


However, despite being set in Bel Air on TV, that's not actually where the intro house is located. The house in the intro isn't actually in Bel Air.Īll Fresh Prince fans will recognise the stunning white mansion in the show's iconic title sequence. The show lasted for six full seasons in total.Ħ. NBC actually cancelled 'The Fresh Prince' during it's fourth season, with it's finale seeing Will heading back to Philadelphia.Īfter fan outcry, however, producers decided to bring the show back its fifth season opens with an NBC executive driving Will back to Bel Air. On the other hand, Smith is a common name, so it is possible that both parents could have been Smith before their marriage.ĥ. Assuming Will took his father's name, it wouldn't make a lot of sense for all of the sisters to take that name too. Interestingly, in later episodes Will's father refers to himself as 'Lou Smith'. Throughout the show, Aunt Viv, Will's mum and the other sisters are frequently referred to as the 'Smith' sisters. However, she later reappeared as a completely different character - Will's love interest, 'Dee-Dee' - in the second. Guest star Queen Latifah portrayed Hilary's horrific boss, Marissa Redmon in the first season.

Queen Latifah played two different characters. Geoffrey later explains it is a "family name".ģ. Midway into the sixth season, it is revealed that the beloved family butler's middle name is 'Barbara', meaning his full name is Geoffrey Barbara Butler. "When I watch those episodes, it's disgusting. "I would memorize the entire script, then I'd be lipping everybody's lines while they were talking," Smith previously admitted in an interview. Will had a seriously bad lip-syncing problem.ĭuring the early seasons of the show, Will can frequently be seen miming the lines of the other actors while they were speaking. Yet, he reminds everyone that the simplest pleasures of family life can't be bought at any price. As the Banks family opens their home - and their checkbook - to their needy relative, Will adapts easily to their indulgent lifestyle. Will shatters the sophisticated serenity of Bel-Air with his streetwise common sense, much to the dismay of his upper-crust uncle, Philip Banks (James Avery), Aunt Vivian (Janet Hubert-Whitten and Daphne Maxwell Reid) and three conceited cousins, Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro), Hilary (Karyn Parsons) and Ashley (Tatyana Ali) - and butler Geoffrey (Joseph Marcell). s01e09 - Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (2)Ī wealthy family living in Bel-Air, California, receives a dubious gift from their poorer relations in Philadelphia when Will Smith arrives as The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.s01e08 - Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (1).

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Season 1 Episodes. Will joins his prep school's poetry club.
