Krusty is great! I always laugh when he is on screen. As for the "24" parody, the best sequence was Jimbo talking to Martin the Mole and telling him to close his split screen. A perfect "24" sendup.
I'm the same way but last night was, and I thought that these words would never slip out, a bad episode. Not just bad for "The Simpsons" but just bad. Heck, the rerun at 8:30 was better. And yet I'll still watch because there are usually some good nuggets in most episodes. If the movie tanks...
Last night's episode was one of the rare instances, for me, where I really wished that there was something else on TV to watch. The whole gag with the remote control helicopter was so forced and over-long. How many times do they have to have an episode showing the silliness of military...