The church's widowed reverend is a man of esteemed reputation, but not in the eyes of Will - who spies him making a play for Aunt Vivian.
WAR
13.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Hare Today” ranks #137 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 69.4 — Mixed. The episode packs 44 scored jokes at 2.5 per minute, averaging 6.4 on craft and 6.2 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: I remember. That was the Easter Grandma Hattie came over... and made that secret stew. What was that?
Will Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will · Elderly church lady: I didn't hear any pager. Oh, um... Well, this is the kind that vibrates. I didn't see your hip vibrating. Wish I had though.
Will: Okay. All right. All right. Uncle Phil, go upstairs, pack a bag. I'm gonna get the car. We gonna shoot down to Tijuana. We gonna chill in Mexico, this whole thing blows over.
Will Escalation Character Comedy Hilary · Geoffrey: Geoffrey, you gotta make that stew. Don't tempt me.
Nicky · Uncle Phil: Daddy, did you sit on Harry? Yes. But... But... That's okay, Dad. Death is a natural part of life. But what a way to go.
All Jokes — 44 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: All right, all right. Don't tell me. A rabbit.
Will Observational Deadpan/Understatement Will: Yeah. I'm really good at this. Ha-ha.
Will Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Hilary: Aww. Oh, look at the little lumpy bumpy bunny wunny.
Hilary Character Comedy Absurdist Will: I remember. That was the Easter Grandma Hattie came over... and made that secret stew. What was that?
Will Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will: It tasted like chicken but it wasn't.
Will Dark/Subversive Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Hilary: Oh, my God. I remember that stew. It was delicious.
Hilary Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback Hilary · Geoffrey: Geoffrey, you gotta make that stew. Don't tempt me.
Carlton: Tell old pharaoh Let my cousin grow
Carlton Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: Would you look at that? Shameful sucking up.
Will Observational Irony/Sarcasm Carlton: Great, now I'm gonna have to buy another sweater.
Carlton Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will: Oh, I be in the back.
Will Character Comedy Observational Will: Oh. Yeah, Rev, you know, Sunday's kind of a bad day for me, you know... what with Saturday usually being a late-night night... you know what I'm talking about? But I tell you what, y'all get something kicked off on a Tuesday, I'm there.
Will Character Comedy Observational Will: Tomorrow, gosh. Man. You know, any other day but tomorrow I could've done it, you know. Even yesterday. Even yesterday. But... Pbbt.
Will Character Comedy Absurdist Will · Reverend: Ladies? There's gonna be some honeys up in there? I can guarantee at least a couple honeys. Heh. I'll see you tomorrow.
Will: Come on down there and I get myself a little sticky, you know what I'm talking... You know. You know what I'm saying. You know, because honey is sticky. You know.
Will Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort Elderly church lady: My, what a handsome devil. And I feel kind of devilish.
Will: Whoo! Oh! Oh. Oh, man. Oh, I got a page. Oh, it's 911. Tupac just got arrested again. I need to go.
Will Character Comedy Absurdist Will · Elderly church lady: I didn't hear any pager. Oh, um... Well, this is the kind that vibrates. I didn't see your hip vibrating. Wish I had though.
Will · Uncle Phil: Not too bad. Except for all them old ladies down there pinching my cheeks. Well, Will, that's the way old ladies are. They see a young man with a cute face, they love to pinch his cheeks. I ain't talking about my face.
Will: Yeah, unless Grandma Hattie pulls another Fatal Attraction.
Will Callback Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Will: You gotta teach him, like, some aerabbits. Rock, rock the rabbit, rock Don't stop
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: Hey, stop playing, Verna. Ain't nobody that nearsighted.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will · Rose: Your cookies suck. Well, suck this.
Will: You know, it does feel good to give something back to the communit... Hey.
Will Misdirection Physical/Slapstick Will: Visual gag - Will falls off ladder during his speech about giving back
Will Physical/Slapstick Irony/Sarcasm Carlton: Nice try. Now watch how it's done. Make a note. Unruly.
Carlton Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Reverend Sims: Vivian, I've always been in love with you.
Will: Well, first of all, because you seasoning the chicken with cleanser.
Will Observational Physical/Slapstick Will: Makes sense to me. Look like the Rev's trying to get his hallelujah on.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will: I was asking you what's going on because there ain't nothing going on in here. There's nothing going... I wanted to know with you. Did you have something going on? Because we don't have any.
Will Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Will: You can't. Uh... Ain't enough chicken. I mean, there's too much chicken. You know what they say about ministers. You know, they will eat and eat and eat until they die. Yeah. They're like goldfish.
Nicky: Come on, Harry, give me another one. Be all that you can be
Nicky Character Comedy Observational Uncle Phil: Where's Harry? Uh... He went upstairs, boom, two steps at a time. I guess he was really hungry. Where's his box? He took it with him. Because he knew it didn't belong down here, he put it away.
Nicky · Uncle Phil: But if he was hungry, why didn't he just come in the kitchen? Nicky, he's just a rabbit.
Will: What? What? Uncle Phil, you killed him? Oh, my God. Does anybody know?
Will Misdirection Escalation Will: Okay. All right. All right. Uncle Phil, go upstairs, pack a bag. I'm gonna get the car. We gonna shoot down to Tijuana. We gonna chill in Mexico, this whole thing blows over.
Will Escalation Character Comedy Uncle Phil: Will, they don't arrest you for sitting on a rabbit.
Will · Uncle Phil: I thought you killed Harry. Will, who did you think I killed? I thought you killed Harry.
Hilary: It was all they had.
Hilary Visual Gag Deadpan/Understatement Vivian · Will: Would you prefer a breast or thigh? Uh! He'll take a wing.
Carlton: Could you pass the pork... dork?
Carlton Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will: Yeah, you might wanna cover all the commandments this year.
Will Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Nicky: Daddy, you know how you told me that Harry's black now... because rabbits change colors for Easter? Isn't there a little more to that story?
Nicky Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Nicky · Uncle Phil: Daddy, did you sit on Harry? Yes. But... But... That's okay, Dad. Death is a natural part of life. But what a way to go.
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