When Retirement Castle is closed, Marge asks Grampa and two other octogenarians to move in; Nelson befriends Bart after Bart defends him.
WAR
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Wins Above Replacement
“The Winter Of His Content” ranks #76 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 83.9 — Elite. The episode packs 52 scored jokes at 3.4 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 6.8 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
Bullies: You're gay for the ground. Well, you're gay for homophobia. Wow. You just made me gay for tolerance.
Bullies Escalation Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Bart: I, too, know the pain of hand-me-down underwear. My dad buys the underpants gorillas wear during monkey shows.
Bart Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge: I didn't mind that he grew bald. I didn't mind that he got fat. I didn't mind that he got fatter. But no one told me he'd get older than me.
Marge Escalation Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Homer: Speak for yourself. Glug-glug-glug. Chomp-chomp-chomp. Beep...
Homer Dark/Subversive Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Lisa · Homer: Have you seen how he treats my grampa? Never visits him. Never even acknowledges his existence. Your grampa's alive? Oh, yeah.
Lisa Homer Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 52 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Homer: Mmm, mail. Oh, 'urgent notice.' Hmm. If it's not final, who cares?
Homer Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Homer · Bart · Lisa: If it's important, they'll call back. Mom! Dad! The retirement home lost its license and Grampa has nowhere to live! D'oh!
Grampa · Dr. Hibbert: Look who's here, the big dummy! You do know I'm a doctor now. Yeah! M.D.! Major Dummy!
Grampa: This place is unlivable. My contract clearly promised 'barely livable.'
Grampa Absurdist Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Official: Mannequin nurses.
Homer: Unless... what about that nice dog boarding place? The really good one, where they each have their own dog partner. No kennels! You're right. Bad idea, bad idea.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: No kennels! You're right. Bad idea, bad idea.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Callback Old Man: Can I be honest with you? They're not. We're all alone in this world. All I have left is a phone message from my late wife. Pick up the phone, big shot! I know you're there!
Old Man Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Grampa Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Homer: Honey, Grampa is the closest thing I have to a father, and I love him, but three octogenorous?
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Speak for yourself. Glug-glug-glug. Chomp-chomp-chomp. Beep...
Homer Dark/Subversive Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Grampa: Without ripple, I never would have had you. Ripple's your real daddy.
Grampa Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Old Man: This is gonna be a swell flophouse, sister.
Old Man Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: Don't worry, Marge. It's childproof.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Bart: Not what I was hoping for, but it'll do.
Bart Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Grampa · Bart: Your job is to guide me. Well, I really think you should watch your temper. I mean down the stairs, you stupid kid!
Jimbo · Nelson: Is that women's underwear? My mom can't afford to buy me clothes, so I wear her hand-me-downs.
Bart: I, too, know the pain of hand-me-down underwear. My dad buys the underpants gorillas wear during monkey shows.
Bart Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Nelson: From now on, you and I are as tight as whiteys.
Nelson Wordplay/Pun Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: I've had it up to here with those freeloading wrinkle bags. They pee all night, they cry all day, and every time they use the computer, the font is huge.
Homer Observational Escalation ★ Rewatch Lisa · Homer: Have you seen how he treats my grampa? Never visits him. Never even acknowledges his existence. Your grampa's alive? Oh, yeah.
Lisa Homer Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Old Man · Another Old Man: What did he say? He wants to see if ghosts exist. Ooh, they do. My Uncle Bill is here right now.
Chief Wiggum: Aw, Lou, you got a suspicious mind, you know? You remind me of that Elvis song. Uh, uh, 'Clambake.' You know, 'cause you open your yap when things get hot. 'Clambake.'
Chief Wiggum: Aw, Lou, you got a suspicious mind, you know? You remind me of that Elvis song. Uh, uh, 'Clambake.' You know, 'cause you open your yap when things get hot. 'Clambake.'
Jimbo · Dolph: We've decided to make you an honorary bully. Bestow upon him the necklace of unknown retainers.
Homer: Oh, my God. This counts as exercise? I'm barely moving and I'm smelling Cinnebun.
Homer Observational Character Comedy Homer: Sometimes you have to wait till you're 38 to discover who you really are. I'm a 79-year-old man.
Homer Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mildred · Grampa: Who's the icebox pie, Abe? Your younger brother? My son-- but he's taken.
Grampa: You can't see the ring because his finger's too fat.
Grampa Character Comedy Observational Homer · Marge: How did you know I wanted one? All you gals like chicken dinners, Marge. Don't call me a gal. Makes me feel like I'm your mother.
Homer · Marge: All you gals like chicken dinners, Marge. Don't call me a gal. Makes me feel like I'm your mother.
Marge · Homer: Did your ear lobes get longer? Falsies.
Bart: They say he once wedgied a kid in half.
Bully: Hey, isn't that the same night the U.S. figure skating finals are on? They've been promoting it like hell!
Bully Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Marge: Then he called the police when a Frisbee landed on our lawn.
Marge Character Comedy Escalation Marge: I didn't mind that he grew bald. I didn't mind that he got fat. I didn't mind that he got fatter. But no one told me he'd get older than me.
Marge Escalation Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Chester: Documentary filmmakers expose our craft.
Chester Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Chester: And cyber-bullying has taken away the warmth of human punching.
Chester Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Chester: Because I don't want to sit around like Prince Charles waiting for the queen to die!
Chester Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Chester: Because I don't want to sit around like Prince Charles waiting for the queen to die!
Chester Observational Dark/Subversive Radio Voice · Nelson: And his friend, the kid with the lady's underpants! How does everyone know?
Bart · Nelson: I feel naked without it. Yeah, I get that. That's how I feel about my eyebrow ring.
Nelson: That's how I feel about my eyebrow ring.
Nelson Character Comedy Absurdist Lou: Aw, damn it! I just had to get her parkour lessons for her birthday.
Lou Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch SAT Prepper: 790 assault, 780 battery.
Bart · Nelson: You're gay for the ground. Well, you're gay for homophobia. Wow. You just made me gay for tolerance.
Bullies: You're gay for the ground. Well, you're gay for homophobia. Wow. You just made me gay for tolerance.
Bullies Escalation Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Homer: Fine! Your generation did its part when it won World War II and created The Rockford Files.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: I won't let the ravages of time catch up with me till I'm 52!
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: I can't be old yet. I won't let the ravages of time catch up with me till I'm 52!
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Marge: We got ten minutes between the kids falling asleep and the old guys waking up. Go, go, go!
Marge Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — The Simpsons
