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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

NBC (Ended 1996)
 
Episode Guide > Season 4, Episode 20

The Ol' Ball and Chain

 

Episode Score

 
8.4 Great
33 votes

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The Ol' Ball and Chain ranks 170,898 out of all 118,440 episodes (of all shows) on TV.com.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air fans have written a total of 2 reviews of The Ol' Ball and Chain.

Air Date

Monday February 28, 1994

Production Code

60049

Episode Summary

Philip foots the bill when Jazz decides to marry a jailbird. Unsure of her qualifications as to be Jazz's wife she moves in on Will.

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    9.3 Superb

    It had me laughing throughout the entire episode. Lol. It was hilarious. hide show

    It had me laughing throughout the entire episode. Lol. It was hilarious. (Poor Vivian. It was funny when Hilary and Philip both insulted her, without knowing it of course.) I couldn't believe it when Jazz said that he was getting married. (But I guess even Jazz can find love. :P) Of course his fiancee is a jailbird. I was a little surprised when Jewel started hitting on Will because he didn't seem like her type. But after she revealed them to Will, her reasons made sense. Anyways, this was a really good and hilarious episode, and it's for episodes like this that I watch Fresh Prince.
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    8.9 Great

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    In one of the most surprising episodes of the series, Jazz gets married, and while it may be to an ex-convict, a law breaker like Jazz wouldn’t care if she was an escaped convict, especially since his friend’s rich uncle was holding his wedding in a mansion.

    The plot of this episode, despite being out of character, was actually quite believable, though I would have thought the perfect end would be the two newlyweds getting thrown out of the house together.

    Jazz’s vows were hilarious as was Will’s statement that Phil wasn’t taking him seriously when he referred to his younger self as sexy and Carlton’s distrust of convicts.

    Overall, this is an important episode in the series and is also very entertaining.
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  • The song playing while Jazz and Jewel are walking down the aisle is the 1977 hit Float On by the Floaters. []
  • International Episode Titles:
    Czech Republic - Láska a okovy (Love and Shackles) []
  • Karen Malina White is the fourth person who appears on Fresh Prince, from the Cosby Show. The first was Malcolm Jamal-Warner, the second was Raven Symone, and the third was Allen Payne. []
  • Karen Malina White co-starred alongside Will Smith's future wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, on the NBC series A Different World. []
  • Will: Uncle Phil, ya busy?
    Philip: What's on your mind, Will?
    Will: Jewel kissed me.
    Philip: It's customary to kiss the bride.
    Will: No, no, no. Uncle Phil, this was like one of them Fatal Attraction elevator scene kisses. You know what I'm sayin'? You know?
    Philip: Oh, come on. You're exaggerating, Will.
    Will: Listen. Listen. Uncle Phil, I'm tellin' you, I went into the room to see if she needed anything. All right? She kissed me! On my lips! She jumped on me, and she was stuck on me, and I was tryin' to shake her off, but I couldn't get her off. She was like a little naked velcro midget. []
  • Philip: When I married Vivian, I lost all my friends. Isn't that right honey?
    (Vivian looks at Philip coldly)
    Philip: (stammering) But Uh, you know it wasn't like I was going to need them.
    (Vivian runs upstairs)
    Will: Wow Uncle Phil, I knew you had a big appetite but both feet? []
  • Jazz: You are my best friend. My other friends pretend to like me for my money.
    Will: That's because you owe it to them. []

Allusions

  • Title: The Ol' Ball and Chain
    The title of this episode is a play on the song Ball and Chain by Lionel Richie. []
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