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S04E24: Papa's Got a Brand-New Excuse

Ben Vereen plays Will's long-lost father, who breezes into town and promises Will the moon, which angers an unforgiving Philip.

Genres:

Comedy, Family

Air Date:

May 09, 1994

Runtime:

23 minutes

Production:

The Stuffed Dog Company , NBC Productions , Quincy Jones-David Salzman Entertainment

Casts:

Will Smith, James Avery, Alfonso Ribeiro, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Joseph Marcell, Karyn Parsons, Tatyana Ali, Ross Bagley

Season 1

The Fresh Prince Project

Bang the Drum, Ashley

Clubba Hubba

Not with My Pig, You Don't

Homeboy, Sweet Homeboy

Mistaken Identity

Def Poet's Society

Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (1)

Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (2)

The Young and the Restless

Did the Earth Move for You?

The Mother of All Battles

Will Gets a Job

PSAT Pstory

Granny Gets Busy

Guess Who's Coming to Marry?

Something for Nothing

The Aunt Who Came to Dinner

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Will Gets Committed

That's No Lady, That's My Cousin

Hilary Gets a Job

Mama's Baby, Carlton's Maybe

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Ain't No Business Like Show Business

E23

The Way We Were

E24

Six Degrees of Graduation

Season 4

Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1)

Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2)

All Guts, No Glory

Father of the Year

It's Better to Have Loved and Lost It...

Will Goes a-Courtin'

Hex and the Single Guy

Blood is Thicker Than Mud

Fresh Prince After Dark

E10

Home is Where the Heart Attack Is

E11

Take My Cousin... Please

E12

You've Got to Be a Football Hero

E13

'Twas the Night Before Christening

I Know Why the Caged Bird Screams

E17

When You Hit Upon a Star

E18

Stop Will! In the Name of Love

E19

You'd Better Shop Around

E20

The Ol' Ball and Chain

E21

The Harder They Fall

E22

M is for the Many Things She Gave Me

E23

Mother's Day

E24

Papa's Got a Brand-New Excuse

E25

For Sale by Owner

E26

The Philadelphia Story

Season 5

The Client

What's Will Got to Do With It?

Reality Bites

Grumpy Young Men

Fresh Prince: The Movie

Will's Up a Dirt Road

E11

Will Steps Out

E12

Same Game, Next Season

The Wedding Show (Psyche!)

Save the Last Trance for Me

E22

To Thine Own Self Be Blue... and Gold

For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll

Season 6

Burnin' Down the House

Get a Job

Stress Related

Bourgie Sings the Blues

The Script Formerly Known As...

Not, I Barbecue

Not With My Cousin You Don't

Breaking Up is Hard To Do (1)

E15

Breaking Up is Hard To Do (2)

E16

I, Bowl Buster

E17

The Butler's Son Did It

E18

Hare Today...

E19

I, Whoops, There It Is

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