After tricking Marge into thinking an advertising spokesman is coming to visit her, Homer takes Marge and the rest of the family to a restaurant. A hypnotist uses his powers on Homer, and makes him remember a horrific childhood incident where Homer found a dead body in a ravine. The Simpson family decides to investigate this and find out where the body came from.
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“The Blunder Years” ranks #110 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.6 — Elite. The episode packs 65 scored jokes at 3.6 per minute, averaging 7.0 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
Homer: Hello. This is Chad Sexington, the model for Burly Paper Towels.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mr. Burns: Did I say corpse hatch? I meant 'innocence tube.'
Lisa: No, Dad. Everyone's sick of that memory.
Lisa Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mr. Burns: I told him his father was killed in the Amazon by a tribe of savage women.
Young Lenny · Young Carl: Have you heard about this Internet thing? Yeah. It's the inner netting they invented to line swim trunks.
All Jokes — 65 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Marge: Putting away groceries, it's like unwrapping presents from yourself. Fruit Roll-Ups for Bart. Beer Roll-Ups for Homer.
Marge Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Marge · Maggie: Burly? I bought the wrong brand, Maggie.
Marge: Look at those massive plaid shoulders! Look at that absorbativity!
Marge Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer · Marge: I came home as quick as I could. What's going on? Watch what happens when I spill this blue liquid.
Bart · Marge: You pulled me out of school for this? Absolutely. You're about to get a lesson in value.
Marge: Ooh, Burly, you're insatiable.
Marge Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge: Oh, Burly, you're so rugged and manly.
Marge Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Marge, a bee almost stung me today. I felt the wind go right by my ear.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Homer: Fantasize, Marge. Fantasize about Burly.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Homer: Ooh! Mama Celeste. You touch me and I cut you.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer as Mama Celeste: Homer, I'll tell you what I told Redford. It ain't gonna happen.
Homer: Marge hasn't asked me for a signed photo in months.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Hello. This is Chad Sexington, the model for Burly Paper Towels.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer · Bart: I was having a private conversation with my wife in the guise of Chad Sexington. Do you mind?
Homer Bart Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: Tonight? Well, you better get your hopes up.
Homer Misdirection Character Comedy Barney: Why, look. It's Chad Sexington! Hey, baby! I'm that guy you like.
Barney Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Barney: Congratulations. I feel ridiculous.
Barney Deadpan/Understatement Cringe/Discomfort Barney: It was hard on me, too. I had to wear a suit.
Barney Character Comedy Escalation Homer: How about Benihana, where dinner is the show?
Homer Observational Character Comedy Lisa · Bart: I like the ones where nothing catches on fire. Yeah. Nothing is hurt except feelings.
Lisa Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mesmerino · Homer: Well, what's the matter with you, champ? You couldn't find a date?
Professor Frink: Glayvin! That's a powerful... Whoa! Hold it 'cause it's different!
Professor Frink: Hey, cupcake, listen good. I want you to swallow that gum and meet me in the coatroom, in five, four, three, two, now.
Professor Frink: Oh, dear. I've redorkulated.
Mesmerino: Hey, smart move, Four-Eyes. Sitting next to Skeletor here makes you look like Hercules.
Thin Man: Actually, my father died a long time ago.
Thin Man Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Mesmerino: Okay. Is anyone here not a downer? Anyone?
Homer: Look at me! I'm a famous historian! Out of my way!
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Homer: Look at me! I'm Angie Dickinson! Out of my way!
Homer Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Homer: I'm 12 years old. I'm with my friends. It's a beautiful summer day at the old swimming hole. Oh, my God!
Homer Setup/Punchline Escalation Lenny: Yeah. He ruined naptime and quiet time.
Lenny Character Comedy Escalation Bart: Oh, cool. He's still mental.
Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Lisa: It would be a good excuse to use my Yaqui tea set.
Lisa Character Comedy Observational Homer: I remember that time I tried to jump over Springfield Gorge. I'm gonna make it!
Homer Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Lisa: No, Dad. Everyone's sick of that memory.
Lisa Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mobster: Check it out, Fat Tony. Those jokers think they're The Cowsills.
Mobster Observational Character Comedy Fat Tony · Young Homer: You guys have blundered into our secret tobaccy patch. Wow! Is that wacky tobaccy?
Fat Tony: Eighteen more pumps, that could break the skin.
Young Moe: Look at all them stars. Bunch of lazy lights, don't do nothing for nobody.
Young Moe Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Young Lenny · Young Carl: Have you heard about this Internet thing? Yeah. It's the inner netting they invented to line swim trunks.
Young Moe: We're the Moe Szyslak Experience, featuring Homer.
Young Lenny: Not me. I'm shaking like a French soldier.
Young Carl: Yeah. I think I just logged on to my Internet.
Moe: Fine. Crap all over my theory.
Moe Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Young Lenny or Carl: Come on, Homer! We're going to Sears to feel the bras!
Homer: My occasional overeating, my fear of corpses.
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Homer · Moe: Hey, you guys can come with us. No, no, no. He said 'Simpson family.'
Homer Moe Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer · Bart: Yep. The old quarry is just a stone's throw away. Stop saying that, Dad. Never.
Mesmerino: Seventeen seventy-six. How much is left in my checking account.
Chief Wiggum · Homer: Someone's yellow belly is showing. Oh, sorry.
Chief Wiggum: And maybe the city would give me a coupon for free guitar lessons.
Homer: Put it back. I don't want to see it this way.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Marge: Burly to the rescue!
Marge Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Lisa: Don't get excited. It's just a skull-shaped rock and a bunch of white sticks.
Lisa Irony/Sarcasm Escalation ★ Rewatch Lisa: And someone has eaten the flesh.
Lisa Dark/Subversive Escalation Homer · Lisa: Now do you believe dead rats float, Lisa? Yes.
Mr. Burns: Did I say corpse hatch? I meant 'innocence tube.'
Homer: Ooh! A movie! I call the couch!
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Mr. Burns: So, you're a baby, huh? How's that working out for you?
Mr. Burns: I told him his father was killed in the Amazon by a tribe of savage women.
Homer: Why? He'd just bury it.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Moe: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I sleuthed my ass off on this one.
Moe Character Comedy Escalation Moe: This is a shell that, to me, this is just me talking. It looks like a helmet for a mouse.
Moe Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Moe: But if you ask the mice about it, they don't say nothing. I mean, they run the other way.
Moe Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Lisa · Moe: You really made that envelope? 'Cause it says 'Hammermill' over here. Um... No.
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