Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the Lost Episode (full theater release Labor Day weekend '09)

It’s college offers time in sunny Bel-Air. In the kitchen of the Banks family home we find Carlton smugly opening his envelope from Yale to discover… SHOCK! – a rejection slip. He goes into a massive funk, which isn't relieved by Jazz telling how Yale rejected him too but it’s cool, he's got an interview at Wendy's next week!

Yale’s famous literary critic Harold Bloom visits Bel-Air Prep to give a lecture on Shakespeare.
Carlton sees lecture as an opportunity to impress H. Bloom and thereby win admittance to the college. Crazily, Harold Bloom ignores Carlton’s toadying and takes a shine to the Fresh Prince, mistaking his street talk for literary wisdom* and deciding he's Yale material. This hilariously redoubles Carlton's woe. Jeffrey suggests Cornell.

Sub-plot re. Uncle Phil eye surgery. Remarks from Will as re. Uncle Phil’s weight and good luck that it wasn’t mouth surgery. Asinine questions from Jazz re. effects of blindness eg. "super-hearing". Uncle Phil highly irritated. Ashley smuggles boy into house but Uncle Phil smells boy out, removes him. Also "smells" Hillary trying to get credit card out of his wallet. Bandaged eyes subject of weird public sex talk between Phil and Aunt Viv, to general disgust. Jeffrey fruitily alludes to Jeffrey's sex life, implying all manner of bandaged high jinks. Horrified shivers all round.

(Laugh track.)

Fancy party at school to honour Harold Bloom, misguidedly attended by Carlton in last-ditch attempt at acceptance by the great man, which embarrassingly fails (Falstaff not a lacrosse manoeuvre). Fresh Prince overhears a fellow candidate make unkind comment re. Carlton's ignorance, stands up for his cousin. Ensuing fight results in FP's disinvitation to Yale by appalled Hal Bloom.

Carlton all moved thanks Will, wince-inducingly. Will is casual: "No problem, you're my cousin, man… and anyway, Jazz got us interviews at Wendy's!" Enter Jazzy Jeff in Wendy's uniform with bag of burgers for his friends. Carlton aghast but, lesson learnt, starts laughing, as does everyone. Jazz, non-plussed: "Whut? It's cheeseburgers and they damn good too!"

(Laugh track)

Will, Carlton and Jazz split in good cheer.

Final scene: Hillary all over Harold Bloom, playing with her hair: "I've just always just hated Harvard.... tell me more about this Hamlet guy” (giggles coquetteishly). Bloom: "There's plenty of time for all that when you're at Yale, my dear. Now... tell me more about Hillary!"

Credit bloopers:

Fresh Prince teaching Harold Bloom how to moonwalk, both mugging to camera.

(pause)

Blind Uncle Phil mistaking a (moonwalking) Harold Bloom for Jazz, Harold Bloom being thrown out front door a la Jazz.

(pause)

Bloom showing Will and Jazz a library. Jazz being thrown out library's front door.

(final credit)

(bonus blooper)

Uncle Phil, de-bandaged, sighted and free to indulge in fast food again, entering a Wendy's. Uncle Phil being thrown out front door of Wendy's.

Cut to satisfied looking Jazz dusting off palms... suddenly wincing and clutching his back.

THE END.

* Fresh Prince: “Shakespeare’s the bomb”. Bloom reads this as pure phrasing of his own feelings about bard’s cultural explosiveness - subject of his lecture at Bel-Air Prep throughout which FP has been chatting up a hot girl, telling her she's "the bomb".