly stuff while the generals "try to play seriously"(but arent trying to win they really are just a foil for the globetrotters to show of)
They've had a small amount of games where they 'lost'.
Krusty
?
🤔
@@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917
The keyword is small,
Because the Harlem Globetrotters are most known for winning not losing
Krusty: HE SPINNING THE BALL OF HIS FINGER THOW THE BALL ALREADY
Pretty sure kicking or touching the ball with your feet is illegal in basketball. But it is the Globetrotters....
Best part is that krustys debt was something like 20$
Forty-Eight-a dollars
lol
franchising his name made him 48$
Just remember folks... there's an alternate reality where Krusty won his bet.
To this day, we never know if Legs has gone
"I thought the Generals were due!" Possibly the lamest excuse from anyone who would foolishly bet everything they've got against the Harlem Globetrotters.
I'm seeing double here. Two Fat Tonys!
the funny thing is the say he go bathroom but if you listen closely u hear car engine which could be crusty driving away in taxi
Plot twist he only owes 50$
Fun Fact:
The Washington Generals have beaten the Harlem Globetrotters only about 3-6 times. Once by accident.
What it’s like to bet against Mahomes
Seeing the original after CRSQ used it in the Aussie thumping of India in CWC 23 final
Why bet against the Harlem Globetrotters? They're good!
Trust me they don't need latters. I met George Gervin in San Marcos, Tx one time, actually a few times, I thought I was tall, no I wasn't. I was 6feet at the time. It was nothing compared to him.
No one else has realized that technically the Generals are the worst team in sports history? They are like on a 1,500+ game LOSING streak to the Harlem Globetrotters 😂 Krusty should've known
lol the mob paid the team to lose so that Krusty would owe them more then they paid the team to lose
Should have added the end of the episode, where the debt is settled!
I see no harm in that. XD
Krusty stinks at gambling
Grover Fischoeder's dad
This Sht was So Fk'n FUNNY Betting against the Globetrotters to Lose 2a Team they NEEEVER Lose to!! "i thought they were due" Heeell Naw!! 🤪
The Generals have won once.
@@mikeroagreschen5350 a Few Times. But 5 Out of 20,000 Times AIN'T Good Odds "KRUSTY"!!
I Think That’s Taken From Homie The Clown
From Season 6
Wait, so the Harlem Globetrotters aren't a real sports team?
0:15 which song is that?
Sweet Georgia Brown by Brother Bones
Darude-Sanstorm
Darude-Sanstorm
i am - in all and complete honesty - unable to hear that song that NOT quote this scene.
…….. It has become a problem. I have ruined numerous social interactions because of it 😅😅😅😅 LOL