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Post by Mr Ismaeal Naji on Feb 13, 2009 13:48:10 GMT -5
This show also wanted us to believe that even after everything Laura did to Steve, he would choose her over Myra. Myra was hotter than Laura. I would have chose Myra. she was a cutie
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Post by Grendel on Feb 13, 2009 13:55:20 GMT -5
I can't remember her name, but I always thought Laura's best friend was the hottest girl in the whole series. My favorite episodes were the ones where she wore her cheerleading uniform. Maxine? After watching Family Matters on Nick at Nite, I realized what a truly horrible show it was. Sure, it's not that great, but it's better than The Proud Family ...
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Feb 13, 2009 13:59:10 GMT -5
I never liked Laura, but I saw an episode recently and found out that somewhere along the way, she got boobs.
Still not an attractive girl, though.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Feb 14, 2009 10:23:02 GMT -5
So let me get this straight? They had a teleportation device, and nobody created Fly Urkel? "Oh no Carl, I'm a giant fly. Got any Suuuuuuggar?"
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Feb 14, 2009 10:31:00 GMT -5
The writers were on every form of crack imaginable.
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Post by Mac on Feb 14, 2009 11:20:17 GMT -5
I still say this is the worst long running sitcom ever. When you have a show that was supposed to be a poorly written into the 90's version of the Cosby show and turn it into a Saturday Morning cartoon you've definitley jumped the shark. The writers of this show should be imprisoned and their assets seized and burned in the middle of the street. The incomprehensible wretch that this show was is imeasurable. Its like one writer thought "Hey people find Urkel funny lets beat people over the head with him until blood and spinal fluid pours from their ears in submission" Mission accomplished. He went from good occasional comedy in season one to an over the top pain in the ass by the second season. He could have been acceptable as the Kramer to the Winslows Seinfeld but the show became about him and it stopped being funny early on but they just kept beating our bloody carcasses raw with Urkel quips.
And this is one of the few shows on the era to have "Very special episodes" end with god awful comedy bits. Like Aunt Rachel's awful restaurant being vandalized by the rough and tumble bad ass street gang "The Dragons" OOOOOOOOOOHHHH!!!
How would they resolve this situation. Maybe they'll stand up to them? Maybe a gang member will have a change of heart and help clean up the place and bring the community together.
No...
Instead Urkel takes some wonder-Urkel drug and turns into Bruce Lee and beats them senseless... yeah, thats where I would have gone with that. Or like when they tackled the tough issue of undrage drinking and instead of doing something like a car accident, or an arrest we instead wind up with Urkel doing a song and dance number well choreographed and then falling off the roof of a skyskraper.
Urkel went from a bumbling doofus to a Superhero and I yearned to see an episode where he got drawned and quartered, but sadly they ended the show on a happy note.
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Post by TheDieselTrain on Feb 14, 2009 11:34:59 GMT -5
And this is one of the few shows on the era to have "Very special episodes" end with god awful comedy bits. Like Aunt Rachel's awful restaurant being vandalized by the rough and tumble bad ass street gang "The Dragons" OOOOOOOOOOHHHH!!! How would they resolve this situation. Maybe they'll stand up to them? Maybe a gang member will have a change of heart and help clean up the place and bring the community together. No... Instead Urkel takes some wonder-Urkel drug and turns into Bruce Lee and beats them senseless... yeah, thats where I would have gone with that. Those were two separate episodes. The 2nd one happened when they went silly with the show. The one with the Dragons Urkel posed as a potential gang member while wired to get them to confess that they trashed Rachel's place. The other one I dont remember but I do remember urkel and i think and shudder to say this but it was Carl or ritchie who went into the chamber and beat them senseless.
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Post by Mac on Feb 14, 2009 11:49:18 GMT -5
And this is one of the few shows on the era to have "Very special episodes" end with god awful comedy bits. Like Aunt Rachel's awful restaurant being vandalized by the rough and tumble bad ass street gang "The Dragons" OOOOOOOOOOHHHH!!! How would they resolve this situation. Maybe they'll stand up to them? Maybe a gang member will have a change of heart and help clean up the place and bring the community together. No... Instead Urkel takes some wonder-Urkel drug and turns into Bruce Lee and beats them senseless... yeah, thats where I would have gone with that. Those were two separate episodes. The 2nd one happened when they went silly with the show. The one with the Dragons Urkel posed as a potential gang member while wired to get them to confess that they trashed Rachel's place. The other one I dont remember but I do remember urkel and i think and shudder to say this but it was Carl or ritchie who went into the chamber and beat them senseless. Ritchie was disturbing looking and I hated him with a passion. Didnt they adopt a kid named Little G or something? I was hoping he was there so they could write Ritchie out of the story somehow. Like Little G (or whatever his name is) talked Ritchie into sticking a fork in a light socket leading to Ritchie running around all burt like Wile E coyote and yelling "MAH BISCUITS ARE BURNIN MAH BISCUITS ARE BURNIN" like Yosemite Sam and then being written out of the show... best episode ever.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Feb 14, 2009 12:10:00 GMT -5
Would you rather be known a drunken, coked-out pr0n 'actress' like Jaimee Foxworth, or as freaking Urkel for the rest of your life like Jaleel White?
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Post by texaswhopper on Feb 14, 2009 13:03:56 GMT -5
I like how Family Matters had the zany wind down.
In the earlier seasons the episodes might have been trying to have a legit serious plot in the midst of laughs at one point but then....
When the show nears the end the writers are just writing to get episodes by. The most god awful ridiculous stuff will make it to TV at this point. Sometimes you don't know what the heck is going on in the episodes and it doesn't matter. Steve went to space. Time to call it quits.
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Post by The Genesis of KoOS on Feb 14, 2009 13:12:21 GMT -5
What annoyed me is that they didn't even bother to explain Judy and Rachel's disappearance.
Like with Rachel she came back for maybe one or two episodes, but WHY DID SHE LEAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE?!?!
And Judy...SHE WAS THE f***ING WINSLOWS YOUNGEST KID! Explain this! Hell she could have been killed by an ex-con who had a grudge against Carl. She fell out the window. She got into a shady van with a stranger, ANYTHING!
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Post by taylorandborland on Feb 14, 2009 13:23:36 GMT -5
What they really should've explained was why Richie had a Jheri curl in the late 90s. What kind of a parent would do that to their three year old son?
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Post by The Genesis of KoOS on Feb 14, 2009 13:28:13 GMT -5
What they really should've explained was why Richie had a Jheri curl in the late 90s. What kind of a parent would do that to their three year old son? Instead of them saying his dad died, they could have just said that he isn't around because he is a famous musician.
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Post by Cap'n Crud on Feb 14, 2009 13:52:40 GMT -5
If I ever was as annoying as Steve was to my neighbor, including throwing a bowling ball through their window, breaking their coffee table over 300 times, they would have shot and killed me and dumped me in a river.. ..and I have nice neighbors. Especially if one of whom is a cop. A cop, someone who is required to carry a gun on their person for a living. Either Carl is a masochist or he has the patience of a saint. And I still think Myra was hotter especially after Laura got that chop job on her hair. I mean some girls the short hair thing works others end up looking like five miles of bad road it really depends on the girl.
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Post by glorydays on Feb 14, 2009 14:33:58 GMT -5
And this is one of the few shows on the era to have "Very special episodes" end with god awful comedy bits. Like Aunt Rachel's awful restaurant being vandalized by the rough and tumble bad ass street gang "The Dragons" OOOOOOOOOOHHHH!!! How would they resolve this situation. Maybe they'll stand up to them? Maybe a gang member will have a change of heart and help clean up the place and bring the community together. No... Instead Urkel takes some wonder-Urkel drug and turns into Bruce Lee and beats them senseless... yeah, thats where I would have gone with that. You are definitely mixing up episodes. The one where the Dragons trash Rachel's Place ends with Urkel showing up to their hangout with a wire and getting them to confess that they trashed the restaurant. The Bruce Lee gimmick happened a few times on the show, but none of them involved the Dragons. Family Matters was a good show for the first few seasons. Anyone who says Urkel ruined it might as well say Austin ruined the Attitude Era. Without Urkel, the show dies after 1 or 2 seasons at best. That character single handedly gave the show a pop culture icon and instant fame. I agree it got really, really bad once Urkel started cloning himself, creating time travel, parting the red sea, etc, but the first few seasons were quality, IMO.
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Post by Mac on Feb 14, 2009 14:52:53 GMT -5
And this is one of the few shows on the era to have "Very special episodes" end with god awful comedy bits. Like Aunt Rachel's awful restaurant being vandalized by the rough and tumble bad ass street gang "The Dragons" OOOOOOOOOOHHHH!!! How would they resolve this situation. Maybe they'll stand up to them? Maybe a gang member will have a change of heart and help clean up the place and bring the community together. No... Instead Urkel takes some wonder-Urkel drug and turns into Bruce Lee and beats them senseless... yeah, thats where I would have gone with that. You are definitely mixing up episodes. The one where the Dragons trash Rachel's Place ends with Urkel showing up to their hangout with a wire and getting them to confess that they trashed the restaurant. The Bruce Lee gimmick happened a few times on the show, but none of them involved the Dragons. Family Matters was a good show for the first few seasons. Anyone who says Urkel ruined it might as well say Austin ruined the Attitude Era. Without Urkel, the show dies after 1 or 2 seasons at best. That character single handedly gave the show a pop culture icon and instant fame. I agree it got really, really bad once Urkel started cloning himself, creating time travel, parting the red sea, etc, but the first few seasons were quality, IMO. I understand Urkel drew the fans in initially. I have no problems with the initial character being a doofus who is annoying and can do nothing right. My issue was with Superman Urkel who cloned himself, turned into Michael Jordan, went into space, and could do no wrong. Using the Austin analogy its simular to taking Austin and changing his character into a bad cruiserweight who didnt speak English. They totally changed the dynamic that made him funny and expected people to stll care even though he in no way resembled the initial formula.
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Post by Evil Homer on Feb 14, 2009 17:10:15 GMT -5
i gotta say as a kid i loved the show so much, but today it seems like utter bullcrap. I think to myself, i actually was entertained by this mindless nonsense. same goes for full house,the only sitcom IMO has aged alright and i can still call funny is the fresh prince.
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Post by Derk! on Feb 14, 2009 19:22:55 GMT -5
What they really should've explained was why Richie had a Jheri curl in the late 90s. What kind of a parent would do that to their three year old son? Instead of them saying his dad died, they could have just said that he isn't around because he is a famous musician. So his name would be Richie Richie?
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Post by Lair of the Shadow MaDaBa on Feb 14, 2009 19:31:16 GMT -5
Dude, in one episode, Steve and Carl frikkin' TIME-TRAVELED and ended up on A PIRATE SHIP.
...SIMULTANEOUSLY!!!
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Post by texaswhopper on Feb 14, 2009 19:38:15 GMT -5
I remember how some of these shows like Full House that had that moral message moment at the end would actually have the opposite effect on me. The slow music would kick in and then "Awwwww".
Like that episode of Step by Step where Mark and his friends try to sneak watch a porno tape. The setup was ridiculous but I could see it. They found it at the tape store in the little mermaid box. Stereotypical name for it was "Naughty Nurses." I couldn't wait to watch a porno after seeing that.
Why the hell didn't they keep the Dinosaur show on longer? I never got to see it hit its stride. Bring back that damn Dinosaur show. jk
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