Will tells Ashley's slumber party guests a scary tale about his first day at Bel-Air Academy.
WAR
52.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Day Damn One” ranks #19 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.2 — Elite. The episode packs 59 scored jokes at 3.3 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.8 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
Will: If I woke up one morning and I had all of your friends... and I was an Alligaroo... and I wore those cute shirts with the little horses on them... I'd jump off the Empire State Building and hope to catch my eyelid on a nail.
Will Escalation Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Will: I'm sorry, Uncle Phil. I wasn't listening. What did you say?
Will Irony/Sarcasm Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Will · Dr. Oates · Svenson: Yo! - Mr. Svenson? - Ja?
Will: You mean Section 3, Paragraph 4, which states: 'A tie must be worn with a Windsor knot.' But it doesn't say where.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Uncle Phil: Just stand there doing nothing... saying nothing... arms at your side like a zombie. Breathing just enough to keep the blood circulating. And no more.
All Jokes — 59 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: If she doesn't scream soon, I'm gonna have to give my frog a drink. Ferdinand gets dehydrated.
Will Absurdist Character Comedy Will · Hilary: We're going to bed just as soon as we finish this frog-leg soup.
Will · Hilary: There wasn't enough frog to make more than two bowls.
Kids: Ferdinand? This is a guy frog?
Kids Observational Character Comedy Will: That's funny, I thought she said she put snakes in your sleeping bags. Psych!
Will Misdirection Escalation Will: That means 'just kidding.'
Will Meta/Self-Referential Observational Will: Wait. Hold up. Scream for me one time.
Will Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Will: Any of you have pacemakers on?
Will Absurdist Setup/Punchline Will: It happened to a guy named Will... bert. Wilbert Smith... sonian.
Will Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Will: It was graffiti everywhere, even on the principal.
Carlton: Bankster! I'd like you to meet my cousin... Willster!
Carlton Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Chad · Will: Way to play. I kid you not, Will, women faint at this man's feet. Odor-Eaters work for me.
Chad · Carlton: Outrageous. This guy's seriously twisted. He gets in a good one now and then.
Will: I took the Universal Tour. You know that earthquake ride? Look out! Here comes the subway car!
Carlton: Excuse my cousin. He just doesn't know.
Carlton Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will: Y'all don't throw nothing away.
Ned: Shaker Heights, Ohio. But when I was doing research... on my main man Langston Hughes, I lived in Harlem. And believe me, those two weeks changed my life.
Ned Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Will Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Ned: Anytime you feel like grooving, come over and get down with my bad self.
Ned Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will · Carlton: Where are all the fly honeys at? - Fly honeys? - Yeah, girls. Will, didn't anybody tell you this is an all-boys school?
Will: Then they tortured him with a half an hour of Broadway show tunes.
Will: Enter the Bloat. Five, four, three, two...
Will Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Dr. Oates: I am Dr... B, period, Langford... Oates.
Will · Dr. Oates · Svenson: Yo! - Mr. Svenson? - Ja?
Will: Is that like a trick question?
Will Deadpan/Understatement Observational Will: You mean Section 3, Paragraph 4, which states: 'A tie must be worn with a Windsor knot.' But it doesn't say where.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Weren't you the bad guy in Goldfinger?
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: 'Ho' is definitely not a word that you want to yell. I think the word you're looking for is 'yo.' 'Yo'? Yeah. It'll be easy to remember. It's like 'oy' backwards.
Will Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Will: Carlton, here in Boys Town... I don't want to rub anybody any way.
Will Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Carlton: That's not funny. Nothing you say is funny.
Carlton Irony/Sarcasm Meta/Self-Referential Carlton: The people who count were laughing at you, not with you.
Will · Carlton: What, did you like pass out in history class? I had them rolling. The people who count were laughing at you, not with you.
Geoffrey: Then by all means, go. Might I recommend the gourmet deli on Roxbury?
Will: When I said I could go for it, I mean, like, I want it... like you go for it.
Uncle Phil · Aunt Viv: They think it was a freshman who got halfway through and lost his cool. He lost his cool? That's funny. 'Fresh' means cool, right, Will?
Uncle Phil: Day damn one, Vivian. Champagne. Cork it.
Uncle Phil: All I can say to you, Will, is tsk squared.
Will: There's such a thing as dog dumb, too.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Maybe on my deathbed.
Will Deadpan/Understatement Escalation Dr. Oates: And not, as Mr. Smith contends... the manufacturer of Ring Dings.
Carlton Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton: Gentlemen, my cousin has committed a vicious crime. He could not be guiltier.
Will: Yeah. That's what I would have said.
Will Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Will: No, not the Alligaroos.
Will Deadpan/Understatement Callback Will Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Ned: Where he grew up, the word 'bad' means 'good.' Doesn't that say it all?
Will · Simon: But those guys, they carved their name in a new desk. They got their picture on the wall. That's totally different. They carved their names so people would remember them as part of the school. That's why I did it.
Lieberbaum: Word up, Cornflake.
Lieberbaum: I'm taking my dad's checkbook with me.
Uncle Phil: Just stand there doing nothing... saying nothing... arms at your side like a zombie. Breathing just enough to keep the blood circulating. And no more.
Will: I'm sorry, Uncle Phil. I wasn't listening. What did you say?
Will Irony/Sarcasm Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Uncle Phil: Good night, Will. Lock your door when you go to bed.
Will · Carlton: Carlton, you Five-Oed me, man. - Excuse me? - You dimed me out. - Pardon? - You tattled on me, all right?
Will: If I woke up one morning and I had all of your friends... and I was an Alligaroo... and I wore those cute shirts with the little horses on them... I'd jump off the Empire State Building and hope to catch my eyelid on a nail.
Will Escalation Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Carlton: With quips like that, it's no wonder you're the toast of the town.
Carlton Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Will: Picture this if you will... my man Wilbert in a kitchen with a hair net on his head. If that's not a scary thought, I don't know what is.
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