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post #151 of 198
9/16/07 at 7:12am
How come Urkel didn't use a robot or clone to defeat those racists that once desecrated Laura's locker?

Surely if he can turn himself and two seven year olds in Bruce Lee and fight off Chicago's toughest gang, he could've dealt with some racists in a high school?

Or maybe racism really is that powerful.
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post #152 of 198
9/16/07 at 10:05am
I had no idea this show was so bizarre.
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post #153 of 198
9/19/07 at 11:43am
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Originally Posted by Fazer
Ernie Reyes Jr. RIP
Wait, what? I realize this is a late question, but did he die?
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post #154 of 198
9/19/07 at 12:35pm
He's still alive accroding to Wikipedia and IMDB. And here's a pic of him as of late:



Here it appears he's doing his asian version of Tony Blundetto.
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post #155 of 198
7/31/08 at 2:57pm
bump
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post #156 of 198
7/31/08 at 3:44pm
Has anyone mentioned the series finale where Steve travels through space?
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post #157 of 198
7/31/08 at 3:47pm
Or that his unseen parents die on the russian space station.
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post #158 of 198
8/2/08 at 6:44pm
Man I never realized how god damn bizarre this show got at times.

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia's entry for the finale
NASA struggles to recover its astronauts and save Urkel's life. However, all ends well, and Urkel returns to Earth a national hero, where he promises Laura he will never leave her behind again. Meanwhile, while on meter duty, Eddie finds himself in the middle of a shootout.
Golden.
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post #159 of 198
8/4/08 at 12:19am
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Meanwhile, while on meter duty, Eddie finds himself in the middle of a shootout.
This is the opening scene of DIE HARD 5: SAVE THE PENSION. it's just gotta be.
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post #160 of 198
4/18/09 at 9:28pm
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Originally Posted by Paul McCartney View Post

The wacky Cody (KICKBOXER 3's very own Sasha Mitchell) teaches the nerd son (BEETHOVEN's very own Christopher Castile) that kickboxing is not the way to solve all your problems, and that violence solves nothing. Then the nerd son's bullying kickboxing coach taunts and goads Cody for being a wimp. Cody then violently kickboxes the bullying coach. IN THE VERY SAME SCENE WHERE HE TOLD THE NERD NOT TO KICKBOX.
My favorite Step by Step moment occurred when nerd son is caught watching porn videos in the garage, who is caught when his ingenious plan of hiding the porn in a Little Mermaid box is uncovered. Suzanne Summers summons Bobby Ewing to give nerd son a heart-felt speech complete with touching Miller/Boyett scoring.

edit: In case you were interested in reading nerd son's memoirs...

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post #161 of 198
4/19/09 at 2:00am
The Steve robot attempting to basically rape Laura was the big WTF moment for me.

I fucking LOVEd this show as a kid, though. Watched every week without fail.
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post #162 of 198
4/19/09 at 2:07am
That Christopher Castile autobiography looks like a Scholastic dream! I should order a copy. I would very much like to learn the behind-the-scenes shenanigans that surely took place on the set of BEETHOVEN during the scene where he strips off and "muscles up" in the mirror.
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post #163 of 198
4/19/09 at 2:31am
For me, Family Matters' most ridiculous moment is one that all TGIF shows shared- the obligatory "family visits Disney World" episode. Its basically a half hour commercial for Disneyworld! Embarrassing!

A close second is when someone spray painted "nigger" on Laura's locker at school. Racism hits home!
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post #164 of 198
4/19/09 at 2:36am
I'm ashamed at how many of these episodes I remember.

I'm also ashamed that I now have the Full House theme song in my head.

But this thread is golden.
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post #165 of 198
4/19/09 at 2:40am
ernie reyes jr was "cemetary warrior" in Crystal Skull! thank you, thread, for pointing me in the right direction.
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post #166 of 198
4/19/09 at 4:35am
4 pages and no one has mentioned Boy Meets World? Topanga was one of my first crushes.
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post #167 of 198
4/19/09 at 4:55am
Well, Boy Meets World doesn't really fit, since it mostly eschewed the wacky hijinks of Family Matters, and unlike Step by Step, was actually well written for the most part.

But yeah, I've noticed Topanga was kind of every guy my age's first crush. And who didn't wish they had a Mr. Feeny growing up?
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post #168 of 198
4/19/09 at 5:51am
I remember how HUGE of a deal it was when they finally cut Topanga's hair. All my friends were talking about it in school.
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post #169 of 198
4/19/09 at 7:00am
Oh wow, for all this mention of the Step by Step kid also being on Beethoven, I just now realized he wasn't in Amadeus but in the dog movie.
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post #170 of 198
4/19/09 at 11:46am
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But yeah, I've noticed Topanga was kind of every guy my age's first crush.
I was more of a Six from Blossom kinda guy.
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post #171 of 198
4/19/09 at 2:16pm
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Originally Posted by Hans Gruber's EYE CONDITION! View Post
For me, Family Matters' most ridiculous moment is one that all TGIF shows shared- the obligatory "family visits Disney World" episode. Its basically a half hour commercial for Disneyworld! Embarrassing!
I had my grandparents tape part 2 of that episode when I went off to some camp. I had to see whether Laura would marry Stefan, the wacky conclusion to Eddie's and Waldo's inability to find Orlando, and whether Carl was actually going to move the Winslow clan to Disney World!

It's funny how the TGIF Disney World episodes seem to always gleam over the morbidly obese, lower middle-class families from Iowa or the chain smoking Euro trash tourists.
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post #172 of 198
4/19/09 at 7:02pm
I remember one episode of PERFECT STRANGERS where Balki and Larry were framed for murder and on the run. This was darker territory than PERFECT STRANGERS usually tackles, and I was gripped. Not joking; to a stupid 6-year-old kid, this was something big.

And then my mother FORCED me to have a bath during part 2/the resolution. I screamed and cried and threw the biggest tantrum of maybe my entire life, but it cut no ice with my mother. To this day I don't know if Balki and Larry beat the rap or caught the true murderer.
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post #173 of 198
4/19/09 at 7:33pm
The drunken Urkle dance; the Urkle Max Headroom nuke of Chicago; Urkle using his jetpack to fly to Step by Step, and teach the Urkle dance; the orginal Stefan Urkelle transformation; Urkle's cousin Myrtle, not cute kid version but lanky whatchamacallit; American Gladiators; the various versions of Carl's stepdad Lester; the continuing disitegrating mind of Myra; the continuing turndowns of Myra over to Laura; and the shootout episode with the PSA afterwards 'Squash It!'

This show was the definition of manic, one moment the whole group is singing "we are family" in walks Urkle getting bit by a dog then the world is turned inside out and upside down
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post #174 of 198
4/19/09 at 8:44pm
Here's the clip of Urkelbot trying to rape Laura. Why did they put a crack in its ass? I believe in a sequel episode Urkelbot became a cop in which they ripped off the convenience store scene from Robocop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-TZVMnVUIk
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post #175 of 198
4/19/09 at 11:21pm
...And i'm officially 11 again. Thanks everyone


Oh, and the sexiest kids show chick is still and will always be, Amy Jo Johnston from Power Rangers.
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post #176 of 198
4/20/09 at 12:33pm
Didn't Step by Step have an appearance by a real-life Beavis & Butthead trying to date the daughters. As I recall, Patrick Duffy was not amused.
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post #177 of 198
4/20/09 at 2:38pm
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...And i'm officially 11 again. Thanks everyone


Oh, and the sexiest kids show chick is still and will always be, Amy Jo Johnston from Power Rangers.
Aww! Pink Ranger was my hero!
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post #178 of 198
4/20/09 at 2:57pm
I seem to recall a cross-promotional "Time Travel" edition of TGIF with all the shows involving the characters in various periods. Boy Meets World was set during WWII if memory serves me correct. Anyone else remember this?
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post #179 of 198
4/20/09 at 3:40pm
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Didn't Step by Step have an appearance by a real-life Beavis & Butthead trying to date the daughters. As I recall, Patrick Duffy was not amused.
It did actually. Miller-Boyet can get righteously fucked.
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post #180 of 198
4/28/09 at 11:39pm
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Originally Posted by le Stephanois View Post
You've all watched it occasionally, so I'm sure you know this show started out being a spin off for Perfect Strangers, and ended up being about Steve and Carl fighting aliens or something. I'm gonna ask, what's the stupidest thing you've seen on an episode of Family Matters? This could be a long thread.

I'm gonna say Urkel and Carl shrinking themselves.
Its the strangest sitcom there's ever been, by far. It starts out like a normal family sitcom, and later we have Steve inventing crazy transformative devices, several personas, etc. Although I do like Jaleel White when he plays Stephan, he's really good at not only playing two different characters interacting with one another.
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post #181 of 198
4/29/09 at 1:39am
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I seem to recall a cross-promotional "Time Travel" edition of TGIF with all the shows involving the characters in various periods. Boy Meets World was set during WWII if memory serves me correct. Anyone else remember this?
I remember that. Eric was released from the military due to a mental problem but they told him it was flat feet.

Speaking of Boy Meets World is it alright to admit to liking that show without irony? It's not half bad.
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post #182 of 198
4/29/09 at 1:47am
It was fine, but like every other sitcom. It ran way too damn long.
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post #183 of 198
4/29/09 at 1:50am
I don't know why, but when a show starts out with the main characters as children/teens, it always goes to shit when the characters go to college.
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post #184 of 198
4/29/09 at 1:55am
Yeah but I had such a crush on Topanga at that point I could ignore the fact that Eric's essential purpose in every episode was to sit around and go "WHACKITY SHMACKITY DOO!" and make funny faces.

The acting/characterizations were so strangely childish in those later seasons even as a kid I was like "The fuck are they doing?"
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post #185 of 198
5/2/09 at 6:00pm
I think they skipped several grades during the course of Boy Meets World. It started out in 1993 when they were sixth grade, and by about 1997 they were in grad school.

I remember watching the series premiere of Boy Meets World after viewing Lorenzo's Oil with my mom. Why my mom though I would enjoy that movie I can't say, but I'd like to think it was revenge for The 3 Ninjas.
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post #186 of 198
5/3/09 at 4:40pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSX18m_Nsjs

Steve's cousin Original Gangsta Dawg. Missy Elliot is in it!
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post #187 of 198
5/3/09 at 10:15pm
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Originally Posted by HarleyQuinn22 View Post
I don't know why, but when a show starts out with the main characters as children/teens, it always goes to shit when the characters go to college.
Great example of this are the kids from Home Improvement.
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post #188 of 198
5/3/09 at 10:37pm
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Originally Posted by Clarence Boddicker View Post

edit: In case you were interested in reading nerd son's memoirs...

My friend and I found a copy of this for next to nothing and bought it. We read through it one afternoon. Right now I believe it's sitting on his bookshelf.

The best part is when he talks about going to a special dinner with his parents where they present him with his very own abstinence ring. Reading about his preferred wedding night being awkward instead of "like two pros going at it is both amazing and uncomfortable.

Even more awesome/awkward is how he talks about his parents loving relationship and how their belief in abstinence led to a great marriage. Because in the last chapter he drops the shocking twist ending - they're getting divorce. DUN DUN DUN!!!!!

Also, I learned that Jaleel White was quite good at basketball as evidenced by his playing on the ABC b-ball court.
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post #189 of 198
5/3/09 at 10:41pm
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Originally Posted by Hans Gruber's EYE CONDITION! View Post

A close second is when someone spray painted "nigger" on Laura's locker at school. Racism hits home!
I love how they focus on that for a good fifteen seconds before going to commercial in that episode.

Truly, that's one of my favorite episodes of the show, if only because (prior to that one bit of racism) the entire school seemed super excited about Laura's proposed Black History Class. All the super enthusiastic white kids signing her petition just make me laugh.

Plus - the note inside her locker before she slams it to reveal the ultimate shocking graffiti was quality stuff: "If you want black history, go back to Africa."
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post #190 of 198
5/3/09 at 11:50pm
Wasn't Laura shot in an episode which ended with this "inspirational" PSA announcement?

Squash it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgD2Qr67ymc
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post #191 of 198
5/4/09 at 3:34pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSX18m_Nsjs

Steve's cousin Original Gangsta Dawg. Missy Elliot is in it!
I actually saw this episode recently. It was great. Reginald VelJohnson never gets his proper due but he is a great actor when he gets all serious like he did in this episode, after getting mad that this thug gave 3J a gangster rap CD.

"You know how I feel about lyrics that put down the police."

Urkel's thug cousin was such a scumbag. I was rooting for Carl to slam his head into the wall or something but I remembered that this was a family show and was brought back to reality.
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post #192 of 198
5/4/09 at 6:32pm
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Originally Posted by Hans Gruber's EYE CONDITION! View Post
I actually saw this episode recently. It was great. Reginald VelJohnson never gets his proper due but he is a great actor when he gets all serious like he did in this episode, after getting mad that this thug gave 3J a gangster rap CD.

"You know how I feel about lyrics that put down the police."

Urkel's thug cousin was such a scumbag. I was rooting for Carl to slam his head into the wall or something but I remembered that this was a family show and was brought back to reality.

I love Eddie's mancrush on OGD
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post #193 of 198
6/14/09 at 12:08am
Reginald VelJohnson was an underrated actor. Most of the material he had to work with were more on the campy side.

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Originally Posted by HarleyQuinn22 View Post
I don't know why, but when a show starts out with the main characters as children/teens, it always goes to shit when the characters go to college.
Actually, I think Boy Meets World is the only show that managed to get through the characters growing up for so long without jumping the shark. The only thing that bothered me was the horrible continuity and logical errors.

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Originally Posted by Greg Clark
Well, Boy Meets World doesn't really fit, since it mostly eschewed the wacky hijinks of Family Matters, and unlike Step by Step, was actually well written for the most part.

But yeah, I've noticed Topanga was kind of every guy my age's first crush. And who didn't wish they had a Mr. Feeny growing up?
Honestly, never. I wouldn't want a next door neighbor as my teacher for all eternity, really (However, a Mr. Turner would of been cool. Shame he just disappeared after his motocycle accident). As for Topanga, she was cute, but I thought Shawn's girlfriend was prettier.
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post #194 of 198
11/18/09 at 4:43pm


Screencap from The Carter stolen from Rich Fourfour's blog
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post #195 of 198
11/18/09 at 5:16pm
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(However, a Mr. Turner would of been cool. Shame he just disappeared after his motocycle accident).
That was the one where Shawn joined a cult and their leader happened to be Mr. Feeny's arch-nemesis. Assuming the cult got to him...
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post #196 of 198
11/21/09 at 12:07am
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Originally Posted by Hans Gruber's EYE CONDITION! View Post
I actually saw this episode recently. It was great. Reginald VelJohnson never gets his proper due but he is a great actor when he gets all serious like he did in this episode, after getting mad that this thug gave 3J a gangster rap CD.

"You know how I feel about lyrics that put down the police."

Urkel's thug cousin was such a scumbag. I was rooting for Carl to slam his head into the wall or something but I remembered that this was a family show and was brought back to reality.
There were times Carl lost his cool, shoved a few scumbags and told them a thing or two...I'm sure of it. I just can't recall what episodes specifically.
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post #197 of 198
9/25/10 at 4:22pm
This thread is fantastic.

I think my favorite episode is when Urkel keeps sleepwalking into the Winslow home and repeatedly beating Carl over the head with a newspaper. We then learn the reason that Carl is upset with him, through a hypnosis session with Urkel, is that after 4 1/2 months working on a model ship, Urkel comes to get Laura for a Halloween dance. Naturally, he's dressed as a knight, and wrecks the ship right as Carl finishes it, leading to the obligatory "Did I do that?"

Hilarious...not really, but still.
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post #198 of 198
9/26/10 at 12:41am
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
It did actually. Miller-Boyet can get righteously fucked.
Take a trip down memory lane...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3tEwECxDVUt=0m21s
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