On a family ski trip, the Banks find that they must come up with Christmas gifts from the heart after their belongings are stolen.
WAR
50.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Christmas Show” ranks #28 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.6 — Elite. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 3.1 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.9 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: This is L.A., man, if I want to get my head cracked... I can star in the next Rodney King video.
Will Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Sheriff: Baby Jesus went through the windshieId and knocked him out coId.
Sheriff Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will: That's probabIy Donny and Marie coming over to borrow a cup of rhythm.
Will Observational ★ Rewatch Will: UnIess he is on a muIe with a pregnant virgin... he ain't getting in here.
Will Observational ★ Rewatch Will: I Iove you, man. AII right? I Iove you! I Iove you!
Will Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will · Carlton: Deck the slopes with babes in tight pants / Carlton's gonna get some romance / No, you're not, 'cause you're too ugly / They'll all be in my room, cute and snugly
Uncle Phil · Will: WiII, is that aII you're taking for the entire Christmas vacation? No, man. These just my hair products.
Carlton · Will: What about your ski cIothes? CarIton... skiing is for white guys named Sven... and O.J. Simpson.
Will: This is L.A., man, if I want to get my head cracked... I can star in the next Rodney King video.
Will Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Uncle Phil · Ashley: Forget it, AshIey, I am not getting you a stun gun for Christmas. I'm not reaIIy going to use it on Cousin Bobby... I just want to scare him with it.
Ashley: Yeah, right, and maybe it was Barbie's idea to catch that tan in the microwave.
Ashley Irony/Sarcasm Observational ★ Rewatch Hilary · Uncle Phil: Daddy, these tickets are aII wrong. They Iook aII right to me, sweetheart. But Daddy, they're... coach. Better watch it, HiI. Next thing you know, you'II be riding the... bus.
Will: Better watch it, Hil. Next thing you know, you'll be riding the... bus.
Will Escalation Character Comedy Lester · Helen: Baby, we're on vacation. Wherever we Iie down, we aren't gonna be sIeeping. Lester... how many times I gotta teII you to cut down on that vitamin E? I am not a machine.
Lester · Helen: WeII, I am. You gonna Iet me rock your worId? Get a grip on yourseIf, Lester. Don't encourage him.
Vy (Will's mom): No, no, baby, it Iooks great. Everything is great. Even your Aunt HeIen's mustache is great.
Will: Is it haIf fuII of Scotch?
Will Setup/Punchline Observational Frank · Vy: I thought you said, 'Next time I see that white boy, I hope he's under a bus.' That was just a figure of speech.
Frank Vy Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Bobby: But for $10, you can use my sIeeping bag.
Bobby Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Real Estate Agent: I never guaranteed anyone anything. That's my motto: 'Never guarantee anyone anything... and beware of cross-eyed women.'
Real Estate Agent: WeII, I guess those cross-eyed women are doing something right.
Will: What do you mean, friend? You mean like, friend... or friend?
Will: Has Robert seen your moves?
Ashley · Will: Daddy. When you were roIIing down that big hiII... you Iooked just Iike Gumby. Yeah, UncIe Les. And you sounded Iike Patti LaBeIIe.
Will: Yeah, Uncle Les. And you sounded like Patti LaBelle.
Will: This Robert must have a magic wand.
Ashley Reaction Beat Character Comedy Will · Carlton: The onIy bIack peopIe I've seen been in the Ray CharIes Pepsi commerciaI. You're kidding. Every time I turn around, I see a bIack person.
Carlton: You're kidding. Every time I turn around, I see a black person.
Carlton Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Will: Come on, girI. This is a pregnancy test, not an order of nachos.
Will Observational Setup/Punchline Helen: Hey, come on, one-Ieg daddy!
Helen Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Callback Will: It's oId time at the ApoIIo!
Will: That's probabIy Donny and Marie coming over to borrow a cup of rhythm.
Will Observational ★ Rewatch Will: CarIton, you suburban twit, this guy's a stranger.
Will: UnIess he is on a muIe with a pregnant virgin... he ain't getting in here.
Will Observational ★ Rewatch Will · Arnold: Hey, my man, ArnoId. Why don't you say Merry Christmas for the camera? Merry Christmas. CouId I say one more thing? Yeah. Hurry up though, I'm about to run out of tape. Okay. Nobody move, this is a stick-up.
Will: The creep even took the toiIet paper. Don't ask me how I know.
Will: The creep even took the toilet paper. / Don't ask me how I know.
Will: WeII, maybe he'II caII in with the resuIts.
Will Observational Setup/Punchline Will · Sheriff/Real Estate Agent: Wait a minute, I thought you were the reaI estate agent. I am. I'm aIso the Sheriff... notary pubIic... mortician... and I'm a pretty good IittIe dancer, too.
Sheriff: Looks like you folks have been picked cleaner than Pavarotti's chicken bones.
Will: Let me guess... there's a Iot of marriage between first cousins in this town, right?
Will Observational Dark/Subversive Will: Let me guess... there's a lot of marriage between first cousins in this town, right?
Sheriff: What the heII is a boom box?
Sheriff: Buy all new stuff.
Sheriff Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Helen · Lester: WeII, I'm not sIeeping with anyone but Lester. Except maybe DenzeI Washington. Yes, ma'am !
Will: No, CarIton, I'm doing homeboy yoga.
Will Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Will: Yeah, CarIton, you're scared of zipper-fIy jeans.
Will: If AshIey hadn't sIapped me, man, I might have screamed.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Carlton: Aren't you gonna say it back?
Ashley: If there is an ounce of decency Ieft in you... just teII him you Iove him.
Ashley Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: I Iove you, man. AII right? I Iove you! I Iove you!
Will Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Uncle Phil: This is the worst damn Christmas I've ever had! And Iook at this fooI.
Geoffrey: Hot water and chewing gum, sir.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Observational Vy: Yeah, she couIdn't afford their cIothes, so she toId us they were topIess.
Vy Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ashley: Does that mean you're gonna go out and make me a Miata?
Ashley Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: For my Christmas gift... I'm gonna give AshIey a noogie.
Will Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Ashley: I am going to give Bobby five seconds... before I ram that video game down his throat!
Ashley Escalation Character Comedy Frank: Now, there's a gift for the person who has everything.
Frank Observational Setup/Punchline Vy: Thanks, baby, but I aIready have one of you.
Vy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: You ain't no good at picking Christmas gifts, neither.
Will Callback Character Comedy Callback Sheriff: Baby Jesus went through the windshieId and knocked him out coId.
Sheriff Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will: No, no, CarIton, you can stiII sing soIo... so Iow that we can't hear you.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
