Will is a picture of confidence, while Carlton is a frazzled bundle of nerves preparing for college aptitude tests.
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Wins Above Replacement
“Psat Pstory” ranks #108 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 73.6 — Solid. The episode packs 63 scored jokes at 3.1 per minute, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.7 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: I'll be subjected to over-crowding, bad food... and daily threats of personal violence. I'm not talking about prison. I'm talking about public school.
Uncle Phil: Shut up: from the big guy, your father.
Uncle Phil: A 91 is... a very good reason why you should take this test again, Will.
Carlton · Will: Articulate, eloquent, erudite? No, wordy.
Carlton: In fact, I would have gloated better than you did. Ten times better.
Carlton Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm All Jokes — 63 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: It's cool, max out, Hil, they won't be home for hours.
Will Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will: They're here. Nighty-night.
Will Setup/Punchline Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Cecil: A butler having to do the baking? I'm sorry, it's just a butler having to cook... is rather like a butler having to clean.
Cecil Observational Character Comedy Will: Yo, what's up, the butler posse?
Will Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Will: Yo, C, you looking buffed, man. What, you been pumping iron?
Will Character Comedy Absurdist Cecil: I do what I can, homes.
Cecil Character Comedy Absurdist Will: No, that's all right, I'm driving later, man. Y'all go ahead and get busy without me.
Will: None of that sniffing furniture polish, all right? Just say no.
Geoffrey: At least I don't have to follow him around with a pooper-scooper.
Cecil: You mean those foaming bath tablets they gave you last Christmas?
Cecil Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Geoffrey: They're quite exhilarating if you sit directly on them.
Geoffrey Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Will · Geoffrey: Hey, yo, G. Can I borrow your new TV, man? -Certainly, Master William, it's in my suite. -No, it ain't, G. It's right here.
Will: Buy a vowel, you moron. Buy a vowel!
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: Yeah, and if I were you I'd get a red nose... and a set of big floppy shoes, and call it a day.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton: Laugh now, but in 10 years I'll be a successful lawyer... and you'll be asking people if they want extra ketchup.
Carlton Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Yeah, right, and in kindergarten they told me... it didn't make a difference where you put the round peg. Next thing I knew I was in the back of the class with a guy who ate paste.
Will Setup/Punchline Observational Uncle Phil: Boy, do I have a lot of work to do this weekend.
Will: Like I was saying, Carlton, a wise man knows the value of hard work.
Will Character Comedy Misdirection Will: You're gonna get a gold star on your chart right next to 'put away toys'... and 'stay dry through the night.'
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Geoffrey: Madam, sir... I have just taken the liberty of rotating your tires... re-grouting the pool... and drawing up plans for a small gazebo.
Uncle Phil: I think he just brought it up.
Carlton: Irritate: from the Latin, irritare, to excite or stimulate.
Carlton Running Gag Character Comedy Callback Uncle Phil: Shut up: from the big guy, your father.
Will: Will dancing/stretching before the test
Will Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Will: See, what it was is we're gonna be sitting down for a lot of hours... so I just thought I'd do something to get my blood flowing.
Will Character Comedy Misdirection Carlton: I want to get there early so I can get my pick of the pencils.
Will: Or you could throw it up in the air and cover that big hole in the ozone.
Geoffrey: I'm sorry? I thought you said $20 per week.
Geoffrey Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Geoffrey: And with my newfound wealth... I can treat myself to a Happy Meal.
Will: Who's the most handsome guy in the world?
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: And who's the biggest weenie on the planet for $400?
Carlton: Yes! Mom! Dad! I got a 114 on the PSATs. I'm smart. I'm brilliant. I'm the most intelligent person who ever lived.
Uncle Phil: A 91 is... a very good reason why you should take this test again, Will.
Will: Hold it, the 91 must be my percentile. But then, that means that.... I'm the most intelligent guy in the world.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: You know, Carlton, you're gonna love driving those big rigs, man.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Callback Geoffrey: You can have my job, Master Carlton.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Will: Somewhere there's an Asian Will Smith and he's really ticked.
Will Observational Meta/Self-Referential Will: This a window, this is Windex. Can you say that, little boy?
Will Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Uncle Phil: And fortunately you're too young to know what he was waving.
Hilary: You'd be surprised how fast you can eat a sponge cake when you have to.
Hilary Absurdist Character Comedy Will: What do you think? It's like 91? Or a measly little 90?
Will Setup/Punchline Callback Callback Will: About what? About $91?
Will Callback Wordplay/Pun Callback Aunt Viv: My... everything is so pink.
Carlton: I know what you're implying. You don't think I can cut the mustard, do you?
Carlton Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Carlton: Maybe I have hit a little slump, but I'm sure even Albert Einstein had a bad day. God knows he never combed his hair.
Carlton Observational Character Comedy Uncle Phil: But I'm not adverse to sitting up and begging.
Will: Of course, yours have a lot shorter distance to travel.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Coach Smiley: That's why they call it a pop quiz, Banks.
Carlton: I'll be subjected to over-crowding, bad food... and daily threats of personal violence. I'm not talking about prison. I'm talking about public school.
Coach: Carlton, I think it's time for you to come out of the closet.
Coach Wordplay/Pun Misdirection Will: Coach, are you familiar with the sports injury... cerebral-spinal-refrictionation?
Will Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Will: I mean, as you can see, he looks like a complete idiot.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Coach: Did I say game? I meant the crisis in the Soviet Union.
Coach Misdirection Character Comedy Uncle Phil: There I was in the middle of an arbitration between two of my biggest clients... and I get pulled out because Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid here... want to pull a fast one.
Uncle Phil: Be quiet. Don't even look at me. Look at me when I'm talking to you!
Geoffrey · Uncle Phil: I might as well tell you right now... I won't come back for a penny less than $80 more per week. We'll give you $100 a week.
Geoffrey: Unless you'd be willing to consider a full-time cook... preferably Jamaican, with an incredible set of... cookware.
Aunt Viv: Let's get one thing straight here, I wear the cookware in this house.
Aunt Viv Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Callback Will: I was about to jet to the Riviera with Whitney Houston... but since I'm grounded, I guess I can spare five or six months.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton: In fact, I would have gloated better than you did. Ten times better.
Carlton Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Carlton · Will: Articulate, eloquent, erudite? No, wordy.
Carlton: and when it comes to personal hygiene, God knows, there's no comparison.
Will: You irritate the hell out of me! Now, get out of my room!
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