This is a story all about how Will Smith’s life got flipped; turned upside down. Now you just need to sit right there, and allow me to tell you the story of the Prince of Bel-Air. You see, Will lived in West Philadelphia and spent most of his days chilling out max and playing basketball at his school. One day, these ruffians justifiably beat him down when he struck them with a basketball. His mother then reacted quite (huge?) and sent him to live with her rich sister and her family in Bel-Air, California. As you can imagine, this was quite a culture shock for young Will. To everyone’s surprise though, not only did he learn about sophisticated life, but those stuff shirts learned a thing or two about street life. Well, the kind of street life that Will Smith and his family friendly views would allow. If anything is proved by this show, it makes clear that… 
We’ll just jump right in to the internet’s three favorite things about this show: Uncle Phil, Carlton’s Dance and that scene where Will reacts to his father leaving him. Let’s make a list shall we?
1.Uncle Phil is awesome. He’s just the best freakin’ dad on television and he’s not even the dad of the main character. He’s smart, ruthless, yet will kill to protect his loved ones. He’s very funny and takes Will in stride usually. He has the ability to throw grown men from houses and laughs a lot like Shredder. He’s the man. He can be a little scary though. 
If that’s not enough to convince you, maybe this will: Yes the pool party is in here.
2.Carlton is great in general. But his dance is the stuff of legends. Anyone that was between the ages of 6 and 45 during the 1990s knows what you mean when you say the Carlton Dance. They get bonus points if they sing Barry Manilow while doing it. Here’s the magic: 
3.Finally, this is a F.A.N. favorite: the scene where Uncle Phil tries to console Will when his dad bails on him again. It really shows the first sign of Will Smith being able to truly act. I’ll just leave the magic here for you to relive: Get ready to cry people!
Now don’t think that’s all this show had. Will, Carlton and Uncle Phil made the show the unforgettable success that it has become, but other factors helped those three create television history.
Although they didn't need much more
Namely Geoffrey Barbara Butler is the best part of the show to me. He’s the Banks’ butler and boy does he entertain. He used to be an Olympic runner for his Queen’s team. Sadly he was caught cheating while taking a taxi in the 1976 games and fled the country out of shame. He then followed the footsteps of his last name and cooked for rich folk. His caustic sense of humor and ribbing of these lazy bluebloods made a poor kid like me pretty happy. G becomes more and more frustrated with these people as the show continues, but he at least seems to enjoy the sport that is making fun of Uncle Phil to get by.
Life ain't all bad.
Phil’s wife Vivian kept her fat husband in check and played mom for her kids and Will. Not an easy job, but she mainly left the Will burden to Phil. She started off as a very sassy woman that had attitude for days. She really displayed her intelligence when she guest lectured for Will and Carlton’s high school class and then her middle-aged black women-ness when her boys get arrested. More video evidence please: Do not make a black woman take of her earrings boy!She went through a major mood shift and some drastic surgery later on, but she was still an okay mom.
She kind of Michael Jackson'd it.
The other children are Ashley, Hilary and Nicky. This show has so many memorable moments I just don’t want to talk about them. I’m compelled to post about 10 YouTube videos and be done.
Ashley is the young impressionable cousin that Will somewhat taints, at least in her parents eyes. Once she loses her little kid cuteness, we start to get episodes about her dating, singing and doing other stuff. Honestly we shift away from her mainly.
But first we dance!
Hilary proves that being selfish and spoiled gets you everything you want. She shows signs of heart at times, but normally she’s just the dingbat comedy relief. She gets her own talk show for some reason and she meets a darling weather man. Sadly that doesn’t turn out so well. I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUU!
And there’s Nicky.
Basically he is added to be a cute little kid towards the end of show to liven things up. He ages 4 years in a season and he’s fairly forgettable. Along the way Will dates Lisa, Tyra Banks and kills George Jefferson. I am cutting this short because there is just too much to cover. I’ve only done this a few times, but this show was so massively popular and had so many great moments, I just can’t cover it all without writing about 3,000 words more. So to spare you the reading, I urge you to just watch the show if for some reason you haven’t.
I mean come on! Why wouldn't you watch this?
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