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When Warner Bros. executive Benny Medina wanted to create a show based on his experiences as a poor kid growing up in Beverly Hills, he found the perfect contemporary corollary in Grammy-winning rapper Fresh Prince -- a player later to be better known as Will Smith. With music legend Quincy Jones signed on as executive producer, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air offers Smith as Will, a poor Philadelphia teen who is sent to live with his wealthy aunt and uncle in Bel-Air, California. Uncle Phillip Banks (James Avery) and Aunt Viv (Janet Hubert-Whitten) have three children of their own: airhead Hillary (Karyn Parsons), quick-witted Ashley (Tatyana Ali), and Will's foil, Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro), a mildly abrasive preppy in the mold of Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties. Streetwise Will’s assimilation into Bel-Air’s upper-crust culture is standard fish-out-of-water material, but Smith's considerable charm helped make Fresh Prince a hit and propel him to stardom. The first season is slightly unpolished as Smith and the rest of the cast find the groove, but many outings are particularly entertaining. In "Clubba Hubba," Will meets a girl at a country club and wants to impress her snobby father, so he enlists Carlton's help; "Def Poet's Society" finds Will joining his prep school's poetry club; "The Young and the Restless" finds Will sneaking Philip's elderly mother out for a night on the town; and, in "72 Hours," Will challenges Carlton to spend time in a rough neighborhood. For a premiere season, the first Fresh Prince run includes an impressive parade of guest stars, including Richard Roundtree, Hank Azaria, Naomi Campbell, Vivica A. Fox, Queen Latifah, and Don Cheadle. Christina Urban

Product Details

• UPC: 012569593909
• Source: WARNER HOME VIDEO
• Region Code: 1
• Aspect Ratio: Pre-1954 Standard (1.33.1)
• Sound: Dolby Digital Mono
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Français, Español
• Time: 9:48:00
• Sales Rank: 10,050

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Fresh Prince Project
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Bang the Drum, Ashley
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Clubba Hubba
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Not With My Pig, You Don't
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Homeboy, Sweet Homeboy
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Mistaken Identity
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Def Poet's Society
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect, Part 1
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect, Part 2
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Kiss My Butler
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Courting Disaster
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Talking Turkey
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Knowledge is Power
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Day Damn One
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Deck the Halls
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Lucky Charm
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Ethnic Tip
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Young and the Restless
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: It Had to Be You
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Nice Lady
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Love at First Fight
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Banks Shot
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: 72 Hours
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Just Infatuation
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Working It Out

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