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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is a popular American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The show starred Will Smith in a fish-out-of-water scenario. He is a streetwise teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to live with his wealthy relatives in a Bel-Air mansion. His lifestyle does not fit well with that of his relatives living in Bel-Air. 148 episodes were produced over six seasons. The show is currently broadcast as a syndicated program and is seen on many networks such as The N, Nick at Nite and TBS. The syndicated show is shown on local channels in many countries.

The opening credits and theme song explain the context of the show. Will Smith is revealed as a street-smart teenager, born and raised on the mean streets of West Philadelphia. The plot of the story is shown and rapped in the theme song.

The theme song was written and performed by The Fresh Prince (Will Smith). Contrary to popular belief, DJ Jazzy Jeff did not compose the music for the opening credits. The music was composed by Quincy Jones III, who is credited at the end of each episode. An additional credit at the end of episodes also reads "Theme song written and performed by Will Smith", in regard to the lyrics, with no reference to DJ Jazzy Jeff. The music often used to bridge scenes together during the show is also based on a similar chord structure as the theme song. This too is the work of Quincy Jones III. The full version of the theme song was only used on the first three episodes of the show, although Will Smith did record it as an unreleased B-side. The full-length version, which is 2:52", was included on Will Smith's Greatest Hits album and attributed to himself only. A 3:23" version was released in the Netherlands in 1992, and reached #3 on the charts.

For the first few episodes of the show stanzas one to three and stanzas six and seven were used. Beginning with Episode #9 (titled "Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect"), only the first two and the last two stanzas of the song were used. The change to the theme song allowed for longer episodes to be created.

Seasons 1-2; 5-6 featured an instrumental version of the theme and still photographs from the episode for the closing credits. In Season 2, the music and stills were dropped and closing credits would almost always appear over bloopers and outtakes from the episode. This continued until the end of Season 4. The closing theme over episode clips returned for Season 5 reruns, due to NBC's change from traditional credits to the split screen credits that are currently employed by the network.

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Episodes

Fresh Prince Season 1

1. 1- 1 446801 10 Sep 90 The Fresh Prince Project
2. 1- 2 446802 17 Sep 90 Bang the Drum, Ashley
3. 1- 3 446805 24 Sep 90 Clubba Hubba
4. 1- 4 446806 1 Oct 90 Not With My Pig, You Don't
5. 1- 5 446804 8 Oct 90 Homeboy, Sweet Homeboy
6. 1- 6 446807 15 Oct 90 Mistaken Identity
7. 1- 7 446808 22 Oct 90 Def Poet's Society
8. 1- 8 446810A 29 Oct 90 Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (1)
9. 1- 9 446810B 29 Oct 90 Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (2)
10. 1-10 446809 5 Nov 90 Kiss My Butler
11. 1-11 446811 12 Nov 90 Courting Disaster
12. 1-12 446812 19 Nov 90 Talking Turkey
13. 1-13 446813 26 Nov 90 Knowledge is Power
14. 1-14 446803 3 Dec 90 Day Damn One
15. 1-15 446814 10 Dec 90 Deck the Halls
16. 1-16 446816 7 Jan 91 The Lucky Charm
17. 1-17 446815 14 Jan 91 The Ethnic Tip
18. 1-18 446817 21 Jan 91 The Young and the Restless
19. 1-19 446818 4 Feb 91 It Had To Be You
20. 1-20 446819 11 Feb 91 Nice Lady
21. 1-21 446820 18 Feb 91 Love at First Fight
22. 1-22 446821 25 Feb 91 Banks Shot
23. 1-23 446822 11 Mar 91 72 Hours
24. 1-24 446824 29 Apr 91 Just Infatuation
25. 1-25 446823 6 May 91 Working It Out

Fresh Prince Season 2

26. 2- 1 446901 9 Sep 91 Did the Earth Move For You?
27. 2- 2 446902 16 Sep 91 The Mother of All Battles
28. 2- 3 446903 23 Sep 91 Will Gets a Job
29. 2- 4 446904 30 Sep 91 PSAT Pstory
30. 2- 5 446906 7 Oct 91 Granny Gets Busy
31. 2- 6 446905 14 Oct 91 Guess Who's Coming to Marry?
32. 2- 7 446907 21 Oct 91 The Big Four-Oh
33. 2- 8 446908 4 Nov 91 She Ain't Heavy
34. 2- 9 446909 11 Nov 91 Cased Up
35. 2-10 446910 18 Nov 91 Hi-Ho Silver
36. 2-11 446911 25 Nov 92 The Butler Did It
37. 2-12 446912 9 Dec 91 Something For Nothing
38. 2-13 446913 16 Dec 91 Christmas Show
39. 2-14 446914 6 Jan 92 Hilary Gets a Life
40. 2-15 446915 13 Jan 92 My Brother's Keeper
41. 2-16 446916 20 Jan 92 Geoffrey Cleans Up
42. 2-17 446917 3 Feb 92 Community Action
43. 2-18 446918 10 Feb 92 Ill Will
44. 2-19 446919 17 Feb 92 Eyes on the Prize
45. 2-20 446920 24 Feb 92 Those Were the Days
46. 2-21 446921 2 Mar 92 Vying for Attention
47. 2-22 446922 23 Mar 92 The Aunt Who Came to Dinner
48. 2-23 446923 27 Apr 92 Be My Baby Tonight
49. 2-24 446924 4 May 92 Strip-Tease for Two

Fresh Prince Season 3

50. 3- 1 446951 14 Sep 92 How I Spent My Summer Vacation
51. 3- 2 446952 21 Sep 92 Will Gets Committed
52. 3- 3 446953 28 Sep 92 That's No Lady, That's My Cousin
53. 3- 4 446954 5 Oct 92 Hilary Gets a Job
54. 3- 5 446956 12 Oct 92 Mama's Baby, Carlton's Maybe
55. 3- 6 446955 24 Oct 92 P.S. I Love You
56. 3- 7 446958 26 Oct 92 Here Comes the Judge
57. 3- 8 446957 5 Nov 92 Boyz in the Woods
58. 3- 9 446959 9 Nov 92 A Night at the Oprah
59. 3-10 446960 16 Nov 92 Asses to Ashes
60. 3-11 446961 23 Nov 92 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
61. 3-12 446962 7 Dec 92 The Cold War
62. 3-13 446963 14 Dec 92 Mommy Nearest
63. 3-14 446964 4 Jan 93 Winner Takes Off
64. 3-15 446966 18 Jan 93 Robbing the Banks
65. 3-16 446974 25 Jan 93 Bundle of Joy
66. 3-17 446965 1 Feb 93 The Best Laid Plans
67. 3-18 446968 8 Feb 93 The Alma Matter
68. 3-19 446969 15 Feb 93 Just Say Yo
69. 3-20 446967 22 Feb 93 The Baby Comes Out
70. 3-21 446970 1 Mar 93 You Bet Your Life
71. 3-22 446971 12 Apr 93 Ain't No Business Like Show Business
72. 3-23 446973 3 May 93 The Way We Were
73. 3-24 446972 10 May 93 Six Degrees of Graduation

Fresh Prince Season 4

74. 4- 1 60031 20 Sep 93 Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1)
75. 4- 2 60032 20 Sep 93 Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2)
76. 4- 3 60033 27 Sep 93 All Guts, No Glory
77. 4- 4 60034 4 Oct 93 Father of the Year
78. 4- 5 60036 11 Oct 93 It's Better to Have Loved and Lost It...
79. 4- 6 60037 18 Oct 93 Will Goes a-Courtin'
80. 4- 7 60038 25 Oct 93 Hex and the Single Guy
81. 4- 8 60039 1 Nov 93 Blood is Thicker Than Mud
82. 4- 9 60035 8 Nov 93 Fresh Prince After Dark
83. 4-10 60040 15 Nov 93 Home is Where the Heart Attack Is
84. 4-11 60041 22 Nov 93 Take My Cousin -- Please
85. 4-12 60042 29 Nov 93 You've Got To Be a Football Hero
86. 4-13 60043 20 Dec 93 'Twas the Night Before Christening
87. 4-14 60054 3 Jan 94 Sleepless in Bel-Air
88. 4-15 60044 10 Jan 94 Who's the Boss
89. 4-16 60045 24 Jan 93 I Know Why the Caged Bird Screams
90. 4-17 60046 31 Jan 94 When You Hit Upon a Star
91. 4-18 60048 14 Feb 94 Stop Will! In the Name of Love
92. 4-19 60047 21 Feb 94 You'd Better Shop Around
93. 4-20 60049 28 Feb 94 The Ol' Ball and Chain
94. 4-21 60050 14 Mar 94 The Harder They Fall
95. 4-22 60060 25 Apr 94 M is For the Many Things She Gave Me
96. 4-23 60051 2 May 94 Mother's Day
97. 4-24 60053 9 May 94 Papa's Got a Brand-New Excuse
98. 4-25 60061 16 May 94 For Sale By Owner
99. 4-26 60052 23 May 94 The Philadelphia Story

Fresh Prince Season 5

100. 5- 1 60064 19 Sep 94 What's Will Got to Do With It? (1)
101. 5- 2 60065 19 Sep 94 The Client (2)
102. 5- 3 60063 26 Sep 94 Reality Bites
103. 5- 4 60066 3 Oct 94 Grumpy Young Men
104. 5- 5 60062 10 Oct 94 Fresh Prince: The Movie
105. 5- 6 60067 17 Oct 94 Will's Misery
106. 5- 7 60068 24 Oct 94 Father Knows Best
107. 5- 8 60069 7 Nov 94 Sooooooooul Train
108. 5- 9 60070 14 Nov 94 Love Hurts
109. 5-10 60071 21 Nov 94 Will's Up a Dirt Road
110. 5-11 60072 28 Nov 94 Will Steps Out
111. 5-12 60073 12 Dec 94 Same Game, Next Season
112. 5-13 60074 9 Jan 95 Three's a Crowd
113. 5-14 60075 23 Jan 95 It's a Wonderful Lie
114. 5-15 60076 6 Feb 95 Bullets Over Bel-Air
115. 5-16 60077 13 Feb 95 A Decent Proposal
116. 5-17 60078 20 Feb 95 Will is From Mars...
117. 5-18 60079 27 Feb 95 The Wedding Show (Psyche!)
118. 5-19 13 Mar 95 Slum Like It ... Not!
119. 5-20 10 Apr 95 As the Will Turns
120. 5-21 17 Apr 95 Save the Last Trance For Me
121. 5-22 24 Apr 95 To Thine Own Self Be Blue ... and Gold
122. 5-23 1 May 95 Cold Feet, Hot Body
123. 5-24 8 May 95 Love in an Elevator
124. 5-25 15 May 95 For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll

Fresh Prince Season 6

125. 6- 1 60101 18 Sep 95 Burnin' Down the House
126. 6- 2 60102 25 Sep 95 Get a Job
127. 6- 3 60103 2 Oct 95 Stress Related
128. 6- 4 60104 9 Oct 95 Bourgie Sings the Blues
129. 6- 5 60105 16 Oct 95 The Script Formerly Known As
130. 6- 6 60106 23 Oct 95 Not, I Barbecue
131. 6- 7 60107 6 Nov 95 Not With My Cousin You Don't
132. 6- 8 60108 13 Nov 95 Viva Lost Wages
133. 6- 9 60109 20 Nov 95 There's the Rub (1)
134. 6-10 60110 20 Nov 95 There's the Rub (2)
135. 6-11 60111 11 Dec 95 I, Ooh, Baby, Baby
136. 6-12 60112 8 Jan 96 Boxing Helena
137. 6-13 60115 15 Jan 96 I, Clownius
138. 6-14 60113 12 Feb 96 Breaking Up is Hard To Do (1)
139. 6-15 60114 19 Feb 96 Breaking Up is Hard To Do (2)
140. 6-16 60117 26 Feb 96 I, Bowl Buster
141. 6-17 60116 18 Mar 96 The Butler's Son Did It
142. 6-18 60119 8 Apr 96 Hare Today...
143. 6-19 60124 15 Apr 96 I, Whoops, There It Is
144. 6-20 60120 22 Apr 96 I, Stank Horse
145. 6-21 60121 6 May 96 I, Stank Hole in One
146. 6-22 60118 13 May 96 Eye, Tooth
147. 6-23 60122 20 May 96 I, Done (1)
148. 6-24 60123 20 May 96 I, Done (2)

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i love the fresh prince.... why don't they make 'classy' shows like that anymore

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