The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series)

Those Were the Days (1992)

James Avery: Philip Banks

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• Philip Banks : You talk as if I wasn't there with you in Birmingham, facing dogs and firehoses. This is me, Olufemi, the same Olufemi that was with you the night Harlem went up in flames. But now I have a family, and I choose not to fight in the streets. I have an office to fight from, and I have fought and won cases for fair housing, affirmative action, health care and I am not ashamed to write a big fat check for something I believe in, and that doesn't make me any less committed than you! So, don't you dare look down your damn nose at me, Adebola!

• Philip Banks : [to Marge]  Remember Woodstock?

  Marge Smallwood : Yes.

  Philip Banks : 20 of us tried to squeeze into that tent. Vivian and I jumped into that lake naked.

  Vivian Banks : I wasn't at Woodstock.

• Agent Marcus Collins : [to Uncle Phil and Aunt Viv]  We understand you've been in contact with Margaret Smallwood.

  Philip Banks : Oh? And how is it you that?

  Agent Marcus Collins : We tap every black person's phone in the United States of America.

  Agent Marcus Collins : [Uncle Phil and Aunt Viv stare]  Just a little FBI humor.