Back in the 90s during the heyday of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will Smith and Alfonso Ribero probably didn’t imagine 2018 would see Ribero hosting a YouTube stream of Smith’s 50th birthday bungee jump out of a helicopter into the Grand Canyon. But life works in mysterious ways, as Canadian Press pop culture reporter David Friend relayed:
Alfonso Ribeiro, aka Carlton Banks from "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," is hosting Will Smith's heli-bungee jump for this 50th birthday on YouTube.
And everything pop culture eventually comes full circle. https://t.co/99sjzbo4Ti pic.twitter.com/JLg9CY0mZx
— David Friend (@dfriend) September 25, 2018
Will Smith has completed the heli-bungee jump…letting a few expletives slip out, which, judging by the audio dropouts YouTube seemingly failed to mute. pic.twitter.com/uS940eBN6t
— David Friend (@dfriend) September 25, 2018
Oh, also, Smith realized afterwards he should have made a Fresh Prince reference, even if that one didn’t end as well.
That clip does contain the great Smith line of “I ain’t no bungee expert or nothing, but I don’t think he’s supposed to be slamming into the ground like that.” And Smith appeared to use that knowledge well Tuesday. Here’s the after-the-fact, eight-and-a-half minute edited version of his jump:
That’s quite the event, and quite the way to celebrate. And it sounds like there may be more to come.
"It's like the whole Grand Canyon is mine!"
– Will Smith describing his heli-bungee jump experience before saying he'd do it again.Hollywood loves sequels, bud. pic.twitter.com/IOaj9uAQDP
— David Friend (@dfriend) September 25, 2018
We’ll see if there’s a sequel or not, but Smith certainly gave the world plenty to talk about with this jump. All this needed was a giant mechanical spider. After all, that worked out well for everyone involved!
[David Friend on Twitter]
