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timefly
Apr 29, 2008

But he takes a plane

I never saw the show so I always thought he went to Bel Air, MD lol

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Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

timefly posted:

But he takes a plane

I never saw the show so I always thought he went to Bel Air, MD lol

Look I just copied a website
He's also a genie in the new aladdin movie maybe he flew on a free magic carpet idk.

It was the 90's and one of those weird airline price wars was on so he got the ticket for $89 and he didn't get free peanuts but there was a wait at baggage claim, ok?

GolfHole
Feb 26, 2004

in the extended intro he takes a plane
cab is just from lax

Voting Floater
May 19, 2019

I didn't see the early episodes with the full intro for a long time and, being a dumb English kid, had no clue how far LA was from Philadelphia. It was years before I realised how crazy the idea of Will getting to Bel Air entirely by taxi was.

mojo1701a
Oct 9, 2008

Oh, yeah. Loud and clear. Emphasis on LOUD!
~ David Lee Roth

This is also the show that taught me that judges in the United States are elected. Really perplexed me why Uncle Phil had to run for office as a judge against Sherman Hemsley.

Also, the take a bite outta crime ad.

(I assume in some states this is not the case, but I don't know exactly).

Coolguye
Jul 6, 2011

Required by his programming!

Bust Rodd posted:

The episode where Uncle Phil turns out to have paid for Law School by being a pool shark and he wins back all of Will’s money is one of the best episodes of any TV show ever.

catching a rerun of that episode was what made me think about counting cards to pay for my tuition in college actually

two and a half semesters got paid for courtesy of the lovely casinos down in miami, oklahoma

Shut up Meg
Jan 8, 2019

You're safe here.

1redflag posted:

Did we talk about why they fired the first aunt viv but acted like she was the same person?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoRR3wEBbHU&t=173s

Bust Rodd
Oct 21, 2008

by VideoGames
Wow I also spent my life thinking he took a cab from Philly to Bel Air, Maryland because taking a cab from Philly to LA is, uh, impossible and the show never really has any episodes about how it’s set in LA, and Bel Air is a really nice part of MD.

This is like Berenstained bears level poo poo.

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Oct 15, 2012

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To oohs😮 to ahhs😱 to 👏big👏applause👏
With all of my 😡anger I scream🤬 and shout📢
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Biscuit Hider

Bust Rodd posted:

Wow I also spent my life thinking he took a cab from Philly to Bel Air, Maryland because taking a cab from Philly to LA is, uh, impossible and the show never really has any episodes about how it’s set in LA, and Bel Air is a really nice part of MD.

This is like Berenstained bears level poo poo.

I begged and pleaded with her day after day
But she packed my suit case 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.
Is this what the people of Bel-Air living like?
Hmm this might be alright.

But wait I hear they're prissy, bourgeois, all that
Is this the type of place that they just send this cool cat?
I don't think so
I'll see when I get there
I hope they're prepared for the prince of Bel-Air

Well, the plane landed and when I came out
There was a dude who looked like a cop standing there with my name out
I ain't trying to get arrested yet
I just got here
I sprang with the quickness like lightning, disappeared

Weaponized Autism
Mar 26, 2006

All aboard the Gravy train!
Hair Elf

i guess youtube poops arent a thing anymore? i miss those

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFpAiaa9dK8

ElectricSheep
Jan 14, 2006

she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.

1redflag posted:

Did we talk about why they fired the first aunt viv but acted like she was the same person?

I'm pretty sure this is the actual Wu Tang Secret

zooted heh
Oct 16, 2005

str8 mercin burgers my nigga
watching the intro again and I knew the plates on the cab said California but I never noticed the Hollywood sign in the background. I don't think I ever heard the extended intro so I guess that's why I always thought he took a cab.

The only time I remember a plane ever being mentioned is when Will and his GFs dad got into the plane crash.

GolfHole
Feb 26, 2004

didnt they go to ULA

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

I assumed he took a cab too.

I mean maybe he wasn't supposed to have 'literally taken a cab cross country' but that was the story or impression he gave people when talking about why he was in Bel Air. That's why he says 'this cab was rare' or whatever and why it had Cali plates when it picked him up, it was a magic destiny cab.
It's all very deep, you see and

Who What Now
Sep 10, 2006

by Azathoth
Why did Aunt Viv let her sister live in squallor in West Philly?


E:

And yeah, it was def a magically destiny cab

SilvergunSuperman
Aug 7, 2010

Plus the way he waves away the radiating stink when he exits made it seem like the grimyass cabbie got pretty ripe on the journey.

I never saw the full version until way later. It sucks.

hevnz 2 murgatroyd
Apr 13, 2018

by Smythe
Fresh Prince of

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

TBF the cab rate from LAX to bel air isn’t cheap.

TheMostFrench
Jul 12, 2009

Stop for me, it's the claw!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4iG46a4Zx0

QuoProQuid posted:

what's the origin of the "overalls with one clasp undone" look? feel like a see it a lot on old television but it looks so goofy that i have a hard time imaging it was ever cool

I don't know but I see a lot of women in their 20's and 30's doing it, usually the ones who are deep into instagram trends.

Kharnifex
Sep 11, 2001

The Banter is better in AusGBS

bad posts ahead!!! posted:

but for real the best fresh prince episode is when uncle phil turns out to be a pool hustla

My fave ep too

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

zooted heh
Oct 16, 2005

str8 mercin burgers my nigga
pogo did a really good song mash up of some episodes. https://youtu.be/a4NCnH7RPZY

Malpais Legate
Oct 1, 2014

Yeah didn't original Aunt Viv violate her contract by getting Actually Factually Pregnant and they wrote it into the show, only to kick her off when they were renewed?

Also lol guys the extended intro they use in the first episode shows him fuckin flying to LA!! You didn't even watch this dumb 90s sitcom.

dracky
Nov 8, 2010

She wrote a tell-all book where she rags on Will Smith a lot but doesn't actually have any dirt on him. She just sounds like a diva who didn't like Will Smith hogging the spotlight.

https://www.avclub.com/perfection-is-not-a-sitcom-mom-by-janet-hubert-1798225768

Danaru
Jun 5, 2012

何 ??
IIRC she was super toxic according to literally everyone else on the cast, it definitely wasnt just Will.

Astoundingly Ugly Baby
Mar 22, 2006

"...crying bitch cave bitch boy."
- Anonymous Facebook user
Wouldn't Carlton have actually been the Prince of Bel-Air? Or was he the prince, but Will Smith was the fresh Prince?

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

Astoundingly Ugly Baby posted:

Wouldn't Carlton have actually been the Prince of Bel-Air? Or was he the prince, but Will Smith was the fresh Prince?
The Prince-In-Exile Of Bel Air

tpink
Feb 18, 2013

Melman

man nurse posted:

I remember one time I turned on the tv and was greeted by Will Smith looking directly into the camera and repeatedly screaming, with no context whatsoever.

Here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVCUTt57en0


pretty much remains my best memory of the show

This owns.

nishi koichi
Feb 16, 2007

everyone feels that way and gives up.
that's how they get away with it.
i just remembered that episode where carlton is screaming his rear end off, running and dragging himself all around the set. poo poo was hilarious:

https://youtu.be/ka1wFWN0mGQ

Nefarious 2.0
Apr 22, 2008

Offense is overrated anyway.

Malpais Legate posted:

Yeah didn't original Aunt Viv violate her contract by getting Actually Factually Pregnant and they wrote it into the show, only to kick her off when they were renewed?


hell yeah

BIG MEATY SHITS
Mar 13, 2017

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
Soiled Meat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFX1NtxkqcE


best show

I. M. Gei
Jun 26, 2005

CHIEFS

BITCH



Jose Oquendo posted:

Do you have a link anywhere on this? I was not aware he actually joined.

Sorry, I don’t have a link, but I remember it being in the news back when it happened. Something about him and Tom Cruise hanging out a lot and Cruise eventually convinced him to join up.

You could probably find something on google about it.

It loving sucks. I can never listen to Miami again without feeling angry about what Will Smith’s money and celebrity are doing to the mental health field. :(

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle





I'd always hoped he'd do a sequel when he had kids of his own: Kids Just Don't Understand.

Bust Rodd
Oct 21, 2008

by VideoGames
The fact that we have to watch Will Smith and his children forever and ever is pretty lovely, but not as lovely as his repeatedly cheating on his wife but not just divorcing her

Necros
Jul 23, 2003

Pac would have treated her better.

I. M. Gei
Jun 26, 2005

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Bust Rodd posted:

The fact that we have to watch Will Smith and his children forever and ever is pretty lovely, but not as lovely as his repeatedly cheating on his wife but not just divorcing her

She deserves it. She’s a worse scientologist than he is.

Zeniel
Oct 18, 2013

bad posts ahead!!! posted:

but for real the best fresh prince episode is when uncle phil turns out to be a pool hustla

This is the correct answer.

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

Flawless.

Zeniel fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Jul 16, 2019

Pastry of the Year
Apr 12, 2013

this is the only line I remember from this show, but I think about it a lot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9jox1TEkeY

YagotmeIdidit
Jan 10, 2018

I. M. Gei posted:

She deserves it. She’s a worse scientologist than he is.

I think I've asked this before but isn't Will Smith a God-fearing christian?

GolfHole
Feb 26, 2004

YagotmeIdidit posted:

I think I've asked this before but isn't Will Smith a God-fearing christian?

maybe, but he also told scientology 'psychologists' all about his sexual desires and now they've got him in their pocket

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I. M. Gei
Jun 26, 2005

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YagotmeIdidit posted:

I think I've asked this before but isn't Will Smith a God-fearing christian?

I am 99% certain he officially joined scientology a few years ago and remember seeing news articles saying as much.

Even if he isn’t one though, he still deserves poo poo for allowing his kids to be raised in it.

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