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[piano keys play]
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♪ ♪
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[playing Beethoven's
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"Fur Elise"]
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♪ ♪
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- Three words to describe
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"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?"
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Um...
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[upbeat music]
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Revolutionary.
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♪ ♪
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- Power to the people!
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[laughter, cheering]
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- Hilarious.
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♪ ♪
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[both screaming]
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[laughter]
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- And poignant.
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♪ ♪
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- Here's to
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my wonderful family.
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- Yeah.
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- There will be
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no next season
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for "The Fresh Prince
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of Bel-Air."
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- The final episode of
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"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
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airs tonight on NBC.
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- What a great run
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for that show.
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- Mm-hmm, six years.
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- Sure was.
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- You know, Will,
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this is the last time
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we'll ever live together.
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[gentle piano version of
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"The Fresh Prince" theme]
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♪ ♪
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- Five seconds,
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four, three, two.
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♪ ♪
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- The house feels so empty.
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- Yeah.
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It's kinda creepy.
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- Well, it's a part of us.
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These walls have heard
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our laughter and our tears.
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Leaving is like leaving
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a grand, old friend.
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♪ ♪
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[upbeat instrumental
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of "The Fresh Prince" theme]
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♪ ♪
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[gentle, uplifting
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♪ ♪
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- Hey.
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- Oh, Daphne, come here.
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[laughter]
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♪ ♪
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[laughter]
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- Well, well, well.
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- Snazz!
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- Oh, man.
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♪ ♪
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- [screams, laughs]
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- [laughing]
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It's, like, classic.
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It's perfect.
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- Master William!
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[laughter]
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- The last time we were here,
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we cleared this place out.
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- I know.
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- And we cried.
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♪ ♪
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- How crazy is it
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walking in here?
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- The good, old days.
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- The good, old days. [laughs]
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- The good, old days,
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look at this.
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- We're missing our TV.
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- That was with the,
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"Hilary, will you--"
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- Marry me?
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["The Fresh Prince
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of Bel-Air" theme]
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- ♪ Now this is a story
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all about how ♪
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♪ My life got flipped,
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turned upside-down ♪
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♪ And I'd like to take a
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minute, just sit right there ♪
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♪ I'll tell you how
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I became the prince ♪
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♪ Of a town called Bel-Air ♪
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♪ ♪
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So welcome, everybody,
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back to the--
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the set where a big chunk
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of our lives were lived out,
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and when I first walked
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on this set, I went, "Ah."
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You know, you just don't--
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you don't realize
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how much life
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gets spent at work.
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- Yeah.
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- And it's just
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a beautiful thing for us
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that this turned into
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a real family and not work.
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- You know?
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[upbeat music]
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- We were all from different
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parts of the world,
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and the camaraderie
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was just immediate.
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I immediately felt comfortable
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and at home.
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- It was such a fast family.
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You know,
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you have fast friendships?
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We had a really fast family.
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- We have some problems,
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but what family doesn't?
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All I know is,
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when I need these people,
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they are right there for me.
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- Of all the new TV shows
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slated for this fall,
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the one drawing
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the most favorable attention
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is called
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"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
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- I have a TV show coming out.
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- Uh-huh.
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- And it's--you know, my--
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like, the Fresh Prince,
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that's--you know, that's
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my nickname, the Fresh Prince.
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- The Fresh Prince?
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Oh, I read about you somewhere.
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- Really?
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- Yeah.
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- What do you guys remember
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about the pilot?
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What are your memories?
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- I remember--
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[laughter]
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- Hey, don't be looking like
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you about to tell my business.
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- I'm about to.
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[laughter]
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I remember the pilot.
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I was beyond nervous.
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I was so scared.
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I was praying
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for an earthquake.
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- Earthquake!
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- Wow.
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- Earthquake?
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- I was so scared.
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I came out.
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- Were we gonna be safe
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in the, like--
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- It didn't matter.
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- [laughing] It didn't matter.
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- I came out,
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I'm saying my stuff.
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I'm trying to get through
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and do--just do my thing
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and keep it together,
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and you mouthed lines...
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- Ah, damn!
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- Back to me
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for the first time.
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All rehearsal you never did it.
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- I don't--okay.
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- All rehearsal,
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you never did it.
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The night in front
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of the audience,
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you looked up at me and went--
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- And I was just going
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- You did it to me too.
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- I did it to you.
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- And I was a nervous wreck,
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and I was like, "Oh, my God!"
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- All right, so wait.
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So my side of that was
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when we were on the set
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of the pilot,
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that was my first time,
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like, really doing dialogue.
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- So you did
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everybody's dialogue?
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- I learned everybody's.
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So it's on the episode.
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You can see it on the episodes.
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- Oh, yeah, you can see it.
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- I saw one episode, though,
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where you're standing,
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like, behind the couch
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in the living room scene.
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- Yeah?
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- And it's you
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and whoever else.
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- Was that Don Cheadle?
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- Tray!
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- Prince!
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Homey, homey!
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[grunting]
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- They literally had to show
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me, and I was like [gasps].
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- That's the one that was like,
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"Okay, we need to change this."
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- You don't go to school,
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Ice Tray?
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- Oh, sure I do.
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I've been held back
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in the tenth grade
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three times in a row.
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- Three times?
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- Yeah, see, my motto is
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when I find a grade I like,
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I stick with it.
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I stick with it.
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- That's terrible.
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That's terrible.
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Oh, wow.
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Oh, that's painful to watch.
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- She was so ugly that
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Freddy Krueger used to have
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nightmares about her.
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- Was it the fifth episode
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when you finally had enough
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and you were like--
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'cause I remember in rehears--
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she just looked
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and she said, "Stop it!"
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I knew everybody's lines.
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I would have
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played Uncle Phil.
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I could have played Aunt Viv.
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I was--I knew
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everybody's words.
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Does anybody remember
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their audition?
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- I mean, I remember
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very little of it, obviously,
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but, like, I do remember--
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- Oh, no.
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- Oh! Ohhh!
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- Alfonso Ribeiro.
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- You're ten, you're ten.
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- Whoo!
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- Okay.
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What am I wearing?
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What have you been
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doing in here?
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- Just maxing and relaxing.
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- I meant what have you been
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doing to this room?
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- Oh, I'm trying to make it
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a little more [indistinct].
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Malcolm X, he's my hero.
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- Well, he was a great man.
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I don't know if I'd call him
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my hero exactly.
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- Whoa. Wow.
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d
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- All right,
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first, I would say--
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- No, no, we're gonna give
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that a moment of silence!
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- Okay, yes.
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I know I didn't go there
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wearing a sweat suit
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believing that I was gonna
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get that character.
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I don't know
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what I was thinking.
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I don't know
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how I got that job.
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- You know what thought--
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- That dude sucked!
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[laughter]
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- No, no.
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- No.
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- You are so much fun to watch.
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- Yeah, I wanna watch you.
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- With everything you do.
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- Thank goodness.
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I guess somewhere along
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the line people were able
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to see the magic
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that I clearly couldn't see.
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- Do you remember
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your audition?
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- They had me audition
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in New York,
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and I remember my mom and
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my aunties being really excited
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because I was auditioning
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for Quincy Jones.
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That was my second call.
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- Mm-hmm.
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- Oh.
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- And they had me rap,
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but they had the kids,
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like, last-minute,
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make up a rap.
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- A rap?
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- Like, I can sing.
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I can't rap.
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Like, that's a whole
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'nother skill set.
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♪ Hey, there, Lord,
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my name is Ashley Banks ♪
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♪ My family and friends
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want to give you some thanks ♪
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♪ So before this dinner's
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all swallowed and chewed ♪
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♪ Thank you, God,
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for this stupid food ♪
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d
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And I guess I was probably
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so corny and so bad
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that that's probably why--
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- That's perfect!
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- I remember thinking, like,
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"This is really horrible."
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- Do you remember
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your audition?
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No, I'm just--
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I'm just asking.
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Do you--
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- Ahh!
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- Karyn Parsons.
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Lord, have mercy on me,
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oh, my goodness.
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Dad, I need $300.
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- Hilary, your cousin
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Will's here.
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- Hi.
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Dad, I need $300.
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Like, I'm going on the
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Save the Ozone celebrity bus
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next Saturday,
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and it's gonna be Bruce Willis
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and Demi and Rob Lowe
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and Emilio Estevez
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or Charlie Sheen,
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I don't remember which.
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- Wow.
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That's beautiful.
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d
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- I auditioned a lot.
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- Did you really?
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- I auditioned a lot,
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and I remember the network one
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because it was down to--
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there were, like,
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you know, two Hilarys,
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and I was so nervous,
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and I caught my reflection
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in something,
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and I remember I kinda
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started primping and--
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[laughter]
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And it was like,
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I started feeling her.
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She started, like,
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coming over--
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- They're like, "You got it.
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You got the role!"
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- No, but you could
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absolutely see--
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see the Hilary.
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- That was Hilary.
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- Come to life.
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Even as little as the way
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you held your bottom jaw.
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- Yeah, yeah, it's like--
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00:11:00,540 --> 00:11:00,980
- Right?
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00:11:01,020 --> 00:11:02,386
Like, it was so just,
403
00:11:02,426 --> 00:11:02,980
like, ha.
404
00:11:03,020 --> 00:11:04,831
- I'm in a bad mood, and
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somebody is going to suffer.
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00:11:07,020 --> 00:11:09,091
- I didn't go to the audition
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in 1990 because they said,
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"Oh, we want you to audition
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for this new sitcom
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with a rapper."
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I said, "Mm, pass."
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[laughter]
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I said, "Um, um,
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thank you, no, no."
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And I left,
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and I watched
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the show come on in September.
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I said, "Oh, damn,
419
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that's cute."
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[laughter]
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- Got this whole town
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of Bel-Air buzzing.
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- Get a load of me
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and my rapping cousin!
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- Yeah, you know.
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So Quincy Jones basically
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steamrolled me
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through the whole process
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00:11:44,020 --> 00:11:45,378
without ever really
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auditioning me, right?
431
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So the only kind of audition
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I had was the--
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Quincy's birthday.
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The show was an idea.
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00:11:56,020 --> 00:11:56,877
Benny Medina had
436
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pitched me the idea,
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00:11:58,020 --> 00:11:58,834
and it's like,
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I was making music,
439
00:12:00,020 --> 00:12:00,868
and they were like,
440
00:12:00,908 --> 00:12:01,980
"Come to Quincy's house.
441
00:12:02,020 --> 00:12:03,049
We have this idea
442
00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:03,980
for a TV show."
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00:12:04,020 --> 00:12:05,980
I'm like, "Okay," you know?
444
00:12:06,020 --> 00:12:07,980
- "I'll go to Quincy's."
445
00:12:08,020 --> 00:12:09,980
So I got to Quincy's house,
446
00:12:10,020 --> 00:12:11,487
and Benny Medina pitched me
447
00:12:11,527 --> 00:12:12,980
the whole idea of the show,
448
00:12:13,020 --> 00:12:13,943
and he's like, you know,
449
00:12:13,983 --> 00:12:14,980
"We have this--this idea,"
450
00:12:15,020 --> 00:12:15,886
'cause it was based
451
00:12:15,926 --> 00:12:16,980
on Benny Medina's life.
452
00:12:17,020 --> 00:12:18,980
- His life, right.
453
00:12:19,020 --> 00:12:19,523
- He went from Watts
454
00:12:19,563 --> 00:12:19,980
to Beverly Hills.
455
00:12:20,020 --> 00:12:20,836
So I'm like, "Cool,"
456
00:12:20,876 --> 00:12:21,980
so we go to Quincy's house,
457
00:12:22,020 --> 00:12:23,201
and Benny's like,
458
00:12:23,241 --> 00:12:24,980
"Hey, you know, this is--
459
00:12:25,020 --> 00:12:26,580
this is the Fresh Prince."
460
00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:27,311
Quincy said,
461
00:12:27,351 --> 00:12:27,980
"I know who that boy is.
462
00:12:28,020 --> 00:12:28,951
I seen his stuff," you know?
463
00:12:28,991 --> 00:12:29,980
"Hey, come on in. Come on in."
464
00:12:30,020 --> 00:12:31,980
So Quincy, it's his birthday.
465
00:12:32,020 --> 00:12:32,961
He had been tasting
466
00:12:33,001 --> 00:12:33,980
a little bit, right?
467
00:12:34,020 --> 00:12:34,985
So he was--he was
468
00:12:35,025 --> 00:12:35,980
wetting his beak.
469
00:12:36,020 --> 00:12:36,980
He wet his beak, right?
470
00:12:37,020 --> 00:12:38,334
So he--you know, he's like,
471
00:12:38,374 --> 00:12:38,980
"Come on in."
472
00:12:39,020 --> 00:12:39,711
So we go in,
473
00:12:39,751 --> 00:12:40,980
and he said--he said,
474
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"Where you from?"
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I said, "I'm from Philly."
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He said, "Your character's
477
00:12:44,357 --> 00:12:44,980
from Philly."
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00:12:45,020 --> 00:12:45,867
"Oh."
479
00:12:45,907 --> 00:12:47,980
Like, "Okay.
480
00:12:48,020 --> 00:12:49,160
Give me a glass of whatever
481
00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:49,980
Quincy's drinking."
482
00:12:50,020 --> 00:12:51,980
Right?
483
00:12:52,020 --> 00:12:52,738
So it's like--
484
00:12:52,778 --> 00:12:53,980
it's Quincy's birthday,
485
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so it's like--
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it's a big party,
487
00:12:55,020 --> 00:12:56,441
so everybody's in there,
488
00:12:56,481 --> 00:12:56,980
you know?
489
00:12:57,020 --> 00:12:58,980
So it was Brandon Tartikoff,
490
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who's the head of NBC,
491
00:13:01,020 --> 00:13:02,210
Warren Littlefield,
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00:13:02,250 --> 00:13:02,980
all of that.
493
00:13:03,020 --> 00:13:04,185
So everybody gets in the room,
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00:13:04,225 --> 00:13:04,980
and Quincy, he says,
495
00:13:05,020 --> 00:13:05,303
"Hey!
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00:13:05,343 --> 00:13:06,980
Clear the living room out!
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00:13:07,020 --> 00:13:08,006
Clear the living room out!
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00:13:08,046 --> 00:13:08,980
We gonna do an audition."
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00:13:09,020 --> 00:13:09,949
- Oh, man.
500
00:13:09,989 --> 00:13:11,980
- You like go, "Who?"
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00:13:12,020 --> 00:13:12,609
- Right, I'm saying,
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00:13:12,649 --> 00:13:12,980
"Who? Who--"
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00:13:13,020 --> 00:13:14,276
Yeah, "Who's gonna audition?"
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And he was like,
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00:13:15,020 --> 00:13:15,841
"Yeah, you got it.
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00:13:15,881 --> 00:13:16,980
You got it. You got it."
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00:13:17,020 --> 00:13:19,345
I said, "Q, Q, no, no,"
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00:13:19,385 --> 00:13:20,980
and he grabs me,
509
00:13:21,020 --> 00:13:21,894
and he takes me
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00:13:21,934 --> 00:13:22,980
in the other room,
511
00:13:23,020 --> 00:13:24,135
and he sits me down
512
00:13:24,175 --> 00:13:24,980
in his office,
513
00:13:25,020 --> 00:13:27,915
and there's a 48 million
514
00:13:27,955 --> 00:13:29,980
"Thriller" thing.
515
00:13:30,020 --> 00:13:31,980
There's a "Color Purple,"
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00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:34,704
and he sits me under this
517
00:13:34,744 --> 00:13:36,980
70 Grammys, you know,
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00:13:37,020 --> 00:13:38,624
this Em--and I'm sitting under
519
00:13:38,664 --> 00:13:39,980
all of that stuff, like--
520
00:13:40,020 --> 00:13:42,041
and Michael's looking down
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00:13:42,081 --> 00:13:42,980
on me like--
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[laughter]
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00:13:46,020 --> 00:13:47,980
So Quincy says,
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00:13:48,020 --> 00:13:49,373
"Okay, what do you need?"
525
00:13:49,413 --> 00:13:49,980
and I said,
526
00:13:50,020 --> 00:13:51,350
"Quincy, I'm the--I don't
527
00:13:51,390 --> 00:13:52,980
know how to--I'm not an actor.
528
00:13:53,020 --> 00:13:54,341
"I just--just give me
529
00:13:54,381 --> 00:13:54,980
two weeks,
530
00:13:55,020 --> 00:13:57,257
"Let me find an acting coach,
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00:13:57,297 --> 00:13:58,980
and let me work on it,
532
00:13:59,020 --> 00:14:00,141
and then let's just set up
533
00:14:00,181 --> 00:14:00,980
a proper audition."
534
00:14:01,020 --> 00:14:02,026
He said, "Oh, so two weeks.
535
00:14:02,066 --> 00:14:02,980
You only need two weeks?"
536
00:14:03,020 --> 00:14:04,097
I said, "Yeah, yeah,
537
00:14:04,137 --> 00:14:04,980
just two weeks."
538
00:14:05,020 --> 00:14:06,980
He said, "So here's the deal.
539
00:14:07,020 --> 00:14:08,980
"Right now everybody
540
00:14:09,020 --> 00:14:10,307
"that needs to say yes
541
00:14:10,347 --> 00:14:11,980
for this show is sitting out
542
00:14:12,020 --> 00:14:13,228
in that living room
543
00:14:13,268 --> 00:14:14,980
right now waiting for you."
544
00:14:15,020 --> 00:14:15,980
- It's now.
545
00:14:16,020 --> 00:14:17,980
- And I was like--
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00:14:18,020 --> 00:14:18,985
I was like,
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00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:20,980
"Give me ten minutes."
548
00:14:21,020 --> 00:14:22,025
And he's like, "All right!
549
00:14:22,065 --> 00:14:22,980
Audition in ten minutes!
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00:14:23,020 --> 00:14:24,980
Audition in ten minutes!"
551
00:14:25,020 --> 00:14:26,980
- Far out.
552
00:14:27,020 --> 00:14:27,652
- They did a deal memo
553
00:14:27,692 --> 00:14:27,980
that night.
554
00:14:28,020 --> 00:14:29,681
That's how we got
555
00:14:29,721 --> 00:14:31,980
to the pilot that fast.
556
00:14:32,020 --> 00:14:32,504
- Whoa.
557
00:14:32,544 --> 00:14:33,980
- How is it possible
558
00:14:34,020 --> 00:14:34,929
I've known you this long
559
00:14:34,969 --> 00:14:35,980
and never heard that story?
560
00:14:36,020 --> 00:14:36,345
- I know.
561
00:14:36,385 --> 00:14:36,980
- I know, right?
562
00:14:37,020 --> 00:14:38,044
- Do you remember,
563
00:14:38,084 --> 00:14:38,980
we were on tour?
564
00:14:39,020 --> 00:14:39,980
- We were in Detroit, yep.
565
00:14:40,020 --> 00:14:40,958
- We were on tour
566
00:14:40,998 --> 00:14:41,980
and had a day off.
567
00:14:42,020 --> 00:14:42,347
- Yep.
568
00:14:42,387 --> 00:14:43,980
- And Will flew and came...
569
00:14:44,020 --> 00:14:44,571
- To go to
570
00:14:44,611 --> 00:14:45,980
"The Arsenio Hall Show."
571
00:14:46,020 --> 00:14:48,236
- And said, "I got a TV show."
572
00:14:48,276 --> 00:14:49,000
[laughter]
573
00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,524
Being from Philly,
574
00:14:51,564 --> 00:14:52,980
"I got a TV show"
575
00:14:53,020 --> 00:14:53,850
was a homeboy
576
00:14:53,890 --> 00:14:54,980
with a camcorder.
577
00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:57,345
No one thought anything
578
00:14:57,385 --> 00:14:58,980
other than that.
579
00:14:59,020 --> 00:14:59,502
- It was probably
580
00:14:59,542 --> 00:14:59,980
six weeks later,
581
00:15:00,020 --> 00:15:01,609
we were on the set, right?
582
00:15:01,649 --> 00:15:02,149
- Wow.
583
00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,080
- Okay, Will, just come
584
00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:04,980
downstage a little.
585
00:15:05,020 --> 00:15:05,753
Okay, actually,
586
00:15:05,793 --> 00:15:06,980
no, you're fine, and go.
587
00:15:07,020 --> 00:15:08,317
- I remember
588
00:15:08,357 --> 00:15:10,980
our first table reading.
589
00:15:11,020 --> 00:15:12,215
Will and Alfonso
590
00:15:12,255 --> 00:15:13,980
were chasing each other
591
00:15:14,020 --> 00:15:16,980
around the table.
592
00:15:17,020 --> 00:15:18,980
[laughter]
593
00:15:19,020 --> 00:15:20,120
There were network executives
594
00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:21,480
and all kinds of thi--
595
00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:22,260
you know,
596
00:15:22,300 --> 00:15:22,980
really powerful people,
597
00:15:23,020 --> 00:15:24,604
and they were just playmates
598
00:15:24,644 --> 00:15:26,084
from the very beginning.
599
00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:27,980
- Look who's here, Will.
600
00:15:28,020 --> 00:15:30,980
- Hey!
601
00:15:31,020 --> 00:15:32,980
Who is he?
602
00:15:33,020 --> 00:15:35,324
- One of the things I've always
603
00:15:35,364 --> 00:15:36,980
been able to recognize
604
00:15:37,020 --> 00:15:38,441
in my life is chemistry.
605
00:15:38,481 --> 00:15:39,021
- Mm-hmm.
606
00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,081
- And that really came alive
607
00:15:42,121 --> 00:15:42,980
on the show,
608
00:15:43,020 --> 00:15:44,795
the comedic relationship
609
00:15:44,835 --> 00:15:46,980
that we were able to develop.
610
00:15:47,020 --> 00:15:49,980
[jazzy music]
611
00:15:50,020 --> 00:15:57,000
♪ ♪
612
00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,795
The initial focus of
613
00:16:00,835 --> 00:16:03,000
the show was going to be
614
00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,980
Will, Uncle Phil collisions.
615
00:16:07,020 --> 00:16:08,000
- Oh, my God.
616
00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:09,595
- We started to see
617
00:16:09,635 --> 00:16:09,980
the dynamics
618
00:16:10,020 --> 00:16:12,980
between the other characters,
619
00:16:13,020 --> 00:16:16,980
and Uncle Phil, Aunt Viv
620
00:16:17,020 --> 00:16:18,980
were holding the base,
621
00:16:19,020 --> 00:16:20,841
and Will and Carlton
622
00:16:20,881 --> 00:16:22,980
being able to run wild.
623
00:16:23,020 --> 00:16:25,328
- Yo, how you playing me,
624
00:16:25,368 --> 00:16:25,980
Prince?
625
00:16:26,020 --> 00:16:26,484
- What?
626
00:16:26,524 --> 00:16:27,980
- Yo, you dissin' me!
627
00:16:28,020 --> 00:16:29,980
- C'mon, man, stop it!
628
00:16:30,020 --> 00:16:31,980
It became clear very quickly
629
00:16:32,020 --> 00:16:35,251
that that was the most powerful
630
00:16:35,291 --> 00:16:37,980
comedic asset of the show.
631
00:16:38,020 --> 00:16:40,088
[The Sugarhill Gang's
632
00:16:40,128 --> 00:16:40,980
"Apache"]
633
00:16:41,020 --> 00:16:41,980
♪ ♪
634
00:16:42,020 --> 00:16:43,980
- ♪ Tonto, jump on it ♪
635
00:16:44,020 --> 00:16:45,980
♪ Jump on it, jump on it ♪
636
00:16:46,020 --> 00:16:48,022
- We understood that someone
637
00:16:48,062 --> 00:16:49,980
had to be the straight man.
638
00:16:50,020 --> 00:16:50,841
- Yep, absolutely.
639
00:16:50,881 --> 00:16:51,980
- For the other person's
640
00:16:52,020 --> 00:16:53,219
silliness and comedy.
641
00:16:53,259 --> 00:16:53,980
- Absolutely.
642
00:16:54,020 --> 00:16:54,980
d
643
00:16:55,020 --> 00:16:56,980
♪ ♪
644
00:16:57,020 --> 00:16:57,920
- It was never
645
00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:58,980
as crystal clear
646
00:16:59,020 --> 00:17:00,566
as "this is a Carlton moment,"
647
00:17:00,606 --> 00:17:01,980
or "this is a Will moment."
648
00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:02,803
- Mm-hmm.
649
00:17:02,843 --> 00:17:04,980
- It was always the show
650
00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:05,980
that came first.
651
00:17:06,020 --> 00:17:07,919
- I saved your life!
652
00:17:07,959 --> 00:17:09,000
You owe me!
653
00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,980
[gentle music]
654
00:17:15,020 --> 00:17:18,980
♪ ♪
655
00:17:19,020 --> 00:17:20,320
- We knew that we could rely
656
00:17:20,360 --> 00:17:20,980
on each other,
657
00:17:21,020 --> 00:17:22,886
and there was always
658
00:17:22,926 --> 00:17:24,980
a respect and a trust.
659
00:17:25,020 --> 00:17:25,980
[police siren blaring]
660
00:17:26,020 --> 00:17:27,160
Is that the police?
661
00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:28,531
- Punch it, man.
662
00:17:28,571 --> 00:17:29,351
We in a Benz.
663
00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:30,980
- Are you crazy?
664
00:17:31,020 --> 00:17:31,980
I'd call this a lucky break.
665
00:17:32,020 --> 00:17:33,291
A policeman is our pal.
666
00:17:33,331 --> 00:17:34,980
We can ask him for directions.
667
00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:36,785
The episode where Will
668
00:17:36,825 --> 00:17:38,980
and Carlton get pulled over
669
00:17:39,020 --> 00:17:41,980
made it abundantly clear that
670
00:17:42,020 --> 00:17:43,987
Will came from the streets,
671
00:17:44,027 --> 00:17:45,980
Carlton grew up in Bel-Air.
672
00:17:46,020 --> 00:17:46,980
- Listen to me, Carlton.
673
00:17:47,020 --> 00:17:48,092
When he comes up,
674
00:17:48,132 --> 00:17:49,980
keep your hands on the wheel.
675
00:17:50,020 --> 00:17:51,248
- Good evening, officer.
676
00:17:51,288 --> 00:17:51,980
Carlton Banks.
677
00:17:52,020 --> 00:17:53,684
- Keep your hands
678
00:17:53,724 --> 00:17:54,980
on the wheel.
679
00:17:55,020 --> 00:17:56,129
- Culturally,
680
00:17:56,169 --> 00:17:57,980
we learned how to see
681
00:17:58,020 --> 00:17:59,980
other people's points of view.
682
00:18:00,020 --> 00:18:01,985
- Even when you make
683
00:18:02,025 --> 00:18:02,980
fun of me,
684
00:18:03,020 --> 00:18:04,929
I know you're doing it
685
00:18:04,969 --> 00:18:06,000
out of love.
686
00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,980
Influences change people.
687
00:18:09,020 --> 00:18:10,980
Will learned from Carlton.
688
00:18:11,020 --> 00:18:12,980
Carlton learned from Will.
689
00:18:13,020 --> 00:18:14,980
You can't be the same kid
690
00:18:15,020 --> 00:18:16,014
before Will
691
00:18:16,054 --> 00:18:17,980
comes into that house
692
00:18:18,020 --> 00:18:19,072
and be the same kid
693
00:18:19,112 --> 00:18:19,980
six years later.
694
00:18:20,020 --> 00:18:20,894
Admit it, Will.
695
00:18:20,934 --> 00:18:21,980
You care about me.
696
00:18:22,020 --> 00:18:23,980
- I do not.
697
00:18:24,020 --> 00:18:25,980
- You love me.
698
00:18:26,020 --> 00:18:27,488
- [yelling] Hey, my brother,
699
00:18:27,528 --> 00:18:28,980
you wanna take this outside?
700
00:18:29,020 --> 00:18:30,980
[both grunting]
701
00:18:31,020 --> 00:18:32,232
How about you do the Carlton
702
00:18:32,272 --> 00:18:32,980
dance real quick?
703
00:18:33,020 --> 00:18:33,980
Do the Carlton dance.
704
00:18:34,020 --> 00:18:35,716
- How about I don't
705
00:18:35,756 --> 00:18:36,980
and say I did?
706
00:18:37,020 --> 00:18:38,698
- I never, ever could do
707
00:18:38,738 --> 00:18:39,980
the Carlton dance.
708
00:18:40,020 --> 00:18:41,038
For whatever reason,
709
00:18:41,078 --> 00:18:41,980
I can't find the--
710
00:18:42,020 --> 00:18:43,299
there's an opposite thing
711
00:18:43,339 --> 00:18:43,980
that he does,
712
00:18:44,020 --> 00:18:45,487
and I can't--I just never--
713
00:18:45,527 --> 00:18:46,980
I never was able to get it.
714
00:18:47,020 --> 00:18:48,201
- The first time,
715
00:18:48,241 --> 00:18:49,980
all it said in the script
716
00:18:50,020 --> 00:18:51,360
was, "Carlton dances,"
717
00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:52,980
and I needed to figure out
718
00:18:53,020 --> 00:18:54,183
how this character
719
00:18:54,223 --> 00:18:54,980
would dance.
720
00:18:55,020 --> 00:18:57,354
What would be the actual move
721
00:18:57,394 --> 00:18:58,980
that hit it perfect?
722
00:18:59,020 --> 00:19:00,254
- You got to do it.
723
00:19:00,294 --> 00:19:01,980
One last time for me, man.
724
00:19:02,020 --> 00:19:03,084
[Tom Jones'
725
00:19:03,124 --> 00:19:04,980
"It's Not Unusual"]
726
00:19:05,020 --> 00:19:09,980
♪ ♪
727
00:19:10,020 --> 00:19:11,527
- That final moment
728
00:19:11,567 --> 00:19:12,980
doing it together,
729
00:19:13,020 --> 00:19:13,867
that was, like,
730
00:19:13,907 --> 00:19:14,980
Will finally making
731
00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:16,887
the full acceptance
732
00:19:16,927 --> 00:19:17,980
of Carlton,
733
00:19:18,020 --> 00:19:19,848
and we are in sync
734
00:19:19,888 --> 00:19:20,980
and as one.
735
00:19:21,020 --> 00:19:23,000
- ♪ About with anyone ♪
736
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,141
♪ It's not unusual
737
00:19:26,181 --> 00:19:27,980
to see me cry ♪
738
00:19:28,020 --> 00:19:29,980
♪ I wanna die ♪
739
00:19:30,020 --> 00:19:32,000
d
740
00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,641
- We did six seasons
741
00:19:35,681 --> 00:19:37,980
and, you know, 150 episodes,
742
00:19:38,020 --> 00:19:40,141
so it's like, finding
743
00:19:40,181 --> 00:19:41,980
my favorite moment
744
00:19:42,020 --> 00:19:43,980
is really hard.
745
00:19:44,020 --> 00:19:45,513
This is a job
746
00:19:45,553 --> 00:19:47,980
for Sherlock Homeboy.
747
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,318
- My favorite episode
748
00:19:50,358 --> 00:19:52,980
is "Def Poet's Society."
749
00:19:53,020 --> 00:19:54,457
- Ladies and gentlemen,
750
00:19:54,497 --> 00:19:55,980
Mr. Rafael de la Ghetto!
751
00:19:56,020 --> 00:19:57,980
d
752
00:19:58,020 --> 00:19:59,980
- The Rafael de la Ghetto
753
00:20:00,020 --> 00:20:01,749
was fun for Joe
754
00:20:01,789 --> 00:20:03,980
to break character.
755
00:20:04,020 --> 00:20:05,980
- Cannons to the right of them!
756
00:20:06,020 --> 00:20:07,980
- Cannons to the left of them.
757
00:20:08,020 --> 00:20:09,980
Cannons in front of them.
758
00:20:10,020 --> 00:20:12,980
Volleyed and thundered!
759
00:20:13,020 --> 00:20:14,678
Talk about ham acting,
760
00:20:14,718 --> 00:20:15,980
that's brilliant.
761
00:20:16,020 --> 00:20:17,439
- One of my most
762
00:20:17,479 --> 00:20:18,980
memorable moments
763
00:20:19,020 --> 00:20:20,980
was in the first season
764
00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:22,201
when you guys
765
00:20:22,241 --> 00:20:23,980
blackmailed Hilary.
766
00:20:24,020 --> 00:20:25,980
d
767
00:20:26,020 --> 00:20:27,097
I was really worried
768
00:20:27,137 --> 00:20:27,980
about how people
769
00:20:28,020 --> 00:20:29,008
were gonna feel about Hilary
770
00:20:29,048 --> 00:20:29,980
all the time, and I'm like,
771
00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:31,097
"They're just gonna hate her.
772
00:20:31,137 --> 00:20:31,980
They're gonna hate her.
773
00:20:32,020 --> 00:20:33,218
They're gonna hate her,"
774
00:20:33,258 --> 00:20:33,980
which was true,
775
00:20:34,020 --> 00:20:34,987
and I found out
776
00:20:35,027 --> 00:20:36,980
just how much in that episode.
777
00:20:37,020 --> 00:20:37,980
- That's awful.
778
00:20:38,020 --> 00:20:39,020
Is he making you
779
00:20:39,060 --> 00:20:39,980
clean his room?
780
00:20:40,020 --> 00:20:40,538
- No.
781
00:20:40,578 --> 00:20:42,980
- Will you clean mine?
782
00:20:43,020 --> 00:20:45,980
[laughter]
783
00:20:46,020 --> 00:20:47,118
- Do you remember
784
00:20:47,158 --> 00:20:47,980
the audience?
785
00:20:48,020 --> 00:20:48,416
- I do remember.
786
00:20:48,456 --> 00:20:49,716
- The audience, yeah.
787
00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:50,831
- They started
788
00:20:50,871 --> 00:20:51,980
stomping out there.
789
00:20:52,020 --> 00:20:55,000
d
790
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:00,542
- Hilary!
791
00:21:00,582 --> 00:21:00,980
- Woof!
792
00:21:01,020 --> 00:21:03,980
- [clears throat]
793
00:21:04,020 --> 00:21:05,336
- A lot of sitcoms
794
00:21:05,376 --> 00:21:06,980
just had the--[laughs]
795
00:21:07,020 --> 00:21:07,543
You know,
796
00:21:07,583 --> 00:21:08,980
they had the laugh knob
797
00:21:09,020 --> 00:21:10,550
that they would turn up,
798
00:21:10,590 --> 00:21:11,980
and there were moments
799
00:21:12,020 --> 00:21:13,052
on the show
800
00:21:13,092 --> 00:21:14,980
where we had to dial
801
00:21:15,020 --> 00:21:15,980
the laughter back.
802
00:21:16,020 --> 00:21:17,980
- Hilary Banks!
803
00:21:18,020 --> 00:21:19,980
- Oh, yes, Trevor?
804
00:21:20,020 --> 00:21:22,839
- Will you marry me?
805
00:21:22,879 --> 00:21:22,980
d
806
00:21:23,020 --> 00:21:27,000
d
807
00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:29,820
- The Trevor moment
808
00:21:29,860 --> 00:21:30,980
was another one of those--
809
00:21:31,020 --> 00:21:31,894
- Oh.
810
00:21:31,934 --> 00:21:32,980
- Yes.
811
00:21:33,020 --> 00:21:34,341
- One of those
812
00:21:34,381 --> 00:21:35,980
sustained laughs.
813
00:21:36,020 --> 00:21:38,980
[laughter]
814
00:21:39,020 --> 00:21:41,794
- I ain't no bungee expert
815
00:21:41,834 --> 00:21:42,980
or nothing,
816
00:21:43,020 --> 00:21:43,740
but I don't think
817
00:21:43,780 --> 00:21:44,980
he's supposed to be slamming
818
00:21:45,020 --> 00:21:46,980
into the ground like that.
819
00:21:47,020 --> 00:21:48,257
- I had my first kiss
820
00:21:48,297 --> 00:21:48,980
on the show.
821
00:21:49,020 --> 00:21:51,980
Like, my first actual kiss.
822
00:21:52,020 --> 00:21:53,980
- I think I'd feel better
823
00:21:54,020 --> 00:21:56,980
if I-I could kiss you.
824
00:21:57,020 --> 00:21:57,980
d
825
00:21:58,020 --> 00:21:59,980
- I was so nervous,
826
00:22:00,020 --> 00:22:00,469
and we're about
827
00:22:00,509 --> 00:22:00,980
to do the scene.
828
00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:02,315
Is it terrible that
829
00:22:02,355 --> 00:22:03,980
I want to kiss you back?
830
00:22:04,020 --> 00:22:05,980
And I swear to you,
831
00:22:06,020 --> 00:22:07,980
I see Alfonso, Will and Karyn
832
00:22:08,020 --> 00:22:09,986
peek out from behind
833
00:22:10,026 --> 00:22:12,000
a camera like, "Oh."
834
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,980
- Can I blow in your ear?
835
00:22:18,020 --> 00:22:18,980
d
836
00:22:19,020 --> 00:22:20,666
- That was all so--
837
00:22:20,706 --> 00:22:21,980
like, I was 11,
838
00:22:22,020 --> 00:22:23,980
having, like, breakdown--
839
00:22:24,020 --> 00:22:24,545
like, "I don't know
840
00:22:24,585 --> 00:22:24,980
what I'm doing.
841
00:22:25,020 --> 00:22:26,766
I don't know how to do this,"
842
00:22:26,806 --> 00:22:27,980
because everything--
843
00:22:28,020 --> 00:22:30,257
- Think of you doing that
844
00:22:30,297 --> 00:22:31,980
as an 11-year-old--
845
00:22:32,020 --> 00:22:33,349
- You gotta act like
846
00:22:33,389 --> 00:22:34,980
you got this tic, right?
847
00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:35,922
Like the Army did this
848
00:22:35,962 --> 00:22:36,980
experiment on you, right,
849
00:22:37,020 --> 00:22:38,980
that just went terribly wrong.
850
00:22:39,020 --> 00:22:39,785
You be like,
851
00:22:39,825 --> 00:22:40,980
"Back up! Back up!
852
00:22:41,020 --> 00:22:42,273
"Mind your business,
853
00:22:42,313 --> 00:22:42,980
that's all.
854
00:22:43,020 --> 00:22:45,980
Mind your business."
855
00:22:46,020 --> 00:22:48,980
Back up! Back up!
856
00:22:49,020 --> 00:22:50,677
Mind your business, that's all.
857
00:22:50,717 --> 00:22:51,980
Just mind your business.
858
00:22:52,020 --> 00:22:52,980
- That's good.
859
00:22:53,020 --> 00:22:54,980
- Me getting tossed out
860
00:22:55,020 --> 00:22:55,665
was written into
861
00:22:55,705 --> 00:22:56,980
the very first show that I did.
862
00:22:57,020 --> 00:22:58,257
When it aired,
863
00:22:58,297 --> 00:22:59,980
everybody loved it.
864
00:23:00,020 --> 00:23:00,980
- When do we eat here?
865
00:23:01,020 --> 00:23:03,034
- We eat here later.
866
00:23:03,074 --> 00:23:05,000
You eat here never.
867
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:06,755
- Looks like
868
00:23:06,795 --> 00:23:08,000
you eat here often.
869
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,980
[sprinkler clicking]
870
00:23:12,020 --> 00:23:14,980
Ahh!
871
00:23:15,020 --> 00:23:18,617
One day we filmed maybe
872
00:23:18,657 --> 00:23:20,980
about 150 takes
873
00:23:21,020 --> 00:23:22,064
of me getting tossed
874
00:23:22,104 --> 00:23:22,980
out of the house.
875
00:23:23,020 --> 00:23:25,980
Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!
876
00:23:26,020 --> 00:23:27,027
I think they didn't want
877
00:23:27,067 --> 00:23:27,980
to torture me anymore,
878
00:23:28,020 --> 00:23:30,016
so that's the reason why they
879
00:23:30,056 --> 00:23:31,980
started using the same shot,
880
00:23:32,020 --> 00:23:33,760
and then that became a thing,
881
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,314
that every time I walked
882
00:23:35,354 --> 00:23:35,980
into a scene
883
00:23:36,020 --> 00:23:37,980
and I had that shirt on,
884
00:23:38,020 --> 00:23:39,122
the audience kind of knew
885
00:23:39,162 --> 00:23:39,980
what was coming up.
886
00:23:40,020 --> 00:23:41,980
- You know the drill.
887
00:23:42,020 --> 00:23:42,980
- Uh-oh.
888
00:23:43,020 --> 00:23:44,980
Ahh!
889
00:23:45,020 --> 00:23:45,980
Ahh!
890
00:23:46,020 --> 00:23:48,088
- My favorite moment,
891
00:23:48,128 --> 00:23:48,980
I think--
892
00:23:49,020 --> 00:23:49,554
I think--and there's
893
00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:49,980
so many things,
894
00:23:50,020 --> 00:23:51,519
but one that comes to mind
895
00:23:51,559 --> 00:23:52,980
right away of my favorite
896
00:23:53,020 --> 00:23:53,980
is when you lost your mind
897
00:23:54,020 --> 00:23:54,509
and dragged yourself
898
00:23:54,549 --> 00:23:55,629
across that floor.
899
00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:56,441
- Oh, my goodness.
900
00:23:56,481 --> 00:23:56,980
- That's my favorite.
901
00:23:57,020 --> 00:23:57,347
- Yes.
902
00:23:57,387 --> 00:23:58,980
- That's my favorite scene.
903
00:23:59,020 --> 00:23:59,902
- And into the--
904
00:23:59,942 --> 00:24:00,980
that was, I think--
905
00:24:01,020 --> 00:24:02,368
I've never laughed
906
00:24:02,408 --> 00:24:03,980
that hard in my life.
907
00:24:04,020 --> 00:24:05,224
- Oh, my gosh,
908
00:24:05,264 --> 00:24:06,980
he's still up there!
909
00:24:07,020 --> 00:24:08,609
- Oh, my God!
910
00:24:08,649 --> 00:24:09,980
Oh, my God!
911
00:24:10,020 --> 00:24:11,103
- I don't know what
912
00:24:11,143 --> 00:24:11,980
you were doing.
913
00:24:12,020 --> 00:24:12,486
- What got into you?
914
00:24:12,526 --> 00:24:12,980
- Like, what--what--
915
00:24:13,020 --> 00:24:13,957
- No, no, no, so--
916
00:24:13,997 --> 00:24:14,980
- But, like, what--
917
00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:15,984
how do you know
918
00:24:16,024 --> 00:24:16,980
how to do that?
919
00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:17,720
- There's a lot of things
920
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:17,980
that I do
921
00:24:18,020 --> 00:24:19,580
that I don't know
922
00:24:19,620 --> 00:24:20,980
how I do, but--
923
00:24:21,020 --> 00:24:22,413
How could you do it?
924
00:24:22,453 --> 00:24:22,980
Oh, God!
925
00:24:23,020 --> 00:24:25,980
No, no, no!
926
00:24:26,020 --> 00:24:27,064
The scene was set up
927
00:24:27,104 --> 00:24:27,980
perfectly for it,
928
00:24:28,020 --> 00:24:29,671
and I was like, "Let's just
929
00:24:29,711 --> 00:24:30,980
break the fourth wall
930
00:24:31,020 --> 00:24:32,980
and go absolutely crazy."
931
00:24:33,020 --> 00:24:35,980
How could you do it?
932
00:24:36,020 --> 00:24:36,758
Never before
933
00:24:36,798 --> 00:24:37,980
had those moments--
934
00:24:38,020 --> 00:24:39,319
- Be allowed to be--
935
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:40,980
- Be allowed to be on TV.
936
00:24:41,020 --> 00:24:42,980
d
937
00:24:43,020 --> 00:24:44,980
- That was a serious no-no.
938
00:24:45,020 --> 00:24:46,770
You don't break the fourth wall
939
00:24:46,810 --> 00:24:48,070
in sitcom television.
940
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,010
- How could he do that?
941
00:24:51,050 --> 00:24:51,980
Oh, my God!
942
00:24:52,020 --> 00:24:53,368
- I'm telling you, that
943
00:24:53,408 --> 00:24:54,980
breaking of the fourth wall
944
00:24:55,020 --> 00:24:55,630
with the audience,
945
00:24:55,670 --> 00:24:55,980
that's a--
946
00:24:56,020 --> 00:24:58,420
that's a really special part
947
00:24:58,460 --> 00:24:59,980
of that connection
948
00:25:00,020 --> 00:25:02,417
that we had with the audience.
949
00:25:02,457 --> 00:25:02,980
- Yeah.
950
00:25:03,020 --> 00:25:03,986
- Look at me
951
00:25:04,026 --> 00:25:05,980
when I'm talking to you.
952
00:25:06,020 --> 00:25:09,980
d
953
00:25:10,020 --> 00:25:10,980
[laughter]
954
00:25:11,020 --> 00:25:13,980
[upbeat music]
955
00:25:14,020 --> 00:25:16,980
♪ ♪
956
00:25:17,020 --> 00:25:19,000
- Run!
957
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:20,956
- There's something
958
00:25:20,996 --> 00:25:21,980
different about you.
959
00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:24,000
[laughter]
960
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,980
♪ ♪
961
00:25:28,020 --> 00:25:29,980
- We so rich.
962
00:25:30,020 --> 00:25:30,785
Why we can't
963
00:25:30,825 --> 00:25:31,980
afford no ceiling?
964
00:25:32,020 --> 00:25:34,000
[laughter]
965
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:35,514
- That was cute.
966
00:25:35,554 --> 00:25:36,394
- Like, that--
967
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:37,954
that relationship
968
00:25:37,994 --> 00:25:38,980
with the audience,
969
00:25:39,020 --> 00:25:40,623
it was like they were in
970
00:25:40,663 --> 00:25:41,980
on the joke with us.
971
00:25:42,020 --> 00:25:43,398
- And I always felt like
972
00:25:43,438 --> 00:25:44,980
the audience appreciated...
973
00:25:45,020 --> 00:25:46,103
- Being brought in.
974
00:25:46,143 --> 00:25:46,980
- Being let in.
975
00:25:47,020 --> 00:25:47,452
- Yeah.
976
00:25:47,492 --> 00:25:47,980
- Right?
977
00:25:48,020 --> 00:25:48,945
Like, you're watching this,
978
00:25:48,985 --> 00:25:50,725
and it's written, wink, wink.
979
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:51,497
- And while we're
980
00:25:51,537 --> 00:25:51,980
on the subject--
981
00:25:52,020 --> 00:25:55,000
[static crackles]
982
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:57,345
- That's kinda fly, right?
983
00:25:57,385 --> 00:25:58,980
Don't you wish you lived on TV?
984
00:25:59,020 --> 00:26:00,378
- When we were doing the show,
985
00:26:00,418 --> 00:26:00,980
I have to say
986
00:26:01,020 --> 00:26:02,674
I always felt like
987
00:26:02,714 --> 00:26:03,980
it was just us
988
00:26:04,020 --> 00:26:04,468
and the audience
989
00:26:04,508 --> 00:26:04,980
that was present.
990
00:26:05,020 --> 00:26:07,640
I had no sense of millions
991
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,980
of viewers beyond that.
992
00:26:10,020 --> 00:26:10,190
- Oh.
993
00:26:10,230 --> 00:26:10,980
- Let alone decades
994
00:26:11,020 --> 00:26:12,573
and generations after that.
995
00:26:12,613 --> 00:26:13,113
- Yeah.
996
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,574
- I just want to sit here
997
00:26:15,614 --> 00:26:16,980
and watch a little TV.
998
00:26:17,020 --> 00:26:18,980
- It was three shows.
999
00:26:19,020 --> 00:26:19,181
It was
1000
00:26:19,221 --> 00:26:19,980
"Monday Night Football."
1001
00:26:20,020 --> 00:26:21,980
It was "Monday Night Movie."
1002
00:26:22,020 --> 00:26:23,257
And "The Fresh Prince
1003
00:26:23,297 --> 00:26:23,980
of Bel-Air."
1004
00:26:24,020 --> 00:26:25,349
- People would leave
1005
00:26:25,389 --> 00:26:27,000
"Monday Night Football,"
1006
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:28,323
go over to
1007
00:26:28,363 --> 00:26:29,503
that other channel,
1008
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:30,673
and watch
1009
00:26:30,713 --> 00:26:32,980
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
1010
00:26:33,020 --> 00:26:34,133
- It's like a beautiful
1011
00:26:34,173 --> 00:26:34,980
underdog position
1012
00:26:35,020 --> 00:26:35,803
where you're not
1013
00:26:35,843 --> 00:26:37,223
really expected to win.
1014
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:38,913
You're not gonna beat
1015
00:26:38,953 --> 00:26:39,980
"Monday Night Football,"
1016
00:26:40,020 --> 00:26:41,907
but we enjoyed the rumble.
1017
00:26:41,947 --> 00:26:42,447
d
1018
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,980
Now it's on!
1019
00:26:45,020 --> 00:26:46,422
- People loved watching
1020
00:26:46,462 --> 00:26:46,980
the show,
1021
00:26:47,020 --> 00:26:47,980
which meant a lot
1022
00:26:48,020 --> 00:26:49,243
because they didn't have it
1023
00:26:49,283 --> 00:26:49,980
on their phones.
1024
00:26:50,020 --> 00:26:51,485
You had to actually
1025
00:26:51,525 --> 00:26:52,980
watch it to see it,
1026
00:26:53,020 --> 00:26:53,980
and then the next day
1027
00:26:54,020 --> 00:26:55,818
you would have to read
1028
00:26:55,858 --> 00:26:57,980
about it in the newspaper.
1029
00:26:58,020 --> 00:26:59,980
[upbeat music]
1030
00:27:00,020 --> 00:27:01,365
- I realized that
1031
00:27:01,405 --> 00:27:02,980
this show was bigger
1032
00:27:03,020 --> 00:27:03,785
than I could
1033
00:27:03,825 --> 00:27:04,980
have ever expected
1034
00:27:05,020 --> 00:27:05,753
when there were
1035
00:27:05,793 --> 00:27:06,980
80-year-old grandmothers
1036
00:27:07,020 --> 00:27:09,390
that would come up to me
1037
00:27:09,430 --> 00:27:10,980
and say, "Jazz."
1038
00:27:11,020 --> 00:27:11,825
That freaked me out
1039
00:27:11,865 --> 00:27:12,980
because I didn't correlate
1040
00:27:13,020 --> 00:27:14,459
that people were recognizing
1041
00:27:14,499 --> 00:27:15,980
you from the television show.
1042
00:27:16,020 --> 00:27:17,980
♪ ♪
1043
00:27:18,020 --> 00:27:20,311
- One thing special to me
1044
00:27:20,351 --> 00:27:21,980
about the show was
1045
00:27:22,020 --> 00:27:24,231
we had a really unique
1046
00:27:24,271 --> 00:27:27,000
and distinct fashion sense.
1047
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:28,980
[screams]
1048
00:27:29,020 --> 00:27:29,858
- I didn't realize
1049
00:27:29,898 --> 00:27:30,980
how much freedom we had
1050
00:27:31,020 --> 00:27:32,049
when it came down
1051
00:27:32,089 --> 00:27:32,980
to the clothes.
1052
00:27:33,020 --> 00:27:34,092
- We always wanted to have
1053
00:27:34,132 --> 00:27:34,980
the hottest stuff on.
1054
00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:35,881
You know, we were
1055
00:27:35,921 --> 00:27:36,980
always trying to find
1056
00:27:37,020 --> 00:27:37,515
what was
1057
00:27:37,555 --> 00:27:38,980
the hottest new thing.
1058
00:27:39,020 --> 00:27:40,788
- It isn't as easy
1059
00:27:40,828 --> 00:27:41,980
at it looks.
1060
00:27:42,020 --> 00:27:43,980
♪ ♪
1061
00:27:44,020 --> 00:27:45,631
- This was a very
1062
00:27:45,671 --> 00:27:46,980
impactful time
1063
00:27:47,020 --> 00:27:47,980
in pop culture,
1064
00:27:48,020 --> 00:27:48,852
where, you know,
1065
00:27:48,892 --> 00:27:50,152
you wanted to be fly.
1066
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,304
- Eh, it's a little something
1067
00:27:52,344 --> 00:27:52,980
I put together.
1068
00:27:53,020 --> 00:27:54,173
Jordan would send over
1069
00:27:54,213 --> 00:27:54,980
the new Jordans
1070
00:27:55,020 --> 00:27:56,122
six weeks before they
1071
00:27:56,162 --> 00:27:56,980
were coming out.
1072
00:27:57,020 --> 00:27:58,546
- You don't realize, you're
1073
00:27:58,586 --> 00:27:59,980
wearing a pair of Jordans
1074
00:28:00,020 --> 00:28:01,684
that this picture
1075
00:28:01,724 --> 00:28:02,980
is circulated
1076
00:28:03,020 --> 00:28:04,336
among sneakerheads
1077
00:28:04,376 --> 00:28:05,980
for the past 30 years.
1078
00:28:06,020 --> 00:28:07,980
- Ah.
1079
00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:09,980
That's what's wrong.
1080
00:28:10,020 --> 00:28:12,000
- What?
1081
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,980
- Ha ha.
1082
00:28:15,020 --> 00:28:15,887
- You know, I think that
1083
00:28:15,927 --> 00:28:16,980
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
1084
00:28:17,020 --> 00:28:18,315
is a bigger hit now
1085
00:28:18,355 --> 00:28:19,980
than it was ever before.
1086
00:28:20,020 --> 00:28:21,275
- Yes, it's the cast,
1087
00:28:21,315 --> 00:28:22,980
and the cast is fun to watch
1088
00:28:23,020 --> 00:28:24,771
and all of that, but I think
1089
00:28:24,811 --> 00:28:25,980
it's the idea of it
1090
00:28:26,020 --> 00:28:28,154
as the part that, I think,
1091
00:28:28,194 --> 00:28:28,980
translates
1092
00:28:29,020 --> 00:28:31,980
to so many different places.
1093
00:28:32,020 --> 00:28:33,247
- For years, I've had
1094
00:28:33,287 --> 00:28:34,980
people come up to me and say,
1095
00:28:35,020 --> 00:28:35,434
"This show was
1096
00:28:35,474 --> 00:28:35,980
my favorite show,
1097
00:28:36,020 --> 00:28:37,152
and now it's my son's
1098
00:28:37,192 --> 00:28:37,980
favorite show."
1099
00:28:38,020 --> 00:28:39,085
And I think "The Fresh
1100
00:28:39,125 --> 00:28:39,980
Prince of Bel-Air"
1101
00:28:40,020 --> 00:28:42,980
had a lot of impact.
1102
00:28:43,020 --> 00:28:44,073
- The things
1103
00:28:44,113 --> 00:28:45,980
that stuck out for me
1104
00:28:46,020 --> 00:28:47,257
whenever I've thought
1105
00:28:47,297 --> 00:28:47,980
of this show
1106
00:28:48,020 --> 00:28:50,488
has always been our Tuesdays
1107
00:28:50,528 --> 00:28:52,980
and Wednesdays run-throughs.
1108
00:28:53,020 --> 00:28:55,249
- The way the week would work,
1109
00:28:55,289 --> 00:28:56,980
we'd come in on Monday.
1110
00:28:57,020 --> 00:28:57,957
Everybody's there,
1111
00:28:57,997 --> 00:28:58,980
writers, producers,
1112
00:28:59,020 --> 00:29:00,687
director, everybody,
1113
00:29:00,727 --> 00:29:02,980
and we read the screenplay.
1114
00:29:03,020 --> 00:29:04,980
- Why don't you, Mom?
1115
00:29:05,020 --> 00:29:05,868
It's all hollow and
1116
00:29:05,908 --> 00:29:07,348
meaningless anyway, so--
1117
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,565
Did I say it right?
1118
00:29:09,605 --> 00:29:09,980
I'm--
1119
00:29:10,020 --> 00:29:11,980
- We'd come in on Tuesday,
1120
00:29:12,020 --> 00:29:13,156
and we'd kinda block it,
1121
00:29:13,196 --> 00:29:13,980
and we'd work it,
1122
00:29:14,020 --> 00:29:15,296
but it was our time
1123
00:29:15,336 --> 00:29:16,000
to present
1124
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:17,278
our ideas
1125
00:29:17,318 --> 00:29:17,980
and our thoughts and,
1126
00:29:18,020 --> 00:29:19,280
"Hey, what if it was like this?
1127
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:19,980
What about that?"
1128
00:29:20,020 --> 00:29:21,195
- And I just kinda stop
1129
00:29:21,235 --> 00:29:21,980
and just watch?
1130
00:29:22,020 --> 00:29:23,243
- Yeah, 'cause you supposed
1131
00:29:23,283 --> 00:29:23,980
to hear the kids
1132
00:29:24,020 --> 00:29:26,237
and turn back around.
1133
00:29:26,277 --> 00:29:26,980
- Okay.
1134
00:29:27,020 --> 00:29:27,980
- That Tuesday and Wednesday
1135
00:29:28,020 --> 00:29:30,086
would be a beautifully
1136
00:29:30,126 --> 00:29:31,980
collaborative period
1137
00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:33,815
where the actors
1138
00:29:33,855 --> 00:29:35,980
would find the soul
1139
00:29:36,020 --> 00:29:38,848
and the truth of the moments
1140
00:29:38,888 --> 00:29:40,980
for these characters.
1141
00:29:41,020 --> 00:29:43,302
- The idea that we,
1142
00:29:43,342 --> 00:29:45,980
as a Black show on TV,
1143
00:29:46,020 --> 00:29:47,597
one of three at the time,
1144
00:29:47,637 --> 00:29:47,980
right?
1145
00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:49,593
There weren't really us
1146
00:29:49,633 --> 00:29:50,980
in the writers room,
1147
00:29:51,020 --> 00:29:51,826
and as an actor,
1148
00:29:51,866 --> 00:29:52,980
you never had a voice.
1149
00:29:53,020 --> 00:29:54,257
You never had a voice
1150
00:29:54,297 --> 00:29:54,980
in the room.
1151
00:29:55,020 --> 00:29:56,640
You were a puppet
1152
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:58,980
who was told what to do.
1153
00:29:59,020 --> 00:29:59,515
- Take your notes.
1154
00:29:59,555 --> 00:29:59,980
- Say this line.
1155
00:30:00,020 --> 00:30:00,567
- Yeah.
1156
00:30:00,607 --> 00:30:01,980
- Move over here.
1157
00:30:02,020 --> 00:30:03,967
- At some point the producers
1158
00:30:04,007 --> 00:30:04,980
and the writers
1159
00:30:05,020 --> 00:30:06,486
wanted to make Hilary
1160
00:30:06,526 --> 00:30:07,980
a strong Black woman.
1161
00:30:08,020 --> 00:30:09,420
They wanted to, like,
1162
00:30:09,460 --> 00:30:10,980
see that switch in her,
1163
00:30:11,020 --> 00:30:12,386
and then I felt like,
1164
00:30:12,426 --> 00:30:12,980
you know,
1165
00:30:13,020 --> 00:30:14,561
there are some people
1166
00:30:14,601 --> 00:30:15,980
who are just flawed
1167
00:30:16,020 --> 00:30:17,980
and see things a certain way,
1168
00:30:18,020 --> 00:30:19,852
and you can learn a lot
1169
00:30:19,892 --> 00:30:20,980
from them too.
1170
00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:22,980
Look, I'm a career woman.
1171
00:30:23,020 --> 00:30:24,580
I don't have time to dust
1172
00:30:24,620 --> 00:30:25,980
and push around that--
1173
00:30:26,020 --> 00:30:26,986
oh, what do you call
1174
00:30:27,026 --> 00:30:27,980
that big, loud thing
1175
00:30:28,020 --> 00:30:29,980
that sucks up everything?
1176
00:30:30,020 --> 00:30:33,013
- We were able to share
1177
00:30:33,053 --> 00:30:34,980
the experience,
1178
00:30:35,020 --> 00:30:37,302
the real experience
1179
00:30:37,342 --> 00:30:39,980
and gave those writers
1180
00:30:40,020 --> 00:30:40,680
our perspective.
1181
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:40,980
- Yeah.
1182
00:30:41,020 --> 00:30:43,730
- You can put your hands
1183
00:30:43,770 --> 00:30:44,980
down, Jazz.
1184
00:30:45,020 --> 00:30:45,675
- No way.
1185
00:30:45,715 --> 00:30:46,980
Dude's got a gun.
1186
00:30:47,020 --> 00:30:48,870
Next thing you know, I got
1187
00:30:48,910 --> 00:30:51,000
six warning shots in my back.
1188
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:53,047
When we did
1189
00:30:53,087 --> 00:30:54,980
the courtroom scene,
1190
00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:56,580
there was a level
1191
00:30:56,620 --> 00:30:57,980
of truth to it.
1192
00:30:58,020 --> 00:30:58,472
That's the reason
1193
00:30:58,512 --> 00:30:58,980
why they wrote it.
1194
00:30:59,020 --> 00:31:01,261
I'm putting
1195
00:31:01,301 --> 00:31:04,980
my hands down now.
1196
00:31:05,020 --> 00:31:05,825
- Part of the power
1197
00:31:05,865 --> 00:31:06,980
of what we would always do
1198
00:31:07,020 --> 00:31:08,980
with "The Fresh Prince,"
1199
00:31:09,020 --> 00:31:10,681
there would be
1200
00:31:10,721 --> 00:31:12,980
very powerful ideas
1201
00:31:13,020 --> 00:31:14,233
under the jokes
1202
00:31:14,273 --> 00:31:15,980
and under the comedy.
1203
00:31:16,020 --> 00:31:17,515
- You can wear the T-shirts,
1204
00:31:17,555 --> 00:31:18,980
you can put up the posters,
1205
00:31:19,020 --> 00:31:19,980
and you can shout the slogans,
1206
00:31:20,020 --> 00:31:21,254
but unless you know
1207
00:31:21,294 --> 00:31:22,980
all the history behind it,
1208
00:31:23,020 --> 00:31:24,451
you're trivializing
1209
00:31:24,491 --> 00:31:25,980
the entire struggle.
1210
00:31:26,020 --> 00:31:27,399
- That is one of those things
1211
00:31:27,439 --> 00:31:28,159
that I think
1212
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,980
kinda makes people understand
1213
00:31:31,020 --> 00:31:32,226
just how groundbreaking
1214
00:31:32,266 --> 00:31:32,980
this show was.
1215
00:31:33,020 --> 00:31:35,980
- It is as relevant today
1216
00:31:36,020 --> 00:31:38,470
as it was 30 years ago,
1217
00:31:38,510 --> 00:31:39,980
unfortunately.
1218
00:31:40,020 --> 00:31:41,880
- Whenever we would come
1219
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:42,980
across moments
1220
00:31:43,020 --> 00:31:44,624
that they wrote that was like,
1221
00:31:44,664 --> 00:31:45,980
"This wouldn't happen..."
1222
00:31:46,020 --> 00:31:46,805
- Right.
1223
00:31:46,845 --> 00:31:49,980
- "Black people don't do this."
1224
00:31:50,020 --> 00:31:51,129
- Right.
1225
00:31:51,169 --> 00:31:51,980
- Yes.
1226
00:31:52,020 --> 00:31:53,433
- Tuesday and Wednesday is
1227
00:31:53,473 --> 00:31:54,980
what made this show special,
1228
00:31:55,020 --> 00:31:57,445
because we made sure that we
1229
00:31:57,485 --> 00:32:00,000
were authentic every episode.
1230
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,815
- I had spent a career
1231
00:32:02,855 --> 00:32:03,980
being on shows
1232
00:32:04,020 --> 00:32:05,552
that showed the variety
1233
00:32:05,592 --> 00:32:06,980
of the Black culture,
1234
00:32:07,020 --> 00:32:09,016
showing that we were not just
1235
00:32:09,056 --> 00:32:10,980
a monolithic group of people
1236
00:32:11,020 --> 00:32:12,241
with one idea
1237
00:32:12,281 --> 00:32:13,980
and one lifestyle,
1238
00:32:14,020 --> 00:32:14,980
and when I got here,
1239
00:32:15,020 --> 00:32:16,244
we had the freedom
1240
00:32:16,284 --> 00:32:17,980
to express to the writers
1241
00:32:18,020 --> 00:32:19,945
the cultural aspects of what
1242
00:32:19,985 --> 00:32:21,980
they had in the written word.
1243
00:32:22,020 --> 00:32:24,015
I remember a table read
1244
00:32:24,055 --> 00:32:24,980
one Monday,
1245
00:32:25,020 --> 00:32:26,915
and there was some line that
1246
00:32:26,955 --> 00:32:28,980
they had given Tatyana to say,
1247
00:32:29,020 --> 00:32:30,980
and I said, "Excuse me,
1248
00:32:31,020 --> 00:32:32,980
if Tatyana says that
1249
00:32:33,020 --> 00:32:33,724
to her daddy,
1250
00:32:33,764 --> 00:32:34,980
she'd lose her teeth."
1251
00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:35,850
- Yeah, yeah,
1252
00:32:35,890 --> 00:32:36,980
exactly, exactly.
1253
00:32:37,020 --> 00:32:38,064
- So no, culturally,
1254
00:32:38,104 --> 00:32:38,980
we don't do that.
1255
00:32:39,020 --> 00:32:39,886
- James used to sit
1256
00:32:39,926 --> 00:32:41,306
where you're sitting...
1257
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:42,179
- Yep.
1258
00:32:42,219 --> 00:32:42,980
- That was James's spot.
1259
00:32:43,020 --> 00:32:45,980
- During those note sessions,
1260
00:32:46,020 --> 00:32:47,726
and that is where I learned
1261
00:32:47,766 --> 00:32:47,980
that
1262
00:32:48,020 --> 00:32:52,980
what we do is not for us.
1263
00:32:53,020 --> 00:32:55,980
It's not about us.
1264
00:32:56,020 --> 00:32:57,084
We are here
1265
00:32:57,124 --> 00:32:58,980
to bring dignity...
1266
00:32:59,020 --> 00:33:00,980
- Mm-hmm.
1267
00:33:01,020 --> 00:33:04,700
- To represent, to expand,
1268
00:33:04,740 --> 00:33:06,980
to push forward,
1269
00:33:07,020 --> 00:33:09,613
and I learned that here
1270
00:33:09,653 --> 00:33:10,980
at his feet.
1271
00:33:11,020 --> 00:33:13,980
[lively music]
1272
00:33:14,020 --> 00:33:14,980
♪ ♪
1273
00:33:15,020 --> 00:33:16,980
- This one takes the cake.
1274
00:33:17,020 --> 00:33:18,860
- James is the heart
1275
00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:19,980
of the show.
1276
00:33:20,020 --> 00:33:21,980
- I love you, Uncle Phil.
1277
00:33:22,020 --> 00:33:23,257
- We knew that
1278
00:33:23,297 --> 00:33:24,980
he knew the answers
1279
00:33:25,020 --> 00:33:26,700
or could guide folks
1280
00:33:26,740 --> 00:33:27,980
to the answers.
1281
00:33:28,020 --> 00:33:29,980
- Carlton, sit.
1282
00:33:30,020 --> 00:33:31,980
- As you wish, Father.
1283
00:33:32,020 --> 00:33:33,987
- James had a very deep love
1284
00:33:34,027 --> 00:33:34,980
of jazz music,
1285
00:33:35,020 --> 00:33:36,291
and I would spend a lot
1286
00:33:36,331 --> 00:33:37,980
of times in his dressing room,
1287
00:33:38,020 --> 00:33:39,980
and he would give me jazz CDs.
1288
00:33:40,020 --> 00:33:41,486
- You know, he got his
1289
00:33:41,526 --> 00:33:42,980
Billie Holiday picture
1290
00:33:43,020 --> 00:33:44,980
up on the wall,
1291
00:33:45,020 --> 00:33:46,133
a little Charlie "Bird"
1292
00:33:46,173 --> 00:33:46,980
Parker, you know?
1293
00:33:47,020 --> 00:33:48,390
Boy, I'm telling you,
1294
00:33:48,430 --> 00:33:49,980
this man got mad flavor.
1295
00:33:50,020 --> 00:33:50,744
- The music that
1296
00:33:50,784 --> 00:33:51,980
was coming out of his room
1297
00:33:52,020 --> 00:33:53,460
was always just amazing.
1298
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:54,480
- Ashley, honey,
1299
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:54,980
this is possibly
1300
00:33:55,020 --> 00:33:56,283
the most beautiful music
1301
00:33:56,323 --> 00:33:56,980
ever written.
1302
00:33:57,020 --> 00:33:59,980
- He was my teacher.
1303
00:34:00,020 --> 00:34:01,426
I learned what it means
1304
00:34:01,466 --> 00:34:02,980
to be an artist from him.
1305
00:34:03,020 --> 00:34:04,298
- Learning that there's
1306
00:34:04,338 --> 00:34:05,058
other works,
1307
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:06,649
there's other arts
1308
00:34:06,689 --> 00:34:06,980
out there
1309
00:34:07,020 --> 00:34:08,860
that would help you understand
1310
00:34:08,900 --> 00:34:09,980
yours even better.
1311
00:34:10,020 --> 00:34:10,769
- I was watching
1312
00:34:10,809 --> 00:34:11,980
this Robeson documentary,
1313
00:34:12,020 --> 00:34:13,986
and James used to bring up
1314
00:34:14,026 --> 00:34:14,980
Paul Robeson.
1315
00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:16,426
He, like, introduced me
1316
00:34:16,466 --> 00:34:17,980
to Black art in ways that
1317
00:34:18,020 --> 00:34:19,279
I wouldn't have gotten
1318
00:34:19,319 --> 00:34:20,980
that education anywhere else,
1319
00:34:21,020 --> 00:34:22,439
and I'm watching
1320
00:34:22,479 --> 00:34:23,980
this documentary,
1321
00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:25,632
and they're talking about him
1322
00:34:25,672 --> 00:34:26,980
singing "Ol' Man River."
1323
00:34:27,020 --> 00:34:28,980
♪ ♪
1324
00:34:29,020 --> 00:34:30,280
Him changing the word
1325
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,253
from "nigger" to "darkie."
1326
00:34:32,293 --> 00:34:32,980
- Darkie, yeah.
1327
00:34:33,020 --> 00:34:35,348
- How hard he had to fight
1328
00:34:35,388 --> 00:34:37,000
for that one word.
1329
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:38,402
- Yeah.
1330
00:34:38,442 --> 00:34:39,980
- It wasn't that long ago.
1331
00:34:40,020 --> 00:34:41,017
- And it wasn't
1332
00:34:41,057 --> 00:34:41,980
that long ago.
1333
00:34:42,020 --> 00:34:42,887
So you think about that,
1334
00:34:42,927 --> 00:34:43,980
you think about all the shows
1335
00:34:44,020 --> 00:34:44,891
that came before--and I'm
1336
00:34:44,931 --> 00:34:45,980
just talking about television.
1337
00:34:46,020 --> 00:34:47,412
- Every little step.
1338
00:34:47,452 --> 00:34:48,980
- And now what we see,
1339
00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:51,486
it's such a privilege
1340
00:34:51,526 --> 00:34:53,980
to be a part of that.
1341
00:34:54,020 --> 00:34:54,907
- Yes.
1342
00:34:54,947 --> 00:34:55,980
- Yeah.
1343
00:34:56,020 --> 00:34:56,987
- You know, that history,
1344
00:34:57,027 --> 00:34:57,980
and those notes sessions,
1345
00:34:58,020 --> 00:34:59,346
that's where I went to school,
1346
00:34:59,386 --> 00:34:59,980
like, that's--
1347
00:35:00,020 --> 00:35:00,803
- And that was--
1348
00:35:00,843 --> 00:35:01,980
no, that was the thing.
1349
00:35:02,020 --> 00:35:06,980
James, he pushed me so hard.
1350
00:35:07,020 --> 00:35:08,980
- You think you're so wise.
1351
00:35:09,020 --> 00:35:09,867
Look at me
1352
00:35:09,907 --> 00:35:12,000
when I'm talking to you.
1353
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,980
Let me tell you something, son.
1354
00:35:16,020 --> 00:35:17,248
I grew up on the streets
1355
00:35:17,288 --> 00:35:18,128
just like you.
1356
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,448
I encountered bigotry
1357
00:35:20,488 --> 00:35:21,980
you could not imagine.
1358
00:35:22,020 --> 00:35:24,020
Now, you have a nice poster
1359
00:35:24,060 --> 00:35:25,980
of Malcolm X on your wall.
1360
00:35:26,020 --> 00:35:28,980
I heard the brother speak.
1361
00:35:29,020 --> 00:35:31,980
I read every word he wrote.
1362
00:35:32,020 --> 00:35:32,904
Believe me,
1363
00:35:32,944 --> 00:35:35,000
I know where I come from.
1364
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,936
- His thing was that I am
1365
00:35:37,976 --> 00:35:39,980
in such a unique position,
1366
00:35:40,020 --> 00:35:42,754
and that responsibility,
1367
00:35:42,794 --> 00:35:45,980
you must elevate your craft.
1368
00:35:46,020 --> 00:35:47,392
You have to represent,
1369
00:35:47,432 --> 00:35:48,980
and you are paving a way,
1370
00:35:49,020 --> 00:35:50,097
and he just wouldn't
1371
00:35:50,137 --> 00:35:50,980
give me an inch,
1372
00:35:51,020 --> 00:35:53,229
and I remember in the--
1373
00:35:53,269 --> 00:35:54,980
one of my favorite
1374
00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:57,134
and most famous scenes
1375
00:35:57,174 --> 00:35:58,980
from "Fresh Prince"
1376
00:35:59,020 --> 00:36:00,340
is the father episode.
1377
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,344
Hey, what's up, man?
1378
00:36:02,384 --> 00:36:03,980
Can I get you something?
1379
00:36:04,020 --> 00:36:06,000
- No, I'm fine, son.
1380
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,000
- Um, if you need--
1381
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,000
- So is he a cop?
1382
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:19,980
- He's my father.
1383
00:36:20,020 --> 00:36:21,980
So, you know, James Avery
1384
00:36:22,020 --> 00:36:24,980
was this 6'4",
1385
00:36:25,020 --> 00:36:27,980
300-pound...
1386
00:36:28,020 --> 00:36:29,486
- Plus.
1387
00:36:29,526 --> 00:36:30,980
- Yeah.
1388
00:36:31,020 --> 00:36:33,146
- Stage-trained...
1389
00:36:33,186 --> 00:36:33,980
- Yeah.
1390
00:36:34,020 --> 00:36:36,980
- Shakespearean beast, right?
1391
00:36:37,020 --> 00:36:39,018
And I'm--I'm the little rapper
1392
00:36:39,058 --> 00:36:40,980
from Philly under him, right?
1393
00:36:41,020 --> 00:36:42,728
And I wanted him to think
1394
00:36:42,768 --> 00:36:43,980
I was good so bad.
1395
00:36:44,020 --> 00:36:44,441
- You wanted him
1396
00:36:44,481 --> 00:36:44,980
to be proud of you.
1397
00:36:45,020 --> 00:36:45,861
- I wanted him
1398
00:36:45,901 --> 00:36:46,980
to be proud of me,
1399
00:36:47,020 --> 00:36:48,280
so the episode comes,
1400
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,146
and, you know,
1401
00:36:50,186 --> 00:36:51,980
we come to that scene,
1402
00:36:52,020 --> 00:36:53,820
and I was like, I'm--you know,
1403
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:54,890
I wanna deliver
1404
00:36:54,930 --> 00:36:55,980
this scene so bad,
1405
00:36:56,020 --> 00:36:57,319
and if you remember,
1406
00:36:57,359 --> 00:36:58,980
in front of the audience,
1407
00:36:59,020 --> 00:37:01,918
I flubbed my line
1408
00:37:01,958 --> 00:37:03,980
on the take.
1409
00:37:04,020 --> 00:37:04,980
- Mm-hmm.
1410
00:37:05,020 --> 00:37:05,874
- And I messed it up
1411
00:37:05,914 --> 00:37:07,414
in front of the audience,
1412
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,929
and my mind snapped,
1413
00:37:09,969 --> 00:37:11,980
and I'm like, "Aghh!"
1414
00:37:12,020 --> 00:37:13,483
I'm like,
1415
00:37:13,523 --> 00:37:15,980
"Ahh! Damn it!"
1416
00:37:16,020 --> 00:37:17,484
And James says,
1417
00:37:17,524 --> 00:37:17,980
"Hey!
1418
00:37:18,020 --> 00:37:19,980
Right here!"
1419
00:37:20,020 --> 00:37:21,837
and I was like--and
1420
00:37:21,877 --> 00:37:24,000
he was like, "Use me!"
1421
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:26,807
And I'm like--
1422
00:37:26,847 --> 00:37:27,980
and I'm right there,
1423
00:37:28,020 --> 00:37:29,065
and he takes, and he's like,
1424
00:37:29,105 --> 00:37:30,545
"Get yourself together,"
1425
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,143
And I get it together,
1426
00:37:32,183 --> 00:37:32,980
and I'm looking,
1427
00:37:33,020 --> 00:37:33,980
and he says, "Action."
1428
00:37:34,020 --> 00:37:34,980
- I'm sorry, I--
1429
00:37:35,020 --> 00:37:35,883
You know, if there was
1430
00:37:35,923 --> 00:37:36,980
something that I could do--
1431
00:37:37,020 --> 00:37:38,004
- Hey, you know what? You ain't
1432
00:37:38,044 --> 00:37:38,980
got to do nothing, Uncle Phil.
1433
00:37:39,020 --> 00:37:40,624
You know, ain't like I'm still
1434
00:37:40,664 --> 00:37:41,980
five years old, you know?
1435
00:37:42,020 --> 00:37:43,036
Ain't like I'ma be sitting up
1436
00:37:43,076 --> 00:37:43,980
every night asking my mom,
1437
00:37:44,020 --> 00:37:45,604
"When is Daddy coming home?"
1438
00:37:45,644 --> 00:37:46,980
You know? Who needs him?
1439
00:37:47,020 --> 00:37:48,980
And the scene that we do
1440
00:37:49,020 --> 00:37:51,754
is the scene that ended up
1441
00:37:51,794 --> 00:37:53,980
being in the episode.
1442
00:37:54,020 --> 00:37:54,922
I ain't need him then,
1443
00:37:54,962 --> 00:37:55,980
and I don't need him now.
1444
00:37:56,020 --> 00:37:56,980
- Will, Will--
1445
00:37:57,020 --> 00:37:58,297
- Nah, you know what,
1446
00:37:58,337 --> 00:37:58,980
Uncle Phil?
1447
00:37:59,020 --> 00:38:00,319
I'ma get through college
1448
00:38:00,359 --> 00:38:00,980
without him.
1449
00:38:01,020 --> 00:38:01,600
I'm get a great job
1450
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:01,980
without him.
1451
00:38:02,020 --> 00:38:02,825
I'ma marry me
1452
00:38:02,865 --> 00:38:03,980
a beautiful honey,
1453
00:38:04,020 --> 00:38:04,826
and I'ma have me
1454
00:38:04,866 --> 00:38:05,980
a whole bunch of kids.
1455
00:38:06,020 --> 00:38:06,560
I'ma be a better father
1456
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:06,980
than he ever was!
1457
00:38:07,020 --> 00:38:07,858
And I sure as hell
1458
00:38:07,898 --> 00:38:08,980
don't need him for that
1459
00:38:09,020 --> 00:38:10,046
'cause ain't a damn thing
1460
00:38:10,086 --> 00:38:10,980
he could ever teach me
1461
00:38:11,020 --> 00:38:13,000
about how to love my kids!
1462
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,000
d
1463
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,680
How come he don't
1464
00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:23,000
want me, man?
1465
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,480
And I fall into his arms
1466
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:27,980
at the end of the scene,
1467
00:38:28,020 --> 00:38:30,980
and he's holding me,
1468
00:38:31,020 --> 00:38:31,861
and, you know,
1469
00:38:31,901 --> 00:38:32,980
the shot pans off,
1470
00:38:33,020 --> 00:38:33,602
and he whispered
1471
00:38:33,642 --> 00:38:33,980
in my ear,
1472
00:38:34,020 --> 00:38:34,869
he said,
1473
00:38:34,909 --> 00:38:37,980
"Now, that's acting," right?
1474
00:38:38,020 --> 00:38:38,980
- That's right.
1475
00:38:39,020 --> 00:38:40,336
- "That's acting,"
1476
00:38:40,376 --> 00:38:41,980
and I was like, "Ahh!"
1477
00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:43,980
[laughter]
1478
00:38:44,020 --> 00:38:44,951
You know, every single time.
1479
00:38:44,991 --> 00:38:46,791
- I cry every time I see that.
1480
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,359
- Every single time,
1481
00:38:48,399 --> 00:38:48,980
you know?
1482
00:38:49,020 --> 00:38:51,390
And it's like, he just--
1483
00:38:51,430 --> 00:38:53,000
he, um--he, uh--
1484
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,226
it's like--oh, come on.
1485
00:38:56,266 --> 00:38:56,980
Don't do this.
1486
00:38:57,020 --> 00:38:58,246
- I know, I'm s--
1487
00:38:58,286 --> 00:38:58,980
I'm sorry.
1488
00:38:59,020 --> 00:39:00,980
- Tatyana throwing me off.
1489
00:39:01,020 --> 00:39:03,980
[laughter]
1490
00:39:04,020 --> 00:39:06,000
And it's like, when--
1491
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:07,980
it's like, people do--
1492
00:39:08,020 --> 00:39:09,900
people don't even know
1493
00:39:09,940 --> 00:39:11,980
when they're shaping you
1494
00:39:12,020 --> 00:39:12,920
and forming you
1495
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:13,980
and crafting you.
1496
00:39:14,020 --> 00:39:14,629
- He knew.
1497
00:39:14,669 --> 00:39:15,980
- In that w--he knew.
1498
00:39:16,020 --> 00:39:17,187
No, that's what I'm saying.
1499
00:39:17,227 --> 00:39:17,980
- I think he knew.
1500
00:39:18,020 --> 00:39:19,980
- He knew what he was doing.
1501
00:39:20,020 --> 00:39:20,538
- There's some people
1502
00:39:20,578 --> 00:39:20,980
that plant seeds.
1503
00:39:21,020 --> 00:39:21,409
- Yep.
1504
00:39:21,449 --> 00:39:22,980
- That's what they do.
1505
00:39:23,020 --> 00:39:24,740
And they do it to anyone
1506
00:39:24,780 --> 00:39:25,980
they come across.
1507
00:39:26,020 --> 00:39:27,585
- I mean, he was--
1508
00:39:27,625 --> 00:39:29,980
he was proud of who he was.
1509
00:39:30,020 --> 00:39:30,980
He was proud of his race.
1510
00:39:31,020 --> 00:39:32,370
He was proud of the history
1511
00:39:32,410 --> 00:39:32,980
of his race.
1512
00:39:33,020 --> 00:39:34,980
- Yes.
1513
00:39:35,020 --> 00:39:35,744
- And, you know,
1514
00:39:35,784 --> 00:39:36,980
he could see it, you know?
1515
00:39:37,020 --> 00:39:37,688
And it fell upon you,
1516
00:39:37,728 --> 00:39:37,980
you know?
1517
00:39:38,020 --> 00:39:39,927
It fell upon you
1518
00:39:39,967 --> 00:39:41,980
to grab the rein.
1519
00:39:42,020 --> 00:39:42,980
- Vote for Philip Banks.
1520
00:39:43,020 --> 00:39:45,980
Philip Banks.
1521
00:39:46,020 --> 00:39:47,980
Break out Lucille.
1522
00:39:48,020 --> 00:39:48,980
[laughter]
1523
00:39:49,020 --> 00:39:51,980
[upbeat music]
1524
00:39:52,020 --> 00:39:54,235
I've got a few questions
1525
00:39:54,275 --> 00:39:54,980
for you.
1526
00:39:55,020 --> 00:39:55,666
When you got
1527
00:39:55,706 --> 00:39:56,980
this alleged confession
1528
00:39:57,020 --> 00:39:57,876
from these two young men,
1529
00:39:57,916 --> 00:39:58,980
did they have a lawyer present?
1530
00:39:59,020 --> 00:40:00,186
No, so, officer,
1531
00:40:00,226 --> 00:40:01,980
just open that damn cell
1532
00:40:02,020 --> 00:40:03,240
and let those two boys
1533
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:03,980
out of there,
1534
00:40:04,020 --> 00:40:04,575
or I'm gonna tie this place up
1535
00:40:04,615 --> 00:40:05,875
in so much litigation
1536
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:06,980
that your grandchildren
1537
00:40:07,020 --> 00:40:07,980
are gonna need lawyers!
1538
00:40:08,020 --> 00:40:09,000
d
1539
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,000
- That's right.
1540
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,000
♪ ♪
1541
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,980
[screaming]
1542
00:40:17,020 --> 00:40:18,342
- Nicky, you remember in
1543
00:40:18,382 --> 00:40:19,980
"The Lion King" when Mufasa--
1544
00:40:20,020 --> 00:40:21,980
- Daddy, did you sit on Harry?
1545
00:40:22,020 --> 00:40:24,980
[laughter]
1546
00:40:25,020 --> 00:40:26,980
- Yes, but--but--
1547
00:40:27,020 --> 00:40:27,980
- That's okay, Dad.
1548
00:40:28,020 --> 00:40:30,213
Death is a natural part
1549
00:40:30,253 --> 00:40:30,980
of life.
1550
00:40:31,020 --> 00:40:34,000
[applause]
1551
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,000
[somber music]
1552
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,980
♪ ♪
1553
00:40:40,020 --> 00:40:41,422
- All right, all right.
1554
00:40:41,462 --> 00:40:41,980
- Oh ,no.
1555
00:40:42,020 --> 00:40:44,476
- Now, noble Geoffrey,
1556
00:40:44,516 --> 00:40:48,000
the gods today stand beside us.
1557
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,000
[laughs]
1558
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,556
- A lot of good times
1559
00:40:53,596 --> 00:40:54,980
in this house, huh?
1560
00:40:55,020 --> 00:40:56,980
- A lifetime's worth.
1561
00:40:57,020 --> 00:40:57,980
♪ ♪
1562
00:40:58,020 --> 00:40:58,980
Trust me, Will.
1563
00:40:59,020 --> 00:41:00,635
I know it doesn't feel
1564
00:41:00,675 --> 00:41:01,980
like it right now,
1565
00:41:02,020 --> 00:41:02,980
but what they say is true.
1566
00:41:03,020 --> 00:41:04,341
Winning really
1567
00:41:04,381 --> 00:41:05,980
isn't everything.
1568
00:41:06,020 --> 00:41:06,605
I'm sorry
1569
00:41:06,645 --> 00:41:07,980
I let you down, son.
1570
00:41:08,020 --> 00:41:08,985
- You could never
1571
00:41:09,025 --> 00:41:09,980
let me down, Dad.
1572
00:41:10,020 --> 00:41:11,980
♪ ♪
1573
00:41:12,020 --> 00:41:15,000
- I love you.
1574
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:18,311
Just remember,
1575
00:41:18,351 --> 00:41:20,980
happiness comes from inside.
1576
00:41:21,020 --> 00:41:24,000
- I love you, Daddy.
1577
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,588
- Nobody does anything
1578
00:41:26,628 --> 00:41:27,980
without help, Will.
1579
00:41:28,020 --> 00:41:29,980
People opened doors for me,
1580
00:41:30,020 --> 00:41:30,933
and I've worked hard
1581
00:41:30,973 --> 00:41:31,980
to open doors for you.
1582
00:41:32,020 --> 00:41:33,437
It doesn't make you any less
1583
00:41:33,477 --> 00:41:34,980
of a man to walk through them.
1584
00:41:35,020 --> 00:41:36,980
♪ ♪
1585
00:41:37,020 --> 00:41:39,980
I have something special.
1586
00:41:40,020 --> 00:41:40,980
- You always said
1587
00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:42,336
that spending time
1588
00:41:42,376 --> 00:41:43,980
with me and the family
1589
00:41:44,020 --> 00:41:45,586
was the most important thing
1590
00:41:45,626 --> 00:41:45,980
to you.
1591
00:41:46,020 --> 00:41:47,315
- I'm lucky to have
1592
00:41:47,355 --> 00:41:48,980
such a wonderful family.
1593
00:41:49,020 --> 00:41:56,000
♪ ♪
1594
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,042
- Look, Uncle Phil, I just
1595
00:42:07,082 --> 00:42:07,980
don't want you to think
1596
00:42:08,020 --> 00:42:09,044
that I'm that same
1597
00:42:09,084 --> 00:42:10,044
stupid kid I was
1598
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:11,870
when I first
1599
00:42:11,910 --> 00:42:12,980
moved out here.
1600
00:42:13,020 --> 00:42:14,409
I love you, Uncle Phil, and
1601
00:42:14,449 --> 00:42:15,980
I just don't want to lose you,
1602
00:42:16,020 --> 00:42:17,280
you know, any of you.
1603
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,980
- You're not gonna lose us.
1604
00:42:20,020 --> 00:42:22,980
You are my son, Will.
1605
00:42:23,020 --> 00:42:24,000
End of story.
1606
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:32,000
♪ ♪
1607
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,980
- [sniffling]
1608
00:42:42,020 --> 00:42:44,000
- Amen.
1609
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,980
Well, guys,
1610
00:42:56,020 --> 00:42:56,980
give him a hand.
1611
00:42:57,020 --> 00:42:57,263
- Yeah.
1612
00:42:57,303 --> 00:42:58,383
- Give him a hand.
1613
00:42:59,000 --> 00:42:59,380
- Yes.
1614
00:42:59,420 --> 00:43:00,980
- Oh, James, I miss you.
1615
00:43:01,020 --> 00:43:03,000
- James, man.
1616
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,000
- Whew.
1617
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:14,980
[smooth R&B music]
1618
00:43:15,020 --> 00:43:16,719
I think what happens
1619
00:43:16,759 --> 00:43:18,980
on family shows like this,
1620
00:43:19,020 --> 00:43:20,980
it's one of those things,
1621
00:43:21,020 --> 00:43:23,609
you cannot buy
1622
00:43:23,649 --> 00:43:27,000
or fake chemistry.
1623
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,554
It's just the way that
1624
00:43:29,594 --> 00:43:30,980
we all came together
1625
00:43:31,020 --> 00:43:33,980
as a group was very special.
1626
00:43:34,020 --> 00:43:35,980
So as a family, you know,
1627
00:43:36,020 --> 00:43:37,485
we have our things
1628
00:43:37,525 --> 00:43:38,980
that we talk about
1629
00:43:39,020 --> 00:43:40,546
and then we have our things
1630
00:43:40,586 --> 00:43:41,980
that we don't talk about.
1631
00:43:42,020 --> 00:43:43,341
- Where are you going
1632
00:43:43,381 --> 00:43:43,980
with this?
1633
00:43:44,020 --> 00:43:45,137
- Yeah, I know.
1634
00:43:45,177 --> 00:43:45,980
- You know?
1635
00:43:46,020 --> 00:43:50,980
We never really together,
1636
00:43:51,020 --> 00:43:52,542
like, publicly
1637
00:43:52,582 --> 00:43:53,980
talk about...
1638
00:43:54,020 --> 00:43:56,980
um, Janet.
1639
00:43:57,020 --> 00:43:58,980
- Hmm.
1640
00:43:59,020 --> 00:44:02,000
- And what happened,
1641
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,980
and for me,
1642
00:44:06,020 --> 00:44:08,980
it felt like
1643
00:44:09,020 --> 00:44:11,980
I couldn't celebrate
1644
00:44:12,020 --> 00:44:14,980
30 years of "Fresh Prince"
1645
00:44:15,020 --> 00:44:18,980
without finding a way
1646
00:44:19,020 --> 00:44:22,980
to celebrate Janet.
1647
00:44:23,020 --> 00:44:26,980
So she agreed to sit down
1648
00:44:27,020 --> 00:44:27,729
and have a conversation
1649
00:44:27,769 --> 00:44:28,269
with me,
1650
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:30,246
and Janet and I saw
1651
00:44:30,286 --> 00:44:30,980
one another
1652
00:44:31,020 --> 00:44:33,980
for the first time in 27 years
1653
00:44:34,020 --> 00:44:35,235
yesterday.
1654
00:44:35,275 --> 00:44:35,980
- Wow.
1655
00:44:36,020 --> 00:44:36,985
- And I wanna show
1656
00:44:37,025 --> 00:44:37,980
you guys some of--
1657
00:44:38,020 --> 00:44:39,666
- Oh, my gosh.
1658
00:44:39,706 --> 00:44:41,000
- Ooh, wow.
1659
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,442
- Take a seat here.
1660
00:44:43,482 --> 00:44:43,980
- Okay.
1661
00:44:44,020 --> 00:44:45,980
- Thank you very much.
1662
00:44:46,020 --> 00:44:46,684
If you need anything at all,
1663
00:44:46,724 --> 00:44:46,980
let me know.
1664
00:44:47,020 --> 00:44:48,105
- Okay.
1665
00:44:48,145 --> 00:44:51,000
- Okay, thank you.
1666
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,903
- Tell me if my eyes glow
1667
00:44:56,943 --> 00:44:57,980
like a raccoon
1668
00:44:58,020 --> 00:44:59,980
'cause they sometimes do.
1669
00:45:00,020 --> 00:45:01,333
- Your eyes look spectacular.
1670
00:45:01,373 --> 00:45:01,980
[both chuckle]
1671
00:45:02,020 --> 00:45:04,980
[gentle music]
1672
00:45:05,020 --> 00:45:11,980
♪ ♪
1673
00:45:12,020 --> 00:45:13,103
It's so good to see you.
1674
00:45:13,143 --> 00:45:14,283
- You too, you too.
1675
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:15,645
Oh, my God.
1676
00:45:15,685 --> 00:45:17,005
Where are you sitting?
1677
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:19,980
Been a long time.
1678
00:45:20,020 --> 00:45:20,985
- It's been
1679
00:45:21,025 --> 00:45:22,980
a real long time, 20--
1680
00:45:23,020 --> 00:45:25,000
- 30.
1681
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:26,980
- My name is Janet Hubert,
1682
00:45:27,020 --> 00:45:28,122
and I played the role
1683
00:45:28,162 --> 00:45:28,980
of Vivian Banks.
1684
00:45:29,020 --> 00:45:30,980
I guess they call me the O.G.,
1685
00:45:31,020 --> 00:45:32,980
the original Aunt Vivian.
1686
00:45:33,020 --> 00:45:35,064
- The night is young, baby,
1687
00:45:35,104 --> 00:45:35,980
and so am I.
1688
00:45:36,020 --> 00:45:36,980
My life is great.
1689
00:45:37,020 --> 00:45:39,305
This party is gonna be great,
1690
00:45:39,345 --> 00:45:40,980
and I look fantastic.
1691
00:45:41,020 --> 00:45:43,652
- Janet brought such
1692
00:45:43,692 --> 00:45:46,980
authenticity and dignity.
1693
00:45:47,020 --> 00:45:48,302
- My name is not Mom.
1694
00:45:48,342 --> 00:45:49,980
My name is Professor Banks.
1695
00:45:50,020 --> 00:45:50,539
That is how I prefer
1696
00:45:50,579 --> 00:45:51,539
to be addressed.
1697
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:52,869
Is that clear, class?
1698
00:45:52,909 --> 00:45:53,980
all: Yes, Professor Banks.
1699
00:45:54,020 --> 00:45:55,049
- I didn't expect
1700
00:45:55,089 --> 00:45:55,980
to get the role
1701
00:45:56,020 --> 00:45:58,980
because I had not seen anyone
1702
00:45:59,020 --> 00:46:00,133
who looked like me
1703
00:46:00,173 --> 00:46:01,980
playing those kinds of roles.
1704
00:46:02,020 --> 00:46:02,536
- We just want to make sure
1705
00:46:02,576 --> 00:46:03,896
that the person we get
1706
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:04,980
is properly qualified.
1707
00:46:05,020 --> 00:46:05,834
- For example,
1708
00:46:05,874 --> 00:46:06,980
a college professor
1709
00:46:07,020 --> 00:46:07,885
with a PhD who's taught
1710
00:46:07,925 --> 00:46:09,605
Black history and literature
1711
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:10,980
at the university level?
1712
00:46:11,020 --> 00:46:12,149
- Where are we gonna find
1713
00:46:12,189 --> 00:46:12,980
someone like that?
1714
00:46:13,020 --> 00:46:14,980
- You're looking at her.
1715
00:46:15,020 --> 00:46:19,036
- Janet was this beautiful,
1716
00:46:19,076 --> 00:46:20,980
dark-skinned,
1717
00:46:21,020 --> 00:46:23,425
talented--she could sing.
1718
00:46:23,465 --> 00:46:24,980
She could dance.
1719
00:46:25,020 --> 00:46:25,980
♪ ♪
1720
00:46:26,020 --> 00:46:29,257
- One, two, three.
1721
00:46:29,297 --> 00:46:29,980
Ooh.
1722
00:46:30,020 --> 00:46:30,561
- I enjoyed it.
1723
00:46:30,601 --> 00:46:31,261
I loved it.
1724
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:32,980
I loved the way they wrote.
1725
00:46:33,020 --> 00:46:33,711
I loved that
1726
00:46:33,751 --> 00:46:34,980
she was professional.
1727
00:46:35,020 --> 00:46:36,611
I loved that she was
1728
00:46:36,651 --> 00:46:38,980
intelligent, she was refined,
1729
00:46:39,020 --> 00:46:39,744
but I also loved
1730
00:46:39,784 --> 00:46:40,980
that she could throw down.
1731
00:46:41,020 --> 00:46:41,745
This has got to be
1732
00:46:41,785 --> 00:46:42,980
the biggest amateur operation
1733
00:46:43,020 --> 00:46:43,985
I have seen since
1734
00:46:44,025 --> 00:46:44,980
"Mayberry R.F.D."
1735
00:46:45,020 --> 00:46:47,041
It was a rare thing
1736
00:46:47,081 --> 00:46:48,980
to be able to say,
1737
00:46:49,020 --> 00:46:51,980
wearing a $5,000 sweater,
1738
00:46:52,020 --> 00:46:53,786
"What? What?
1739
00:46:53,826 --> 00:46:54,980
Philip?"
1740
00:46:55,020 --> 00:46:55,792
Oh, honey, we 'bout
1741
00:46:55,832 --> 00:46:56,980
to get very busy up in here.
1742
00:46:57,020 --> 00:46:57,984
"Hold me back.
1743
00:46:58,024 --> 00:46:59,000
Hold me back."
1744
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:02,522
- There was a certain
1745
00:47:02,562 --> 00:47:03,980
foundational element
1746
00:47:04,020 --> 00:47:05,922
that was broken
1747
00:47:05,962 --> 00:47:07,980
when Janet left.
1748
00:47:08,020 --> 00:47:10,000
- Well...
1749
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:13,943
This has been tough.
1750
00:47:13,983 --> 00:47:14,980
- Yeah.
1751
00:47:15,020 --> 00:47:16,207
- Has it been tough for you?
1752
00:47:16,247 --> 00:47:16,980
- Oh, yes, it has.
1753
00:47:17,020 --> 00:47:18,980
- Yeah.
1754
00:47:19,020 --> 00:47:19,825
I just wanted
1755
00:47:19,865 --> 00:47:20,980
to know one thing.
1756
00:47:21,020 --> 00:47:21,586
- Mm-hmm?
1757
00:47:21,626 --> 00:47:21,980
- Why?
1758
00:47:22,020 --> 00:47:23,360
Why so far?
1759
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:25,980
You guys went so far.
1760
00:47:26,020 --> 00:47:26,980
I lost so much.
1761
00:47:27,020 --> 00:47:29,148
- I think what would be...
1762
00:47:29,188 --> 00:47:30,980
- How do we heal that?
1763
00:47:31,020 --> 00:47:32,749
- Helpful for me is,
1764
00:47:32,789 --> 00:47:33,980
like, I know--
1765
00:47:34,020 --> 00:47:35,171
- You look good,
1766
00:47:35,211 --> 00:47:35,980
by the way.
1767
00:47:36,020 --> 00:47:37,880
- Oh, thank you. Thank you.
1768
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:39,980
You look beautiful, as always.
1769
00:47:40,020 --> 00:47:41,980
- Older, wiser.
1770
00:47:42,020 --> 00:47:44,986
- So I think it would be
1771
00:47:45,026 --> 00:47:46,980
helpful for me--
1772
00:47:47,020 --> 00:47:49,980
like, I don't know your story.
1773
00:47:50,020 --> 00:47:52,110
- Mm-hmm, I know.
1774
00:47:52,150 --> 00:47:52,980
I know.
1775
00:47:53,020 --> 00:47:54,085
- You know?
1776
00:47:54,125 --> 00:47:54,980
- I know.
1777
00:47:55,020 --> 00:47:55,902
- I don't know--
1778
00:47:55,942 --> 00:47:57,082
- You have no idea.
1779
00:47:58,000 --> 00:47:58,293
- You know,
1780
00:47:58,333 --> 00:47:58,980
I don't know your story.
1781
00:47:59,020 --> 00:48:01,980
- It was insane.
1782
00:48:02,020 --> 00:48:04,980
[somber music]
1783
00:48:05,020 --> 00:48:10,980
♪ ♪
1784
00:48:11,020 --> 00:48:12,580
Something I would
1785
00:48:12,620 --> 00:48:13,980
like to clarify
1786
00:48:14,020 --> 00:48:17,980
is during that third season
1787
00:48:18,020 --> 00:48:19,980
when I got pregnant,
1788
00:48:20,020 --> 00:48:22,257
there was a lot of things
1789
00:48:22,297 --> 00:48:23,980
going on in my life
1790
00:48:24,020 --> 00:48:26,980
and in Will's life as well.
1791
00:48:27,020 --> 00:48:28,486
There was some friction
1792
00:48:28,526 --> 00:48:29,980
because I was pregnant.
1793
00:48:30,020 --> 00:48:32,980
Home life was not good at all.
1794
00:48:33,020 --> 00:48:34,861
I was no longer laughing,
1795
00:48:34,901 --> 00:48:35,980
smiling, joking
1796
00:48:36,020 --> 00:48:37,728
because there were things
1797
00:48:37,768 --> 00:48:38,980
that were going on
1798
00:48:39,020 --> 00:48:40,980
that nobody knew about.
1799
00:48:41,020 --> 00:48:42,561
The cast had no idea
1800
00:48:42,601 --> 00:48:43,980
what was going on.
1801
00:48:44,020 --> 00:48:45,853
- You know, during that time
1802
00:48:45,893 --> 00:48:46,980
of her pregnancy,
1803
00:48:47,020 --> 00:48:49,422
I wasn't sensitive.
1804
00:48:49,462 --> 00:48:51,980
I wasn't perceptive,
1805
00:48:52,020 --> 00:48:53,244
and, you know, now
1806
00:48:53,284 --> 00:48:54,980
that I've had three kids,
1807
00:48:55,020 --> 00:48:56,460
I learned some things that
1808
00:48:56,500 --> 00:48:57,980
I did not know at the time,
1809
00:48:58,020 --> 00:49:00,197
and I would do things
1810
00:49:00,237 --> 00:49:01,980
very differently,
1811
00:49:02,020 --> 00:49:03,168
but I can see
1812
00:49:03,208 --> 00:49:05,000
where I made the set
1813
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:09,000
very difficult for Janet.
1814
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:12,361
- They offered me
1815
00:49:12,401 --> 00:49:13,980
this really bad deal
1816
00:49:14,020 --> 00:49:15,980
in the third season.
1817
00:49:16,020 --> 00:49:16,605
They said,
1818
00:49:16,645 --> 00:49:17,980
"You've got two months
1819
00:49:18,020 --> 00:49:18,980
"and two weeks of work,
1820
00:49:19,020 --> 00:49:20,666
and you cannot work
1821
00:49:20,706 --> 00:49:21,980
anywhere else."
1822
00:49:22,020 --> 00:49:23,241
So that meant
1823
00:49:23,281 --> 00:49:25,000
my salary was cut.
1824
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:28,383
I had a new baby and a husband
1825
00:49:28,423 --> 00:49:30,000
who was out of work,
1826
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:31,980
so I said no.
1827
00:49:32,020 --> 00:49:34,454
I did not accept their offer.
1828
00:49:34,494 --> 00:49:35,980
I was never fired.
1829
00:49:36,020 --> 00:49:38,208
So the misconception
1830
00:49:38,248 --> 00:49:40,980
was always put out there.
1831
00:49:41,020 --> 00:49:42,387
I was trapped.
1832
00:49:42,427 --> 00:49:43,980
What could I do?
1833
00:49:44,020 --> 00:49:45,802
So they said, "Okay, then
1834
00:49:45,842 --> 00:49:47,980
we're gonna recast your role,"
1835
00:49:48,020 --> 00:49:49,951
and I said,
1836
00:49:49,991 --> 00:49:52,980
"What can I say?"
1837
00:49:53,020 --> 00:49:55,980
I was hurt deeply, deeply.
1838
00:49:56,020 --> 00:49:57,980
- So talk me through
1839
00:49:58,020 --> 00:49:59,378
because I was having
1840
00:49:59,418 --> 00:50:00,980
a different experience.
1841
00:50:01,020 --> 00:50:02,103
- You were going forward
1842
00:50:02,143 --> 00:50:02,980
and getting bigger,
1843
00:50:03,020 --> 00:50:04,064
but we knew you were
1844
00:50:04,104 --> 00:50:04,980
going to be huge.
1845
00:50:05,020 --> 00:50:06,980
I mean, we all knew that.
1846
00:50:07,020 --> 00:50:09,020
I even said that, that part
1847
00:50:09,060 --> 00:50:10,980
of the success of the show
1848
00:50:11,020 --> 00:50:12,980
was because of your success,
1849
00:50:13,020 --> 00:50:14,646
but you were destined
1850
00:50:14,686 --> 00:50:15,980
for that as well,
1851
00:50:16,020 --> 00:50:18,000
but when I left the show,
1852
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:20,883
I had this new baby
1853
00:50:20,923 --> 00:50:21,980
and no one.
1854
00:50:22,020 --> 00:50:24,980
Family disowned me.
1855
00:50:25,020 --> 00:50:26,980
Hollywood disowned me.
1856
00:50:27,020 --> 00:50:28,113
My family said,
1857
00:50:28,153 --> 00:50:29,980
"You've ruined our name,"
1858
00:50:30,020 --> 00:50:32,828
and I wasn't unprofessional
1859
00:50:32,868 --> 00:50:33,980
on the set.
1860
00:50:34,020 --> 00:50:35,277
I just stopped talking
1861
00:50:35,317 --> 00:50:35,980
to everybody
1862
00:50:36,020 --> 00:50:36,624
because I didn't know
1863
00:50:36,664 --> 00:50:36,980
who to trust
1864
00:50:37,020 --> 00:50:39,980
because I had been banished,
1865
00:50:40,020 --> 00:50:42,716
and they said it was you
1866
00:50:42,756 --> 00:50:44,980
who--who banished me
1867
00:50:45,020 --> 00:50:46,674
because you were--
1868
00:50:46,714 --> 00:50:47,980
you were Will.
1869
00:50:48,020 --> 00:50:51,000
You were a kid.
1870
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:53,980
It was hard.
1871
00:50:54,020 --> 00:50:56,000
- Yeah.
1872
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:02,980
I was, uh, 21 years old.
1873
00:51:03,020 --> 00:51:03,372
- Yeah.
1874
00:51:03,412 --> 00:51:04,072
- You know?
1875
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:07,000
- I know. I know.
1876
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:09,531
- Everything was
1877
00:51:09,571 --> 00:51:10,980
a threat to me.
1878
00:51:11,020 --> 00:51:12,980
- Why was I a threat?
1879
00:51:13,020 --> 00:51:15,980
- Not you, the world.
1880
00:51:16,020 --> 00:51:17,980
I was so driven by fear,
1881
00:51:18,020 --> 00:51:19,319
and jokes and comedy
1882
00:51:19,359 --> 00:51:20,980
and all of that was how--
1883
00:51:21,020 --> 00:51:22,248
- Yeah, yeah, you were--
1884
00:51:22,288 --> 00:51:22,980
you were live.
1885
00:51:23,020 --> 00:51:23,595
- Yeah.
1886
00:51:23,635 --> 00:51:24,980
- You were live.
1887
00:51:25,020 --> 00:51:26,152
- But what you didn't
1888
00:51:26,192 --> 00:51:26,980
realize either,
1889
00:51:27,020 --> 00:51:27,620
that I was going through
1890
00:51:27,660 --> 00:51:28,500
a lot at home.
1891
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:29,980
- Mm-hmm, right.
1892
00:51:30,020 --> 00:51:30,605
- You didn't know.
1893
00:51:30,645 --> 00:51:30,980
- Yup, yup.
1894
00:51:31,020 --> 00:51:32,980
- You guys didn't know,
1895
00:51:33,020 --> 00:51:34,980
very abusive marriage.
1896
00:51:35,020 --> 00:51:35,800
- You know,
1897
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:36,980
I have children.
1898
00:51:37,020 --> 00:51:37,980
- Yeah.
1899
00:51:38,020 --> 00:51:40,112
- I've been divorced
1900
00:51:40,152 --> 00:51:42,980
and have a second marriage.
1901
00:51:43,020 --> 00:51:45,489
And I can see now
1902
00:51:45,529 --> 00:51:47,980
the level of pain
1903
00:51:48,020 --> 00:51:50,257
and the level of struggle
1904
00:51:50,297 --> 00:51:51,980
that it was for you
1905
00:51:52,020 --> 00:51:55,598
just to show up every day,
1906
00:51:55,638 --> 00:51:56,980
and then--
1907
00:51:57,020 --> 00:51:59,682
- But you took all that away
1908
00:51:59,722 --> 00:52:01,980
from me with your words.
1909
00:52:02,020 --> 00:52:04,191
You know, words can kill.
1910
00:52:04,231 --> 00:52:04,980
- Mm-hmm.
1911
00:52:05,020 --> 00:52:06,919
- I lost everything,
1912
00:52:06,959 --> 00:52:07,980
reputation,
1913
00:52:08,020 --> 00:52:09,980
everything, everything,
1914
00:52:10,020 --> 00:52:11,613
and I understand you were
1915
00:52:11,653 --> 00:52:12,980
able to move forward,
1916
00:52:13,020 --> 00:52:14,320
but you know those words,
1917
00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:15,980
calling a Black woman difficult
1918
00:52:16,020 --> 00:52:17,073
in Hollywood
1919
00:52:17,113 --> 00:52:18,980
is the kiss of death.
1920
00:52:19,020 --> 00:52:19,524
It's the kiss of death,
1921
00:52:19,564 --> 00:52:19,980
and it's hard enough
1922
00:52:20,020 --> 00:52:22,023
being a dark-skinned
1923
00:52:22,063 --> 00:52:24,980
Black woman in this business,
1924
00:52:25,020 --> 00:52:27,314
but I felt it was necessary
1925
00:52:27,354 --> 00:52:29,980
for us to finally move forward.
1926
00:52:30,020 --> 00:52:31,980
- Yep.
1927
00:52:32,020 --> 00:52:34,188
- And I'm sorry that I have
1928
00:52:34,228 --> 00:52:36,000
blasted you to pieces.
1929
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:39,980
- Nah, it's--it is so--
1930
00:52:40,020 --> 00:52:42,860
first of all, thank you
1931
00:52:42,900 --> 00:52:45,980
for sharing that with me.
1932
00:52:46,020 --> 00:52:49,980
Like, I didn't know that.
1933
00:52:50,020 --> 00:52:51,609
When I've looked back now,
1934
00:52:51,649 --> 00:52:51,980
it's--
1935
00:52:52,020 --> 00:52:54,488
you know, it's obvious that you
1936
00:52:54,528 --> 00:52:57,000
were having a hard time, and...
1937
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:02,980
I felt like you hated me.
1938
00:53:03,020 --> 00:53:05,000
- No.
1939
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:10,980
- You know, I--
1940
00:53:11,020 --> 00:53:14,980
I could not do
1941
00:53:15,020 --> 00:53:18,980
a 30-year celebration
1942
00:53:19,020 --> 00:53:20,980
of this show
1943
00:53:21,020 --> 00:53:24,980
and not celebrate you,
1944
00:53:25,020 --> 00:53:27,064
celebrate your contribution
1945
00:53:27,104 --> 00:53:27,980
to the show,
1946
00:53:28,020 --> 00:53:29,671
celebrate your contribution
1947
00:53:29,711 --> 00:53:30,980
to my life, you know?
1948
00:53:31,020 --> 00:53:32,980
And--
1949
00:53:33,020 --> 00:53:34,158
- Come here, you.
1950
00:53:34,198 --> 00:53:35,000
- [chuckles]
1951
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:42,980
27 years, I think--
1952
00:53:43,020 --> 00:53:44,605
I think we were just
1953
00:53:44,645 --> 00:53:45,980
short of 27 years
1954
00:53:46,020 --> 00:53:48,841
that we didn't speak
1955
00:53:48,881 --> 00:53:50,980
to one another,
1956
00:53:51,020 --> 00:53:51,961
and I'm just--
1957
00:53:52,001 --> 00:53:53,980
I'm glad we're talking again.
1958
00:53:54,020 --> 00:53:56,980
The person I want to be
1959
00:53:57,020 --> 00:54:01,980
is someone who protects you,
1960
00:54:02,020 --> 00:54:03,144
not someone
1961
00:54:03,184 --> 00:54:05,980
that unleashes dogs on you,
1962
00:54:06,020 --> 00:54:09,980
and however--
1963
00:54:10,020 --> 00:54:11,038
- I appreciate that.
1964
00:54:11,078 --> 00:54:11,980
- You know, it's--
1965
00:54:12,020 --> 00:54:13,980
- I appreciate that.
1966
00:54:14,020 --> 00:54:16,000
I have to say,
1967
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:19,980
after 27 years,
1968
00:54:20,020 --> 00:54:20,732
being here today
1969
00:54:20,772 --> 00:54:21,980
and having the conversation
1970
00:54:22,020 --> 00:54:25,440
that Will and I had together,
1971
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:26,980
it's healing.
1972
00:54:27,020 --> 00:54:28,027
I was watching the dance
1973
00:54:28,067 --> 00:54:28,980
episode the other day,
1974
00:54:29,020 --> 00:54:30,485
and that's become
1975
00:54:30,525 --> 00:54:31,980
one of the crazy,
1976
00:54:32,020 --> 00:54:32,518
iconic--
1977
00:54:32,558 --> 00:54:32,980
- Yeah.
1978
00:54:33,020 --> 00:54:33,918
- They send me videos
1979
00:54:33,958 --> 00:54:34,980
from all over the world.
1980
00:54:35,020 --> 00:54:35,980
- On the TikTok right now.
1981
00:54:36,020 --> 00:54:36,980
- Of their mamas doing it.
1982
00:54:37,020 --> 00:54:38,186
- I know, right?
1983
00:54:38,226 --> 00:54:39,980
- Oh, God. Their mamas--
1984
00:54:40,020 --> 00:54:41,698
- Listen, the Aunt Viv, boy,
1985
00:54:41,738 --> 00:54:42,980
rocking the Aunt Viv.
1986
00:54:43,020 --> 00:54:45,387
- The Aunt Viv.
1987
00:54:45,427 --> 00:54:46,980
[laughter]
1988
00:54:47,020 --> 00:54:48,980
I don't know if it's real.
1989
00:54:49,020 --> 00:54:50,980
I feel like this is a dream.
1990
00:54:51,020 --> 00:54:52,985
I didn't come here
1991
00:54:53,025 --> 00:54:54,980
to have animosity.
1992
00:54:55,020 --> 00:54:57,980
I came here to resolve,
1993
00:54:58,020 --> 00:54:59,980
'cause it's time.
1994
00:55:00,020 --> 00:55:00,980
You still feel like--
1995
00:55:01,020 --> 00:55:02,424
- Like I'm little?
1996
00:55:02,464 --> 00:55:02,980
- Yeah.
1997
00:55:03,020 --> 00:55:04,413
[laughter]
1998
00:55:04,453 --> 00:55:04,980
Yes.
1999
00:55:05,020 --> 00:55:06,026
- You're still my Aunt Viv.
2000
00:55:06,066 --> 00:55:06,980
You're still my Aunt Viv.
2001
00:55:07,020 --> 00:55:08,539
- Yeah, you do.
2002
00:55:08,579 --> 00:55:09,980
It's so weird.
2003
00:55:10,020 --> 00:55:11,010
You know, we've said
2004
00:55:11,050 --> 00:55:11,980
such hateful things
2005
00:55:12,020 --> 00:55:12,653
about each other publicly.
2006
00:55:12,693 --> 00:55:12,980
- Oh, I know.
2007
00:55:13,020 --> 00:55:13,582
Ugh.
2008
00:55:13,622 --> 00:55:15,980
- And I'm sorry.
2009
00:55:16,020 --> 00:55:17,111
- I'm sorry.
2010
00:55:17,151 --> 00:55:19,000
- And I'm sorry too.
2011
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:21,000
♪ ♪
2012
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:22,869
We good?
2013
00:55:22,909 --> 00:55:23,980
- We good.
2014
00:55:24,020 --> 00:55:24,816
- We good.
2015
00:55:24,856 --> 00:55:25,980
- We are good.
2016
00:55:26,020 --> 00:55:28,980
[gentle piano music]
2017
00:55:29,020 --> 00:55:30,980
♪ ♪
2018
00:55:31,020 --> 00:55:33,980
One of the major things for me,
2019
00:55:34,020 --> 00:55:35,453
it was the first time
2020
00:55:35,493 --> 00:55:36,980
I was ever able to see
2021
00:55:37,020 --> 00:55:40,048
how much pain she is in
2022
00:55:40,088 --> 00:55:42,980
and was in and just...
2023
00:55:43,020 --> 00:55:43,982
- Jesus.
2024
00:55:44,022 --> 00:55:46,980
- What she was carrying,
2025
00:55:47,020 --> 00:55:47,468
you know,
2026
00:55:47,508 --> 00:55:48,980
what she was trying to hide,
2027
00:55:49,020 --> 00:55:50,171
what she was trying
2028
00:55:50,211 --> 00:55:50,980
to hold onto,
2029
00:55:51,020 --> 00:55:52,437
and, you know,
2030
00:55:52,477 --> 00:55:53,980
she set a tone,
2031
00:55:54,020 --> 00:55:55,770
and she set a--
2032
00:55:55,810 --> 00:55:58,980
set a standard on this show
2033
00:55:59,020 --> 00:56:00,852
that's an integral part
2034
00:56:00,892 --> 00:56:01,980
of the success
2035
00:56:02,020 --> 00:56:04,827
of "The Fresh Prince,"
2036
00:56:04,867 --> 00:56:05,980
you know?
2037
00:56:06,020 --> 00:56:08,980
So she asked to--
2038
00:56:09,020 --> 00:56:12,171
you know, were you guys open
2039
00:56:12,211 --> 00:56:13,980
to speak to her,
2040
00:56:14,020 --> 00:56:14,935
and, you know, is--
2041
00:56:14,975 --> 00:56:15,980
- I've never met her.
2042
00:56:16,020 --> 00:56:17,980
- You've never met her?
2043
00:56:18,020 --> 00:56:20,365
- I have never met her.
2044
00:56:20,405 --> 00:56:20,980
- Wow.
2045
00:56:21,020 --> 00:56:23,980
[piano music]
2046
00:56:24,020 --> 00:56:31,000
♪ ♪
2047
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:35,980
Janet Hubert Whitten,
2048
00:56:36,020 --> 00:56:37,280
ladies and gentlemen.
2049
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:40,552
- Hey.
2050
00:56:40,592 --> 00:56:40,980
d
2051
00:56:41,020 --> 00:56:42,980
What's up?
2052
00:56:43,020 --> 00:56:50,000
♪ ♪
2053
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:12,721
- Seeing Daphne and Janet,
2054
00:57:12,761 --> 00:57:13,980
my two moms,
2055
00:57:14,020 --> 00:57:16,177
the two Aunt Vivs
2056
00:57:16,217 --> 00:57:17,980
come together,
2057
00:57:18,020 --> 00:57:19,980
and they've never met before.
2058
00:57:20,020 --> 00:57:21,377
Seeing them meet
2059
00:57:21,417 --> 00:57:24,000
for the first time and embrace
2060
00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:28,980
was the most incredible thing.
2061
00:57:29,020 --> 00:57:30,487
It was like--almost like
2062
00:57:30,527 --> 00:57:31,980
something just released.
2063
00:57:32,020 --> 00:57:33,980
It was so beautiful.
2064
00:57:34,020 --> 00:57:35,980
- That was chilling.
2065
00:57:36,020 --> 00:57:38,980
That was a full-circle moment.
2066
00:57:39,020 --> 00:57:40,370
- It just--it made my heart
2067
00:57:40,410 --> 00:57:40,980
really full.
2068
00:57:41,020 --> 00:57:45,980
♪ ♪
2069
00:57:46,020 --> 00:57:48,159
- I cannot tell you
2070
00:57:48,199 --> 00:57:49,980
how unbelievable
2071
00:57:50,020 --> 00:57:52,860
and wonderful it feels
2072
00:57:52,900 --> 00:57:55,980
that I--I'm overwhelmed.
2073
00:57:56,020 --> 00:57:57,501
- I don't wanna be that guy,
2074
00:57:57,541 --> 00:57:57,980
you know?
2075
00:57:58,020 --> 00:57:59,723
I go out in the world,
2076
00:57:59,763 --> 00:58:01,000
and I, you know,
2077
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,533
talk about understanding
2078
00:58:04,573 --> 00:58:06,980
and human relationships
2079
00:58:07,020 --> 00:58:07,980
and then have somebody
2080
00:58:08,020 --> 00:58:09,959
that I hadn't spoken to
2081
00:58:09,999 --> 00:58:10,980
in 27 years.
2082
00:58:11,020 --> 00:58:12,605
I just--I'm so happy
2083
00:58:12,645 --> 00:58:13,980
that we were able
2084
00:58:14,020 --> 00:58:16,980
to make that reconciliation,
2085
00:58:17,020 --> 00:58:18,825
and I hope other people
2086
00:58:18,865 --> 00:58:20,980
can take something from it.
2087
00:58:21,020 --> 00:58:23,108
What was so great
2088
00:58:23,148 --> 00:58:24,980
about this show
2089
00:58:25,020 --> 00:58:26,980
was how we became a family.
2090
00:58:27,020 --> 00:58:28,987
You kinda fall
2091
00:58:29,027 --> 00:58:31,980
into your roles and--
2092
00:58:32,020 --> 00:58:32,885
- Hey!
2093
00:58:32,925 --> 00:58:34,980
[all cheering]
2094
00:58:35,020 --> 00:58:36,980
[laughter]
2095
00:58:37,020 --> 00:58:41,980
♪ ♪
2096
00:58:42,020 --> 00:58:43,980
- Oh, that's so awesome!
2097
00:58:44,020 --> 00:58:46,306
- Good to see you.
2098
00:58:46,346 --> 00:58:47,980
- Yes, hello.
2099
00:58:48,020 --> 00:58:49,980
- Nicky, Nicky.
2100
00:58:50,020 --> 00:58:50,980
- Oh, my gosh.
2101
00:58:51,020 --> 00:58:51,834
- Hey, my man.
2102
00:58:51,874 --> 00:58:52,980
How are you, buddy?
2103
00:58:53,020 --> 00:58:55,980
- My baby grew up.
2104
00:58:56,020 --> 00:58:56,908
- Great to see you.
2105
00:58:56,948 --> 00:58:58,268
- Good to see you too.
2106
00:58:59,000 --> 00:58:59,406
- What's up, man?
2107
00:58:59,446 --> 00:58:59,980
- What's up? What's up?
2108
00:59:00,020 --> 00:59:01,485
Man, it's so good
2109
00:59:01,525 --> 00:59:02,980
to see everybody.
2110
00:59:03,020 --> 00:59:03,980
This is so surreal.
2111
00:59:04,020 --> 00:59:04,922
I mean, the recreation
2112
00:59:04,962 --> 00:59:05,980
of the set is incredible.
2113
00:59:06,020 --> 00:59:07,210
I mean, I feel like
2114
00:59:07,250 --> 00:59:07,980
a kid again.
2115
00:59:08,020 --> 00:59:09,033
- Oh, yeah?
2116
00:59:09,073 --> 00:59:09,980
[laughter]
2117
00:59:10,020 --> 00:59:12,980
As I look back to this show
2118
00:59:13,020 --> 00:59:14,959
it just captured a time
2119
00:59:14,999 --> 00:59:15,980
in our lives
2120
00:59:16,020 --> 00:59:20,127
that is really the golden era
2121
00:59:20,167 --> 00:59:22,000
of my career.
2122
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:23,274
Come on,
2123
00:59:23,314 --> 00:59:23,980
let's go on inside.
2124
00:59:24,020 --> 00:59:24,785
Let's check to see
2125
00:59:24,825 --> 00:59:25,980
what's going on on the set,
2126
00:59:26,020 --> 00:59:27,171
you know, backstage
2127
00:59:27,211 --> 00:59:27,980
and all that.
2128
00:59:28,020 --> 00:59:31,980
- Ah, the Friday night ritual.
2129
00:59:32,020 --> 00:59:33,040
What was it like?
2130
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:35,826
- We'd go to Will's room.
2131
00:59:35,866 --> 00:59:37,980
He would be jamming in there.
2132
00:59:38,020 --> 00:59:38,688
[The Sugarhill Gang's
2133
00:59:38,728 --> 00:59:38,980
"Apache"]
2134
00:59:39,020 --> 00:59:41,980
all: Ho! Ho! Ho!
2135
00:59:42,020 --> 00:59:43,144
- You'd just start
2136
00:59:43,184 --> 00:59:43,980
hearing music
2137
00:59:44,020 --> 00:59:44,326
coming from
2138
00:59:44,366 --> 00:59:45,626
Will's room, booming,
2139
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:47,185
and you'd just start following
2140
00:59:47,225 --> 00:59:47,980
like the Pied Piper.
2141
00:59:48,020 --> 00:59:49,980
♪ ♪
2142
00:59:50,020 --> 00:59:51,880
- ♪ Tonto, jump on it,
2143
00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:52,980
jump on it ♪
2144
00:59:53,020 --> 00:59:53,674
- We would
2145
00:59:53,714 --> 00:59:54,980
have music playing.
2146
00:59:55,020 --> 00:59:56,220
We would dance, jam,
2147
00:59:57,000 --> 00:59:58,183
have a great time,
2148
00:59:58,223 --> 00:59:59,980
singing, rapping, whatever.
2149
01:00:00,020 --> 01:00:00,980
- It was just kinda like,
2150
01:00:01,020 --> 01:00:01,933
"Oh, my God, this is
2151
01:00:01,973 --> 01:00:02,980
a Friday night party."
2152
01:00:03,020 --> 01:00:06,980
♪ ♪
2153
01:00:07,020 --> 01:00:08,266
- ♪ Apache, jump on it,
2154
01:00:08,306 --> 01:00:09,146
jump on it ♪
2155
01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:10,438
- It was kind of like,
2156
01:00:10,478 --> 01:00:10,980
I think, what you would do
2157
01:00:11,020 --> 01:00:11,803
before a concert
2158
01:00:11,843 --> 01:00:12,980
or something, you know?
2159
01:00:13,020 --> 01:00:14,811
The whole band gets together
2160
01:00:14,851 --> 01:00:15,980
and says a prayer.
2161
01:00:16,020 --> 01:00:17,515
- I just have to say there's
2162
01:00:17,555 --> 01:00:18,980
not another group of people
2163
01:00:19,020 --> 01:00:19,883
that I would rather be
2164
01:00:19,923 --> 01:00:20,980
in this kind of circle with
2165
01:00:21,020 --> 01:00:23,980
149-some-odd times.
2166
01:00:24,020 --> 01:00:24,907
- Hey.
2167
01:00:24,947 --> 01:00:25,980
- Yeah.
2168
01:00:26,020 --> 01:00:26,484
- Yeah!
2169
01:00:26,524 --> 01:00:26,980
- Yeah.
2170
01:00:27,020 --> 01:00:28,063
- Yeah!
2171
01:00:28,103 --> 01:00:28,980
- Man.
2172
01:00:29,020 --> 01:00:29,784
- Ditto.
2173
01:00:29,824 --> 01:00:30,980
- Oh, ditto.
2174
01:00:31,020 --> 01:00:32,141
Even though James takes up
2175
01:00:32,181 --> 01:00:32,980
most of the circle.
2176
01:00:33,020 --> 01:00:35,874
- Ditto. As well I should.
2177
01:00:35,914 --> 01:00:36,980
[laughter]
2178
01:00:37,020 --> 01:00:37,820
- Let's go out there,
2179
01:00:37,860 --> 01:00:38,980
and let's just have some fun.
2180
01:00:39,020 --> 01:00:40,980
Let's give 'em some!
2181
01:00:41,020 --> 01:00:43,000
[all cheering]
2182
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:46,085
- We changed the way
2183
01:00:46,125 --> 01:00:47,980
sitcoms were shot.
2184
01:00:48,020 --> 01:00:50,980
[hip-hop music]
2185
01:00:51,020 --> 01:00:52,980
♪ ♪
2186
01:00:53,020 --> 01:00:54,171
- People would come
2187
01:00:54,211 --> 01:00:55,000
to the taping
2188
01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:56,917
like they were
2189
01:00:56,957 --> 01:00:57,980
going to a club,
2190
01:00:58,020 --> 01:00:59,273
and it was
2191
01:00:59,313 --> 01:01:01,980
a full-on experience.
2192
01:01:02,020 --> 01:01:04,980
Yo, yo, yo!
2193
01:01:05,020 --> 01:01:06,980
♪ ♪
2194
01:01:07,020 --> 01:01:08,404
- We'd have our moment
2195
01:01:08,444 --> 01:01:08,980
together,
2196
01:01:09,020 --> 01:01:10,980
and then we'd head out.
2197
01:01:11,020 --> 01:01:11,957
- And we would get
2198
01:01:11,997 --> 01:01:12,980
to our living room,
2199
01:01:13,020 --> 01:01:13,750
and there was
2200
01:01:13,790 --> 01:01:15,050
a little dairy basket
2201
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:17,253
of musical percussion
2202
01:01:17,293 --> 01:01:17,980
instruments.
2203
01:01:18,020 --> 01:01:18,929
- Oh, that's a good one.
2204
01:01:18,969 --> 01:01:19,980
That's a good one, hold on.
2205
01:01:20,020 --> 01:01:21,144
All right, I think
2206
01:01:21,184 --> 01:01:21,980
I'ma do that.
2207
01:01:22,020 --> 01:01:22,929
I'ma do that, all right.
2208
01:01:22,969 --> 01:01:23,980
So this is how we would do.
2209
01:01:24,020 --> 01:01:24,825
This is how--
2210
01:01:24,865 --> 01:01:25,980
this is how we do.
2211
01:01:26,020 --> 01:01:26,986
[announcer shouting,
2212
01:01:27,026 --> 01:01:27,980
cheers and applause]
2213
01:01:28,020 --> 01:01:30,086
- We'd each grab one,
2214
01:01:30,126 --> 01:01:31,980
and we would start.
2215
01:01:32,020 --> 01:01:33,980
- Sometimes it was just sticks.
2216
01:01:34,020 --> 01:01:35,546
It was all kinds of stuff
2217
01:01:35,586 --> 01:01:35,980
to bang
2218
01:01:36,020 --> 01:01:36,758
on the walls
2219
01:01:36,798 --> 01:01:37,980
and create rhythms.
2220
01:01:38,020 --> 01:01:39,717
- The energy that that created
2221
01:01:39,757 --> 01:01:41,077
for a live performance
2222
01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:42,980
is not to be believed.
2223
01:01:43,020 --> 01:01:43,695
- All right, yeah, yeah,
2224
01:01:43,735 --> 01:01:43,980
all right,
2225
01:01:44,020 --> 01:01:44,760
we about to go
2226
01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:45,980
on stage with it live.
2227
01:01:46,020 --> 01:01:47,980
The audience is out there.
2228
01:01:48,020 --> 01:01:48,503
- We would just
2229
01:01:48,543 --> 01:01:49,383
get the energy
2230
01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:51,593
up to here
2231
01:01:51,633 --> 01:01:54,980
and then, like, surf.
2232
01:01:55,020 --> 01:01:57,980
- Miss Tatyana M. Ali!
2233
01:01:58,020 --> 01:01:59,766
- It felt like it was a show.
2234
01:01:59,806 --> 01:02:00,980
It wasn't a TV show.
2235
01:02:01,020 --> 01:02:02,980
It was a show.
2236
01:02:03,020 --> 01:02:04,788
- Alfonso Ribeiro!
2237
01:02:04,828 --> 01:02:05,980
There he is.
2238
01:02:06,020 --> 01:02:09,587
Ms. Karyn Parsons!
2239
01:02:09,627 --> 01:02:10,980
Hilary!
2240
01:02:11,020 --> 01:02:14,980
Ms. Daphne Maxwell Reid!
2241
01:02:15,020 --> 01:02:16,980
Vivian!
2242
01:02:17,020 --> 01:02:20,980
James Avery, Uncle Phil!
2243
01:02:21,020 --> 01:02:22,546
- I wanted to hit the stage
2244
01:02:22,586 --> 01:02:23,980
like a fighter, you know,
2245
01:02:24,020 --> 01:02:25,011
with your theme music
2246
01:02:25,051 --> 01:02:25,980
coming and all that.
2247
01:02:26,020 --> 01:02:27,980
- Mr. Will, Will Smith!
2248
01:02:28,020 --> 01:02:30,980
d
2249
01:02:31,020 --> 01:02:32,318
- Will kinda brought
2250
01:02:32,358 --> 01:02:32,980
the energy
2251
01:02:33,020 --> 01:02:34,561
that we had in doing
2252
01:02:34,601 --> 01:02:35,980
music to the show,
2253
01:02:36,020 --> 01:02:36,816
crowd participation,
2254
01:02:36,856 --> 01:02:37,980
throw your hands in the air.
2255
01:02:38,020 --> 01:02:39,980
- Let me hear you say, "Yeah!"
2256
01:02:40,020 --> 01:02:41,016
all: Yeah!
2257
01:02:41,056 --> 01:02:42,980
- Say, "Hell yeah!"
2258
01:02:43,020 --> 01:02:44,749
all: Hell yeah!
2259
01:02:44,789 --> 01:02:46,980
- Everybody scream.
2260
01:02:47,020 --> 01:02:48,980
[all cheering]
2261
01:02:49,020 --> 01:02:50,064
- Everyone felt like
2262
01:02:50,104 --> 01:02:51,124
they wanted to be
2263
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:53,168
at a "Fresh Prince" taping
2264
01:02:53,208 --> 01:02:53,980
on a Friday night.
2265
01:02:54,020 --> 01:02:55,428
It was the hottest ticket
2266
01:02:55,468 --> 01:02:56,980
in town, as they called it.
2267
01:02:57,020 --> 01:02:58,980
- Now everybody scream!
2268
01:02:59,020 --> 01:03:01,980
d
2269
01:03:02,020 --> 01:03:02,980
Oh, yeah!
2270
01:03:03,020 --> 01:03:04,980
There was nothing like that.
2271
01:03:05,020 --> 01:03:07,000
- He walked right by.
2272
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:08,647
[laughter]
2273
01:03:08,687 --> 01:03:08,980
- Aw.
2274
01:03:09,020 --> 01:03:10,980
- Get off me!
2275
01:03:11,020 --> 01:03:13,000
both: Mwah!
2276
01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:20,000
- [chuckles]
2277
01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:31,103
We knew at the end
2278
01:03:31,143 --> 01:03:31,980
of season five
2279
01:03:32,020 --> 01:03:33,186
that there would
2280
01:03:33,226 --> 01:03:34,980
only be one more season.
2281
01:03:35,020 --> 01:03:35,980
[somber music]
2282
01:03:36,020 --> 01:03:37,133
- Welcome to the--
2283
01:03:37,173 --> 01:03:38,980
welcome to the final reading.
2284
01:03:39,020 --> 01:03:39,980
- The final.
2285
01:03:40,020 --> 01:03:41,277
- Of "The Fresh Prince
2286
01:03:41,317 --> 01:03:41,980
of Bel-Air."
2287
01:03:42,020 --> 01:03:43,698
All right, gang, here we go.
2288
01:03:43,738 --> 01:03:44,980
Let's give it a read.
2289
01:03:45,020 --> 01:03:45,699
We fade in
2290
01:03:45,739 --> 01:03:46,980
for the last time.
2291
01:03:47,020 --> 01:03:49,980
[laughter]
2292
01:03:50,020 --> 01:03:51,390
- It was hard to come
2293
01:03:51,430 --> 01:03:52,980
to terms with, you know?
2294
01:03:53,020 --> 01:03:54,485
It was six years
2295
01:03:54,525 --> 01:03:55,980
of playing house
2296
01:03:56,020 --> 01:03:58,980
with people I adored.
2297
01:03:59,020 --> 01:03:59,503
- We really did
2298
01:03:59,543 --> 01:03:59,980
become family,
2299
01:04:00,020 --> 01:04:02,587
and it's something that is
2300
01:04:02,627 --> 01:04:04,980
the essence of the show.
2301
01:04:05,020 --> 01:04:06,748
- It's so strange because now,
2302
01:04:06,788 --> 01:04:07,980
like James was saying
2303
01:04:08,020 --> 01:04:09,462
and what Tatyana was saying,
2304
01:04:09,502 --> 01:04:09,980
everybody,
2305
01:04:10,020 --> 01:04:12,121
we're such a family now,
2306
01:04:12,161 --> 01:04:13,980
and it's just so sad.
2307
01:04:14,020 --> 01:04:15,438
This is so sad.
2308
01:04:15,478 --> 01:04:16,980
This is so hard.
2309
01:04:17,020 --> 01:04:18,980
You know, I was an only child,
2310
01:04:19,020 --> 01:04:19,685
so here all of a sudden
2311
01:04:19,725 --> 01:04:20,325
I have a--
2312
01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:22,081
I have a brother
2313
01:04:22,121 --> 01:04:22,980
and a sister,
2314
01:04:23,020 --> 01:04:24,170
and I had Will,
2315
01:04:24,210 --> 01:04:25,980
who was like a brother,
2316
01:04:26,020 --> 01:04:27,685
and, you know, James Avery
2317
01:04:27,725 --> 01:04:28,980
took being my father
2318
01:04:29,020 --> 01:04:30,000
very seriously.
2319
01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:31,980
He called me "daughter."
2320
01:04:32,020 --> 01:04:34,172
- Alfonso was absolutely
2321
01:04:34,212 --> 01:04:35,980
a big brother to me.
2322
01:04:36,020 --> 01:04:38,083
Karyn is just a woman
2323
01:04:38,123 --> 01:04:40,980
that I look up to and admire.
2324
01:04:41,020 --> 01:04:46,980
♪ ♪
2325
01:04:47,020 --> 01:04:48,527
- A lot of good times
2326
01:04:48,567 --> 01:04:49,980
spent in this house.
2327
01:04:50,020 --> 01:04:52,000
- A lifetime's worth.
2328
01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:54,059
- I'm not gonna miss
2329
01:04:54,099 --> 01:04:54,980
the house though.
2330
01:04:55,020 --> 01:04:56,095
I'ma--I'ma miss all the people
2331
01:04:56,135 --> 01:04:56,980
that lived in the house.
2332
01:04:57,020 --> 01:04:58,582
You know, but I want you
2333
01:04:58,622 --> 01:04:59,980
to call me on Sundays
2334
01:05:00,020 --> 01:05:00,417
when you call
2335
01:05:00,457 --> 01:05:01,477
the rest of the--
2336
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:02,412
well, I want you
2337
01:05:02,452 --> 01:05:02,980
to call me on Sundays
2338
01:05:03,020 --> 01:05:04,111
when you call the rest
2339
01:05:04,151 --> 01:05:05,171
of your children.
2340
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:06,905
I love you, Uncle Phil,
2341
01:05:06,945 --> 01:05:07,980
and I don't wanna lose you,
2342
01:05:08,020 --> 01:05:08,980
I mean, any of you.
2343
01:05:09,020 --> 01:05:10,980
- They embrace.
2344
01:05:11,020 --> 01:05:12,010
- Think about, like,
2345
01:05:12,050 --> 01:05:12,980
people that you see
2346
01:05:13,020 --> 01:05:14,475
every single day
2347
01:05:14,515 --> 01:05:16,980
for six years of your life,
2348
01:05:17,020 --> 01:05:18,372
in the--you see them more
2349
01:05:18,412 --> 01:05:19,980
than you see your own family.
2350
01:05:20,020 --> 01:05:21,980
- Okay, and we're out.
2351
01:05:22,020 --> 01:05:25,000
[applause]
2352
01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:30,956
- This has been very unique
2353
01:05:30,996 --> 01:05:31,980
for all of us,
2354
01:05:32,020 --> 01:05:32,980
and I can honestly say,
2355
01:05:33,020 --> 01:05:34,054
'cause I've been working
2356
01:05:34,094 --> 01:05:34,980
about 15 years or so,
2357
01:05:35,020 --> 01:05:36,842
I don't know, but this has been
2358
01:05:36,882 --> 01:05:38,022
the best experience
2359
01:05:39,000 --> 01:05:39,980
in terms of a TV show,
2360
01:05:40,020 --> 01:05:42,032
in terms of people
2361
01:05:42,072 --> 01:05:44,980
and friends and happiness,
2362
01:05:45,020 --> 01:05:45,980
and I've got to stop now.
2363
01:05:46,020 --> 01:05:47,318
[laughter]
2364
01:05:47,358 --> 01:05:47,980
Okay.
2365
01:05:48,020 --> 01:05:48,984
- Thank you.
2366
01:05:49,024 --> 01:05:49,980
- All right.
2367
01:05:50,020 --> 01:05:51,372
- You know, it was a very
2368
01:05:51,412 --> 01:05:52,980
difficult week for all of us,
2369
01:05:53,020 --> 01:05:54,042
knowing that we were never
2370
01:05:54,082 --> 01:05:54,980
gonna be together again
2371
01:05:55,020 --> 01:05:56,980
like that ever again.
2372
01:05:57,020 --> 01:05:58,872
- You know, we've been--
2373
01:05:58,912 --> 01:06:00,980
we've been blessed in a way
2374
01:06:01,020 --> 01:06:02,378
that a lot of people
2375
01:06:02,418 --> 01:06:03,980
don't get to experience
2376
01:06:04,020 --> 01:06:05,801
and to be able to do
2377
01:06:05,841 --> 01:06:06,980
what we love,
2378
01:06:07,020 --> 01:06:09,041
but to also put things out
2379
01:06:09,081 --> 01:06:09,980
in the world
2380
01:06:10,020 --> 01:06:11,980
that display our love.
2381
01:06:12,020 --> 01:06:13,410
And I've done a lot
2382
01:06:13,450 --> 01:06:14,980
of things in my life,
2383
01:06:15,020 --> 01:06:15,867
and I just want
2384
01:06:15,907 --> 01:06:16,980
to thank all of you
2385
01:06:17,020 --> 01:06:18,604
for making this
2386
01:06:18,644 --> 01:06:20,980
the most beautiful job
2387
01:06:21,020 --> 01:06:22,485
and life experience
2388
01:06:22,525 --> 01:06:23,980
that I've ever had.
2389
01:06:24,020 --> 01:06:25,980
[gentle music]
2390
01:06:26,020 --> 01:06:27,064
Y'all know that this
2391
01:06:27,104 --> 01:06:27,980
the final episode
2392
01:06:28,020 --> 01:06:29,641
of "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,"
2393
01:06:29,681 --> 01:06:29,980
right?
2394
01:06:30,020 --> 01:06:31,254
You know, it's sad,
2395
01:06:31,294 --> 01:06:32,980
but we had a six-year run,
2396
01:06:33,020 --> 01:06:33,852
so we would like
2397
01:06:33,892 --> 01:06:34,980
for y'all to sit back
2398
01:06:35,020 --> 01:06:36,487
and enjoy the second half
2399
01:06:36,527 --> 01:06:37,980
of what you just watched.
2400
01:06:38,020 --> 01:06:38,805
Ladies and gentlemen,
2401
01:06:38,845 --> 01:06:39,980
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,"
2402
01:06:40,020 --> 01:06:41,107
for the last time,
2403
01:06:41,147 --> 01:06:41,980
coming at you.
2404
01:06:42,020 --> 01:06:43,697
Peace!
2405
01:06:43,737 --> 01:06:43,980
d
2406
01:06:44,020 --> 01:06:45,121
The final week
2407
01:06:45,161 --> 01:06:46,980
was interesting for me.
2408
01:06:47,020 --> 01:06:48,980
It was all--it was all--
2409
01:06:49,020 --> 01:06:49,650
it's still--
2410
01:06:49,690 --> 01:06:50,980
it was fuzzy in my mind.
2411
01:06:51,020 --> 01:06:52,751
I think that's part
2412
01:06:52,791 --> 01:06:54,980
of my emotional defense.
2413
01:06:55,020 --> 01:06:57,980
I always live in the future.
2414
01:06:58,020 --> 01:06:59,980
My mind is always
2415
01:07:00,020 --> 01:07:01,303
in the next space,
2416
01:07:01,343 --> 01:07:02,980
and I think as a child,
2417
01:07:03,020 --> 01:07:05,488
that's how I learned to avoid
2418
01:07:05,528 --> 01:07:07,980
the pain of a present moment.
2419
01:07:08,020 --> 01:07:10,980
- Counting, three, two.
2420
01:07:11,020 --> 01:07:11,986
- Oh, God.
2421
01:07:12,026 --> 01:07:12,980
[laughter]
2422
01:07:13,020 --> 01:07:15,762
- Good start, good start,
2423
01:07:15,802 --> 01:07:16,980
good start.
2424
01:07:17,020 --> 01:07:17,922
I've see pictures from
2425
01:07:17,962 --> 01:07:18,980
that week and everything,
2426
01:07:19,020 --> 01:07:21,634
and it's like,
2427
01:07:21,674 --> 01:07:25,980
it was such a deeply...
2428
01:07:26,020 --> 01:07:27,980
painful goodbye.
2429
01:07:28,020 --> 01:07:30,980
♪ ♪
2430
01:07:31,020 --> 01:07:32,039
- Being pulled away
2431
01:07:32,079 --> 01:07:32,980
from these people
2432
01:07:33,020 --> 01:07:34,980
was really difficult.
2433
01:07:35,020 --> 01:07:36,460
I loved being with them,
2434
01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:37,480
and we'd also gone through
2435
01:07:37,520 --> 01:07:37,980
something so life-changing
2436
01:07:38,020 --> 01:07:38,942
for all of us,
2437
01:07:38,982 --> 01:07:40,980
so we were bonded in this way.
2438
01:07:41,020 --> 01:07:43,980
- I wasn't in the last scene.
2439
01:07:44,020 --> 01:07:44,735
I was in one
2440
01:07:44,775 --> 01:07:45,980
of the early scenes,
2441
01:07:46,020 --> 01:07:47,770
and right after I did my scene,
2442
01:07:47,810 --> 01:07:49,070
I took a deep breath,
2443
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:51,920
and I waited for the director
2444
01:07:51,960 --> 01:07:53,980
to say, "Clear, and moving on,"
2445
01:07:54,020 --> 01:07:55,539
and when he said, "Moving on,"
2446
01:07:55,579 --> 01:07:56,980
I slowly walked off the set,
2447
01:07:57,020 --> 01:07:58,352
went in the dressing room,
2448
01:07:58,392 --> 01:07:59,980
grabbed my bag, got in the car,
2449
01:08:00,020 --> 01:08:01,880
and drove to the airport
2450
01:08:01,920 --> 01:08:02,980
and flew home.
2451
01:08:03,020 --> 01:08:04,980
I couldn't--I couldn't do it.
2452
01:08:05,020 --> 01:08:06,439
- All of my hu--
2453
01:08:06,479 --> 01:08:07,980
I mean, 11 to 17,
2454
01:08:08,020 --> 01:08:09,318
it's such a huge--
2455
01:08:09,358 --> 01:08:09,980
you know,
2456
01:08:10,020 --> 01:08:10,955
you grow so much
2457
01:08:10,995 --> 01:08:11,980
during that time.
2458
01:08:12,020 --> 01:08:12,980
I did it all with them,
2459
01:08:13,020 --> 01:08:13,887
and when I saw
2460
01:08:13,927 --> 01:08:14,980
that stage empty,
2461
01:08:15,020 --> 01:08:16,737
it was just like--
2462
01:08:16,777 --> 01:08:18,980
I could barely breathe.
2463
01:08:19,020 --> 01:08:21,305
- It didn't come to a head
2464
01:08:21,345 --> 01:08:23,980
until the last scene shooting,
2465
01:08:24,020 --> 01:08:25,248
and we knew that
2466
01:08:25,288 --> 01:08:26,980
this was the last time
2467
01:08:27,020 --> 01:08:28,201
we were gonna hug
2468
01:08:28,241 --> 01:08:29,980
these people on this set.
2469
01:08:30,020 --> 01:08:31,653
- Leaving is like leaving
2470
01:08:31,693 --> 01:08:32,980
a grand, old friend.
2471
01:08:33,020 --> 01:08:35,682
- Having to walk off the set,
2472
01:08:35,722 --> 01:08:36,980
that was hard.
2473
01:08:37,020 --> 01:08:37,986
You know, it was like
2474
01:08:38,026 --> 01:08:38,980
I was out of my body,
2475
01:08:39,020 --> 01:08:40,795
watching myself walk all
2476
01:08:40,835 --> 01:08:43,000
the way out and not stopping,
2477
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:46,980
and then I was out of frame,
2478
01:08:47,020 --> 01:08:48,980
and I was done.
2479
01:08:49,020 --> 01:08:50,392
- I remember that when
2480
01:08:50,432 --> 01:08:51,980
it was all said and done,
2481
01:08:52,020 --> 01:08:53,400
I couldn't stop crying.
2482
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:54,980
- You okay?
2483
01:08:55,020 --> 01:08:56,770
- Yeah, yeah, no, no, I'm cool.
2484
01:08:56,810 --> 01:08:57,980
I'm cool, Uncle Phil.
2485
01:08:58,020 --> 01:08:58,812
You know, it's just
2486
01:08:58,852 --> 01:08:59,980
when I first came out here,
2487
01:09:00,020 --> 01:09:02,980
you know, I was a relative.
2488
01:09:03,020 --> 01:09:04,143
Been here for the past
2489
01:09:04,183 --> 01:09:04,980
six years, like,
2490
01:09:05,020 --> 01:09:07,980
we've been family.
2491
01:09:08,020 --> 01:09:10,016
I just don't wanna go back to
2492
01:09:10,056 --> 01:09:11,980
being just a relative again.
2493
01:09:12,020 --> 01:09:13,980
♪ ♪
2494
01:09:14,020 --> 01:09:14,953
I mean, I lived
2495
01:09:14,993 --> 01:09:15,980
without a father
2496
01:09:16,020 --> 01:09:18,065
and without brothers
2497
01:09:18,105 --> 01:09:20,980
and sisters and all of that.
2498
01:09:21,020 --> 01:09:23,980
I like this life better.
2499
01:09:24,020 --> 01:09:31,000
♪ ♪
2500
01:09:47,000 --> 01:09:48,044
- Hey, who turned
2501
01:09:48,084 --> 01:09:48,980
out the lights?
2502
01:09:49,020 --> 01:09:51,980
[laughter]
2503
01:09:52,020 --> 01:09:53,980
Where is everybody?
2504
01:09:54,020 --> 01:09:55,980
d
2505
01:09:56,020 --> 01:10:03,000
♪ ♪
2506
01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:06,437
- I am definitely
2507
01:10:06,477 --> 01:10:08,000
gonna miss you, C.
2508
01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:11,980
♪ ♪
2509
01:10:12,020 --> 01:10:14,980
d
2510
01:10:15,020 --> 01:10:22,000
♪ ♪
2511
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:23,930
- We've been a part
2512
01:10:23,970 --> 01:10:24,980
of creating something
2513
01:10:25,020 --> 01:10:27,645
that has touched millions
2514
01:10:27,685 --> 01:10:29,980
and millions of hearts
2515
01:10:30,020 --> 01:10:31,580
around the world,
2516
01:10:31,620 --> 01:10:32,980
and on this set
2517
01:10:33,020 --> 01:10:35,141
I learned how to lead
2518
01:10:35,181 --> 01:10:36,980
my life, you know?
2519
01:10:37,020 --> 01:10:38,801
I figured out who I wanted
2520
01:10:38,841 --> 01:10:39,980
to be on this set
2521
01:10:40,020 --> 01:10:41,560
with all of you
2522
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:43,980
making this show, so...
2523
01:10:44,020 --> 01:10:44,955
This was family.
2524
01:10:44,995 --> 01:10:46,015
- This is family.
2525
01:10:47,000 --> 01:10:47,768
- This is family.
2526
01:10:47,808 --> 01:10:48,980
- I love you guys so much.
2527
01:10:49,020 --> 01:10:50,365
You have no idea.
2528
01:10:50,405 --> 01:10:51,980
I think--no, you do.
2529
01:10:52,020 --> 01:10:53,980
[laughter]
2530
01:10:54,020 --> 01:10:55,881
- I think the continuing legacy
2531
01:10:55,921 --> 01:10:56,980
for "Fresh Prince"
2532
01:10:57,020 --> 01:10:59,360
will simply be that
2533
01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:01,980
we changed television
2534
01:11:02,020 --> 01:11:03,980
in a positive way
2535
01:11:04,020 --> 01:11:05,399
and that we will go down
2536
01:11:05,439 --> 01:11:05,980
in history
2537
01:11:06,020 --> 01:11:07,368
as one of the best
2538
01:11:07,408 --> 01:11:08,980
to have ever done it.
2539
01:11:09,020 --> 01:11:09,826
- I mean, it's--
2540
01:11:09,866 --> 01:11:10,980
it's become legendary.
2541
01:11:11,020 --> 01:11:13,319
It has become really,
2542
01:11:13,359 --> 01:11:14,980
really special.
2543
01:11:15,020 --> 01:11:15,980
- We were so fortunate.
2544
01:11:16,020 --> 01:11:17,084
It was like
2545
01:11:17,124 --> 01:11:18,980
no experience ever,
2546
01:11:19,020 --> 01:11:20,980
but I had it.
2547
01:11:21,020 --> 01:11:22,766
- We had no idea
2548
01:11:22,806 --> 01:11:24,980
that it was gonna be
2549
01:11:25,020 --> 01:11:26,488
the iconic show
2550
01:11:26,528 --> 01:11:27,980
that it became.
2551
01:11:28,020 --> 01:11:29,195
- While we were filming
2552
01:11:29,235 --> 01:11:29,980
this, you know,
2553
01:11:30,020 --> 01:11:31,980
Will tweeted out a picture,
2554
01:11:32,020 --> 01:11:33,131
and I saw a lot of posts
2555
01:11:33,171 --> 01:11:33,980
about the picture,
2556
01:11:34,020 --> 01:11:35,289
and a lot of people responded,
2557
01:11:35,329 --> 01:11:35,980
and people said,
2558
01:11:36,020 --> 01:11:38,980
#BlackExcellence, right?
2559
01:11:39,020 --> 01:11:40,870
And it made me think about
2560
01:11:40,910 --> 01:11:42,980
what our show meant to people
2561
01:11:43,020 --> 01:11:45,099
and why it's lasted
2562
01:11:45,139 --> 01:11:45,980
so long,
2563
01:11:46,020 --> 01:11:47,135
and I don't want it
2564
01:11:47,175 --> 01:11:47,980
to be mistaken
2565
01:11:48,020 --> 01:11:49,248
that the excellence part
2566
01:11:49,288 --> 01:11:49,980
is the wealth.
2567
01:11:50,020 --> 01:11:52,980
That part is the fantasy.
2568
01:11:53,020 --> 01:11:54,519
The excellence was the way
2569
01:11:54,559 --> 01:11:55,980
that we loved each other.
2570
01:11:56,020 --> 01:11:58,025
- You know, the--the thing
2571
01:11:58,065 --> 01:11:59,980
that's difficult is that,
2572
01:12:00,020 --> 01:12:01,456
you know, we're a family,
2573
01:12:01,496 --> 01:12:01,980
you know?
2574
01:12:02,020 --> 01:12:03,980
Of course it's a TV show,
2575
01:12:04,020 --> 01:12:04,650
and, you know,
2576
01:12:04,690 --> 01:12:05,980
we're only playing a family,
2577
01:12:06,020 --> 01:12:08,277
but you really develop
2578
01:12:08,317 --> 01:12:10,980
family-like relationships.
2579
01:12:11,020 --> 01:12:13,319
You know, it was such
2580
01:12:13,359 --> 01:12:14,980
a beautiful way
2581
01:12:15,020 --> 01:12:16,980
to have these memories
2582
01:12:17,020 --> 01:12:19,111
and to be able to say goodbye
2583
01:12:19,151 --> 01:12:19,980
to this show
2584
01:12:20,020 --> 01:12:21,671
and to this section
2585
01:12:21,711 --> 01:12:23,980
of our lives with dignity.
2586
01:12:24,020 --> 01:12:24,858
- I think we all--
2587
01:12:24,898 --> 01:12:25,980
you know, to an extent,
2588
01:12:26,020 --> 01:12:27,409
we've all gone off
2589
01:12:27,449 --> 01:12:28,980
and lived our lives,
2590
01:12:29,020 --> 01:12:30,623
but there will always be
2591
01:12:30,663 --> 01:12:31,980
a piece of all of us
2592
01:12:32,020 --> 01:12:33,700
in that living room,
2593
01:12:33,740 --> 01:12:34,980
and it was nice
2594
01:12:35,020 --> 01:12:36,980
for all of us to share it
2595
01:12:37,020 --> 01:12:39,980
for one more day.
2596
01:12:40,020 --> 01:12:45,980
♪ ♪
2597
01:12:46,020 --> 01:12:46,834
- Y'all ready?
2598
01:12:46,874 --> 01:12:47,980
Let's go, let's go!
2599
01:12:48,020 --> 01:12:49,980
Hit it, Snazz!
2600
01:12:50,020 --> 01:12:51,985
["The Fresh Prince
2601
01:12:52,025 --> 01:12:53,980
of Bel-Air" theme]
2602
01:12:54,020 --> 01:12:55,133
♪ Now this is a story
2603
01:12:55,173 --> 01:12:55,980
all about how ♪
2604
01:12:56,020 --> 01:12:57,550
♪ My life got flipped,
2605
01:12:57,590 --> 01:12:58,980
turned upside-down ♪
2606
01:12:59,020 --> 01:13:00,141
♪ So I'd like to take a minute,
2607
01:13:00,181 --> 01:13:00,980
just sit right there ♪
2608
01:13:01,020 --> 01:13:01,464
♪ I'll tell you how
2609
01:13:01,504 --> 01:13:01,980
I became the prince ♪
2610
01:13:02,020 --> 01:13:02,825
♪ Of a town
2611
01:13:02,865 --> 01:13:03,980
called Bel-Air ♪
2612
01:13:04,020 --> 01:13:04,919
- One thing that always
2613
01:13:04,959 --> 01:13:05,980
bugged me about the show--
2614
01:13:06,020 --> 01:13:07,049
nothing bugged me
2615
01:13:07,089 --> 01:13:07,980
about the show.
2616
01:13:08,020 --> 01:13:08,513
Well, I guess the one thing
2617
01:13:08,553 --> 01:13:08,980
that bugged me is that--
2618
01:13:09,020 --> 01:13:09,717
[Tom Jones'
2619
01:13:09,757 --> 01:13:10,980
"It's Not Unusual"]
2620
01:13:11,020 --> 01:13:12,217
- Uh-oh.
2621
01:13:12,257 --> 01:13:13,000
- Oh!
2622
01:13:14,000 --> 01:13:14,462
- We doing it?
2623
01:13:14,502 --> 01:13:14,980
- What you got?
2624
01:13:15,020 --> 01:13:16,062
What you got? What you got?
2625
01:13:16,102 --> 01:13:16,980
- When are we doing it?
2626
01:13:17,020 --> 01:13:18,027
- I never could do this.
2627
01:13:18,067 --> 01:13:18,980
I never could do this.
2628
01:13:19,020 --> 01:13:20,760
- You gotta start right here.
2629
01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:22,387
- ♪ It's not unusual
2630
01:13:22,427 --> 01:13:23,980
to be loved by anyone ♪
2631
01:13:24,020 --> 01:13:25,980
- Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
2632
01:13:26,020 --> 01:13:27,334
- ♪ It's not unusual
2633
01:13:27,374 --> 01:13:28,980
to have fun with anyone ♪
2634
01:13:29,020 --> 01:13:30,980
- Now do the steps.
2635
01:13:31,020 --> 01:13:34,008
- ♪ But when I see you hanging
2636
01:13:34,048 --> 01:13:35,980
about with anyone ♪
2637
01:13:36,020 --> 01:13:36,815
- [singing along]
2638
01:13:36,855 --> 01:13:37,980
♪ It's not unusual ♪
2639
01:13:38,020 --> 01:13:40,980
♪ To see my cry ♪
2640
01:13:41,020 --> 01:13:41,980
- ♪ I wanna die ♪
2641
01:13:42,020 --> 01:13:42,798
- There it is
2642
01:13:42,838 --> 01:13:43,980
right there, y'all.
2643
01:13:44,020 --> 01:13:45,980
Bring it in right there.
2644
01:13:46,020 --> 01:13:46,705
On three.
2645
01:13:46,745 --> 01:13:47,980
One, two, three!
2646
01:13:48,020 --> 01:13:50,980
Yes!
2647
01:13:51,020 --> 01:13:52,980
d
f
2648
01:13:53,020 --> 01:13:54,062
- Are we done?
2649
01:13:54,102 --> 01:13:54,980
- That's it.
2650
01:13:55,020 --> 01:13:55,487
- That's it?
2651
01:13:55,527 --> 01:13:55,980
- That's it.
2652
01:13:56,020 --> 01:13:56,571
- Oh.
2653
01:13:56,611 --> 01:13:57,980
- Thank you.
2654
01:13:58,020 --> 01:13:58,980
- See you in ten years.
2655
01:13:59,020 --> 01:14:01,000
[laughter]
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