Have you ever noticed that Krusty looks almost like Homer, but with clown makeup? The creator of the show, Matt Groening said that, “The satirical concept that I was going for at the time was that The Simpsons was about a kid who had no respect for his father, but worshipped a clown who looked exactly like his father,” but the idea was abandoned because it was too dark and complicated.

“The original idea behind Krusty the Clown was that he was Homer in disguise, but Homer still couldn’t get any respect from his son, who worshipped Krusty. If you look at Krusty, it’s just Homer with extended hair and a tuft on his head. We were in such a rush at the beginning of the series that I thought, ‘Oh, it’s too complicated,’ so we just dropped it. But when I look at Krusty, I think, ‘Yeah — that’s Homer.’” - Matt Groening