Hilary must work for a caterer after her credit cards are cancelled.
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43.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Hilary Gets A Life” ranks #90 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 75.0 — Great. The episode packs 65 scored jokes at 3.3 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.6 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
Carlton: You know how hard it is for me to say no? No. Easier than I thought. Neat.
Carlton Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: As for you, there is a special place for you in homeboy hell.
Geoffrey Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Hilary · Will: I burned the entire stove to a crisp. / Expert in the art of flambé.
Hilary: I want my employer to want me for me, not for what I've accomplished.
Hilary Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Sonny, what you do in the privacy of the bedroom is nobody's business but yours. Just be true to yourself! He'll come around.
All Jokes — 65 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Tyriq: And I thought it was tough being a pirate. It ain't nothing compared to being a salad wench.
Tyriq Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tyriq · Will: Maybe I should put my scent on it, huh? / Hey, I think not.
Will: Ty, you're not gonna get a date... you're gonna get a hot meal and a box of free clothes.
Will Setup/Punchline Observational Tyriq: Someone with really, really big breasts.
Tyriq Misdirection Character Comedy Hilary: I will never eat again. / So where are we going to lunch tomorrow?
Hilary Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hilary: Well, when your looks go, they'll still respect you.
Hilary Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: You have trouble working the pumps on your shoes.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Ashley: I see you as an extra from Hook.
Ashley Setup/Punchline Observational Tyriq: You better watch it before I make you walk the plank.
Tyriq Callback Character Comedy Callback Carlton: Do I look like a Huxtable?
Carlton Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Will: Is this some kind of sick joke? / Is this some kind of sick joke?
Will Running Gag Reaction Beat Carlton: Are we, like, in the Twilight Zone? When does everyone put on the pig masks?
Carlton Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Vivian Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Vivian · Philip: That's 80 cents. / Don't be ridiculous, Vivian.
Philip: If you move the TV any closer to the bed I'll be sleeping with Jay Leno.
Philip Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Philip · Hilary: $300 dollars for shoes. / Point being?
Will: I think I'll slide out and simonize my halo.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Philip: You spend more on clothes than most small countries spend on grain.
Hilary: I'm making a New Year's resolution to find a job. Right after Easter.
Hilary Misdirection Character Comedy Will: Sorry I'm late, I had to slide down to the nuclear facility and split an atom.
Will Callback Absurdist Callback Hilary: I want my employer to want me for me, not for what I've accomplished.
Hilary Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Yeah, Hil, I do and it scares the hell out of me.
Will Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Will · Hilary: What? Your body? / No, my résumé.
Will: You're gonna have to stop dotting your I's with these little hearts.
Will Visual Gag Character Comedy Hilary · Will: I don't know, 4 maybe 500. / Okay, there we go. 6,000 hours of catering experience.
Hilary · Will: Yes. I gained 10 pounds eating croissants. / Studied pastry making with the French masters.
Hilary · Will: I burned the entire stove to a crisp. / Expert in the art of flambé.
Tyriq: You got a broom? I mean, I could go bang on the ceiling.
Tyriq Escalation Physical/Slapstick Tyriq · Will: I got the shoulders for it. / That shirt looks good on anyone. All the guys in the eighth grade have one.
Tyriq: You know, I better return mine before my scent overpowers it.
Ashley: I think you guys are spending too much time together.
Ashley Observational Reaction Beat Hilary: Please. You can't afford me.
Tyriq: I deserve to keep the shirt because I was in eighth grade the longest.
Tyriq Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Come on, this definitely ain't gonna do nothing for the misconception that all brothers look alike.
Will Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Will: It's 'bar mitzvah,' dunce cap. The Bar Mista is a go-go joint on Sunset.
Will Wordplay/Pun Misdirection Tyriq: I don't want to miss out on a lovely young lady who thinks I'm Arsenio's younger brother, Vesuvia.
Tyriq Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Hilary: By that you mean, the crew that serves? / By that you mean, the room where the party is?
Hilary Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Barb: What a great idea, Hillary, I love the matching shirts. My son in eighth grade has one.
Barb Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Carlton: Do I look like Hazel?
Carlton Observational Character Comedy Will: That's cool. Just make sure Uncle Phil pays you top dollar for it.
Will Callback Visual Gag Callback Ashley: What kind of monster are you?
Ashley Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Carlton: I'd rather share a seesaw with Delta Burke.
Carlton: You know how hard it is for me to say no? No. Easier than I thought. Neat.
Carlton Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carlton: Sort of like that heat rash on your neck that you've been passing off in gym class as a hickey?
Carlton Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carlton: 13-year-old boys? Count me in. After all, Hillary's my sister.
Carlton Misdirection Character Comedy Will: How much fun could you have with chumpies named Di, Fergie, and Elizabeth?
Will Misdirection ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: It's clearly a lie. It's a blatant, bold-faced lie! I'll hate myself in the morning.
Geoffrey Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carlton: In front of all these people?
Geoffrey: As for you, there is a special place for you in homeboy hell.
Geoffrey Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Tyriq: this is my one chance to date a woman who doesn't wear all her gold in her mouth.
Tyriq Observational Character Comedy Hilary: Say it once, say it loud, we've got brie and we're proud!
Hilary Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Well, Hillary, other than the pork thing, they're pretty much just like us.
Will: Hillary, don't be ridiculous. Carlton's the laughingstock of Bel-Air.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Blacks and Jews have a lot in common. Cherished heritage, a strong sense of community... frizzy hair.
Will Observational Escalation Will · Hilary: Oh, look, a Donna Karan suit right in the middle of the kitchen floor! What color?
Geoffrey: Sonny, what you do in the privacy of the bedroom is nobody's business but yours. Just be true to yourself! He'll come around.
Hilary: Maybe in Des Moines. This is L.A., okay?
Hilary Observational Character Comedy Hilary: I quit. I had to, it irritated my chin.
Hilary Character Comedy Escalation Hilary: I was starting to get feet like Fred Flintstone.
Hilary Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hilary: But they wanted me to go to away games on a bus!
Hilary Character Comedy Escalation Hilary: She can sculpt cauliflower into a bust of Barbra Streisand!
Hilary Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Geoffrey don't raise no fools.
Geoffrey Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Hilary: But she's so dowdy. Can I be Princess Caroline instead?
Will: Now you get your spoiled butt up out of this closet and you go out there and you strut your puffs!
Will Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Geoffrey: I'm a bad boy, ain't I?
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