In this clip show episode, Homer is honored at a Friars' Club Roast. A number of characters show up to roast him, but the celebrating is interrupted by Kang and Kodos, who say that humanity will be judged based on Homer's experiences.
WAR
44.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Gump Roast” ranks #137 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.9 — Elite. The episode packs 52 scored jokes at 3.6 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.8 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
Ned Flanders · Homer: Nothing at all. Nothing at all. / Stupid sexy Flanders!
Chief Wiggum: Hey, Pete! Pete! They fixed the Coke machine!
Homer: The day we got our elephant.
Homer Absurdist Misdirection ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: I want to sneer at God's creation and spit on his... / Uh-oh.
Homer Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Mr. Burns: Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you gentlemen, but you seem to have me confused with a character in a fictional show.
Mr. Burns Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 52 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Chief Wiggum: Hold it right there, Forrest Plump!
Chief Wiggum: Luke, I am your father / Shagadellic
Chief Wiggum: Hey, hey, hey. I didn't ask for your life story.
Homer: Things started out great. I ate what my mother ate.
Homer Observational Absurdist Baby Homer: Let go! Let go!
Chief Wiggum: Hey, Pete! Pete! They fixed the Coke machine!
Abraham Simpson: Jack and Jill went up the hill and... Jill came tumbling after. The end.
Abraham Simpson: Say, how about a little NyQuil?
Homer: Why do birds suddenly appear / Every time you are near?
Homer Visual Gag Observational Homer Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Game show host: You just won yourselves a motorcycle! Whoo-hoo!
Marge: You know, all this danger is kind of a turn... Okay.
Marge Character Comedy Awkward Silence ★ Rewatch Homer: The day we got our elephant.
Homer Absurdist Misdirection ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: While I wait for my family, I'll tell you about the time my baby shot my boss.
Homer Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Chief Wiggum: Hey, that's great, but I gotta get going. / Whoa! There's a whole 'nother row of these bad boys!
Random drivers: Get off the road, you freaking maniac! / Yeah, you jackass!
Homer: What? I can see fine.
Homer Visual Gag Irony/Sarcasm Homer: That had nothing to do with the bucket.
Homer Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Homer · Lisa: All my other senses are getting sharper. / Bart, you had pizza for lunch. / Lisa, you're extremely depressed. / As if.
Homer · Krusty: Kathleen Turner! / No! It's me, Krusty!
Homer · Krusty: Are the proceeds going to charity? / Hell, no! / Whoo-hoo!
Krusty: We're all here tonight for one reason. / To keep Homer away from the buffet!
Krusty Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Bart · Lisa · Krusty: Who's Mark Spitz? / What's a telegram? / Oh, forget it!
Bart · Lisa: Joy to the world, the Lord is come! / Season's greetings. Peace out.
Homer Physical/Slapstick Reaction Beat Bart · Lisa · Homer: Will you take us to Mount Splashmore? No. (repeated)
Bart · Lisa · Homer: Will you take us to Mount Splashmore? Yes! / Thanks, Dad. Thanks, Dad.
Homer: Isn't this that cartoon that causes seizures?
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: Max Power, he's the man whose name you'd love to touch / But you mustn't touch
Homer Absurdist Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: I like pizza, I like bagels / I like hot dogs with mustard and beer
Homer Character Comedy Observational Homer: I could even eat a baby deer
Homer Dark/Subversive Escalation Homer: I'm kinda like Jesus, but not in a sacrilegious way
Homer Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Mr. Burns · Audience member: Just look at all of his catastrophic nincompoopery. / Poop.
Mr. Burns: Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you gentlemen, but you seem to have me confused with a character in a fictional show.
Mr. Burns Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Krusty Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Grandpa Simpson · Agnes Skinner: Sweet Toledo! What's keeping that dress on? / The collective will of everyone in this room!
Agnes Skinner: You fruits wouldn't know what to do with me!
Ned Flanders · Homer: Nothing at all. Nothing at all. / Stupid sexy Flanders!
Homer: Ow! My legs! This is the worst pain ever!
Homer Physical/Slapstick Escalation Apu: Oh, dear! You have ruined my work, you flying fat man!
Apu Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Homer: I want to sneer at God's creation and spit on his... / Uh-oh.
Homer Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Agnes Skinner · Grandpa Simpson: Hey, Abe, you want to hook up after the show? / Yeah! To a suicide machine!
Homer: I'm sick of your lies! Secrets and lies!
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Reverend Lovejoy: The Camptown ladies sing this song / Homer Simpson's breath is strong
Alien: Our planet has been observing your puny species since your planet was created 5,000 years ago by God.
Alien Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Alien · Krusty: Because he is the fat, selfish epitome of modern man! / Hey, he stole my bit!
Alien Krusty Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Homer: Le grill! / What the hell is that?
Homer Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: Why? Why must life be so hard? / Why must I fail in every attempt at masonry?
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Alien: These are not tears! We are vomiting from our eyes!
Alien Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ensemble: They'll never stop the Simpsons / Have no fears / We've got stories for years
Ensemble Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Ensemble: Sorry for the clip show / Have no fears / We've got stories for years
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