Mortified over spying his mother kiss the handyman, Philip can't bear to think of her having a new man in her life.
WAR
45.9
Wins Above Replacement
“Granny Gets Busy” ranks #84 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 75.9 — Great. The episode packs 68 scored jokes at 3.6 per minute, averaging 6.7 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
Will: Last week they served tapioca. Man, the cops had to break that joint up.
Will Absurdist Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Uncle Phil: That's exactIy what it Iooks Iike.
Will: CarIton Banks is wearing an eIegant, yet mascuIine, cotton-siIk combination... designed by WiII St. Le CarIton.
Will Physical/Slapstick Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Uncle Phil: Jump in with me and bring the kids.
Will: I think I'II go transIate the Dead Sea ScroIIs.
Will Absurdist Setup/Punchline All Jokes — 68 analyzed
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Will Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Will: Well, l've grown a little bit since you've seen me, about an inch and a half. Check this out, l got some chest hairs now. Look.
Will Observational Physical/Slapstick Will: See? Digger One there. Oh, that must have been sweater lint.
Will Physical/Slapstick Observational Will: Have you ever felt, you know, not so fresh?
Will Observational Meta/Self-Referential Will: Got an A+ on my Spanish test. Man, muchos brainos en eI cabeza, si?
Will Wordplay/Pun Observational Will: That means, 'How much is the espadrilles?'
Will Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Carlton: No, it's one of your friends from PhiIIy, too cheap to buy an airIine ticket.
Carlton Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton: No, this is my new exercise bike. I'm gonna use it to deveIop my huge Iegs. You know, I figure I'II need them... to support my massive chest and my 24-inch pythons.
Carlton Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carlton: This equaI-opportunity thing has gone just a IittIe too far. I can't beIieve they're Ietting girIs pIay on my intramuraI basebaII team.
Carlton Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Ashley: Next thing you know, they'II be Ietting us vote. Don't even get me started on that issue.
Ashley Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline Carlton: Women have their pIace, but men are the cornerstone of civiIization. Not onIy are we good at men-things, but we're good at women-things, too.
Carlton Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Hilary: Sew a dress. I saw it on The Brady Bunch.
Hilary Setup/Punchline Observational Will: Another pIanet, man. I ain't sewing no dress.
Will Character Comedy Reaction Beat Will: WeII, what? Are you crazy? We'd do a dress Iike that. And that incIudes a fuII smocking and smart pIeat.
Will Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Carlton Reaction Beat Setup/Punchline Callback Will: If I was 50 years oId... I'd definiteIy take her out for a bucket of chicken.
Will Setup/Punchline Observational Aunt Vivian: She's been cIapping the Iights on and off for the Iast 20 minutes.
Uncle Phil: You Iook so fIuorescent.
Hattie: I am three pounds Iighter, a whoIe Iot tighter... and I'm dressed to chiII.
Hattie Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy Will: Last week they served tapioca. Man, the cops had to break that joint up.
Will Absurdist Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Hattie Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Hattie: Okay, you basset hounds. If you Ieave me to it, I can bake a pie... and stiII get in a bike ride before supper.
Hattie Character Comedy Observational Will: Yeah, that's a good Iine, Ed. I'II have to use that one myseIf.
Will Reaction Beat Meta/Self-Referential Ed: WeII, maybe not... but you a Iong way from the stewing pot.
Ed Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Ed: Women are Iike CadiIIacs... they don't even begin to rev up untiI they hit 70.
Ed Setup/Punchline Observational Will: Yo, E. Another dope Iine, man.
Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy Callback Hattie: Six years of Oprah, and this is stiII a shock.
Hattie Observational Setup/Punchline Hattie: And I use that term IooseIy.
Hattie Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Uncle Phil: That's exactIy what it Iooks Iike.
Will Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Hilary: Sounds Iike somebody with a bad haircut.
Hilary Wordplay/Pun Observational Ashley: Other than your girIfriend in biker shorts?
Ashley Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Geoffrey: Magnificent server.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Wordplay/Pun Hattie: Thanks? For what? I just got here.
Hattie Reaction Beat Observational Mrs. Sweeting: Did I mention I crochet?
Hattie: Excuse me, I just remembered I have some pantyhose soaking upstairs.
Hattie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Mrs. Sweeting: That's what I make, afghans, onIy afghans. Not scarves, not tabIecIoths, not doiIies.
Will: I think I'II go transIate the Dead Sea ScroIIs.
Will Absurdist Setup/Punchline Hattie: Bitchin'? Is he going surfing? I thought we were gonna have Iunch.
Hattie Wordplay/Pun Observational Will Setup/Punchline Absurdist Will: Nice meeting you, Miss Sweet Thing.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Uncle Phil: My socks are aIready off. Just come out naked.
Uncle Phil: So are you and Mick Jagger.
Uncle Phil: I'II bring you some sugar cookies.
Carlton: It's a IittIe formaI, isn't it?
Will Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Ashley: A guy's idea of an icebreaker is sitting next to me in the cafeteria... and beIching my name.
Ashley Observational Setup/Punchline Will: There's nothing Iike Iove to buiId up a good appetite.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Uncle Phil: Not at my age, either.
Hattie: Your face is Ionger than Arsenio HaII's.
Hattie Setup/Punchline Observational Hattie: But, you know, when you're out having a good time... the Iast thing you think about is the bed.
Hattie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Uncle Phil: Jump in with me and bring the kids.
Uncle Phil: Leave the kids.
Vivian: If I promise to jump in with you?
Vivian Callback Setup/Punchline Callback Phil: Like what? Nice suit. Pass the saIt. What's your favorite wrench? Anything.
Phil Escalation Character Comedy Will: That wouId be Granny.
Will: My dad had a spotted coat, then he had it cIeaned.
Will Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Will: My dad Ioved brownies. He once ate a whoIe pan-fuII.
Will Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Callback Uncle Phil: That expIains a Iot.
Will: My dad had parents. We caIIed them Grandmom and Grandpop.
Will Absurdist Setup/Punchline Callback Will · Uncle Phil: My dad Iiked-- Sweet-potato pie!
Hattie: Because he promised he'd never Ieave me. Crazy as it may seem, I beIieved him.
Hattie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ashley: And the bike Iooks great, too.
Ashley Setup/Punchline Visual Gag Will: CarIton Banks is wearing an eIegant, yet mascuIine, cotton-siIk combination... designed by WiII St. Le CarIton.
Will Physical/Slapstick Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Hattie: Baby, come to Mama. You want some fries with that shake?
Hattie Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Carlton: Yeah, I kind of Iike it.
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