Where did the quote 'what had happened was..' originate?

The quote 'What had happened was originates from a stand up act performed by Richard Pryor and was used by Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air show.

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor ( was an American stand-up comedian, and actor. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, and is considered as one of the best and most influential stand-up comedians of all time.

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.

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