Perfect Strangers intro their spin-off show Family Matters

[MrBranh0913]

This is a mish mash actually. The clips of the old set are from the pilot. When they were making introductions they were on the set used to film the first season. The kitchen in the pilot was also different, and a different actress potrayed Judy. However during the introduction, Judy was Jamie Foxworth, but this wasn't the case in the original pilot. At the dinner table, the behind the head shot of Judy indicates that is NOT Jamie Foxworth but the original actress.

[UniteForgetLeftRight]

if anyone wants to see Balki as a killer watch the langoleirs

[Motorcyclephil]

He opened the front door , and there is a lobby instead of a front porch on the house. How does that work

[kmg4]

Too bad there was never a Balki-Urkel interaction. That would have been epic.

[Truth987ful]

Haha brings back memories

[UrkManRocks]

All Hail Urkel!

[NoRestForTheWeary]

And Carl prayed, and the Lord said, let there be Urkel.

AMEN.

[BackYardParty088]

all we need is more people in the house.

[mimato]

what a great way to introduce the show!!! but I hate the fact that the producers took Judy off the show and continued on like she never existed =/ because her parents were greed for money >=0 I guess that's why she turned to pornographic??...idk but the ending was awesome...and R.I.P Michelle AKA Mayra

[DarknessIsTheTruth]

I always rerferred to Family Matters as "The Steve Urkel Show"

[GLITZandGLOOM]

Goddamn, I wish TV was still like this. I'm 28 now and I grew up on these shows. I was just watching my Perfect Strangers DVD the other day too. I miss this stuff so much. It'll never be duplicated, and sadly, Hollywood doesn't give a shit. Well, I do.

[jaymitra95]

Balki at the end " Thanks Cousin" ROLF XD

[thunder97]

Oh GAWD I remember this! Dear God, BRING BACK THE CLASSIC FAMILY SITCOM SO WE CAN SHOVE IT RIGHT UP CHARLIE SHEEN'S CANDY ASS!

[mimato]

@thunder97 lol I know right!?! XD but still it wouldn't be the same without Myra and Grandma (R.I.P) and they would to old-looking to act the series...sigh* ohh the 90's how I miss it

[sinisterscrawl]

Amazing how that crazy Mother Winslow turned into such a breakout character. I still remember eating Mother WinslOw's cereal for breakfast every morning. I threw a fit and told my parents I was going to kill myself when I broke the pullstring on my talking Mother Winslow doll. And then she went and robbed that video store in Las Vegas and got mixed up with drugs. Such a waste.

[ramennoodlechef]

Miller Boyett FTW!!!!!!

[MrTripp1977]

Isn't it interesting how the sets of these shows change over time? The Winslow's living room looks totally different. Notice also that instead of seeing a front porch outside the front door you see a foyer. These things change yet you don't notice until watching earlier episodes later.

[kdpflanders1]

@MrTripp1977 Excellent comment. My thoughts exactly.

[ThisGuyisBlue]

If Steve Urkel never made an appearance, this show would have been canceled after the first 2 seasons, in my opinion. Though, it did get carried away with him the last 2 seasons of this show.

[flutey28]

how was this a spin off of Perfect Strangers?

[harriettewinslow]

@flutey28 Because JoMarie Payton starred as Harriette Winslow on the show playing the elevator operator at the Chronicle Larry and Balki worked at.

[MrTripp1977]

@flutey28

Harriet was the elevator operator in Larry and Balki's work place. They took her and Carl's character off of Perfect Strangers and gave them their own show. Poof! A spin off.

[mooky9669]

I wish they would have had Larry and Balki come visit the Winslows.

[Tristin471]

@mooky9669 Larry was on Family Matters on an episode in 1997, but he had a different name and played Harriettes mean boss.

[56thAlbanyProd]

How can I get a full copy of this show?

I have lots to trade.

[TheGemini90]

@56thAlbanyProd The first season is coming out this June in stores!

[curtistol]

Lil Judy was killed off

[ReuWil]

@curtistol No, she just disappeared without explanation. There were rumors they apparently were planning to have her randomly reappear in the next season that was to also have Steve and Laura's wedding, but the show was cancelled.

[curtistol]

@ReuWil that's a joke reuwil... you can see her now doing porn however

[michael198121]

When Urkel came on the show, Family Matters became less of a perfect Strangers spin-off and more "The Urkel Show"

[vmelkon]

I didn't know there were episodes without Urkel.

[mooky9669]

@vmelkon The whole show changed when Urkel came on the scene. It got to the point where the show was too ridiculous. If it wasn't for him I guess the show wouldn't have been as successful.

[litemirrors]

Boy this brings back memories lol

[job489]

@michael198121

Pretty much why the original Harriette left Family Matters.

[oakdog6079]

Anyone else ever notice that the houses from Growing Pains, Family Matters, Full house, Step by Step etc. all had the same lay out?

[applebee16]

now that i think about it you are right...hmm interesting, however i never watched growing pains but the others are pretty much the same :)

[tone1981]

they were similar.

[agentwolf046]

and thus started TGIF on abc

[Theshark15z]

Yeah...I wish that Larry and Balki made guest appearences on Family Matters, but they never did. Come to think of it, Family Matters was supposed to be about Harriet and her life with her family, but Steve Urkel stole the show and threw out the main idea for it. Maybe that's way JoMarie Payton left the show.

[SouthOx]

wow I never realized she left the show. Did they put in another actress and just gave her Hariets name or what?

[Theshark15z]

Yeah thats why I think the show was cancelled around the ninth season. She dislike the fact that the Steve Urkel Character was getting all the screen time and she was slowly getting shoved aside, so she quit the show. The other actress they got to replace her was no where close to fitting the role. Jomarie Payton was one of a kind.

[litemirrors]

I don't really remember that :\ hum

[harriettewinslow]

Yeah they did, and it didn't make sense to replace JoMarie as Harriette. She was the reason Family Matters was a spin-off because she played the character on Perfect Strangers. Having some one else play the character just takes away the show being a spin-off.

[Tristin471]

@Theshark15z Mark Linn Baker (Larry) made a guest appearance on Family

Matters in 1997 as Harriette's boss.

[MrLogoman007]

0:46- That's a different title. Must've been used in the pilot.

[livinlarge18]

why didn't they use that font for Family Matters it's goregous

[TVThemeSongs1]

Uhh... no.

[lolatmarshall]

i remember this and i did not like family matters at all :/ i missed this show to much

[mooky9669]

too bad that Balki and Larry never made guest appearances on Family Matters..that would have been sweet!

[Coastergeekperson04]

They were supposed to be in the first episode. Ironically, Carl and Harriette were supposed to move into their apartment. It was Carl who spilled cement in "Father Knows Best???"

[harriettewinslow]

Actually, Harriette mentions in the Perfect Srangers episode "Crimebusters" that she and Carl lives in the same apartment Balki and Larry lives in when she talks about her phone service. All of that got changed when Family Matters started.

[flutey28]

@harriettewinslow Huh.

[harriettewinslow]

@flutey28 As for the "huh' comment, Harriette was recasted in the second half of the ninth season which is what I meant.

[firebrandX]

Man, thank god for Steve Urkel. The pre-Urkel shows were pretty... dry.

One thing that I noticed was that as Family Matters got funnier, Perfect Strangers got lamer (6th season?). Too bad, but I love both shows.

[m22k3yt]

Yeah, Juleel White said in an interview that the Steve Urkel thing was suppose to be a one episode deal. Apparently Steve Urkel had lived next door to the Winslows all along and had a crush on Laura since kindergarden.

[Sambarre]

Yeah, I didn't know this was a spin-off. Kool

[maxamillionent]

thanks for uploading this....

[zoetropez]

Dear God,

Thank you for life, liberty and Mark Linn-Baker's acting. It is a tribute to humanity. The man should be president.

Amen.

[Lightdion]

Lol, I can't believe that this show was actually a spin off of Perfect Strangers! They shoulda had a cross episode where the cast goes on the other's show. Hilarious!

[bostonscholar]

Lost whole meaning when Urkle took over, lost little sister...

[SouthOx]

little sis ended up doing porn. sad.

[Itachi56723]

Carl: Dear lord, thank you for this food and your many blessings. deliver us from evil! Even if it were to walk right through our front door!" LOLOLOL!!!!!

[Maxipad44142]

OMG after Larry said "watch this" What the fuck was that?!! LOL that music clip was fucking terrible!

[jordanv78]

Wow I don't remember this that well at all, even though I know I watched it back then. I guess it is just not as memorable as Perfect Strangers was for me.

[pippigladstone]

its funny how this show started off to be a "crazy grand-mamma who wont let her son run his family the way he wants to" show.

shows like everybody loves raymond, and king of queens share what this show was going for in its infant phase.

[KillerQueensRyche]

i loved these shows :)

[isaachaaze3]

wow, I remember this! nutz

[guitarwolf21]

Is that a different house?

[pippigladstone]

yea, theres a hallway at the front door.

[brianhay84]

i hope bronson pinchot reprises his role as surge' in Beverly Hill Cop IV!

[nibeezy]

the girl who played judy became a porn star

[mrwoods22]

No shit!! You act like that's new information or something.

[sent7]

They don't make shows like they used to!

[Akujitsu]

Intro to the show that would introduce a TV legend. Steve Urkel.

[only1jamesp]

I remember this

[JhomasE]

I remember this too. I remember Rachel trying to get Richie to talk and then I remember some mean lady telling Eddie to get his feet off the blanket. LOL. I was eleven at the time. Wow!

[doawriter]

huh? perfect strangers? never been on german tv

[JSB1983]

LOOK AT THE PURPLE DRESS I think I know where Tyler Perry got Madea's dress!!!

[nicegyrl1]

OMG U R SO RIGHT ABOUT THAT DRESS! LOL!!

[CHRISTALLUV]

OMG no u didnt!

[SilentNight700]

Before Urkel came to the show...wow...I wonder how long it would of lasted if he didn't show up(lol)

[playdude813]

5 Seasons

[LadyScorpion811]

The Winslow's house looks so different then the one we know..

[kmvt4ver]

cuz this is from the pilor

[HonoraryMarine]

I didn't know that Family Matters was a spin off Perfect Strangers. You learn something new everyday.

[sweetheart2109]

did not know that either

[lobstergirl3000]

I always watch footage of people from the late eighties and think to myself, "Little did they know, Steve Urkel was just around the corner.... " They had no idea what was about to hit them.

[Yaggsionhimen]

What a lot of people don't know is that Balki never made it back down from the fourth floor.

[Espeelover]

oh wow! The font at 0:44 was different at first!!

I wanna see Perfect Strangers now to see Carl and Harriete in it!!

I love Family Matters!

[Yaggsionhimen]

That font and those clips are from the Pilot episode of Family Matters. It's funny, the episode featured a different actress as Judy even though Jamiee Foxworth was in this promo.

[koolever3]

urkel was to be in the first episode only.

if you ever watch the intro, the first season doesnt have urkel listed.

but everybody asked where the neighbor kid was. so after the first few filmed episodes, they put urkel in as a main charchter

[Jnelson09Returns]

I read that the studio audience was chanting "Urkel! Urkel! Urkel! Urkel!"

[jplaya2023]

and the show went to shit since they made steve the focus

[Reed488]

As someone else astutely said, though, "Family Matters" probably would not have lasted as long as it did if Steve did not join the cast of the show.

[SEXYDIVALICIOUS19]

lmao i love mother winslow she is funny as hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[trilliondollarman101]

urkel was only supposed to be in one episode

[gameingfreek]

i never knew that

[longhairdancer]

Thank God for Urkel!

[radcliff2002]

ive never seen this before

[phillyz1st]

judy got kick off the show cause her kept asking 4 more money but would have returned if renewed for the 10th season in played by the 1st judy valerie jones

[small5th]

haha i forgot that the house looked different in the pilot.

it was a great show...but i realized towards the end they forgot it was originally conceived as a show about the closeness of family, and it turned into a show about Urkel

[knowsthatknowledge]

memories....

[thegreatsamurai82]

AWESOME!

[mediadude08]

Family Matters was supposed to be about the Winslows, but I think we all know who stole the show.

[UndertakerKane44]

DID URKEL DO THAT!?!

[dmetrs]

that was so retarded in so many ways

[LegendKillingChain]

it should've been changed to Urkel & The Winslows

[sdawson689]

this is so odd...ive never seen this before. i love family matters

[aceluvsjobros]

what ever happened to judy? y did she stop being on the show after a while?

[Hiphop2256]

Jaimee's mom demanded she get more money is what the actress believes was the cause.

[ccsd0601]

Jaimee Foxworth becaqme a porn star for a short while as well...

[GstateBALLER925]

shes a pornstar.

[GstateBALLER925]

check that, she was, and she failed at that too. lol

[clemsonfight]

Her mom wanted more screentime for her and they said no and fired her. So on her last appearance, Judy goes upstairs to her room....and never is seen again for the rest of the series. And as a kid, I honestly never noticed.

[fluffysue]

Ah I always wondered why it seemed they were short a kid.

[3DStoneCt]

Will someone tell Telma Hopkins that they are just acting and this is not real life?

[3DStoneCt]

Both of those shows were good and really dealt with situations. I didn't like how Darius was portrayed. When Urkel came to the show it turned into a show about him and not the family. It was a good show and I enjoyed it.

[p2proxtheworld]

I've never seen this, I don't think. I used to watch Perfect Strangers and Family Matters every Friday night after school, along with Full House. I've always thought Carl was one of the funniest characters.

[BarrettTV]

wow the show was so diff..even mother winslow..who was meaner in the clip lol..too bad she got nicer..i kinda wud have liked to see the show without steve..but im sure it never cud have lasted that long without him

[Furienna]

I always thought Estelle was mean to Carl, even though he was her son. A lot of times, it felt like she should have been Harriet's mother instead, bnecause she felt more like a mother-in-law than a mother to Carl, and she was nicer to Harriet than to Carl.

[Furienna]

I always thought Estelle was mean to Carl, even though he was her son. A lot of times, it felt like she should have been Harriet's mother instead, bnecause she felt more like a mother-in-law than a mother to Carl, and she was nicer to Harriet than to Carl.

[entertainme3000]

@Furienna yeah Estelle's put downs to Carl was rather crude. But I don't know why she was nicer to Harriet...mother-in-laws basically cannot tolerate their daughter-in-laws, and more than likely because they feel the wives are "the new woman in their son's life'...even though mother and son do NOT share beds together. That'd be wrong.

[tornadoass69]

*funny

[tornadoass69]

Yes! Urkel is not in this epsode.

BTW, IMHO, Urkel isn't a fucnny character.

[Furienna]

I loved Steve, until he jilted Myra for that bitch Laura.

[michellechasez81]

I still have no idea how Family Matters ended. I stopped watched way before it ended.

[Furienna]

If you're American, watch it on N@N. It seems like it will start there in June.

[michellechasez81]

...that should say stopped watching lol

[princessamina1]

If I recall correctly, the show got really redundant and it changed networks. After the change, some of the characters (Harriet and a couple others) didn't come back, so it lasted one season on the new station before being cancelled.

[mistofoles]

Is that the guy who played the black cop In Die Hard 1+2?

[Furienna]

Yes, Reginald VelJohnson was a policeman in "Die Hard".

[kevkev4real]

Wow! Judy actually spoke (lol). I see the Winslows lived in an apartment in this clip. That show sure did make a lot of changes while it was on the air.

[Furienna]

Judy spoke a lot, in the first season. And I only remember them living in a house on "Family Matters". However, they were just moving during an episode of "Perfect strangers".

[chill21]

Thanks for posting.

[Furienna]

Why did a different girl play Jody in the pilot?

[boochibabe]

That's not too unusual. A pilot is made to sell the show to the network and sometimes there's a space of time from when it's filmed and the show goes into production. So it could be an actor is no longer available or didn't test well.

[Furienna]

I can't think of another show though, where they changed the actor for a main character just after the pilot.

[boochibabe]

Well, that is true that they didn't often air the pilot with one actor and then continue the series with another. I guess they didn't think anyone would notice the child was different. I know on the series Meego they inexplicable changed the teenage boy with another actor . . . of course that show didn't last more than six episodes!

[wiganix]

Actually, Full House replaced the actor playing Danny Tanner after the pilot, choosing Bob Saget instead of the original actor they had chosen. The original guy was pretty bad.

[Furienna]

I didn't know that.

[Daffyfan2006]

Well, that one is a little different since the pilot of FH was never aired. According to the commentary on the first season DVDs, they actually liked John Posey as Danny. He just wasn't available by the time the show went into production.

[wiganix]

I didn't consider that. I didn't know that Posey was replaced because he wasn't available. I thought John Posey was a terrible Danny Tanner, though it could be just because I'm so used to Bob Saget in that role. The whole thing seemed very awkward though, and he didn't sell me on his character as a recently widowed father of three. I'm not too sure the show would have been as successful with him in the role.

[entertainme3000]

@wiganix Of course "Saggy" got on my nerves something awful. And so did Jesse. I liked Rebecca.

[drinklime]

DJ was a different kid in the first episode of Roseanne

[Furienna]

Really?

[entertainme3000]

@Furienna abc was notorious for that. Abc's Roseanne(which aired in the 8pm central time format) changed David Jacob Conner(DJ) after just one show(I'm sure there was a dispute with the parents. Roseanne and Coach(which aired afterwards) both stayed in their time slots from beginning to end(88-97) I wonder if it's because Roseanne demanded for it to be that way(she was a bossy cow honcho to work for seriously(

[Sparverine]

Because sadly Perfect Strangers was on its way out as Family Matters was going forward. The original four shows for TGIF: Perfect Strangers, Family Matters, Full House, and Step by Step.

[TheCheshireofQuidget]

I would've enjoyed seeing "Perfect Strangers" continue into the nineties instead of end as it did. Then again, I haven't seen all eight seasons. Only clips and a few full episodes. Do you believe that "Perfect Strangers" could've continued or do you think that it completed its 8 year run with graceful humor and perfect timing?

[entertainme3000]

@TheCheshireofQuidget oh I was gonna say, while on the subject, Step By Step(a successful one as well) was added to the format.

[VaultMasterDBT]

Actually, the original fourth TGIF sitcom was Going Places, which was cancelled after one season. Step By Step arrived the season after.

[entertainme3000]

@VaultMasterDBT yes. And the show featured Heather Locklear(TJ Hooker, Dynasty, Rich Men Single Women, Melrose Place, Spin City, JAG, Lord knows what else) and Holland Taylor(Bosom Buddies) it ran during the 90-91 season.

[TheCheshireofQuidget]

lolol...It makes me want to watch "Family Matters" again!

"And deliver us from evil...even if it comes walking right through that door..." I was really expecting Steve Urkel to come shuffling through the doorway! It would've been great timing! When did he show up on "Family Matters"? And why is it that Balki and Larry were never apart of "Family Matters". I do remember that Mark Linn Baker was for a short time as the curmudgenous boss but not Balki...How come?

[megamanj2007]

I remember that Mark Linn Baker appeared on this show as Harriet's schovanist boss on a few eps. but not as Larry.

[Furienna]

Steve didn't join the show until after half the first season. He wasn't supossed to in more than one episode, but he was so popular, that they kept him on the show.

Harriet went up to her boss and talked to him in the second episode of "Family Matters". Are you sure he wasn't at "Perfect strangers"?