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Continuing SEASON 6:
"Flying Blind"
https://ok.ru/video/2011049232939
Steve is banned from all commercial flights. Which is, of course, a continuity error since he went to Hawaii(?) a while back.
RATING: *** *** *
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Steve: "I smell your brain burning."
Estelle: "Parents have to say 'No', but grandparents get to say 'Yes'.""
"Miracle on Elm Street"
https://ok.ru/video/2011042417195
Special note to the opening cue, Christmas music -- gives you the warm fuzzies.
I actually predicted an Urkel line: I thought that he was going to say "Ssshhh ... not while I'm rolling." and he did.
Oh, look everybody is there and everybody got a Christmas present. Well, except Judy.
(actually, it is very odd Myra is nowhere to be found)
Gary Boren & Steven Chesne score.
RATING: *** *** **
Steve: "Oh, fa-la-la-la-fiddlesticks."
Steve: "Ho ho ho, bro."
Out-of-context quote...
Carl: "Oh, WILL YOU JUST DO IT?!"
"Midterm Crisis"
https://ok.ru/video/2011041761835
Decent enough episode.
RATING: *** *** *
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Continuing SEASON 6:
"An Unlikely Match"
https://ok.ru/video/2011041368619
Steve can also play the bagpipes, owns a good quality set, and has a quilt.
Oh no, some character we've never seen before who's only previous scene was being a disgusting asshole, has Leukemia. What a shame. Hope he dies.
Urkel says Laura has to be 18 or older, but by now Laura should be about halfway into 18 years old, which of course wouldn't make sense since she is still in school, but the ages of characters has been handled poorly. You might recall that they completely changed Carl's age at one point, or that Richie suddenly aged by years when the second episode of season two premiered.
Harriette shouldn't have to worry about the ugly furniture, why, within a few months Urkel will have completely destroyed it anyway. The big white dog statue will of course be broken in pieces in a matter of days.
Special PSA announcement with White and Williams before the end credits.
RATING: *** *** *
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Harriette: "Oh, Carl, open up your wallet and let the fresh air in."
Steve: "Why don't you just pants me -- I have really embarrassing underwear!"
"The Substitute Son"
https://ok.ru/video/2011041040939
Special note to the Chinese-flavored music at about 10:20 in. There's more cues like this, like 17:35 in.
Eddie says Carl would have never made him second place, but it was just a few episodes ago where Carl blew off Laura to go to a cop event.
RATING: *** *** *
"The Gun"
https://ok.ru/video/2011040975403
Another PSA from White and Williams.
RATING: *** ***
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Continuing SEASON 6:
"Wedding Bell Blues"
https://ok.ru/video/2011040778795
This is the third and final appearance of Mr. Looney, the school janitor who moved in with the Urkel's in his prior appearance.
And just so we're clear: we get an entire episode devoted to the school janitor, but we get no explanation of where Rachel went for a season, what happened to Rachel's Place, or what happened to Judy.
The whole bell thing was stupid. Lord. And how did it stop? And the bell stopped exactly when Carl got off it, like it has dramatic timing. Lordy lord.
RATING: *** ***
"Ain't Nothin' But an Urkel"
https://ok.ru/video/2011040713259
According to Steve, his first word was: Massachusetts.
Special note to the score cue about 3:00 in -- a funky arrangement of Sunrise (Strauss).
RATING: *** ***
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"My Uncle Hero"
https://ok.ru/video/2011040647723
Unremarkable episode -- seems like we've done all of this before.
For an image for your horrific dream tonight, just go over to about 1:14 in.
Steve's parents have him on a lease and can evict him.
I think this is the first time we have seen the inside of the police station that Carl works at.
First Myra got the nick name of "lizard lips", now its "beetle butt". I kind of expect in the bedroom it would be "cow boobs".
RATING: *** ***.5
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Continuing SEASON 6:
"My Bodyguard"
https://ok.ru/video/2011040516651
How nice of Steve -- he'll get over the penny. You know, after years of somewhere about $10,000 worth of property damage.
"Bunny breath" -- the first fairly non offensive nick name Steve has given Myra.
Steve's parents hung up on the phone on him after Steve says he's coming home from police protection from trying to be murdered. I have to say: Steve's parents are horrible horrible people. He's on a lease, not allowed in the house until 11:00 or 12:00 at night, they've tried to murder him several times -- off the top of my head.
Gary Boren & Steven Chesne score.
RATING: *** *** *
Laura: "Make like a bakery truck and hall buns."
Steve: "I think I noticed somebody looking threw my bedroom window last night."
Myra: "I don't do that anymore."
"Cheers Looking at You, Kid"
https://ok.ru/video/2011040385579
Harriette mentions to Carl they'll be all alone in the house. So ... where is Rachel? She's only partially in this season, but when she's not there, man, she's not there -- she's not even mentioned, no explanation where she was, etc. And, of course, no mention of Judy.
Steven Q. Urkel: Professional Cock Blocker, returns.
Continuity Error: When the show has gotten so cheap and the producer's no longer care, they use a generic stock shot of a house that does not line up even remotely with what we have seen and know about the house for seasons now. Just, "Hey, cheap stock footage, let's use it" no doubt.
Lord, as soon as Steve picked up that pom pom to lie about what he was doing in the hotel room, I knew what was going to happen. And it was going to be lame. But somehow, it didn't happen. What was I expecting? Steve to accidentally hurt the guy, and have to take his place and be a cheerleader.
RATING: *** ***.5
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"What's Up Doc?"
https://ok.ru/video/2011031276075
So, if Rachel is not account for, then where is Richie when the rest of the family is away? Is he wherever Judy is stashed. [/sarcasm]
Steven Q. Urkel: Professional Cock Blocker III: The Search for More Cock Blocking.
RATING: *** ***.5
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Finishing SEASON 6:
"We're Going to Disney World (Part I)"
https://ok.ru/video/2011031145003
Urkel's parents refuse to travel with him, which doesn't make any sense; think of all the missed opportunities they would have had to kill him. Traveling alone in his car a couple episodes ago, the time he charted a private plane (his parachute might not open, after all...), and so forth and so on.
Is it my imagination or do I see actor Wayne Knight in the Disneyland audience when Stephan is asking Laura to marry him? On the right side, with glasses.
RATING: *** *** *
"We're Going to Disney World (Part 2)"
https://ok.ru/video/2011031079467
We see Myra's mother.
So, if we go my age estimate, that Laura should be probably 18 and-a-half to 19 now, that means Carl and Harriette got married at 19 or 20. Depending on which age you place Carl at (the younger age stated earlier in the series, or the one where the writers forgot he had an established age and aged him a few years up) that means they've been married about 15 to 20 years.
I would have loved to have seen Dan Aykroyd as the contest host.
RATING: *** *** *
"They Shoot Urkels, Don't They?"
https://ok.ru/video/2011030882859
Man, it's been a while since we've seen Fletcher. Where was he when Estelle went to Disneyland???
Waldo has a cousin named Bob, which is short for: Bobalobadingdong
Seeing Richie dancing with some unknown little girl is only a reminder that Gwendolyn disappeared without explanation after only three episodes. But she was memorable and was obsessed with Richie.
Continuity Error: We know from previous season that Carl can't do a lot of dancing, his back goes out, so how in the world is he doing a marathon? Yeah, the back thing eventually comes in, but how did he last so long?
RATING: *** ***
Eddie: "I could throw in that twenty bucks I was going to borrow from dad."
"Home Sweet Home"
https://ok.ru/video/2011030620715
Steven's parents should have forced him to come with them to Russia. 'cause there is a lot of poisonings and people falling out upper-story windows over there. Just point to Steve, says he's a spy, and problem solved!
Eddie was right, that girl is hot.
I looked her up. The dream girl was played by an actress named Lark Voorhies. She was born in 1974 and would have been about 21 when this episode aired.
She's still acting today. Shen began her acting career young, in multiple episodes of the FIRST season of "Days of Our Lives". Her recent work was re-praising a character she played on the original run of "Saved by the Bell" when the revival series aired. And for you nerds out there, she voiced the Borg Queen in a project.
I enjoyed watching Eddie give it right back to Carl, and at the right comedic time as well.
Waldo has an aunt named Agnus, with a wooden leg.
Steven Chesne & Gary Boren score.
RATING: *** ***.5
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Waldo: "It's that Forest Gump -- he's just so darn smart."
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SEASON 7:
Sometimes series will shorten the opening credits later on, but this season they eliminated it completely! The cast is credited in the opening where the guest actors would normally go.
The annoying hip elements of scoring that had been introduced a season or two ago, are barely even heard and in it's place some funky wah-wah material.
"Little Big Guy"
https://ok.ru/video/2011014826539
Or: "Honey, I shrunk the Nerd".
And with this episode, the series has reached a whole new level of jumping the shark.
There was no on-screen episode of Carl passing a kidney stone.
Things I noticed on the kitchen preparation table: There is a company called Ron's that makes cereal, plastic storage bags for food, and marshmallows in-universe, and instead of Pringles, there is the McDowell's knock-off style Bringles.
Something that occurred to me while they are eating chips: Where do they go to the bathroom for two days? What toilet paper?
Mistake: If Carl and Steve increase back to normal size on the preparation table, they should be pushing everything off of it while growing large again. Though for a TV budget and production crew that probably had no experience in such things, I thought the sequences of them all being small were handled rather well.
RATING: *** ***
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"The Naked and the Nerdy"
https://ok.ru/video/2011086391851
Man, I wonder if there really was an audience there to see her with the towel off. Lucky bastards.
So, just to re-cap: the janitor got three episodes, the church pastor has been in two or three episodes, a random token white guy from last season gets a second episode, but Judy ... screw her, right?
Steve mentions the government won't let him have plutonium, which he suggests he could use to go back in time with.
Laura -- after seeing Steve naked -- indicates Steve is apparently hung.
Both Carl and Harriette had afros when they were dating.
RATING: *** *** *
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Myra: "How much did she see?"
Steve: "The whooollleee enchiladas."
"Bugged" (3)
https://ok.ru/video/2011014433323
Surprisingly enjoyable episode from the declining later seasons. And a perfect ending.
For the guys here: 2:41 in. You're welcome.
I had to look her up. Her name is Amy Hunter. Her acting credits have been sparse, suggesting struggling for work. She only had one regular gig, as a character named Jamie on a show from 1996 called "Pacific Blue". She's approaching 60 years old now (wow, hard to believe). She would have been just over 30 years old when this episode aired. Looked up a current photo of her, found a few, and she's shocking hot for a woman who is almost 60.
If there is ever a revival of the series, Steve should still have the dinosaur slippers that make the noise with each step.
How great would it have been had Carl really done that?
Steven Chesne & Gary Boren score.
RATING: *** *** **
Steve: "I've never seen a bug collector with shaved legs before."
Laura: "You found another woman willing to touch you?"
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Continuing SEASON 7:
"Teacher's Pet"
https://ok.ru/video/2011014236715
Official Youtube purchase link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPbW7aagvVU
LOL, I guess I'm one of the few that would even think about this. About 11:43 in, Stephan tossed his coat over the wall hanger and it lands perfectly in a super cool way, impressing people. One of the people it impresses is a hot blonde girl in a red dress. Can you imagine how this even came about. Casting audition flyer: WANTED: Hot girl to look super impressed for three seconds. Casting director: Okay, show me your impressed face. Great! You're hired. By the way, you'll get no screen credit so nobody knows who you are. Next!
(and, sure enough, I couldn't find her name)
Steven Chesne & Gary Boren score.
Special note to the score cue at about 10:53 in.
RATING: *** ***.5
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Harriette: "I'm waaayyy passed bone tired, I need a nap to get to bone tired."
Laura: "Lick a stamp and mail that to me."
Carl: "Harriette, you set me up."
Harriette: "Oh, yeeeaaahhhh."
"Walking My Baby Back Home"
https://ok.ru/video/2011014040107
Official Youtube purchase link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fw5a9wm01U
Eddie's new girlfriend actually comes back for a second appearance.
Three episodes ago Steve said he shaves once a month. And here he shaves again, so we are forced to conclude in-universe that it has been at least one month since three episodes ago.
Something I noticed: The I.R.S. auditor asks Carl how many people live with them, and Carl replies six. So, that would be him and his wife, so they are excluded from the count, so:
1. Eddie
2. Laura
3. Richie
4. Rachel
5. Steve
6. ?????
So, was this a sneaky way for the actor playing Carl to include Judy in the count without saying her name? Which was probably disallowed after the actress playing Harriette snuck it in one time (which I noted). Can't be Estelle -- she doesn't live in the house anymore and lives with Fletcher some place. Can't be Waldo -- he's not moved in (yet; I think he does later).
RATING: *** ***.5
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I.R.S. Auditor "Ah, Mr. Winslow, doughnuts are not deductible."
Carl: "Well, I'm a cop -- they're a business expense."
"She's Back"
https://ok.ru/video/2011013712427
To save you some horrific nightmares, you should probably skip about 4:15 to 4:25
Steven Chesne & Gary Boren score.
RATING: *** ***
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Carl: "Honey, there's a reason I did that."
Harriette: "Oh, what is it?"
Carl: "I'm an idiot."
Out-of-context quote...
Carl: "Sweetheart, I've got something that's gonna put a smile on your face..."
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Continuing SEASON 7:
"Hot Rods to Heck"
https://ok.ru/video/2011013450283
That awful end credits theme arrangement is back.
I hate this ugly hair style Laura has been sporting for a few episodes now.
Continuity Error: Steve's car went off a cliff and was totalled. No explanations on how he got it back, where he got the money to have it re-built, it's just magically there again. That was the episode "Paradise Bluff"
RATING: *** **.5
Steve: "I know he's bad, but he does it so goooood."
"Talk's Cheap"
https://ok.ru/video/2011013384747
Man, eight episodes into the new season and they finally used the opening theme music.
Seven seasons in and Laura's middle name is revealed: Lee.
I'm starting a list of things I'd like to never see again if there is a series revival: Myrtal Urkel.
Continuity: Remember like a season or so ago when Carl and Harriette came to an understanding over the furniture and decided they'd save and replace one piece at a time? Total number of pieces I see replaced: 0.
Steven Chesne & Gary Boren score.
RATING: *** ***
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Eddie: "Thirsty?"
Waldo: "No, it's Friday."
Eddie: "No, are you thirsty?"
Waldo: "No, I'm Waldo."
Laura: to Myra, "Look who's talking -- the eighth dwarf: Busty!"
"Struck by Lightning"
https://ok.ru/video/2011007355435
"I sold stuff while we were waiting" -- Myra is a magnificent bullshitter.
Sooo ... Rachel is back (though barely seen anymore), so still no explanation about Rachel's Place. Is it still there? Who is running it? Why can't Laura work there? Why isn't Laura running it (how nice would that have been while Rachel was goen a season -- think of the plot ideas -- Rachel's Place and Mighty Weenie being in competition, pitting brother sister against each other, etc.).
Out of all the parts of the house Steve has damaged, I think this is the first time he's damaged Carl & Harriette's bedroom.
Trivia: In real ife, that much iron would kill you. More than 60mg consumed at once can kill you. It takes about two to four hours for the body to absorb iron, so you can take that much in a day, but you got to space it out; your body already stores iron as it is. The amount Steve has in the jar is enough to kill multiple people.
Steven Chesne & Gary Boren score.
RATING: *** *** *
Laura: "Steve, its raining cats and dogs out there."
Steve: "Yeah, I hope I don't step in a poodle."
Harriette: "Consider yourself hugged." (that line should have gone to Carl, really)
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Continuing SEASON 7:
"Best Years of Our Lives" (10)
https://ok.ru/video/2011007224363
Edmund Cambridge is the third actor to portray Estelle's husband, Fletcher Thomas. He looks nothing like the original actor.
Carl going berserk with the fire extinguisher, probably has to be one of my favorite series moments, especially since no one saw that coming.
According to Waldo, he was in high school for seven years. Just keeping things like this in the thread, incase a revival is being considered and one of more people involved found this thread.
Estelle is about 85 years old and jogs, rollerblades, bungie jumps, rides a motorcycle, and does kung fu. And yes, the writers got it right -- Carl says she's 84 years old.
Oh, I don't like token white girl thug, hope she's not a re-occurring character.
RATING: *** *** *
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"Fa La La La Laagghh!"
https://ok.ru/video/2011007158827
Hey, Judy could help decora -- oh, that's right.
So ... where is Ritchie?
This episode was actually going pretty well until that stupid roof fall threw. I guess I'm just getting tired of the characters falling off the roof or falling threw it.
CinemaSins voice: "They survive this." (DING)
Am I the only one who noticed there was one cast member who refused to sing the song?
Steven Chesne & Gary Boren score.
RATING: *** *** *
"Friendship Cycles" (12)
https://ok.ru/video/2011006896683
Finally, Steve has a nick name for Myra that isn't weird: "Cutie Bootie"
So, Steve was stated to be thirteen years old in season one (which is odd, because I'd swear he was line nine), so learning to ride a bicycle with his father at the age of seven would have placed that about six years before the pilot.
Waldo says he was afraid to walk until he was ten.
Never thought I'd say this (or see that) but ... that's a lot of duck shit.
Steven Chesne & Gary Boren score.
Continuity Error: Carl says he's known Steve for seven years, but that just doesn't line up at all with everything we've been told before.
RATING: *** *** *
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Continuing SEASON 7:
"South of the Border"
https://ok.ru/video/2011006700075
Special note to the cue at about 9:30: a Spanish guitar and a shaker only, but works well.
It's already been established that Steve can speak multiple languages, so it's surprisingly that Spanish isn't one of them.
Steven Q. Urkel: Professional Cock Blocker IV: The Voyage for More Cock Blocking.
RATING: *** ***.5
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"Life in the Fast Lane"
https://ok.ru/video/2011006503467
Special note to the montage cue starting at about 13:09 in.
Lord, watching this episode today makes you really realize what times we are living in today; had a show been on the air today and done this, Laura would be dead of a fentanyl overdose.
Maybe Steve dropping a belt sander down his dad's pants long ago, accounts for why his dad is trying to kill him. Now we just need to know why his mother is trying to kill him as well.
RATING: *** *** *
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Laura: "Why don't we just watch some more TV."
Steve: "Ohkol dohkol. Let's see what's on CBS."
Switches channels with the remote control. They both fall asleep instantly.
"Random Acts of Science"
https://ok.ru/video/2011006372395
I can't help but feel that entire opening sequence from Urkel pumping it up, to it getting everywhere, was a secret masturbation joke from the writers.
Oh, lord, token white girl thug is back. Just go away already.
LOL, today had Steve taken the Bruce Jenner juice, he'd have come out of that chamber very differently...
RATING: *** *** *
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