Reverse Bel-Air - an explanation

posted on August 18, 2008 in

My Explanation (Cross-posted from Digg)

For those of you who don’t get it. A “Bel-Air” is a story that starts out talking about something else, and then at the end, shifts into the ending of the intro to the TV show “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”. It’s a prank.

In this case, a “Reverse Bel-Air” - you start by repeating the beginning of the intro to “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and then, partway through, you shift, and talk about something else entirely (in this case, she’s breaking up with him).

Earlier in the comments, someone posted an analogous situation - would you like to see a video of Rick Astley singing “Never Gonna Give You Up”, but instead it goes to a different song. This would be a “Reverse Rick Roll”

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1 Comment »

  1. Hey…

    There’s a great explanation of both the Bel Air, and Reverse Bel Air here:

    Bel Air Explained on ‘the internet is an in-joke’

    Comment by Kriss — August 27, 2008 @ 3:23 am

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