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Generally, Will's life has
been blessed, but there were time when things went wrong
like being sued for libel by Jay Leno for an
article he wrote to impress Lisa (who earlier had humiliated Will
when she knocked out a guy with her self defense moves); lying about seeing
a mob killing and then being placed in the Witness Program in Alabama; visiting the hospital after Carlton
pops the wrong pills from Will's locker (mistaking amphetamines for
vitamins); going on the Oprah Show and not being invited on stage
with the rest of the family; going to the hospital for a tonsillectomy; getting hustled by
sleazy pool sharks until Uncle Phil comes to the rescue; and arrested and
falsely accused of committing a string of auto thefts. And last, but not
least, the humiliating time Will had to dress up as a
daisy and perform with a bunch of children in a Bel Air Academy play
before he's allowed to graduate.
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Wild & Crazy Will |
Daisy Will |
Will's other friends and
family members included his pal, Jazz who had a crush on the Hilary Banks
and who was continually being thrown out the front door of the Banks'
mansion by Philip Banks; Jewel, Jazz's newlywed wife; Viola “Vy” Smith,
Vivian’s sister and Will’s mother who sent Will to the Banks to get him
out of a rough neighborhood and bad company; Lou Smith, Will's
irresponsible long-lost father who breezes into town and tries to woe Will
with his charm but, in the end, deserts Will once again; and Philip’s
parents, Joe Banks and Hattie Banks who still lived on their farm in
Yamacraw, North Carolina.
In 1996, the Banks family
family began to go their separate ways. Carton planned to go to Princeton, Hilary
and her sister, Ashley moved to New York, little Nikky started
Kindergarten; and Geoffrey moved back to London to be with his son,
Frederick. With all this change, Phillip (who just turned 50) decided to
sell their house. He sold the house to George and Louise "Weezie"
Jefferson and planned to move back East.
Before Will & Carlton moved out of their
pool house apartment, they joined in a moment of kareoke ecstasy, as each
of them took turns mouthing the words to the Tom Jones
song "It's Not Unusual."
Then,
Uncle Phil helped Will find an apartment so he could finish his last year
of college. Uncle Phil's last words to Will were "You are my son!...You better be sure your butt is by a phone on Sunday."
As the Banks family
temporarily moved to the Plaza Hotel, Will remained behind to
close up the house. The
last thing Will heard was Carlton screaming "Hey, who turned out the
lights?! Where is everybody?!" Carlton had gone to the bathroom while the
rest of the family vacated the premises. Seeing Carlton frantically adjust
his pants as he rushed out the front
door, Will quietly said "I am
definitely gonna miss you C."
Some
Fresh Prince - isms
| Jazz: |
Making a
baby truly is a blessed event. |
| Will: |
Don't you
mean "Having a baby"? |
| Jazz: |
Trust me on
this. |
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| Will: |
Carlton, I
misjudged you. You're a lot cooler than I thought. Hey, you wanna go
to the club with us tonight? |
| Carlton:
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I don't
have a date. |
| Will: |
Carlton,
never bring a sandwich to a buffet. |
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| Will: |
[to
Phillip] Hey, hey, hey man. Man, have I told you how thin you're
lookin' lately? |
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| Uncle Phil: |
No sex
before marriage, Will. |
| Will: |
Come on,
Uncle Phil. This is the 90's. |
| Uncle Phil: |
Try a cold
shower. |
| Will: |
I've been
doing that since the 80's. It don't work no more. |
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| Uncle Phil: |
Will, going
to college isn't just about finding a job. It's about finding
yourself, and finding what you do best that makes a contribution to
the community. It shouldn't be just about money. |
| Will: |
You really
believe that, Uncle Phil? |
| Uncle Phil: |
Yes, son, I
really do. |
| Will: |
Then how do
you explain becoming a lawyer? |
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The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Lyrics and music by Will Smith.
Now this is the
story all about how my life
got twisted upside down and I'd like
to take a minute just sittin' right there
I'll tell you how I became
the prince of a town called Bel-Air
In West
Philadelphia I'm born and raised
on a playground is where I've spent the most of my days chilling out,
maxing, relaxing all cool
and all shooting some b-ball outside of the school
when a couple o' guys, they were up to no good
started making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
and said "you're moving with your auntie
and uncle in Bel-Air"
I begged and
pleaded with her day after day
but she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way
she gave me a kiss and then she gave me my ticket
I put my walkman on and said I might as well kick it
First class, yo
this is bad,
drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass
if this is what the people of Bel-Air livin' like,
hmm this might be alright!
I whistled for a
cab and when it came near
the license plate said "FRESH" and had a dice on the mirror if anything I
could say that this cab was rare
but I thought 'Nah, forget it - Yo, home to Bel-Air!'
I pulled up to the
house about seven or eight
and I yelled to the cabby 'Yo home, smell you later'
looked at my
kingdom I was finally there
to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air
(Verses three and
four were dropped in later episodes)
TRIVIA
NOTE:
Born September
25, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Willard "Will" Smith attended
Overbrook High School and liked to write and sing rap songs. In 1982, Will
met Jeffrey A. Townes, a.k.a. Jazzy Jeff at a party and a few year later
they formed the music duo of "D.J. Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince." In
1988, they won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
and a Grammy for Best Rap Performance in 1991. In 1992, they were honored
by the NAACP Image Awards as Outstanding Rap Artists. Smith's albums
included Rock the House 1987; He's the D.J., I'm the Rapper 1988;
And in
This Corner 1989; Homebase 1991; Code Red 1993; Men In
Black Soundtrack 1997; Big Willie Style 1997; Willennium
1999; and Born to Reign 2002. Will
Smith also went became a successful movie actor in such feature films as
Six Degrees of Separation (1993); Bad Boys (1995);
Independence Day (1996); Men in Black (1997); Enemy of the
State (1998); Wild Wild West (1999); Legend of Bagger Vance
(2000); Ali (2001); Men in Black II (2002); Bad Boys II
(2003) and I, Robot (2004). In 1998, Will Smith was chosen by
People Magazine as one of the "50 most beautiful people in the world."
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