Will becomes a jet-setter while dating a pop star.
WAR
50.9
Wins Above Replacement
“When You Hit Upon A Star” ranks #29 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.6 — Elite. The episode packs 53 scored jokes at 2.7 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
Will: Then I love you too, Uncle Phil.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Philip · Geoffrey: Jazz, to what do we owe your presence? My guess would be inbreeding.
Hilary: No, there's gonna be patchy morning fog with limited visibility.
Hilary Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Will: How did I know he was gonna fall on Sinatra?
Will Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Will · Philip: They showed that on TV? From the first shove to when Sinatra put his toupee back on.
All Jokes — 53 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: If I had two sets of lips, I'd kiss myself.
Will Absurdist Setup/Punchline Geoffrey: We'll be melon balling at 0600.
Philip: She put her bra on one cup at a time just like everybody else.
Philip Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Carlton: I'd pay big money to see that.
Carlton Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will · Carlton: Well, you overlooked one small fact, Carlton. What's that? You weren't invited.
Carlton · Will: The glasses have spots on them. Oh, my God. Why didn't you come to me sooner?
Carlton: Today, Michelle Michaels, tomorrow, Gloria Estefan. And then, dare I dream, Michael Bolton.
Carlton Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: People act so stupid when celebrities get around. I need a reality check. You, waiter.
Will Irony/Sarcasm Misdirection ★ Rewatch Will · Carlton: I think it stinks. I apologize, Miss Michaels. He's from a foreign land.
Carlton: Back to work, Vladimir. Carlton Banks here. I balled your melons.
Carlton Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: I've been back here. I couldn't hear anything. All I heard was: [mimics muffled sounds]
Will Physical/Slapstick Observational Carlton: You know, Miss Michaels, I thought your album stunk too.
Carlton Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Geoffrey: Hey, I checked her coat.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Carlton: I wonder who'll play you in the movie of her life?
Carlton Character Comedy Observational Will: Nothing too fancy. Something in a hatchback will do just fine.
Will Character Comedy Escalation Hilary · Will: Hilary. Oh, that's all right. Don't worry about it. Aunt Viv, you can still surprise me with that red sweater you hiding in the upstairs closet.
Michelle: Are you stalking me?
Michelle Deadpan/Understatement Misdirection Ashley: Your second song on your third album is so cool. Who was Omar? Is he your boyfriend?
Ashley Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will: Pardon my little sister. She doesn't know how to talk to celebrities. So, Mich.
Will Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Philip: We're not hip, so we don't know your music. It's nice to meet you anyway, though.
Philip Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Don't think of me as just a manservant, think of me as a pleasure dome.
Geoffrey Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Will: See, tonight is dime-a-frame bowling night, you know. Top scorer gets those cute little shoes and I just couldn't miss that.
Will Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Will · Hilary: Listen, she got a private jet. She has yacht. Does she have a brother?
Will: We're going to the Golden Choice Music Awards. They got us sitting between Ike and Tina just in case something flare up.
Will Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Hilary: No, there's gonna be patchy morning fog with limited visibility.
Hilary Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Carlton: All set. I ordered a Sunny the Seal ice-cream cake. His sleek little body is made of chocolatey goodness and he balances a ball of tutti-frutti sherbet on his buttercream nose.
Vivian: You are way too into this.
Vivian Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Philip · Geoffrey: Jazz, to what do we owe your presence? My guess would be inbreeding.
Jazz: Oh, no. You don't understand, Mrs. Banks. She don't come in naked.
Jazz Misdirection Character Comedy Hilary: Sergai keeps the salon open till 9. I'm gonna see if he can squeeze my head in.
Hilary Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: I'm just glad that the Saint Bernard didn't have to suffer.
Will: Frank and Kathy Lee came over with that little dude Cody. He made bubbles in the Jacuzzi without the jets on.
Will Observational Dark/Subversive Philip: Will, this Maria Shriver... full-figured gal?
Philip Character Comedy Observational Carlton: A cleverly orchestrated ruse, bub. And to think, I laid out 50 big ones on your damn cake.
Carlton Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Carlton: The one that goes: [Carlton singing Sunny the Seal jingle]
Carlton Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Will: Damn. And I mean that in the nicest possible way, Hil.
Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy Hilary: I look like a troll doll.
Hilary: Sleep with one eye open.
Hilary Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Philip: You mean, which superstar would I choose?
Philip Character Comedy Misdirection Philip: You mean, which superstar would I choose?
Philip Character Comedy Observational Will: Listen, make sure they don't let you in, okay?
Will Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Will: I got Vegas, you, me... a black dude and a white dude beating each other. Life is good.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: I got Vegas, you, me... a black dude and a white dude beating each other. Life is good
Will Observational Dark/Subversive Rick: Rick Benton. We shot a swimsuit video in Tahiti. Guy?
Rick Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will: Yeah, you were the April fool, right?
Will Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will: Why don't you and your Motown-revival haircut go back to your seat, shave your chest, shut up and just watch the fight.
Will Escalation Character Comedy Will: How did I know he was gonna fall on Sinatra?
Will Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Michelle: I just gave one to the paramedic.
Michelle Escalation Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Will: There's 'Untouchable.' There's 'Never Going To Settle.' There's 'Wham Bam Goodbye.'
Will Escalation Observational ★ Rewatch Will · Philip: They showed that on TV? From the first shove to when Sinatra put his toupee back on.
Will: You trying to say that the only reason I loved her was because she was rich and let me sponge off of her? Then I love you too, Uncle Phil.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Then I love you too, Uncle Phil.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carlton: We waited an hour and a half. What's a couple more days?
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