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Post by horsemen4ever on Dec 29, 2019 23:40:37 GMT -5
Is it just me or does the first 4 seasons of Family Matters feels like a totally different series compared to the rest of the series run.
Does feel like some weird cut off there. Obviously the cast changes with Judy disappearing, and Rachel role reduced, (in the last season Richie disappears, so I assume Rachel finally took her kid off the Winslows hands off screen) but the show feels different. It does feel it was dramatic at times, season 5 had that gun shooting episode. And while the first 4 seasons felt more like a even balance between Urkel and the Winslow family, seasons 5- 9, it is the full on Steve Urkel show.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2019 12:37:08 GMT -5
I never got over Carl leaving Harriette for some new lady named Baby when they moved to CBS.
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Post by lucas_lee on Dec 30, 2019 13:08:52 GMT -5
It was a network mandate to change the tone. Urkel brought ratings for bette ror for worse
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 30, 2019 14:15:37 GMT -5
I'd like a similar comparison done to Happy Days.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2019 16:19:28 GMT -5
Family Matters was produced by the same people as Happy Days, so it’s no coincidence that they ran with the Urkel character once it got hot. They did the same thing with Fonzie. I remember seeing a video where Ron Howard was told that they wanted to change the title of the show to “Fonzie’s Happy Days”, which Ron didn’t like so they never officially made the switch. It pretty much became the “Urkel Show” with the Family Matters name. I don’t think the cast cared since the show without Urkel would have been canned pretty early if he never arrived.
I liked Family Matters a lot better in the earlier seasons. The sci-fi stuff just killed it for me, even though I still watched every episode.
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 31, 2019 16:28:29 GMT -5
I'd like a similar comparison done to Happy Days. See also: Good Times |
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 31, 2019 16:29:22 GMT -5
Family Matters was produced by the same people as Happy Days, so it’s no coincidence that they ran with the Urkel character once it got hot. They did the same thing with Fonzie. I remember seeing a video where Ron Howard was told that they wanted to change the title of the show to “Fonzie’s Happy Days”, which Ron didn’t like so they never officially made the switch. It pretty much became the “Urkel Show” with the Family Matters name. I don’t think the cast cared since the show without Urkel would have been canned pretty early if he never arrived. I liked Family Matters a lot better in the earlier seasons. The sci-fi stuff just killed it for me, even though I still watched every episode. I think not even Henry Winkler liked the idea. He had too much respect for the rest of the HD cast. |
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 31, 2019 16:30:08 GMT -5
I'd like a similar comparison done to Happy Days. See also: Good Times I wasn't really a watcher of Good Times, but if Jimmie Walker really acted like Jay Phaoroah did on the ABC special....welp... |
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