About this episode

This episode discusses the debut of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and interesting details about its original theme and production.

Interesting Things with JC #1771: "Debut of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" - The original Fresh Prince theme was much longer. In the video for the opening, Will packed and then flew first class, landed in LA and met his ride before there was ever a famous cab. Most of that trip was left on the cutting room floor!

People in this episode

Host: JC

Topics covered

• television history
• pop culture
• 90s sitcoms
• media production
• entertainment

Keywords

• Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Will Smith
• TV debut
• theme song
• 90s television

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

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