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Professor Frink Is Real, And Strong, And My Friend, With Matt Selman


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The Best Part Of Krusty The Clown’s Judaism Is That It Doesn’t Need To Explain Itself


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Ray Jay Johnson And Other People I Know Only From ‘The Simpsons’

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