“In west Philadelphia born and raised, On the playground was where I spent most of my days, Chillin’ out maxin’ relaxin’ all cool, And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school”, don’t even front like you don’t know the lyrics. This series ran from September of 1990 to May of 1996 and was a mainstay for my teen years, damn I loved this show, if fact growing up people even said my humor was like Will Smiths’ character.
Anyways the show was a trip always teaching us lessons, as did most shows back then, but with a humorous twist. Will always getting in trouble and passing the blame onto his cousin Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro), but always looking out for his youngest cousin Ashley (Tatyana Ali), whom I had a huge crush on (for the record we’re the same age). What also was a trip was that how one season Aunt Vivian just straight up changed, but I think they actually made a joke about it by having Will Smith’s character making a comment on how different she looked after the summer or to that effect.
At the end of the day every time I hear the theme song, it takes me in a time warp back to the ’90s and my high school years. Below is the extended version of the song and intro, also below is a clip from the final episode of the series *tear.
Smith should have stuck with this show until the bitter end. All of his “movies” since have been hack-jobs and terrible try-hards in an attempt to shed the fact that he will always be the Fresh Prince. I mean, how can you just leave Jazz hanging like that after the series ended? Jazz wasn’t in Ali, Jazz wasn’t in Hancock, Jazz wasn’t in The Pursuit of Happyness!!!!
I <3 this show, it will always remain my jam from the ’90s
Such a great show! He was my first TV crush