The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Will Smith more or less plays himself in this good-natured NBC sitcom. As the show's popular theme song explains, fictional Will's mom sends him away from his rough Philadelphia neighborhood to live with wealthy Uncle Phil and Aunt Vivian in Bel-Air. Will often has fun at the expense of stuck-up cousins Carlton and Hilary.

Genre: Comedy
Year:
1990
25,455 Views

Geoffrey:
[handing Carlton a big brown bag] Master Carlton, I have to take this tray up to your mother, so on your way out, would you mind taking out the garbage?

Carlton:
Do I look like Roc?

Will:
[sitting at the kitchen table] I don't know, Carlton. Maybe if you shaved your head bald and sanded down the square part.

Carlton:
[ignores Will and hands Ashley the bag] Ashley, you take out the garbage!

Ashley Banks:
Why me?

Carlton:
Because I'm bigger than you.

Will:
See, that's not fair. That's only 'cause you got them shoe lifts in today.

Carlton:
They're not lifts. I doubled up on my Odor-Eaters.

Ashley Banks:
[Carlton walks out of the kitchen while Ashley is holding the trash bag; Hilary walks into the kitchen and Ashley hands her the bag] Here, Hilary, you take it out!

Hilary:
Out where?

Ashley Banks:
To the trash cans! You know, those things you hit every time you back out the car?

Hilary:
Oh, thank God. I thought it was the neighbor's kids! [Hilary takes the brown garbage bag from Ashley] THIS IS GROSS! I don't touch greasy, disgusting things!

Will:
Well, just pretend it's buying you dinner afterwards.

Hilary:
[Hilary walks up to Will and shoves the trash bag to him] You take it!

Will:
Yo, girl!

Hilary:
And for your information, dinner comes first! [Hilary walks out of the kitchen]

Will:
Oh, it's like that, right? You're just gonna slam garbage at me! [Uncle Phil walks in the room]

Phillip Banks:
Good morning, Will.

Will:
Good morning, Uncle Phil. [Will hands Phil the dirty garbage bag] Here's your lunch!

Phillip Banks:
[Phil takes the bag and walk out of the house] Thank you!

William 'Will' Smith:
It's a shame Ice Tray had to leave before he could ruin Hilary's life.

Vivian Banks:
Will, I'm sorry I said that.

William 'Will' Smith:
But you meant it. It was fine when he was just some clown to come out here to bring me some cheesesteaks and cheer me up. But the second you found out Hilary liked him, you wanted him outta here. That's something I'd expect from Uncle Phil, but not from you, Aunt Viv.

Vivian Banks:
[in a stern tone] Hilary is my daughter!

William 'Will' Smith:
And Tray is my friend. We grew up together. We're from the same neighborhood, we're the same person, and if Tray's not good enough for this family, then maybe I ain't either.

Vivian Banks:
No! You are not the same person.

William 'Will' Smith:
I know who I am!

Vivian Banks:
I can see why you like Ice Tray; he's a lot of fun, everything is a joke to him: school, work, people. He doesn't care about anything.

William 'Will' Smith:
He always managed to care about me.

Vivian Banks:
Will, I'm glad he's a good friend, but that doesn't change who he is. I'm sorry, but a young man his age should be able to do something else besides fight and jump fences.

William 'Will' Smith:
You weren't there! Look, when I was a kid, every time I tried to bring books home from school, the kids would jump me, so Tray started walking me home, and if he hadn't been there to throw those punches and help me jump those fences, then I might not be here today.

Vivian Banks:
Well, while he was protecting your books, where the hell were his?

William 'Will' Smith:
What does that have to do with anything?

Vivian Banks:
Will, I'm glad he cares so much about you, but why doesn't he care about himself?

William 'Will' Smith:
Because nobody was there for him. Did you ever think if nobody was there for me, that I might not care about myself?

Vivian Banks:
And that would be an awful waste.

[Lou has just left after canceling his trip with Will]

Philip Banks:
I'm sorry, Will.

William 'Will' Smith:
[acting like he doesn't care] Y'know, actually, this works out better for me. Y'know, the slimmies of summer come to class wearin' next to nothin', you know what I'm sayin'...

Philip Banks:
Will, it's alright to be angry.

William 'Will' Smith:
Hey, why should I be mad? At least he said "goodbye" this time. I just wish I hadn't wasted my money buying this stupid present.

[pulls a small, African-style statue from his bag and puts it on the table - it's a father sitting with his son in his lap]

Philip Banks:
I'm sorry, if... if there was something I could do...

William 'Will' Smith:
You ain't gotta do nothin', Uncle Phil. You know, ain't like I'm still five years old, you know? Ain't like I'm gonna be sitting up every night asking my mom "when's daddy coming home", you know? Who needs him? Hey, he wasn't there to teach me how to shoot my first basket, but I learned it, didn't I? And I got pretty damn good at it, too, didn't I, Uncle Phil?

Philip Banks:
Yeah, you did.

William 'Will' Smith:
Got through my first date without him, right? I learned how to drive, I learned how to shave, I learned how to fight without him. I had *fourteen* great birthdays without him; he never even sent me a damn card.

[turns and shouts toward the door]

William 'Will' Smith:
TO HELL WITH HIM!

[pause]

William 'Will' Smith:
I didn't need him then, and I don't need him now.

Philip Banks:
Will... Will...

William 'Will' Smith:
[voice rises to a shout] No, you know what, Uncle Phil? I'm gonna get through college without him, I'm gonna get a great job without him, I'm gonna marry me a beautiful honey, and I'm-a have me a whole bunch of kids. I'll be a better father than he *ever* was. And I sure as hell don't need him for that, 'cause there ain't a *damn* thing he can ever teach me about how to love my kids!

[long pause]

William 'Will' Smith:
How come he don't want me, man?

[breaks down, starts crying]

[Uncle Phil reaches out, grabs Will, and holds him as he cries on his shoulder]


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