# Worst Simpsons Jokes Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594 "2003-12-29T16:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/21 "2003-12-30T06:14:20Z")
As a proponant of comedy that goes on just a little bit too long, I have to second the brilliance of the rake scene. I also do a bang on impersonation of Sideshow Bob’s little grunt. “Yehaggghr.” _thwack!_ “Yehaggghr.” What jokcey episode? Because as all Simpsons fans know, the jockey episode never happened. You hear me? Never. Happened. ---
**Author:** ![A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_wizard_song_for_thee)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/22 "2003-12-30T06:50:39Z")
See, the problem, as I see it, with this thread is that one man’s trash is another man’s really funny joke. I was pretty well helpless with laughter after the knifey-spoony bit, and Sideshow Bob’s rake scene is one of the best scenes that the show ever produced, IMHO. That said, the lamest, stupidest, most obvious joke I ever saw on The Simpsons was “Remember, kids! Never trust anyone over thirty! And now, here’s Peter Frampton.” So anvilicious. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/23 "2003-12-30T07:35:27Z")
The rake bit is brilliant, IMHO. One gag I always hated was Fat Tony having a laser sight on his icepick. Don’t know why, it just really irritates me. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/24 "2003-12-30T08:42:55Z")
I’m just glad that this thread wasn’t titled ‘Worst. Simpsons Joke. Ever.’ ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/25 "2003-12-30T08:48:08Z")
This bit struck me as over the line: [the kids are on a field trip to a post office] Skinner: Well, children, any questions for Postmaster Bill? Nelson: You ever gone on a killing spree? Bill: [laughs] No, no! The day of the gun-totin’ disgruntled shooting up the place went out with the Macarena! Skinner: Well, I’m just glad I work in an elementary school. ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/26 "2003-12-30T13:59:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MaxTheVool \* > \*\*The Rake Scene is friggin’ brilliant. It starts, and is funny, then it goes on too long, and then it just keeps going and going and going and gets funnier and funnier. The best thing about it is how totally preposterous it is that there’s this big open area with dozens of rakes just lying around waiting to be stepped on. > > Perfection. \*\* This post reminded me of it and made me crack up. Worst bit I can think of is at the state fair when Homer kept giving Lisa the thumbs up. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/27 "2003-12-30T15:47:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HomerIU \* > \*\*Speaking of which, I am surprised that no one has mentioned when they had the animated Clinton say something to Marge like, “You may think I am too good for you, but you are wrong. I’ve done it with pigs.” I can’t believe they’d actually portray the president as someone who’d have sex with pigs. I found it funny, but I was incredibly surprised there was no boycotts or outrage from someone over this. \*\* Yeah, you’d think all those people who burned Dixie Chicks CDs should have been all over that. Oh wait, they only care about respecting presidents _they voted for_. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/28 "2003-12-30T16:10:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Finding a worst Simpsons’ joke is like looking through the finest box of chocolates that money could buy, and selecting the worst. That would be the quince log… Interesting at the wide variety of reactions. The rake bit is one of my favorite bits and one of the few bits that’s become incorporated into my daily vocabulary (the “yohrrrer” part, not the stepping on rakes part). ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/29 "2003-12-30T16:24:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gadfly \* > \*\*Finding a worst Simpsons’ joke is like looking through the finest box of chocolates that money could buy, and selecting the worst. \*\* Yes yes. Well put. That having been said, one particular joke that infuriates me is from the Y2K treehouse of horror episode: I forgot exactly how it was setup, but I believe it was something to do with Homer forgetting to make things Y2K compliant. The millenium hits and of course everything electronic in the world starts malfunctioning. And then things non-electronic. So here it is: Homer takes the milk out of the fridge and it suddenly has holes in it spraying milk all over the place. ROTF! I thought that was hilarious, probably the best moment in the whole bit. UNTIL Lisa: “It has a computer chip in it. Everything does.” GAH!! Why the heck did you feel the need to explain it!!! The idea of a carton of milk malfunctioning because of Y2K - brilliant. It’s sorta the way midiclorons completely ruined the whole force. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/30 "2003-12-30T19:15:47Z")
In one of the more recent episodes, the Simpsons have money trouble (again). There are two jokes that stand out as being terrible though I can’t really explain why. One has Homer going to the bank and applying for a loan, and then going behind a bush and pretending to be Marge and his kids. The voice he does for the kids is really annoying. In another scene, the family is meeting to discuss the money troubles, and Homer remarks that he spent the last of their money on the cowbell he’s holding. Then it calls apart, and he yells “Damn you Ebay!” For some reason that just seems like a desperate attempt to have a tendy popculture reference. ---
**Author:** ![HomerIU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HomerIU](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomerIU)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/31 "2003-12-31T05:19:05Z")
Didn’t they do the rake gag TWICE in that Sideshow Bob episode? I just thought they dragged it on too long. I did think it was funny that there were just all these rakes there in a circle in the middle of nowhere for no particular reason. ``` I like the Peter Frampton/over 30 line too. Maybe a bit obvious, but still funny. ``` ---
**Author:** ![the\_terminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@the\_terminator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_terminator)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/32 "2003-12-31T05:42:51Z")
> [@](#): > > In one of the more recent episodes, the Simpsons have money trouble (again). There are two jokes that stand out as being terrible though I can’t really explain why. One has Homer going to the bank and applying for a loan, and then going behind a bush and pretending to be Marge and his kids. The voice he does for the kids is really annoying. In another scene, the family is meeting to discuss the money troubles, and Homer remarks that he spent the last of their money on the cowbell he’s holding. Then it calls apart, and he yells “Damn you Ebay!” For some reason that just seems like a desperate attempt to have a tendy popculture reference. I found Homer’s attempt to sound like his kids was friggin’ hilarious. A friend of mine can do an imitation of the voice perfectly. I do agree with the eBay reference, though. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/33 "2003-12-31T07:49:04Z")
I think the flat out stupidest Simpsons scene was at the end of an otherwise fairly decent episode (1890’s house, maybe?) where they apparently had 30 seconds to fill at the end. So for thirty seconds they had Homer looking into the end of the garden hose with Bart turning it on and off while the rest of the family laughed. As Krusty would say, “What the hell was that?” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/34 "2003-12-31T08:21:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Finagle \* > \*\*I think the flat out stupidest Simpsons scene was at the end of an otherwise fairly decent episode (1890’s house, maybe?) where they apparently had 30 seconds to fill at the end. So for thirty seconds they had Homer looking into the end of the garden hose with Bart turning it on and off while the rest of the family laughed. As Krusty would say, “What the hell was that?” \*\* I haven’t seen the episode, but that’s sounds like a certain classic 1890’s film clip - one of the earliest surviving films, and possibly the first comedy ever shot. ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/35 "2003-12-31T16:16:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yumblie \* > \*\*In one of the more recent episodes, the Simpsons have money trouble (again). There are two jokes that stand out as being terrible though I can’t really explain why. One has Homer going to the bank and applying for a loan, and then going behind a bush and pretending to be Marge and his kids. The voice he does for the kids is really annoying. In another scene, the family is meeting to discuss the money troubles, and Homer remarks that he spent the last of their money on the cowbell he’s holding. Then it calls apart, and he yells “Damn you Ebay!” For some reason that just seems like a desperate attempt to have a tendy popculture reference. \*\* You win. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/36 "2003-12-31T17:17:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alessan \* > \*\*I haven’t seen the episode, but that’s sounds like a certain classic 1890’s film clip - one of the earliest surviving films, and possibly the first comedy ever shot. \*\* Thank you! I just looked it up. [http://www.orbitalreviews.com/pages/full/Sprinkler.shtml](http://www.orbitalreviews.com/pages/full/Sprinkler.shtml). It is, in fact, “A Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895)” – “In the very short skit, a gardener is watering his property when another guy comes up behind him, without his knowledge, and steps on the hose, cutting off the water supply. The gardener then looks into the hose, at which point the other guy lifts his shoe up and the water sprays all over the gardener’s face,” So I take it back – it still wasn’t very funny, but at least it maintains the Simpson’s tradition of clever obscure nods to Pop culture . ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/37 "2003-12-31T17:55:34Z")
No, see, that’s what makes it _hilarious_. The bit is a reference to a film made in 1895, _the same year as in the reality show they were on_! Genius. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/38 "2003-12-31T18:15:41Z")
> [@](#): > > That having been said, one particular joke that infuriates me is from the Y2K treehouse of horror episode: > > I forgot exactly how it was setup, but I believe it was something to do with Homer forgetting to make things Y2K compliant. The millenium hits and of course everything electronic in the world starts malfunctioning. And then things non-electronic. > > So here it is: Homer takes the milk out of the fridge and it suddenly has holes in it spraying milk all over the place. ROTF! I thought that was hilarious, probably the best moment in the whole bit. The “Yvan Eht Nioj” thing in that N’Sync episode would have been great if they hadn’t explained it and based the rest of the episode around it. Explaining jokes = bad. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/39 "2003-12-31T18:17:23Z")
A lot of stuff in the “outsider art” episode wasn’t funny – Jasper Johns just stealing stuff. Homer in the famous paintings. There were some funny things in that episode, but a lot of it was lame. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594/40 "2003-12-31T18:23:31Z")
I saw an episode that was so bad that I seem to have blocked most of it out. All I remember is that it was amazingly unfunny and whatever humor was attempted was bizarrely rude. The worst of it was the following gag: Marge goes to an exercise class. While she is doing one of the exercises, we hear panting from one of the other students. The camera angle changes and we see that the guy is panting because Marge’s hair is rubbing against his crotch. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594.md?page=3)