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Watch Jimmy Fallon Recreate The <em>Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air</em> Theme
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 3, 2015
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Man about town Jimmy Fallon took a break from drinking with strangers to get down to the dirty business of making compelling viral TV. And he really hit it out of the park last night with his latest must-share clip: a perfect parody of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air opening title sequence. Watch it below.
With The Tonight Show headed to LA to (we assume) avoid the sneaker-soaking weather this week in the City, Fallon, The Roots & Higgins (dressed as the grandma) do a shot-for-shot recreation of the iconic sitcom intro, complete with an appearance by Carlton (performing "The Carlton"). No head swirl was left behind—you can compare it to the original below.
For those keeping track, this is at least the third time Fallon has done a Fresh Prince-related sketch since becoming a late night host.
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