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Tatyana Ali and James Avery in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)

James Avery: Philip Banks

Something for Nothing

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

James Avery credited as playing...

Philip Banks

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  • Vivian Banks: [Will has snuck past Geoffrey and his aunt and uncle and is dancing on the stairs behind them] Good night, Will!
  • Phillip Banks: You're grounded!
  • William 'Will' Smith: Hey, Aunt Viv! UncIe Phil. Whoa, you got that mad Iook in your eyes. Let me guess. You grabbed Geoffrey's underwear by mistake, am I right?
  • Philip Banks: Will, why didn't you give that check to charity Iike I toId you to?
  • William 'Will' Smith: What you taIking about? I did.
  • Philip Banks: Don't stand there and lie to me.
  • William 'Will' Smith: I'm not Iying.
  • Philip Banks: I just got back from the club and I've never been so humiliated. I thought we had an agreement that that money was going to go where it was most needed. Now, you march upstairs and get me that check.
  • William 'Will' Smith: Well, I can't. The money's gone.
  • Vivian Banks: Will, how couId you have spent $1,000 aIready?
  • Ramon: Wow, Will, you must be loaded! You spent $1,000 and had another $1,000 to give to me for basketball camp? I gotta raise your shoeshine rate.
  • Vivian Banks: Phillip, HiIary wants to take us to the club for brunch.
  • Philip Banks: After what Will did Iast night, they're aII going to be gossiping about us. Why put ourseIves through that?
  • Vivian Banks: They won't be gossiping. Will gave the check back. Besides, peopIe at our cIub aren't Iike that. I mean, no one cared about Mrs. SiIverberg's divorce.
  • Philip Banks: I heard she's been seeing the goIf pro.
  • Vivian Banks: I heard her husband caught them in the utiIity cIoset.
  • Hilary Banks: But did you know that both of them were wearing nothing but cIeats?
  • Ashley Banks: It was the tennis pro in the steam room, but the cIeats part is right.
  • [everyone looks at her]
  • Ashley Banks: Kids talk.
  • Hilary Banks: Daddy, for "Monte CarIo Night", you're going to be the croupier de toilette.
  • Philip Banks: Great. What'll I do?
  • Hilary Banks: You'll make sure that there's aIways toilet paper on the rolls.
  • Philip Banks: It's great to know that all those years of Iaw schooI are finally coming in handy.
  • Philip Banks: [to Will] You gave the money to Ramon?
  • William 'Will' Smith: Well, you know, it's just a Ioan, till his sneaker endorsement comes through, you know, around 2010.
  • Philip Banks: Will, that was very commendabIe, but that's not what that money was raised for.
  • William 'Will' Smith: Come on, UncIe Phil. You said I got a break and I was supposed to give somebody eIse a break, so I gave the money to Ramon.
  • Vivian Banks: He's right, Phillip. You did say that.

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