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Character Analysis

Dan Castellaneta

Grampa

Played by Dan Castellaneta

266 jokes across 56 episodes of The Simpsons

WAR

100.7

Total Jokes

266

Avg Craft

7.1

Avg Impact

6.8

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Grampa delivers 266 scored jokes across 56 episodes of The Simpsons, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 on impact for a career WAR of 100.7. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Grampa Lines

All Jokes — 190 total

S2E07

-This place is depressing. -Hey, I live here! Well, I'm sure it's a blast once you get used to it.

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S2E07

That's no way to lay a fire! -This will roar any time now. -A caveman could start it.

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S2E07

-Amen. -Worst prayer yet.

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S2E07

Homer was never stubborn. He always folded instantly. As if he had no will of his own. -Isn't that true, Homer? -Yes, Dad.

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S2E07

Let's go! If I'm not back at the home by 9... they declare me dead and collect my insurance.

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S2E07

Now we can blame him for everything! -It's your fault I'm bald! -Sorry. -It's your fault I'm old! -Sorry. -It's your fault I can't talk! -Sorry.

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S2E17

It's Simpson, and these aren't my pills

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S2E17

Look at us. We're staring like a couple of stupid punk teenagers

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S2E17

Care to tip the wrist with me?

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S2E17

Widower, one son, one working kidney

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S2E17

You'd think this would get easier!

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S2E17

Never fly solo again

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S2E17

Oh, hello, young lady. Is your grandmother home?

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S2E17

I'd better keep my good eye on you. Damn straight.

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S2E17

The battleship New Jersey. You idiot! My girlfriend, Bea.

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S2E17

$400. I'll give you $5. Not an offer you should make to a man with a gun.

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S2E17

She's not invisible, you idiot!

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S2E17

Damn these childproof doors!

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S2E17

What a wingding. This is much better than my girlfriend's party.

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S2E17

I got a date with an angel. You don't know how right you are.

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S2E17

They may say she died of a burst ventricle, but I know she died of a broken heart.

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S2E17

Is someone talking? I didn't hear anything. Oh, no! Dad's lost his hearing! No, you idiot! I'm ignoring you!

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S2E17

I just had to tell you that you're not getting one thin dime!

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S2E17

Take me someplace fun! You're the boss. Next stop, Funsville.

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S2E17

Hey, Bea, I've got to ask you, what was death like? Not as scary as this!

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S2E17

All my precious sacks of gold couldn't buy me the joys of a family meal.

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S2E17

With funding, this baby could destroy an area the size of New York. I wanna help people, not kill them! Oh. The ray only has evil applications.

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S2E17

But you can buy me a pony. You're right! I'll name her Princess.

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S2E17

Homer, I think Rudyard Kipling said it best. 'If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn...' You'll be a bonehead!

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S2E17

Put it all on 41. I've got a feeling. The wheel only goes to 36. Put it all on 36.

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S2E17

Put it all on 41. / I've got a feeling. / The wheel only goes to 36. / Put it all on 36. I've got a feeling.

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S2E17

For the first time, I'm glad I had children.

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S2E17

Come on in. Dignity's on me, friends.

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S2E20

Last resort. Old Grampa, the feeb. The guy who can't be counted on for nothing, nohow. Everyone's against me.

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S2E20

You can smoke cigars?

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S2E20

It's remorse, you burlesque of irrepressible youth. -How do you make it go away? -Grab a brush... and clean faster than you ever have before.

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S2E20

Pretending to cry. That's right! You heard me! Pretending to cry! I can turn it on and off like a faucet.

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S2E20

"I'm crying. I'm so sad."

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S3E12

You'll never do any better. You lucky bum. The fish jumped right in the boat.

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S3E12

All you got to do is whack her with the oar

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S4E05

I didn't earn it. I don't need it. But if they miss one payment, I'll raise hell!

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S4E05

That doll is evil, I tells ya. Evil! E-E-Evil! Grampa, you said that about all the presents. I just want attention.

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S4E05

Homer, I've coughed up scarier stuff than that.

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S4E05

That's a lie, and you know it! But I have seen a lot of movies.

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S4E07

Do you have dropsy? The grippe? Scrofula? The vapors? Jungle rot? Dandy fever? Poor man's gout? Housemaid's knee? Climatic poopow? The staggers? Dum-dum fever?

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S4E07

Good news, boy. I found a pharmacy that carries leeches! Well, it wasn't exactly a pharmacy. More of a bait shop.

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S4E07

Oral thermometer, my eye! Think warm thoughts, boy, 'cause this is mighty cold.

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S4E10

Dad, I have a problem. Why'd you come to me?

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S4E10

I don't know nothin'. I used to get by on my looks. Now they're gone, withered away like an old piece of fruit.

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S4E10

I was voted the handsomest boy in Albany, New York.

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S4E10

I ratted on everybody and got off scot-free.

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S4E14

We'll show 'em all! [Laughing] [Snoring]

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S4E18

Coma? Pfftt. Why, I go in and out of comas all the-- [Snores]

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S4E18

It's like one of those TV shows where they show a bunch of clips from old episodes.

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S4E19

Well, whenever I'm confused I just check my underwear. It holds the answer to all the important questions.

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S4E19

Grampa, how'd you take off your underwear without taking off your pants? I don't know!

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S4E19

That's right. I did the Iggy.

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S4E19

You're a comedy writer? My God, you're so old. I want my check!

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S4E19

His name is Abraham Simpson... and he's got something you couldn't get at your fancy schools-- life experience. I spent 40 years as a night watchman at a cranberry silo.

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S4E19

They pay me $800 a week to tell a cat and mouse what to do!

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S4E19

I dreamt I was the queen of the Old West. I kept a six-shooter in my garter, I did.

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S4E19

Cross my fingers for me. [Snap] That's gonna hurt come winter.

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S4E19

That was the first time I ever saw Itchy and Scratchy... and I didn't like it one bit! It was disgusting and violent! I think all you people are despicable! For shame!

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S5E02

I say we call Matlock. He'll find the culprit. It's probably that evil Gavin MacLeod or George 'Goober' Lindsey.

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S5E02

Grampa, Matlock's not real. Neither are my teeth, but I can still eat corn on the cob... if someone cuts it off and smushes it into a fine paste.

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S5E02

Hello! Hello! You have my pills! Hello? I'm cold, and there are wolves after me.

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S5E02

Look what happened without my pills!

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S5E02

Not so fast. I wanna court this fair, young maiden. There's somethin' you should know about me. I've got Steve and Eydie tickets. I'm all yours!

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S5E05

I'm a vampire, and I've come to suck your blood. Blah! Oh-- This cape is giving me a rash.

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S5E10

There's nothing here a little elbow grease won't fix! So let's roll up our sleeves and-- [Snoring]

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S5E10

Papa needs a new pair of spats. I want some of that sweet, sweet do-re-mi! Fat City, here I come!

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S5E10

Oh, for crying out loud, I dropped one. Oh! Now it's in my shoe! Ow! Ow! Ooh!

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S5E14

swiped his pills... 'Take one every hour to prevent spastic heart convulsions.'

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S5E14

Wait, that's my hand.

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S5E14

Mr. Simpson. Stop. Your constant letters are becoming a nuisance. Stop. If you do not cease, I will be forced to pursue legal action. Stop. Signed, Boris Karloff. Hollywood, California.

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S5E14

You see, back in those days, rich men would ride around in zeppelins, dropping coins on people.

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S5E14

I just used it that morning to wash my turkey... which in those days was known as a 'walking bird.'

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S5E14

Cranberries, 'injun eyes,' and yams stuffed with gunpowder.

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S5E14

Then we'd all watch football, which in those days was called 'baseball.'

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S5E14

When I was young, toys were built to last. Look at this junk! It breaks the first time you take it out of the box.

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S5E14

And look at these toy soldiers! They'll break the second I step on 'em. [proceeds to step on them]

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S5E14

My skull is eggshell-thin.

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S5E14

Holy smokes! That's it! From now on, I'm thinkin', actin' and lookin' young.

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S5E14

Oh! Ow! Ow! The bubbles are burning my tongue! Ow! Ooh. Water! Water!

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S5E14

Look at me! I'm acting young! [proceeds to injure himself]

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S5E14

I'm gonna get me a job! A real Malibu and see if Stacy can help invent me young-- Help!

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S5E14

We need some more secret sauce! Put this mayonnaise in the sun.

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S5E14

Ever see a sandwich that could take a bite outta you? Look at the sandwich! It's gonna bite you!

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S5E14

And one more thing. I never once washed my hands. That's your policy, not mine.

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S5E21

I love ya. / What? / Uh, I love ya, Mom. / I love ya. I love ya. / I love ya. I love ya. / I love ya, Mom. Gotta go.

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S5E21

Hot diggity damn! That's good enough for me!

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S6E06

David Letterman! - Hi, David. I'm Grampa.

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S6E08

Their father's fat and their mother's thin And Grampa Simpson reeks of gin / Hey! That's Obsession for Men.

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S6E10

Pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcanoconiosis?

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S6E10

What? Sex? What's so unappealing about hearing your elderly father... talk about sex? I had sex.

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S6E10

I got a home remedy that'll put the dowsers back in your trousers.

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S6E10

Legend has it my great grandpappy stumbled upon this recipe... when he was trying to invent a cheap substitute for holy water.

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S6E10

Put some ardor in your larder with our energizing, moisturizing... tantalizing, romanticizing, surprising, 'her-prising,' revitalizing tonic!

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S6E10

Frigid Falls, Mount Seldom, Lake Flaccid.

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S6E10

You're the worst shill ever! You're a disgrace to the medicine show business.

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S6E10

Farm went bust after the cows started giving sour milk. Something must've spooked them good.

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S6E10

There she is. The old Radiation King.

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S6E10

You, president? This is the greatest country in the world. We've got a system set up to keep people like you... from ever becoming president. Quit your daydreaming, melonhead.

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S6E10

If I hadn't taken that stupid tonic 38 years ago... you'd have never been born and I'd have been happy. You were an accident!

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S6E10

Dad! Son! I'm a screwup. I burned down our house. No. I'm a screwup. I burned down our house.

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S6E10

I'm not sorry I had you, son. And I was always proud... that you weren't a short man.

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S6E12

What do they do? What don't they do? Oh, they do so many things, they never stop. Oh, the things they do there. My stars.

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S6E12

Not as such, no.

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S6E12

I'm an Elk, a Mason, a Communist.

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S6E12

I'm the president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance, for some reason.

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S7E02

Ev-er-y-one is... talk-ing a-bout... Ra-di-o-ac-tive M-an... y'all.

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S7E02

No, I was the tough kid. Smelly. My shtick was lookin' into an exhaust pipe and gettin' a face full of soot.

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S7E02

William Faulkner can write an exhaust pipe gag that would really make you think.

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S7E02

Oh, no! My favorite aggie! - You stole my bit! That's my bit!

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S7E03

Seems confused and dehydrated. Where's the baby? Well, that's her, ain't it?

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S7E03

Kids love that water. Oh, my lord! Stupid babies need the most attention.

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S7E03

Oh, bitch, bitch, bitch!

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S7E05

Just leave me in the car with the window open a crack. - That's the plan.

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S7E14

Grampa destroying the TV while trying to adjust it

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S7E14

No, Grampa! Don't! Dad, sit down! Gosh darn it! What does this do?

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S7E22

Oh, jabber jacks! Schoolhouse don't put out spittoons, I ain't responsible.

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S7E22

You're livin'in a fool's paradise, Van Houten.

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S7E22

If you fell down in the shower, that thing'd be your tomb.

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S7E22

I do have slippers and an oatmeal spoon.

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S7E22

Now, my story begins in nineteen dickety-two. We had to say 'dickety,' 'cause the kaiser had stolen our word 'twenty.'

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S7E22

I chased that rascal to get it back... but gave up after dickety-six miles.

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S7E22

What are you cackling at, fatty? Too much pie. That's your problem.

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S7E22

discuss how I invented the 'terlet.'

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S7E22

Stop your snickering! I spent three years on that terlet!

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S7E22

That means the fortune's almost mine.

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S7E22

Over my dead body it will! That's exactly the point!

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S7E22

How long was that?

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S7E22

Was that me, or was that you?

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S7E22

Sweet merciful McGillicutty! You gotta open the door!

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S7E22

And then a knife flew at my head! And you were there... and you were there.

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S7E22

I got this in the Second World War II.

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S7E22

the fightingest squad in the fightingest company... in the third-fightingest battalion in the army.

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S7E22

Well, he got busted down for obstructing a probe from J. Edgar Hoover.

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S7E22

They took a photo of my keister for Stars and Stripes! At least they told me it was for Stars and Stripes.

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S7E22

I'd hate to wind up in one of them old folks' homes.

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S7E22

Ox was the first to go. He got a hernia carrying the crate out of the castle.

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S7E22

Five more men died in the Veterans Day float disaster of'79.

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S7E22

If they're anything like me, they have to get up twice.

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S7E22

you're all welcome to visit me in Rich Man's Heaven.

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S7E22

You could've made sergeant.

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S7E22

You're out of my unit. You're out of the tontine. And that means the paintings are mine! Private, you are dismissed!

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S8E04

Careful of the apple pie on the seat. - Uh-oh. Grampa, are you sitting on the pie? - I sure hope so.

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S8E10

For the love of God, help me! I've been here for four days and a turtle's got ahold of my teeth!

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S8E10

Ow! He bit me with my own teeth! - This is the worst assignment we've ever had. - Worse than the time we were attacked by the flesh-eating virus?

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S8E11

I had that dream again!

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S8E14

Can somebody tell me what the hell is going on? Midge, help me out here.

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S8E25

Well, you're really asking two questions there. The first one takes me back to 1934...

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S8E25

Well, you're really asking two questions there. The first one takes me back to 1934...

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S8E25

Oh, I'm afraid I'd just be repeating myself, honey

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S9E02

Hello, beautiful. [Snoring] / Hello, beautiful. [Snoring Resumes]

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S9E10

I can't feel nothing below my chin.

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S9E10

You take that back, Barney. No, he's right, Homer. Stay out of this, old man.

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S9E17

Oh, ain't no big deal. All Simpsons start to lose their smarts around your age.

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S9E17

Oh, your dad used to be smart as a monkey. Then his mind started gettir lazy... and now he's dumb as a chimp.

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S9E17

Back when he was your age, he was smart as a chimp.

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S9E19

I was on P.T. 109 with John F. Kennedy. I was the first to discover his terrible secret. / Ich bin ein Berliner. / He's a Nazi! Get 'im!

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S9E19

My Homer is not a Communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a Communist- But he is not a porn star!

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S9E23

Sure. It was the winter of '28. The Butter Baby Flapjack Company sponsored me and a fella named McAllister.

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S9E23

Heroically, I gave him the last short stack.

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S9E23

Of course, folks were tougher in those days. I was jitterbugging that very night.

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S9E25

I'm not Bart. I'm Rod Flanders. - There you go with that smart mouth!

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S9E25

Lisa, run outside and cut me a switch. Yes, sir!

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S9E25

And that's why today bananas are called 'yellow fatty beans.'

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S9E25

Hey, are they pulling the plug on anybody today? - Nope, everybody's paid up.

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S9E25

And that's how I earned the Iron Cross.

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S9E25

That's my brass knee. Steel hip. That one's news to me.

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S10E06

It was your mother's job to name ya and love ya and such. I was mainly in it for the spankin'.

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S10E06

Serves her right for bein' a '60s radical! Though she was a demon in the sack.

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S10E06

Your mother dragged us both to that godforsaken lovefest!

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S10E06

Boo! Bring on Sha Na Na!

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S10E06

Shame on you, boy! Put some damn pants on and then pull 'em down! 'Cause it's time for a spankin'!

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S10E06

Never! What you need's a good long hitch in Vietnam! There must be an enlistment tent around here somewhere.

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S10E06

If I'd have left it up to your mother... you'd have ended up in a hellhole like this... just lyin' around, never workin'... without a care in your head... full of long, luxurious hippie hair!

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S10E06

And a demon in the sack. [Both chuckling] Ah, you heard about that, eh?

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S10E06

How could you let me turn into you? Bu-Bu-But the poncho!

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S10E08

Can I go to the bathroom before we leave? We gotta get home. I don't want to miss Inside the Actor's Studio. Tonight it's F. Murray Abraham. But I really need to- F. Murray Abraham!

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S10E08

Can I go behind a tree? What are you? An animal?

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S10E08

Please go back! You can make it my birthday present. We're almost home, Dad. Only a couple more times over the horizon. But I might explode!

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S10E08

So you're saying I don't need a new muffler? I don't feel so good. Maybe I oughta eat something. Oh, I'm afraid your eating days are over. [Laughing]

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S10E08

How long do I have to live, Doc? [Laughs] I'm amazed you're alive now. Oh, I blame myself for this. We all blame you.

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S10E08

Krusty here to cheer you up... as part of the hospital's Last Laugh program. / Last laugh?

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S10E08

Shelbyville Hospital!

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S10E08

Grave nothin'! I never felt more alive! / [Laughs] / [Bones Cracking] / Oh, boy, I shouldn't have done that.

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S10E08

Yes, tickling.

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S10E13

And he traded a mule for it. And that mule went on to save spring break.

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