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• Actors: Will Smith, James Avery, Janet Hubert, Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons
• Directors: Chuck Vinson, Maynard C. Virgil I, Michael Peters, Shelley Jensen, Werner Walian
• Writers: Andy Borowitz, Benny Medina, Bryan Winter
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: February 14, 2006
• Run Time: 554 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BYA4JW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,558 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Complete Third Season" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's third season simultaneously provided some of the best and worst episodes of the show's six-year run. Set up as a classic collision of streets and society, the show soon found Will (Will Smith) beginning to adapt a little too well to his upper-crust home. He transfers to the same prep academy as Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro), peruses Ivy League colleges, and truly starts to believe everything comes to him easily. Two spoiled characters (Carlton and Hilary, played by Karyn Parsons) are tolerable, but three begins to get grating. Five is even worse, if you count parents Philip and Vivian Banks (James Avery and Janet Hubert-Whitten), who jumped on the whining bandwagon just enough for their tired butler, Geoffrey (Joseph Marcell) to abruptly quit for one episode.

While strong family core values remained the show's focus (Avery and Hubert-Whitten are good role models for parents who don’t try to be their children's buddy), Will became less of a good-natured jokester and more of a flagrant womanizer, going as far as to trick an abstinent girl (Kim Fields) into thinking they had married to get her into bed. Other less entertaining storylines included Philip's run for Superior Court judge against his sleazy mentor (Sherman Helmsley), and Will's possession of drugs, which Carlton accidentally consumes and nearly dies from (leading to the first of Smith's clumsy attempts at teary confrontations; in later seasons he would prove more successful at them). The show also wrote in Hubert-Whitten's pregnancy resulting in a new baby for the Banks, and gave Hilary a "real" job as a weather girl. Season three's highlights include the Banks family's appearance on Oprah, and more instances of Carlton's famous dance to Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual" -- with guest appearance by Jones as his guardian angel. And that, we can never get enough of.--Ellen A. Kim

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FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR:SSN3 - DVD Movie

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44 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 3rd season of the Fresh Prince!!!, November 26, 2005

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P. Burgos "J.D. NASHMAN" (Hanford, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Complete Third Season (DVD)

The 3rd season would be the last season for Janet Hubert-Whitten who because of her pregnancy was let go from the show and was replaced for the 2nd half of the show's 6 yr. run by Daphne Maxwell-Reid (Tim Reid's Wife). Anyway the episode list for the 3rd season are The Following:

50. How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Will returns home from spending the summer in Philadelphia with a new look that doesn't sit well with Uncle Phil.

51. Will Gets Committed

Philip and Vivian organize a cleanup effort in the riot-torn remains of their old LA neighborhood.

52. That's No Lady, That's My Cousin

Enrolled at the newly coed Bel-Air Prep, Ashley begins dressing to entice guys, using Will's preferences in women as her examples; Will and Carlton's prep school goes coed.

53. Hilary Gets a Job

Hilary gets a job reporting weather on television.

54. Mama's Baby, Carlton's Maybe

Carlton prepares for a dinner date with his former girlfriend, Cindy, forgiving her for rejecting him several months earlier, but when she arrives with a newborn baby named Carlton Jr., the entire Banks family is stunned. Philip refuses to believe that the baby is his grandchild until a blood test proves it; Vivian reprimands Cindy for not coming to them for advice. Will, however, suspects that the inexperienced Carlton never had a chance to father a baby. Determined to accept his responsibility, Carlton elopes with Cindy to a small-town chapel. While waiting for the preacher to marry them, they realize that they're too young and too incompatible to spend the rest of their lives together. When Will arrives at the chapel to stop the ceremony, he learns that Cindy has confessed that Carlton wasn't the baby's father and called her parents to take her home, leaving Carlton bewildered and heartbroken. Carlton meekly confesses to Will that he's still a virgin, but was willing to marry Cindy, hoping that someday she'd learn to love him in return.

55. P.S. I Love You

Philip intends to railroad off the bench ineffectual Judge Robertson; and Will becomes the "love slave" of a flamboyantly generous plain student.

56. Here Comes the Judge

Will gets arrested for numerous parking tickets as Phil runs for judge against incumbent Judge Robertson.

57. Boyz in the Woods

Philip takes Will and Carlton on a camping trip that turns out to be a disaster when snow traps the unhappy campers.

58. A Night at the Oprah

The Bankses appear on Oprah's show and fail to invite Will on-stage, which may cause Philip to lose the election.

59. Asses to Ashes

Election results are in and Philip fights to remain cool amid lies by Judge Robertson, which prompt Will to confront the outspoken incumbent.

60. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

At Vivian's Lamaze class, Will cozies up to a pregnant sportswriter, who takes him to a game -- and delivers more than just fun.

61. The Cold War

Carlton Banks is very depressed after being rejected by Paula, unaware that she has left him for Will. Meanwhile, Philip and Vivian receive an envelope from their doctor containing an ultrasound picture revealing the sex of Vivian's fetus. Not wanting to spoil their surprise in the delivery room, they entrust the sealed envelope to their butler, Geoffrey ...then curiosity gets the better of them.

62. Mommy Nearest

Will's mother tells Will that she's broken her engagement to Robert and eagerly awaits her son's graduation so they can return to Philadelphia together. A shocked Will is afraid to tell her that he wants to attend college in California and remain with his Bel-Air family and friends, and suffers a nightmarish fantasy of what it would be like still living with his mother when he's 60 years old.

63. Winner Takes Off

Will and Carlton convince Geoffrey that he has won a multimillion dollar lottery.

64. Robbing the Banks

Philip is quick to judge an ex-con Will urged him to hire as a handyman and temporary assistant after the house is robbed.

First aired: 1/25/1993

As Vivian's delivery date approaches, the family fantasizes about what the baby will mean to each of them: Ashley feels all but invisible, Geoffrey feels overwhelmed by the family's demands, and Vivian feels like she's having triplets.

66. The Best Laid Plans

Will tries to dupe a girl into intimacy.

67. The Alma Matter

Princeton accepts Will but rejects Carlton -- whose guardian angel helps him see the light.

68. Just Say Yo

Will learns a sobering lesson after Carlton pops the wrong pills from Will's locker, mistaking amphetamines for vitamins, and winds up in hospital.

69. The Baby Comes Out

Vivian's baby is a week late, but family members and her visiting sisters are nowhere to be found when it's time to rush to the hospital.

70. You Bet Your Life

Heavyweight boxing champ Riddick Brown wreaks havoc with Carlton's mind and Will's face at a funky cafe-casino in Nevada, where the cousins have stopped on their way to check out a college for Will.

71. Ain't No Business Like Show Business

Will lands a spot in a comedy showcase after accompanying a comic friend to an audition.

72. The Way We Were

Series clips illustrate family recollections as the kids put together a scrapbook for Vivian and Philip, who want to renew their vows on their anniversary.

73. Six Degrees of Graduation

Vy anticipates Will's graduation with enthusiasm, but there may be discord when she learns Will is failing music. To pass his music class, Will must sing at the graduation ceremony -- with a class of eight-year-olds.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great sitcom in the middle of its six-year run, February 20, 2006

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Eduardo "The Dragon Chang" (Southeast NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Complete Third Season (DVD)

Hi there! I just finished watching the third season of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and was very pleased. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air made its debut in the early 90's and it's easy to see how times have changed since then, yet many of the issues and jokes in the show are still funny and fresh(how convenient). Without ruining the season for you, the highlights of this season include Philip Banks's run for political office, Hilary's finding of a job(for longer than a day!), and Vivian's pregnancy. The season is full of funny moments; no less than the previous seasons, and there are also many familiar faces that show up as guests, including "Mr. Jefferson", Oprah Winfrey, and D. L. Hughley. The most amazing thing about these season DVDs are that they have a great price (I bought mine at Best Buy for $21 plus tax, and the price on Amazon is around that too); not like DVD sets like Friends or CSI (still great shows though!). If you were pleased with the first two seasons this will not disappoint, and for those who have never watched the Fresh Prince it's such a good show that it's not hard to catch on even if you don't watch the seasons in numerical order.

The only thing I am not impressed with is this season's (or last season's) special features. The special features include a "documentary" kind of thing with some tidbits on the actors/guests as highlights from all three seasons are shown, and a blooper reel. Some of the bloopers on the reel are really funny, yet the only problem with it is that it shows the SAME bloopers that are shown during the credits of many of the episodes. Chances are that you will watch the special features after watching most of the episodes, and have already seen the bloopers. I suppose it makes for a nice way to get a laugh at the bloopers in one sitting (most of the individual bloopers last for less than half a minute and most of the episodes had an individual blooper during the credits), but it would be nice if you could see some bloopers that were never previously shown instead of getting a second laugh at the same bloopers.

Overall, great season but less than mediocre special features.

5/5 Season overall
2/5 Special Features.

Stay Fresh!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars All 4 dvds were in horrible condition!, June 2, 2011

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Miss. L - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Complete Third Season (DVD)

I bought this dvd from a seller and I regret it to this day. First off only 2 episodes worked out of all 4 disc. The reason I bought it is because my favorite episodes were on the this season ( MaMa's baby, Carlton's maybe & Boys in the woods) neither of those worked. Disc 1, 2 & 3 were scratched up so bad it looked like someone took a knife & slashed them up! Disc 4 skipped the whole way through and only showed the episodes The way we were and Six Degrees of Graduation. I was so angry that this seller claimed the dvds were brand new. No way! Brand new dvds ARE NOT slashed up!