I Ate a Krusty Burger With a Simpsons Writer The Krusty Burger is supposed to suck. That’s not my opinion. That’s according to Bill Oakley, who spent 10 seasons writing for The Simpsons and knows more than a little about the fictional fast-food empire of Krusty the Clown. “The real Krusty Burger is a bad place to eat,” Oakley told me. “It’s a very low bar. It’s probably like a Burger King, to be honest.” There was only one problem: ...

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