“We said ‘And here we have a special treat,'” Smith continues.
Smith said that a certain smooth criminal was a major inspiration for the move.
“Michael Jacksonwas the only person who had…Michael Jackson premiered ‘Thriller’ in primetime.
Will Smith as the ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’.Mario Casilli/TV Guide/©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection
And I had been wanting to do that my entire life,” Smith says.
1 the next week," Smith says.
4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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