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When the Fresh Prince got REAL.
Apr 27, 2017 3:31 PM
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BoostZilla
Every damn time....
casweb
Now THAT'S doing the Carlton. Standing up for yourself and being who you are.
MrDongLord69
first things first, rest in peace uncle phil
grapefruittroop
For real.
Spitwell23
You the only father that I ever knew..
SaticoySteel
I get my bitch pregnant I'ma be a better you
Foxnewsisgoodnews
Prophesies that I made way back in the Ville
AndyBiz10
To be honest this show taught me a lot of what it meant to be of color in America before I could understand it.
StanislastheManislas
How come he don't want me man?
poodlypoodle
Poopaloupe
The one where Carlton gets pulled over for drving 12 mph, and they end up in jail, was really good, too.
SsekBelac
Other guy in jail starts singing opera.
sexyGandalf12
Rip uncle Phil
WilwoWaggins
Expecting a shit storm. This is just too rational.
GeorgeBushHatesBlackPuppets
Black communities have no hope as long as being an uncle Tom is still a thing.
GandalfUnicorn
Generally being an Uncle Tom(no matter the source material) is more akin to being Ruckus from the Boondocks, than Carlton from Fresh Prince.
PearsGalore
Exactly!
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
I grew up Arab in a predominantly Arab community. I was not like the rest of my peers, and I was often ridiculed for it. I didn't act like-
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
the rest of my community, even though I worked within it, because I cared. Eventually, these jerks chased me out of it, and to this day-
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
I have an aversion to my own people, and I hate myself for it. All because some jerks decided I "acted like a white boy". Also didn't help-
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
that my best friend was white. I still try to support the community through volunteer work like I did in the past, but I tend to shy away-
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
from hanging around other Arabs in general.
KirbyCompany
dragonraven13
The final episode where Uncle Phil calls Will his son.
fluhatinrapper
First things first, rest in peace Uncle Phil. You the only father that I ever knew.
K1LL4M1K3
Came here for this!
fluhatinrapper
Incredible track! Glad someone recognized.
iamdanman
"The ghetto is a nigga trap, take the cheese. Soon as you do here come the police. Invented and designed for us to fail. Then you gone end
iamdanman
Up dead or in jail." -Ice Cube
8bitSpartan141
Are you guys forgetting the episode where Carlton was in the hospital with a gun?
MrPeebles
And when Carlton ODed on pills. And when Will was about to drive home drunk.
LadyWonkyMcJankeypants
THIS!! This is the episode that I really remember getting real for me.
Spitwell23
LINK!!!!
PleasePMMeYourFeet
Give me the link, Carlton.
8bitSpartan141
Here found the scene on YouTube https://youtu.be/rJ31eBipr_g
ironwolf6896
Terrible day for rain.
MrPeebles
Oh, and when Will and Carlton were arrested as car thieves. Carlton had no idea he'd be treated that way because of his skin.
IDontKnowHowToHuman
(2) TBH, I've always assumed (and still do) that it's just his individual personality.
IDontKnowHowToHuman
Carlton was always so naive. I wondered if it's b/c he grew up w/ the privilege of wealth, was too sheltered, or just his personality?
rshini
it was so striking, Will correctly predict what will happen, Carlton thinks he's being paranoid, then the loot of betrayal when it happened
yakusokuN8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality
fluhatinrapper
It is not enough that I should succeed, I also want my enemies to fail.
questionablechoices
"Break out Lucille", will's break down over his father's abandonment. This show was full of great moments.
DeafVader11
And... there's a baseball bat named "Lucille" in Walking Dead... haha
zelgadiss44
https://cdn.bleedingcool.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lucille.png
YerAGrizzardArry
Or Aunt Viv with the cops who arrested Will and Carlton. "We about to get very busy!"
shortwarrior
"Sit down, Barney Fife!"
IProvideFakeContext
"Dont tell us to wait, and dont tell us to sit down. Just open that damn door and let those two boys outta there, or Im going to tie this
IProvideFakeContext
place up in so much litigation that your GRANDCHILDREN ARE GOING TO NEED LAWYERS."
yolokido
Even better with sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GywhZCHvqXA
ThatsNotMyDadThatsACellPhone
You da real mvp
noughiphiet
lol Make like a Banana and split
Abysse
Thanks, totally forgot about this one
33MrKrabs33
THANKS DUDE
strumfooligan
I always upvote the video sauce.
Raybud
I do love a sauce boss when they appear :)
neonoptic
WHY IN THE FUCK IS THIS NOT ON NETFLIX GOD FUCKING DAMNIT
UhSuhhDude
Seriously!
isthatriight
I want golden girls too
Illthinkofausernamelater
Golden girls is on Hulu plus
Ladyglittersparkle
It's on Netflix in the Uk and Australia!
fozzibab
I'm gonna help you. 1. Google "utorrent". Install that. 2. Google "Fresh Prince of Bel Air complete torrent" Click that. You're welcome.
madjo
Suggest it here: https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest
CatsAndNinjas
Bookmarked. Thank you.
Getsoft4u
they have Dear white people...
IDontKnowHowToHuman
FYI, seasons 1 thru 5 ARE available on Netflix DVD right now. But I realize that only 1% of Netflix users have a DVD account these days.
lufttjuven
It's on Netflix in Sweden, not much else is tho
giraffinator
Ireland/UK netflix too. I watch some for nostalgia reasons!
randomgibberish
It's on Canadian Netflix :)
jaaku
wait what?
DreadPierateRoberts
DAMN YOU CANANDA
TheDeadWillWalkInMyMemes
Shut up snow Mexican!
SsekBelac
Mexico has it to
rationaliseit
I understand the irony e'urp
1CheekyMF
As a black girl from Boulder Colorado, for real
R3last
This was my EXACT interaction with BSA on the CU campus. Minus the Barry Manilow part.
1CheekyMF
I actually went to an HBCU...That was dumb
Arsikere
i've heard boulder is a pretty awesome place. and as someone from Los Angeles, i also hear CO people don't really like us. can confirm?
causality
Nobody likes Los Angeles.
eetsumkaus
...I like LA. wouldn't wanna do my daily grind there, but I like hanging out in LA. The food scene is incredible
idownvoteplottwist
Yeah, the Californians are considered invaders.
Arsikere
as someone from LA- i'd like to say I really don't like LA either. born and raised here and it's getting insane
thegraphiteknight
As a CO person, we just have too many damn people moving here. Not just Californians. No state specific hate that I've seen.
tolatetocomment
As a Brit who went for a road trip which included alot of CO, if I lived in the US I'd be moving to Denver.
thejerg
Colorado has a thing about Texans and Calfornians. Y'all were the first real invaders to our fair lands. Now it's just every-fucking-body.
superhistorynerd
This and the dad episode, real feels man.
WhatsAGoodUsernameForThis
Some should post a link those episodes (ya why that guy with the great username said)
juicyjuiced
Or the gun episode
YerAGrizzardArry
That dad episode still kills me, having had a similar relationship with my father (we're good now though).
wafflesmgee
One that actually got me crying was when Will was confessing about drugs with Carlton.
miwoy
Better than the dad scene imo
jalabi99
And the episode when Carlton & Will were wrongly accused of stealing a car, simply because they were "Driving While Black".
AlexXUndead
Then Uncle Phil tears the cops a new one!
jalabi99
And #TheRealAuntViv takes off her earrings! Classic episode!
MajyykPhD
Poproxorz
Had a moment like this with my father about my mother. Shit's rough, feeling irrelevant to a parent. Still bothers me occasionally.
Whopraysforthedevil
Had the same thing. I know that feel, man
ShowALK
Ugh, I can hear his delivery. It's just... so heartwrenching.
neonoptic
I always loved it when Will was about to bust literally anyone's head to protect Carlton. Will gave Carlton shit constantly, but when (1/2)
neonoptic
Someone else gave Carlton a hard time, Will was always right there to help him if he could at all possible. No matter what.
razetherunner
that is exactly how family works, especially with brothers. you have too keep them safe AND keep them from getting too cocky.
Sekolah
That's what brothers do ;)
kidtutty
#butthatsnottheREALauntviv
jalabi99
I didn't want to mention it because I thought it was common knowledge that #JanetHubertIsTheOnlyAuntViv
AnthonyBlumpkins
Heh... butt hats....
gonzar09
Sadly I read that as butt hats too.
GuitarMuscles
Well I mean I didn't before but now I can't NOT read it as butt hats
TeflonTrout
I didn't understand the emotion boiling underneath this when I first saw this. Hell, until I left town at 20 I'd only met two black people
kaniptionfit
Haha, WHAT???
Sublime1981
I'm white and grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood. I was fully aware that doing well in school/succeeding was "acting white".
Sublime1981
Most of my classmates I remember if I look them up are in the corrections system now. SO much for not being a sellout...I guess.
TeflonTrout
This episode that is, when I was a kid
erischilde
Kinda similar. Had two friends in groups: both listened to metal, hung out with white friends. It took a while to see past just our friends.
whiskeyandcigarettes
Sooo... you only know two black people?
Threewisemen
That's 1 more than I had.
MoPowahBaybeh
You are so lucky! ")~
cajuncavalier
It obviously isn't your fault, but that's part of the problem. We're still geographically segregated. The majority doesn't know the minority
BronzeLeaguePro
People like black people more the further they live away from them. I'm not excusing anything, but those are the facts.
cajuncavalier
I'm not familiar with those "facts". My personal experience doesn't reflect that.
YamatoIouko
Depends on where you are. I'm outside Atlanta, and the population seems about 45/45/10 black/white/neither.
Aepsy
I immigrated here only speaking spanish. Learned perfect english for my parents. Lived public housing constantly getting made fun of for 1/2
Aepsy
talking funny. Hood speak came easy, but I got so much flak for speaking what was little more than a different dialect.
Leithoa
I'm glad you were able to make it past the extra hurdles other people put in front of you.
Aepsy
People cant bother you, when you dont socialize c:
catsaregroundowls
1/2 I just took a cultural training for my teaching job and the textbook said that learning dialect is easier and more relatable due to
catsaregroundowls
2/2 similarities to native language, so that we should grade writing to be proper but never correct a students speech condescendingly.
Aepsy
Yes! I am about that on so many levels. No one really speaks "proper" proper, and switching between would be so much easier that way.
IDontKnowHowToHuman
English is such a crazy/complicated language even without counting regional dialects. I don't envy anyone who learns it as a 2nd language.
starscape678
As someone who learned it as a second language: it ain't that bad. Take serbocroatian as an example, that shit is at least as complicated.
IDontKnowHowToHuman
No thank you. I chose to take Spanish in college because it's the most simple language I know of.
egbertmoxie
I dunno man. It's honestly pretty easy, provided you watch a lot of Cartoon Network as a kid as I did :P
daftthoughts
I speak it as my 4th and learned most of it myself. It really isn't that difficult, no more than most other languages.
pookieeatworld
Yeah look how much we argue about it as is, like how you say soda or coke or pop...
Aepsy
I feel like as long as your in an environment that uses it profusely, learning a language isnt too hard.
lungbudda
Same with the only meeting to black people. One of them is still my friend. I don't see race. I see people, good and bad. Why is that hard?
Anthonlee
Because it's easy and almost uncontrollable to generalize. We all see color, we just need to accept human differences and try to understand
ratfaceddog
If you don't see race, how do you know they're black?
Lucywants
When you get close to someone you don't see the outside, but the human being. Of course you see color, but you don't apply prejudice
InjunInjunNumberNine
Sorry I had an unrelated erection before your comment.
WaterblightGanon
if you're only seen two black people in your entire life, it's not that you don't see race, it's that you literally haven't seen race.
ScotchBingeington
Not sure if you're trying to be funny or serious
Porecomesis
Your name looks familiar to me...
famicus
That sentiment has very sweet intentions, but it's always made me feel uncomfortable. Regardless, I'm glad you've found perspective.
flapperfemmefatale
Same. As a white person, ignoring racism is a privilege and not something to brag about
erischilde
A lot of white people don't see race. They don't realise that it also means they don't see the struggles... might not be ignoring might /1
erischilde
Mean they haven't witnessed or endured it. They have to get that perspective from outside their normal lives.
Deathfrombelow
Not seeing race implies that the social aspects that go with a person's race (culture & perspective most notably) are also not seen.
flapperfemmefatale
It's racism, not a paper cut.
flapperfemmefatale
Right but ignoring the issue does not fix the issue.
Deathfrombelow
Exactly. That’s why "color blindness" is problematic despite the good intentions.
lildeidei
I'm rewatching the whole show. It's amazing that we think we've come so far, yet nothing is inherently different.
alcide
Yeah. Watching this i couldn't help but think how ruthlessly ghetto ppl would be laughing at Carlton saying something like that.
eetsumkaus
I like how what he says hits from both ends. Black culture has its own racism to deal with, but that doesn't cheapen their struggles.
FluffyFlood
Where can I buy or download this show?
lildeidei
I acquired it through friends who pirated it, so...
Robvp
You can point your netflix dns to Mexico, we have the whole series
mechanimated
When I went to catholic school we got our first black people when I was in 7th grade (and this is in NYC!). When we moved to 8th grade, /1
m0thballs
"we got our first black people"
SexPenguinWhoreNunToTheArchdoiceseAndOligarchy
-Chirstmas morning at the Vanderbilt plantation, 1819.
LvAllen
They weren't issued to you at your school?
mechanimated
2 more black girls entered the new 7th grade class. Those two girls made fun of my black friends, because they hung out with me - a white /2
mechanimated
girl. Called us the Oreo Crew. Jokes on them, oreos are delicious, and also I glued all their notebooks together into a brick for picking /3
mechanimated
on my friends :D /4
TheGreatBlueHeron
And now you have won all the upvotes I can give you.
AlltheAnswers
1- I had three students years ago who were best friends in middle school. Two black, one white. Called themselves Oreo. Found out later that
AlltheAnswers
2- when they got to high school, the black girls shunned the white one because of her race. It was incredibly sad--and infuriating.
AlltheAnswers
3- How do we teach tolerance and character and make it stick? Good for you for standing up for it!
troasface
Im black, but listen to metal. Wear fitted clothing and speak with proper diction. I get called the whitest black kid. Is that an insult?
Direfury
It would be if you were one of them. But you're not. You're better than them, and they're too wrapped up in bein' 'gangsta' to see it.
mousemarie94
Your comment doesn't make sense...
Spottedcowz
I used to say the same thing to a friend of mine. Thing is, it's just a joke. The saddest form of racism is people that actually believe (1)
Spottedcowz
that ghetto culture is "black" culture. Your skin doesn't define who you are. It's just a descriptor. (2)
fluhatinrapper
Kudos to you for realizing this and not perpetuating that further.
GandalfUnicorn
Going to be real with you. You're not the whitest black kid. By virtue of [being] Black. Everything you do is Black culture.
fluhatinrapper
Race is a social construct. You are as we see you. It is unfortunate, as culture is beautiful and to be appreciated.
mousemarie94
Yes, because people are assuming that black people are only one thing...and it comes from all sides. It's silly to box people up.
MrPeebles
Depends. Friends? Acquaintances? Silly that people try to say clothing, music, etc., are the whole of who anyone is. Sad use of race as well
DeafVader11
Who's been saying that to you?
fluhatinrapper
Not necessarily. It is ignorance. It may even be a misguided racist compliment. Assuming you are better because you act "more white".
fluhatinrapper
No race has a patent on speaking a certain way, excelling in school or succeeding in life.
otiumCatulli
1 of my black friends called herself a coconut, I had never noticed for a second that she was being white, she was being just like me 1/?
otiumCatulli
and I just assume I'm normal, trying to raise a family, buy a house, have a good education, see the world. I didn't realise that was "white"
harrymunster42
As a black man would you be offended if a white kid wore baggy clothes, listen to only rap and people saidhe's the blackest white kid ever?
fluhatinrapper
I would consider that person to be misguided in their statement. The assumption is that those things define "black", which is wrong.
troasface
Yeah. Because none of that makes him black. It makes him Eminem.
harrymunster42
But you know what I mean
fluhatinrapper
Well, he might just be the next best thing, but not quite me. - Eminem
LawFiveGuy
Sad thing is, it's nearly 25 years later and people are still having the same conversations
43rdpresident
Unfortunately this.. http://imgur.com/Xbie7jg
dietderpsy
I think it got worse in recent years, now we have terms like white privilege.
NR97420
Eh, I think that is a misused term, but I don't think it has made it has affected race relations, especially intra.
PearsGalore
White privilege is the little things like smaller sentences for the same crime. It doesn't mean white people can never be poor or homeless.
joeyjojosharknado
By strict definition maybe, but people still use it in the latter way. Is the problem.
NR97420
That's just it. The opposite of criminally biased treatment is not "privilege." The only privilege in America comes with wealth.
Svartlebee
Yeah, but it's used as a weapon to shame people, not as a constructive tool.
moopuss
People who talk about privilege aren't necessarily suggesting it's something to be ashamed of, but to keep in mind.
Svartlebee
And if it has zero bearing on the conversation at large?
mikekearn
I had the same thought. I'm kind of disappointed your comment is so far down.
fluhatinrapper
We shall overcome...... maybe.
bobfdn
I am really starting to think America was way less racist in the 80s
PearsGalore
Uh...no.
DeafVader11
A lot of people agreed. I like some of Obama's policies but he really made race relations a whole lot worse. He pretty much set our 1/2
DeafVader11
race relations back by 40-50 years. And also making people playing "victim" a poplar thing nowadays. So, overall, I'm not happy with him.
JmHReborn
Was it Obama or was it that his election made things boil under the surface rise up and take center stage? Easy to scapegoat the FPOTUS
DeafVader11
Oh I blame Obama for sure. I also blame Trump too. But who really started it? Obama.
JmHReborn
It's going to be the same to blame Trump for the rise of white nationalism - but it was always there, again boiling under the surface
DaddyPlzStop
As a black man that was always made fun of for being "whitewashed" cause I speak well, this hits home for me.
ifuckinghateusernamesthisisasrandomasitsgonnaget
SAME.
Ivanaski
This happens to all races. Most of my Mexican family won't speak to because I'm too Americanized therefore im to stuck up
DeafVader11
As an American, I accepted you no matter want. That's your family's loss. I'm glad that you are standing your grounds.
IAlwaysUpvoteBirdies
That's bullshit. I'm sorry you had to go through that man. Why can't people just be themselves?
IsaacClarke
It always puts me in an awkward situation trying to explain to friends and family that my girlfriend isn't ''whiter'' than I am.
IsaacClarke
I always correct them and say that she's just not Hood it isn't that she's not black
AmaIthea
Not from US but it seems like they are pigeon holeing a race into a lifestyle. (I.e. not all whitepeople are hipsters) would that be right?
WalkingMurphysLaw
you speak good. Me nailed it
Vatatheo
I always that that was the most ridiculous thing. I was raised in Inglewood, and moved to Vegas at 10, and people made fun of me for years-
Vatatheo
For being whitewashed. Because I didn't act "black", I was somehow lesser, or maybe weirder... It's insulting and nonsensical. Speaking-
Vatatheo
Proper isn't a race thing. It's an iq thing.
AmaIthea
I think more people need to see Sydney Poitier in To Sir with love.
Vatatheo
I'll add it to my list.
seemetrollinh8in
People being assholes knows no race, religion, or country. Take it from me, I'm an asshole on the internet.
Royalton577
Same my dude this scene spoke to me as a young black man facing similar ridicule from my peers
ExpectoPatr0num
I went to HS with a black kid who always got picked on for not being "black enough" because he was well spoken, studied hard, and dressed 1/
ExpectoPatr0num
nicely, etc. They called him Oreo (black on the outside white on the inside). Yeah well he works for the UN now and lives in China so I 2/
ExpectoPatr0num
guess the joke is on them.
ProfessorDumbledorable
I had a friend like that and she was from Nigeria. It made me so mad because she was so smart, and kind and amazing. It wasn't fair to her.
ExpectoPatr0num
Sometimes, people can be real shitty. Love your name, btw.
Helpingpeoplesometimes
No one should feel that way. You live in America, most people talk that way. If you lived in France you would speak proper french.
youarenotthemother
the time (he's black). Looking back I feel ashamed but thankful he took the time to open my eyes to the racism I didn't even realize I was
PreviousNameWasStalkable
But username checks out, dude. Just saying
DanglingNuts
badkneeadventurer
I used to get called Oreo, cause i hung out in the library and didn't talk like them
plsslideintomydms
Awreo
DaddyPlzStop
I got called that cause I was white inside lol. It's okay though, it's gotten me a decent job
dokpsy
I thought Oreo was mixed race. You're talking about burnt marshmallow. Black on the outside, white inside. Still a stupid thing to hate on.
Tunaccat
They're upset you were doing well for yourself and they weren't.
fluhatinrapper
There's always gonna be haters, that's the way it is. Hater *itches marry hater *iggas and have hater kids.
Blodgarmpls
1)Dude I feel so bad because we used to call these 2 kids oreos behind their backs (I'm white and my friends are white/asian/indian). I told
Blodgarmpls
2/3) my mom one day and she looked at me incredulously and said 'theyre still black'. And i laughed and said 'you just dont get it mom.'
Blodgarmpls
3/3) Turns out I was the one who didn't get it. We were like 16-17 btw
fluhatinrapper
Kids are ignorant, and it is mildly excusable. Grown people don't have the luxury of an excuse. I have been there too.
KishaJ
This was me in school: she think she white. I was just being me. I tell kids today "get in where you fit in. Who care what others think"
PaliQ
My friend Melanie in school always got the same. She said she wasn't going to change her personality to fit in with her skin.
PaliQ
I never understood this... speaking properly/intelligently is 'white'? So, that means they're all uneducated then, right? And proud of it???
totalwiener
Mexican here, same. Now when my family says I'm "whitewashed" I ask them why they think that being Latino has to mean "being ghetto" to them
fluhatinrapper
Ya'll running the same race.
CSTAR104
I don't "sound mexican". I also am 31 with no kids, not married with a good career and all my family wants is for me to settle down.
unicorninmypants
Is ur username supposed to be "sister104" with a spanish accent?
DanglingNuts
unclenastyfingers6969
Yup. Same. Got teased a lot as a kid for not being bilingual, not liking spicy foods and talking like a "white boy."
fluhatinrapper
Not liking spicy foods is unforgivable, regardless of race.
youarenotthemother
I was ignorant & joked that my bf was "whiter than me" to his friend b/c of things like that. It really upset him & I didn't understand at
fluhatinrapper
You did not do it out of spite, but it is certainly hurtful. Now you know and it's all good.
AmaIthea
Even jokingly it hurts being denied a part of yourself. Why do others think they have a say in which part of your ancestry you identify with
AmaIthea
My husband did the same when we were dating. We talked about putting people in boxes. I didn't fit in the box he had made in his mind for1/2
AmaIthea
2/2 my race. He re-labeled me instead of changing his box. Thankfully he decided to change his box.
youarenotthemother
You're the last unicorn, you get a special box. Joking aside, I'm glad he changed his box
AmaIthea
Jesusdo
I have a cousin who was born in Colorado, raised in Utah, was in ballet, played the violin, and was a straight A student (1/?)
Jesusdo
And was very nice and kind. Her family had to move to Dallas for my uncle's work, and over there, the other black kids refused to (2/?)
Jesusdo
Hang out or talk to her, because she was too white, and not a real black girl. (3/3).
DeafVader11
That's a real shame. They are just jealous that she's doing well and I hate to say this but they are being racists in a way.
unicorninmypants
They definitely were being racist. Minorities struggle to advance and get pulled back down by their own people.
Jesusdo
Exactly. She did well, graduated from High School, and moved back to Utah. She said Texas was too racist to her.
ssjb234
You're not alone. In the city in which I was born and raised, I get asked "where are you from" by other blacks, because of my lack of accent
DaddyPlzStop
Mann.. I'm from a really small town in Kansas and couldn't wait to go to college and be around black people finally, they were just as bad
lilduck9
What small town man? I'm from a small Kansas town as well
DaddyPlzStop
Ellsworth.. you?
lilduck9
Hesston. We would occasionally play you guys in high school sports, eagles right? Huh. Small world
Ozarck
on the playground, where you spent most of your days?
DanglingNuts
ssjb234
Alright, smart-ass, have my upvote.
Ippeppe
How true love stories are made.
jesusdudewtf
My boss used to make jokes that I'm a fake black person, because I'm mixed and don't act in a "hood" black way.
fluhatinrapper
Technically that could be workplace harassment. I encourage you to politely but firmly ask him to stop. If he doesn't, record everything.
jesusdudewtf
Not current job, so its fine. And he stopped after I called him out loudly and showed him vids of St Croix life.
fluhatinrapper
Good on ya mate. Everyone deserves respect in the workplace!
jesusdudewtf
He's from Compton. I'm from St. Croix. I didn't even know "hood" was a style until I moved to the states.
fluhatinrapper
You and Tim Duncan.
DeafVader11
Then your boss is an idiot and in a way... a racist.
DaddyPlzStop
It's stupid, I've dealt with that too. It's like they'd rather see an ignorant stereotype, which is what keeps black people down
jesusdudewtf
I favored my dad's side, so i look white. so for a while it was all jokes about how I'm denying my blood and stuff. Very annoying.
jesusdudewtf
"You don't like trap? Fake-ass black person" Dude. I grew up on an island. Baggy pants and rap wasn't big there. Rum and steel drums were.
CthulhusGreasyBallsack
"no REAL black person has an actual meaningful culture!"
DukeDark
No, black people do that to each other. It's social suicide to "act white." And yet this is also somehow white ppl's fault
MysteriousLeigh
I've often thought that when I see certain comments online. But as a white person I'm aware that I can't really say it.
mousemarie94
Yeah, I've been called white by black people and white people and I'm just like...all of you can go suck a dick.
fluhatinrapper
A shitty cop won't see you as white, neither will a shitty store owner. You are black, be proud.
fluhatinrapper
black America down with lack of jobs, education and healthcare. How fucked is that?
fluhatinrapper
The sad part is that the stereotype some of black America wants to perpetrate is one created by the white patriarchy aimed at keeping....
fluhatinrapper
black America down with lack of jobs, education and healthcare. How fucked is that?
mousemarie94
Yeah, I studied for only a short few years towards me degree and it is internalized on all levels. Sad.
ThySausagePrince
As a white guy, I don't know why this is considered an insult.
mousemarie94
White people say it to me to make it seem like I'm not like the 'other' black people, like I have qualities black people can't have. 1/
mousemarie94
Black people say it in an attempt to say I'm not of the community and /or 'sold out' 2/2
daftgamer
Ok, let me put it in context. If your sex orientation is one way and everyone calls you by the other, many would feel upset. What is the 1/2
daftgamer
difference really? You're being called or considered something that you are not. From a white guy so might be wrong here, sorry if so. 2/2
ThySausagePrince
To me it's like being called gay, or a faggot. I realize they might be trying to insult me, but I'm not insulted. Does that make sense?
youarenotthemother
Perpetuating. Black people tell me all the time "I'm one of them" b/c I dance/like hip hop and know about rat tail combs. How do I respond?
fluhatinrapper
However tf you want. You could take the high rode to say that race is a social construct and a shitty cop will not see you as black. Thus...
fluhatinrapper
you are not. Or you could say thanks, but you are proud of your heritage and understand some of black culture.
AmaIthea
You could tell them you've still got 2 more 'black points' to gather and then you cash them in for an all year round tan upgrade.
AmaIthea
Might make them laugh... might make them think.
youarenotthemother
You & fluhatinrapper have made me think with those responses. The comment is always welcoming, but from another perspective you start to
youarenotthemother
Wonder how it's really different at all. Whites saying the same seems weird right? Idk. Interesting topic and discussions
AmaIthea
I feel saying 'you're one of us' is very different than 'you're not one of them'. Expressing than inclusion without denying others is hard
kittypoopappledrink
When the Fresh Prince was truly REAL.
v
fluhatinrapper
At least they have.... REAL FAKE DOORS! www.realfakedoors.com
PleasePMMeYourFeet
Came to post this.
nothingtodoandalldaytodoit
Is that Alan, the cameraman Will references at some awards show?
Ryebread91
So is the ceiling the fourth wall?
IMayOrMayNotHaveTroubleFindingAndOrChoosingAUsername
no, the fourth wall is the one removed, so that the cameras and studio audience can look into the "house".
Ryebread91
It was. He broke it so there was no ceiling. Though i did forget they don't film in a full sized house for a sec.
spacesoulboi
because when you're rich there is no there are no ceilings
RideTheStimutacs
A bunch of 80s/90s sitcoms did that. I remember a Growing Pains where everyone was out of character and Ben was the one freaking out.
MariusRhinox
This fucked me up as a kid.
Baughr
I just spit on my phone from laughing at this...
Cosmogonic
still cant bear the audience "laugh" background trash.
TargaryenLoyalist
I tolerate it more when it's a real audience rather than fake (or enhanced) canned laughter. For instance, Married With Children gets a pass
TargaryenLoyalist
Meanwhile, I just get filled with rage when I hear it on newer shows like Big Bang Theory.
GoIIum
I get filled with rage watching new episodes of Big Bang Theory regardless! I liked the old ones but they changed their target audience.
IDontKnowHowToHuman
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/286/821/261.gif
rabaal
Yep, that's the episode
ANicePairofSlacks
9/10 rappers would joy that house
c0diferous
Lil Wayne would make his best mixtape about it
ratfaceddog
They'd joy the hell out of it.
ithinkiamanapple
But they couldn't raise the roof then.
Psymecoleesis
I knew it would be either this or Will's dad. I'm glad it was the former.
Sauroctonus
That was my introduction to the 4th Wall. Ironically, it was the ceiling.
HD2composer
Almost no one remembers this show:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101184
honeybadgerdontgiveashit
Pepperidge Farm remembers
HD2composer
arf777
Baltimore remembers thus show
TinyLiehon
Is this from The Truman Show pilot?
LeEpicGamer3000
Because the freakin' dad bought mountains and mountains of mashed pootatos
iliketodothechacha
I thought it was gonna be the one where will asks uncle phil why his dad doesn't love him
plouffi
I tought the same. Made me laugh extra hard that it wasn't
DinoQueenJoules
Oh when carlton got a gun
BillPlates
shit made me cry so hard
RideTheStimutacs
Why don't he want me, man?
ravioliravioligivemetheupvoteoli
DON'T YOU BEING THAT UP . ITS STILL TOO SOON
TinyLiehon
Damn, that sounds heavy. How does his uncle reply?
NineByNine
Honestly it's one of the finest bits of acting in the whole series, and a really powerful episode start to finish.
Wabbadabba
So the story is that it wasn't acting. Apparently Will's father left him and that was a real response being in the moment
NineByNine
that story is proven false I'm afraid. It gets around a lot but it is a fabrication. Just super good acting on both parts.
1metalnation
Hugs the hell out of him. Makes will know that Will is his son now
tonystankisajerk
I like that. Despite Phil always stating his dislike for Will, in actuality, he cares very much for Will as much as his own kids.
1metalnation
It was a real tear jerker. I love it time and again
Leaveittojebus
TrueLegateDamar
Remember when Carlton freaked out and ran through ALL the sets and off
BenjaminGiddens
Loves that so much
MattDude
yes! this was awesome!
kittypoopappledrink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFX1NtxkqcE
poronkusemania
.
jammydodgerbutiovejam
Up next... Two guys & a girl. Bang, that's a good night with Ryan Reynolds straight after fresh prince
TummyMcTumTum
Great show.
kansascitysexcoach
2 guys & a girl
IDontKnowHowToHuman
I love the reaction gif I've had of it for years: http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/286/821/261.gif
stickalwayswins
Ahaha
GrandMemes
Nice
ZyrtecTheAlmighty
.
firecutter23
.
snortingstardust
.
MrMineHeads
.
enneque
Did they show this in the actual episode or just behind the scenes
JestHearFourComAnts
It was shown after the credits... but it was a nice surprise.
QueenofBees
It aired in the actual episode. Funniest shit when I saw it the first time.
OneShucklak
Thank you all. I'm so happy.
ARandomHelljumper
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Somarlane
Never seen this before! Thank you for sharing the video, I can't wait to show it to family. (They don't use imgur.)
palaces
A-MA-ZING!
captainlavender
I read that in Bunsen Jude the science dude's voice. Take my humble upvote.
gordolio
Noice.
BreastInspector
I usually love it when a show breaks down the fourth wall.
TwentyDollarsIsTwentyDollars
Holy shit I miss this show so much
tusig1243
Some of those sitcoms will drop truth/feel bombs all over your world. Scrubs, fresh prince, HIMYM. Just to name a few
sciencebasedlifeform
Backroom Casting Couch
ghsdkgb
The 90s was especially good for that. Or lousy with it, depending on your point of view.
thescarby
Roseanne
InterwebTroll
Saved by the bell
StephapoopTatas
BigOlBitches77
BOY MEETS WORLD
Blastergv9
I'm rewatching entourage right now and even that has some real moments
upvoteALLtheposts
https://maaretta.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/rickmorty12.png
chaiman
Community.
sillybananas
Parks and Rec!
jikanwalker
Totally, in Spain we have MHYV which represents real youth problems against the oppression of the society.
NicoleSharer
Frazier was great
LiquidHotMagma
Golden Girls when Sophia says "my baby is gone"
CornHuskerTexan
Family Matters
FaxCelestis
Not just sitcoms. White Collar had the episode with the smuggled kids, for instance.
Leithreas
HIMYM tried to do this but it was always ham-fisted and horrible. Especially anything with Ted.
justahumanonline
Black-ish has had some great moments as well.
MantisTobagganMD
Take HIMYM and throw it away, replace with Boy Meets World
iamkarlpilkington
That's why Seinfeld is the greatest. Cos they didn't
pursuant2me
Big Bang Theory...fine, I'll leave.
Sauroctonus
Red Dwarf would, on occasion... Then someone would be called a smeghead and the credits would roll.
Vydrach
M*A*S*H
AbsolutelyDramaticNutjob
I have a message - - Lt. Col. Henry Blakes - - plane was shot down - - over the Sea of Japan. It spun in. There were no survivors.
Cgyachilles
It wasn't a chicken
ArdentLeaper
MySpiffyUsername
M*A*S*H was nothing but real.
SamaelTheVenomOfGod
M*A*S*H will fuck you up right quick if you aren't careful.
playstation360
Blame Alan Alda for that.
skafloc
*Thank.
playstation360
The chicken on the bus incident messed me up almost as much as season 2 of Telltales's Walking Dead.
JerryGunter
War isn't hell..
shrike2214
Scrubs man... Scrubs made me cry real man tears on a few occasions...
Nooooooooooooooooooooo
And then bam, it shines off the apple. https://youtu.be/H63MCZ2xnwU
UngratefulNoob
He... Wasn't about to die was he Newbie? He could've waited weeks or months for a new kidney.
WLAFadeaway
Have you ever been to the Meiffel Tower :(...
SirToxe
Yeah, Scrubs was the best.
Jophis
Where do you think we are?
NonConformistFlamingo
FUCKING... NO. YOU STOP. NO.
IChangeMyNameForJokes
That one chokes me up everyone and I've watched all 8 season of the show through like 7 times.
ManagerOfScrantonBranch
8 seasons. Yes.
TheKerfuffle
STOP IT YOU!
CasuallyPool
lightningboltkid1
Lavernagain was it for me
orangeisthenewbasic
Scrubs did it a little too often tbh. Sometimes it worked really well, like when he hallucinated his brother
Sauroctonus
I did find they were a little heavy on the "feels". I appreciate it when it's done right, and they did often do it right.
orangeisthenewbasic
HIMYM was a bit guilty of this too-- not every single episode needs a special learning moment
Kimanous
The one with Brendan Fraser was heartbreaking
DankMimesRUs
Boy Meets World had a lot of these moments. Hell, even South Park does it.
mynameisbarryallenandiamthefastestmanalive
Maybe South Park most of all. Just not quite as serious in the delivery.
rushid930
Except that aspergers episode
dinosnore
I loved boy meets world for their serious moments. Learned so much from Mr. Feeney
DankMimesRUs
Feeeeneh!
TheClayKnight
Doesn't South Park have a big lesson moment at the end in any episode dealing with a serious issue?
DankMimesRUs
Yup
rushid930
Well yeah but it's usually comedy and not the depressing harsh reality. Except the aspergers episode. That was fucked
rushid930
Well yeah but it's usually comedy and not the depressing harsh reality. Except the aspergers episode. That was fucked
bizon1829
Yeah, I love HIMYM, but it never hit home consistently like the others did. Only time I can think of is the countdown episode. That hit hard
IChangeMyNameForJokes
remind me which one that was?
Varimothras
"Bad News" I think
IBear
When Marshall's dad died
kirbynomnoms
The "How Your Mother Met Me" episode. If I watch it without my fiancé I seriously get nightmares
alovelypintofguinness
Brian Cooper's death
wOOtist
"Where do you think we are?"
BigJulay
No one has mentioned The Office. :( I think they did a great job conveying real relationships between regular people.
DunderMifflinInfinity
When Michael screams at Holly, "And you know what, THAT is what is the matter with me." He loves her so much it hurts.
Spiderandbee
The scene where Michael buys Pam's painting, man. Every time.
kingscottish
I think I cried through the entire last season. Watching Jim and Pam. And knowing the show was coming to an end. ugh
BigJulay
I just finished watching the series with my gf and we restarted it immediately. If you rewatch all the eps you can pretend it didn't end.
plouffi
The episode where you see Michael as a kid and make you understand why he is the way he is. Makes his cringiness more tolerable.
BigJulay
I always get choked up when Jim tells Dwight that he left Scranton bc he couldn't handle not being with Pam. "I mean, I lost it, Dwight."
DunderMifflinInfinity
That same scene, but when Dwight reaches for Jim after he's walked away :'(
BigJulay
Lol poor Dwight. First time opening to Jim and he's gone. But Jim goes to kiss Pam and he loves Italian food and all is right again.
AsianJimfromTheOffice
From what I read, it was an improv for Dwight to reach out to him. The script was meant for Jim to leave after he did his dialogue
hurdygurdybear
God damn drew Carey show. His fiancée left him because she had an eating issue. He told no one why and u don't know why until end of episode
hurdygurdybear
It's more of a feels trip when you see it.
hurdygurdybear
hurdygurdybear
Here he finds out he's IM-fucking Mimi, his arch nemesis
TrendyGayShark
Futurama...
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RickAndMortyForeverAndForever100YearsRickAndMorty
You're welcome
BigJulay
When Fry and Leela get stung by the bee and Leela learns that he never left her side during the 2 weeks she was in a coma.
tusig1243
That's another great example
BigJulay
Futurama does a great job with romance. The candy hearts, Fry's star message, the finale when Leela/Fry decide to live life over again. <3
ThanosTaint
IamNotaFreakyFishGuy
You call that a pressed ham? Walt! Hit the retaliate button!
hokeyreligions
Um... Which one is it?
GuitarMuscles
Press any button! They all retaliate!
ILiekToCookAndBake
Precisely the truth I needed.
Talmorean
BigHugeSmallTaco
My eyes!
CristhianIR
If it taakes forever, I will waait for you..
CristhianIR
For a thousand summers, I will wait for you..
GuitarMuscles
What do you want? FRY'S DOG! When do you want it? FRY'S DOG!
Arguile
You he first time I saw this I was 15. I cried and went to my mother and woke her up and hugged her. Still kills me to this day
Arguile
The*
TheGuyWhoBeatsHisMeat
PhilTheGoron
frankbankspanks
Sorry but HIMYM?
thetwilightzone
How I Met Your Mother
chillerluvcats
There was some real shitbevery noe and then about making family and relationships but mostly joke
DankMimesRUs
How I mated with your mother
Spiderandbee
Fucking seriously. Lost me at that one.
Antrazit
To me himym was a feels rollercoaster, not all the time, but often enough to stand out a lot
BladedPenguin
Barney's freak out when he had dinner with his dad was pretty intense.
foosbabaganoosh
Yeah that show didn't carry the same emotional weight that the others carried at all. Except I cried at the finale, at how awful it was
QueenCousland
Have you seen the real ending? You'll have to Google :alternate ending," but it's definitely the real one.
Feanor19
When marshal lost his dad was a pretty dark few episodes.
Feanor19
Ignore me. Just saw this was mentioned a lot on a sub comment thread
AuBoss
That storyline seemed very cliche to me.
Feanor19
I had just lost my stepdad at the time so it was pretty accurate for me. What were our last words said, things i should have said, etc.
AuBoss
Yep I was very relate able to many people I bet. Still an overdone storyline
FATHERLOVINGDAMIEN
https://youtu.be/xbG0RIWUUbY
Skittleballs
I absolutely give you that one.
theblankgamer23
Friends?
YerAGrizzardArry
Could someone cite an example of HIMYM getting real? It always seemed to be a fairly typical sitcom.
pattyymac
The Scene between Barney and his dad at the basketball hoop in the drive way gets me every damn time.
pattyymac
"Because if you were going to have some lame, boring life... why couldn't you have had that with me!"
BladedPenguin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEALs91SaQk
geekyisland
Robin's episode finding out she was infertile made me cry so much
TRforShort
Marshall's dad dying, Robin can't have kids, Barney leaving Nora for Robin, Ted left at the alter, Lily forgiving her dad to name one each
okayfineillstoplurking
When Tracy FUCKING DIES. He looked for her all that time, finally finds her, they have the children he always wanted, and she DIES.
TheBeardedDragon
When Ted realises that all of his friends have moved on in life and so his good old days at over
tusig1243
Season 6. When marshalls father dies.
humormolestor
Not really a fan, but heard the line 'a woman's sexuality is a moving target' and I was like BOOM so tru
NotSoAngryGuy
When Barney walked away from meeting Nora and her parents because he felt he was too far gone to mature and settle down.
NotSoAngryGuy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zX4RPnfW6Y
tzpike05
When Marshall found out his dad died...
AuBoss
Yea but that was a very cliche story line. The whole "didn't tell him I love him the last time i saw him thing" been done a million times.
SharkoutofWata
That one was even better because even my unobservant ass saw the countdown and got excited to see what it led to and then BAM. Feels.
dobbythehouseelf
I was so happy because they clearly were setting you up to think it was going to be a pregnancy. And then ouch.
Visser3
That shit really made me cry man tears and I'm tearing up a little just thinking about it,the delivery of that moment was perfect
Delathi
Part of it was that they didn't tell Jason Segel what was about to be said and his reaction is natural.
Oscar074
Eh, season 7 came close a couple times. With Robin finding out she can't have kids and Barney meeting his dad. Still wouldn't say himym
hibsta
Or when Marshall's dad died unexpectantly, amd he didn't have anything sweet to say about him during the funeral
pattyymac
There was that thing about the foot cream, though...
AuBoss
That was a pretty cliche storyline imo. That exact thing has been done a lot of times.
PauLogic
How about Ted defining what love is to Jeanette in order to get back the locket? Lily having to deal with life, failing as an artist?
PauLogic
Did you even watch the show?
YerAGrizzardArry
All I meant was that HIMYM is more geared towards personal issues, whereas Fresh Prince tackled social issues.
PauLogic
Ted letting Robin go to Barney? Barneys confrontation with his real dad? Ted wishing that he could've spent more time with Tracy?
Valondra
5 moments over how many seasons?
Choloquarian
Then we have its always sunny in Philadelphia.....
TheSwedishStag
The ultimate Anti-sitcom
spookytwigg
Yes... But it's perfect as it is and we wouldn't want it any other way.
SnesC
Didn't they go into Seinfeld having decided that none of the characters would ever get emotional or learn anything?
TheClayKnight
Variety and contrast is important
LinkinPiper
For me it was this scene
ScrotumSquasher
That was gay
moneybagski
FIRST THINGS FIRST REST IN PEACE UNCLE PHIL
LogicalPeanut
And the silence that followed that, no music for the end of the episode until the credits rolled out, it was so powerful.
NoGreaterTaleOfDoh
skrizzle4rizzle
And now I'm crying at work and I have to wait on customers
ThisIsTheLastTimeIChangeUsernamesIPromise
Good that you'll have to wait, would be worse if you were in a hurry
F1Monkey
I grew up in the 1% of single parent households, dad is the one who manned up and raised me.
Spendigity420
Every. Damn. Time. It seems like someone is ALWAYS cutting onions when im rewatching this scene.
Fishwhispersandgiggles
When we found out Will Smith wasn't just gonna make us laugh.
prototype024
I lost my father when i was 9 and it didn't really matter... I got used to i, but now i'm 28 and becoming passioned abouy teaching (1/...)
prototype024
He was also a teacher and i'd love to talk to him about it, but i can't. Sonce i realized that i started missing all aspects of (2/..)
prototype024
Having a dad. Only last week i was crying on some 70 year old guy's shoulder becausr he said he was prpud of me. (3/...)
prototype024
Proud* U'm just starting to realize how much i miaa my dad.
Jaytheplane
You had to, didn't you? :( the feels
IDontSeeEnoughDarkTowerOnImgur
Can't say I've teared up from seeing the blurry thumbnail of a picture before, knew what it was from a mile (3 feet) away.
jp189512
cannot watch that scene without crying
Smeenu
First things first rest I'm peace uncle Phil...for real...
StatmanIbrahimovic
Every damn sentence is so powerful. Fuck.
n7leadfarmer
Bro, reading that last line gave me chills. This was a really powerful moment for me when I was younger.
Foag
APackOfExcitedGingers
Another good one is where Carlton accidentally took speed from Will, and he ended up in the hospital. Also sad
isthatriight
for me it was when will took the gun from carlton
darthtator
I've never met a dude who doesn't cry to this scene.
dontmagpie
this post, your image, and the one with carlton in the hospital bed with the gun. too real, man. too deep.
smallskillerofhambino
You will not attack my feels! Curse you!!!
ModernDayBabaYaga
It's not even a GIF, and I'm tearing up here man!
MindPrints
My father bounced on me and my mother right before I was born.... Now I have something in my eye.
TheFakeCraigFerguson
Same. Came back long enough to try and get his 500k+ child support debt revoked, found out it didn't work that way and dropped me all over.
WinterPalace86
Scene hit home for me, My dad was never around and I was never given an explanation or even an excuse. He just didn't care.
Psymecoleesis
I knew it would either be this or the scene where they don't have a roof. I'm sad it was the former.
ididyourmum
This hits so close to home. I've got something in both of my eyes.
easysteezyweezy
I was caught so off guard this scene made me weak
thomasthetankimgurine
What fucking great show this still is.
lilnood
I recently received my fathers phone number, after 13 years of not knowing where he is. I should send this to him.
randomonotony
Got Goosebumps reading that one.
rtempleton
Best scene in TV history IMO
H8trsgonnaH8
Fuck you, for making me have feels. Have your +1, I hope you choke on it.
Xallius
It sucks that so many of us related to this scene.
whovianspartans
I cried so hard the first time I saw this. That's all my mom ever told my sister and I. That he gave up rights and never wanted us.
fluhatinrapper
First things first, rest in peace Uncle Phil. For real.
BoredITGuy
No, no, no. I knew someone was going to post this, and I wanted to avoid it. Of course I had to check EVERY link to avoid it.
LadyLizzy52595
I still get chills at this one. Especially knowing how real this was to Will.
battlestargingerpubes
DUUUUDE I didn't want to cry today! Argh!
Iosephus
I don't even have to open it... I'm already crying.
lokitoki81
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3M1SC8BPhA Source
cobrapup
That tore me up the first time I watched it.
lokitoki81
Yup, thats the one.... There is also the one where he gives Carlton drugs and he almost dies.... thats the worst one.... GUILT....
lokitoki81
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqZFzzp0IR8
IamDatNYCe
IamDatNYCe
ZeroRelevancy
This is when I realised Will Smith was going places.
meglingtonst
This gets me every time!!!
WhoSaidYouCouldEatTheLastCookie
I'm not crying you're crying!
brendalix13
Its these damn onions!!
DontSplashThePot
Legit teared up. Sober. Shit was palpable.
funkgasm
Tears
furriephillips
Oh shit, that made me cry
spaceisneat
I remember this episode. Pretty sure I blubbered.
PixeledSiren
Not having my father in my life. Made me who I am and who I set out to be. This scene made me realize this in high school.
foreveralohne
The amount of times I balled at this.. too damn high
ilovecrazymonkeys
God damn if that's powerful. Falcon punch right to the feels.
CaptGunpowder
Is this the one about his dad? It is, isn't it, I can tell before I even open i- yep. Yep, it is, goddammit I didn't wanna cry today
navinik
Me too
gloryofdawn
Same
eetsumkaus
you do that everyday anyway. But today you're crying on the OUTSIDE
JupiterJedi
It's so hard to watch w out crying. Grew up w out a dad and it hits home. Have to quote another of my favorite shows HIMYM 1/3
JupiterJedi
Kids, your Uncle Barney grew up without a dad, and it always made him feel incomplete 2/3
JupiterJedi
-but as he hugged Loretta surrounded by the boxed up remnants of his happy childhood, he realized he had one hell of a mom. 3/3
purpleq2
CookingwithMike
Exactly this
RippyTheAligatorJr
This spoke to me so much, it was what I was feeling about my dad but was young and didn't know how to explain it. Still makes me tear up.
hnk416
Reminder: That ending scene was unscripted. The crying at the end was one of the actresses actually breaking down on set.
HelpNeededIHave
I'M NOT CRYING!! YOU'RE CRYING!!
CityYeti
can't help but cry every time i saw that episode. it gets too real
Grumpyzoomer
As an 18 y/o that had a father that left when i was 2, this hits home HARD
JFizDaWiz
This hits close to home except it was my mom. To make matters worse the last 2 times I saw her she didn't even know who I was.
eromitlab
You see Ben Vereen, I see Lou. FUCK YOU LOU
einschtein
Pff, me too. So sad.
misterillmakeamanoutofyou
Yes every time I cry!
Arnoski
Same here. Uncle Phil made more sense to me as a kid than my own father did.
TheOtherLebowski
Damn. That's it. Just, damn.
StephenDaniels
If ever there was a time when someone needed to be thrown out the back door of that house...
mywaysnotverysportsmanlike
I love everything about this scene, even how uncle Phil knocks off Will's hat. I'm why, but that gets me.
iheartsbewbs
I'm not no your crying
Ivvvo
I was gonna say exactly this, thank you. This was absolutely the most real and emotional scene for me
myheartisstarkmyspiritistargaryen
That fucking scene......hits me too hard
TeenGirlSquad
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Roboman0516
That one is too real
DeltaGekko
RevnaBirger
Yeah that was the best bit ever
CaptainJumpToConclusion
As someone with a shitty father. This makes me feel.
GuitarMuscles
That scene always gets to me, man
Dionysus187
Ah yes, when Will Smith learned you can just yell a lot to look like you are portraying an emotion.
GRA2itous
StartedAtTheBottomNeverLeft
The best episodes of comedies are usually the ones where they stop trying to be funny and start giving the characters life. Case in point.
SquanchingonImgur
Well it was real too, actually real.
dangerousDoc
A tragedy with out comedy is a bad comedy. A comedy without tragedy is a true tragedy.
ThatsAGoodBandName
Another case in point, when Michael goes to Pam's art show...I can't even think about that scene without shedding a tear.
dontmagpie
because thats life. sometimes its jokes and sometimes its deep. yuo have to have both.
LouBashery
Tonight, on a very special Blossom . . .
Warlockish
Scrubs.
BumblyWumbly
M*A*S*H
Feanor19
Rosanne for sure
MiniatureFantasyWillemDafoe
When she tells Dan that they have to take David in b/c she 'grew up in a house like that.' When she tells David to get his stuff.
HellhathnofurylikeIdoLogan
Roseanne taught my family how to use humor in the face of financial disaster.
HellhathnofurylikeIdoLogan
When Jackie's boyfriend abuses her
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
Where do you think we are?
SawceBaws
Damn you!!!! I'll never forget the powerful ugly cry I had after watching that for the first time.
StartedAtTheBottomNeverLeft
Dude...that was the best and the most gut-wrenching episode of Scrubs ever. I loved it.
Bladeroller
This is exactly what Fight Club was all about.
LvAllen
Wait.. how would you know that? WHO TALKED?
SexPenguinWhoreNunToTheArchdoiceseAndOligarchy
That and being gay
Bladeroller
Maybe
JobLandWhereJobsGrowJobbies
It's actually a myth that this was based on smith's real life. His father was present and supportive. 1/3
JobLandWhereJobsGrowJobbies
"He's a steady and positive figure in my life" - Smith talking about his father in an interview with Essence 2/3
JobLandWhereJobsGrowJobbies
Source: http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/will-smith 3/3
JobLandWhereJobsGrowJobbies
Sorry, I didn't mean to follow Cunningham's Law. I am trying to find the primary source. Will edit when I find it!
arthurmcclellan1337
Yup very intense. Single dad myself and I can't imagine leaving my child no matter what
ZOMGNO
My partner doesn't know his Dad, but is the best father I know. Its the reason I dated him, his love for his son... its so amazing.
wintermuteMetric
For me, I know the pain of having that void and don't wish to add an ounce of pain-I try my hardest to let my kids know they are my universe
wintermuteMetric
Never looked into the eyes of my father. Wife found dad on Facebook. I am too scared to message him, couldn't handle him not responding.
ididyourmum
You're probably better off without him.
ohkayykayykayy
It's ultimately your choice, but I don't regret sending a message, at least I could say I tried, and love my kids even more
wintermuteMetric
Thank you for your words. Just found out this site is more then twitter with pictures...
ohkayykayykayy
It's a great community!
arthurmcclellan1337
That's tough man I'm sorry.Just do what you think is best, may be good to tell him to kick rocks but that is up to toy. Or forgive I dunno
Bourbonster
Child of a single mom; this episode kills me every time.
Sekolah
Was a boy once without my father around, it still hits me hard even though he is back in my life.
curmudgeon91
How do you let someone who did that back in? or was there a reason for him being gone? curiosity, no judgement. I could never talk to mine.
Sekolah
I felt that hanging on to that hate was not worth it, and the circumstances around him leaving were somewhat blurred.
curmudgeon91
I hope that relationship is good for you both :) out of curiosity, are you a man? I know a lot of people that get back in touch with absent1
Bourbonster
Respect. Good on you, and good on your father for making amends.
anneboleynfan1
Same here....except my dad died when I was young
wlfman
per internet, Will was actually crying at the end of that because that mirrored his own life - that hug is James Avery really hugging Will
luchie24
I've heard that wasn't true he's just a really good actor
Bruhbeans
This has been proven false i believe
wlfman
aww :( quick google tells me they're actually just really good actors and cranked the emotions up to 11, dishonor for my family!
IonlycommentTroyandAbedgifs
regardless it's a beautiful lie. they're just that good. RIP James Avery
yoshimasta
I just fell today in this same missinformation, it's ok dude, the truth it's out there.
rg2804
For anyone who wants to watch: https://youtu.be/PI4Mv8R0mE0
JustAnotherknarF
DAMNIT! Fuk'n Onions! I'm not crying. You're Crying
BeansandToast
Wow, you can hear a girl cry at the end just after his hat falls off. I welled up completely.
CreatureFromtheBlackLegume
Oh good, I thought that was me
AAAend
They maybe shouldn't have went with the vanilla outro music on that particular episode.
ChromeEagle
There was a commercial break where it faded to black, so the immersion was broken long before that music began.
AAAend
Ahh, good call. That's right.
AlonzoMoselyFBI
I'm not crying!... OK, I'm crying.
ydwyrd
I don't care what anyone says, Will Smith is one of the greatest actors ever, and this one scene is all I proof I need.
KennDeDeDe
Um that wasn't acting, at least the end is not. He was never meant to say that last line or start crying. That was all real
Unravelled
Source for this info?
ThisUsernameIsMyUsernameAndNotYours
It wasn't http://uproxx.com/tv/the-true-story-behind-the-saddest-scene-in-the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-history/
LookatmeImthePanNow
No thanks! I need to be more than a slobbering crying mess to get through the rest of my day...
SeeHowItGoes
I had never seen that before, it was beautiful in an honest, raw way that leaves tears in your eyes.
ApprehensiveBattle
PrincessBuahcwup
Th3MadCreator
No that's okay, I wanted to cry at work.
Omniscient31415
I need an answer for season and episode, please!
BabyRainbowUnicorn
Season 4, episode 23
CanadianBakeOn
Season 4, episode 24. "Papa's Got A Brand New Excuse."
fiddlewheelx
Terrible day for rain...
MyUsernameNeverChecksOut
But it's not raining, sir...
alexatrf21
Here Lies Philip J. Fry, named for his uncle, to carry on his spirit.
Knowwon
KillerEMT
Yes, it is
fiddlewheelx
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DartTarget13
T_T
BewareTheCrocigator
Yes it is
Shardikprime
so it is.
Oregonian
My dad committed suicide when I was four, that scene had me snot-bubble-crying in the fetal position for a while...
OmNachoMama
So sorry. Hugs.
IDontSeeEnoughDarkTowerOnImgur
Dad drowned himself when I was 1, I was crying right there with you. Couldn't even look at the thumbnail without tearing up.
OmNachoMama
I'm sorry for your loss. Hugs.
IDontSeeEnoughDarkTowerOnImgur
I'd hug you back, but I feel like I'm a self-fulfilling prophecy with your username being the key plot point.
OmNachoMama
Lol!
TheThirstyMoose
How about the one where will takes the gun from carlton in the hospital. That was a powerful scene
PoorBoyChevelle
Came here to reference this one. Definitely an unforgettable "very special episode"
NijorntheblackViking
I lol-ed when he said "I was gonna eat that man" then I cried a little
mawiois
"Gimme a hug man"
cookiesnatcha
The whole damn show was powerful. Was all about the feels back then.
chgaudreau
English is not my first language and I didn't understand why it is an important scene. Can you explained it to me please?
SippinPetrol
Will's real dad had come to see him and promised to take him travelling for the summer. However, when some work comes up his dad decides
SippinPetrol
To disappear again. This scene is after Will catches his dad trying to sneak out. YouTube 'fresh prince dad leaves'
LegoGunsandGames
May I have a link to the scene please?
kizul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ31eBipr_g
TheCoolDog
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LegoGunsandGames
I just saw your link and holy shit. I only really knew the show for being comedic but having good commentary. I didn't expect to cry today
LinkinPiper
Yea that was great too. I like the one where Uncle Phil gets them out of jail as well.
wintermuteMetric
Or the one where Will refuses to divorce his wife even though Sulla held the Republic in fear due to his grip of total power?
BoredITGuy
http://imgur.com/EHqwCWR.gif
flummoxed0709
Good ole Julius Caesar. He later divorced that hag anyway though.
wintermuteMetric
Yep, couldn't have the rumor of Pulcher banging her floating around after Pulcher went in drag and snuck into the Bona Dea
anharmonica
wintermuteMetric
Sorry, my love of Late Roman Republic is so bad I'm trying to force myself to learn Latin. How's it going? I have a few websites bookmarked.
Nathanyel
Come on Rufus, this happened less than 100 years before your birth, know your history.
Batmannequin
Uncle Phil is the dad I wanna grow up to be
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EDMP
For real.
dwhiggi
You the only father that I ever knew.
jeemoo
Pillowy mounds.
YepThisIsStu
Rich, bald, and angry at your nephew's shenanigans?
HeyZeusPourMeAnotherGlass
I'm not rich, bald, nor do I have a nephew...but if that's what it takes to be rich...
Batmannequin
Precisely