Krusty's assistant, Lois Pennycandy, was a mostly sweet-natured woman, and though Bob didn't really hold anything against her, and even sometimes pitied her (as Krusty treated both Bob and Lois quite shabbily), there were times when he couldn't resist being nasty to the poor thing.
After one show, which Krusty had decided to "end with a BANG!" (i.e., end by shooting Sideshow Bob out of a cannon), Lois gushed, "That was a wonderful show, Krusty! I laughed so hard at the last bit with Sideshow Bob and the ca-"
"Yeah, whatever," Krusty interrupted. "I'm out of Laramies."
Lois handed over the extra cigarette packet that she had on her person just for him, and walked alongside Krusty on his way to his dressing room, going through the daily routine of her reading off of his schedule and Krusty automatically snapping, "Cancel it!" to nearly everything.
Krusty slammed the door of his dressing room, and Lois sighed. Bob approached her from behind and cleared his throat, causing her to jump.
"Forgive me for startling you, Miss Pennycandy," Bob said coolly, "but I merely thought you should know that getting shot out of a cannon for the sixth time this month was not so funny to me."
"Oh, I'm so sorry, Bob," Lois said sincerely. "I suppose there are a lot of things that are only funny when they happen to other people."
"Yes," said Bob, "but are we not all 'other people' to other people?"
"I suppose we are," Lois said thoughtfully. "I never though of it that way." She stole another sad glance at Krusty's dressing room door; it sounded as though he was yelling at someone on the phone.
"Whatever do you see in him?" Bob couldn't resist asking.
Lois was caught off guard. "What are you-?"
"Don't play dumb with me, Miss Pennycandy. I see the way you're always looking at Krusty, and why else would a woman outside of this puerile program's target demographic find Krusty's act humorous? I feel sorry for you, Miss Pennycandy. I really do. You're so infatuated with Krusty that you cannot see what a sad, pathetic, vulgar, self-absorbed wreck of a man that he truly is. I'm not surprised that you're still a 'Miss'."
Poor Lois was now in tears. "Oh Bob, why do you have to be so cruel?!" She covered her face and ran off in the direction of her office.
Krusty opened the door. "Hey, Bob, what the hell's going on out here?"
"Nothing," Bob said innocently. He humiliates me in front of a live audience every weekday, and Pennycandy calls ME cruel?