Bart has to see a psychiatrist after he starts a panic at school by telling a story about a murderous cafeteria worker. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to civilize Cletus Spuckler's hillbilly children, with mixed results.
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“Yokel Chords” ranks #238 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.2 — Elite. The episode packs 61 scored jokes at 3.3 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.5 on impact, with Bart landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Bart: That, and Stanley was the brand of hammer my dad used to hit me with.
Bart Dark/Subversive Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dark Stanley: Needs more girl.
Bart: What kind of lunch is this? A drawing of a sandwich.
Bart Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Cletus's children: Witney! Jitney! Dubya! Incest! Crystal Meth! International Harvester! Birthday!
Bart: And then I had this dream that my whole family was just cartoon characters, and that our success had led to some crazy propaganda network called 'Fox News.'
Bart Meta/Self-Referential Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 61 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Marge: It's amazing how they always solve the crime just before they run out of pages.
Marge Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch James Patterson: James Patterson! Come with me, Marge. Help me think of new nursery rhyme-themed titles for my thrillers.
Marge · James Patterson: Ooh, how about 'Little Bo Peep'? That's great. A clue could be her sheep.
Homer: Eh, stumbled home at dawn, same diff.
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Bart: What kind of lunch is this? A drawing of a sandwich.
Bart Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Abe · Homer: Abe, pull over! You're not the driver! Shut up, pizzas! I've gotta deliver you!
Groundskeeper Willie: Unless I 'scare' one up.
Willie · Kids: Stanley, Stanley, no degree. Two credits short at MIT.
Dark Stanley: Needs more girl.
Willie: When they came back the next day, the whole cemetery was missing!
Willie: They say Dark Stanley makes your skull into a toilet and wee-wees into it.
Willie Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Bart: Nobody pajamanates my skin.
Bart Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kid: Why aren't you a-scareded?
Kid Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Willie Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Willie · Skinner: I'll bring those wee ones back dead or alive. Not dead. Ah, ya never let Willie be Willie.
Cletus: I teach the big ones and the big ones teach the little ones, but no one ever taught me, which makes the whole thing just an exercise in futility.
Cletus Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Chalmers: Plus our last bake sale was a disaster. People took bites without buying the cookies.
Chalmers: I warn you, young lady, we can fumfur all day.
Chalmers Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Skinner · Chalmers: How do we gag a blabbermouth like Lisa?
Skinner · Chalmers: Would she shut her trap For a gift card from the Gap?
Lisa · Chalmers: You have a lovely voice, sir. Why do you have to make everything weird?
Cletus: Hey, kids! The plow done birthed a girl-critter!
Cletus Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Cletus: Now, if you need me, I'll be on the porch drinkin' Thomsen's Water Seal.
Cletus Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Cletus's children: Witney! Jitney! Dubya! Incest! Crystal Meth! International Harvester! Birthday!
Cletus child: Are we gonna do this much work every day?
Homer: But the school's paying for five sessions and there's a Chinese restaurant next door where I can get drunk.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Bart: This school has sent me to more therapists than you've had bad dates.
Bart Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Dr. Swanson · Bart: Actually, I just got 'Death Kill City II: Death Kill Stories.' Whoa! You've got 'DKC2: DKS'? That one's rated 'Bad for Everyone.'
Video game: You have destroyed all human life on earth. Level 1 complete.
Cletus child: How is any of this gonna put dog meat on my plate?
Cletus: 'The county fair is always sucky to visit on a hot summer fart.' 'You can eat delicious cotton hate, and ride the Ferris burp and the Merry-go-booger.'
Bart: My dad never takes me on the merry-go-booger. He's always passed out in the parking snot.
Bart Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Bart: Every president has a word balloon that says 'I am gay.'
Cletus child: These colorful bums is funny!
Lisa: Mistos and lattes and grandes and ventis / Browsing at bookstores with fat cognoscentis
Lisa: Comparing Jim Carrey to Dario Fo!
Lisa Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Lisa: Mrs. Skinner is Mame
Lisa Visual Gag Character Comedy Cletus child · Krusty: Hey! You're one of those funny people with a big crazy nose. A clown? No, a... Joker!
Bart: And then I had this dream that my whole family was just cartoon characters, and that our success had led to some crazy propaganda network called 'Fox News.'
Bart Meta/Self-Referential Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Bart: I think I just got dumped.
Bart Reaction Beat Character Comedy Apu: That is because you're robbing my brother Sanjay.
Apu Misdirection Setup/Punchline Cletus: Now I don't sign nothin' without pretendin' to read it first.
Cletus Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Cletus: Hamburger, hamburger, hamburger, hamburger. Looks good!
Cletus Callback Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Cletus children: I have eight teeth Going on seven teeth
Cletus children: We live on landfill And feast on roadkill While we all drink Moonshine
Homer: Look at those morons. They sing because they're stupid.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Krusty · Sondheim: What's your name again, fuzz-face? Stephen Sondheim.
Krusty: You didn't?! Oh, no!
Sondheim: President or ayatollah Everyone loves new Buzz Cola With lemon
Person: Uh... how do we get the real dog out?
Person Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bart: Do you think I'm telling people not to have a cow because deep down I want them to have a cow?
Bart Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Marge: If it doesn't work, maybe when you're an adult, you can pay some lady to make you happy for an hour.
Marge Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Marge · Bart: Maybe when you're an adult, you can pay some lady to make you happy for an hour. You know, I'm pretty sure I will.
Bart: That, and Stanley was the brand of hammer my dad used to hit me with.
Bart Dark/Subversive Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Bart · Dr. Swanson: One of these days I might have a complete psychotic breakdown. Aw... I'd like that.
Bart · Dr. Swanson: One of these days I might have a complete psychotic breakdown. Aw... I'd like that.
Cletus child: Ain't that lyin', Mr. Krusty?
Andy Dick: I'm blue collar. I'm totally blue collar. My dad owns a shovel.
Cletus: Brandine! You're supposed to be in Iraq, stopping 9/11!
Cletus Absurdist Dark/Subversive Brandine: He's only the father of two of 'em! The one that can't sing and the one that can't ad lib.
Brandine · Cletus: How much money do we have left? Uh, I owe Krusty $12,000. We can live on that.
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