Philip and Vivian welcome a '60s radical, who arouses the FBI's interest and influences Will and Carlton to take action over the firing of a nonconformist teacher.
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“Those Were The Days” ranks #78 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.2 — Great. The episode packs 52 scored jokes at 2.5 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: 'You will become a famous rapper with your own TV show.' That's dope, right?
Will Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: I have known freedom, don't like the health plan.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Observational ★ Rewatch Carlton: Was he related to Wally and the Beav?
Carlton Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ashley · Phil: Come on, Daddy. Suppose Gandhi's parents treated him like this. Gandhi ate his peas.
Vivian: I wasn't at Woodstock.
Vivian Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 52 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: Come on, Uncle Phil. Vogue.
Will Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Vivian: Oh, no. Will, sweetie, you've been snapping everything in sight for days.
Will: I wanted to do something meaningful and artistic... but ain't nobody getting naked.
Will Misdirection Observational Will: Carlton, this is a photography assignment. Not a Prince video.
Will Observational Character Comedy Geoffrey: She was too busy calling me a pathetic servant of the capitalist fat cats.
Marge: Don't look like you be needing it now.
Marge Observational Character Comedy Will: I take it El was blindingly handsome.
Will Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Carlton: Was he related to Wally and the Beav?
Carlton Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Man, that's unbelievable. Who the hell are they?
Will Reaction Beat Observational Will: Okay, and I'm 'About To Bust A Gut-a.'
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Would that have been between breakfast and lunch, or lunch and dinner?
Will Irony/Sarcasm Observational Vivian: I wasn't at Woodstock.
Vivian Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Vivian: Those two weirdoes are your father and I, and that ugly little kid is you.
Vivian Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: The bone in your hair is a good look for you, Hilary.
Will Visual Gag Character Comedy Will: Yeah, you've got sort of a 'yabba-dabba do.'
Will Wordplay/Pun Visual Gag Phil: You have my legs, and the answer is no.
Phil Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Geoffrey: I have known freedom, don't like the health plan.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Observational ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Whatever you say, Phil.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Mr. Knotts: Cool, do you have any more?
Mr. Knotts: And I'm gonna call this Midget at a Desk.
Will: Mine ain't forged this time.
Will Character Comedy Observational Cornflake: They thought The Little Mermaid was pornographic.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: I mean, I've spent the whole semester sucking up to you.
Will Observational Character Comedy Marge: No, about how she used to always put her name on everything in the refrigerator.
Marge Misdirection Observational ★ Rewatch Will: Yeah, and I bet with that big old Afro, she probably had a lot of hair and Afro Sheen and stuff all over the place, right?
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: What, you just gonna dis me right in my face like that, Marge?
Will Misdirection Character Comedy Will: It's just 'Too Legit To Quit.'
Will Wordplay/Pun Observational Will: Ash, you kind of look like Winnie the Pooh Mandela.
Will Wordplay/Pun Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Ashley · Phil: Come on, Daddy. Suppose Gandhi's parents treated him like this. Gandhi ate his peas.
Carlton: Could you put in a good word for me? I'm thinking of applying.
Carlton Misdirection Character Comedy Carlton: No way am I sharing a cell with a woman called Big Mama.
Carlton Character Comedy Observational Will: Man, and I thought I was doing my part by going to Spike Lee movies.
Will Observational Character Comedy Carlton · Ashley: Come on, Will. We're harboring a fugitive. Yeah. And ever since she got here my diary has been a lot more interesting.
Hilary: I hate to sound paranoid... but do we really know if Mom and Dad are who they say they are? Or if their names are really Mom and Dad?
Hilary Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will · Carlton: 'Ricky Ricardo'? 'Lucy, you got some explaining to do.'
Will: All right. My man Cornflake got the spirit. He's a little confused, but he's got the spirit.
Will Character Comedy Observational Carlton: Will, I think I speak for all of us when I say... let's get the hell out of here.
Carlton Misdirection Character Comedy Carlton · Cornflake: Where are the safety goggles? My butler forgot to pack them.
Carlton: This is so exciting. We're like The Mod Squad, without Julie.
Carlton Observational Character Comedy Will: Man, you smell that? Damn, it's chimichanga day in the cafeteria.
Will Physical/Slapstick Observational Will: We was kind of hoping the cheerleaders would overhear.
Will Character Comedy Observational Will · Marge: By the time you were 17, you burned your first bra. But I could go get one of Hilary's.
Carlton: If you need me, I'll be upstairs saluting the flag.
Carlton Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Agent Collins: We tap every Black person's phone in the United States of America. Just a little FBI humor.
Phil · Vivian · Hilary: As a matter of fact, she said she was going to a nuclear power plant in Texas. But then again, she did mention a migrant workers' camp in Salinas. No, honey, she said she was going to a voters' registration drive in Biloxi. Well, I thought she was just going to Saks.
Will: Get the heck out of here. You all mean she ain't in the bathroom?
Will Misdirection Character Comedy Will: Get the heck out of here. You all mean she ain't in the bathroom?
Will Character Comedy Misdirection Will: By the way, I don't think we've met. Ricky Ricardo.
Will Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Will: 'You will become a famous rapper with your own TV show.' That's dope, right?
Will Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Hilary: 'You are headed for a fall. Beware. Accidents can happen.' Those things are so stupid.
Hilary Setup/Punchline Visual Gag Will: I wonder what I'll call my TV show?
Will Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air