The Simpsons travel to Ireland so that Grampa can have a final drink at O'Flanagan's Pub - an old watering hole of his. But when the small town of Dunkilderry isn't quite what Grampa remembers it as, and O'Flanagans has become a rundown and empty pub, he and Homer decide to buy it and fix it up.
WAR
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Wins Above Replacement
“In The Name Of The Grandfather” ranks #408 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 75.2 — Great. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 3.6 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.4 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: This brandy is fifty years old! Better toss it.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Homer: Now with an opposing point of view, bubbles!
Homer Absurdist Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Irish Judge: It got a lot nicer since we sent all our incompetent half-wits to America. Where you, for some reason, made them police officers.
Homer: Now I know why lobsters let out that joyful squeal when they're dropped in the pot.
Homer Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Moe: You wanna slow dance with a goat, I'll be doing a lot of things, but judging ain't one of them.
Moe Escalation Character Comedy All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Bart · Lisa · Marge: A home and garden show? Mom, you said we were going to a video game expo! / You told me we were gonna pick up trash by the freeway!
Homer: You told me something, but I wasn't listening!
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Bart · Lisa: There's a day we'll never get back. / I was so bored.
Bart Lisa Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Homer: Look! A welcome mat that tells you you're weight.
Homer Visual Gag Character Comedy Welcome Mat: Your weight is... Warranty voided.
Homer: The Sprinkle King, Sprinkle Queen, and Deluxe Sprinkle King are the Simon and Garfunkel plus one of hose nozzle dispersal arrays.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Homer: What is that soothing sound? Maybe it's beef stew!
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Getting a back rub from an orgasm.
Homer Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Bart: I'll be less stressed! And I'm really friggin' stressed!
Bart Escalation Character Comedy Homer: Now I know why lobsters let out that joyful squeal when they're dropped in the pot.
Homer Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Marge: We're starting to attract swingers.
Marge Cringe/Discomfort Visual Gag Homer: Now with an opposing point of view, bubbles!
Homer Absurdist Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Homer · Flanders: Afraid you'll get your mustache wet? Well, yes.
Homer: Funny word, urgent. Urgent. Urgent.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Probably a reminder to relax more.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Unknown: They're blanks, Abe.
Unknown Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline Grandpa: While you were lying here soaking like a bunch of dirty dishes, I was lonelier than Estes Kefauver at a meeting of Murder Incorporated!
Grandpa Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Grandpa: That actually makes sense. Look it up!
Grandpa Callback Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: Oh, Dad! I never knew you had dreams or emotions.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Who said anything about a jar?
Homer Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Homer · Grandpa: Pitch in a negro league. I can at least think of at least two problems with that.
Tour Guide: Welcome to Ireland. Also known as the Emerald Isle, Potatoville, East Boston, Freckled Bog, the Land of Poetry, and the Land of Bad Poetry.
Tour Guide · Kathy Ireland: On your left, you'll see Western Ireland. On your right, you'll see Kathy Ireland. Hi, everyone!
Marge: Dunkilderry is so quaint. It looks like the puzzle at the pediatrician's office.
Marge Observational Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Bart: In your face, Belgium!
Bart Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge: Bart, if you hate Belgium so much, maybe I should take your Tintins away!
Marge Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Bart Reaction Beat Character Comedy Callback Tom O'Flanagan: Run! Run you big sack of glue!
Tom O'Flanagan: It's been years since I've sold so much as a 'pint.'
Homer · Tom O'Flanagan: Don't you mean pint? / It's been so long, I've forgotten how to say it!
Tom O'Flanagan: It's a joke to even call this place a 'pube.'
Lisa: Such a beautiful language.
Lisa Irony/Sarcasm Reaction Beat Tom O'Flanagan: Here's some Bushmills whiskey, served in a potato, floating in a Guinness stout.
Guinness Tour Guide: Who would like to know our secret recipe? I'm not going to tell you. Sure, if I did, it wouldn't be a secret.
Guinness Tour Guide · Homer: Well. You may know the ingredients, but you don't know the ratio. / 50-50?
Immigration Officer · Immigrants: From now on, you're Francis *. / Bill Jones. / Seamus Fitzpatrick. / You're Liam Fitzpatrick, and you're brothers with him. / I said you're brothers! I didn't say you got along!
Marge: But I'm not sure I like the idea of getting a gift in return for kissing. What kind of a message is that for Lisa and Maggie?
Marge Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge: Except for Stone Phillips. Do you have one of him here? If so, he's our your him.
Marge Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Bart: K-I-S-S M-Y A-S-S spells kiss my ass.
Bart Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Grandpa: I just had a nightmare! That I was back with your mother! Oh, how I miss her.
Grandpa Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tom O'Flanagan: I have to say, for blind drunks, you had a excellent knowledge of Irish real estate law.
Homer: This brandy is fifty years old! Better toss it.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Irish Man · Homer: I'm in AA. / Who are you? Stuttering Fonzie?
Homer · Grandpa: Our first sale. / Our first refund.
Irish businessman: I'm late for a teleconference in Hong Kong, you fat gob!
Homer · Lisa: Ireland doesn't like pubs anymore. It's as if Danish people stopped liking sleek modern design. / Bite your tongue! That will never ever happen!
Moe: You wanna slow dance with a goat, I'll be doing a lot of things, but judging ain't one of them.
Moe Escalation Character Comedy Moe Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Moe: All I remember about him is he was part of a complete breakfast.
Moe Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Well, Da. It looks like all your 'dur' have come 'ter.'
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Homer: Look at all this Euro dough. These shamrock sure love their tobaccy.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Police Officer: Throw them in the potty wagon. I mean the us wagon.
Homer: America is the New York Yankees of countries. Powerful and respected until the year 2000.
Homer Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Homer: Knute Rockne, Larry Bird and especially Mr. Potato Head.
Homer: So I hope you'll forgive two well-meaning Americans for trying to take Ireland back to the good old days of Angela's Ashes.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Irish Judge: It got a lot nicer since we sent all our incompetent half-wits to America. Where you, for some reason, made them police officers.
Chief Wiggum: Oh, Jesus. / Better put a little ouchy spray on it.
Chief Wiggum: Boy! I better call for some backup. This is unit 19--
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