“What I’m saying is that everyone has access to the same resources of creativity, but most of us are too scared to use it.”

Highly sensitive or easily offended people aren’t the target audience here, of course.

"Once you’ve come to a determination within yourself of who you are, what your essence is, then you’re at the mercy of the narrative of the piece and the situations you are thrust into with your fellow actors."

While the characters, storylines, and mood of Bel-Air are markedly different from the sitcom, pretty much every episode does include a reference big or small to the past.

It’s a show about language, with dialogue so droll and deliriously wise-cracky, you’re likely to be hitting the rewind button to figure out what the hell the characters are actually saying

The allure is probably a freedom that was afforded kids and adolescents that I don’t think is afforded them now. If you imagine this story in the current day, Alana would be running down the street with a phone shoved in her back pocket.

“Life is too short to be hating and keeping secrets.” —The ghoulish movie host chats with our sister paper, LA Weekly