![]() ![]() ![]() The Banks family, who lived in a Bel-Air mansion with a butler next door to The Reagans, were unlike any black family that had been on mainstream TV before. “Our show was a little more irreverent – we were definitely sillier and the characters were broader.” For many viewers, it was the first time they had seen a black family on TV and by season three it had become America’s most popular show with an all-black cast. Fast-forward 30 years and the show lives on: Will Smith’s quirky facial expressions have spawned thousands of memes “The Carlton Dance” made famous by Alfonso Ribeiro is a $5 in-game purchase on Fortnite and to this day the theme tune causes groups of mid-thirties white men to try and show off their rapping cred.īlack family sitcoms such as Diff’rent Strokes and The Cosby Show had achieved mainstream success before, but The Fresh Prince was different, says Parsons, now 53.
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