Fresh Prince Will is on his best behavior for visiting royalty - the seemingly demure Lady Penelope, who Will hopes to persuade to let herself have a good time at a party.
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“Nice Lady” ranks #10 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 83.0 — Elite. The episode packs 70 scored jokes at 3.5 per minute, averaging 7.1 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
Lady Penelope: I thought the old buzzard would never leave.
Phil: A mysterious dent, a broken taillight... a mural of Nia Peeples painted on the side.
Phil Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Will: See, I'm a plainclothes nun. Yeah, that's right. They call me Sister Sledge.
Will Absurdist Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Geoffrey: if 895 members of the royal family instantly died... she would be the next queen of England.
Geoffrey Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Otis · Will: You're dancing with my woman. No. You got it all wrong. I'm not dancing with her. I'm trying to get her to go home with me. I'll bet you are.
All Jokes — 70 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: I used to be intimidated by the British. I thought they were superior in taste, style, and breeding. Then I saw Benny Hill.
Will Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Master Carlton. First of all, I like Benny Hill.
Will: Geoffrey, mon! Do the limbo with me.
Will Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Geoffrey: This is precisely what cannot happen when Lord Fowler arrives.
Geoffrey Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Will: I'll be at the peak of Schweppervescence.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will · Vivian: Just around the corner. - Where around the corner? Nevada.
Will: Uncle Phil, mon! You are generous, fair-minded, and very sexy.
Will Character Comedy Escalation Phil: A mysterious dent, a broken taillight... a mural of Nia Peeples painted on the side.
Phil Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Will: I swear to you guys that was on the car when I got in it.
Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy Lord Fowler: It was a bit choppy and quite long. And of course, the food was horrid and the movie was a dreadful bore. I wouldn't want to make that journey too often.
Vivian: Philip, why are you talking like that? That ridiculous British accent. Whenever you're around an English person, you slip right into it.
Vivian Observational Character Comedy Vivian: The first three months Geoffrey was here, I could barely understand you.
Vivian Escalation Character Comedy Phil: I have no idea what you're talking about. Sir, madam, care to join us for tea? Right-o.
Phil Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hilary: Spending all your time shopping, going to lunch with your friends... and just sitting around being waited on hand and foot. I wonder what that would be like.
Hilary Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lady Penelope: One can only imagine.
Lady Penelope: Actually, I go to a small convent school and the nuns work us very hard. We scrub the floors, cook the meals and on the weekends, we do all the laundry.
Ashley Reaction Beat Observational Lord Fowler: We've made some fascinating strides in maritime legislation. I'll go into greater details at dinner.
Ashley · Carlton: Is tonight a school night? No. I already thought of that.
Will: Opera? I thought she said 'Oprah.'
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Spider-Man comics. Watchman. Goobers, Raisinets.
Will Absurdist Character Comedy Callback Will: Did you see what I did with my spitball straw?
Will Character Comedy Absurdist Callback Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: How hard can it be? I'll take her to the opera, cop a few 'Z's'... bring her back home.
Will Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Geoffrey: if 895 members of the royal family instantly died... she would be the next queen of England.
Geoffrey Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will: Now, where does that put me?
Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy Vivian · Phil: Does this restaurant have a bar? If it doesn't, we'll build one.
Ashley · Carlton: I don't feel so good. Don't even try it, Ashley. We're all in this together.
Lady Penelope: I thought the old buzzard would never leave.
Lady Penelope: Sod off, mother superior.
Will: Don't nobody call me a mother nothing.
Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy Will: Who are you, Dr. Jekyll and Patty Duke?
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lady Penelope: Don't be such a wanker.
Will · Lady Penelope: The Meat Hook? That's the roughest bar in L.A. Super. That's what Lady Cicely told me.
Will: See, I'm a plainclothes nun. Yeah, that's right. They call me Sister Sledge.
Will Absurdist Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Will: Man, this babysitting thing is easy.
Will Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Lady, come back with my car!
Will Physical/Slapstick Escalation Will · Bouncer: Yo, man. Should I get the bouncer? I am the bouncer.
Will: I think I saw that guy on Unsolved Mysteries.
Will Observational Character Comedy Lady Penelope: Loosen up, homes. Come on. Get up and dance. Shake your moneymaker.
Lady Penelope: You can't touch this!
Otis · Will: You're dancing with my woman. No. You got it all wrong. I'm not dancing with her. I'm trying to get her to go home with me. I'll bet you are.
Lord Fowler: which, in maritime law circles... has come to be known as 'The Year of the Trout.'
Background character: I saw that sweater first!
Geoffrey: Wasn't there quite a row in the House of Lords in 1912... when they repealed the Tuna Laws?
Geoffrey Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Vivian Reaction Beat Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will: G, the Lady is a tramp.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: I swear on a stack of TV Guides.
Will Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Will: I'm not going to get to see Ziggy.
Will Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Will Character Comedy Absurdist Geoffrey: My cousin Roddy has just been suddenly struck with malaria. I must go to quarantine immediately.
Will: He could be hiding her in his fist.
Will Observational Character Comedy Geoffrey: What have you done with Lady Penelope, you knuckle-dragging swine?
Geoffrey Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: Don't press him, G. You saw what he did to Tokyo.
Will Observational Character Comedy Callback Geoffrey: In my youth, I was quite a Greco-Roman wrestler.
Lord Fowler: You're ugly. And you, sir, are fat. Or was it the other way round?
Ashley · Vivian: Mommy. God bless you, sweetheart. What's the matter, baby? I can't sleep.
Phil · Ashley: You're not going anywhere, woman. Sorry, Mommy. I tried. Try again in 10 minutes.
Phil: God. If you don't know, I have no idea.
Phil Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Geoffrey: You're young. You have your whole life ahead of you. It's best I bear the brunt of the punishment.
Geoffrey Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Will: You got a point there. Good luck.
Will Character Comedy Reaction Beat Lord Fowler: Damn malaria.
Lord Fowler: Geoffrey, it's not more gambling debts, is it? I thought we had that productive chat.
Penelope: But around the third act, Will was starting to fade... so I told the poor dear to go on home.
Penelope Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Phil: That's the mark of a great storyteller. Always leave them wanting more.
Phil Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Lord Fowler: Next time I'm in town, we'll have to go to the ballet.
Phil: Since that explanation that Lady Penelope rattled off... was obviously a complete crock, what really did happen tonight?
Phil Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Phil: Since that explanation that Lady Penelope rattled off... was obviously a complete crock, what really did happen tonight?
Phil Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Will: You should sit down. It's going to be a long story, Uncle Phil.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Phil: No. Never mind. Enjoy the concert.
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