Shutterbug Bart captures Homer with a sexy entertainer at a bachelor party.
Early Season 1 holds steady at 70.5 despite lacking signature standout gags.
Directed by Rich Moore · Written by Jon Vitti
WAR
22.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Homers Night Out” ranks #218 of 226 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 70.5 — Solid. The episode packs 53 scored jokes at 2.7 per minute, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.3 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
Bart! I said look at the floor.
Homer Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Well, not our nephews.
Homer Observational Misdirection ★ Rewatch Yes, I do. Because I'm hungry, my clothes are smelly, and I'm tired.
Homer Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch D'oh! That purple fruit thing.
Homer Character Comedy Reaction Beat You seem to have a way with women, a certain-- how shall I put it-- animal magnetisme.
Mr. Burns Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback All Jokes — 53 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Homer brags that a girl in Valve Maintenance 'has the hots for yours truly' while talking to his wife
Just keeping you on your toes, babe.
Homer Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Two hundred and thirty nine pounds! Oh, I'm a blimp. Why are all the good things so tasty?
Homer Observational Character Comedy You're not a blimp, Homer. You're my big cuddly teddy bear.
Marge Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Aw, baloney. Yeah, right.
Homer Reaction Beat Character Comedy I'm a whale. Why was I cursed with this weakness for snack treats?
Homer Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Oh. Don't strain yourself, dear.
Marge Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy No, no, Marge. It's gonna be very classy. A tea-and-crumpets kind of thing.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Misdirection ★ Rewatch What is this, the Spanish Inquisition?
Homer Observational Escalation Uh-oh, it's the 'fe-mailman.'
Homer Wordplay/Pun Observational Female carrier, Bart.
Bart Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Every day for the last six months-- Where's my spy camera? Where's my spy camera?
Here's your stupid spy camera!
Sorry, Dad. The answer to that is top secret.
Bart Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Oh, sure. Like I'm really gonna take a picture of my butt.
Bart Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Only four of us? Who escaped?
Bart Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Where am I, the planet Cornball?
Homer Observational Character Comedy Ahoy! I spy the children's menu.
Bart Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy This evening I shall go for the squid platter, with extra tentacles, please.
Bart Character Comedy Absurdist Hey, try to keep it down, guys. Okay? Hey, shut up.
How do I tell you this, my boy? We're in hell.
Burns Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ai, caramba. Wow, man.
Bart Reaction Beat Visual Gag The subtle graytones recall the work of Helmut Newton.
He brings to mind the later work of Diane Arbus.
Cross your heart and hope to die? Stick a needle in your eye? Jam a dagger in your thigh? Eat a horse manure pie?
Bart Escalation Wordplay/Pun Wait till I show the guys at work this little doozy.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Sorry, buddy. You got me confused with Fred Flintstone.
Homer Observational Visual Gag D'oh! That purple fruit thing.
Homer Character Comedy Reaction Beat Well, a 'do dee do dee do' to you too, pint size.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Meaningless, Marge. Don't even attempt to find meaning in it.
Homer Character Comedy Misdirection Meaningless, Marge. Don't even attempt to find meaning in it.
Homer Setup/Punchline Character Comedy My suggestion is for you to sleep in the filth you created.
Marge Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch The middle one is my house. Someone must have left the porch light on.
Homer Character Comedy Observational The middle one is my house. Someone must have left the porch light on.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm A plant employee carrying on like an oversexed orangutan in heat.
Burns Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch The fair sex remains a mystery to me.
Burns Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm You seem to have a way with women, a certain-- how shall I put it-- animal magnetisme.
Mr. Burns Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback You seem to have a way with women, a certain-- how shall I put it-- animal magnetisme.
Mr. Burns Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Well, I wine them, I... dine them, bring them flowers, write them love poetry, sir.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Look, I'm not drinking out of the carton.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Yes, I do. Because I'm hungry, my clothes are smelly, and I'm tired.
Homer Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Princess Kashmir? You must mean April Flower. She's working over at the Girlesque.
Bart! I said look at the floor.
Homer Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy My real name is Shawna Tifton. My pet peeve is rude people. And my turn-ons include silk sheets and a warm fireplace.
Get off of my stage, fat boy.
Dancer Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Get off of my stage, fat boy.
Homer Simpson, party guy.
He's a love machine, sir.
Well, not our nephews.
Homer Observational Misdirection ★ Rewatch All right, folks. Show's over. No more to see, folks. Come on. Only sick people want to see my folks kiss.
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