Homer takes Marge out for a romantic night, leaving the kids with a sitter, who's profiled on "America's Most Armed and Dangerous."
Series premiere finale stumbles with uneven pacing; 59 jokes spread thin across pilot conclusion.
Directed by David Silverman, Kent Butterworth · Written by Matt Groening, Sam Simon
WAR
35.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Some Enchanted Evening” ranks #427 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.6 — Great. The episode packs 59 scored jokes at 3.1 per minute, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.6 on impact, with Homer landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Marge: and he ate with utensils
Marge Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Garcon! Another bottle of your second-least-expensive champagne.
Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer · Barney · Homer · Moe: Hey, Barney, am I a pig? / You're no more of a pig than I am. / Oh, no! / See? You're a pig.
Babysitting service · Homer: Those Simpsons, what a bunch of savages! Especially that big-ape father. / Doh!
Miss Botz · Lisa: You're a smart, young man, Bart. I hope you're smart enough to keep your mouth shut. / He isn't.
All Jokes — 59 analyzed
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Homer · Bart: Hey, doughnuts! - Bart, there's one left, and it's mine.
Bart: Cool your jets, man. We're comin'.
Marge · Homer · Bart · Lisa: Oh! - Aw, Homer! - Aw, Dad! - Uh-oh, schoolbus!
Radio announcer: Our number is 555-PAIN
Phone screener: Save your whining for when you're on the air, okay?
Dr. Monroe: Next we have Marge. She's 34 and trapped in a loveless sham of a marriage.
Homer: Hey, turn it up. I love hearing those wackos.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Marge: and he ate with utensils
Marge Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Barney · Homer: Isn't that your wife, Homer? / Don't be ridiculous. My wife worships the ground I walk on.
Dr. Monroe: The pig has made you into his mother. You are not the hot love object you deserve to be.
Dr. Monroe: I'm as sure of it as I'm sure my voice is annoying.
Marge · Dr. Monroe · Marge: Leave Homer? / Don't use his real name! / Leave Pedro?
Bart · Moe: Al Coholic prank call sequence
Bart Moe Wordplay/Pun Running Gag ★ Rewatch Bart · Moe · Bart: Hello. Is Al there? / Al? / Yeah, Al. Last name, Coholic.
Moe: Wait a minute. Listen, you little yellow-bellied rat jackass. If I ever find out who you are, I'll kill ya!
Moe Character Comedy Escalation Homer: I hope you do find that punk someday, Moe. Fill 'er up.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Homer · Barney · Homer · Moe: Hey, Barney, am I a pig? / You're no more of a pig than I am. / Oh, no! / See? You're a pig.
Moe: Barney's a pig. Larry's a pig. We're all pigs. Except for one difference. Once in a while, we can crawl out of the slop, hose ourselves off and act like human beings.
Moe Observational Character Comedy Homer: Gee, a romantic evening. Nah, she's too smart to fall for that.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer · Florist · Homer: I'd like some flowers. / What kind of flowers? / You know, pretty ones, not dead.
Florist · Homer: We have some beautiful long-stem roses. They're $55 a dozen. / One, please.
Dr. Monroe's voice: Your husband sees you as nothing, as nothing. The pig has made you into his mother, his mother.
Homer: Marge, I, uh-- love you. No, that's not good. Marge, honey, I love you. Oh. Um-- Marge, I loveya, baby.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Marge, sweetie, 'hooney,' honey-- Ah, this'll never work.
Bart · Moe · Bart: Is Oliver there? / Who? / Oliver Klozoff.
Bart Moe Bart Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: It matters not, mon frere.
Marge: Goodness. Must be a crossed wire.
Marge Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Babysitting service: The Simpsons. Lady, you've gotta be kidding!
Homer · Babysitting service · Homer: Hello. This is Mr. S-Sampson. / Did your wife just call a second ago? / No, I said Sampson, not Simpson.
Babysitting service · Homer: Those Simpsons, what a bunch of savages! Especially that big-ape father. / Doh!
Homer: Actually, the Simpsons are neighbors of ours, and we've found them to be a quite misunderstood and underrated family.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Lisa · Marge: Dad dances? / Like an angel.
Homer · Bart: Son, there's not a woman alive who can resist a man who knows how to mambo. / You don't have a clue, do you, Dad?
Homer: Smooth as a baby's behind!
Bart · Lisa: Oh, boy! The Happy Little Elves Meet the Curious Bear Cub. / Oh, the Elves! The Elves!
Marge: Bye, kids! Watch out for the boy.
Marge Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Miss Botz: And I don't know what that is, because everybody has always done what I say.
Waiter: Well, when you choose one that's floating upside down, it somewhat defeats the purpose of selecting a live lobster.
Waiter Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Bart: We've seen the Crappy Little Elves about 14 billion times.
Bart Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Bart: You know what happens. They find Captain Kook's treasure. All the elves dance around like idiots. I puke. The end.
Bart Escalation Character Comedy Lisa: Bart, you're just like Chilly, the elf who cannot love.
Lisa Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bart: Relax. This is cinema verite. When the brutal, slow-motion killing starts, I'll tell you to shut your eyes.
Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer · Marge: 'Cause I'm so care free? / No, because you're wearing a bib.
Homer: Garcon! Another bottle of your second-least-expensive champagne.
Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Except for one thing-- no chaperone.
TV announcer · Bart/Lisa: Remember, she may be using a clever alias... / Botz!
Homer · Marge · Homer: Don't forget to tell me when you see the Offramp. / Oh, there it-- went. / No problemo. We'll just get off at the next exit.
Miss Botz: Seeing as no one was hurt, I think it would be really silly to dwell on this.
Miss Botz Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Miss Botz · Lisa: You're a smart, young man, Bart. I hope you're smart enough to keep your mouth shut. / He isn't.
Miss Botz: Stupid Sampsons.
Miss Botz Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Marge: Homer, would it spoil the mood if I called home, you know, just to check on the kids?
Marge Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Lisa · Bart · Phone operator · Bart: Ask if there's a reward. / Is there a reward? / If she's convicted, we get T-shirts! / Yeah!
Miss Botz · Homer · Homer: Don't turn your back on that boy for a second. / Ain't that the truth? You know, one time he-- / Huh?
Homer: Oh, uh, are you sure this microphone works? Uh, well, I wouldn't say I aided her. This is on, right?
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Have you ever seen a kung fu movie? It was just like that. But now I know her moves. So, if you're listening to me, lady, you'd better think long and hard before tying something like this on Homer Simpson again!
Homer Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Homer: Lord, help me. I'm just not that bright.
Homer: The way I see it, if you raise three children who can knock out and hogtie a perfect stranger, you must be doing something right.
Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge: The way I see it, if you raise three children who can knock out and hogtie a perfect stranger, you must be doing something right.
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