Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

KingOfFairview

Ever see the oen where his Da comes back, but he still dosent love him and at the end when hes walked out on him will rants at Unca Phil and then collapses in his arms and the cameran pans down to a little statue of a black Da hugging his son and theres no end credits cause its too sombre???? Look it up on youtube, ep is called "Papas got a brand new excuse".... its the pinnacle of mankinds achievement

Gone West

Lands Leaving

KingOfFairview wrote: »

Ever see the oen where his Da comes back, but he still dosent love him and at the end when hes walked out on him will rants at Unca Phil and then collapses in his arms and the cameran pans down to a little statue of a black Da hugging his son and theres no end credits cause its too sombre???? Look it up on youtube, ep is called "Papas got a brand new excuse".... its the pinnacle of mankinds achievement

No, the dance to apache by the sugarhill gang is the pinnacle of human achievement, that or jazz getting the boot from the house

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvJeATp31dw

Uhm ..

.. what?

Pompey Magnus

I preferred the one where Will Smith did that crazy thing, and then Uncle Phil found out but being a square and not being down with kidz didn't get how rad the act was so he sent Will off to his room, and then Jeffrey made a rather dry but witty comment and Carlton stormed off in a huff. Class.

Mr. Incognito

Dear Lord/Santa.

For Christmas this year I'd like this thread to be locked/burned/delted/chained and thrown to the deepest bowls of boads land.

In conclusion, this **** makes my eyes bleed little tears, and Jesus, you know what that's like and as my favourite fictional character please grant this wish.

Lockstep

Depeche_Mode wrote: »

I preferred the one where Will Smith did that crazy thing, and then Uncle Phil found out but being a square and not being down with kidz didn't get how rad the act was so he sent Will off to his room, and then Jeffrey made a rather dry but witty comment and Carlton stormed off in a huff. Class.

Lolz

Tha Gopher

meh, I never really liked the serious epidodes. Its meant to be comedy ffs.

KingOfFairview

Ever see the one where inexplicaly a Ronald Regan (non)Look-a-like came to a party in their mansion?

Varkov

In the western region of the “City of Brotherly Love” known as Philadelphia my mother expelled me from her womb and indeed that is also where I spent my childhood in my mother’s care
The majority of my time was spent in a recreational area containing such diversions as a jungle gym, swing set, sand box, etc.
I was typically at the height of leisure while frequently at a temperature slightly below what might be considered standard room temperature
Outside of my educational institution I was engaging in a game of basketball with some of my friends
When a couple of gentlemen who seemed to be of the disposition to cause a great deal of mischief
Began causing a great deal of chaos and disharmony in the area in which I lived
I was involved in one rather small bout of fisticuffs after which my mother became concerned for my general safety and well-being
And she informed me that I would be moving in with her sister and her sister’s husband in the previously mentioned community of Bel-Air
I implored my mother to relent approximately 24-48 hours ago
Yet she gathered my belongings in a somewhat flat, rectangular shaped piece of luggage and expelled me from her presence
She placed her lips upon my cheek in an affectionate manner and handed me a pre-purchased pass for public transportation
I placed the headphones for my personal music system into my ears and verbalized the idea that I may as well impact this situation with my foot
Traveling in the highest available level of comfort, this is indeed an unfortunate situation (although I make this statement with some irony)
Consuming the juices obtained by the squeezing of the fruit of a Citrus sinensis from a piece of glass stemware commonly reserved for the sipping of sparkling wine originating from the Champagne region of France
I pause to wonder if this is indeed how the residents of the admittedly upper-class neighborhood of Bel-Air commonly live
Indeed I find this situation may be rather to my enjoyment
I puckered my lips and exhaled forcefully to produce a shrill note in order to gain the attention of a taxicab driver and as the driver approached
I observed his California vanity plate which in place of the traditional jumble of alpha-numeric characters, used only the letters F, R, E, S, and H, spelling out the word “fresh” and from his rearview mirror dangled a pair of oversized, fur-covered cubes decorated to look like the six-sided dice commonly used in gambling and board games
In such a situation I could have made a statement about the unusualness of this particular taxicab to the point of it being nearly unique
Instead I cogitatively decided against it and instead informed the driver that he should deliver me to what was to become my new home in the community of Bel-Air
We pulled up to a large domicile sometime between the hours of 7 and 8 o’clock
And in a loud tone of voice I informed the cab driver that at some undetermined point in the future I would again detect his odor through my sense of olfaction
I gazed about the region of land that I was destined to rule, reflecting on my arrival
Where I would claim my rightful place upon the throne, from which I would govern the community of Bel-Air as monarch

zuutroy

Edit: Lol!^

Lockstep

I liked the one where a woman married a white man:
"he was so.....tall"
"yes, why's she marrying a...tall man?"

"Am I the only one who noticed he was white?

Karoma

kickoutthejams wrote: »

"Am I the only one who noticed he was white?

Perhaps. RACIALIST!

l3LoWnA

KingOfFairview wrote: »

Ever see the oen where his Da comes back, but he still dosent love him and at the end when hes walked out on him will rants at Unca Phil and then collapses in his arms and the cameran pans down to a little statue of a black Da hugging his son and theres no end credits cause its too sombre???? Look it up on youtube, ep is called "Papas got a brand new excuse".... its the pinnacle of mankinds achievement

Just watched the whole episode on youtube. Ended up crying my eyes out. Such a blubbering fool haha So many men out there find it so easy to blame the world, blame the mother, blame life and just turn their backs on their kids. It's so sad.

Lands Leaving

l3LoWnA wrote: »

Just watched the whole episode on youtube. Ended up crying my eyes out. Such a blubbering fool haha So many men out there find it so easy to blame the world, blame the mother, blame life and just turn their backs on their kids. It's so sad.

How we learn from the fresh prince. How we do learn.

l3LoWnA

Lands Leaving wrote: »

How we learn from the fresh prince. How we do learn.

I didn't learn that from the Fresh Prince, it just made me think about things....a reminder of how cruel men can be towards their own flesh and blood (and probably women also although I'm sure the amount of absent fathers outweighs the mothers), out of sheer selfishness and ignorance.

Lands Leaving

l3LoWnA wrote: »

I didn't learn that from the Fresh Prince, it just made me think about things....a reminder of how cruel men can be towards their own flesh and blood (and probably women also although I'm sure the amount of absent fathers outweighs the mothers), out of sheer selfishness and ignorance.

You've just forgotten that that episode thought you to not be so cruel many years ago, clearly you did learn from the fresh prince.

It's my moral compass, a sort of modern day code of ethical behaviour. With dancing and rap.

l3LoWnA

Lands Leaving wrote: »

You've just forgotten that that episode thought you to not be so cruel many years ago, clearly you did learn from the fresh prince.

It's my moral compass, a sort of modern day code of ethical behaviour. With dancing and rap.

True - I wish some men I know had watched it though....or at least, if they've seen it, I wish it had the same effect on them as it does me....

Lands Leaving

l3LoWnA wrote: »

True - I wish some men I know had watched it though....or at least, if they've seen it, I wish it had the same effect on them as it does me....

Men are easily distracted by the dancing part.

OOOHHH THEY'RE ON SOUL TRAIN

AND CARLTON DID A BACKFLIP!

KingOfFairview

l3LoWnA wrote: »

Just watched the whole episode on youtube. Ended up crying my eyes out. Such a blubbering fool haha So many men out there find it so easy to blame the world, blame the mother, blame life and just turn their backs on their kids. It's so sad.

Bizarrely, it actually did leave me with a lump in my throat, and I'm the type who howls with laughter through Hotel Rwanda etc...

l3LoWnA

Lands Leaving wrote: »

Men are easily distracted by the dancing part.

OOOHHH THEY'RE ON SOUL TRAIN

AND CARLTON DID A BACKFLIP!

OK I was talking about the first episode mentioned, with Wills father in it. I just looked up the Apache Dance thing and it had me "lol"ing. Deadly!

Lands Leaving

l3LoWnA wrote: »

OK I was talking about the first episode mentioned, with Wills father in it. I just looked up the Apache Dance thing and it had me "lol"ing. Deadly!

Thats not even the backflip one - this is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPaY6UPbTbo

l3LoWnA

Lands Leaving wrote: »

Thats not even the backflip one - this is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPaY6UPbTbo

Definately didn't have me crying

All men should dance like him!

Lands Leaving

l3LoWnA wrote: »

Definately didn't have me crying

All men should dance like him!

No! then they might neglect their fatherly duties, you see where I'm going with this now - even you were distracted by the dancing.

All men should dance like Uncle Phil, badly, but be good to their kids and extended family who live with them to create a culture clash sitcom.

Lands Leaving

Case in point:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFAouEwA0kk ftw!

Pigman II

This show sucked. It depended too much on fat man / old man / short man humour.

If I want to see black people living it up in an LA mansion I'll watch Curb your Enthusiam season 6.

Slow Motion

Hi ! I just dropped in to give you this award for the most pointless thread of the day ! Well done, keep up the good work !

Lands Leaving

Slow Motion wrote: »

Hi ! I just dropped in to give you this award for the most pointless thread of the day ! Well done, keep up the good work !

Really gettin some good mileage though, covering important issues like fatherhood and backflips

Pigman II

Slow Motion wrote: »

Hi ! I just dropped in to give you this award for the most pointless thread of the day ! Well done, keep up the good work !

The days not over yet.

Mossy Monk

I remember the scene in question. Do I win a prize?

L31mr0d

*checks threads post date*

WOW!!! this isn't a case of thread necromancy??? Why is this being brought up now? Oh and a TV show showing the difficulty a Son has to dealing with his father, wow, that's not clichéd at all. Next we'll have an episode of a mother trying to tame her rebellious daughter, only to realise, she once was like her and an understanding will be formed...

l3LoWnA

L31mr0d wrote: »

*checks threads post date*

WOW!!! this isn't a case of thread necromancy??? Why is this being brought up now? Oh and a TV show showing the difficulty a Son has to dealing with his father, wow, that's not clichéd at all. Next we'll have an episode of a mother trying to tame her rebellious daughter, only to realise, she once was like her and an understanding will be formed...

Why not bring it up now? I enjoyed watching it....it even made me cry, cliche or not, it actually happens. I probably saw it as a teenager, but the episode now means far more to me, than it did then, thanks to the OP (I'd never have thought to look up the Fresh Prince of Bel Air myself on Youtube)

Cliche?!?! What are you talking about?!?!?! Were any of us worried about topics being covered in the Fresh Prince being cliches when we were watching it?!? No we were not as we hadn't probably ever seen these topics covered before!! Nor did we know or care what a cliche was!! You fool!!!! So they should never cover topics that are a fact in day-to-day life and that many young people have to deal with just because this topic has once before been covered in another TV program or film.......... Why? Because it's been done before!! I think it's great that what is a light-hearted show that has a mainly "young" audience can touch on such subjects.....it's a fantastic way of getting messages about life and what it can throw at you (and how to deal with it) through to young people (or haven't you noticed the diminishing numbers of young church-goers of a Sunday morning???)

The son doesn't have the difficulty by the way, it's the father with the problem, or is this an issue that rubs you up the wrong way personally?!?

Lands Leaving

l3LoWnA wrote: »

Why not bring it up now? I enjoyed watching it....it even made me cry, cliche or not, it actually happens. I probably saw it as a teenager, but the episode now means far more to me, than it did then, thanks to the OP (I'd never have thought to look up the Fresh Prince of Bel Air myself on Youtube)

Cliche?!?! What are you talking about?!?!?! Were any of us worried about topics being covered in the Fresh Prince being cliches when we were watching it?!? No we were not as we hadn't probably ever seen these topics covered before!! Nor did we know or care what a cliche was!! You fool!!!! So they should never cover topics that are a fact in day-to-day life and that many young people have to deal with just because this topic has once before been covered in another TV program or film.......... Why? Because it's been done before!! I think it's great that what is a light-hearted show that has a mainly "young" audience can touch on such subjects.....it's a fantastic way of getting messages about life and what it can throw at you (and how to deal with it) through to young people (or haven't you noticed the diminishing numbers of young church-goers of a Sunday morning???)

The son doesn't have the difficulty by the way, it's the father with the problem, or is this an issue that rubs you up the wrong way personally?!?

Finally, a debate about an IMPORTANT issue.

Fresh Prince is the black happy days. Think about it, all the characters fit - fonzie/will, richie/carlton, Mr. Cunningham/Uncle Phil.

Its a cultural icon that exposed us to the important fact that african-americans living in an affluent LA neighbourhood (or 'hood' if you will) go through the same problems we all do. We could relate to that fact, and the programme was 'hip' to the trends. it was 'rad' one might say.

Yes, the fresh prince could be cheesy, but how do we confront these kind of issues in a family friendly way without being cheesy?

I ask you, has any one programme done more for a generation than the Fresh Prince.

I thought not.

Lockstep

l3LoWnA wrote: »

Why not bring it up now? I enjoyed watching it....it even made me cry, cliche or not, it actually happens. I probably saw it as a teenager, but the episode now means far more to me, than it did then, thanks to the OP (I'd never have thought to look up the Fresh Prince of Bel Air myself on Youtube)

Cliche?!?! What are you talking about?!?!?! Were any of us worried about topics being covered in the Fresh Prince being cliches when we were watching it?!? No we were not as we hadn't probably ever seen these topics covered before!! Nor did we know or care what a cliche was!! You fool!!!! So they should never cover topics that are a fact in day-to-day life and that many young people have to deal with just because this topic has once before been covered in another TV program or film.......... Why? Because it's been done before!! I think it's great that what is a light-hearted show that has a mainly "young" audience can touch on such subjects.....it's a fantastic way of getting messages about life and what it can throw at you (and how to deal with it) through to young people (or haven't you noticed the diminishing numbers of young church-goers of a Sunday morning???)

The son doesn't have the difficulty by the way, it's the father with the problem, or is this an issue that rubs you up the wrong way personally?!?

+1

phasers

you forget how good an actor uncle Phil really was


such an inspiration

thelordofcheese

Wasn't he also the voice of shredder from the turtles?

what a man.....

Pigman II

phasers wrote: »

you forget how good an actor uncle Phil really was


such an inspiration

Agreed. He was like a poor-mans James Earl Jones. No higher compliment really.

Dave!

I remember that episode. Very sad indeed.

Will Smith .o/

Running Bing

DaveMcG wrote: »

I remember that episode. Very sad indeed.

Will Smith .o/

Easy to make fun of it but it was a very good show and there was a lot of good talent in there.


Always funny and entertaining to watch and at least it tried to do something above and beyond the normal sitcom thing(even if it was'nt always successful).


The fact that it is still watched and talked about by many is testement to its quality.

aidan_dunne

I take it this is the scene the OP was talking about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu_UpcRBnF0

And what about this dancing scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF5ARN9-kDc

How gay did Carlton use to look when he danced, eh?

Lands Leaving

Pigman II wrote: »

Agreed. He was like a poor-mans James Earl Jones. No higher compliment really.

James Avery - legend.

DawnMc

Ahhh, I nearly shed a silent tear, very touching stuff

Jigsaw

I am genuinely amazed that people actually like this show. It is not in any way funny so is therefore very annoying because of its attempts to be funny. The canned laughter is so bloody annoying. I hope that the building in which the archives of this programme are kept is absolutely ravaged by fire so I am never again subjected to the unreserved sh1te. Simple comedy for simple people. Watch stuff like Brasseye or Flight of the Conchords and cop on y'all.

Dave!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb-ThDQUCP8

Jesus Wept

Jigsaw wrote: »

I am genuinely amazed that people actually like this show. It is not in any way funny so is therefore very annoying because of its attempts to be funny. The canned laughter is so bloody annoying. I hope that the building in which the archives of this programme are kept is absolutely ravaged by fire so I am never again subjected to the unreserved sh1te. Simple comedy for simple people. Watch stuff like Brasseye or Flight of the Conchords and cop on y'all.

Lots of good shows used canned laugher. Father Ted did, right? Maybe you don't like it but most people do.

Canned laughter doesn't equal a crap show.

Lands Leaving wrote: »

No, the dance to apache by the sugarhill gang is the pinnacle of human achievement, that or jazz getting the boot from the house

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvJeATp31dw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8iHcJwiJys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df-DWAF2hN8

Lands Leaving

Jigsaw wrote: »

I am genuinely amazed that people actually like this show. It is not in any way funny so is therefore very annoying because of its attempts to be funny. The canned laughter is so bloody annoying. I hope that the building in which the archives of this programme are kept is absolutely ravaged by fire so I am never again subjected to the unreserved sh1te. Simple comedy for simple people. Watch stuff like Brasseye or Flight of the Conchords and cop on y'all.

Stop insulting my childhood memories. or I'll tell.

l3LoWnA

How can you say the following isn't even a teency weeny bit funny?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3pXIFQ5wOM

Or this....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwPVSvTATOY

kowloon

Jigsaw wrote: »

Watch stuff like Brasseye or Flight of the Conchords and cop on y'all.

Brasseye only lasted one series, ahead of its time IMO

Jigsaw

I can understand people talking about this series as being something that reminds them of childhood but surely upon "growing up" it is quite clear that it is utter sh1te. I remember Saved by the bell growing up (grew up in NI so it was UK tv - don't know if it was on RTE etc). I remember it fondly in a sense but am well aware that it is ****e.

To the Rigger - Father Ted is one of the funniest programmes Ive ever watched but it would be ridiculous to compare that show to that Bel Air crap. So it might have had canned laughter but hoe damn good was it? Might good It was deadly.

The humour was local to us and struck a chord.

To Lands Leaving - sorry if I insulted your memories. Twas not my intention. I simply want to point out that that programme was possibly the purest sh1te that was ever filmed.

Thinking of there days, Scrubs is good. etc. I've been drinking so I ask mods to turn a blind eye to anything I say until 3am.