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The French Prince of Bel Air

  • 25-04-2014 4:34pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭KingOfFairview


    Anyone else used to watch this wonderful "sitcom" with Will Smith? He played a black young man who moved from inner-city Baltimore to the wealthy estate of Bel Air in California with his couson Carlton. He formed a good relationship with his uncle Phil, a judge, who became a true father figure to him. IT's still repated on some channels


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭creolebelle


    Anyone else used to watch this wonderful "sitcom" with Will Smith? He played a black young man who moved from inner-city Baltimore to the wealthy estate of Bel Air in California with his couson Carlton. He formed a good relationship with his uncle Phil, a judge, who became a true father figure to him. IT's still repated on some channels
    It was philadelphia. Yes I loved this show. I use to watch it everyday after school. I had a crush on Carlton


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭Captain Farrell


    Anyone else used to watch this wonderful "sitcom" with Will Smith? He played a black young man who moved from inner-city Baltimore to the wealthy estate of Bel Air in California with his couson Carlton. He formed a good relationship with his uncle Phil, a judge, who became a true father figure to him. IT's still repated on some channels

    Yeah, remember singing along to "in west Baltimore born and raised..."

    Or not, maybe.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Never heard of it? Is it on the on demand menu on sky yet?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Oui. C'est bon.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    How did Jazz make it over to Bel Air from west Philadelphia so often?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭KingOfFairview


    It was philadelphia. Yes I loved this show. I use to watch it everyday after school. I had a crush on Carlton

    Carlton was his short, white-behaving cousin who wasn't as "cool" as Will Smith, but he was a solid dude who never let Will down. Then there was his ditsy sister Hillary, and his younger sister. All were African Americans, in fact almost everyone in the show was.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,339 ✭✭✭Artful_Badger


    Tragically Uncle Bill died recently. I used to love how he'd get all angry trying to control his wild nephew who was struggling to adapt to the significantly stricter setting than than what he was previously used to.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    How did Jazz make it over to Bel Air from west Philadelphia so often?

    The Luas?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    FRENCH Prince, qu'est que c'est?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Mrs Garth Brooks


    I remember the fresh prince of bel air .


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,987 ✭✭✭Tilly


    Fresh.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,126 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    The French Prince of Bel Air

    http://i.imgur.com/Cbq2fgl.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭dazed+confused


    Tragically Uncle Bill died recently. I used to love how he'd get all angry trying to control his wild nephew who was struggling to adapt to the significantly stricter setting than than what he was previously used to.


    Uncle Phil!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭KingOfFairview


    Tragically Uncle Bill died recently. I used to love how he'd get all angry trying to control his wild nephew who was struggling to adapt to the significantly stricter setting than than what he was previously used to.

    True. And there was one great scene where Will realised Uncle Bill was his real father


    Very emotional "acting"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Jonny Blaze


    Now this is the story all about how
    My life got flipped, turned upside down
    And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there
    I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air

    In west Philadelphia born and raised
    On the playground where I spent most of my days
    Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool
    And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school
    When a couple of guys who 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 whistled for a cab and when it came near the
    License plate said 'Fresh' and had dice in the mirror
    If anything I could say that this cab was rare
    But I thought now forget it, yo home to Bel Air

    I pulled up to a house about seven or eight
    And I yelled to the cabbie, yo Holmes smell ya later
    Looked at my kingdom I was finally there
    To sit on my throne as the prince of Bel Air


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,301 ✭✭✭Daveysil15


    One of the few funny American sitcoms.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭KingOfFairview


    I think this was the first American "sitcom" to portray African Americans positively.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭creolebelle


    Carlton was his short, white-behaving cousin who wasn't as "cool" as Will Smith, but he was a solid dude who never let Will down. Then there was his ditsy sister Hillary, and his younger sister. All were African Americans, in fact almost everyone in the show was.
    Yes I know. I'm "African american" as well. I loved Carlton and I hated how will would tease him. I'm similar to Hilary. Just not that daft
    It's pretty cool that this show has fans all over the world and in 2014


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭creolebelle


    I think this was the first American "sitcom" to portray African Americans positively.

    No that was the cosbys. But I think the first black sitcom was Julia which starred dihanne carol as the title character who was a nurse


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭Eoghan S


    True. And there was one great scene where Will realised Uncle Bill was his real father


    Very emotional "acting"

    Uncle Phil wasn't his real father was he? I thought just before that scene Will's real father walked out on him again, and just dissapeared...
    Did anyone see when Will, his idiot son and "Carlton" showed up and sang the Fresh Prince theme song at the Graham Norton show?
    Possibly the greatest show of all time


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭creolebelle


    Yeah, remember singing along to "in west Baltimore born and raised..."

    Or not, maybe.

    Lol stop


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭KingOfFairview


    Eoghan S wrote: »
    Uncle Phil wasn't his real father was he? I thought just before that scene Will's real father walked out on him again, and just dissapeared...
    Did anyone see when Will, his idiot son and "Carlton" showed up and sang the Fresh Prince theme song at the Graham Norton show?
    Possibly the greatest show of all time

    I'm a biut hazy on the details, but I think the big black man was his father, though sometimes they "fought" about chores and doing his studies and things. Noirmal family stuff really. They were just like any family, except Willw as adopted or from as different part of the country and the Mam changed into a different actress a "few" series in.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭LizzieJones


    Anyone else used to watch this wonderful "sitcom" with Will Smith? He played a black young man who moved from inner-city Baltimore to the wealthy estate of Bel Air in California with his couson Carlton. He formed a good relationship with his uncle Phil, a judge, who became a true father figure to him. IT's still repated on some channels

    I used to watch it years ago. Then I got a life. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    No that was the cosbys. But I think the first black sitcom was Julia which starred dihanne carol as the title character who was a nurse


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    I used to watch it years ago. Then I got a life. :)
    How's that goin?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭creolebelle



    Lol. I was born in 89. I can't remember every black sitcom.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    He had to leave West Baltimore because Stringer Bell put a hit out on him. He got in trouble with those drug dealers at The Pit.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge




    I would say it was The Cosbys that was the first positive "black" sitcom.
    Different Strokes....The white folks were wealthy and took in the kids.
    The Cosbys...Cliff was a Dr and Claire was a lawyer and came at it from a more positive note :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,126 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Smidge wrote: »
    I would say it was The Cosbys that was the first positive "black" sitcom.

    What about Roots?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    boom shake shake the room, tick, tick, tick boom!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    What about Roots?

    I don't know if you could look at Roots as being a "positive" black sitcom given its subject matter.
    A fair analysis of the subject matter but not positive and def not a sitcom :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Eoghan S wrote: »
    Uncle Phil wasn't his real father was he? I thought just before that scene Will's real father walked out on him again, and just dissapeared...
    Did anyone see when Will, his idiot son and "Carlton" showed up and sang the Fresh Prince theme song at the Graham Norton show?
    Possibly the greatest show of all time

    No Uncle Phil wasn't his biological father, but his real father figure. His biological father walks out on him again in that video


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭Custardpi


    The French Prince, je me souviens bien. Great show.

    Ah, Philadelphia de l'Ouest,
    J'y ai été elevé,
    Au Cour de récréation,
    La plupart de mes jours je passais.


  • Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,248 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Smidge wrote: »
    I would say it was The Cosbys that was the first positive "black" sitcom.
    Different Strokes....The white folks were wealthy and took in the kids.
    The Cosbys...Cliff was a Dr and Claire was a lawyer and came at it from a more positive note :)

    Did you guys ever have "The Jeffersons" over here?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭creolebelle


    Smidge wrote: »
    I would say it was The Cosbys that was the first positive "black" sitcom.
    Different Strokes....The white folks were wealthy and took in the kids.
    The Cosbys...Cliff was a Dr and Claire was a lawyer and came at it from a more positive note :)

    Yes exactly. It was the first depiction of a black upper middle class family


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Will Smith ... played a black young man

    And all this time I thought he really was a young black man. :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭creolebelle


    What about Roots?

    That was a tv mini series about slavery


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Loved the show! Didn't know it was still airing, will definitely look it up :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭creolebelle


    MarkR wrote: »
    Did you guys ever have "The Jeffersons" over here?

    Lol. You consider that positive? He was kind of racist.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭Custardpi


    That was a tv mini series about slavery

    Well the black people in it were the good guys by default, so I guess you could call that positive.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Eoghan S wrote: »
    Did anyone see when Will, his idiot son and "Carlton" showed up and sang the Fresh Prince theme song at the Graham Norton show? Possibly the greatest show of all time

    Yes it was a rare moment of true TV gold.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,151 ✭✭✭furiousox


    CPL 593H



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Yes it was a rare moment of true TV gold.

    Thought the one with Gary Barlow was better! Wills son annoys me :/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭ringadingding


    It worries me that so many have the basic details / plot of this wonderful show so wrong.

    I must really be getting old.


    " I thought the big black one was his father"

    Baby Jesus wept reading that

    If you didn't do the prince and jazzy handshake, you had an awful childhood.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭dpofloinn


    Fresh Prince the source of many a great wind up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79M185ar0OI


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,126 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    That was a tv mini series about slavery

    ah I know.. I was only taking the piss


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    I thought the Cosby Show was a better and more wholesome example of American family life, with a more dramatically comprehensive approach to the nuances of the characters.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭LizzieJones


    How's that goin?

    Pretty good. Just had lunch. Can't complain. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭KingOfFairview


    There's also a very intuitive episode where Carlson and will join forces to prevent their youngest sister (Ashley) from having sex. But in the end she decides of her own free will not to lose her virginity, and her boyfriend respects her decision greatly


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,907 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    Tragically Uncle Bill died recently. I used to love how he'd get all angry trying to control his wild nephew who was struggling to adapt to the significantly stricter setting than than what he was previously used to.

    Uncle Phil!


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