At Vivian's Lamaze class, Will cozies up to a pregnant sportswriter, who takes him to a game - and delivers more than just fun.
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“A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The” ranks #25 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.9 — Elite. The episode packs 51 scored jokes at 2.6 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
Danny: It's kind of like trying to squeeze Della Reese out of a Hyundai!
Danny Observational Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will: Oh, my God, is my hairline receding?
Will Callback Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Danny: No, he's in Mexico. - On vacation? No, on his secretary. But don't worry, he's not having a good time. I filled his thong with BenGay.
Danny Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Danny: I don't want to drink it. I want you to smack me over the head with it! - What? - Just until I pass out.
Danny Misdirection Escalation Danny: This baby's on its way, and I think it's bringing luggage.
Danny Observational Setup/Punchline All Jokes — 51 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Geoffrey: Really? I hadn't noticed.
Geoffrey: You people don't pay me enough for this.
Geoffrey: Then you couldn't possibly feel me do this.
Uncle Phil: Honey, I'm home. Hey, Lucy.
Carlton: Yeah, and George Bush is really looking forward to playing with his grandchildren.
Carlton Irony/Sarcasm Observational ★ Rewatch Will: But I bet you do, right?
Will Meta/Self-Referential Will: Good, Aunt Vivian. Good, Aunt Vivian. Here, beg for a Scooby Snack.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: I don't know, Aunt Viv. Seem to me all that heavy breathing is what got you in this mess in the first place.
Will Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will: Hey, hey, hey. Come on, Aunt Viv. Now this is the most straight-up, honest dude I know. The day that he lies to you, may all my hair fall out.
Will Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Will: Oh, my God, is my hairline receding?
Will Callback Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Vivian: Freeze, bubble-butt!
Vivian Character Comedy Escalation Vivian: Good answer, Admiral Stockdale.
Vivian Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Observational Hilary · Carlton · Ashley: Sorry, homework. - Tennis lesson. I just don't want to.
Will: Look, Aunt Viv, if I was one of your kids... I'd be short with a square head...
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: Well, that's cool. Go, Vivian. Get busy, have a baby.
Will Character Comedy Observational Will: Man, she is all that. She's fine. She's one of The Fat Boys.
Will Misdirection Observational Danny: Hey, you know, can you do me a favor? I have not seen my feet since Lent. Can you tell me, do my shoes match? No. Damn.
Danny Observational Escalation Danny: No, he's in Mexico. - On vacation? No, on his secretary. But don't worry, he's not having a good time. I filled his thong with BenGay.
Danny Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will · Danny: You're the Danny Mitchell? Wait, hold it. I heard Charles Barkley on the radio talking about... him and Danny was gonna rumble in the parking lot... after the Laker game. He won't show up, that wuss.
Will · Danny: You need some help there, Danny? - Why, you got a forklift?
Vivian · Uncle Phil: No, you don't. You just don't want to sleep on the couch, Philip. I hate sleeping on that thing. It's all lumpy.
Uncle Phil: It doesn't sound miraculous. It sounds yucky.
Vivian: You should have thought about that seven months ago... before that second bottle of wine, Philip.
Vivian Observational Character Comedy Danny · Will: Are they always like this? - No, sometimes they fight.
Danny Will Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Will: It was hype. Like, Worthy passes to Vlade. Vlade back to Byron Scott. Byron Scott back to Vlade. Vlade gets the ball back to Worthy. Worthy gets it, stuffs, pop. The Lakers win the game!
Will Character Comedy Escalation Will · Danny: You know what the high point of the game was for me, huh? What? When you punched Jack Nicholson in the nose for touching your stomach?
Danny: Indigestion. I guess I shouldn't have had that third chili dog, huh?
Danny Misdirection Observational Danny · Tony: My water broke. That's cool. We got another one, right here in the fridge.
Tony: I just had the car cleaned. Can't you hold it for a couple of hours?
Tony Observational Character Comedy Tony: Hey, I have feelings, you know.
Tony Character Comedy Reaction Beat Danny: It's kind of like trying to squeeze Della Reese out of a Hyundai!
Danny Observational Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will · Danny: Oh, my God. They're 10 seconds apart. You're having a baby. You think?
Hilary: Well, I hope you're all happy. Now I'm gonna have a big, ugly, red circle in the middle of my forehead. I'll look just like Carlton's yearbook picture.
Hilary Callback Character Comedy Callback Danny: I'm going through all this in the back of a limo... because of what went on in the back of my Jeep.
Danny Observational Irony/Sarcasm Will: Wow, I got to get me a Jeep.
Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy Danny: I don't want to drink it. I want you to smack me over the head with it! - What? - Just until I pass out.
Danny Misdirection Escalation Danny: This baby's on its way, and I think it's bringing luggage.
Danny Observational Setup/Punchline Danny: If I run really fast... I can get back to the Forum and have my baby on the floor... of a ladies' room with some dignity.
Danny: I broke a nail. What the hell do you think?
Danny Irony/Sarcasm Observational Tony: I was looking for a doctor, and I found an M.D. License plate. I yanked the guy out of his car, and then I realized M.D. Stands for Mike Ditka.
Tony Setup/Punchline Misdirection Danny: I got to make a phone call. I suddenly miss my mother.
Danny Character Comedy Observational Danny: Focus? I don't want to focus. I want drugs! Now, get out in that parking lot and score!
Danny Escalation Character Comedy Will: Danny, think of it as the World Series, all right? All right, Alomar is rounding third. Here comes the throw. - Slide, Danny, slide.
Will Observational Character Comedy Doctor · Danny: You want to hold him? No. No, thanks. I'll wait till somebody run him through a car wash or something.
Will: Get busy. Put your thing down. It's your birthday.
Will Character Comedy Observational Uncle Phil · Will: As you know, Will, I have a separation in my lower lumbar area... and the couch is perfect to align my... - She threw you out, huh? You got that right.
Uncle Phil: I really want to be in the room when you give birth. Not just because you want me there... but because I want to be the first person our baby sees upside down.
Uncle Phil Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Phil: But because I want to be the first person our baby sees upside down.
Phil Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Vivian: But, I'm afraid, honey, that I'm gonna have to kill you, anyway.
Vivian Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
