The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) Day Damn One (1990) User Reviews

Day Damn One (#1.14)

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 17 April 2018]

Will tells a scary story to Ashley and her friends on how he went to an all boys school and the issues he faced.

Honestly, the story itself is pretty uneventful. But the episode is absolutely saved by hilarious jokes and one liners that Will makes. This is a great kind of comedy writing and delivery.

I hop though that in the next seasons there will be more developed sitcom stories so that it doesn't get too boring. Perfect one liners are great but they can't carry the whole show for a long time.

"Day Damn One" is the episode when NBC, the show's producers, and writers knew that Will Smith was going to be a TV megastar.

[TheGoldenChild1986 · 8/10 · 3 March 2017]

Case in point is the scene in this episode where Will sat on the couch at home by himself and with none of the rest of the cast around, with shades on and singing for around three minutes, an off-key version of Jennifer Holliday's "And I'm Telling You (I'm Not Going)."

The NBC suits, the Fresh Prince producers, writers, and director of this episode let Will sit there and butcher Holliday's classic song for some valuable running time.

Powers that be on a show and at a network, don't let no actor do stuff like that unless they know the actor is going to be a star, is a star, the ratings are high, or the ratings are on the up and up.

Look at this way, NBC and the show's administration wouldn't have let Uncle Phil, Carlton, Ashley, or Hilary sing an off-key version of any song for around there minutes because they weren't as popular or as vital to the show's ratings as Will was.

That scene was funny though.