Homer meets a new friend, Ray the Roofer, but gets confined to a mental institution when his friends and family believe he made him up.
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“Dont Fear The Roofer” ranks #488 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.2 — Solid. The episode packs 38 scored jokes at 2.1 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.3 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 · Stephen Hawking: So what does Stephen Hawkins here? I live here now. I am the new owner the 'Little Caesar's' down the street. Pizza, pizza. Pizza, pizza.
Homer: One day this bowl is overflowing, and I will be there.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Professor Frink: I filed a tear in the texture of space-time combined with pieces of metal suspension has created a black hole.
Homer: Hot Wheels to the rescue! The water comes from here pass line few turns S tight, the looping of death, and exit through lunge for mail.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Professor Frink: I filed a tear in the texture of space-time combined with pieces of metal suspension has created a black hole. He intermediary between Homer and Bart, creating a gravitational lens which has absorbed light reflected by Ray.
All Jokes — 38 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Professor Frink: A: We are in an area very high pressure or B: God plays bowling.
Professor Frink: With the balls, bowling, shoe rental, very bad pizza cheese served in square shares.
Krusty: Kent Sorry, I sold all my weather jokes to Jay Mohr.
Krusty Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Krusty: But I can make sounds funny in your microphone.
Krusty Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Hot Wheels to the rescue! The water comes from here pass line few turns S tight, the looping of death, and exit through lunge for mail.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge: when you can not keep the roof over your family you're really a father.
Marge Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Lisa: The teddy bear had survived three points of safety. But he did not survive you!
Lisa Escalation Character Comedy Homer: Oh, it's raining outside. It also rains inside!
Homer Observational Deadpan/Understatement Homer · Stephen Hawking: So what does Stephen Hawkins here? I live here now. I am the new owner the 'Little Caesar's' down the street. Pizza, pizza. Pizza, pizza.
Stephen Hawking: Sorry, this button jammed.
Homer: Surprise? What a surprise?
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Moe: I cook a cake in the shape of bar stool favorite Lenny and you destroy.
Moe Absurdist Character Comedy Moe · Barney: Who wants frosting ass? I do not thank you the regime of Dr. Atkins.
Homer: Finally, a bar for men who love drink, and watch sexy girls.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Observational Waitress: You do not see the sign, perverse? It does not look at the enormous chests of our waitresses
Ray: I have not seen all cheese since I left my Billy Joel albums in the sun.
Ray Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Homer · Ray: Any played by the jukebox. Ok 'Let me ca again Once is never enough...' The next song. Yes, that's what I meant. - Yes, absolutely.
Homer: You're right margin. I should look for a road in scenes open to poets, where yoga retreats.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Homer: Tape me five. I have values. I will tape five for nothing.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Marge: then we will make emmenera Bart C-I-R-C-O-N-C-I-R.
Marge Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Homer: One day this bowl is overflowing, and I will be there.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Grampa · Bart: Keep my dog? Until when? Not too long ago, until they die.
Homer: One, two, three, four. I declare war nails! That's why I'm embarked on the roof.
Homer Absurdist Wordplay/Pun Homer: Ben if I had been, it would had children greatest.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Grampa · Bart: You know it's bad. It was also from that dog long as I can remember. What dog? - Who are you?
Marge: How do you think I was going react when you painted it? More or less this way.
Marge Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Marge: How do you think I was going react when you painted it?
Marge Reaction Beat Visual Gag Homer: His truck will turn at the intersection. Just. now! Now! Now! Now.
Homer Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Marge: My heart, your friend Ray is in your head.
Marge Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Dr. Hibbert · Homer: Ray is a Magini anagram of 'imaginary'. My subconscious is a genius.
Homer: My subconscious is a genius.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Doctor: It was a rubber covered with Vaseline.
Dr. Hibbert: Real. Not real. Real. Sorry, but recent Homer Historical evidence shows Robin Hood that has not existed.
Professor Frink: I filed a tear in the texture of space-time combined with pieces of metal suspension has created a black hole. He intermediary between Homer and Bart, creating a gravitational lens which has absorbed light reflected by Ray.
Professor Frink: I filed a tear in the texture of space-time combined with pieces of metal suspension has created a black hole.
Ray · Homer · Others: It's easy, I'm an entrepreneur. It's true, you are all crooks. We are all crooks, it's true.
Ray: Monday, 21h, on CBS. They say they love All this guy, but I am not freelance.
Ray Meta/Self-Referential Setup/Punchline Homer · Ray: Monday at 21h. On CBS. What time? 21h. And if I want to look, what day? Monday. On Monday, 21h. And it's on the radio? No, it's on television.
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