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“Geoffrey, break out Lucille.”

From: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Genre: Television

Who said it?: Uncle Phil

The story behind the quote: This week’s quote comes from the 90’s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show is all about Will Smith (played by Will Smith) who, when a couple of guys, who were up to no good, started making trouble in his neighborhood, got into one little fight. Because of this, his mom got scared and told Will he was moving in with auntie and uncle in Bel-Air.

The quote comes from the from the 22nd episode of the 1st season, Banks Shot. After losing his Uncle Phil’s car in a bet, Uncle Phil (played by James Avery) and Geoffrey, the family butler and played by Joseph Marcell, go to the pool hall where Will lost the bet. It looks like Uncle Phil gets goaded into making another bet for more money, which he loses. When Uncle Phil hesitantly tries to make another bet to both get the car as well as more money, the hustlers agree. This in when Uncle Phil delivers the quote, showing he is actually more than just good at playing pool.

Geek wisdom: Never judge a book by its cover. Nor should you judge a person by their appearance. You never know their history so you should never underestimate their abilities and skills.

“Now this is a story all about how…”

From: The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Genre: Television

Who said it?: Will Smith

The story behind the quote: The quote comes from the 90’s sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. The show starred Will Smith. Yes, the same Will Smith you see in a lot of blockbuster movies like The Pursuit of Happyness, Men in Black, Bad Boys and many more. But before he was a Hollywood superstar, Will Smith was part of the rap duo, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince (which is where part of the name of the show came from). Will Smith was approached by Quincy Jones to star in the sitcom, which became a smash hit and started Will Smith’s ride to stardom.

The show became popular to no small part of the show’s extremely catchy theme song. In fact, if you mention the quote, which is the first line of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’s theme song,  there’s a good chance that people will instinctively start rapping the entire thing from memory.

Geek wisdom: You can be millionaire that managed to claw their way out of poverty. Or a political official that managed to climb up from an impoverished neighborhood. These may seem like success stories but it will be all for nothing if you forget where you came from. Always remember your roots and where you came from.