If its not a hood story its not a Black story - Urkel

[MaxBundles]

I rank Family Matters above Martin and Living Single

Fight me

 

[Roger king]

Urkel clearly has some resentment, bitterness and emotional issues he needs to sort out with therapy

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

Martin and living single have replay value in my adulthood. I wouldn't be able to sit through 1 episode of family matters at my age now.

Facts.

I loved Family Matters as a kid. I remember when it was on the same night with Full House, Perfect Strangers etc. It aged really poorly.

Fresh Prince (with dark skin Aunt Viv), Martin, Living Single, The Cosby Show, Different World...even The Jeffersons and early Good Times aged well.

Why was it so entertaining in 1991 but feels like trash now?

 

[Ohene]

i sympathize
seinfeld is arguably the greatest tv show ever

 

[Ohene]

Exactly, we called it "Urkel" because the show was all about his fukkery with no classic moments to compete with Fresh Prince...shyt just the first season.

• Will moving in.
• The end of the episode when he played the piano
• Jazz introduction
• When Will told the interview dude about how country Uncle Phil grew up
• Ice Tray
• The "Driving While Black" episode
• Timothy Dela Ghetto

That's just the first 7 episodes.

Smart Guy was about a genius boy living in the suburbs and miles ahead of "Urkel."

to a degree yall proving his point but i agree with yall because he wrong about the function/timelines

in the 90s there was a lot more positivity and variety in how black people were represetented in the media. it isnt just TV but music and film as well. but something happened, probably in the late 2000s where now everything became hood and ratchet. it's rather painful to see.

i am glad you mentioned Smart Guy; we also had Girlfriends, Thats so Raven. I dont know what it is but shyt has really changed over the last 15-20 years

 

[Easy-E]

to a degree yall proving his point but i agree with yall because he wrong about the function/timelines

The show was bad and didn't age well.

He's upset that he isn't praised for being a nerd/black icon for a show that ultimately wasn't that good.

My point was to show it didn't have any legs.

 

[Ohene]

The show was bad and didn't age well.

He's upset that he isn't praised for being a nerd/black icon for a show that ultimately wasn't that good.

My point was to show it didn't have any legs.

yea i agree
i wouldnt watch family matters as an adult or even teen when it was syndicated.
it was just too over the top for me and I dont find goofy over the top shyt funny.

it's why as an adult i dont really watch fresh prince, jamie foxx or martin either as much. i like subdued relateable humor - thats why Seinfeld is king to me. Smart Guy probably aged the best out of every black sitcom i've seen mentioned in this thread. Cosby might too but I havent watched it in a minute

 

[Ohene]

Yall remember that show City Guys? Loved that shyt

 

[Miggs]

I mean Family Matters dont get rated in hindsight because the last 3-4 seasons were fukkn trash...It strayed too far from a sitcom about a black family.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

The show was bad and didn't age well.

He's upset that he isn't praised for being a nerd/black icon for a show that ultimately wasn't that good.

My point was to show it didn't have any legs.

It was damn near a black Quantam Leap

 

[Canada Goose]

Yall remember that show City Guys? Loved that shyt

Yeah, it used to come on NBC on Saturday mornings. I remember the two main characters, one breh and a white dude.

 

[AllHolosEve]

Sometimes, the phrase “hood stories” is just codeword for Black films and sitcoms, not necessarily the hood itself but rather just Black households and most Black people live in what would be considered as the “hood” for most people.......
The problem with some of you guys is that you think similarly to cacs in the sense that y'all associate the word and meaning of the “hood” with being bad, along with everything and everyone within as something negatively unimaginable.

-This is stupid. The word "hood" has been slang for street, gangsta, low income, rough neighborhood, etc. for 40+ years. We weren't saying that shyt as codeword for Black films or sitcoms unless they were street oriented. We for damn sure wasn't saying it as a general term for Black household.

-This was always our slang & we still use it how we always have, we ain't get shyt from white people.p

 

[M.O.N.E.Y.]

Yall remember that show City Guys? Loved that shyt

 

[African Peasant]

It just didn’t age well. It was great for us when we were kids watching this show. But watching as an adult it looks hella corny. Has nothing to do with a “hood story.”

I don't think it did not age well; it's just a show for kids when they made it about Urkel. But It was good show.

We can even blame his character for changing the tune of the show, even though he made it sucesful.

Them other shows were for adults, so you can still watch them as an adult.

 

[African Peasant]

Another self hating ass, bash Black people mafukka.

Family Matters turned wack after the writer made the show 80% about him. The 1st 2 seasons were good. The absolute worst was when Steve got to high school.

this. It was a good show, but the problem is at some point it became too much about Urkel.

He was the problem