The saddest part of this is how the interview was impressed with Carlton’s academic performance and had high expectations for him. Will was immediately looked down upon but soon earned the respect of the interview by being himself. That’s all Carlton had to do. He had it in the bag but his jealousy of will got the best of him.
Agreed. If Carlton had just been his usual self, he could've walked out of there with a full scholarship with all the trimmings on it. But as you said, he let his jealousy of Will get the better of him and he tried to be someone he wasn't and look what he got instead: rejected from his dream college, suspended from school, forced to face the disappointment of his family (especially after he lied to them about getting in on a full scholarship) and the hard truth that he let both them and himself down in one of the worst ways possible.
What I find most sad and reflective of the world we live in is no matter how much you work hard, study or give up to attain your dreams, it will usually all be decided by someone with a cavalier attitude in a 5 minute meeting. Meanwhile, the guy who has mocked you, belittled you, doesn't care and only wants an easy life will have all those dreams handed to him on a plate - because he was born taller, wittier, more charming or just naturally more intelligent than you are. This happens day after day to millions of people. Life is deeply unfair.
anicetune usually that’s true but on that one your point is completely bullshit. Carlton did that to himself, lied about it, and couldn’t give credit. If he would’ve been himself that wouldn’t have happened. Don’t make excuses for some ones jealousy. The point of the whole episode was be yourself
I really disliked Carlton in this episode. Will never told him to act like that, he just went and did it, and then blamed Will for "ruining his life" and told him to "go back to Philly". What an asshole he was
He wasn't really an asshole in general nor through-out the show. When someone like Carlton busts their ass everyday to get even a chance to get into Princeton and then someone like Will, who didn't even try, gets an offer, it is enough to make anyone do something out of character.
Crucifier61: Right. It is true that Carlton really messed up in this episode (he should have acted like himself instead of like a bad imitation of what he thought that Will acted like, and the death threat was really stupid). But yes, he did what he did after he saw that Will got close to being accepted into Princeton without even trying. So he misjugded the situation and put on a fake "rap master" act. And when it became obvious that he had failed to impress the man from Princeton, he simply got really desperate, tried bribery and threats, which is when he blew his last chances. Also, Carlton was often portrayed as having less social skills than Will. So he was never able to charm his way through life like Will did. So... it is very understandable that Carlton got angry with Will in this episode. Sure, it is true that Will can't be blamed for Carlton's mistakes. But I can still understand why Carlton would hold a grudge against him after this, just because of envy.
Carlton acted like an ass from the get-go. He’s an A-student in academics, and when it comes to common sense, he’s a dumbass. Let Red Forman be his dad, see how he acts.
@@Furienna Well, the reason colleges have these interviews is to help both the schools and students see if they're the right fit for each other. The Princeton interviewer noted about Will's grades being lower than requirement, but Will impressed him by not only showing that he was a smart kid underneath all that swag and street, but that he also wasn't afraid to be himself no matter what, and the interviewer potentially saw him as a student that could bring some change to a seemingly stuffy Ivy League school like Princeton. I can also understand why Carlton felt like his hard-working efforts were for naught after Will got into his dream school by just being himself and not busting his ass almost at all. But Carlton shouldn't have let his jealousy and insecurities overshadow his courage to be himself. Had he just gone into that interview as his usual self, he could have blown the man away with his grades, great record, and love of academics, and walked out with a full scholarship with all the treats and trimmings on it. But instead, he (very poorly) tried to imitate his cousin to ride on his wave of easy. And then when he realized he'd blown his interview, he desperately tried everything else to change the man's mind (proving it part of his life's plan, begging and pleading, bribery, etc), only to dig himself a deeper and deeper hole with each one, until he finally buried himself with the death threat. And then to top it all off, after this, he tried to cover up the situation from his family by lying to them about getting a full scholarship, hoping he could intercept the phone call from school about his behavior. But his dad got the call before he could, the truth came out, and Carlton was forced to face his hurt and disappointed family. And then he understandably but still unfairly blamed Will for everything just because Will unintentionally upstaged him. All because he couldn't keep the courage to be himself.
@@Crucifier61 But remember Carlton wanted to record Will getting embarrassed earlier in the show and Will was honest he said he was himself. Carlton took it upon himself to try to be like Will why? You would had been fine if you just stuck with what got you there.
This scene was funny and sad at the same time. Carlton really hammed it up but seeing his dream disappearing was sad. If he had’ve been himself and mentioned that he wanted to follow in his fathers footsteps, who is a legend at Princeton, he would’ve been accepted on the spot.
Man this scene brought tears to my eyes when I was a kid. Now I’m back and it never gets old. “Unfortunately at this time Princeton doesn’t accept the clinically insane.” 🤣🤣
No ones been themselves since like 2008.... Nowadays everyone's like a robot.... Same music .... Same hair cuts.... Same slangs..... Its pretty damn sad what the human race is becoming
Point taken, and the interviewer didn't know it, but Carlton's sister was HOT!! Haha, had I been the interviewer and known how hot Hillary was, I would have taken him up on the offer!
@cj8803 What's the big deal? It just supposed to be funny. Idk why you taking it so serious. Plus the way how Hillary was dumb she would've probably done the same thing too
People are saying Carlton should just be himself, but the psychology on show here that he's displaying IS that he is showing himself, how desperate he is, how he'd copy Wills natural persona to get in, how blinkered he can be in thinking this would work, and how extreme he'd go under pressure, when something he desperately wants is taken away from him. Part of Carlton is extreme and unhinged, partially because he has to behave a certain restricted way under his dad's shadow. That's why he's a fascinating character. We might laugh at him, and the lengths he'd go to, but underneath that it's a great study in how the mind works under pressure. The interviewer should have twigged he was emulating Will, educated though he was, he wasn't observant, and didn't see the obvious. This is what you get when you have an academic without common sense. In the duration of my BA Hons degree, I met a fair few of these types.
Exactly. The interviewer had a short memory because it was obvious. And Carlton definitely wasn't acting unlike himself, he was acting like Carlton but doing things he thought would impress the interview. And what is acting like yourself if not a presentation of how you want others to see you?
Why would the interviewer care about a guy who called himself Rapmaster C and starts doing a weird dance? Why would he know that he had any connection to Will? Also Will didn't go in and?start acting weird. Will went in and sat down and the interviewer wasn't impressed but Will turned it around when he solved his Cube. They are grown men not little kids.
The thing is, he absolutely wasn't being himself. He was afraid that Will would out do him, and was willing to act like something he wasn't.. that is the whole point here. I know it seems intelligent to say that "he was being himself because he was copying Will", but that is not the point. He was clearly imitating Will.. thus he wasn't being himself. The real Carlton was not like Will at all. What you're talking about is desperation, which isn't a personality, it's a character trait. Also, Carlton isn't really desperate, as that implies he has no options. He absolutely does, he just allowed himself to distort his reality by allowing Will's success to get the better of him. He knows deep inside he is more intelligent than Will; that is the objective reality without question. But any time Will might have the upper hand in anything related to academics, he gets bent out of shape and jealous, feeling the need to do anything to feel superior again. Those are two very different things. He has done this several times throughout the show, like cheating by copying off Will's test simply because Will outscored him in the PSAT. He did NOT need to cheat, we all know that. Yet he wants to feel he is superior, to the point where he will copy Will to some degree if he thinks it will make him feel he is on top again just because Will got a slightly better score. This is more a superiority complex than desperation.
@@vikvegas8593 The thing about Will is that if you notice, he didn't do anything like what Carlton did when he went in to imitate him. Carlton basically did an imitation of how HE perceives Will. Will acted pretty normal even for himself during that interview which is something Carlton didn't know. But Carlton has always perceived Will as just a mediocre guy from the ghetto that could never match his manners, academic skill, or flattery. He has said things like that throughout the show, like when he calls Will a "ghetto goof". So, when Will was considered by the interviewer, he believed that the best way to impress the guy was to act like that guy from the ghetto that he always saw Will to be. After all, if Will could pull it off, why couldn't he? He completely forgot that the main reason to be accepted was to have high scores with many talents and extra curricular activities. Carlton let his superiority complex get the better of him. "Be yourself" was always the moral.
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Will eventually won over the interviewer due to his charisma and being himself. He didn't put on an act to impress him, like Carlton did. It was obvious to the interviewer that Carlton was faking it and thought he was insane.
Facts. Plus Carlton had came to the school with a camcorder to film Will's failure, but he was mad that Will got an offer to attend Princeton and was even more pissed when his father showed Will love and gratitude. Will told Carlton many times I was just being myself and that's how I aced the interview. Had Carlton would have listened and not went into the interview acting like a moron and being himself, he would have gotten accepted but he chose not to and had the nerve to threaten the recruiter and took his anger out on his cousin who told Phil to go easy on him when he spoke to him. Plus Phil and Vivian would have been more happier to know that both their son and nephew got offers to attend Princeton.
Rest In Peace Actor Earl Boen. This is the best scene I know Earl Boen from as the Princeton man in Fresh Prince "...Was that a death threat, hmm?" R.I.P.
It had been bugging me for awhile that I didn't include the part where Will said "Piece of cake" at the end and apparently others as well, so I uploaded the ending and Carlton's interview together. That...and after 9 years no one else had a decent quality of Carlton's interview. So...here it is. Hope you enjoy the videos I upload!
He was being himself. Someone willing to connive and manipulate to get his way. Someone willing to change himself to get what he wanted. That is 100% Carlton banks. Interviewer was right to reject him.
Carlton honestly could’ve salvaged it at 1:45 if he had told the interviewer that he wanted to connect with him by emulating Will. Of course he just had to escalate things by running his mouth.
Carlton was trying way too hard to be someone he's not, Will on the other hand has that natural charisma and likeability that draws people to him. Lesson here ladies and gentlemen is JUST BE YOURSELF
Saw this episode some thirty years ago. I remember this scene very well along with Will's own Princeton interview. May Earl Boen rest in heaven and thanks for sharing your talent with us. (He was also Dr Silberman, the psychiatrist of the first three Terminator movies.)
Poor guy ! I always feel pity for him when I view this scene. It reminds me of Paris Geller in "Gilmore Girls", she had crashed herself as well. This is what happens when you put too much pressure on someone. Working a whole lifetime to achieve something and to be crushed because you got judged on a 5 minute impression, and then facing the reality that your lifetime goal has now turned into a delusion... Man, what kind of world do we live in ! :-(
If he had have just been himself and mentioned that he wanted to follow in his fathers footsteps he would’ve been accepted right away seeing as his father is a legend at Princeton.
@@kendallrivers1119 the show dealt with serious themes and was daring. One can many life lessons from it...even though it's a TV show its still rooted in reality for the most part.
I don’t understand why Carlton lied to his family about getting a full scholarship. They definitely would have found out sooner or later. That’s not exactly something you can hide or fake
I once heard a story about a young man telling his parents he was teacher in oder to not disappoint them. He lied about this studies and made up stories about his 'job' as a teacher for years. In the end it came out that he made a living by robberies and never set foot into a college/university.
@@MrBell-iq3sm Yeah but in this episode, Carlton was still a minor. They would still have to help him move his life all the way across the country from California to New Jersey. They would definitely find out sooner rather than later that he never really got accepted.
That’s why they say ALWAYS be yourself. Never try to duplicate a personality you don’t have because you won’t keep it up forever and people will notice is right away.
Both Terminator (T-1000) and Carlton have a thing in common: they both frightened this guy (remember the "come with me if you wanna live" scene in Terminator 2 - the actor who played the role of Princeton interviewer in this scene is the same one from that scene in Terminator 2)
Carlton really missed the point of what Will said about being yourself. That’s literally all he had to do but his jealousy of Will always got the best of him in times like these
Princeton's principal also played the boss of the girl who married Charlie Marno in Tales From the Crypt. Yes, I know I'm the only one who knows that..
This scene made me so angry. Carlton would have aced this interview without question, but he let his perception of what he thought would get him in distort his mind. Will's consideration was a rare exception, it only occurred because of one action which earned the respect of the recruiter, who learned more about him and came to like him as a person. Carlton's academic achievements would have been more than enough, but he felt that if Will got in, then there was no other way but to act like something he wasn't.
I havent seen this episode but dang, the comments revealed something bad about Carlton. Not to mention when he got desperate, he thought of every low thing like selling his sister, bribing and even death threat.
All Carlton Banks had to do was be himself during the interview for the Princeton University scholarship. Carlton has the book and academic smarts but lack the charisma and street smarts that Will have.
Carlton really messed this up...all he had to do was be HIMSELF. He had the grades and the potential. But he was too jealous of WILL, and that distracted him. That's what I didn't like about Carlton. He was smart, but had a jealous streak sometimes.
-T-1000: "Look, Silverman! You seem like an intelligent human. A human who knows what is good for himself. Allowing me to locate John Connor would be very good to spare your irrelevant life. Because Skynet has more T-1000 models like me. T-1000's, Terminators made of liquid metal and no human emotions. 10-4?!
2:32 A clear lesson of despite passion you should think before you speak. Don't make threats unless you are in control of the conversation and can back it up and get away with it unscathed. To quote, "he's Carlton Banks the son of the Honorable Judge Banks. You have to go a thousand miles to meet someone who don't know you're name. So, don't come down here with your anger, trying to prove something to yourself."
Both Will and Carlton were Princeton material but for totally different reasons, that's okay. Carlton just had to be himself in the interview, he surely fucked it up.
xD see there’s a difference of what it means to “being from the hood” will had charismatic qualities with a ghetto twist, but Carlton thought the stereotypical “ghetto” mannerisms were the way to go but that wasn’t it xD
it implies that he has friend that are Italian and are in the Mob what I think is very stereotype, to reffere Italians as criminals, we are not criminals at all.
I think there was an episode in which Will dared Carlton to live in the hood for a few days and Carlton managed to build himself a crew. With that in mind, his threat might not be so bogus.
All Carlton had to do was just speak & converse normally - there was no doubt his credibility & creditentials were set in place. Moral of this do what you have to hit success for you yourself. Dont get influence from others actions that's not yours
Because he saw how far Will can go with next to no effort put into it rendering him and his qualifications questionable, if not nil, which is never an easy thing
Carloton Princeton is the center piece of my life master plan and gives him literally his master plan paper, his master plan right after losing my virginity” lol when the guy read that omg Carloton can be funny when he’s serious
you know.. i ain’t tryna make this deep or nun but this is a lesson for men of all ages. Carlton was so busy tryna be like Will to get accepted that he neglected his own super powers, thus makin’ him lose the opportunity in the first place. The guy was already interested & impressed w/ his stats & wanted him on board at Princeton. Carlton proceeded to mess tht 💩 up by his own doin’ which many do today tryna portray somethin’ they not fr💯
The saddest part of this is how the interview was impressed with Carlton’s academic performance and had high expectations for him. Will was immediately looked down upon but soon earned the respect of the interview by being himself. That’s all Carlton had to do. He had it in the bag but his jealousy of will got the best of him.
Agreed. If Carlton had just been his usual self, he could've walked out of there with a full scholarship with all the trimmings on it. But as you said, he let his jealousy of Will get the better of him and he tried to be someone he wasn't and look what he got instead: rejected from his dream college, suspended from school, forced to face the disappointment of his family (especially after he lied to them about getting in on a full scholarship) and the hard truth that he let both them and himself down in one of the worst ways possible.
What I find most sad and reflective of the world we live in is no matter how much you work hard, study or give up to attain your dreams, it will usually all be decided by someone with a cavalier attitude in a 5 minute meeting. Meanwhile, the guy who has mocked you, belittled you, doesn't care and only wants an easy life will have all those dreams handed to him on a plate - because he was born taller, wittier, more charming or just naturally more intelligent than you are.
This happens day after day to millions of people. Life is deeply unfair.
anicetune not if u got the sauce, get what im sayin?
anicetune usually that’s true but on that one your point is completely bullshit. Carlton did that to himself, lied about it, and couldn’t give credit. If he would’ve been himself that wouldn’t have happened. Don’t make excuses for some ones jealousy. The point of the whole episode was be yourself
@@anicetune your attitude determines your altitude, simple change your attitude towards life and stop feeling sorry for yourself.
I really disliked Carlton in this episode. Will never told him to act like that, he just went and did it, and then blamed Will for "ruining his life" and told him to "go back to Philly". What an asshole he was
He wasn't really an asshole in general nor through-out the show. When someone like Carlton busts their ass everyday to get even a chance to get into Princeton and then someone like Will, who didn't even try, gets an offer, it is enough to make anyone do something out of character.
Crucifier61: Right. It is true that Carlton really messed up in this episode (he should have acted like himself instead of like a bad imitation of what he thought that Will acted like, and the death threat was really stupid). But yes, he did what he did after he saw that Will got close to being accepted into Princeton without even trying. So he misjugded the situation and put on a fake "rap master" act. And when it became obvious that he had failed to impress the man from Princeton, he simply got really desperate, tried bribery and threats, which is when he blew his last chances. Also, Carlton was often portrayed as having less social skills than Will. So he was never able to charm his way through life like Will did. So... it is very understandable that Carlton got angry with Will in this episode. Sure, it is true that Will can't be blamed for Carlton's mistakes. But I can still understand why Carlton would hold a grudge against him after this, just because of envy.
Carlton acted like an ass from the get-go. He’s an A-student in academics, and when it comes to common sense, he’s a dumbass. Let Red Forman be his dad, see how he acts.
@@Furienna Well, the reason colleges have these interviews is to help both the schools and students see if they're the right fit for each other. The Princeton interviewer noted about Will's grades being lower than requirement, but Will impressed him by not only showing that he was a smart kid underneath all that swag and street, but that he also wasn't afraid to be himself no matter what, and the interviewer potentially saw him as a student that could bring some change to a seemingly stuffy Ivy League school like Princeton.
I can also understand why Carlton felt like his hard-working efforts were for naught after Will got into his dream school by just being himself and not busting his ass almost at all. But Carlton shouldn't have let his jealousy and insecurities overshadow his courage to be himself. Had he just gone into that interview as his usual self, he could have blown the man away with his grades, great record, and love of academics, and walked out with a full scholarship with all the treats and trimmings on it.
But instead, he (very poorly) tried to imitate his cousin to ride on his wave of easy. And then when he realized he'd blown his interview, he desperately tried everything else to change the man's mind (proving it part of his life's plan, begging and pleading, bribery, etc), only to dig himself a deeper and deeper hole with each one, until he finally buried himself with the death threat.
And then to top it all off, after this, he tried to cover up the situation from his family by lying to them about getting a full scholarship, hoping he could intercept the phone call from school about his behavior. But his dad got the call before he could, the truth came out, and Carlton was forced to face his hurt and disappointed family. And then he understandably but still unfairly blamed Will for everything just because Will unintentionally upstaged him.
All because he couldn't keep the courage to be himself.
@@Crucifier61 But remember Carlton wanted to record Will getting embarrassed earlier in the show and Will was honest he said he was himself. Carlton took it upon himself to try to be like Will why? You would had been fine if you just stuck with what got you there.
Man this is why I always be myself when I’m on a date, job interview etc
Jacob Waters that's true.
Unless if you have the same character as Will. Then you wont get anything. It only works in movies.
Sooo true and if thats not gd enough the job wasent meant to be
Lol yeah
innit lesson of this episode don't copy people be yourself always
This scene was funny and sad at the same time. Carlton really hammed it up but seeing his dream disappearing was sad. If he had’ve been himself and mentioned that he wanted to follow in his fathers footsteps, who is a legend at Princeton, he would’ve been accepted on the spot.
Man this scene brought tears to my eyes when I was a kid. Now I’m back and it never gets old. “Unfortunately at this time Princeton doesn’t accept the clinically insane.” 🤣🤣
Motto of story! Just be yourself
True that!!
Moral of the story**
No ones been themselves since like 2008.... Nowadays everyone's like a robot.... Same music .... Same hair cuts.... Same slangs..... Its pretty damn sad what the human race is becoming
Moral of the story***
Story of moral
"Correct me if I'm wrong but was that a death threat? Hmmm?"🤣
He's screwed
It was then that Carlton knew... he f*cked up
2:47
1:26 Unfortunately at this time, Princeton doesn't accept the clinically insane. Next?!!
@@galleryjabriltv5185 oh is that so?
"That's that's it?"
@@californiaman4000 Carlton made a massive mistake
@@isaiahwasabi1033 that's what Carlton gets for trying to be something that he's not.
@@galleryjabriltv5185 you got that right. Carlton is a Jackass
the fact that carlton was so desperate to change the interviewer's mind about him was so unbelievable that he even offer his own sister. just wow...
I was like 🤦♂️
Yeah THAT WAS FOUL. I didn't like that at ALL.
Point taken, and the interviewer didn't know it, but Carlton's sister was HOT!! Haha, had I been the interviewer and known how hot Hillary was, I would have taken him up on the offer!
@cj8803 What's the big deal? It just supposed to be funny. Idk why you taking it so serious. Plus the way how Hillary was dumb she would've probably done the same thing too
People are saying Carlton should just be himself, but the psychology on show here that he's displaying IS that he is showing himself, how desperate he is, how he'd copy Wills natural persona to get in, how blinkered he can be in thinking this would work, and how extreme he'd go under pressure, when something he desperately wants is taken away from him.
Part of Carlton is extreme and unhinged, partially because he has to behave a certain restricted way under his dad's shadow. That's why he's a fascinating character. We might laugh at him, and the lengths he'd go to, but underneath that it's a great study in how the mind works under pressure.
The interviewer should have twigged he was emulating Will, educated though he was, he wasn't observant, and didn't see the obvious. This is what you get when you have an academic without common sense. In the duration of my BA Hons degree, I met a fair few of these types.
Exactly. The interviewer had a short memory because it was obvious. And Carlton definitely wasn't acting unlike himself, he was acting like Carlton but doing things he thought would impress the interview.
And what is acting like yourself if not a presentation of how you want others to see you?
@@drethethinker6418 that man was acting like will not himself
Why would the interviewer care about a guy who called himself Rapmaster C and starts doing a weird dance? Why would he know that he had any connection to Will? Also Will didn't go in and?start acting weird. Will went in and sat down and the interviewer wasn't impressed but Will turned it around when he solved his Cube. They are grown men not little kids.
The thing is, he absolutely wasn't being himself. He was afraid that Will would out do him, and was willing to act like something he wasn't.. that is the whole point here. I know it seems intelligent to say that "he was being himself because he was copying Will", but that is not the point. He was clearly imitating Will.. thus he wasn't being himself. The real Carlton was not like Will at all. What you're talking about is desperation, which isn't a personality, it's a character trait. Also, Carlton isn't really desperate, as that implies he has no options. He absolutely does, he just allowed himself to distort his reality by allowing Will's success to get the better of him. He knows deep inside he is more intelligent than Will; that is the objective reality without question. But any time Will might have the upper hand in anything related to academics, he gets bent out of shape and jealous, feeling the need to do anything to feel superior again. Those are two very different things. He has done this several times throughout the show, like cheating by copying off Will's test simply because Will outscored him in the PSAT. He did NOT need to cheat, we all know that. Yet he wants to feel he is superior, to the point where he will copy Will to some degree if he thinks it will make him feel he is on top again just because Will got a slightly better score. This is more a superiority complex than desperation.
@@vikvegas8593 The thing about Will is that if you notice, he didn't do anything like what Carlton did when he went in to imitate him. Carlton basically did an imitation of how HE perceives Will. Will acted pretty normal even for himself during that interview which is something Carlton didn't know. But Carlton has always perceived Will as just a mediocre guy from the ghetto that could never match his manners, academic skill, or flattery. He has said things like that throughout the show, like when he calls Will a "ghetto goof". So, when Will was considered by the interviewer, he believed that the best way to impress the guy was to act like that guy from the ghetto that he always saw Will to be. After all, if Will could pull it off, why couldn't he? He completely forgot that the main reason to be accepted was to have high scores with many talents and extra curricular activities. Carlton let his superiority complex get the better of him. "Be yourself" was always the moral.
This guy offered his sister........bloody hell!!!
And money
And a death threat, capiche?
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“Right after lose virginity, you’re even stranger than I thought.” 🤣🤣🤣
Best line in this episode 😀😀😀😁
"My father has lots of money"
Ten seconds later, makes death threat.
Will eventually won over the interviewer due to his charisma and being himself. He didn't put on an act to impress him, like Carlton did. It was obvious to the interviewer that Carlton was faking it and thought he was insane.
Actually I don't think he thought he was faking it. Just found the situation weird and didn't want someone like that on campus.
Facts. Plus Carlton had came to the school with a camcorder to film Will's failure, but he was mad that Will got an offer to attend Princeton and was even more pissed when his father showed Will love and gratitude. Will told Carlton many times I was just being myself and that's how I aced the interview. Had Carlton would have listened and not went into the interview acting like a moron and being himself, he would have gotten accepted but he chose not to and had the nerve to threaten the recruiter and took his anger out on his cousin who told Phil to go easy on him when he spoke to him. Plus Phil and Vivian would have been more happier to know that both their son and nephew got offers to attend Princeton.
The interviewer was impressed by Will's potential, not his charisma
Rest In Peace Actor Earl Boen. This is the best scene I know Earl Boen from as the Princeton man in Fresh Prince "...Was that a death threat, hmm?" R.I.P.
I only remember him from the Terminator movies
I know him as the Demon Zombie Ghost Pirate LeChuck from the Monkey Island games.
He also voiced the Red Skull and the Beyonder from the 90's Spider-Man animated series.
am i nuts or was he in both terminator movies
How he throw Hillary under the bus like that
"My sister Hillary is not bad looking and after two drinks or so she will do anything" Only Carlton hahaha
Carlton pimping out Hilary must be the funniest thing I ever had to listen to 😂
This has to be Carlton's most cringe-worthy moment.
That upload after 9 years 😂😂😂 u are crazy maaan
It had been bugging me for awhile that I didn't include the part where Will said "Piece of cake" at the end and apparently others as well, so I uploaded the ending and Carlton's interview together. That...and after 9 years no one else had a decent quality of Carlton's interview. So...here it is. Hope you enjoy the videos I upload!
@@Crucifier61 yes i did thanks and piece from Germany!
@@Crucifier61 finally, we have been waiting for this every day pressing refresh all the time
@@flisko123 9 years of pressing F5? Thanks for your dedication! ;-)
Hahaha just checked
Will aced the interview by being himself. Carlton COMPLETELY failed to get that. He just had to be himself.
Well, it's carlton after all, a total jerkass
He was being himself. Someone willing to connive and manipulate to get his way. Someone willing to change himself to get what he wanted. That is 100% Carlton banks. Interviewer was right to reject him.
@@itzbebop yeah what Carlton had to be, was a crafted persona in order to succeed.
"Rap. Master. Is my name. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same"😂😂
Didn't mean to diss you, can I get you a tissue?
@@AshK-u5pthat was a great line.
"Look ed!" 😂 carltons most aggressive moment
Carlton honestly could’ve salvaged it at 1:45 if he had told the interviewer that he wanted to connect with him by emulating Will. Of course he just had to escalate things by running his mouth.
Then he tries to cover it up with a lie
Carlton was trying way too hard to be someone he's not, Will on the other hand has that natural charisma and likeability that draws people to him. Lesson here ladies and gentlemen is JUST BE YOURSELF
The Slap of Will Smith entered the CHAT
Didnt mean to dis u can I get u a tissue 😂😂😂
After all these years, still hilarious to me
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I crack up at that part everytimeeee😂😂😂
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Carlton could've been accepted if he didn't let his jealousy get to him.
That’s right. Beware of envy!!
yeah dont be jealous of someone else
Well at least he didn’t have to interview Sarah Connor!!!! Lol
Saw this episode some thirty years ago. I remember this scene very well along with Will's own Princeton interview.
May Earl Boen rest in heaven and thanks for sharing your talent with us. (He was also Dr Silberman, the psychiatrist of the first three Terminator movies.)
Yep. I liked that guy :(
Its so weird that the assertive, strong Carlton from season 1 who stood up to Janet on the grounds of principle sunk to this...
Women are one thing, Princeton is another (especially in the Banks household)
Poor guy ! I always feel pity for him when I view this scene. It reminds me of Paris Geller in "Gilmore Girls", she had crashed herself as well. This is what happens when you put too much pressure on someone. Working a whole lifetime to achieve something and to be crushed because you got judged on a 5 minute impression, and then facing the reality that your lifetime goal has now turned into a delusion... Man, what kind of world do we live in ! :-(
I don't blame the world. I blame the people for being dumb enough to get caught up in the delusion and not snap out of it and be their own person
If he had have just been himself and mentioned that he wanted to follow in his fathers footsteps he would’ve been accepted right away seeing as his father is a legend at Princeton.
You know this is a sitcom right? Lol its not meant to be taken seriously its just a hilarious scene.
the part about the 5 minute impression so true...you barely can really a judge a person's entire worth from that.
@@kendallrivers1119 the show dealt with serious themes and was daring. One can many life lessons from it...even though it's a TV show its still rooted in reality for the most part.
I don’t understand why Carlton lied to his family about getting a full scholarship. They definitely would have found out sooner or later. That’s not exactly something you can hide or fake
I once heard a story about a young man telling his parents he was teacher in oder to not disappoint them. He lied about this studies and made up stories about his 'job' as a teacher for years. In the end it came out that he made a living by robberies and never set foot into a college/university.
@@MrBell-iq3sm Yeah but in this episode, Carlton was still a minor. They would still have to help him move his life all the way across the country from California to New Jersey. They would definitely find out sooner rather than later that he never really got accepted.
He could have just left it there after being rejected, but he had to dig himself deeper. 🤦♀️
moral of the story... BE YOURSELF!!!
That look the interviewer gives to the camera after seeing Carlton is effing priceless.
0:39 Rap master is my name ask me again and I'll tell you the same (beat box) 0:48 Didn't mean to Diss you can I get you a tissue (beat box). 😂😂😂😂
So funny but he good on the beat box LMAO
Let me teach how to Vogue, strike a pose!!! LOL!!!
"Mr Banks are you on some sort of medication?"
Let me teach you how to wear a hat
Lollll in the Mc hammer purple pants😂😂
It's been 9 years since the last! Well thank you for finishing it XD
Life lesson guys… ALWAYS be yourself. You’re ENOUGH!
LOL at 1:55 I like how Carlton just knocks everything off the desk.
His Master Plan. Lol
He made that shit worst with all that🤣🤣
It worked in Tommy Boy…oh wait.
@@shadowknight1121I gotta go to the bathroom!
*NOT NOW, DAMMIT!!*
"Carlton...please tell me you didn't threaten to kill the man from Princeton."
That’s why they say ALWAYS be yourself. Never try to duplicate a personality you don’t have because you won’t keep it up forever and people will notice is right away.
Carlton didn't have to Vogue that hard.🤣🤣🤣🤣
Both Terminator (T-1000) and Carlton have a thing in common: they both frightened this guy (remember the "come with me if you wanna live" scene in Terminator 2 - the actor who played the role of Princeton interviewer in this scene is the same one from that scene in Terminator 2)
His name is Earl Boen, he played Dr. Silberman in Terminator 1 and 2.
Glad to see some fans got that reference 😎
#ICouldBeBack?
He was in the first three Terminators.
the T-1000 was played by Robert Patrick
@@agentzurg3592 Indeed. I think the OP meant to refer to the OG Arnie Terminator, which is actually a T-800.
Carlton: Look Ed! You seem like a calm and reasonable person!
Are you a calm and reasonable person
THE RETURN OF C-NOTE
Hard to believe this episode aired 30 years ago!
RIP Earl Boen
this is why I stay true to myself people can recognize fakes
RIP EARL BOEN AND JAMES AVERY ❤❤❤❤
Looks like Carlton is taking it to far
Poor Carlton! Very talented man😂😂😂😂😂
poor? hardly...he's a spoiled brat
0:39 🎶Rap master is my name! Ask me again and I’ll tell you the same!🎶
*”PFFT A PFFT PFFFT!”* 💦💦🤣🤣
Carlton really missed the point of what Will said about being yourself. That’s literally all he had to do but his jealousy of Will always got the best of him in times like these
Rap Master C- Carlton Banks
Grand Master B - Bud Bundy
90s were awesome
Princeton's principal also played the boss of the girl who married Charlie Marno in Tales From the Crypt. Yes, I know I'm the only one who knows that..
Carlton and Will in this ep were like Cain and Abel. If this wasn't a comedy show, C would've hammered Will on spot xD
This scene made me so angry. Carlton would have aced this interview without question, but he let his perception of what he thought would get him in distort his mind. Will's consideration was a rare exception, it only occurred because of one action which earned the respect of the recruiter, who learned more about him and came to like him as a person. Carlton's academic achievements would have been more than enough, but he felt that if Will got in, then there was no other way but to act like something he wasn't.
And to think Will didn't care about Princeton but he was just being himself.
Why did the man from Princeton seem more happy about the death threat than anything else in the interview.
Man must really hate his life
He's most likely being sarcastic
RapMasterC sounds like an xbox gamer tag.
I havent seen this episode but dang, the comments revealed something bad about Carlton.
Not to mention when he got desperate, he thought of every low thing like selling his sister, bribing and even death threat.
This is really dark. If Carlton had a weapon, he would've used it.
This is how I mess up interviews
All Carlton Banks had to do was be himself during the interview for the Princeton University scholarship.
Carlton has the book and academic smarts but lack the charisma and street smarts that Will have.
Let's get one thing straight, your sister Hillary is drop dead beautiful
True, but she's like totally air headed. like ok?. lol
That's why Carlton offered her because she most likely would've done anything if told to do it.
Carlton really messed this up...all he had to do was be HIMSELF. He had the grades and the potential. But he was too jealous of WILL, and that distracted him. That's what I didn't like about Carlton. He was smart, but had a jealous streak sometimes.
2:49 ever since I saw this episode as a kid I've asked questions like this lol
This the perfect example of being true to your self
Ha ha carlton went ham on them
Unfortunately at this Time. Princeton doesn't accept the clinically insane, Next 1:26
Unfortunately at this Time. Princeton doesn't accept ham 😂
Carlton???? Rap Master C !!!!!
0:11 I lost it already 🤣
-T-1000: "Look, Silverman! You seem like an intelligent human. A human who knows what is good for himself. Allowing me to locate John Connor would be very good to spare your irrelevant life. Because Skynet has more T-1000 models like me. T-1000's, Terminators made of liquid metal and no human emotions. 10-4?!
Dr. Silberman: "correct me if I'm wrong but.. was that a death threat? Mmm?"
@@californiaman4000 T-800: "Not anymore."
**Shoots shotgun**
2:32 A clear lesson of despite passion you should think before you speak. Don't make threats unless you are in control of the conversation and can back it up and get away with it unscathed.
To quote, "he's Carlton Banks the son of the Honorable Judge Banks. You have to go a thousand miles to meet someone who don't know you're name. So, don't come down here with your anger, trying to prove something to yourself."
Batman Begins
Both Will and Carlton were Princeton material but for totally different reasons, that's okay. Carlton just had to be himself in the interview, he surely fucked it up.
I got this episode where Carlton Banks finally flipped his lid completely losing it
Thanks for posting this lol.
You're very welcome!
this scene made me lmao lol
xD see there’s a difference of what it means to “being from the hood” will had charismatic qualities with a ghetto twist, but Carlton thought the stereotypical “ghetto” mannerisms were the way to go but that wasn’t it xD
Difference between being black and being African-American way too many people don't understand that
Can anyone explain how carlton saying he has big friends is a death threat?
ItsRezberry it implies that he has criminals as friends.
it implies that he has friend that are Italian and are in the Mob what I think is very stereotype, to reffere Italians as criminals, we are not criminals at all.
Carlton has friends in the first season but they got phased out
I think there was an episode in which Will dared Carlton to live in the hood for a few days and Carlton managed to build himself a crew. With that in mind, his threat might not be so bogus.
@@kamentrainerhorn2073 Yeah but he keep in touch with them after that other than Jazz.
All Carlton had to do was just speak & converse normally - there was no doubt his credibility & creditentials were set in place. Moral of this do what you have to hit success for you yourself. Dont get influence from others actions that's not yours
"Didn't mean to diss you, can I get you a tissue "
Sorry C-Note
U just got rejected
You can't be... Who you're not...
No more than David could wear Saul's armor.
well that prove the cube was a set up, will solved it and next with carlton is mix up again.
Your name is not “Rap Master C.” It’s C Note, damn it!
My GOSH CARLTON! Hahahahahaha! 2019 anyone ? Hahaha
Yeah
He was always comfortable in his own skin until he tried to outdo will
Because he saw how far Will can go with next to no effort put into it rendering him and his qualifications questionable, if not nil, which is never an easy thing
Carloton Princeton is the center piece of my life master plan and gives him literally his master plan paper, his master plan right after losing my virginity” lol when the guy read that omg Carloton can be funny when he’s serious
All Carlton had to do was be himself and he would've been on his way.
HILARIOUS
When you ask for Carlton Banks and you get Will's cousin 3 times removed
I wouldn't try to act like someone else to get the same honor as they did. It's all about being true to yourself. Carlton really made a bad move here.
The thing is Will didn't even do that. Will didn't go in and start acting insane.
Wow just...how do you fuck that up so badly?
And boys and girls and thats why being a followers leads to nowhere be yourself.
More hair on their back abd mozarella on their breath.
Capice
@@IRONMANFAN2008
Capesh.
When you are not original
People can tell when youre being yourself and/or putting on airs.
Mr banks are you in some sort of medication 💊😳
What made Carlton act like Will anyway? Was he doing an experiment?
what a strange case of reversing roles
you know.. i ain’t tryna make this deep or nun but this is a lesson for men of all ages. Carlton was so busy tryna be like Will to get accepted that he neglected his own super powers, thus makin’ him lose the opportunity in the first place. The guy was already interested & impressed w/ his stats & wanted him on board at Princeton. Carlton proceeded to mess tht 💩 up by his own doin’ which many do today tryna portray somethin’ they not fr💯