Fresh Prince of Bel-air Will's Princeton Interview
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- The part of the show where Will has an interview with a Princeton recruiter. Not showing any interest in the school, he solves the rubix cube just for the heck of it. If only this was possible...maybe solving a cube will get someone in...who knows?!
Season 3 Episode 18 - "The Alma Matter"
Artist: Captain & Tennille
Album: Love Will Keep Us Together
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When your intelligence stats are low but your Charisma is maxed out.
I've learned that just because someone's grades are good doesn't mean you're intelligent, it just means you do your work lol
No, his give-a-shit stats are low. Will's intelligence is also maxed out.
@@justshanie101 Ironically many times people with lower IQ's will end up doing better in school later on because sometimes smarter people tend to find the initial work too easy and coast through early grades on their own intelligence and thus don't learn proper study and work habits and get brick walled in high school or university.
eric shun fallout 100
eric shun Skyrim 100
what I always liked about fresh prince of bel air was will was never stupid he just didn't really care about getting good grades and just wanted to have as much fun as possible
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Most people are like that, you'd be surprised what people with an average IQ are capable of. It's just low motivation.
In contrast to how kids nowadays are more focused trained to be grade-driven rather than knowledge-driven.
@@andreamenosa6609 i like knowledge grade, amigo
the way will acts is great work by smith himself showing why he deserved to be a big movie star in the first place great acting chops as he showed in six degrees of separation ..the character could of come off as annoying with what is written but the earnest natured kind of to the audience 4th wall breaking way he delivers these lines is appealing..he isn't trying to be the smartass or idiot hes found a nice middle ground with being a little smartass and a little dumb but still funny and more of an in joke then it is suppose to be....like when he says momma no and starts dancing for no reason..thats what he added to the character and they kept it in..we laugh at him instead of the line...
There's a lesson here: Always know how to solve a Rubix cube.
Humphrey Kaye * Rubik's
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Deandre Desombrage My bad lol
hkr006 how do you solve a rubicks cube
Charlie Clark TH-cam videos and practice
Just like in pursuit oh happiness lol
Everybody thinks Will just charmed the recruiter, but in the end, the recruiter encouraged Will to get his scores up. He made Will be interested in school. What a nice win-win.
and if i recall, in a later episode he did end up getting an “A” in english (though we never doubled back to that last dialogue exchange here)
Actually, he would have done very well if he was serious about it. When Will and Carlton took an exam, Will actually got HIGHER than Carlton which means that he is just lazy.
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Anyone else notice that this is the 2nd time Will Smith solved a Rubik's Cube to be accepted?
you think this scene occurred after pursuit of happyness...? did you have a fucking stroke?
David Bandel She probably meant Will Smith has done this twice during his movie career - not second in order with regards to "Pursuit to Happiness".
But your response was totally justified and not an overreaction
Lavinia Moala first
1st time technically
I noticed that too ;)
Attendance: $66,950
School Tuition: $47,140
Room and board: $19,010
Books and supplies: $1,050
That look on Carleton's face when Will gets the Rep's recommendation and friendship: Priceless
HA!! Hands down! XD
you forgot Rubik's Cube: $10
There are some things money can't buy ... for everything else there's MASTERCARD.
So I’m among cultured folk. 😆
I'm actually in Princeton right now in my 4th year... been looking for cute honeys since freshman year...
BetterThanEmril LMAO!!
Good job BetterThanEmril. Keep up the good work!
SShaud 7, that is crazy...lol!!!
I'm sorry that you had to go through that, SShaud 7. That is some sad stuff.
😉😂
"Any cute honeys?"
"There's no way I'd make a crass generalization of such a diverse group."
"Any cute honeys?"
"No."
He said it so bluntly lmao🤣🤣🤣
He even had a disappointed expression when he said no 😂😂😂
That when you know, that he has class.
@@Takaichi666-right???
The very quick, blunt honest “yeah not at all” after giving his proper elegant crafted dialogue before😂😂e
They frown on that in Princeton 😂😂
R.I.P Earl Boen. You will forever be remembered as Dr. Silberman in The Terminator and for your various supporting roles including this one in Fresh Prince.
Came looking for this comment
And Family Matters as Dr. Goodrich
@@agentzurg3592 yep and in Nutty Professor 2 as Dr. Knoll.
He also did the voice of LeChuck in the Monkey Island videogame franchise.
As well as the voice over introduction to race starting zones in World of Warcraft
See, the guy in pursuit of happiness is really just Will grown up.
jacob nagler thats gotta be bad for him cause he had a bright future since he moved to
you mean the black guy in black suit in men in black
He plays a very humble man in that movie, Love it!
And the director of Princeton kina looks like the same man that hired him in the movie too.
@@crashpal no i think he means the pilot that killed the aliens in independence day
Will just has that hidden charisma nobody else has, which is why everybody loves him!
Yep, thanks to the script..
Ty Warrior You've Seen his movies, right?
Man's got charisma.
Kevin Wang yeah he's just a likeable guy
Because at that time Will Smith doesn't play Basketball in the High School Team that was after
The thing that makes Will Smith likely is that he so universal
"Ya'll frown on a lot of stuff at Princeton, a bunch of sad looking people walking around" LMAO!!!! then his face omg
You're funny
We frown on that in priceton
And your hat is on backwards...
*We frown on that at Princeton.*
I still say "A LOT OF SAD PEOPLE WALKING AROUND"... and then do the face 😂😂
The messege.....be yourself
Always.. You can get further in life. This show has taught me that.
But would his attitude had made a good impression in real life because it was only after he solved the puzzle that the recruiter was interested in him?
Dumb message
no the message is its a fictional tv show and everything goes the protagonists way lol smh
And solve a rubik cube
If only interviews to universities were like this. 😂
Mine was. Went to a top 20 school and my interviewer asked me what I liked to do for fun. I gave him a generic answer and he was a bit disappointed until I finally was like "alright, I like to go out and party with my friends and we'll sometimes get my friends older cousin to get us some kegs." He loved it and recommended me the very next day
I went to my interview and said: look, here’s my grades-if you think I’m good enough, accept me, if not, say it now cause I really don’t need the waiting process giving me anxiety. Long story short, I’ll be graduating with a Biomedical Science Degree in May.😁 Wish me luck for Masters.😂😂😂
@@georgianath9991 Good Luck
mine was like this, fun and chill
Relaxed is always the way to go. Prestigious schools have personality as well. They arent all stiff upper lip. Ive been in private schools simce the 3rd grade all the way through to college and Ive never encountered the tv snobby elite energy.
The morale of the story: always be yourself even if ppl don't like you...
As long as you know who you are
It's less stressful.
Facts
The fact that he wears the blazer inside out highlights how he is different to the rest of the students.symbolic.
Being different doesn't necessarily means you're intelligent.
Same as acting "normie" doesn't necessarily makes you dumb.
I wish I had a blazer like Will's
is that how he did it
Amazing... You figured that out all by yourself...
He's not a sheep.
Will is actually very intelligent, naturally. Because of this he realizes that Ivy League doesn't always mean better. Remember the episode when Ashley changes to public school? Will is partly behind that.
will is uneducated and a slacker
And Carlton acted like having a sister in public school would create a scandal and keep him out of Princeton.
@@vermiciousknid2456 Phil flipped out as well, but it took Ashley to literally sing her heart out towards her parents about why they're holding her back in order to get to them and Carlton.
Notice @ 1:24 there is a solved Rubics cube that appears under the left side in the paper tray. That is the prop Will uses to solve the cube.
Nice spot!
Good call. Will can actually solve a cube pretty quickly, though.
are u sure since carerlten (sorry cant spell his name right ) tries to do the same thing yet breaks it
Actually that cube is not solved
@DuncanAndFriends
1:20 put on 0.25x
This goes to show you how much of a people's person Will is! He's so good, he can change the outlook on someone in just a few minutes
The "please for me" gets me every time
This episode shows that just because you are not necessarily book smart or smart by scholastic standards, the fact that he is people smart,
charismatic, worldly makes him smart!..
When Will figured out the Rubix cube he PROVED that he can be book smart as well.
Will may not be as intellectual as Carlton but he's very book smart when he chooses to be. He's mostly just trying to have fun so he doesn't always put the effort.
Yup social/emotional intelligence is arguably the best kind of iq to have
Also helps if your uncle is rich.
@@chunkylefunga while is uncle is rich let's be honest. Black kid. Princeton. The 90s. Seems like will is working uphill.
And he also got a job based on that in Pursuit of Happyness, lol.
That's what I was thinking. I wonder if he thought back to this scene when he did it. :)
Thanks for spoiling it :/
Saad Z the movie is 20+ years old, man.
If you have seen it by now you gotta catch up lol.
Happiness*
No it’s Happyness, because Will’s character complains about that specific spelling mistake on a piece of graffiti in the movie
Will Played basketball why was that never mentioned in this episode
+Carmen Blundo he probably filled out the bare minimum on his application
Carmen Blundo he played street ball only. He started playing schoolball later on.
Cause Princeton frown on Basketball
Same thing I was thinking
"shooting some bball outside of the school"
Will was never stupid. West Philly just never gave him the right opportunities to show off his intelligence.
Imagine now, irl, how many dudes sitting there right now that could use a rich uncle in Bel-Air.
Lots. But not only rich, Uncle was a good father and mentor too.
This is incorrect. Millions of dollars are pumped into urban areas, which so happen to generally be the most underperforming areas in state education. Grants, scholarships, public trusts, endowments...all of that money is provided but is either squandered, mismanaged, or stolen by city officials and educators.
Despite the wasted money, students in urban schools still receive more money per student than non-urban schools. The true culprit to blame is the poor parenting and poor raising of children. It wasn't West Philly's fault, it was Will's upbringing IN West Philly. Money is a result of, not the cause of, a good education and success.
Literally every hood
@@seananderson5334
Speaking from bare bones facts without understanding how systems work - and not understanding what people like to call “the bigger picture.” As someone working in the system, it is neither that easy, straightforward, or true. You’d be surprised where that money goes - hint: it’s not the fucking programs you’re spouting on about.
A lot of corruption happens in the educational system. That’s why one does not see the impact of the vast amounts of money pumped in to fund it.
So that's where they got the Rubik's Cube idea for Pursuit of Happyness.
Yeah, but I prefer fresh prince and pursuit of happiness. The ultimate showdown.
People respond to positive energy. This was also shown in the film Pursuit of Happyness also staring Will Smith.
carlton’s face at the end just perfectly sums up the interview😂
Carlton is just like Jessie when it comes to grades.
If only the vid went on a few seconds we'd have seen Will gloat in front of Carlton's horrified face lol
It's true, that jacket is a fashion miracle. Also it's good to know Dr. Silberman survived the Terminator.
Rest in peace 😔🙏🪦 Peter Silberman, former psychiatrist turned Princeton University Headmaster. May god have mercy on us all And let us both live a nice full healthy lives🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🖖🖖🖖
He was considered for acceptance into Princeton because of his skills of solving one where a doctor could not. To the recruiter, that was impressive.
he totally pulled a good will hunting
If I was an actor I'd want to be a character actor like Earl Boen. Not much variety but constant work and EVERYONE would recognize you fro something.
No extra curricular activities? Wasn't Will on the Basketball team?
Raudimus As someone here stated earlier, Will probably filled out the bare minimum on the application so didn't bother to fill out the extra curricular items section. He did the interview as a favor to his uncle.
Yes, Will was on the basketball team and he did awesome on it. This is something else!
Y Marina, that's funny. No smiles over at Princeton, wow...lol!!!
Y Marina Actually, Princeton has done well over the years for an Ivy League school. In 1989 they almost beat Georgetown. In 1996 they did beat defending champion UCLA.
@Y Marina Google Bill Bradley and Pete Carrill. Not only is Princeton a perennial Ivy contender, there is an entire basketball offensive system named after it.....!
That inside out blazer :)
There a fashion line now
@@pookieluv1 yah but not a blazer
Supposedly Will can solve rubiks cubes like that in real life.
Dr. Dude lmao no actually not everybody can solve it that quickly.
@@larrybarry5303 with practice anyone can :)
Dr. Dude if you’re gonna lie at least make it not obvious lmao
@@larrybarry5303 you can if you play with it enough. Before tvs and entertainment were so easily accessible and varied people would pretty much spend entire days fuguring out that puzzle. Its how my dad knew how to solve one quick. He'd basically play with it frequently in school and at home.
I can solve them, it takes more moves than that even when you know what you’re doing
This scene never gets old. "Any cute honnies?"
This Episode Taught Me To Always Be Yourself💪🏾💯
What episode id this
@@pinastyrell3148 THE ALMA MATER
too bad Carlton didn't. He had it in the bag but he let his envy of Will cloud his judgment.
RIP 2 actor Earl Boen. Passed away 1/5/2023 at age 81. He’s perhaps best known playing Dr. Silberman in The Terminator films.
This is one of my favorite moments of the whole series
Nathan Babiuk I'm happy that you're happy.
Will Smith punches Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars... We frown at that at Princeton.
Will Smith never turned down a scholarship to MIT.
@森林雪 it was actually ethier he accepted the MIT scholarship or he does successful in music he went double Platinum didn't pay his taxes lost his money then did acting
Will Smith
Will: Yo.
Yo?
*Carlton can't hold his laugh. LOL
Will: Any cute honeys
Recruiter: Nope
Daaaaaaamm.... He been practicing that slap for years!!
The dance always gets meXD.
I crack up so hard at "E-money"..love this scene so much
One of my fav FP scenes of all-time!! The dancing to Captain & Tennille is so damn funny. The song is just icing on the cake. I could watch that clip 100x's & it never get old.
I have a feeling that the recruiter knows exactly what he's doing. He gets all kinds of people walk into his office, from prep school types who have been given every advantage in life through influence or money, the straight A students who worked incredibly hard to be one of the chosen few to be given tuition or a scholarship, and people like Will who are here because it is expected of them. One of his first statements "You're funny - we frown on that at Princeton," is the recruiter's way of cutting through the shell of humour that many students like Will often hide behind; Princeton probably enjoys witty and sociable people with charisma and drive to work hard, but some people do hide behind an attitude because they lack confidence in other areas, a classical misdirection, and the statement is another way of saying "don't joke around, I want to know the real you," As for reading and breaking down Will's grades and extra curricular activities, again a test of integrity and conviction; there can be a lot of people who would become very defensive when their past records are brought up or their pristine coating brought into question, thus you can tell who is a phoney based on who would take their failings in their stride and those who would lose their cool when it is brought up. Because it doesn't get a rise out of Will, that could be proof of someone who isn't just about appearances and crumbles when it is revealed to have no substance. And it works, because Will starts really opening up, saying that he isn't just rejecting it for its own sake, there is an insecurity about where he would fit in at Princeton.
But the moment Will solves the Rubix cube is where it is really genius - the recruiter probably has it on his desk not for his use, but for the aspiring students to come in and work on. Will doesn't just demonstrate problem solving skills, logical reasoning, and motor skills when he picks it up and solves it, he is showing a keen interest in what the recruiter is doing, he is showing he is a people person, someone who sees someone struggling and wants to help. A lot of the interviewees would most likely ignore this, be too by the book in their approach, trying to be the best of the best, and probably won't be sincere when they say "Thank you for your time," to the recruiter, seeing this as more of a chance to flex their ego and make the conversation one sided. The Rubix cube is a way of breaking that one sided interaction, because it is engaging rather than expressing. And it also tries to make it seem like the dynamic is flipped as well, making Will think that he is in control of the situation rather than the other way around, and thus he is less passive or dismissive of comments made, and engages with the recruiter. Once he makes it clear that the barriers between them are broken, they act a lot more openly, they communicate more casually, they start to enjoy each other's company, getting past the whole protocol that is being set up. It's how the recruiter starts to see what really makes Will tick, and get a better idea of what he enjoys and where his passions are, to the point where the two part on such good terms that Will is actually excited and considering a future with Princeton being his choice.
Perhaps I am over thinking it, but the recruiter just turned a potential candidate from someone who had no interest in going to college into someone who is seriously considering it, and making them think it was all their idea.
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Yep,that sums it all...
Giovanni, that is a whole thesis on student recruitment. Very informative.
Wow. Brilliant analysis.
I’ve never seen this scene before. I love how he solved the Rubix Cube just like he did in Pursuit of Happyness. Gotta love Will Smith.
Not enough is said about Earl Boen (as the recruiter); one of the all-time great character actors
"Hey Dr Silberman. How's the Knee?"
@@tellercyde also Captain LeChuck in the Monkey Island games
Earl is the man.
@@roshelltannen9698
May he rest in peace.
Rest In Peace Earl Boen
1:25 HIDDEN RUBIK CUBE, LOL
You can see that he is holding one and on his left there is the other one, already solved.
1:23
I'm pretty sure Will actually does know how to solve one though, he just did that to make it go faster
Made it simpler and faster for TV to have a cube-switch. However, there are several videos out there where Will solves rubic's cube. It has become one of his trademarks.
ixy1987 lol I see it
Will saw the future of every college student
It’s amazing how the lessons taught on this show still holds up.
EARL BOEN- REST IN PEACE!
At least he didn't interview Sarah Connor, lol
MrSamer83 lol, I wonder how many people would get this 😂
MrSamer83 he probably died in judgement days
And possibly get stabbed in the knee again? Screw that!
If he survived Judgment Day he’d still be refusing to believe the terminators are real
Oh my god, that IS Silberman!
One thing I learned from this particular scene is that no matter what always be honest and always be yourself
The second time Will Smith did this he became a successful millionaire stock broker
2:10 Wills finger heart was ahead of its time
Anybody find it funny how he solves the rubrics cube here and in the pursuit of happiness he does the same 😂
It might be a skill he has irl
SHOUT OUT TO MY FRIEND PAUL WHO GOT INTO PRINCETON!!!!!
Congratulations to him! God bless him! And good on you for being a great friend to him!
It really isn't that hard to get into.
Yeah. Only a *6.5%* acceptance rate.
The first time the cube opened doors for Will Smith...
They should make him solve a Rubik's cube in every movie, like some funny "trademark"
What about his Basketball skills?? They don't mention that??
I know right
We fraud on that on Princeton...
Harshit Gulati they don't like that at Princeton
I feel like Bel Air Academy's basketball program ceased after Coach Smiley disappeared from the face of the earth
2:45 the infamous “I didn’t get caught sneaking in” dance
😆😆😆😆😅 The day that Will Smith changed Princeton. You know I hate to admitt it but I have never seen this show. But I can tell it's hilarious. I'm going to start watching it on line.
One of my favourite episodes. Love it where Carlton arrives dressed like Will and calls himself Rapmaster C 😂 and later how he sings with Tom Jones
A rubix cube got will into Princeton and got him a job in his pursuit of happiness
Don’t piss him off or he will slap the shit out of you.😂🤣😂🤣
The Princeton dean couldn’t solve a rubix cube
Remember folks charisma and overall likability is generally more important and will get you further in life than just being book smart
They don’t make shows like this anymore. Good ol days
This is one of those examples where character wins over competence.
That's usually how one gets into an Ivy league
Having Daddy donate to the new library doesn't hurt either
@@KariIzumi1 Yeah. Way to go for the student to prove themselves on their own let alone getting into an Ivy League college like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
Earl Boen is an acting legend!!!!
May he rest in peace.
@@peachesj4748 he’s still around😂
@@milestone_achiever4634
No he's not. He died on January 5, 2023. If you think you're being funny, well, you're not.
@@peachesj4748 Fyi, I was not trying be funny. I didn't even know he passed away.
We remember Earl Boen from the first Terminator movie in 84'. He has not acted in many, many years
You're probably a millenial. You and your parents probably weren't even born that year.
@milestone_ achiever
All you had to do was look him up, before saying anything to me. Btw, your reply appeared, then disappeared. And FYI, I'm a GEN Xer. I was around in the '80s and the '90s. And my parents were at a older age when they had me. Going around saying someone is so a called millenial, smdh.
“ there must be alot of sad people walkin around at Princeton “ 😂😂
I honestly grew up watching Fresh Prince after school. Record it on VHS every day & play it again & again everyday.
I have to say, lot of sense of humor, charisma, fashion & the don't-really-care attitude has made me where I am today. Even in one episode, he actually try convince Uncle Phil & Aunt Viv to supported Ashley going to public school.
He actually said you learn more at Public schools. Which is what I was. I went public in Austria & did learn a lot through friends & the streets. Learnt not to take drugs or else you'll sleep on the streets 1 day. Don't do drugs, don't drink, don't smoke & care for others that's less fortunate. Just study & respect others. And it all worked out great.
Some of my friends went Private school & til this day, they're still smoking bongs & doing drugs & hard alcohol.
They'll leave their kids every chance they get on weekends & do drugs at clubs or drink heavily.
I have many friends. Even lot of them is married & they want me to babysit their kids or take them out by me so I can give my wisdom & advises to them; instead of always just sit there on iPad, iPhones, Netflix, online gaming etc.
This show & Will's character has definitely taught me a lot & how to become a man from teen years. And watching Uncle Phil to take in a messy Philly kid for his sister-in-law (not even his own blood) then turn him to a respectful young man has also made me wana be like Uncle Phil someday.
This show didn't just gave us laughs & taught us lessons, we also saw Will Smith boomed to success after this finished. From a goofy kid on screen to a successful movies star now. And it all started with this.
Glad I watched this from Day 1 when I was young.
Only Will knows how to brighten up your day
That rubik cube helped him out all along his acting career
"Any Cute Honeys?
"Noo"
XD
He's not wrong tbf.
Excuse me, Michelle Robinson Obama went to Princeton
Will Smith the only actor to solve rubik's cube in TV and Movies.
hes been practicing how to slap since then.
"You broke my arm!"
"There are 215 bones in the human body, that's one."
Me: breathes
Him: we frown on that at Princeton
Dr Silberman finally cracks after spending too many years dealing with Sarah Connor in the mad house
The pursuit of happiness and Fresh prince tells you the same lesson.
Enjoying Will Smith before he’s culture cancelled!
Will had it all. Good looks, charm, and he WAS SMART. He was just too lazy to apply himself sometimes lol.
When you maxed out the wrong intelligence stats and it becomes street smarts.
I felt like this led to an alternate universe where Will and Carlton go to Princeton and it’s a sequel to fresh prince of bell air.
"Any cute honeys?"
"No"
😄
This brings back memories. I was always told you must have good grades to go to good school and get really high paid job. Then I realised that this was not 💯 necessary, they actually want to know what skills and experience levels you have and the type of person you are. Some people got low grades but ended up using their skill to get a high paid job
Rest In Peace the great Earl Boen, (1941-2023) best voice actor and forever be remembered as Criminal Psychiatrist, Dr. Peter Silberman😔🙏🪦🖖🩺 “Curse You, Lung 🫁 Cancer how many more people must you take”
People like Will, in those circles, Dominate.
carlton is just sitting there like "what just happened"
will can smack a hand as well as people lol
I love this scene. I just hate how they always cut the "Love Will Keep Us Together" bonding scene out in syndication these days.
@josh peters Could it be the pain meme?
Always loved Will’s school jacket.
Like on Bones and Booth wearing the crazy belt buckles and crazy socks. Their way of stickin’ it to the man. Showing their personalities.
U left out the best part...when he comes to Carlton and says "Piece of cake!"😂
It's in Carlton's interview video.
This is from Season 3 and it's episode 18....The Alma Matter
The principal should stop wasting time with Rubik's cubes and keep looking after Sarah Connor
Dang. Will Smith literally solved that Rubik’s Cube too in “The Pursuit of Happyness” and got the job. Coincidence. I think not lol.
I think that Will Smith actually would be one of the most intelligent students if he'd go to Princeton.
He's shown to be just as intelligent if not more than Carlton, the major difference is Will didnt care much about studying or school(he did when he was younger in Philly based off a season 1 episode)