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Post by Paul on May 14, 2019 11:27:55 GMT -5
So Family Matters started as a fairly typical sitcom about a family in Chicago that was pretty well grounded in reality.
Then Steve Urkel had a bit part and became a huge part of the show until he dominated the plot of almost every episode.
But then the show kept going on. Jaleel White grew up but still had to pretend to be a pre-pubecent nerd.
Have you guys seen the last two or three seasons of Family Matters? It gets really surreal with some of the plots and really weird. If you watch a Season 1 episode and then watch a Season 8 or Season 9 episode it's like two different shows.
So a Season 1 episode might be about Carl losing out on a promotion and having to try and remodel the bathroom and a Season 8 episode might be about their wacky neighbor using a transformation chamber to become Bruce Lee or a "cool" version of himself or maybe he'll build a robot version of himself.
That show really went off the rails...
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Post by Spider2024 on May 14, 2019 11:47:14 GMT -5
Honestly, they more or less had to shift tide when it was apparent that Urkel was the only thing anyone really liked about that show. So if it didn't become The Steve Urkel Show, Family Matters would have lasted 1-2 seasons tops.
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Post by Clutchhausen on May 14, 2019 11:48:08 GMT -5
Stefan was a hack.
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Post by chronocross on May 14, 2019 12:10:18 GMT -5
Urkel was playing backstage politics, that's how he got his push.
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Post by Paul on May 14, 2019 12:12:17 GMT -5
Urkel was playing backstage politics, that's how he got his push. And then he held everyone down.  |
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Post by HMARK Center on May 14, 2019 12:21:11 GMT -5
Urkel was playing backstage politics, that's how he got his push. And then he held everyone down. Like that time he got booked on every other show on TGIF and buried their local talent. |
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Post by Paul on May 14, 2019 12:39:10 GMT -5
And then he held everyone down. Like that time he got booked on every other show on TGIF and buried their local talent. Oh yeah...  |
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson š„ on May 14, 2019 12:57:39 GMT -5
"Wore 10,000 suspenders, never sold a box of Urkel-O's" - Mike Graham
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Post by romanstylesiii on May 14, 2019 12:59:57 GMT -5
Goes from a Full House type of show to Urkel cloning himself, teleporting and going to space.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 13:02:12 GMT -5
*insert Key & Peele's Family Matters vid here*
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Post by Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen on May 14, 2019 13:07:52 GMT -5
I like the story arc with the message that, if a girl doesn't like you for who you are, completely change yourself to get in her pants, despite having someone who worshiped the real you.
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Post by Paul on May 14, 2019 13:11:38 GMT -5
"Wore 10,000 suspenders, never sold a box of Urkel-O's" - Mike Graham Can I just mention that Urkel-O's were really tasty? They need to bring those back. |
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Post by unc40 on May 14, 2019 13:42:29 GMT -5
I like the story arc with the message that, if a girl doesn't like you for who you are, completely change yourself to get in her pants, despite having someone who worshiped the real you. Urkel likes Laura but Laura doesn't like Urkel therefore something is wrong with Laura. It's a common trope in television where the girl is a bad person for not liking a guy. |
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on May 14, 2019 14:05:42 GMT -5
I like the story arc with the message that, if a girl doesn't like you for who you are, completely change yourself to get in her pants, despite having someone who worshiped the real you. Urkel likes Laura but Laura doesn't like Urkel therefore something is wrong with Laura. It's a common trope in television where the girl is a bad person for not liking a guy. Because a lot of writers were men and were putting their disdain for women on the small screen? |
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Post by schizo on May 14, 2019 14:24:55 GMT -5
Myra was way hotter than Laura. Steve, you're an idiot!
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Post by James Fabiano on May 14, 2019 14:44:51 GMT -5
Miller-Boyett and its predecessors were like that, weren't they? See also: Urkel's "cousin", Fonzie. Laverne and Shirley got pretty goofy too.
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Post by bogey316 on May 14, 2019 15:05:14 GMT -5
I like the story arc with the message that, if a girl doesn't like you for who you are, completely change yourself to get in her pants, despite having someone who worshiped the real you. I thought Myra was way hotter than Laura. Plus she had a great personality and actually loved Urkel. He was a fool. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on May 14, 2019 15:36:31 GMT -5
After getting into the Full House Reviewed blog Iād really like someone to do one for this show.
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Post by y4j1981 on May 14, 2019 15:43:07 GMT -5
*insert Key & Peele's Family Matters vid here* Came to post...great skit |
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Post by y4j1981 on May 14, 2019 15:47:27 GMT -5
The main thing about this show I think bout these days is loosing Michelle Thomas (Myra) at such a young age..only 30 š
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