While running away from a vicious dog, Bart meets Buck McCoy, a former Western film star. Bart begins hanging out with him and starts to idolize him. Bart wants to help McCoy stage a comeback, so he convinces all of the kids in town to become interested in the Wild West. McCoy appears on the Krusty the Clown Show, but the comeback flops when Buck begins drinking again and injures Krusty the Clown.
WAR
28.4
Wins Above Replacement
“The Lastest Gun In The West” ranks #448 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.0 — Great. The episode packs 63 scored jokes at 4.1 per minute, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.3 on impact, with Buck landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Buck: Well, that ad was aimed at children who were already heavy drinkers.
Buck Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Milhouse: You know that new baby brother Ralph's been bragging about? It's just a pinecone.
Milhouse Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Buck: and I ain't not no un-dummy.
Buck Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Buck: Remember kids, Drunken Cowboy brand whiskey is smooth as milk!
Buck Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Bart: Well, there's Krusty, Itchy, Scratchy, Poochie, America's Fire Fighters, and then you, Dad.
Bart Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 63 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Bart: A - ha! A free baseball!
Bart: A shiny new dime! A shinier new dime!
Ice cream vendor: Could you possibly eat some free ice cream?
Bart · Marge: Mom! A dog ate my clothes! Nice try, but we're still going to Riverdance.
Bart Marge Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer Character Comedy Reaction Beat Milhouse: You know that new baby brother Ralph's been bragging about? It's just a pinecone.
Milhouse Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Lisa · Homer: Dad, it's a documentary on the homeless. Oh, right.
Homer: Really? Ooh! This I gotta see.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Milhouse · Ralph: Bart's a goner. Anyone want to be my new best friend? I will! Great! Finally, I'll be the dominant one.
Milhouse · Ralph: Be quiet. Yes, sir.
Nelson: Ha-ha! Bart's family is poor!
Nelson Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Bart: Eat my short stories!
Bart Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Bart: Hey, wait a minute. These animals are stuffed. Except that one.
Bart Setup/Punchline Misdirection Buck: This one's from Gunfight at the Museum of Natural History.
Buck Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Buck · Bart: Who? Yeah, that's right. Buck McCoy.
Buck · Bart: Who? Yeah, that's right. The David O. Selznick.
Buck: and I ain't not no un-dummy.
Buck Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Buck: He soils as much as he cleans.
Buck Setup/Punchline Absurdist Buck: And directed one. And he got the 'film by' credit.
Marge: Hi, honey. Where's that vicious dog? I made him a biscuit.
Homer: He was bigger than opium!
Homer Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Buck: Then Six Brides For Seven Brothers.
Buck Wordplay/Pun Observational Buck: Just drinking, fighting and tripping horses with wires.
Buck Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Buck Character Comedy Observational Buck McCoy: Everything tastes better when it's lassoed!
Buck: Now how the hell would I do that?
Bart: I guess you're not going to have an adventure this week.
Bart Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Buck: they're thinking of spraying your old man's workspace for ticks.
Buck Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Homer: Horse-riding lessons, the finest makeup, delicious studio food.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: On top of which, I don't look bald.
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Marge: Rattlesnake meat, varmint kabobs and refried whiskey.
Bart: Don't listen to them, Buck! It's an ambush! They're trying to jump your claim! Take him outside. I love you, Buck!
Bart Character Comedy Escalation Buck: One of the wheels broke off my chair today, but I didn't make a movie about it.
Buck Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Buck: It only lasted a year, but we did 360 episodes,
Buck Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Buck: Remember kids, Drunken Cowboy brand whiskey is smooth as milk!
Buck Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Buck: Well, that ad was aimed at children who were already heavy drinkers.
Buck Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Buck: It seems like all I did was shoot hippies.
Buck Dark/Subversive Observational Buck: The Western went the way of the evening newspaper and polio.
Buck Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Bart: We can have showdowns at the schoolyard and use nerds as Indians.
Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Bart: Hey, you're not fun, you're fat!
Bart Setup/Punchline Character Comedy School children: I'm Kevin Costner in one of his Western roles! I'm a gulch!
Kent Brockman: So I guess you could say this barely qualifies as news. I'm Kent Brockman.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Krusty: Oh, good, you worked in Judge Ito.
Krusty Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge · Buck: They're dead? No, they just got lousy jobs.
Buck McCoy: Let's see, Texas or Massachusetts? Texas.
Krusty: Ooh! Right in the panhandle!
Krusty: And he's already given out all his cheers.
Krusty Setup/Punchline Escalation Buck McCoy: We don't take kindly to transvestite chimpanzees here in Pine Corners!
Buck: Oh! Like you're so perfect with your plastic mane and your painted-on spot. What's real on you? Nothing!
Buck Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Buck: Did I forget to mention I'm an alcoholic?
Buck Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Krusty: This is horrible. My spit-takes all have blood in them.
Krusty Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Krusty: Sorry don't suture my colon! And you're off my show forever!
Homer: That painting is made of liquor.
Buck: Gold! Gold! Beautiful gold! Nuggets as big as your fists!
Buck Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Buck: Well, I don't see how it is. Nobody's even told me your name yet.
Buck Setup/Punchline Observational News reporter: A hero! A hero! A hero!
Buck: And you're no Howard Hawks.
Buck Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Buck: Whoa! There's nothing wrong with a little 'hey-hey!'
Buck Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Bank robber: I'm firing at the lasso, but the bullets just go through the middle!
Bank robber: It's the ultimate weapon.
Bart: Well, there's Krusty, Itchy, Scratchy, Poochie, America's Fire Fighters, and then you, Dad.
Bart Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Buck: Goodbye, Bart! Never bother me again!
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