The Banks hate the ugly golf shirts Hilary gives them - until they see Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wearing the same design.
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“Wills Misery” ranks #8 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 83.9 — Elite. The episode packs 50 scored jokes at 3.4 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 7.0 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 Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Tell me, sir, do I wash that or take a weed whacker to it?
Geoffrey Setup/Punchline Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Will: I'm a dog. I'm the fresh prince of the pound. The doggiest of all dogs.
Will Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Will: So you mean to tell me for 5 extra dollars, I could get HBO? Okay, basic cable is cool.
Will Misdirection Observational Will · Carlton: We got up there, the girl went crazy. She tied me to this chair, was trying to torture me. / No. / But I got loose, man. Then she really went off. So I grabbed this rock, man...
All Jokes — 50 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will Observational Character Comedy Phil: This is Mr. Culture.
Phil Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Will: What a brother got to do to get some fries?
Will Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Will: See, and here, I can sense the juxtaposition of metaphors...
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: ...interspersed with the three-second violation.
Will Setup/Punchline Observational Phil Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Geoffrey: I call this one Workmen's Compensation.
Geoffrey Wordplay/Pun Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will: Autumn, my favorite time of the year. The leaves are falling and the hotties are pledging.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Baby, if I told you you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Get it? That's a double entendre.
Will Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Will: Oh, Grey Poupon to you too, girl.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: And I treat a woman like a king treats a queen.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Sorority Girls: Y'all remembered those, huh? Ladies, say goodbye to Will in his native tongue. [ALL BARKING]
Will Physical/Slapstick Reaction Beat Carlton · Will: Your problem is that you can't understand or respect women... because you're not in touch with your feminine side. / You know what your problem is, C? You're not in touch with anybody's feminine side.
Ashley · Phil: Well, what do you think? / It's... It's a... Blue.
Geoffrey: Tell me, sir, do I wash that or take a weed whacker to it?
Geoffrey Setup/Punchline Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Will: Carlton, quick, get a bat, let's bust this piñata.
Will Visual Gag Setup/Punchline Phil: I'd slip on the old dashiki... puff up the old fro... find a foxy mama, say, 'Hey, baby, let's get it on.'
Phil Character Comedy Observational Will · Phil: And they bought that? / Actually, your mother was the only one.
Will: [WILL SCREAMING] Get out! What you doing, Barney?
Will Physical/Slapstick Visual Gag Will · Lisa: Yo, man, where Helen at? / She's probably at the chiropractor.
Will · Lisa: Well, if you like this one, wait till you see the sequel. / You are a dog. [WILL BARKS]
Will: Little company? I'm more like the Fortune 500, you know? AT&T. Reach out and touch a brother if you got your bill paid.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Phil: I was so lucky I found this hat. It was the last extra extra extra large.
Vivian: And I'd guess there's some laughing and pointing going on too.
Vivian Observational Deadpan/Understatement Phil: Look at this. You could at least yell four!
Phil Physical/Slapstick Observational Geoffrey · Phil: Sir, perhaps you could get them to erect... a fence. / Geoffrey.
Will: Oh, well, you see, um... I'm not really that good at thinking on my feet.
Will Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Will: Just call me public enemy number one. / Beat the hell out of playing Stratego with Carlton.
Will Character Comedy Observational Will: Oh, I mean, I know my rights. I think I'm entitled to one frisk.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: Baby, you're kind of killing the mood.
Will Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carlton · Phil: Oh, stop bragging, you sick pervert. / Who's a pervert?
Carlton: They're going to terrorize and torture him. / Oh, don't worry, it's all in good fun.
Carlton Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm Will: So you mean to tell me for 5 extra dollars, I could get HBO? Okay, basic cable is cool.
Will Misdirection Observational Lisa · Will: Do I look like a fool to you? / No, not a fool.
Vivian · Phil: I can't believe you two. Mustard is not the answer. / No, she's right. Get the soy sauce.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar · Phil · Kareem: Hey, nice sweaters. / Oh, Marachi. Our daughter bought them for us. / She's got great taste.
Ashley: These are my role models.
Ashley Observational Character Comedy Will: How you doing there, Little Miss Mood Swing?
Will Character Comedy Observational Will: You need to be worried about getting out. Them rubber rooms ain't got no windows.
Will Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Will: In what, bladder control?
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will · Lisa: Ugh! I cannot believe you sorority girls could be so devious. / It was actually your cousin Carlton's idea.
Will: Oh, yeah? You know what, I'm gonna pop that little zit when I get home.
Will Character Comedy Escalation Lisa · Will: You don't care. / You're damn right I don't care. You damn near fricasseed me.
Will Character Comedy Reaction Beat Will: I'm a dog. I'm the fresh prince of the pound. The doggiest of all dogs.
Will Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Will: Hey, wait, wait, wait. Whoa, hold up. What, y'all just gonna leave me hanging up here like a piece of Rotisserie Gold, huh?
Will Visual Gag Character Comedy Will · Carlton: We got up there, the girl went crazy. She tied me to this chair, was trying to torture me. / No. / But I got loose, man. Then she really went off. So I grabbed this rock, man...
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