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
Cartoon Wars Part I "smart" but emphatically criticized their overuse of "gag-humor". After "Cartoon Wars Part I" aired, Parker and Stone said that they were contacted by the staff of "The Simpsons" and "King of the Hill", who both gave praise for lampooning "Family Guy". Parker said that the staff of "The Simpsons" hate "Family Guy" more than they do, and that "King of the Hill"s staff said to them, "you're doing God's work". The depictions of Bart Simpson and "King of the Hill"s writing staff in "Cartoon Wars Part II" were influenced by the two shows contacting "South Park". Parker and Stone also