Homer falls in love with the high life of flying in private planes when he saves Mr. Burns from drowning, and Burns repays him by flying him to Chicago for a night on the town.
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25.1
Wins Above Replacement
“He Loves To Fly And He Dohs” ranks #516 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 70.6 — Solid. The episode packs 66 scored jokes at 4.0 per minute, averaging 6.5 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
Colby: You have what made America great: no understanding of the limits of your power, and a complete lack of concern for what anyone thinks of you.
Colby Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lionel Richie: Wait, I forgot the words.
Homer: I drove a car over a cliff once. How different could it be?
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: I guess this is the end. I just wish I'd spent more time at the office.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Homer: Oh, what's the point of putting my socks on? I just have to take them off again a week later.
Homer Character Comedy Observational All Jokes — 66 analyzed
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Bart Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Homer: Ooh, I thought that was a lemon drop.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Mr. Burns: Why do I need another penny? I have billions. Still, if I don't take it, that hoodlum over there might.
Homer: Help... me! Help... me! Help... me!
Homer Physical/Slapstick Visual Gag Homer: I guess this is the end. I just wish I'd spent more time at the office.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Mr. Burns: A cookie. No, a car. No, a cookie.
Homer: 'Me'? But that's you.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Homer: What a waste of my precious, precious Saturday night.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Bart: Hey, Dad, have fun with your boyfriend.
Bart Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer: I have to be back at work on Monday, and my boss is a total jerk.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Homer: A p-p-p-private jet!
Homer Reaction Beat Character Comedy Homer: yeah, but I'm on a plane, idiot.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Mr. Burns: she'll do anything for you. Anything except sex. And I do mean anything.
Homer: I'm aroused... and confused.
Homer Reaction Beat Character Comedy Pilot: Air traffic control says we have to spend another three hours on the tarmac.
Pilot Irony/Sarcasm Observational Homer: Can you sing 'Say You Say Me,' but make it about beer?
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Lionel Richie: Hey, you, beer me / Beer me for always / That's the way it should be
Homer: Now make every word 'beer.'
Lionel Richie: Wait, I forgot the words.
Homer: If I leave the plane, I'll be just like everyone else!
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mr. Burns: Now let's enjoy the Miami of Canada-- Chicago!
Improv performer: Billionaire! Nice job-- where do I apply?
Improv performer: Our coffee costs a billion dollars. This is Starbucks. In Siberia.
Homer: Why are you applauding them? We wrote it.
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm Marge: While you were here, we felt like New York.
Marge Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: It's the difference between champagne and carbonated pee.
Homer Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Homer: and all I have to remember it by is that my ears haven't popped.
Homer Observational Character Comedy Marge: Well, I'll make sure that I never yawn again.
Marge Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: I don't need any shrink, therapist, counselor, motivation all speaker or 'guru.'
Homer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Homer: If you're gonna film me, I insist on a body double. Is Uncle Fester still alive?
Homer: I forget what I do.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer Running Gag Reaction Beat Homer: I'd like you to film it for insurance purposes.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: Oh, what's the point of putting my socks on? I just have to take them off again a week later.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Colby: before you even head out the door in the morning, you're already a loser.
Colby Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Colby: Never Don't Concentrate.
Colby Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Homer: I can't hear the song in my head!
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Colby: Do you want to get a reaction shot of his butt?
Colby Meta/Self-Referential Visual Gag Colby: Here's an important tip: Stop doing that.
Colby Deadpan/Understatement Setup/Punchline Homer: Behold my 217 average and weep.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: I have an aunt who became an uncle. Is it like that?
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: Dr. Fredrick J. Waxman, you're a genius!
Homer Character Comedy Misdirection Colby: Homer, your shoe attitude is bowling people over.
Colby Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Homer: Bart, I'll need some clean urine. Stat.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Well, I can see the position of handsomest CEO is already taken.
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline CEO: If you can write your name so I can read it, you're in.
CEO Setup/Punchline Observational Homer: Find out if he has a wife! We could double date!
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: One small coffee, please. And a dozen of those placemats with the maze on it.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Somebody's got to do 'em.
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Homer: Did my job in a way consistent with what I already told you. Because that's what you do. When you have a job.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Ralph: It's not my fault. The drinking fountain dared me to do it.
Ralph Character Comedy Absurdist Ralph: Look out! If it touches you, you die of suicide!
Ralph Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Homer: Well, explanation-wise, the fact is that... I lied. I didn't get the job.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort CEO: You sure know how to repeat the joke I just told ya.
CEO Meta/Self-Referential Setup/Punchline Bart: Brands like 'Miser's Choice' and 'Day-Old Delights'?
Bart Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Bart: things rich people buy, like Campbell's Soup and Pepsodent.
Bart Irony/Sarcasm Observational Homer: We're manufacturing a new pipe diameter, five-eighths inch.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: If I'm gonna tell that woman the truth, I'm going to do it in the one place no one can ever be sad.
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer: If I'm gonna tell that woman the truth, I'm going to do it in the one place no one can ever be sad
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer: Yeah, semper fudge!
Homer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Pilot: I didn't think I'd be flying today so I was doing heroin.
Pilot Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline Homer: I drove a car over a cliff once. How different could it be?
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Colby: Duke? That's good. Not Duke. Vanderbilt? A little further south. Don't make me say it.
Colby Setup/Punchline Escalation Colby: You have what made America great: no understanding of the limits of your power, and a complete lack of concern for what anyone thinks of you.
Colby Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Colby: Because I heard some guy say you couldn't.
Colby Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Pilot: Mr. Richie, your American Music Awards are weighing us down!
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