Happy birthday Geoffrey! For a gift, Will tries matchmaking, then falls for Geoffrey's date himself.
WAR
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Wins Above Replacement
“Kiss My Butler” ranks #116 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.5 — Solid. The episode packs 64 scored jokes at 3.5 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.2 on impact, with Will landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Geoffrey: During the '70s, I was briefly employed as Led Zeppelin's road butler.
Geoffrey Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Philip: No, he's not depressed. He's British.
Philip Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: I am, as the saying goes... a fairly fly individual.
Will: I won't answer that without a lawyer and a dictionary.
Will Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: I am afraid I was a little too intimidating for the poor girl.
All Jokes — 64 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: And they say the man can't party.
Will Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Carlton, put away that tired old kazoo, please.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Geoffrey: Geoffrey's reaction to the rap - 'He just lit up'
Vivian: How'd you like to go into the kitchen and introduce Mr. Tea Bag and Mr. Teapot to Mr. Boiling Water?
Philip: Hilary, how'd you like to make the tea before I take away Mr. Allowance?
Philip Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Hilary: Mother, please. Don't talk down to me.
Hilary Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Carlton Misdirection Character Comedy Philip: No, he's not depressed. He's British.
Philip Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Philip: Your poor Aunt Vivian seems to think she's a matchmaker. In her mind, she's the Chuck Woolery of Bel-Air.
Vivian · Philip: When I was in college, I introduced three couples and they all got married. And by your fifth reunion, they were all divorced. I just get them to the altar. After that, they're on their own.
Will: People, people, please. I don't want to hear your dirty laundry.
Will Wordplay/Pun Misdirection Will Misdirection Character Comedy Carlton · Hilary: I can see myself. I can't.
Carlton · Hilary: Hilary, you can't ask him to wrap his own present. I guess that's another one of those unwritten rules.
Carlton: What did you expect? You went to the mall with girl-away there.
Carlton Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Hilary: Sure, maybe during a blackout.
Jazz: I'd love to get a hold of you during a blackout.
Jazz Callback Escalation Callback Hilary Reaction Beat Character Comedy Hilary: In 55 seconds. Just tell us when to zap it.
Hilary Character Comedy Observational Philip: The words 'mission impossible' come to mind.
Will: A lonely woman, new to our country... she probably won't even notice what a Melvin Geoffrey is.
Will Character Comedy Observational Will: So far, I count you plus three guys.
Will Observational Setup/Punchline Will: I'm not making too big an assumption here, am I?
Will Awkward Silence Character Comedy Geoffrey: Surely you gleaned that much from watching Mr. Belvedere.
Will: I mean, it's your patriotic duty to show your countrywoman a good time.
Will Character Comedy Misdirection Geoffrey: I wouldn't want to disappoint King Elizabeth.
Geoffrey Character Comedy Callback Callback Will: Don't be such a wanker.
Will: You got a kind of a Ben Vereen thing going here, man.
Will: Pure, unadulterated funk.
Will Character Comedy Visual Gag Geoffrey: During the '70s, I was briefly employed as Led Zeppelin's road butler.
Geoffrey Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: I would be most happy to, but to the best of my knowledge... hell has not yet frozen over.
Geoffrey Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Will: I won't answer that without a lawyer and a dictionary.
Will Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Hilary: Okay, then I'll keep the sweater.
Hilary Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will: Get ready to have your candles blown out.
Will Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Helen Character Comedy Callback Callback Will: What are you trying to pull here, Tony the Tiger?
Carlton: She'll be dancing with him, but she'll be thinking of me.
Helen · Will: Ashley, this must be that houseboy you were telling me about. That's homeboy. Sorry.
Geoffrey: It has been a while.
Hilary: You both speak English.
Hilary Character Comedy Observational Philip: You both speak English.
Philip Deadpan/Understatement Observational ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: You're not the first to have made that comparison.
Helen: Geoffrey, this is fascinating. It's like going out with James Bond.
Helen Character Comedy Observational Hilary: Look. That's Tom Cruise's pool cleaner. And that's Cher's electrolysist. And that's Heather Locklear.
Hilary Observational Escalation ★ Rewatch Hilary: What's with the Band-Aid? Was your brain leaking?
Hilary: There's Demi Moore's cable man.
Hilary Callback Character Comedy Callback Will: All the babes I mess with in Bel-Air been whacked, right?
Will Character Comedy Observational Jazz: I don't know what you guys do in Philly... but in LA, we don't give stuff like that away.
Jazz Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Jazz: I don't know what you guys do in Philly, but in LA, we men have to take that risk.
Jazz Escalation Callback Callback Will: I don't know what you guys do in LA, but in Philly, you crack on somebody's honey, you get yourself killed.
Will Character Comedy Escalation Will · Jazz: Like an angel in flight. Yeah, he is better than I thought he'd be.
Will: They're doing the lambada.
Jazz: That's the forbidden dance.
Carlton · Will: Geoffrey does the lambada? That's the forbidden dance.
Will: I guess what I want to say is it's all Jazz's fault, man.
Will Character Comedy Callback Callback Will: I shouldn't have busted your groove at the club.
Will Character Comedy Observational Geoffrey: For example, if I were to judge you by your costume... I should guess you were some kind of circus performer.
Geoffrey Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will: That's pretty cold, G.
Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy Geoffrey: I am, as the saying goes... a fairly fly individual.
Geoffrey: She's certainly a hot little number.
Geoffrey Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Geoffrey: I am afraid I was a little too intimidating for the poor girl.
Will: I could be slower. I'm sure I could be less sophisticated.
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