15 Secret Facts About Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air

The Show Was Cancelled After Season 4 – The end of Season 4 had Will Smith go back to Philly and NBC actually cancelled it after that. Then fan outcry demanded it come back.

Will Smith Did The Show Because He Was Broke – Will Smith owed millions to the IRS after going into debt. In fact, he paid the IRS 70% of his salary for the first three seasons.

Geoffrey Actually Had A Last Name – Butler. Seriously.

THAT Scene – If you listen closely to the scene of Will and Uncle Phil talking about his dad, you can hear audience members crying in the background.

Will’s Cube – Remember that scene where Will solved a Rubik’s Cube to get accepted to Princeton…well apparently he knowns how to do them in real life.

The Cosby Show Shade – In an early episode, Will reads a TV Guide and mentions how the Cosby Show has a new, young cousin move in and wonders where they got that idea. What’s beef?

The House Address – It was revealed in season 4 that the address for the Banks residence is 805 St. Cloud Rd.

The Cab Driver? – Did you ever know that Will Smith’s cab driver was Quincy Jones?

Do You Know The Full Theme? – The actual original theme was almost two minutes long and had extra bars…do you know them?

Jazz Tossed – Did you ever notice that they used the exact same scene of Jazz getting tossed every episode? He was only thrown out once.

LL’s Spinoff – Remember ‘In The House’…? LL Cool J’s show? Well, it was a spinoff that featured Carlton and Ashley in early episodes.

Nicky’s Family Confusion – Will’s little cousin Nicky also played his son in Independence Day. Weird.

Flash Mobbin’ – The largest flash mob in the history of the world actually came together to do the Carlton dance.

The Law Firm – Uncle Phil’s law firm is named Firth, Wynn and Meyer.