When the Banks family returns to its former neighborhood to help old friends after a destructive city-wide riot, Vivian reveals a surprise to Philip.
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31.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Will Gets Committed” ranks #106 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 73.9 — Solid. The episode packs 67 scored jokes at 3.3 per minute, averaging 6.5 on craft and 6.4 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: Yo, I'm from Philly. We had to save up to be poor.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Uncle Phil · Geoffrey: Predictable, sir? She said that I wear the same... Blue shirt every weekend, sir? Yes, I mean, just because a man has... Froot Loops every morning. Just because I watch... Legal Eagles every night.
Carlton: No, row versus wade, the best way to cross a stream.
Carlton Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: Look, kids, this is where we lived when we first got married. And this is the little park where we walked little Hilary. And, look, there's the pet store where we bought little Carlton.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline All Jokes — 67 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: It's kind of fly, right? Don't you wish you lived on TV?
Will Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Will: Must be what it sounds like to wake up in Little Richard's crib.
Will Observational Setup/Punchline Will: She dumps you, Carlton.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Hilary: Night, Sister Mary Margaret.
Hilary Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Sister Mary Margaret drives a Porsche?
Will Observational Setup/Punchline Will: Man, they must got it going on down at the convent, huh?
Will Observational Callback Callback Hilary: We're not Catholic. Well, is my face red. Good night.
Hilary Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Hilary: I also said Daddy lost weight.
Hilary Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Look, kids, this is where we lived when we first got married. And this is the little park where we walked little Hilary. And, look, there's the pet store where we bought little Carlton.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Carlton: I think it's cute. They're going to be mushy and lovey-dovey all day.
Uncle Phil: Vivian, what the hell is the matter with you?
Uncle Phil · Aunt Viv: Happy anniversary, sweetheart. It's not our anniversary, Philip. Oh, God, good.
Uncle Phil: Vivian, don't you think you're being just a wee bit erratic this morning?
Will: Well, actually, Aunt Viv, you got a kind of a Don King... Kris Kross, Bride of Frankenthing going.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: Not many people could pull it off. You know, as you're proving, right, but...
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Callback Aunt Viv: Shooting baskets with Michael Jordon.
Aunt Viv Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Carlton: You know, Clair would never talk to Cliff like that.
Carlton Meta/Self-Referential Observational Will: Yo, my brother, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Will Character Comedy Observational Will: Sorry about that, man, you know, you have to excuse my cousin... you know, he's an idiot.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Carlton: Oh, God, what a stallion. Time to saddle up.
Carlton Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will: Yo, what's up, baby? Hurry up, write your number down before I don't want it no more.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Carlton: And I'm going to buy you a car.
Will: Carlton can't help you, he's on the debate team.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Carlton: Really, I'm captain of my debate team.
Carlton Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Simone: How about over there somewhere, like, say, Cleveland?
Simone Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Will: Tell me to go to Cleveland, mushroom head.
Will Character Comedy Reaction Beat Carlton: No, row versus wade, the best way to cross a stream.
Carlton Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Uncle Phil · Geoffrey: Predictable, sir? She said that I wear the same... Blue shirt every weekend, sir? Yes, I mean, just because a man has... Froot Loops every morning. Just because I watch... Legal Eagles every night.
Geoffrey: Why, you're a regular hotbed of spontaneity.
Geoffrey Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Hilary: Because your soda's flat.
Hilary Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton: And then when I was 12, I played Maria... in an all-boy production of West Side Story.
Carlton Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Simone: Will you marry me?
Simone Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline Will: Well, there go the nerdyweds.
Will Wordplay/Pun Observational Uncle Phil · Aunt Viv: Don't... I'm not finished with you yet, woman. Well, I'm through with you, man. Yeah, that's right, I'm bad.
Noah: You're not coming back.
Noah Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Will: Yo, I'm from Philly. We had to save up to be poor.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Noah: Tell Dan Quayle I said, 'What's up.'
Noah Observational Character Comedy Will: I don't even know Dan Quayle.
Will Character Comedy Reaction Beat Callback Hector: Make up your mind, man. What do you want me to do first?
Hector Observational Setup/Punchline Carlton: Dad, don't do anything stupid, you haven't updated your will yet.
Carlton Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Hector: Yeah, ain't you the guy from Family Matters?
Hector Meta/Self-Referential Setup/Punchline Will: Curly? They must go way back.
Will Observational Character Comedy Hilary · Carlton: Who's Hector? I don't know, but be nice to him... he's got a bat.
Hector: But, of course, who else could it be with those muy grandes orejas?
Hector Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Will · Carlton: What does that mean? Big ears.
Will: Hector, let me see that bat for a second.
Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy Carlton: I'll remember him now!
Carlton Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Hilary: Hector, I love what you've done with the place.
Hilary Observational Character Comedy Will: He ain't doing that well.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Look, there's Carlton.
Will Visual Gag Character Comedy Will: Don't even think about kissing me.
Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy Ashley: Well, I tried flushing her down the toilet, but the little creep floats.
Ashley Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Ashley: What have you been smoking?
Ashley Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Word up, and she was divorced, too.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Will: Parents just don't understand.
Will Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Carlton: No, The Wall Street Journal, the part where AMC goes belly up.
Carlton Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton: I'm rich! I'm rich!
Will: Did I ever tell you folks how much I like visiting?
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Will: Man, I wonder if that divorced lady still live here? She probably like 127 or something...
Will Callback Character Comedy Callback Hilary: Great! I'm going to plan a party.
Hilary Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Aunt Viv: Of course not. Lucky for you.
Aunt Viv: Philip, I'm pregnant!
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