THE DAY THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR DIED

[@BRIANNA_00]

R.I.P. to James Avery Absolute legend of a man

[@darkservantofheaven]

The goat of TV Dads

[@anubusx]

Uncle Phil is scarier than Shreader.

[@OurKindofEntertainment]

This was so well done. I've always skipped past most of the Season 6 rerun episodes (save for a few) because the show at that point just felt more like celebrity cameos and SNL level randomness rather than a compelling story for main man Will. Ironically enough, I ordered the complete series on DVD off eBay last week and it arrived today not long after you uploaded this video. If this isn't a good sign then I don't know what is!

[@theartist8291]

I definitely agree on the Lisa arc, they should’ve stayed together

[@DeeDaKaang1]

I don't know why they didn't let them get married 🤷🏾‍♂️ I thought that was insane

[@theartist8291]

@@DeeDaKaang1 or got married at the end of the last episode

[@Theinen84]

Wasn't that around the time she started getting offers and blew up? Like Friday?

[@theartist8291]

@@Theinen84 you know what u right

[@DeeDaKaang1]

@@Theinen84 Yea, that might be the reason why 🤔

[@monkeybone1080]

You'd think the logical conclusion to the series would be Will and Lisa moving into their own place with a kid of their own. Will starting off Fresh Prince as an irresponsible kid and ending it with a kid of his own and having to pass on everything he learned throughout his time on the show, with perhaps a nudge that the kid will be exactly like him so he'll become like Uncle Phil. A shame how things went as I grew up with this and still watch it to this day. Still, at least there's plenty to enjoy regardless.

[@trinaq]

I'll never forget Will's breakdown over his deadbeat dad abandoning him again, and Phil comforting him with a hug. Uncle Phil was definitely Will's real father figure.

[@thahman187]

I always get emotional when I see that scene. There's a lot of people who've been in that position.

[@TheMysteryDriver]

How come he don't want me, man!?

[@dylanmulroe9978]

Will had a great relationship with his father in real life lmao

[@DeaDGoD_XIV]

That scene still makes me tear up

[@K37-h1z]

It's suddenly dusty in here, I'll be right back, gotta call my dad, for no reason

[@Axetwin]

I've always hated how sitcoms need to reset back to the status quo.

[@Emperor_x8]

Actually I've noticed something with the series when you talk about certain shows that really didn't completely die is they get into this weird position of being not as good as they once were but better than a lot of shows have ever been

[@RedisNotaFlavor]

damn, why do i remember Lisa being there for longer than 15 episodes?

[@TheMysteryDriver]

Reruns

[@marlonclark-pp9wg]

15 episodes? i could've sworn she was in more than that

[@SP-qo3pd]

Because if you needed a attractive black girl in the 90s, you either got Jada or Nia. Funny how they both had the haircut of a 10 year old white boy.

[@DeeDaKaang1]

I really feel that The Fresh Pirnce of Bel Air was about watching Will Smith grow into a responsible man in front of our eyes.

[@anubusx]

The show jumped the shark when Ashley became a famous popstar.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@anubusx but she didn’t, remember? She was going to, but that failed

[@anubusx]

@@nsasupporter7557 She did have sucess.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@anubusx No she didn’t, did you not watch that episode? I mean yes, she got a record deal but all of that fell through when Will became cocky about being her manager and Uncle Phil kicks him off the deal and Ashley’s single didn’t become a hit unfortunately

[@MegaMagicdog]

To be fair, Will's mom and Lisa's dad weren't legally married since they didn't have a marriage license before the impromptu ceremony. That could be why they let it go pretending nothing happened. I do prefer the original Vivian actress however, but much of the show was still watchable. I just chose to focus on earlier episodes when it went into reruns.

[@mechajay3358]

Will and Nia had just great chemistry (More than he has wirh Jada). So it was a real disappointment they didn't get married but their parents did even though they barely knew each other.

[@lesterwilliamsjr649]

This show had the best activist representation I have ever seen in S2 E19. As some who gets tired of seeing activist do whatever they want without little to no consequences I'm glad to see a show that actually acknowledges the risk activists take. I wish the Proud Family reboot could do what this show does, but instead we have Maya another example of a character whose main goal to be a realistic depiction of activist who feels the need to constantly bring up everything that is wrong with a system.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Alfonso Ribiero was MVP of this show imo

[@mycahjofficial]

also James Avery as Uncle Phil. R.I.P.

[@Sheldawg_]

Great vid. It’s also interesting to see the tone shift when Will Smith was given a producer role. I’ve noticed when main stars are given producer roles, the subsequent seasons there’s a tone shift. Example is Raven from that’s so Raven. Would be nice to see a that’s so Raven the day it died vid too. Thanks Vee.

[@joshfactor1]

i never though of it as ending with him alone; i mean they mentioned jazz was coming by to help him move & even agreed he would go to uncle phil's for (i think it was) dinner on sunday. in any case, you can be alone but not lonely

[@raydiabolico]

Mr V, you are the CM Punk of KZbin. The Voice of the voiceless. I salute you sir.

[@brandonayong5823]

It's interesting how a lot of the principles of the show early on kind of faded away in the last couple of seasons Early on it was heavily involving black history and what that means on a day to day basis for a black family in the 80s /90s ( Viv being a teacher both literally and figuratively for that. Carlton and will bring arrested and their different views on that situation / Will learning on the black leaders from the past ect) It was also heavy into classisim and Uncle Phil having to balance being such a wealthy man but sticking to his roots and the situation of the every day black man which he couldn't really relate to It was heavy into how complicated interracial relationship were like willy's aunt getting married with a white man or Carlton having white friends and it often showed willingness for mixing while showing how difficult that was as a process And all those concepts are pretty much gone in the last couple of seasons and it's more a bunch of will flirting Phil just being way too confortable with himself and saving his marriage with 2nd aunt Viv. Ashley dating and hilary being a snob.

[@thahman187]

The changing of Aunt Vivs I felt was the downfall. Janet Hubert killed it while Daphne Reid was a total bore!

[@nsasupporter7557]

Agreed. Unfortunately, nobody could stand Janet. Many people thought that it was just a fight with her and Will Smith, No… it was the whole cast and crew. Alfonso Rebiero who played Carlton couldn’t stand her and still can’t

[@thahman187]

@@nsasupporter7557 I remember seeing the reunion special on Max and Alphonso & Janet were nowhere near each other. It's unfortunate with whatever petty grievances they had with one another still lingers. I hope one day they will resolve their issues.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@thahman187 from what I understand, Alfonso left when she showed up

[@thahman187]

@@nsasupporter7557 Just unfortunate that happened.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@thahman187 yes, but that’s life

[@kevin10001]

For me the show changed from season 3 to 4 it went from being an ensemble cast to will Hillary Carlton and Ashley taking over the show not that it got worse but like vee also stated it feels like a different show and there isn’t a definitive answer to why Hubert was replaced some say it was cause of Hubert and some say it was cause of will but unlike a show like family matters it didn’t really decline it just felt uncle phill and aunt Vivian did feel as necessary to the show cause the rest of the cast was older and could carry more storylines and it ventured into the more ridiculous like the season 4 Halloween episode where Hillary drags her family to a psychic to say goodbye to Trevor where we don’t know what actually happens in the episode and Carlton being more over the top

[@K37-h1z]

Always a great day when im watching a new vee at work. More better when its one ive been waiting for. Lisa feels way way longer than 15 eps

[@mymoustache]

Reminds me of the Fresh Prince.

[@navylaks2]

She was probably removed because Jada got jealous 🙃🙃

[@brahms0624]

Jada didn't like Lisa. She had to go.😂

[@bilalrashad6636]

​@entertainingblackmanvideos7691It was a joke, chill 🤦

[@christopherisiahlofi]

The reason why they ended the show with Will by himself was sad but noble....the other characters would fade into the darkness and their actors would always be known as their casted roles....will smith on the other hand was reaching the height of his acting career with MIB, wild wild west, etc. being in the box office around the time...he was basically like Drake in that era....so we already knew that Will Smith (the person) already was set with his "happy ending" at the time (that's why they left his character in LA to meet with Jazz later after they move out....Jazz/Will = DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince...Summertime...see where I am going? Basically they converted the actor "Will Smith" to the person "Will Smith")

[@Cinderkin]

Reminds me of the Fresh Prince. I agree completely.

[@turtle1154]

Before I started the video I thought of when it died for me and it was also Will and Lisa's wedding.

[@devinkemp6198]

I’m so glad vee didn’t quit last years like he wanted to it’s so amazing to see him grow

[@myronsanders4563]

I felt like a part of my innocence died the day that episode aired. The whole premise of their relationship felt rushed. It was she plays a prank on him to get in a sorority, and........they immediately start dating and falling in love, then Will gets shot, then proposes, then cheats on her w/ the Robin Givens character (funny people don’t remember this episode......) then the wedding day, wedding gets called off. Then the final season none of those events are called into question. And it's an easy fix. Have Will wake up and have him dreamt the whole thing. But i do agree that the show was getting stale and the relationship aspect would have bought it in a 'fresh' direction in having Will as a mature guy, instead of the immature playboy But speaking of that last season, I just felt Will just checked out the Series. He didn’t even want to do Television. He only did it because of the IRS debt he had back then. And at that time Bad Boys came out a year earlier and Independence Day was coming out that Summer. He had a huge Hollywood career ahead of him. So around the last 2 seasons, the show served it's purpose for him. He had no use for it at that point. But 1 thing that is sad now about the show was the final scene and all the goodbyes. Every character has shown some sense of growth or self discovery. And were all moving on to the next level of life, or a better life. Will at that point is still the same person he was in the 1st Episode. For all the tough willed Kid from a Philly ghetto stuff, there is zero growth with his character. And you would figure he would have the most growth in a house full of privileged Upper Class Beverly Hills types. Last episode, he's reduced to Uncle Phil having to help him get an apartment like a helpless child. Even in his journey, he's basically a man baby at the end of it all and having to have his hand held in life. While his cousins are all Adults in their new walks of life. Rendering his Bel Air experiment pointless at the end of the day

[@DeaDGoD_XIV]

Reminds me of the Fresh Prince! Another good "Day it Died" looking forward to the next one.

[@theOneOnlyTed]

Just imagine a Fresh Prince show, but Uncle Phil is Batman

[@NickolasNameolas]

I liked Tyra Banks' character Jackie a bit more than Lisa but Nia Long was great. Her and Will Smith had a real Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore vibe. Anyway Lisa vs Jackie, who was the better match for Will? Possible vid idea, take it or leave it, lol.

[@AllieRX]

My guess is that the writers of the show wanted it to end with Will and Lisa getting married, but NBC wanted one more season, so they made them split in the season 5 finale and we got that weird sixth and final season.

[@Shaunmizer]

I wish I hadn't invested my interest on the whole Will And Lisa ship it was a major letdown when I saw them not go through with it

[@Kolya-chu]

I thought Lisa was a bigger part of the show. Probably cause I just watched it on rerun for years 😅. Always liked her. And Jackie.

[@navylaks2]

I would like to have seen Will go on to do great things in Silicon Valley, in real life he was about to go to MIT in Computer Science.

[@osaji922]

Computer Science? I thought it was in math. And do you mean after his success in music and acting or before all that? He made up his mind real early to chase money and fame when he befriended Jazz in like 1985.

[@navylaks2]

@@osaji922 I thought I saw an interview with him in the actor's studio where he discussed it, supposedly he's actually pretty gifted.

[@osaji922]

@@navylaks2 Yeah, I saw that. It was for math.

[@gwell2118]

Oh yeah no in a lot ways the show never really died. And you can even make a compelling argument it ended on its own terms. Having said that I would chalk up later seasons as less the show going bad but more just not being as ripe as it once was. Its natural for a show to lose some of its spark after its best storylines are past and probably some of the cast was ready to move on. But yeah it never crashed and burned like the 70's show did or Two and Half Men that just didn't know when to end.

[@danielsingleton4281]

“Reminds me of the Fresh Prince “

[@andrewgrove1691]

I like the episode where will and Carlton were on the ledge of the building avoiding a very big guy

[@osaji922]

I still remember that one from when it originally aired. Not crazy about season 6 but that is such an all time classic from the entire show and definitely the best from that season.

[@jonightshade2252]

Hahahahaha “this is just a dreeeeam” 🤣

[@troybyrne2916]

Reminds me of the fresh prince( B99 day it died❤

[@xxSandt21xx]

Lisa was sooooooo pretty 🥰🥰🥰

[@Candypants217]

R.I.P Uncle Phill ❤

[@jbali101]

15 episodes that can't be right

[@bobbletcher17]

And I do feel it probably was a pay thing like they didn’t want to pay Nia for another season so they just wrote her out altogether. I could be wrong but that definitely sounds like a producer decision or an executive note.

[@jabbarmuhammad8804]

The season finale of fresh prince of Bel Air is when it died

[@shinkaiatsuya950]

I remember renting season 5 and 6 from my library. Thought season 5 was a real high so curious how it would end. Other than the last episode felt it to be funny but not as high as season 5.

[@godfather71190]

Is there really anything for Will to stay in LA for at the end?

[@osaji922]

Just finishing school.

[@godfather71190]

@@osaji922 He could have easily transferred to Rutgers in NJ and been closer to his family

[@Dr_1212]

Will "Slapping" Smith

[@SP-qo3pd]

Janet was treated unfairly by just about everyone on the show. The only cast member that i can't remember trashing her was Tatiana and James.

[@WillWilsonII]

The Lucas Bros Moving Co had a funny episode based on Will Smith. The Lucas Bros mom was the usual mom, then she became a different woman. 😅😂

[@bunnysb2587]

I wonder why we don't see Tyra Banks "Jackie". In one season and not heard of or tell what happened.

[@pistachiosandpopcorn7146]

I saw it all but I remember Tyra banks way more. Maybe I saw mostly the first three seasons (like more repeated those). I don’t know. I know the mom thing…huge bummer. I definitely remember the difference. But I remember seeing Tyra and thinking she was so pretty but no clue she was a model at the time.

[@osaji922]

This video essay should be about his relationship with Jackie (Tyra Banks). That was the relationship that the producers were trying to build for Will but Tyra got busy with other work and couldn't do the show anymore. That pissed me off because that's a chick I could actually see myself wanting and the chick I would have wanted Will to settle with. I don't find Lisa that attractive. She's really short and I also don't like short hair.

[@itsjoshua2508]

This show never died, it just was put on life support

[@renafan3333]

I think saying it "Died" is strong because I still loved it,but it lost something when Will And Carlton moved into the pool house. I also get that them still living in the house wouldn't make sense where they were,and them living in an apartment,well what about the rest of the family. D*mned If You Do D*med If You Don't.

[@KyleRDent]

It's funny because they did something similar on Sister Sister. The twins went to college and had a dorm, but because of shenanigans they moved back home and lived in the basement(?).

[@ladylilith06]

It just the title of his show, he says it didn't die like others did just stumbled.

[@renafan3333]

@KyleRDent They tricked Ray into being so happy thry moved his Den into the basement and Roger being like "You just traded your den for a room with no heat and that floods when it rains"😂

[@KyleRDent]

@@renafan3333 That was it! I knew it involved a basement.

[@moviereviews4life]

Watch Made in America where Will Smith plays TK, whose head over heels for Nia Longs character.

[@jamorehawkins8364]

Reminds me of the fresh Prince.

[@UnityFAN]

King of Queens please!......

[@terrancecarmichael619]

That’s my show

[@MrReganomics1]

Always take the extra five minutes to run your vocals through the compressor..

[@beauzeller5097]

I like him, he raps happy!

[@fireflow726]

Reminds me of the fresh prince

[@RalphJr-xp3hp]

Can you talk about MTV’s Nick Cannon’s Wild N Out series? I felt that the show started to jump the shark in 2017/2018 with the rotation of same old group games and jokes being said in each episode. To which, those funny moments were made into Instagram and Twitter posts of the same jokes and segments of the show kind of wear out its stay. It’s gotten to the point where the cast members of Wild N Out have their own web series, podcasts, and comedy tours currently going on that seems way more entertaining than Wild N Out itself. I mean look at The 85th South Show, Emmanuel Hudson and his brother, Phillip, KZbin skits, and many of the other comedians who had a bit of a fanbase before becoming full time cast members on the show. I just feel like now Nick Cannon should move on to newer projects and shows that isn’t a copy cat to Wild N Out.

[@ihaterz123]

Oh yea I forgot there was a reboot.

[@HWJASURY]

The series ending without Will getting married is kind of weird to look at in hindsight.

[@TheDukeofMadness]

This reminds me of the Fresh Prince. Every show like this goes one season too long. The Nanny did it too. Do the Nanny next...sounds a porn film.

[@strugglesnuggledslime7040]

Eh,I dunno. While I definately agree with the sentiment of the last season feeling like absolute filler and that abandoning the marriage arc was a horrible idea(not like thats a first for the show though),I never really felt much chemisty between Will and Lisa. Thats probably just me but the spark just never jumped over(in fact,I would probably say that Smith paired of better with Banks in her sadly very short stint).

[@michaelfragoso6572]

I heard season 5 was meant to be the finale

[@osaji922]

Season 4 was meant to be the finale. When Will came back again, it was year to year after that so you might be right but it would have been weird to leave it after that last scene of season 5 where it has all those women making phone calls saying Will is back on the market and Will says "y'all come back now, ya hear?" Not really series finale worthy.

[@TheYoshiller5]

WHERES DALTON DOCUMENTARY?

[@OMARMADINAH]

The Show Died When The First Aunt Vivian Got Fired From The Show

[@jerrysharpnack4010]

I wish I could marry a girl like Lisa

[@dmonslayer69]

Please update us on dumb side of the ring

[@dilloncrowe1018]

What about "Family Matters"?

[@madddoggnogood1491]

He's already done that one

[@dilloncrowe1018]

@@madddoggnogood1491 thanks.

[@XZAVIER-DAA-GOD]

When that new show was made

[@Kenrone]

In 2021/2

[@yodon6867]

Like every black sitcom and drama. New regime came in and did not want black TV shows on

[@jessicashanel7577]

Please cover Roseanne

[@darkservantofheaven]

Nia Long 4ever be that ideal Hood movie love interest The nice pretty girl next door. Not ratchet, not cruel, just a kind human being. She's the Gwen Stacy (if Gwen was black and never died)

[@kevintanza6968]

Gwen was very annoying in the comics 😅

[@mcdo724]

Is he doing this in his bathroom? The audio

[@len1991100]

After Janet Hubert left the show wasn’t the same

[@len1991100]

Ok, but Janet Hubert was a better Aunt Vivian

[@JettzCG]

Fresh Prince died when he slapped a dude at some award show or something idk I never watched it

[@waccentertainment4563]

Somebody already did this but I'm bored

[@guilhermepinheiro5342]

The Aunt Viv problem was caused by... Will Smith. He's always unapolagetic

[@nsasupporter7557]

No, you apparently don’t know the whole story. It wasn’t just Will, the whole cast and crew hated her

[@denardoellisjr]

Will Smith and Nia Long would've been a much better couple but oh well....

[@christopherlesiuk6172]

2019 was the year the wwe Hall of fame died. you know you're wrestling stuff. that can be your next video

[@greenrobot5]

The show overstayed its welcome, I honestly didn't like Will in a long relationship, he was a ladies man and part of the fun was seeing him attract a different girl every other episode

[@scottrohrer3418]

I BLAME JADA WHY? DONT KNOW BUT IM GONNA BLAME HER, CAUSE I FEEL SHE WAS TO BLAME FOR A LOT OF HIS PROBLEMS

[@mullaoslo]

Fresh prince died when will slapped Chris rock.. 30 years of fandom down the drain

[@jolfer1334]

U and me both

[@gamesmoney1025]

I didnt like little Nikki. He wasn't funny at all but he was a little kid

[@Officialmryuck]

KEEP AUNT VIVS NAME, OUT YO MOUF 🖐️

[@mistafixit2058]

BABY NICKY RUINED THE SHOW

[@LaCream973]

Not even your video 😂😂

[@MrBeezyb88]

Reminds me of the fresh prince