A car dealer hires Will, then persuades him to drop out of college.
WAR
59.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Youd Better Shop Around” ranks #12 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.8 — Elite. The episode packs 60 scored jokes at 3.1 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 7.1 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: She threatened to enroll herself.
Will Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: Then how do you explain being a lawyer?
Will Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Uncle Phil: Right on, sisters.
Harrison: Sure, especially since Mary died.
Will: Yo, man, that's my mom.
Will Setup/Punchline Escalation All Jokes — 60 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: Now, look, Uncle Phil, we don't need nothing too fancy...as long as it's got vibrating bucket seats...a refrigerated glove compartment and a license plate that say:
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: How about a '94 you?
Will Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will: What are the honeys gonna say about a dude cruising around in one of these?
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton: They'll say, 'Why, there goes a thrifty, level-headed young man.'
Carlton Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Yeah, right before they say, 'And I'll never have sex with him.'
Will Setup/Punchline Escalation Will: Uncle Phil, you not seriously considering...making me drive this Carltonmobile, are you?
Will Wordplay/Pun Callback Callback Will: So why you taking that out on me?
Will Setup/Punchline Observational Uncle Phil: Tow trucks used to follow me around like vultures.
Will: There you are, Uncle Phil, 25 years younger...
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: ...thousands of pounds thinner...
Will Setup/Punchline Escalation Will: Wind blowing through your big old fro.
Will: There go Philip Banks, he is a bad mamma jamma.
Will Character Comedy Escalation Uncle Phil: Right on, sisters.
Uncle Phil: To hell with the Accountant, I want this.
Uncle Phil: And that's the story we'll tell your mother. Thanks, Will.
Will Reaction Beat Escalation Will Escalation Setup/Punchline Fletcher: Of course, my pile would be bigger.
Will · Pete: Negotiation sequence with escalating demands
Will: Say, baby, with all that butt, you might be needing a hatchback.
Will Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Hilary: No offense, Will, but I would never buy a car from you.
Hilary Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Hilary: And I'm the Baroness Natasha. I am on holiday in your country with my husband, the baron, and my lover...Gustav.
Hilary Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Hilary: Yes, of course, I take six. Gustav, pay the man.
Will: You most certainly are.
Will Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Uncle Phil · Aunt Viv: Al Green and the Isley Brothers. - Sookie, sookie, now. - Baby.
Will: I'm sorry, are my pants wet?
Will Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Will: What you mean, legally?
Will Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Will: Yes, sir. Five times this, carry the six, and add a zero.
Will Setup/Punchline Absurdist Will: Whoomp, there it is.
Will Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Carlton: Isn't this great? Family fun and no Will.
Carlton Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Uncle Phil: Of course not. Geoffrey picks it up.
Ashley: It's clear your teenage daughter is not enjoying the tedious board game...being played in a forced family-bonding moment. What do you do?
Ashley Meta/Self-Referential Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Uncle Phil: That's what it says on the card.
Uncle Phil Deadpan/Understatement Meta/Self-Referential Ashley · Uncle Phil: College isn't for everyone, and if Will is happy I think we should all be happy for him. / Ashley, go to your room.
Uncle Phil: Hilary's success is contrary to the laws of nature. Totally inexplicable.
Uncle Phil Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Aunt Viv: Okay, fine. I'm telling your mother.
Uncle Phil: Yes, it is. If I'd waited a few days, I could have bought that car from you wholesale.
Jazz: Who said anything about leaving the lot?
Jazz Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Jazz: That's all right, I have a real friend at the bus depot.
Jazz Escalation Dark/Subversive Will: This chair is made out of leather, isn't it?
Will Setup/Punchline Escalation Harrison: Did you know I have six kids?
Harrison Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Harrison: Sure, especially since Mary died.
Fletcher: He's my brother.
Fletcher Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Fletcher: That's three less mechanics to worry about.
Will: Hey, hey, hey. Come on, man, you missed a spot. You're fired!
Will Escalation Character Comedy Will Escalation Character Comedy Will: Get on out of here before I have to take my belt off.
Will Escalation Character Comedy Fletcher: You're beginning to scare me. Can I adopt you?
Will · Pete: I guess none of them good salesmen either, huh? / You're beginning to scare me. Can I adopt you?
Will Pete Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Fletcher: Well, 10. One of them had an exploding gas tank. As far as I'm concerned, once they leave the showroom, it's a sale.
Will: Yo, man, that's my mom.
Will Setup/Punchline Escalation Fletcher: So what? A sale's a sale.
Will's Mom: Who the hell are you?
Will's Mom: Oh, really? You ever been beat up by a woman?
Fletcher: Not without having paid for it.
Geoffrey: Sir, that's a sponge.
Geoffrey Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Will: She threatened to enroll herself.
Will Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: Then how do you explain being a lawyer?
Will Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Uncle Phil: I'm going to get another piece of sponge.
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