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A Night at the Oprah
A pre-election appearance on Oprah Winfrey’s show exposes the Banks family’s values. Their exclusion of Will onstage could jeopardise Uncle Philip’s standing in the polls., The Bankses appear on Oprah’s show and fail to invite Will on stage, which may cause Philip to lose the election. Philip: James Avery. Trevor: Brian Mitchell. Alexis: Deborah Swisher., The Bankses appear on Oprah’s show and fail to invite Will on stage, which may cause Philip to lose the election., Oprah Winfrey appears as herself in this episode, in which Philip (James Avery) and the Bankses are invited to appear on Oprah’s show during a week spotlighting “Political Candidates and Their Families.” Conspicuous by his absence is Will (Will Smith), who was not invited on the grounds that he isn’t really a Banks. But when Will shows up as a member of the studio audience, an angry Oprah challenges an embarrassed Philip on his “family values”–or lack of same!, When the Banks family members appear as guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show, their bickering causes an uproar in the studio.
