The Simpsons host a party to promote Krusty's own brand of liquor; impressed with the party's sucess, Mr. Burns decides to promote Homer; Bart takes an interest in reading classic novels.
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“The Man In The Blue Flannel Pants” ranks #334 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.9 — Great. The episode packs 72 scored jokes at 3.7 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.5 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
Mr. Burns: How ironic. I survived the Titanic by making a raft out of steerage passengers, and now this.
Mr. Burns Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mr. Burns: So he says, 'Bigamy is having one too many wives.' To which I replied, 'So's monogamy.'
Mr. Burns Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Mr. Burns: Do you have anything by Prince... Wilhelm of Prussia?
Mr. Burns Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Lisa: Don't you want to be able to read the things people carve into your chest in prison?
Lisa Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Krusty: I used up my stuff poisoning deer.
Krusty Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 72 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Bart: Is there any better feeling than waiting for a live Krusty show to start? Maybe watching your bride coming down the aisle. Hmm.
Bart Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Lisa: Why does she get to eat before the reception?
Krusty: My comedy comes from taking risks. Or avoiding them, I can't remember.
Krusty Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Krusty: Oh, why can't I be funny with just my words?
Krusty Irony/Sarcasm Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Agent: Bill Maher doesn't put dangerous things near his crotch, except when he's off work.
Agent Observational Dark/Subversive Krusty Reaction Beat Character Comedy Krusty: I used up my stuff poisoning deer.
Krusty Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Krusty: Get to the point! Unless you want a face full of clown chunks!
Krusty: We got buzz. Positive buzz. That exists? Wow.
Krusty Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Agent: I need a drink. Not that! Never that!
Agent Visual Gag Irony/Sarcasm Krusty · Milhouse: Children of troubled marriages not eligible. Oh!
Bart: So, uh, why are you here?
Bart Character Comedy Reaction Beat Homer: Krappy the Klunk. See?
Homer Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Agent: the most redonkulous marketing outreach
Agent Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Agent: He can listen to music with headphones on, he gets one slice of cheese pizza, and if the party gets slow, he has to pretend to let Krusty save him from drowning.
Agent Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Homer: Redonkulous! Off the dilge!
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Callback Comic Book Guy: And that's why John Gielgud is more of a father to me than my own father.
Comic Book Guy: There'll be time enough for nachos!
Lenny · Carl · Mr. Burns: Yeah, even Homer's not dumb enough to invite... So! This is the famous party. Feh. Guh. Pffoy.
Agent: He's destroying our youthful demographic!
Agent Observational Irony/Sarcasm Various party guests: So the car in front of us forgot to validate his... uh... I was in an anecdote once. Um, I have surgery in the morning. Yeah, and I'm the one having the surgery.
Mr. Burns · Homer: Your cotillion seems to be in full promenade. Good one.
Mr. Burns: Do you have anything by Prince... Wilhelm of Prussia?
Mr. Burns Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch DJ · Burns: Just play the oldest, stupidest thing in your catalog. Uh, let me check my beeswax cylinders.
Mr. Burns: May you all fly in an aeroplane someday.
Mr. Burns Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Mr. Burns: Indeed. That Homer Simpson is the beating baboon heart of this party.
Mr. Burns: So he says, 'Bigamy is having one too many wives.' To which I replied, 'So's monogamy.'
Mr. Burns Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Homer: It's never good. I always wind up being chased by hounds, or falling through a trapdoor, or being a peg in your game of human croquet.
Homer Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mr. Burns: When I made you a hoop, you split your pants.
Mr. Burns Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: The last thing I understood in that was 'pants.'
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Marlowe: In two weeks, the only tie I'll be wearing is for autoerotic pleasure.
Marlowe Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer: Woo-hoo! No more church!
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Lenny · Homer: The higher they rise, the further they fall! You know, you're kind of a downer.
Marlowe: Hey, you're a baby account man. Still on the bottle.
Marlowe Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Homer · Marlowe: Aw. Bourbon go bye-bye. There ain't enough bourbon in Kentucky for you, big guy. Yeah, the governor wrote me a letter to that effect.
Homer: The next time, I vote for you, it's gonna be on purpose.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: And if you don't like the score, you can change it yourself. ♪ Boring. ♪
Homer Visual Gag Character Comedy Quimby: I have never heard an analogy involving sports! I love it!
Quimby Character Comedy Absurdist Marlowe: This set of bar tools has been passed down from account man to account man since the dawn of history. 1956.
Marlowe Misdirection Deadpan/Understatement Homer · Marlowe: Can you be my dad? If your mom was a secretary, there's a good chance I am.
Homer · Robert Marlowe: Can you be my dad? If your mom was a secretary, there's a good chance I am.
Homer: It's a rat race, but it looks like I won.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bart · Homer: Read to Lisa? Why don't you just ask me to kiss her? If you kissed her, that would be lovely. I'll read! I'll read!
Homer: Please, Lisa. I had 18 martinis today.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Bart: I'm a bad reader, okay?!
Bart Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bart: I'll get one of those jobs where you don't need to read, like French fry maker or general.
Bart Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Lisa: Don't you want to be able to read the things people carve into your chest in prison?
Lisa Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lisa · Bart: No, Bart, you can read other books, too. What?!
Homer · Marge: You can't touch electricity, Marge, you can't feel it. That's because it would kill you.
Homer: My job is my wife, loneliness-- my mistress, despair-- my sex buddy. Angst is a chick I met online, but then it turned out it was really a guy.
Homer Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Homer: Angst is a chick I met online, but then it turned out it was really a guy.
Marlowe: Sorry, Marge, that account job hollowed me out like a cheap chocolate bunny.
Marlowe Character Comedy Observational Marlowe: I've been divorced three times, I've got a cocktail addiction, a shrimp cocktail addiction, and I can't stop bending women to my sexual will.
Marge · Marlowe: Wait, how did I end up in your bedroom? Lady, I am smoother than an Eisenhower-era freeway.
Marlowe: Then I gave up on my secret other family.
Robert Marlowe: It's not what you think. It's much weirder.
Nelson: You're reading a chapter book. For fun! Bullies, to me.
Nelson Character Comedy Escalation Dolph: Little Women? Are you aware that's another way of saying 'girls'?
Dolph Observational Character Comedy Bart · Jimbo: Your fists are sisters? Yeah, Poke-ahontas and Sock-ajawea!
Bart Jimbo Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bullies: You can't stop now. I want to know if their father comes home. Does Jo learn to handle her hasty temper? Does Amy get over her conceitedness?
Bullies Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Nelson: 'Cause we're going to keep making you read us a lame ol' girl's book.
Nelson Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Callback Kearney: I keep going, 'Why is Meg saying that?' and then I realize it's Beth.
Kearney Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Callback Homer · Secretary: Tell her I'm at a meeting, not drinking. This is a whisper-amplifying intercom.
Marge · Homer: Don't talk to me like I'm a client. You're not a client, you're the client.
Mr. Burns: Finally, humanity has found a use for water.
Homer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Lisa: It's more fun to play with a ball of yarn if it has all the colors in it. And yarn should be allowed to marry dental floss.
Lisa Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: Let's see, my family gives me love and sex. My work gives me money and sleep.
Homer Observational Character Comedy Mr. Burns: How ironic. I survived the Titanic by making a raft out of steerage passengers, and now this.
Mr. Burns Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Mr. Burns, your heart will go on.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Callback Callback Homer: I'm okay, and I found some gold! See, luckiest man in the world.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Homer: I'm back to being a boring old safety inspector at a nuclear power plant.
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