Homer throws out Santa's Little Helper for not saving him from a fire, but soon the dog becomes Duff's new mascot.
WAR
44.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Old Yeller Belly” ranks #295 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.9 — Great. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 3.5 per minute, averaging 6.9 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
Duffman: An icy-cold, full-bodied, beech wood-aged, amber-hued day in...
Marge · Homer: All we have left are the earthquake ham and the condolence ham. / Marge, they're just hams, okay?
Marge · Homer: All we have left are the earthquake ham and the condolence ham. / Marge, they're just hams, okay?
Marge Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: Head burning. Legs freezing. Middle very pleasant.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Homer: By going down the ladder, you're agreeing not to sue.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Bart · Martin · Nelson · Database · Milhouse: Teacher hit me with a ruler / I cracked her in the bean / With a frozen Jimmy Dean / And she ain't my teacher no more / Because she's dead
Bart: Girls are yucky. Seconded and carried. A fart was detected. Martin denied it...and so was ruled to have supplied it.
Bart Character Comedy Observational Martin: These Batpants have been shredded by the Riddler. No, just your ass. That's what I call my ass.
Martin Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Martin: If I understand the female mind, and I do, they're plotting against us.
Martin Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Lisa: Each year we lose seven species of gumdrops
Lisa Absurdist Wordplay/Pun Bart: [IMITATING MARGE] Lisa, this is your mother. The doctor says your butt's too big.
Bart Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Martin: No one told me there'd be pulling.
Martin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Homer: I'll build you a new tree house. One so grand...it'll be an affront to God himself.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Homer: Only losers buy wood.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: This track has been abandoned since 19... Uh-oh.
Homer Setup/Punchline Physical/Slapstick Train Passenger: Nothing beats flying across the country on a train.
Homer · Bart: Did Frank Lloyd Wright have to deal with people like you? / I have no idea who Frank Lloyd Wright is. / You said his name two seconds ago. / I was just putting words together.
Homer · Bart: Homer and Bart having a nail gun fight
Amish Men: Didst thou hear that, Isaac? / Aye. Someone needs the Amish. / To the Buggymobile!
Homer: Oh, the Amish are so industrious. Not like those shiftless Mennonites.
Homer Observational Character Comedy Mennonite: Roll them bones. Three craps.
Homer: It really restores your faith in helpful weirdoes.
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Homer: Who knows more about electricity than the Amish?
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline Homer: By going down the ladder, you're agreeing not to sue.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Homer: By going down the ladder, you're agreeing not to sue.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: By going down the ladder, you're agreeing not to sue.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer: Head burning. Legs freezing. Middle very pleasant.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Marge: Pointy, pointy, spiky, stylish... Aah! Where's baldy?
Marge Character Comedy Running Gag Homer: Flames? Searing pain? A black cat? I must be in heaven.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: I always thought cats were just for losers who live in apartments...until my life was saved by this sweet little kitty.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Luigi: I make you lasagna. You eat it up like the cat in the funny papers...who's not so funny.
Luigi Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Mayor Quimby: Today I can truly say Ich bin ein feline.
Mayor Quimby: Damn, that's a lemony cola.
Homer: I prefer catsup to ketchup. And to me, Yusuf Islam will always be Cat Stevens.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Homer Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Lisa: He was the first openly gay dog in Hollywood.
Nazi in film: He bit me right in the Axis!
Mailman: 'Grow a mustache,' says the wife. 'You'll look handsome,' says the wife.
Mailman Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer: Marge, prepare the emergency ham.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Duff Executive: He's young, he's slim, and he can stand on his hind legs. Unlike our current spokesman.
Duffman: But what about my children? Duffgirl and Dufflad?
Homer: I don't care if his name is Bony McDork. Just make the checks out to me.
Krusty: Very good. Now, let me stand on my mark between the snake and its baby...
Krusty Escalation Character Comedy Astronaut: How can you get a buzz chewing freeze-dried beer?
Astronaut: How can you get a buzz chewing freeze-dried beer?
Announcer: National Association of the Sellers of Alcohol.
Homer: Like eat at Arby's.
Homer Observational Deadpan/Understatement Homer: Kent, let me make this perfectly clear. I have no dog.
Homer Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Bart: Who's gonna eat my homework now?
Bart Character Comedy Callback Regis: If I keep talking here, Kelly can't jump in. Come on, Suds. Toss me a bone.
Regis Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Marge: That guy exploits his pets worse than Bob Guccione.
Marge Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Lisa · Bart · Lisa: But show me a Simpson that isn't. / I'm not a coward. / [YELLING] / You're not a coward.
Duffman: If you have 6 liters of blood and your blood is 80 percent alcohol...how much alcohol do you have? Anyone?
Duffman Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Duffman: An icy-cold, full-bodied, beech wood-aged, amber-hued day in...
Barry Duffman: Then I must be Jesus. Up, up and away!
Sea Captain · Sea Captain's Mother: Mother, I served in Nam. / And you've been bitching about it for 30 years.
Bystander: Check it out. That shark's wasted. He's gone from predator to partier.
Duffman: Let me think. How did that beautiful young naked lady in Jaws make it out alive?
Duffman Character Comedy Observational Announcer: Guys wanna be him, girls think they can change him.
Marge · Homer: All we have left are the earthquake ham and the condolence ham. / Marge, they're just hams, okay?
Marge Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Homer · Bart: To me, that says 'I love you.' / I think he left a 'big hug' in your lunchbox.
Marge · Homer: All we have left are the earthquake ham and the condolence ham. / Marge, they're just hams, okay?
Homer: Everyone's against me.
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Top Episodes — The Simpsons
