Will sneaks greasy, high-fat foods to Philip after he promises to diet and exercise, then blames himself when Philip has a heart attack.
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“Home Is Where The Heart Attack Is” ranks #47 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 78.6 — Elite. The episode packs 53 scored jokes at 2.5 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.8 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 · Phil · Will: I mean, hey, I'm getting tired of the fat jokes myself. What is wrong with you people? I weigh the same thing I weighed in high school. Yeah, if you add up all four years.
Ashley: Oh, by the way, I dented the Mercedes.
Carlton · Will: Dad will probably outlive all of us. Only if he eats us first.
EMT: Don't worry, he's my fourth heart attack today... and I already lost one of them. A two-death day is rare.
EMT Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Will: I heard the doctor say he thinks Uncle Phil might have Dunlap syndrome... Mean his belly done lapped over his belt.
Will Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 53 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: I heard the doctor say he thinks Uncle Phil might have Dunlap syndrome... Mean his belly done lapped over his belt.
Will Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Carlton: Hold on a minute. I'll have you know my father is not fat. He's just big-boned. Larger than life.
Will: Yeah, he's also larger than the Volvo.
Carlton · Will: Cholesterol is gathering in his arteries... stopping the blood flow like rush-hour gridlock. Hold it, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
Carlton · Will: Dad will probably outlive all of us. Only if he eats us first.
Phil: Oh, did I tell you? I went in on a racehorse.
Phil Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Will · Phil · Will: I mean, hey, I'm getting tired of the fat jokes myself. What is wrong with you people? I weigh the same thing I weighed in high school. Yeah, if you add up all four years.
Will: Guess I'm not getting as tired of those fat jokes as I thought, huh?
Will Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Callback Carlton · Hilary: Where are you going? Shooting the rapids at Dead Man's Falls... But Trevor died doing a bungee jump. I know. I'm working up to that.
Will · Hilary: Whoa, whoa, Hil. That's not your parachute. That's my book bag. That would've been embarrassing.
Carlton · Will: I'm supposed to imagine myself 20 years from now. No wonder you're so depressed.
Will: You are little Carlton.
Will Observational Deadpan/Understatement Will: Your wife? Oh, this is science fiction.
Geoffrey: You probably don't recognize it without a thick coating of batter and gravy.
Phil: I can't give up my favorite foods cold turkey with... Oh, my God. Turkey. With pillowy mounds of mashed potatoes...
Phil Wordplay/Pun Escalation Ashley: Put your hands up. Step away from the chips.
Geoffrey · Ashley: And doing a wonderful job, I might add. Shut up, Geoffrey.
Phil: Ashley hid the remote control, so I have to walk to the TV.
Phil Character Comedy Observational Phil: You know, I'd give anything for a cheeseburger, Will. Anything. Why, I might even finance your little trip to Mexico.
Phil Escalation Character Comedy Uncle Phil: Ashley has spies at every fast food restaurant for miles.
Phil · Will: Well, I'll make a New Year's resolution, and by March... February... Well, you have my solemn vow. And that's this New Year's, right?
Hilary: My therapist was right. You just aren't nurturing enough.
Hilary Character Comedy Absurdist Phil · Vivian: Doesn't my word mean anything to you? Of course it does, darling. Better call the Chinese restaurants too.
Phil · Will: You got the stuff? Right here. You got the money? You take a check?
Will: It's good to see you're not wasting time chewing.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will · Phil: Relieves cramps, bloating and irritability. Oh, no, no, this is Geoffrey's.
EMT: Don't worry, he's my fourth heart attack today... and I already lost one of them. A two-death day is rare.
EMT Dark/Subversive Character Comedy EMT: Could be because you're leaning on his air hose.
EMT Physical/Slapstick Observational Will: I'm staying with you till the end. That was a really poor choice of words. I'm sorry, Uncle Phil.
Will Meta/Self-Referential Will: We gonna go for plenty rides in ambulances, man... you gonna be all right, Uncle Phil.
EMT · Will: Well, if I say he is and he croaks, you're gonna be upset, right? You're a real people person, aren't you? I guess.
EMT Will Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement EMT: Hey, if he still wants to stop for a burger... I can get Troy to swing by the drive-through. With the siren on, we don't have to wait in line.
EMT Absurdist Dark/Subversive Will: I hate to interrupt this guilt-fest... but I think I have to take the rap for this one.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: I mean, the fried rice had bean sprouts in it.
Will Character Comedy Observational Will · Random Patient · Will: Uncle Phil, what are you doing there? I had a heart attack, Will. Hey, how come you didn't tell me you weren't my uncle, man?
Random Patient: Well, nobody ever comes to visit me. I crave the attention.
Random Patient: Will, see if he's gonna finish his IV.
Random Patient: Yeah, I got a son. He don't come to visit me either.
Doctor: Not Kevorkian. Kevarkian with an A.
Doctor Wordplay/Pun Dark/Subversive Will: Carlton's a little bigger, wears a bow tie.
Will Character Comedy Observational Will · Carlton: Don't be stupid, Carlton. What are you doing? Cleaning the oven. What's your problem? It says right here on the label to let foam sit for 45 minutes. My hands are tied.
Carlton: You come near me, I'll spray.
Carlton Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Carlton · Will: You don't understand, Will. Yes, I do. You're selfish.
Doctor: Call me Russell. I'm on break now. You wanna go downstairs and have an early breakfast?
Doctor · Hilary: Oh, look at that, I'm being beeped. I didn't hear any beep.
Phil: Yeah... cheesecake is my kryptonite.
Phil Character Comedy Callback Random Patient: Hey, Superman, ask junior to get me a bedpan.
Will: Hey, Uncle Phil, bet you never thought... you'd get a standing O in this house?
Will Wordplay/Pun Observational Will: You was probably worried about just seeing this kitchen again, right? I'm sorry, that's a leftover fat joke. I'm tripping.
Will Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Callback Will: I'll cover all bets on that one.
Will Observational Character Comedy Ashley: Oh, by the way, I dented the Mercedes.
Vivian: And if you ever do anything to scare me like that again, I'll kill you.
Vivian Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Will · Phil: Oh, man, we don't have no remote. Sure we do. Geoffrey!
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