Needing a game show partner, Will must choose between bickering friends.
WAR
54.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Eyes On The Prize” ranks #20 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.1 — Elite. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 3.0 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
Geoffrey: At this rate? About the time Queen Elizabeth opens for Queen Latifah.
Vivian · Philip: Have you forgotten the toaster incident, sweetie? Geoffrey hasn't. How was I supposed to know a piece of whole wheat would scratch a man's cornea?
Will: And you should have known that the Jackson on a 20 ain't Jermaine.
Will Observational Wordplay/Pun Carlton: and let me choose my words carefully... you guys are stupid.
Carlton Misdirection Character Comedy Will · Carlton: All I gotta do is answer a couple questions... and let my partner squirt some stuff all over me. Wasn't Jimmy Swaggart just arrested for that?
All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: Geoffrey's eyebrows just grew back... from the time you tried to fix the stove, man.
Will Callback Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Vivian · Philip: Have you forgotten the toaster incident, sweetie? Geoffrey hasn't. How was I supposed to know a piece of whole wheat would scratch a man's cornea?
Will · Vivian · Philip: Certainly got the pants for it. -I'm calling the plumber. -I'm calling the tailor.
Vivian · Philip: There's no dial tone. There's no static, either.
Will: Yeah, right. Right after your Uncle Philip repairs something that doesn't send Geoffrey to the emergency room.
Will Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Will: All right. Aunt Viv, I'll push... and if you spackle real fast, we could probably wall him in.
Will Dark/Subversive Physical/Slapstick Hilary: No phone service for 24 hours? This is a nightmare. I mean, it's like we've vanished off the face of the earth!
Hilary Character Comedy Escalation Will: Hey, she's not being dramatic. Jimmie Walker's phone went out for 24 hours in the late 70s... and, hey, well, y'all know the rest.
Will Observational Meta/Self-Referential Carlton: Excuse my language, Dad, but it's got to be said.... I'm behind you, big guy.
Carlton Misdirection Character Comedy Vivian: Sure, honey, in four years. I'm sure the phone will still be broken.
Vivian Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Will: leather on the seats, and Halle Berry on my lap.
Will Setup/Punchline Escalation Will · Carlton: All I gotta do is answer a couple questions... and let my partner squirt some stuff all over me. Wasn't Jimmy Swaggart just arrested for that?
Philip · Geoffrey: The next person that mentions the phone, gets a boot in their behind. Mr. Banks, your phone is broken.
Geoffrey: It occurs to me, this family's got a lot to learn about hospitality.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Jazz: He's the source that revealed that Mariah Carey's black.
Jazz Observational Absurdist Jazz · Tyriq: You sold me a fake Rolex. You paid with a fake 20.
Will: you should have known that it was fake when you saw that the warranty was only for two hours.
Will Absurdist Observational Will: And you should have known that the Jackson on a 20 ain't Jermaine.
Will Observational Wordplay/Pun Tyriq: They all look alike to me.
Jazz: He's the source who revealed Color Me Badd was white.
Jazz Callback Observational Callback Tyriq: Speaking hypodermically.
Tyriq Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Jazz: Yo, Mr. Banks, my tubby judicial brother.
Jazz Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Geoffrey: Would you mind standing downwind?
Will: I guess I got a, kind of, Pepé Le Pew thing going here.
Geoffrey: At this rate? About the time Queen Elizabeth opens for Queen Latifah.
Will: Man, you sure can't. You should probably call in ugly.
Carlton: the Moms Mabley look is definitely passé.
Ashley: I'm sorry, but I had to wash. I have enough problems. I'm going through puberty for God's sake.
Will: Hey, Aunt Viv, I'm telling you, if we band together we can take him.
Will Physical/Slapstick Escalation Vivian: Leave him alone, honey, he's mine.
Vivian Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Vivian: if Mr. Goodwrench wants to visit Mrs. Toolbox... he'd better get Mr. Water running.
Vivian Wordplay/Pun Wordplay/Pun Jazz: a show both salubrious and sudorific.
Jazz Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Will: You got a little salube on the side of your lip, too.
Will Wordplay/Pun Reaction Beat Tyriq: Nice weather we're having. Guess that's 'cause we're the third planet from the sun. Unlike Mercury, where the surface is perpetually molten.
Tyriq Character Comedy Absurdist Will: Look, a little nasty piece of carpet with a vest.
Winky: Man, Winky was my father's name.
Winky Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Jazz: Yeah, what Will needs is intellectual capacitance.
Jazz Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Geoffrey: It appears he's been getting notes warning him to get out of town.
Will: And to go on this game show was his last desperate wish... before he takes that old dirt nap.
Will Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Will: He got Bette Davis eyes.
Carlton: Will, can I borrow your Walkman? I'm going out for a five-mile run.
Carlton: and let me choose my words carefully... you guys are stupid.
Carlton Misdirection Character Comedy Carlton: Letters not on a phone dial? Q and Z. Best picture, 1936? The Great Ziegfeld. The third wife of Julius Caesar? Calpurnia.
Tyriq: And by the way, can you remind me when to breathe?
Will: The wind in my face will dry my tears.
Will: Yeah, or a real tight butt.
Will: when you got home around 10:00 and... your drawers ain't get here till the next morning.
Bob Eubanks: Dr. Jazzy Jeff... M.D., Ph.D., and O.P.P.
Will: And how long has he been dating Whitney Houston?
Carlton: The beloved pachyderm in question won our young hearts by turning a handicap into--
Bob Eubanks: I'm sorry. Time is up. Let's go to your opponents.
Tyriq: That would be the capital 'O,' Bob.
Tyriq Wordplay/Pun Misdirection ★ Rewatch Tyriq: That would be the capital 'O,' Bob.
Will: Sounds like the judges drank their lunch.
Will Observational Deadpan/Understatement Will: 'In the plains,' Bob!
Will: 'In the plains,' Bob!
Will Setup/Punchline Escalation Will: Wait. That joint ain't gonna fill up with water or nothing, Bob, is it?
Tyriq: I'm sorry, Bob, this is a bad time.
Tyriq Absurdist Awkward Silence Top Episodes — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
