Will returns home from spending the summer in Philadelphia with a new look that doesn't sit well with Uncle Phil.
WAR
39.6
Wins Above Replacement
“How I Spent My Summer Vacation” ranks #67 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.0 — Great. The episode packs 55 scored jokes at 2.8 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.5 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
Philip: So, as long as you keep the hair... the clothes and the beeper... you're all grounded.
Philip Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: I've looked everywhere. There isn't an ice cream sandwich left in this town.
Geoffrey Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: No, I'm gonna call you that... then you gonna call me the other thing, and we're gonna be here fighting.
Will Observational ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Madam, I went to boarding school. And then I went to therapy.
Geoffrey Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will: Guess a lot of your buddies wearing suits like this now, huh?
Will Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 55 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Philip: Speaking of prisoners, let's talk about Will.
Philip Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Philip: Switzerland. / Now that that's settled, I'll go fire up the Jacuzzi.
Philip Escalation Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Philip: Would you consider Great Britain? / Well, a man can dream, can't he?
Philip Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Madam, I went to boarding school. And then I went to therapy.
Geoffrey Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Philip · Geoffrey: Who asked you? Get my lunch. / Right away, sir. / The man has a tapeworm.
Vivian: Does James Brown have a perm?
Vivian Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Philip: Oh, Lord, I don't know whether to dive under the table or do the running man.
Philip Physical/Slapstick Observational Will: Uncle Phil, you look great, man. You look like you lost some... hair.
Will Misdirection Observational ★ Rewatch Philip: Looks like the whole Jackson family could live in those pants.
Philip Observational Setup/Punchline Philip: No wonder Willy Williams moved to LA.
Philip Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Carlton: Will told everyone at the airport I was Bryant Gumbel.
Carlton Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Carlton: I thought I'd get my luggage faster. / No, five old ladies attacked me for being mean to Willard.
Carlton Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Hilary · Will: Daddy, I need $500. / Hil, you should really consider expanding your vocabulary a little.
Will: Come on, Hil, please, at least kiss him first.
Will Observational Dark/Subversive Will: You're right, Uncle Phil, wrong area code. That would be Stacy.
Will Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Philip: When Jesse Jackson gets a job.
Philip Observational Irony/Sarcasm Philip: That's because she's your mother and she loves you. I'm your uncle. I just try not to hurt you.
Philip Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Philip: And, who are you? Queen Latifah?
Philip Observational Setup/Punchline Will: That's because you only got one squaw and you all never go nowhere.
Will Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Vivian: And, Philip, how come we don't ever go nowhere?
Vivian Reaction Beat Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Hilary · Will: The big, fat vein in Daddy's head is starting to throb. / it ain't really serious till his right eye start twitching.
Will: it ain't really serious till his right eye start twitching.
Will Escalation Observational Whitey · Philip: And, you can call me Whitey. / I think not.
Will: I think this is our youngest daughter, Ashley. She just had a brain operation. Her head's a little swollen, hence the hat.
Will Absurdist Misdirection ★ Rewatch Philip · Vivian: Switzerland, Vivian. / Not far enough, Philip.
Vivian · Will: Will, you must change. / Carlton, you must grow.
Ashley: I never liked Will, anyway.
Geoffrey: How shall I put this? The food sucks.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will: The pepper's moving.
Will Visual Gag Observational ★ Rewatch Hilary: That is the last time I buy sushi out of the trunk of a car.
Hilary Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Will: I would, Aunt Viv, but I wouldn't want to make all your guests jealous.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Will: No, I'm gonna call you that... then you gonna call me the other thing, and we're gonna be here fighting.
Will Observational ★ Rewatch Will: Guess a lot of your buddies wearing suits like this now, huh?
Will Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Philip: 'Cause everyone knows Buckwheat never went to medical school.
Philip Observational Setup/Punchline Will: I don't really think that Stacy's your type, Uncle Phil.
Will Misdirection Observational ★ Rewatch Will: And what are you looking at, Whitey?
Will Escalation Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Will: No you won't, worm head.
Will Observational Character Comedy Jazz: You dating Whoopi Goldberg?
Jazz Observational Setup/Punchline Jazz: Dang, your toilet broke, too?
Jazz Misdirection Observational ★ Rewatch Jazz: Company with breasts. / They're lonely.
Jazz Observational Setup/Punchline Jazz: Sorry, my brother... but those are the harsh realities of the cruel world in which we habitate. And now, booty awaits me.
Jazz Absurdist Misdirection ★ Rewatch Will: Dang, I thought I was having a bad hair day. You going bald, man. You about to look like my uncle in a minute.
Will Observational Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Will: This is a black thing, right? You're going to pee on my foot.
Will Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Will: Guess the cat's got its tongue.
Will Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Geoffrey: I've looked everywhere. There isn't an ice cream sandwich left in this town.
Geoffrey Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Quite right, sir. You threw him on the lawn. He rolled into the street.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Observational ★ Rewatch Carlton: Looks like you really blew it this time, huh, big guy? / I just hope the Willster's still breathing.
Carlton Observational Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: See how he be trying to play me, Fred?
Will Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Carlton: You forgot the part about Will getting arrested.
Carlton Escalation Observational ★ Rewatch Carlton: Don't joke about that, Will.
Carlton Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Philip: When did you have a man in the Jacuzzi?
Philip Reaction Beat Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Hilary: That's between me, that man, and his video camera.
Hilary Escalation Dark/Subversive Will: but you don't think a 6'3", 250-pound black dude in a dashiki and an afro the size of West Philly is drawing attention to himself?
Will Observational Escalation ★ Rewatch Philip: So, as long as you keep the hair... the clothes and the beeper... you're all grounded.
Philip Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: All right, look y'all, this is a classic case of divide and conquer. Look, Malcolm warned us about this. Get him!
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