Jimmy Fallon Parodies The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's Introduction—Watch Now!

Host has been filming in Los Angeles

By Francesca Bacardi Feb 03, 2015 2:20 PMTags

We all know the story of how Will Smith's life got turned upside on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but were you aware of how Jimmy Fallon brought The Tonight Show back to Los Angeles?

"Well, this is the story all about how I brought The Tonight Show back to L.A.," the late night talk show host sang in his parody.

Fallon has been taping the show in sunny California since the Super Bowl and will continue to for the rest of the week, and because of the temporary location change-up, Fallon commemorated the move by recreating the Fresh Prince introduction almost scene by scene (with changed lyrics, of course!).

When some of his crew became "sick of the cold," he decided to pack up his stuff and bring The Roots to the West Coast, but not before getting a send-off from Alfonso Ribeiro a.k.a. Carlton Banks doing his ever-famous "The Carlton" dance moves.

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"I whistled for a cab and when it came near / The license plates said host and Jazzy Jeff was in there / The city was 3,000 miles away but I thought 'nah forget it yo homes to L.A.,'" he continued to croon.

The parody is just the latest piece of greatness from Fallon while in L.A., where he also had super stars Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart participate in the ultimate lip sync battle where the Old School actor basically blew the pants off Beyoncé's "Drunk in Love."

But The Wedding Ringer comedian didn't hold back either. The actor gave John Legend's "All of Me" his all while also giving Katy Perry a run for her money on "Roar." Fallon, of course, didn't falter either when he gave a heart-pounding rendition of Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone." 

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