At a Soul Train reunion, middle-aged Philip feels like his train has left the station.
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“Soul Train” ranks #61 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.5 — Great. The episode packs 41 scored jokes at 2.3 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.8 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
Geoffrey · Hilary: Sorry, I got caught up in the fantasy. About me? No, about that decent job.
Phil: I'd build a fence to keep you away. One with barbed wire and maybe a sniper up on the roof to pick you off just in case you got over the fence. And given the slightest chance that he'd miss, there'd be two rottweilers guarding my problem.
Hilary: I'm a beautiful woman trapped in an even more beautiful woman's body.
Hilary Absurdist Character Comedy Will: You are so old. You are the oldest person I ever seen.
Will Escalation Absurdist Callback Will: Oh, no, he was clipping his toenails, I took one in the eye.
Will Misdirection Physical/Slapstick All Jokes — 41 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will · Carlton: Twenty-one-eighteen, I win. Hey, you wanna play again? Same rules as last game? Yeah, sure. Zero-eighteen.
Carlton: I have a date. With whom? Same lady I see every Saturday night. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
Carlton Misdirection Character Comedy Will: I mean, come on. You're pretty, you're fun, you're intelli... Vision.
Will Misdirection Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Hilary: I'm a beautiful woman trapped in an even more beautiful woman's body.
Hilary Absurdist Character Comedy Will: Didn't none of them kids look like me, did they, Uncle Phil? I was just checking, man, just checking.
Will Observational Character Comedy Carlton · Will: This isn't gonna take long, is it? I have a date. We know.
Will: Where you all get married at, The Flip Wilson Show?
Will Observational Escalation Will: [IN DEEP VOICE] You can bet your last money it's gonna be a stone gas, honey. And until next time, love, peace and... Soul!
Will Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Carlton · Will: You played with a doll? Ain't... Ain't no doll, man, it's an action figure.
Will: Afro pick sold separately.
Will Observational Running Gag Will: You was like a real cool, hip, handsome dude back then, man. What happened?
Will Setup/Punchline Observational Will: No slap in the head or nothing. I'm scared.
Will Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Carlton, what's wrong, man? Are you having a Maalox moment?
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: Two things, Carlton. One, that's not dancing. Two, I would appreciate it if you stayed away from the show.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Again, two things, Carlton. One, because you say stuff like 'pray tell.'
Will Callback Character Comedy Callback Will: Well, let me break it down for you, Teeny Petito.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: It's not a doll, man, it's an action figure.
Will Running Gag Character Comedy Callback Will: And you got no business even being on the Soul Hyundai let alone the Soul Train.
Will Wordplay/Pun Escalation Carlton: Me? You're the embarrassment, you urban urchin.
Carlton Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Carlton: Carlton Banks, soul brother number one.
Phil · Vivian: Sweetheart, I think the suit's the same size. I said it must have shrunk a little.
Phil Reaction Beat Absurdist Phil: Uh... Besides, my feet hurt... and, well, I'm afraid my head will look shiny on camera.
Phil Character Comedy Escalation Carlton: If that's a groove, the Grand Canyon's a ditch.
Phil: Look, Will, I'm not gonna have some platformed freak make a fool out of me.
Phil Character Comedy Observational Lamont: I danced at Sam Cooke's funeral.
Lamont Absurdist Dark/Subversive Lamont: Overgrown Isaac Hayes-looking fool.
Lamont Observational Character Comedy Phil: I'd build a fence to keep you away. One with barbed wire and maybe a sniper up on the roof to pick you off just in case you got over the fence. And given the slightest chance that he'd miss, there'd be two rottweilers guarding my problem.
Will: You don't want my help, do you? I'll go.
Will Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Will as Don Cornelius: Get that damn flashlight out of my face!
Will: Action figure, action figure. Is that so hard to understand?
Will Running Gag Character Comedy Callback Will: Carlton, he's not hurting her.
Will Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort Geoffrey · Hilary: Sorry, I got caught up in the fantasy. About me? No, about that decent job.
Hilary: I don't have a date. Must you throw that in my face?
Hilary Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will: Oh, no, he was clipping his toenails, I took one in the eye.
Will Misdirection Physical/Slapstick Will: Which is kind of difficult to do when you go there with somebody old. Oh, I mean... I mean that's kid talk, Aunt Viv. Bad means good. And stupid means great. And old means beautiful.
Will Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Will: You are so old. You are the oldest person I ever seen.
Will Escalation Absurdist Callback Random woman · Will: Is that your aunt? Oh, yeah, but we see other people. What a freak.
Geoffrey: Please, Miss Ashley, don't give me away.
Geoffrey Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carlton Reaction Beat Physical/Slapstick Carlton Physical/Slapstick Reaction Beat Top Episodes — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
