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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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Def Poet's Society

  • Episode aired Oct 22, 1990
  • TV-PG
  • 24m
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Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
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Will enters into an after school program, following the girls into a Poetry class he makes up a poem on the spot to impress the girls. After creating a poet, Christina asks to bring the made... Read allWill enters into an after school program, following the girls into a Poetry class he makes up a poem on the spot to impress the girls. After creating a poet, Christina asks to bring the made up poet to Poetry Night. After Jazz doesn't come through with an impostor, Will uses Geof... Read allWill enters into an after school program, following the girls into a Poetry class he makes up a poem on the spot to impress the girls. After creating a poet, Christina asks to bring the made up poet to Poetry Night. After Jazz doesn't come through with an impostor, Will uses Geoffrey as the fake poet.

  • Director
    • Jeff Melman
  • Writers
    • Benny Medina
    • Jeff Pollack
    • Andy Borowitz
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    • Will Smith
    • James Avery
    • Janet Hubert
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    • Director
      • Jeff Melman
    • Writers
      • Benny Medina
      • Jeff Pollack
      • Andy Borowitz
    • Stars
      • Will Smith
      • James Avery
      • Janet Hubert
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    Will Smith
    Will Smith
    • Will Smith
    James Avery
    James Avery
    • Philip Banks
    Janet Hubert
    Janet Hubert
    • Vivian Banks
    • (as Janet Hubert-Whitten)
    Alfonso Ribeiro
    Alfonso Ribeiro
    • Carlton Banks
    Karyn Parsons
    Karyn Parsons
    • Hilary Banks
    Tatyana Ali
    Tatyana Ali
    • Ashley Banks
    • (as Tatyana M. Ali)
    Joseph Marcell
    Joseph Marcell
    • Geoffrey Butler
    DJ Jazzy Jeff
    DJ Jazzy Jeff
    • Jazz
    • (as D.J. Jazzy Jeff)
    Jonathan Emerson
    • Ned Fellows
    A.J. Johnson
    A.J. Johnson
    • Christina Johnson
    Lisa Fuller
    • Toni
    Laurel Moglen
    • Elizabeth
    Robby George
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    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jeff Melman
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      • Benny Medina
      • Jeff Pollack
      • Andy Borowitz
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    7kathryn-47157

    Just one thing bothered me...

    The actress that plays the girl he's interested in and the head of the poetry class was off.... Every word that came out of her mouth sounded so fake and forced to me.... She didn't seem to have any facial expressions to go with what she said...I don't know, something about her gave off a vibe that had me waiting for her to say you honestly think I'm that stupid to fall for your games Will?

    Other than that the jokes were funny and the part at the end after the seriousness of the poetry Vivian read gave that last laugh out loud moment.

    (I have extra characters so I'm getting rid of them here) 😁

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    • Trivia
      The recurring joke of Jazz being kicked out of the house occurs for the second time in the series.
    • Goofs
      Geoffrey is already at the school when he decides to impersonate De La Ghetto, but somehow he manages to get an outfit and wig to wear as his disguise.
    • Quotes

      Jazz: Man, I'm starving. When do we eat here?

      Philip Banks: We eat here later. You eat here never.

      Jazz: Looks like you eat here often!

      [Uncle Phil grabs Jazz's shirt and throws him out of the house]

      Jazz: Aah!

    • Connections
      Featured in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Vogue
      Composed by Madonna & Shep Pettibone.

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    • Release date
      • October 22, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Hollywood Center Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • The Stuffed Dog Company
      • Quincy Jones Entertainment
      • NBC Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 24m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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