A Night at the Oprah is the 9th episode of Season 3 of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
Synopsis[]
The Bankses appear on Oprah's show and fail to invite Will on stage, which may cause Philip to lose the election.
Plot[]
The Banks family is invited to Oprah's show by Alexus, Trevor's ex-girlfriend, which extremely excites Will. However, Trevor informs them that only immediately family is allowed on stage and Will does not count since he is a nephew. Uncle Phil and Aunt Vivian cannot bring themselves to break the news to Will but eventually do at the last minute when they are called onto the stage.
Will is allowed onto the stage by Oprah when she realizes that Will was hurt when his family wouldn't let him be on stage. Family drama soon erupts on the stage when it is revealed Phillip kicked Hilary out and into the pool house, changing all the locks on the door. Will defends Phillip by saying how honorable he is and taking in a kid from Philadelphia to have a better life. Will gets into a fight with another audience member who insults Vy and calling her crazy for letting him live with a dysfunctional family. Will apologizes to Oprah for his behavior and she gives him two tickets to Donahue.
Later that night on the news, the family finds that the appearance on Oprah has caused Phil to plummet in the polls by 8% while Robertson takes in 12 kids from the ghetto in order to boost his campaign and compete with Phillip taking in Will.
Cast[]
- Will Smith as Will Smith
- James Avery as Philip Banks
- Janet Hubert as Vivian Banks
- Alfonso Ribeiro as Carlton Banks
- Karyn Parsons as Hilary Banks
- Tatyana Ali as Ashley Banks
- Joseph Marcell as Geoffrey Butler
Trivia[]
- Syndication cuts the scene where Will goes backstage to apologize to Oprah.
- This is the first and only appearence of Trevors old girlfriend, Alexus.
- Carlton's dance is shortened when aired in syndication.
CONTINUITY
- This episode continues Phil's running campaign story arc following from the episode "Here comes the Judge"
ALLUSIONS
- Thie title refers to the 1935 Marx Brothers movie and 1975 Queen Album, A Night at the Opera.
- When Will answers the phone, he says "Home of the Whopper. What's your beef?" "Home of the Whopper" is the tag line for the Burger King fast food chain. "Where's the beef?" was used in one of the restaurant's ads.
- Senator Howard's line "I love your Leslie Uggams." is a reference to the actress and singer, Leslie Uggams.
Irony
- Will thinks his family didn't want on the show with him, but the real reason he couldn't be on the show was because there wasn't enough room for him. Although, they never bothered to try to get him on, as Uncle Phil said that it was good anyway that he wasn't coming on the show, as he already ruined Uncle Phil's campaign. Ironically, him getting onto the show made it even worse for Uncle Phil.
Running Gag
- Will asking the same question over and over again.
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