On the basketball court, winning is everything to Will, as it is to an opponent from Malibu Prep, who can't afford to lose.
WAR
50.4
Wins Above Replacement
“My Brothers Keeper” ranks #23 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.0 — Elite. The episode packs 52 scored jokes at 2.6 per minute, averaging 7.0 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: Hey, but this is now, and that was this morning.
Will Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Old barber: We ain't had no sneakers, so we played in high-top combat boots. And we ain't had no basketball, so we used a brick.
Nelson · Marcus: 'Junior'? Yeah, Will, this is my son. My son.
Will: I was the only kid in preschool who knew how to downshift a big rig.
Will Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Will: Good thing you all wasn't into archery.
Will Callback Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 52 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Philip: 'Cause of the way you get them.
Will: Who that say they gonna beat Will Smith? What, what?
Will Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Philip: Why don't you go upstairs, get my wallet... and take your friends to the movies? In Pittsburgh.
Philip Escalation Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Philip: That's very honorable, son. You're grounded.
Philip Misdirection Deadpan/Understatement Will: Actually, we got kicked out of six other people's cribs and a 7-Eleven parking lot.
Will Escalation Character Comedy Will: Hey, but this is now, and that was this morning.
Will Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: No, I'm saving that for prom night.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Then I should probably cancel my date with that fat, chocolate woman.
Will Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Carlton: Will, you pitiful Maalox poster child.
Carlton Character Comedy Observational Will: Besides, I'm the greatest, I'm a bad man, and I'm pretty.
Will Character Comedy Callback Will: My manager? I don't even want you to be my cousin.
Will Escalation Character Comedy Tyson: He say he don't even want you to be his cousin.
Tyson Reaction Beat Character Comedy Carlton: I'll tell Dad that little circle in your wallet's not your lucky half-dollar.
Carlton: Shall we take my car or the Volvo?
Will: I'll say one thing for Malibu, the babes are primo-delecto.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: That must be jam, 'cause jelly don't shake like that.
Will: We can go to my place and let freedom ring.
Will: The only tough break he had is when the Izod shop ran out of pink.
Will Character Comedy Observational Carlton: God, I hate when that happens.
Carlton Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Coach Smiley: Shut up, Smith. Can't you see I'm incognito?
Coach Smiley: Not a damn thing, Will, it's part of the disguise.
Will: They said that I'm a superbly well-oiled machine... with the face of an angel and the body of a god.
Will Character Comedy Escalation Will: Maybe that's not an exact quote.
Will Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Marcus: But I do recognize them ears. They covered up half of 'Dear Abby.'
Marcus Setup/Punchline Observational Will: I'm glad you're familiar with that... because my butt is the only part of my anatomy you gonna see next week.
Will Setup/Punchline Escalation Marcus: Only scout looking for you is trying to sell you some cookies.
Marcus Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Marcus: Most Likely to Bag my Groceries.
Marcus Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: You may be tall and good-looking and a good basketball player... but you're not that nice.
Will Escalation Misdirection ★ Rewatch Will: I'm sure they do, they can check their makeup in it.
Will Setup/Punchline Observational Will: In other words, for a small fee, I might be persuaded to date your daughters.
Will Escalation Character Comedy Old barber: We ain't had no sneakers, so we played in high-top combat boots. And we ain't had no basketball, so we used a brick.
Will: Good thing you all wasn't into archery.
Will Callback Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Old barber: Just because the roof blew off don't mean there ain't a log on the fire.
Marcus · Will: Wait, I thought you lived out in Malibu. I know you thought I did.
Marcus Deadpan/Understatement Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: Don't cut me too short, though. I don't want you give me no 'Hair Jordan.'
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Nelson: Our motto is: 'It may be nappy, but we'll make it snappy.'
Nelson Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Nelson: He used to play on the asphalt in his socks. Mother couldn't afford sneakers, you know.
Nelson Character Comedy Observational Will: I was the only kid in preschool who knew how to downshift a big rig.
Will Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Will: A few years from now I'll be dunking baskets in the NBA... Marcus will be dunking donuts in a deep fryer.
Will Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Nelson · Marcus: 'Junior'? Yeah, Will, this is my son. My son.
Will: Dr. Ruth, and Dr. Pepper.
Will Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Will: And another thing, take this $1,000 bill and wipe your baby's nose.
Will Absurdist Character Comedy Baby Reaction Beat Character Comedy Will · Carlton: I dreamed you had hair like Don King. Did I look taller?
Carlton: You just hand out cigars and hope its head rounds out.
Carlton Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Coach: That, and pass it to Will.
Coach Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Coach: Sorry, it's a bad analogy.
Coach Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marcus: My situation does not define who I am, I define who I am.
Marcus Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: All due respect, my brother... I don't think nobody's gonna offer you no million dollars.
Will Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Marcus: All due respect, my brother... I don't think nobody's gonna offer you no million dollars.
Will: Smith has the ball. He dribbles, he drives between the legs. He stops, he pops. And it's good! The crowd goes wild. Oh, Smith hurt his ankle. He hurt his ankle. It's over, he cannot play. Smith wins, 1-0.
Will Physical/Slapstick Absurdist ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
