Character Analysis

Danny DeVito

Herb

Played by Danny DeVito

37 jokes across 2 episodes of The Simpsons

WAR

10.4

Total Jokes

37

Avg Craft

7.1

Avg Impact

6.5

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Herb delivers 37 scored jokes across 2 episodes of The Simpsons, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.5 on impact for a career WAR of 10.4. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Herb Lines

All Jokes — 34 total

S2E16

Homer · Herb:Hello? Hello? Stupid phone! Knock it off! I'm here! I was silent due to emotion.

6.86.2
S2E16

Security guard · Herb · Herb:Sorry, sir, I didn't know it was you. That's okay. Carry on. See the way I handled that, Marge?

6.96.0
S2E16

Herb · Board members:We're losing to the Japanese. Why? Unfair trade practices? Mushy one-worlders in Washington? Some gypsy curse?

7.07.0
S2E16

Herb · Board member · Herb:Why did I hire Harvard idiots? You went there. But Mommy and Daddy didn't pay my way!

7.06.5
S2E16

Herb · Designer · Herb:Persephone? What the hell kind of name is that? She was the Greek goddess of spring and rebirth. She was carried off to Hades where she ate six pomegranates-- People don't want cars named after hungry, old, Greek broads!

7.77.8
S2E16

Designer · Herb:I guess they extend to when the Angles met the Saxons. When white met bread.

7.37.0
S2E16

Herb · Marge:All born in wedlock? Yes, but Bart was a close call.

7.16.3
S2E16

Herb · Lisa · Bart:Lisa, are you the hell-raiser your father told me about? No, I can assure you I'm not. I'm the hell-raiser.

6.95.8
S2E16

Herb · Homer:God, that new-baby smell. Homer, you're the richest man I know. I feel the same about you.

7.06.0
S2E16

Herb · Bart:'Uncle Herb' sounds so formal. Do you think you could call me 'Unky Herb'? No problemo, Unky Herb.

6.55.5
S2E16

Herb:You know what they cost me? There's maybe $40 worth of steel in them.

6.86.2
S2E16

Herb:You hear that, morons? This is why we're getting killed! Instead of listening, you're telling people what they want.

7.06.3
S2E16

Herb · Homer:I want to pay you $200,000 a year! And I want to let you!

7.36.7
S2E16

Herb · Homer:How could you ask for it? You don't know what it is. May I be excused?

6.96.0
S2E16

Herb:It's because you're an average schmo. All you need is self-confidence.

7.56.7
S2E16

Herb:To think I wasted my life in boardrooms and meetings. I could have been watching cartoons!

7.05.8
S2E16

Herb:$82,000! This monstrosity costs $82,000?

6.97.3
S2E16

Herb:Maybe I'd have been better off? Maybe? You sponge-head, of course I'd have been better off! As far as I'm concerned, I have no brother!

7.57.5
S3E24

Herb:Yeah, I used to be rich. I owned Mickey Mouse massage parlors. Then those Disney sleazeballs shut me down. I said, 'I'll change the logo-- put Mickey's pants on.' Some guys you just can't reason with.

7.47.2
S3E24

Herb:You ever drive a Tempura hatchback?

6.86.0
S3E24

Herb:I'm ruined!

6.96.3
S3E24

Herb · Unknown:Overblown, don't you think? What about New Coke? Hey! I invented that.

7.37.0
S3E24

Herb · Mother:Lady, you just gave me... the idea of a lifetime. How do I thank you? Don't hurt me. Consider it done.

7.16.5
S3E24

Herb:All right! A peanut.

6.96.2
S3E24

Unknown · Herb:Then how come you're still a bum? All right. A man needs two things-- an idea and money to get it off the ground.

6.85.8
S3E24

Herb · Homer:I'm sorry, but I'm still mad at you. Every word you say makes me want to punch you. In my home, could you just kick me in the butt? I'll try, but I'm not making any promises.

7.36.8
S3E24

Herb · Marge:I've been living in a cardboard box... sleeping on grates, eating out of Dumpsters. You? Can't complain.

7.47.0
S3E24

Herb:Discarded pizza boxes... are an inexpensive source of cheese.

7.06.5
S3E24

Herb:Dear Lisa, last night... I used a rat for a pillow thanks to your pop

7.36.8
S3E24

Homer · Herb:It's drinking the water! Take it easy, Homer. This is an example... This is the greatest invention in the world. You'll make a million dollars. No, that invention is out already.

7.46.7
S3E24

Herb:Everything from 'change me' to 'turn off that damn Raffi record.'

6.46.2
S3E24

Bart · Herb:Can I get armor-piercing, cyanide-tipped bullets? It's in the Constitution.

7.47.2
S3E24

Maggie · Homer · Herb:I want what the dog's eating. / D'oh! / I'll get you... something nice.

6.55.8
S3E24

Herb:Homer, I bought you the damn chair.

7.37.2