When Homer hears that the Isotopes are on a winning streak, he takes the family to the game. The first baseman’s game is going bad, caused by his sexy singing wife Tabitha embarrassing him during the game’s national anthem. Buck Mitchell sees Marge and Homer’s kiss on the game’s Kiss-Cam and comes to them for marital advice. They start working with the couple and Buck’s baseball career turns around, but it and the Simpson marriage goes awry again when Buck catches Homer giving Tabitha a neck massage. While Marge and Homer try keeping their marriage together they also try to get Buck and Tabitha back together.
WAR
53
Wins Above Replacement
“Marge And Homer Turn A Couple Play” ranks #198 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.1 — Elite. The episode packs 65 scored jokes at 3.8 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.7 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
Sports Radio Host: And that's why Lou Gehrig was a selfish cry baby who deserved to die.
Announcer: It's going, going... and like america's credibility on the world stage, that ball is gone.
Announcer Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Announcer: That's an e-3 if you're keeping score at home, and if you are, your loneliness saddens me.
Announcer Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Homer: Hey, we've gone through more hardships than the jews and Charlie Brown put together.
Homer Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Homer · Marge: I always say that. Let's compromise and say nobody said it.
Homer Marge Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 65 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Homer: It's amazing they've gotten 512 shows out of this premise.
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Bart: Remember when we saw Hunch's butt in the shower? That was two seasons ago. Now you can only see butts on cable.
Bart Observational Absurdist Moe: The isotopes are winning? To the bandwagon!
Moe Character Comedy Observational Homer: Don't worry, I'll use the money I make to buy tickets from a scalper. Then I'll sell those tickets, and we'll be rich. Rich!
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: Cop! Act like you're in love with me.
Homer Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Grandpa Simpson · Bart: You want to know something, Bart? Nah, I know enough.
Grandpa Simpson: That was during the war, when sushi was called 'liberty logs,' and no one had ever heard of it.
Lisa: But grandpa, in 1942, they only played women's baseball here.
Grandpa Simpson: Let's just say one of the ladies had some extra equipment.
Grandpa Simpson: I was a center fielder for the Springfield floozies.
Grandpa Simpson: The pay wasn't much, but it kept me out of the war for a year.
Grandpa Simpson: Effie Lou is a man! Get him! He could threaten my record for lady triples.
Marge: I bet that's why she's here tonight honoring america.
Marge Irony/Sarcasm Observational Tabitha Vixx: and now here's something from my new album.
Homer: Hey, Buck, how's it feel knowing your wife's turning on a creep like me? Weird, I bet.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Announcer: That's an e-3 if you're keeping score at home, and if you are, your loneliness saddens me.
Announcer Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Bart: Nine volt! Double a! D! D! D! D!
Announcer: Job himself never had a tougher day at the ball park than Buck Mitchell.
Announcer: He's made six errors, struck out twice and swallowed a bee.
Duffman: They're making a mockery out of amerisnack. Comtroll doll night.
Dr. Hibbert: We both find public displays of affection vulgar.
Lenny: Come on, doc, she's a fine-looking woman. You don't want to work that?
Lenny Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Marge: Look at that ugly old man. That's you.
Marge Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer · Marge: Really? You'd kiss an ugly old man like me? Only if he'll kiss me back.
Lenny · Carl: Remember when we used to kiss like that, Carl? With our respective girlfriends.
Homer · Marge: Marge, can we get a trough? For the last time, no.
Homer · Buck Mitchell: Hey, that was my ice tea. I just sweetened it to my liking.
Homer: I barely recognize you without your costume on.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Marge: I never heard anything about it on the gossip shows or the blogosphere or in my supermarket checkout magazine.
Marge Character Comedy Observational Homer: I could entertain business clients. I might even land the Henderson account.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Buck Mitchell: That means she wants to talk in private. It's probably about you.
Homer: Hey, we've gone through more hardships than the jews and Charlie Brown put together.
Homer Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Buck Mitchell · Comic Book Guy: There were a lot of weird guys at the stadium tonight. You know, I remembered you.
Homer: Sorry I'm late. I was just gathering my counseling equipment.
Homer Visual Gag Character Comedy Homer: Now, let's remember... no one's right and no one's wrong... till I say so.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: Unfortunately, we're out of time. How does that make you feel? Shut up. My 10:00's here.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Buck Mitchell: Well, I'm positively sick of her shaking her lady parts for the whole world to eyeball.
Homer: Buck, you've got a beautiful woman with a hot body that any man would fantasize about even while making love to his own Marge.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bart: Just sign your name above president Lincoln's.
Bart Character Comedy Visual Gag Lisa · Homer: If you listen closely, you can hear them arguing right now. And I say a monkey can mow our lawn!
Homer: I stole a rack of fur coats. I sell one a year to pay for christmas.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer: Why, 'cause I'm fat?
Homer · Marge: I always say that. Let's compromise and say nobody said it.
Homer Marge Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Announcer: It's going, going... and like america's credibility on the world stage, that ball is gone.
Announcer Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Kent Brockman: After that, who gives a hobo's crap? Am I right?
Homer: Wow, I've got this sudden urge to give her a five-dollar bill.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: You're talking to the chicken. Don't tell the hamburger in my car.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Tabitha Vixx: They're day laborers. We picked them up in the home depot parking lot.
Homer: Thank god I brought protection. I used to be so embarrassed buying these.
Homer Misdirection Visual Gag Homer: cancellations require 24 hours... notice.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Sports Radio Host: And that's why Lou Gehrig was a selfish cry baby who deserved to die.
Moe: It don't need no writing on it. It don't even have to be clean.
Moe Character Comedy Escalation Moe: It's holding in my hernia.
Bart · Homer: Papa. I didn't want you to learn that word this way.
Bart Homer Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: So now we're judging each other based on things we've done. Real fair. Class act.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Marge: Crossed arms mean 'no.'
Marge Visual Gag Character Comedy Homer: Your standing lamp is dirty. I'll polish it.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Announcer: Said zeppelin has a whole lotta love.
Duffman: No, I said, 'duffman will do what you want. Stop kicking and punching duffman.'
Duffman Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Homer: She must be pooping.
Comic Book Guy · Crowd: This is the worst blimp crash ever! Too soon!
Duffman: Three duffmen are working the game tonight. Don't tell the children. It's disillusioning.
Duffman Meta/Self-Referential Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Buck Mitchell: Let's see, B. No, no, no. A. No, no, oh, man, man! It's C. As in 'keeping together.'
Homer: But enough of the baseball analogies. They sicken me.
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Buck Mitchell · Tito: Ain't love grand, tito? Hey, man, I don't care! Bandits just kidnapped my mother. Just found out.
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