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''Worker and Parasite'' was a fictional cartoon on the animated television show '' The Simpsons ''. In the episode " Krusty Gets Kancelled ," the popular cartoon '' Itchy And Scratchy '', featuring a very violent cat and mouse, leaves the '' Krusty The Clown Show '' for Krusty's new competitor, Gabbo. " Eastern Europe 's favorite Cat and Mouse team, ''Worker and Parasite''" was a cheap replacement. According to the title screen, it was made in 1959 under the Khrushchev regime in the USSR .

The cartoon opened with some Cyrillic -looking credits. The cartoon itself was quite unintelligible, and featured a crudely drawn cat and mouse chattering incoherently and bouncing around in front of a breadline of identical, miserable-looking Peasant s, while random background-music was playing. The whole thing ended with the screen reading "ENDUT! HOCH HECH!" Krusty's on-air response afterwards was shocked silence, a limp cigarette and then: "What the hell was ''that''?!"

Coincidentally, the idea bears some similarity to the rather Unusual Set Of Tom And Jerry Cartoons (on which Itchy And Scratchy is Based ) produced in Prague by animator Gene Deitch , not to mention the characters' resemblance to Ren And Stimpy .

Judging by the sounds of the voices, the characters were probably portrayed by Simpsons voice actors Dan Castellaneta and Harry Shearer , both of whom also portrayed Itchy and Scratchy on the series.


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  • The show's title is a reference to Social Parasitism , which was a crime in the Soviet Union .

  • There has been some speculation as to what "Endut! Hoch Hech!" means. Although the opening credits show some cyrillic-looking text, the end was written in Latin Script . "Endut" obviously resembles the English "end" or "end it", and "Hoch Hech" may be a somewhat mutilated latinized spelling of the Russian "кончиться" ("Konchitsya") end titles seen in their movies. "Hoch Hech" could also be interpreted as Onomatopoeia for laughter, considering under the Khruschev regime, this would be considered a humourous short (i.e. "The End! Ha ha!"). The words resemble some from the German Language , with "Endut" sounding similar to "ende gut", meaning all's well that ends well. "Hoch" in German is used as a Cheer . The Season 4 DVD Audio Commentary for the episode however claims that writer John Swartzwelder had no intended meaning for the phrase "Endut! Hoch Hech!".

  • The opening card is reads ''СФИР ЕТ ЅЕРОНЖ'', only with a backwards ''P'', which does not exist in Cyrillic. It does not seem to mean anything, but it would be pronounced something like "Sfir Yet Seronzh." In Russian, ''Worker and Parasite'' would be something like ''Рабочий И Паразит''



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