User blog:ARTaylor/25 Years of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Today is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the premiere of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The six-season sitcom focused on the misadventures of Will "Fresh Prince" Smith, playing a fictional version of himself, as he moved across the country away from his mother in West Philadelphia to his uncle's home in Bel Air. The series starred James Avery as Philip Banks, the bad-tempered yet ever-loving patriarch of Smith's adopted family, and Alfonso Ribeiro as Smith's shrewd yet goofy cousin Carlton. The series also featured appearances by Tim Russ as Eugene, Diedrich Bader as Frank Schaeffer, Dick Clark as himself, James Donald Hall as Charlie Mack, Phil Morris as Scott Burton, Hank Azaria as a police officer, Kathy Griffin as Susan Klein, Chi McBride as Ed Barker, Earl Boen as Ed, Phil LaMarr as Edward, Philip Proctor as an auctioneer, Cree Summer as Lisa Adams, Milo Ventimiglia as a party guest, and Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Helen.