When Hillary is ordered to do community service at a free clinic, the doctor in charge becomes the antidote for her marriage-mindedness.
WAR
51.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Community Action” ranks #32 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.9 — Elite. The episode packs 61 scored jokes at 3.1 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Jazz landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Will: But enough about Marion Barry. Can Jazz stay here?
Will Misdirection ★ Rewatch Hilary: Well, no. But I did talk several of them into shaving under their arms.
Hilary Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jazz · Will: What would Bill do in that situation? Usually Pudding Pops.
Jazz Will Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Hilary: Who's up for meatloaf?
Philip: Jazz, would you prefer a Muslim or a Viking burial?
All Jokes — 61 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will · Jazz: What happened to your Whitney Houston cutout? She fell apart in the shower.
Will Jazz Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jazz: My building's being evacuated due to bubonic plague.
Jazz Absurdist Character Comedy Will: Jazz, you're about as welcome here as Mike Tyson at a beauty pageant.
Will Setup/Punchline Observational Jazz: Man, just throw us in the gutter. Looks like rain. You got any Scotchgard for Bill?
Jazz Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jazz · Will: What would Bill do in that situation? Usually Pudding Pops.
Jazz Will Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jazz: Kuwaiti was my last hope. And he suspects me of borrowing his whitewalls. I did, but he ain't got no right to make that assumption.
Jazz Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Jazz: Shoot, right now, I ain't even got a friend in Jesus.
Jazz Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Jazz: I will, however, require complete silence during The Young and the Restless.
Vivian · Geoffrey: Geoffrey, it sounds like you're getting a cold. Not at all, madam. It was barely a stipple.
Geoffrey: As you bish, madam.
Geoffrey Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Carlton: Isn't free parking guaranteed by the Constitution?
Will: Yeah, that's what Desert Storm was all about.
Will: Can't a brother get a pedicure?
Will Character Comedy Observational Will: Hey, after the last time, I just bought a car cover.
Will Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Will: Sure, blame the black guy.
Carlton · Philip · Ashley: That's my cassette player. That's my bathrobe. That's my girlfriend.
Will: But enough about Marion Barry. Can Jazz stay here?
Will Misdirection ★ Rewatch Philip · Jazz: Geoffrey bathes. I can learn.
Jazz: If you need me, I'll be asleep under your car. But just honk before you throw it in reverse.
Jazz Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jazz · Will: I sleep naked with the window open. I hope that don't bother you. No, that's cool with me. You're sleeping in Carlton's room.
Jazz Will Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Will: No, that's cool with me. You're sleeping in Carlton's room.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Hilary: Get the heck out of here.
Hilary Reaction Beat Character Comedy Mr. Clifford: That cute little tenderoni there got my pressure so high, I'm about to blow a gasket.
Patient · Hilary: Hey there, Herman. No, it's Hilary. But you can call me Herman if you want to.
Hilary: Well, not exactly, but I've seen every single episode of St. Elsewhere.
Hilary Character Comedy Observational Nurse: That's not gonna happen here.
Nurse Deadpan/Understatement Hilary: It's sort of a shooting pain. It shoots from one ankle to the other.
Hilary Absurdist Character Comedy Vivian: Thank you for marrying... Carrying her.
Ashley: Do you come in a smaller size?
Ashley Character Comedy Observational Philip: Well, if you ever gave me any thigh, maybe I'd know the difference.
Will: Jazz. I've had it with you, man! I'm about to... thank you for starching my lucky drawers.
Will Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Not only that, they're bulletproof.
Jazz: Malcolm's one of my heroes, too. I idolize Malcolm. He's the only reason I watch The Cosby Show.
Jazz Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jazz: After I spent all morning frying the salami.
Jazz Absurdist Character Comedy Alec: I wasn't always, but it was the only way I could get a scholarship.
Jazz: Before I stuck it in the machine, I washed my hands.
Jazz Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jazz: Before I stuck it in the machine, I washed my hands.
Jazz Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Vivian: Now, baby, why don't you sit down and never get up?
Jazz: which is easier for some than others.
Jazz: Thank God, 'cause I thought you were singing.
Jazz: There ain't enough for him.
Alec: She sure was. I'm sorry I lost her number.
Jazz: I suppose everybody's too full to eat the Pop-Tarts I made for dessert.
Jazz: Just like black folk. Eat, then they got to go to sleep.
Jazz: If he don't know whether or not somebody's alive, he's in the wrong damn business.
Jazz Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jazz: If you want me to leave the room, just ask.
Jazz Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Jazz: Hey, baby. I'm Jazz, a close, personal friend of Bill Cosby. Did I mention you're the only woman I ever loved?
Jazz Character Comedy Escalation Jazz · Will: Don't mention that to my fiancée, Hilary. Jazz, that is Hilary.
Will: that's a trash compactor! When Uncle Phil sees that it's gonna be a Jazz compactor!
Will Wordplay/Pun Escalation Will · Jazz: We sound like an old married couple. So now I'm old?
Herman: Course you could be cross-eyed with a rash and still take my cash.
Herman: I ain't got that much time left. I'll be back in three.
Herman Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Alec · Hilary: Mandela was freed two years ago. And I, for one, want to make sure he stays that way.
Hilary Character Comedy Escalation Hilary: Well, no. But I did talk several of them into shaving under their arms.
Hilary Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will · Alec: Get the heck out of here, I'm one of them, too. Yeah, well, down at the hospital, they refer to me as Brother Doogie.
Hilary: Who's up for meatloaf?
Hilary: Next time I donate an organ, I'm just gonna let someone else perform the surgery.
Hilary Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hilary: Are you teaching her to read?
Hilary: And I lied. I really did think Eldridge Cleaver was a big chopping knife.
Hilary Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Philip: Jazz, would you prefer a Muslim or a Viking burial?
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