Will helps Ashley make a big impression on a recording executive, but Philip is adamantly against her pursuing a singing career.
WAR
28.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Whats Will Got To Do With It” ranks #124 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 71.9 — Solid. The episode packs 43 scored jokes at 2.1 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.6 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 you can be there for him.
Will Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Carlton: All I got was a promise she wouldn't press charges.
Carlton Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Uncle Phil: Well, gee, I could have sworn that Vivian and I had something to do with it.
Will: I'm having a bust of my head made. It's getting helicoptered in on Thursday.
Will Absurdist Character Comedy Ashley: I would have been happy paying you a token salary while someone else did the real work.
Ashley Character Comedy Dark/Subversive All Jokes — 43 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Carlton · Will: Negotiating for a bigger royalty? / No, a better table.
Will: Hey, now I know how Hammer must have felt the week he was famous.
Will Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will: Like white folks watch Wings.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: Yeah, Rob, Fab. Blame it on the rain, brothers.
Will Wordplay/Pun Observational Will: I'm having a bust of my head made. It's getting helicoptered in on Thursday.
Will Absurdist Character Comedy Will: Then blang, over to Phoenix. Then bap, bap, bap, bladow, over to Orlando. Then blip-bloop, we gonna slide up to Seattle.
Will Character Comedy Absurdist Will: Oh, no, no, no, bro, I said 'I got dates.' See, I got Tina in New York. I got Beth in Seattle. Ohh. Actually, I might need a couple days in Seattle. Beth is a big girl, you know?
Will Misdirection Character Comedy Carlton: Absolutely. Most of the arcades are losing money.
Carlton Misdirection Character Comedy Will: We gonna set up lunch with her and Tevin Campbell. Midway through, she gonna stand up, take a drink and splash it in his face. Right? Then she slap him, call him a punk... Then we plant a story that Tevin been sleeping outside her crib with a rifle.
Will: Then you can be there for him.
Will Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Will: I was with Tisha last night. I can't walk that fast.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Will: Who the hell are all these people?
Will Reaction Beat Irony/Sarcasm Jerry: I'm just the man behind the man.
Jerry Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline Jerry: Tito, Jermaine. Your pick.
Jerry Observational Dark/Subversive Carlton: This is better than television.
Carlton Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Carlton: Oh, great. Now we'll never know how Will took the news.
Carlton Meta/Self-Referential Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Will: All this money for rent and I still got roaches.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will Character Comedy Running Gag Callback Uncle Phil: Well, gee, I could have sworn that Vivian and I had something to do with it.
Will: Home? I have no home.
Will Running Gag Character Comedy Callback Mr. Weisman: I got the worst luck with tenants.
Aunt Viv: It's so hard to smack you upside your head when you're not here.
Will: Gee, she hides it so well.
Will Irony/Sarcasm Reaction Beat Geoffrey: Perhaps later on we could pour some water on her and watch her melt.
Will: Don't just stand there, Ashley. Call him a good boy and toss him a treat.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: Oh, really? So thanks. What the hell is my problem?
Will Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Hilary: Right, just like you launched Ashley's career?
Hilary Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Ashley: So young, so bitter.
Ashley Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Will: Somebody need to snatch her big helium head down out the stratosphere.
Will Character Comedy Observational Ashley: I would have been happy paying you a token salary while someone else did the real work.
Ashley Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Ashley: And, face it, you're small potatoes.
Ashley Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Will: I'll show you how small my potatoes are.
Will Callback Character Comedy Callback Will: The resemblance, much like the beat, goes on.
Will Wordplay/Pun Observational Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Carlton: All I got was a promise she wouldn't press charges.
Carlton Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Carlton: Just ask Kim Basinger.
Carlton Observational Setup/Punchline Kid · Will: Man, that song is weak. / Last week.
Kid Will Setup/Punchline Observational Jerry: The kids got sick of her.
Jerry Deadpan/Understatement Observational Ashley · Will: How much is 15 percent of nothing? / It's... Okay, 15. Hold up, 15, carry the zero. Fifteen... / Nothing, you math whiz.
Ashley: Well, it's nice to know my family was rooting for me to fail.
Ashley Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Will: Or if not, we can use it to prop up an unlevel table. You know, so it don't wobble.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: No, cold-and-flu season.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Top Episodes — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
