Husband-to-be Will has the bride, the ring, the date...and second thoughts about the whole idea.
WAR
31.6
Wins Above Replacement
“For Whom The Wedding Bells Toll” ranks #122 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.0 — Solid. The episode packs 57 scored jokes at 3.4 per minute, averaging 6.5 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: Yes, I... Whoo! ...do. But I don't.
Will Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: You! You! Hey, hey. Chunky butt, meet battleaxe. Battleaxe, chunky butt.
Will Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Will: Hey, looks like we finally agree on something.
Will Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Will: Oh, yeah. You look like a chocolate-flavored Pepto-Bismol.
Will Observational Visual Gag Lisa: I don't know. Can he take a punch? I'm kidding, I'm kidding. No, seriously, can he?
Lisa Misdirection Escalation All Jokes — 57 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: I got to marry Lisa more often.
Will Observational Absurdist Carlton: Well, ho, ho, ho.
Will · Carlton: What do you think was in that one? Something that has to be returned.
Will: My favorite wedding guest. Ben Franklin. Oh, excuse me, Ben. Allow me to show you to your seat.
Will Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Will Observational Cringe/Discomfort Lisa: I don't know. Can he take a punch? I'm kidding, I'm kidding. No, seriously, can he?
Lisa Misdirection Escalation Will: Get off of me, woman!
Will Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Will: He'd say, you ain't fooling nobody.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: Oh, man, I know how you feel. Lisa do that to me all the time. Man, just last night, we...
Will Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Will: Oh, I'm just practicing for the honeymoon night. Yo, bellhop! If the room be bopping, don't you be knocking.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: You! You! Hey, hey. Chunky butt, meet battleaxe. Battleaxe, chunky butt.
Will Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Will: Oh, yeah. You look like a chocolate-flavored Pepto-Bismol.
Will Observational Visual Gag Ashley: No problem. To put over my head.
Ashley Misdirection Deadpan/Understatement Will: Okay. Come on, Ike and Tina, let's go.
Will Observational Character Comedy Vy: Okay, tubby, tuck in your gut, we're going downtown.
Vy Character Comedy Escalation Will: In Philly, 'tubby' mean cute bald man.
Will Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Fred: Just don't be late. You might find her face-down in the crab cake.
Fred Dark/Subversive Observational Fred: I don't know what he's complaining about. I like my women scrappy.
Fred Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Geoffrey: I didn't say it was a good plan.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Will: Oh, man. You took your gold tooth out. What's the occasion?
Will Observational Character Comedy Jazz: The wife and I are split up. Inconsolable differences.
Jazz Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Jazz: And so did the weave.
Jazz Escalation Observational Will · Jazz: Hortense? Jazz, I thought her name was Jewel. Just one of her many lies.
Will: She had sex with all of them? She did? Man, it just gets worse and worse.
Will Escalation Reaction Beat Will · Lisa: What the hell is that? Hi. See? I knew she was gonna say that.
Lisa: Or one of them's dead and one of them's a fugitive.
Lisa Dark/Subversive Escalation Will: At least she ain't got no weave.
Will Callback Observational Callback Lisa: Baby, I hate sweet potato pie.
Lisa Misdirection Character Comedy Lisa: But personally, I think the guy's a lowlife slug whose whole sexual identity is an extension of his big, stupid gun.
Lisa Observational Character Comedy Lisa · Will: I think he's gay. Ah!
Will · Lisa: Your name is Lisa, isn't it? Well, it is now. I just couldn't go through life hearing people say, 'Hey, Beula.'
Will Callback Deadpan/Understatement Callback Will Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Vy · Will: Will. [WILL SCREAMING] You, him, here. I need a moment.
Vy Will Cringe/Discomfort Reaction Beat Will Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Carlton: What's this, a pajama party? Hey, scooch over.
Carlton Observational Character Comedy Will: Oh, my God, I just got a mental picture! Get out! Get out!
Will Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Fred: Oh, I know where they are, baby, You left them on top of my... Maya Angelou's book of poetry. Come on, I'll show you where they are.
Fred Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort Phil: I said I was listening. But I got a million things to do, so hurry.
Phil Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Will: Remember when you said we was too young to get married? When I told you mind your business, I know what I'm doing? You remember how wrong I always am?
Phil: Go in there, say I do, be done with it. Feel better? Well... Good. Okay. Posse out, let's go.
Phil Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Nicky · Will: Tell me about it. I've got to balance a ring on a stupid pillow. Hey, you wanna talk about it? No.
Hilary: Oh, Lisa. This dress looks almost as beautiful on you as it would on me.
Hilary Character Comedy Observational Hilary: Well, make it fast. If I start to frizz, you're a dead man.
Hilary Character Comedy Escalation Will · Lisa: Hey, hey, girl! This ain't no time to be getting freaky. Will, I was trying to hold your hand. Oh, yeah? Well, that wasn't it.
Will Lisa Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Carlton: You know, as hard as this is to believe, I'm gonna miss you.
Carlton Character Comedy Observational Will: Yes, I... Whoo! ...do. But I don't.
Will Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: Hey, looks like we finally agree on something.
Will Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Will: Hey, looks like we finally agree on something.
Will Irony/Sarcasm Observational Will: Well, save it for that 50 pounds of shrimp swimming around on that damn ice swan.
Will Observational Visual Gag Fred: We met at 10,000 feet in the air. And I promise you, baby, if you marry me, neither of us will ever come down.
Fred Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Callback Will: No. No, Mom, no. Absolutely not. You said that me and Lisa were rushing too fast. Y'all gotta take some time to think about this.
Will Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Vy: Boy, I ain't got that much time. I'm getting old. Now move.
Vy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Unknown: I cannot believe he is back on the market. I mean, you know, I'm sorry for the girl, but who cares? He is so fine.
Unknown Observational Character Comedy Wedding guest: I cannot believe he is back on the market. I mean, you know, I'm sorry for the girl, but who cares? He is so fine.
Will: Wait, wait... No. No. Wait a... Wait a minute. Wait a minute, now. This is... This is all just too soon. Now, September, that's a different story. Y'all come back, now, you hear?
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