The name King. Confused


How is it that Jamie, Helen, Junior, and Janice (Jamie's mother) all have the last name King? That doesn't make sense. If Junior's last name is King, that would make Helen's marriage name King. But if Janice is Helen's sister, why is her last name King also? I could understand Jamie having the last name King since he was raised by Junior and Helen, but shouldn't his mother have a different last name since she's not related to Junior?

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maybe janice married someone with the last name king????

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I was thinking that was a possibility also, but it's very unlikely that she and her sister would marry someone with the same last name. I think the writers just goofed and didn't realize it.

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i always said the show goofed with jamie's last name being king when he was only related to uncle junior king by marriage

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In an episode when Clifton Davis was on the show, he referred to Helen as Helen Reid, her maiden name. It was the episode when he tried to make a move on her. I am confused as well about the name King also. Can anyone explain.

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I think the reason they made everyone's last name King was only to go along with the story. Now the same thing happened in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will, all his aunts and his father's last name was Smith. In one episode Aunt Viv even said "the Smith sister's are finally together again." So it just fit to make every one in the show seem related. Though i do understand your point.

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that's totally different. Will had his mother's name, smith. That's why the sisters' maiden name was also smith and Phil, his wife and kids were the Banks. I think it was just a mistake in the script on the jamie foxx show.

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that's not the same , will's mother's maiden last name is smith , we can assume that will has her last name being that his father was never in his life

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In the episode where Will's father (Ben Vereen) comes back into his life his name is Lou Smith.

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Definitely a goof on the part of the producers that they didn't even bother to try and explain (I guess they figured no one would notice). I always thought Jamie was Junior's nephew because in the early episodes Junior and Jamie were always reffering to "the King men". Then Janice came and he said she was Helen's sister and Helen's maiden name is Reid. My only guess is that Junior and Helen quasi adopted Jamie since Janice was always on the road. I've never heard Janice referred to as a King. Just a guess.

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I just sat here and said the exact same thing!!!!!! If Helen and Janice had married brothers I am sure it would have been explained, but it appears to be an inconsitency on part of the writers. And as far as fresh prince, Smith is far more common a name than King so it is a greater possiblity for a smith to mate with a Smith, matter fact in real life I know two sets of Williams married to another two sets of Williams (and none of the four Williams are related) However I dont know that many Kings...

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I think the writers are just idiots or they assumed we are just idiots and wouldn't notice. All they had to do is have Jamie's father be Jr.'s brother.

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That would have made more sense@ Darling Mikki

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