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Even though I've seen this episode a million times, it was today (March 21, 2017) when I watched this episode on disc three of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air season 2 DVD, that it really hit me that the Carlton Dance was introduced to the world back in 1991.

And Carlton did the dance out of nowhere. Ashley was dancing and then the camera panned to Carlton doing his famous dance by himself and then he moved the dance to near the front door of the Banks' rented cabin.

It was that scene and then season three where Carlton's character really started to get popular.

For an actor that is as talented as Alfonso Ribeiro is, it's kind of messed up that most people remember him because of the Carlton Dance. Because at the end of the day, Alfonso Ribeiro can act his butt off!!!

At the time when this episode aired, NBC knew they had a SERIOUS hit on their hands with this show. And like all TV networks are apt to do, NBC knew they had to up the hype machine of this show by adding a huge pop culture reference in Bell Biv Devoe (BBD).

I'm a BIG fan of New Edition and BBD. And it was nice to see this episode again and see BBD in a period (1990-1991) where their music and image were as hot as an Arizona summer.

Will as usual was his super funny and goofy self in this episode. For me, the height of his being super funny and goofy in this episode, was when he was dancing his way into BBD's music video by backing up into Michael Bivins and pushing Biv out of the video! That part had my dying of laughter so much that I rewound that scene about five times! Then there's Tyriq, who danced in and near the BBD video shoot. Plus, near the end of the episode he decided to ditch Will and the Banks' cleanup effort, to go hang out with some honeys at one of those Hollywood parties.

This episode was priceless and indicative of how hot this show was especially in the 1991 through 1994 period.

Janet Hubert was marvelous on this episode as an African-American Studies teacher at Bel-Air Prep.

She sung, she acted, she was funny, and she educated the audience all in one episode.

Hubert was brilliant on this show. And you wonder why since about the late 2000s, she has publicly come out that she is angry about being let go from this show.

But her pregnancy around season 3 of this show and her attitude around the set during that season, helped exacerbate her exit from this show.

But all in all, she was fun to watch in her three seasons of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.