The first 166 lines.
On the last Fresh Prince of Bel-Air:
Hey, Uncle Phil, man, I gotta give you props for investing in this record store, man.
That must have been a lot of money. How much are we really worth?
"We"?
Hey, DJ, keep playing that song All night
On, and on, and on
Hey, Mr. DJ, all the girls are ready
Ching-ching!
Boy, it's time I told ya I can't wait no longer
Got to make up your mind
I heard enough. She's a knockout. I definitely wanna sign her.
Will, you better be sure you know what you're doing.
Uncle Phil, I know exactly what I'm doing.
[SINGING "THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR" THEME]
Six is completely unacceptable. It's Will Smith you talking to.
I want 10.
Oh, no, no, no. You got to give me 10 or I'm taking Ashley Banks elsewhere.
That's what I thought. You're a very smart man.
No, no, love you. Ciao.
Negotiating for a bigger royalty?
No, a better table.
I got a business meeting tomorrow night at the Roxy.
Boy, this management thing is love. Trust me.
People tripping all over themselves just to make you happy.
Hey, now I know how Hammer must have felt the week he was famous.
Look at you, Will. These insincere, sycophants ply you with gifts...
...shower you with money, and why?
Is it because you have any discernable talents? No.
It's because you control someone else who does.
- You want a job, don't you? - Yes.
Well, I ain't got no problem keeping it in the family.
You can handle the money, business manager.
Yes! You're gonna be watching me, aren't you?
Like white folks watch Wings.
Hi, everyone.
Hey, Hil. I got a great idea for your talk show.
Divas: Past, present and future.
On the same show you have Aretha, Whitney and Ashley.
Who's Ashley?
Your sister.
Well, Ashley hasn't even released a single yet.
I need guests who can deliver ratings.
I mean, if she wants to come sit in the audience or something, you know...
Yes, Martha?
Mr. Berry and his associates are here.
Yes, send them in, please.
All right, let me do all the talking.
All you got to do is agree with everything I say and disagree with everything they say.
Why don't I just smile and nod?
Better.
- Ahh! - Ha-ha-ha.
Gordy. What's up? You look fabu.
It's nice to see you, Will. Carlton.
What that? What that? Brother, you got to show me love. Hey!
Thanks.
Listen, you know my associates.
Yeah, Rob, Fab. Blame it on the rain, brothers.
Will, Will, Will, this is quite an office you've got here.
You like it? Actually, I'm not even finished yet.
I'm having a bust of my head made. It's getting helicoptered in on Thursday.
Hey, suppose we get right down to business?
Yes, sir. Hey, y'all fellas have a seat. Watch them beads on my leather, bro.
- All right. Now, Gordy... Yeah?
What is the best way to launch a new act?
- Well, I've always found... Ease up a second there, bro.
That was one of them there rhetorical questions, you know?
Ain't that right, Carlton?
All right. We are gonna introduce Ashley to the world in person.
Announcing the Ashley Banks North American tour.
Right. Okay.
Now, we gonna start right here in New York.
And then blang, over to Phoenix. Then bap, bap, bap, bladow, over to Orlando.
Then blip-bloop, we gonna slide up to Seattle. Next we...
Will, Will. We would need a jet to meet that kind of schedule.
I mean, we simply don't have those kind of resources.
Y'all got a couple of weeks to come up with the funds. I got dates in all these cities.
You've already booked the tour?
Oh, no, no, no, bro, I said "I got dates. "
See, I got Tina in New York. I got Beth in Seattle. Ohh.
Actually, I might need a couple days in Seattle. Beth is a big girl, you know?
Oh, you laughing. You must like them a little rotund yourself.
Will. Will, now wouldn't it be more effective to shoot a video for Ashley?
Oh, come on, Gordy, video is dead, man. Ain't that right, Carlton?
Absolutely. Most of the arcades are losing money.
I mean...
Right. Moving on. Next, I got a publicity stunt planned for Ashley.
We gonna set up lunch with her and Tevin Campbell.
Midway through, she gonna stand up, take a drink and splash it in his face.
Right? Then she slap him, call him a punk.
Just "punk. " Just scream it out. Next, we plant a story...
...that Tevin been sleeping outside her crib with a rifle.
Now, it ain't gonna do too much for Tevin's career...
...but Ashley becomes America's favorite victim.
Now, Will, Tevin is a great kid.
- Oh, no, no, no, this just business here. - He's also my godson.
Then you can be there for him. Why don't you sleep on it?
- Let that marinate a little bit, all right? - Yeah, I'll do that.
Uh... This meeting has been very interesting.
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Hey, this is just the first of many, man.
- Okay. - Hey, Gordy.
- Yeah? - I can feel it.
We are gonna make history.
History?
That's just the word I was thinking. Goodbye, Will.
Bye.
That went great.
Whoa, whoa. Carlton, slow down, man.
I was with Tisha last night. I can't walk that fast.
Will, we're late.
Relax, Carlton. Look here, I'm Ashley's manager.
You see all this? I run all this.
They can't start none of this thing without me.
Boy, you're running out of time
Got to make up your mind
Tell me, tell me
I gotta go, I gotta go, baby
This is how I feel inside I won't waste your time or mine
- Who the hell are all these people? - I don't know.
After all I do for you
Ashley, why don't you take a five. We'll hit it hard in a bit.
Will, I'm so glad you came.
Of course I came, I'm your manager.
- Will, didn't you talk to Daddy? About what?
- What's going on here? - Ashley, I'll take care of this.
Why don't you go listen to some of the playback. You're doing great.
- Who are you? - Jerry DeCarlo.
Gordy thought you might need help from a more experienced manager.
But you're the man, Will. You're the man. I'm just the man behind the man.
Oh, uh-huh. And what you doing back there?
Will, we'd like you to focus on one of our more established clients.
Oh, really? Who?
Tito, Jermaine. Your pick.
Look here, buddy.
I don't think you quite understand what's going on here.
I run all this, okay? And Ashley is not having this at all, right?
So you need to get to going, all right? Go ahead, take care.
Will, I wish you had come home last night.
I didn't mean for you to find out about it this way.
Oh, you knew about this, huh?
Jer, would you excuse us for a minute, please?
"Jer"?
Oh, no, no. I'm calm.
- How could you sell me like this, man? - Will.
You're making this more difficult than it has to be.
The decision has been made.
- Carlton, that's eavesdropping. - So?
This is better than television.
I put this whole thing together. I will not be thrown out on my...
Ashley, would you quit it?
Will, you are no longer in charge.
Oh, great. Now we'll never know how Will took the news.
... three weeks and the way you folks have been requesting it...
...it'll be there forever. Here's smoking Ashley Banks with "Make Up Your Mind. "
...smoking Ashley Banks.
Tell me why you're playing with my...
All this money for rent and I still got roaches.
Will, I want you to come home.
- Home? Oh, I have no home. - Oh, come on, the whole family misses you.
- Family? Oh, I have no family. - All right, you made your point.
Point? I have no...
Very clever, Uncle Phil.
But then again, you are this big-time lawyer.
Will, this wasn't an easy thing for me to agree with.
We both know that you were in over your head.
I was just trying to do the best thing I could for Ashley.
You can push me out and take everything over...
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