After Will's friends guys rib Carlton about being a virgin, Miss Right appears and sweeps Carlton off his feet. Elsewhere, Geoffrey confesses a secret of his own.
WAR
43.6
Wins Above Replacement
“Its Better To Have Loved And Lost It” ranks #57 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.9 — Great. The episode packs 57 scored jokes at 3.3 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.7 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: Three kings and a virgin.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Hey, G, why don't you run into the kitchen...and get me something. Or better yet, take a cab.
Will Callback Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Carlton: You want me to sleep with him?
Carlton Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Carlton: She'll love everything I love. Money, Ivy League schools and America.
Carlton Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: You did a porno movie?
Will Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 57 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: I know when to hold 'em / Know when to fold 'em / Know when to walk away / But don't know when to shut up
Will Wordplay/Pun Observational ★ Rewatch Will: Wait, even better than the day you met the Van Patten family?
Will Observational Character Comedy Jazz: It was when I did the wild thing for the first time
Jazz Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Jazz: I cut out of high school to go to Soul Train. The next thing I knew, me and this honey was knocking boots...behind the Soul Train Scrabble board.
Jazz Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: You mean you cut high school in Akron, Ohio...to go to Soul Train, which tapes in L.A?
Will Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jazz: Hey, hey. High school was boring, okay?
Jazz Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will · Carlton: A key chain, Carlton. What do you think, man?
Jazz: Man, I remember my first time. It was everything a young man could dream of. And it only cost me 35 bucks.
Jazz Misdirection Dark/Subversive Jazz: But, of course, things were cheaper then.
Jazz Deadpan/Understatement Escalation ★ Rewatch Jazz: Maybe he ain't got nothing to talk about. Lockjaw.
Jazz Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Will: I think he's more used to playing solitaire.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carlton: The only problem this stallion has is keeping the names with the faces...if you know what I'm saying.
Carlton Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Will: Three kings and a virgin.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: You'll be kissing more butt than Arsenio.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: Carlton, please, forget about Miss Right. Go for Miss Right Now.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carlton: She'll love everything I love. Money, Ivy League schools and America.
Carlton Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: Hey, lady, we were talking.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Will: Come on, man, baby is all that. Go on, step to her and ask her out.
Will Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Joann · Carlton: Not really. But my favorite singer is performing the national anthem. - Who's that? - Tom Jones.
Store clerk: That girl's a damn thief. She stole that magazine. Hey!
Uncle Phil: Bob, judges don't cry.
Uncle Phil Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Hey, look. I found that Chevette. The body was already in the trunk too.
Will Dark/Subversive Misdirection ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Stop persecuting me! I've done nothing, I tell you. Nothing.
Geoffrey Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: You just can't get good help these days.
Will Irony/Sarcasm Observational ★ Rewatch Carlton: You could come live at our house. My little sister is almost 15. It's time she moved out on her own.
Carlton Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carlton: Will you marry me?
Carlton Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Joann Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch Hilary: Fine. [calls Bel-Air Hotel room service instead of making breakfast]
Hilary Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carlton: Oh, my God, that's my mom's finger. Get it off my hand.
Will · Carlton: So who put the offer on the table? - She did. And the terms were so attractive, I jumped on h...it. I jumped on it.
Carlton: I protected my investment.
Carlton Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Carlton: I protected my investment.
Will: Carlton lost his virginity.
Will Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Uncle Phil: That's all right, just don't take another morning off.
Uncle Phil Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: You did a porno movie?
Will Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch Narrator: ...was descended from a long line of running Butlers.
Geoffrey: [Geoffrey takes taxi in the middle of marathon race]
Narrator: To his countrymen, he is the shame of a nation.
Narrator Escalation Deadpan/Understatement Will: Hey, G, why don't you run into the kitchen...and get me something. Or better yet, take a cab.
Will Callback Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Uncle Phil: You're a servant. Get me some cake.
Uncle Phil Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Green card? What green card?
Geoffrey Escalation Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will: You are what you eat, buddy.
Will Wordplay/Pun Irony/Sarcasm Carlton: Yeah, yeah, yeah. She gave you a key chain.
Carlton Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Carlton: You want me to sleep with him?
Carlton Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Carlton: Really? Well, quelle surprise.
Carlton Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Will: Hey, it is great to see you two together again.
Will Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Will · Dean: Well, who is it? - It's your uncle. - My only uncle died three years ago. - Then you should take the call because it's probably really long-distance.
Will · Dean Morgan: It's your uncle. My only uncle died three years ago. Then you should take the call because it's probably really long-distance.
Will · Carlton: You have to go through this every time you come up here? No, I take the ladder.
Carlton: Of all the students in all the universities...in all the world, she had to sleep with me.
Carlton Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: That would be what, rocks?
Will Deadpan/Understatement Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Will: How about we go down and we discuss this on solid ground, huh? I'll buy you some rocky road, baby.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Carlton: Down the hall, third door on your right.
Carlton Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Carlton: I'm so stupid. I'm a stupid, dirty rock.
Carlton Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Carlton: Well, there's a first time for everything. Of course, you know that.
Carlton Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Will: That's next year's Emmy right there.
Will Meta/Self-Referential Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air