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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 14, 2019 16:02:06 GMT -5
I think once Urkel got f***ing ripped it lost a lot.
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Post by Paul on May 14, 2019 16:09:25 GMT -5
I can't believe Michelle Thomas who played Myra has been gone for 21 years already. I thought she was really funny on the show.
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Post by Injustice45 on May 23, 2019 3:34:10 GMT -5
My brother and I were baffled that Steve was dodging Myra, despite the fact that she genuinely liked him (before going off the rails). So, I'm also in the Myra > Laura camp. Laura was pretty, but Myra was a whole 'nother level.
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Post by hassanchop on May 23, 2019 3:59:43 GMT -5
Other have mentioned it before, but looking back Urkel's advances towards Laura look kinda creepy. Won't get away with that in this day and age.
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Post by sfvega on May 23, 2019 6:21:25 GMT -5
*insert Key & Peele's Family Matters vid here* Yeah, Key and Peele covered it pretty absolutely a few years ago. Peele is insanely talented. No other man could play Carl Winslow and Stan Lee so perfectly.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on May 23, 2019 7:00:05 GMT -5
It was great when Urkel was just a Uber nerd. When they tried to give him any more character than that it was embarrassing.
Myra was gorgeous, genuinely liked Steve, supported his nerd ones and was good to him
Yet he ignored her for the ugly Laura who was rude to him at every possible chance. Honestly the only person on the show who treated him like garbage. Partially understandable because of how in love with her he was for whatever reason but dude, move on.
Also as they tried to give Urkel more of a character they introduce Waldo and just couldn’t help themselves and needed to make him deep too for some reason.
I hate this show
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Post by Injustice45 on May 23, 2019 17:44:41 GMT -5
It was great when Urkel was just a Uber nerd. When they tried to give him any more character than that it was embarrassing. Myra was gorgeous, genuinely liked Steve, supported his nerd ones and was good to him Yet he ignored her for the ugly Laura who was rude to him at every possible chance. Honestly the only person on the show who treated him like garbage. Partially understandable because of how in love with her he was for whatever reason but dude, move on. Also as they tried to give Urkel more of a character they introduce Waldo and just couldn’t help themselves and needed to make him deep too for some reason.I hate this show I'll have to disagree. Laura wasn't ugly. Waldo was awesome, and it was great seeing him get some development. His relationship with Maxine and passion for cooking did wonders for him.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on May 23, 2019 17:48:58 GMT -5
It was great when Urkel was just a Uber nerd. When they tried to give him any more character than that it was embarrassing. Myra was gorgeous, genuinely liked Steve, supported his nerd ones and was good to him Yet he ignored her for the ugly Laura who was rude to him at every possible chance. Honestly the only person on the show who treated him like garbage. Partially understandable because of how in love with her he was for whatever reason but dude, move on. Also as they tried to give Urkel more of a character they introduce Waldo and just couldn’t help themselves and needed to make him deep too for some reason.I hate this show I'll have to disagree. Laura wasn't ugly. Waldo was awesome, and it was great seeing him get some development. His relationship with Maxine and passion for cooking did wonders for him. The show seemed to determined to add depth to characters who you should have just been able to laugh at. It came across so ham handed and forced.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on May 24, 2019 6:34:15 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. Not only that, but Myra was WAY more attractive than Laura RIP to the actress who played her
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Post by thegatewaydrug on May 24, 2019 10:40:59 GMT -5
The origins of the show were to be a spinoff vehicle for Harriett Winslow and her family. That was indeed hijacked Fonzie-style.
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Post by Sephiroth on May 24, 2019 14:23:20 GMT -5
If you read some of the plans for the unproduced final season, it would have gotten even more insane and depressing compared to what the show had once been.
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Post by Larryhausen on May 24, 2019 16:16:23 GMT -5
If you read some of the plans for the unproduced final season, it would have gotten even more insane and depressing compared to what the show had once been. Care to elaborate?
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Post by Sephiroth on May 24, 2019 16:38:08 GMT -5
If you read some of the plans for the unproduced final season, it would have gotten even more insane and depressing compared to what the show had once been. Care to elaborate? Myra would have gone full on psycho, trying to ruin Steve and Laura’s wedding-and btw it would have been another actress playing the part. And Stefan Urquel would have come back after being dumped by Laura, briefly helping Myra in her plot before seeing the light and telling Steve and Laura what she was intending. But then Stefan would die. Being serious-the episode would have ended with him fading into nothingness, as it turns out the cloning process that made him was unstable.
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Post by Injustice45 on May 24, 2019 16:45:59 GMT -5
Myra would have gone full on psycho, trying to ruin Steve and Laura’s wedding-and btw it would have been another actress playing the part. And Stefan Urquel would have come back after being dumped by Laura, briefly helping Myra in her plot before seeing the light and telling Steve and Laura what she was intending. But then Stefan would die. Being serious-the episode would have ended with him fading into nothingness, as it turns out the cloning process that made him was unstable. That sounds crazy! "Steve, I don't feel so good."
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Post by Sephiroth on May 25, 2019 18:23:54 GMT -5
Myra would have gone full on psycho, trying to ruin Steve and Laura’s wedding-and btw it would have been another actress playing the part. And Stefan Urquel would have come back after being dumped by Laura, briefly helping Myra in her plot before seeing the light and telling Steve and Laura what she was intending. But then Stefan would die. Being serious-the episode would have ended with him fading into nothingness, as it turns out the cloning process that made him was unstable. That sounds crazy! "Steve, I don't feel so good." In all seriousness, I loved Family Matters as a kid. But the final seasons were absolutely a dumpster fire. The best seasons were relatively early, when Urkel’s obsession with Laura was more of an innocent, bumbling kind of affection and when his occasional wacky inventions added some variety to the show. The jet pack and Urkelbot episodes come to mind. And I actually loved an interview I saw where Jaleel White discussed the Myrtle Urkel episode and described how devastated he was doing it because he was petrified his classmates would make fun of him for dressing in drag-but nothing ever came. And that years later when he told the writers he was perfectly willing ot revive Myrle that they literally cheered and applauded. But Myrtle’s increasingly frequent appearances were another aspect of what a wreck those final seasons were and how desperate they were to revive the ratings.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2019 3:00:08 GMT -5
Steve is the problem, y’all. Not Laura. I don’t remember the specifics of the episode, but I remember him following Laura to a cheerleading competition out of town and getting himself into her hotel room by hiding in a rollaway bed. That’s some creepy stalker shit.
Also I hated where this show ended up. Some of the plot lines toward the end were absolutely bonkers. The ventriloquist dummy episode and the series finale where Steve goes to space particularly stand out. And the Bruce Lee episode as well. I would have enjoyed it a lot more if they kept that stuff out and stuck to the more tried-and-true odd couple dynamic between Carl and Steve.
But shoutout to Richie for still getting work as an actor. Dude’s been on The Young and the Restless for years. Even dated Ashley Banks on there for a while in the ultimate 90s mashup.
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Post by Injustice45 on May 26, 2019 4:56:11 GMT -5
There was time travel. Steve and Carl dealt with pirates. f***ing pirates! Then there was the teleporter Steve invented. Then there was the Paris episodes in which Steve almost died from falling off the Eiffel Tower. Original Gangsta Dawg... Man, the show got ridiculous.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 26, 2019 4:57:29 GMT -5
Even dated Ashley Banks on there for a while in the ultimate 90s mashup. I am so f***ing jealous.
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Post by Sephiroth on May 26, 2019 17:10:41 GMT -5
I think once Urkel got f***ing ripped it lost a lot. Once Jaleel White hit 18 I think it was a done deal. His body and voice had changed in a way that really meant he shouldn’t have been playing Urkel anymore.
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Post by RI Richmark on May 27, 2019 15:21:53 GMT -5
Did Urkel have anything to do with the middle child being wiped from existence?
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