I love watching the Fresh Prince, it's hilarious! I love it so much that I watch the repeats even though I’ve seen them like ten times already. I watch an episode (or two) every time I’m at work now – someone brought in the entire series on DVD – without the subtitles though (I like the subtitles on but the remote for the TV is nowhere to be seen - sigh).
Anyway I realised that as much as I adore Will Smith (totally and utterly), I realised that his character (no matter how great) is actually rather horrible – funny, great-looking but horrible – making fun of Uncle Phil (weight and baldness), Geoffrey (Britishness – Robobutler - grinno) and Carlton (blackness, height) – doesn’t seem to make fun of Ashley much though - except when it's about boys (nice relationship they have there) and it’s true, he wants people to accept him for his Philly-ness when he doesn’t really accept anyone else for the way they are - 'My brother, you wanna take this outside?!'
The last episode I watched (yesterday) was Will betting Carlton couldn’t last two days down in the ‘hood (Compton – where Jazz lives, its still Season One) that’s me going through the series. Anyway that got me thinking, why is Blackness all about living like they do in the ‘hood, why can’t it be defined by their educated-selves – after all the great black leaders were educated, Malcolm X, ML.King etc etc righttt?
The Fresh Prince – man some episodes are emotional (the time when Carlton took pills from Will’s locker or when Will’s ‘homeboy’ from Philly came down and liked Hillary (‘I need $300’) – what was his name – um um um ooh Ice Tray – NOT Ice Box (heh).
Will:
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.
Aunt Viv:
Well, while he was protecting your books, where the hell were his?
I just had to add that!
I think they should do a two (or three!) hour special – one where they bring back everyone, have a reunion and update us (the audience) with their lives, have flashbacks or something – show us where they ended up.
Ah that would be a brilliant episode.
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Because Fresh Prince is one of my favourite shows?
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yes we are but this is getting too freaky now :shock:
IM also looking forward to pirates of the carribean (sooo happy when i found out it was coming out) and transformers (too sick too sick, i just love saying Optimus Prime in that cool voice he has
:D) but not so much fast and the furious unfortunately...
yh im not gonna watch any scary movies, that combined with my imagination dangerous combination!! :twisted:
did elton sing 'can you feel the love tonight' cos it sounds too girly i knw he sang the circle of life...
"Verily, in the remembrance of Allah, do hearts find rest"
lol why is it getting freaky dude?
lol haha ok then dont tell me you actually do that? now your the only freaky one here
ok then are you gonna go cinemas to watch it or at home dude?...(piracy is illegal)
i can relate to that well i would have been if there was anything scary out
what happened to the good old school films like exorcist and hunny i shrunk the kids (like thats a scary one and a half)
yeah there his songs he did can you feel the love tonight originally though but they change the person singing in the film.
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ok in that case im not sooo proud of us
me? im from london dude? why?. wbu?...
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Were you born in London?
Im from S......h......e.......f......f.....
guess the rest
yes yes born and raised in london dont think i've ever been out of this place
i mean to stay btw lol
and you? hmmm.....sheffingham?
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That's the one...Sheffingham sounds marvelous.
Ewwww London.
Sheffingham? LOL
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
hey!! dont ewwww london!!
i havent left london, except for my brother wedding which was in brummieland, but hey londons where its at man!!
"Verily, in the remembrance of Allah, do hearts find rest"
i gotta say it when he says it (which isnt often enough
) otherwise its just not right man.....and u knw u do it on the sly 
ive gotta watch it on the big screen, do it justice and because im a law abiding citizen (every other day, except saturday lol
)
how is shrunk the kids scary??? i watched that a little while back and no mess lol!
"Verily, in the remembrance of Allah, do hearts find rest"
yes yes its all about london people
sheffinghams worse
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its not the actual fact about it being scary that scares me but the fact i might haave to watch it. thats the scary thought
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"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
ok i did but you could have written something because now i dont know what to say
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+2 we could all use the reply button
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Sorry - did I just see someone mushy person write about Sheffingham people being worse?
What evidence supports your comment?
that they say ewww to other people
joke 
thats why sheffingham people are worse...who can say weirdos
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