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• Actors: Will Smith, James Avery, Janet Hubert, Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons
• Directors: Chuck Vinson, Jim Ellis, Maynard C. Virgil I, Michael Peters, Shelley Jensen
• Writers: Andy Borowitz, Benny Medina
• 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
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: February 14, 2006
• Run Time: 554 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BYA4JW
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,020 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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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

Product Description

There's a lot hip-hoppenin' in the Fresh Prince's third season showcased in this fabulous 4-Disc Set: Philip runs for Superior Court judge (and runs into plenty of comic complications). Vivian develops a taste for sardines and Rocky Road (guess who's pregnant). Hilary lands a gig as a TV weather reporter (although she probably thinks an occluded front is a new kind of bustier). But the biggest story is that Will is ready to graduate. He's checking colleges (including sororities from alpha to gamma to bad-mama jamma). And choking when his mom wants him to come back to Philly ? because this homeboy realizes that home now means the fly flair of Bel-Air!

DVD Features:
Featurette:Cast Reunion Featurette with all-new footage.
Gag Reel

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great sitcom in the middle of its six-year run, February 21, 2006

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

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!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good 90's Sitcom, July 16, 2006

By	David FERNANDEZ SABIO (Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid Spain) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In the third season we have lots of changes in the Banks family.Aunt Viv is having a baby,Carlton has some dates and takes speed on his prom dance,Hilary finds a job and a new boyfriend,Ashley enters Bel Air Academy and Philip runs for Supreme Court Judge with comic results.Lots of guests stars are in the eps for example Oprah Winfred,Vanessa Williams and Sherman Heasly just for mention some.This is the last season for Janet Hubbert Whitten(Vivian Banks)who was fired after having diferencies with star Will Smith.Daphne Reid will substitute her role in the last 3 seasons of the show.Hope to see the 4th season in August.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Season 3, December 5, 2005

By	David Phillip Jones "FreshPrinceOfCali" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

According to [...] the next installment in the The Fresh Prince of Bel Air DVD series will be released February 14, 2006. The third season will feature as bonus features a gag reel and a new featurette with cast members. The third season was the best season of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air so it's a must buy. The first 2 seasons the Fresh Prince of Bel Air was finding its feet as a show and the characters were being defined. The third season the show was in the zone. When it aired it was regularly in the top 20 shows in the ratings. There are some hilarious episodes in this 24 episode box set. The second season has been selling well on DVD so hopefully future seasons won't be too far away either.