When Monique refuses to have sex until she's married, Will stages a mock wedding ceremony with D.J. Jazzy Jeff as the preacher.
WAR
19.8
Wins Above Replacement
“The Best Laid Plans” ranks #135 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 69.8 — Mixed. The episode packs 62 scored jokes at 3.4 per minute, averaging 6.3 on craft and 6.3 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
Geoffrey: I'm guessing they're not for me. I haven't put out in years.
Geoffrey Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Carlton: Let's see, a week from Friday, it will be 18 years.
Carlton Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Look, Monique, I'd love to talk, but there ain't no blood in my brain.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Hilary: Well, you know how I'm always borrowing your things? Well, you don't have to worry about this one.
Hilary Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 62 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: Oh, baby, you all that and a bag of chips!
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: Hey, I'm lying, I'm dying, you know what I'm saying?
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: whatever it is that you serving... you better give me a double!
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: I was just playing. You know how I be joking. I be joking.
Will Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will: Man, something smells good. Oh, wait, that's me.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton · Will: I don't smell anything. Oh, that's funny. It's a lot lighter than it was when I put it on.
Will: six or seven hours later, we'll come back down again
Will Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Will: You don't know what I'm saying.
Will Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Hilary: Well, you know how I'm always borrowing your things? Well, you don't have to worry about this one.
Hilary Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Philip: To the restaurant. Le... Chez... Mc...
Philip Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Geoffrey: I'm guessing they're not for me. I haven't put out in years.
Geoffrey Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Philip Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Uncle Phil, you lied to your woman.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: My man, give it up top.
Will Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Will: Jean-Claude Van... Damn, I'm fine.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Oh, if you need me, I'll be dodging winos at the bus station.
Monique: I told him I was going to church.
Monique Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm Will Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Will: And I ain't even oiled up yet, you know?
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Maybe you'd like to go upstairs and I could do my stand-up.
Will Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Monique: Now, why waste time going upstairs? See, this way whenever you pass the couch, you'll think of me.
Monique Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Monique: Maybe I could get some memories of you in the kitchen and the Jacuzzi, too.
Will: Watch yourself, girl.
Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy Monique: Mama knows, child.
Will: Look, Monique, I'd love to talk, but there ain't no blood in my brain.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton: No nookie last night?
Carlton Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton: Let's see, a week from Friday, it will be 18 years.
Carlton Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Philip Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Philip: Oh, God, this car isn't in trouble, is it?
Philip Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Never been off the lot as far as I can tell.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Philip: then you throw a rod, you flood your carburetor, you crack your block
Philip Setup/Punchline Absurdist Philip: No sex before marriage.
Philip Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: I've been doing that since the '80s. It don't work no more.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Philip: I know I'm talking to teenage hormones from hell
Philip Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: We both mens here, you know? We got ugly needs.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Jazz: and for the republic in which it stands
Jazz Setup/Punchline Absurdist Jazz Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Jazz: Hey. This is God's crib. Take that in the street where it belongs.
Jazz Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Jazz: Any minute now that minister's going to realize his house ain't on fire.
Jazz Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Jazz: Granted, my brother, we're good, but people can still see us.
Jazz Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Will: we only got 18 hours left before checkout.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: These damn buttons. You got some scissors, girl?
Will Setup/Punchline Physical/Slapstick Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Monique: Honey, I meant for the rest of our lives.
Monique Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Yeah, come on, baby, let's get naked. This thing open from the back or the front?
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: What a coincidence 'cause there's something I want to give you, too.
Will Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Will: Thanks, a little box.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Jazz: You know, my child, I've never known the pleasures of the flesh... but I could be convinced to give up the priesthood for you.
Jazz Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Jazz: Don't go away baby. Bartender, another Olde English for the lady.
Jazz Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Jazz: Now, get a bottle of whiskey, liquor that girl up... and take advantage of her. Be a man for God's sake.
Jazz Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Will: Well, to be honest, my wife took it.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton: Will and Monique stole a Mercedes, and ran over somebody's wife.
Hilary: Obviously, Will has been seeing a woman named Mercedes, Monique found out... and I'm still working on the wife part.
Hilary Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Ashley: Well, I think Will married Monique just to get her into bed... and when she found out, she got so mad she took off in Dad's Mercedes.
Ashley Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm Will: I don't know, Uncle Phil. I'm out of control. Please stop me before I disobey again.
Will Character Comedy Misdirection Will: I'm a victim. I'm a victim of my imagination.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: You know, that's radical, Uncle Phil, but it just might work.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Philip: Be afraid, Will. Be very afraid.
Philip Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: I got that effect on women, you know.
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