The Itchy & Scratchy Show The Itchy & Scratchy Show The Itchy & Scratchy Show (often shortened as Itchy & Scratchy) is a cartoon and animated television series featured in the American animated television series "The Simpsons". It appears as a part of "The Krusty the Clown Show", watched by Bart Simpson and Lisa Simpson. Itself an animated cartoon, "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" depicts a blue mouse, Itchy (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), who repeatedly kills a black cat Scratchy (voiced by Harry Shearer). The cartoon first appeared in "The Tracey Ullman Show" short "The Bart Simpson Show", which aired November 20, 1988. The cartoon's
Lisa Gets the Blues of Louis Armstrong reappears, sadly wishing he was alive again. The "stinger" features Homer, Lisa and Bart eating beignets at the Café Du Monde. Homer comments that next week's episode will surpass "Gunsmoke"'s episode count. When Bart mentions "Gunsmoke"'s radio show (which lasted for 432 episodes), Homer force-feeds Bart with a beignet. Dennis Perkins of "The A.V. Club" gave this episode a C+, stating, "It’s momentarily affecting, especially with Smith giving voice to Lisa’s pain, but 'Lisa Gets The Blues' quickly scatters any intention of recapturing the old Lisa Simpson tragicomic resonance over a succession of self-referential gags, inconsistently sketched