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This show jumped when Derek (Jason Bateman) left the show. Jason could act heads and heels over Ricky Schroeder. If you watch Ricky when other actors are saying their lines, you'll see his lips moving nonverbally saying their lines, like an amateur actor does. He got better as he aged and got more experience, but this show was cheesy all the way around.

Another JTS moment was Menudo coming in off the train and going into song and you could tell they were lip syncing and where did the background music come from? Totally cheesy!!!

What is this I keep reading about a friend of Ricky's who died breakdancing. Can anyone refresh my memory?

This show jumped after season 2. Though I spent many nights in 1982-83 dreaming of being Ricky's eight year old main squeeze, he started to lose his novelty as the years passed.

Does anyone else remember JT's bitchin' cowboy boots?

This was a good kids show. Too bad NBC no longer has kids or family sitcoms. It is funny though to see the cool hip-hop breakdancing kid "Alfonso Ribeiro" on Fresh Prince as a nerd though.

The theme song was dorky...Kate was perky...NBC was #3 in the ratings,but they had a lot of shows with pretty young women that made you want to tune in.....

It jumped for me when Ricky went from being cute, preppy Ricky and became the vaguely punkish, New Wave monstrosity known as "The Ricker".

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The show was dead after Derrick left. Ricky was too goody two shoes to be funny.
Derrick was a good contrast. Alfonso was brought on solely by order of NBC to capitalize off a commerical. WOW that is lame. The second black guy died in real life of AIDS. BTW is it RICKER or RICKSTER?

What is REALLY a joke is that Fran Drescher played Kate's best friend at the wedding and she spoke NORMAL!!!!!!!

I heard Tom Cruise was up for Rick's role but he thought John Houseman was just too smug.

I hated Alphonso Ribeiro. I almost didn't like Fresh Prince of Bel Air because of him. I was actually thrilled Jason Bateman left. I hated him too.

I started hating this show when I found out that they all had a massive orgy backstage after filming each and every episode.

I started watching this series about the middle of season one (Jan. 1983), not for the show itself, but because it was the onset of a massive crush I had on Ricky Schroder during the first two seasons. Needless to say, once Ricky hit puberty and became Rick, the feeling faded, and I drifted away from tuning in. In its final season, I don't think I watched more than a couple of episodes.

Absolute dreck. It jumped the shark in its debut. And I remember watching that debut with anticipation when I was like 12. What seriously is wrong with you people?

When they decided to appease the tree hugging hippie, animals rights crowd and Ricky sobs like a baby after he shot the deer. Forced wholesomeness and liberal bullcrap.

who played rick's grandpa in the show, edward stratton II?