The Rakes
Glad they mentioned it because it's the single funniest thing I've ever seen. In #4 from The best "Simpsons" episodes, Nos. 1-5: "We're referring, of course, to the rakes. Think about it. How many other series would waste valuable prime-time real estate by showing a man whacking himself in the face with a garden rake not once, not twice, but NINE TIMES?!? If ever there was a gag genius in its repetitive stupidity (progressing from funny to not so funny to the funniest thing ever), this is it… "