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[Ravage_Hydra]

Which you think was the better 90s sitcom?

Family Matters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST4YSoLyexs

Full House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHy7dqoYmrA

 

[darkwing-buck]

Im partial to Urkel, so Family Matters. Also Carl Winslow is the shit.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

You serious?

Family Matters, no question.

 

[soco]

Roseanne

 

[blame space]

family matters but only because i don't want to look racist.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Neither. They both suck.

Perfect Strangers.

 

[MisterHero]

They are both part of the Urkelverse, so there's no point debating. It's both!

Full House if you want to stay grounded, Family Matters if you want magic robots and time travel.

 

[entremet]

Neither. They both suck.

Perfect Strangers.

Who was the team behind these sitcoms? They also did Step by Step.

But I agree. Perfect Strangers was pretty strong the entire run. Loved that show.

 

[GK86]

Family Matters. If only for the Bruce Lee scenes.

 

[Pagusas]

They are both part of the Urkelverse, so there's no point debating. It's both!

Full House if you want to stay grounded, Family Matters if you want magic robots and time travel.

Yup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiljoS4ChOk

 

[rtcn63]

No contest

 

[Advocatus Diaboli]

Step by Step.

 

[Nibiru]

Family Matters hands down.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Family Matters, just for the sheer absurdity. Carl and Steve have time traveled, there are multiple clones of Urkel running around, he was able to make a DNA serum that allowed you take on the characteristics of anyone, the list just goes on. And then they'd bounce back and forth between that and regular family drama. This week Carl and Steve go back in time and fight pirates, next week the family has to prepare dinner for Carl's boss to make sure he gets the big promotion. It's insane.

 

[Fox318]

I was a family matters kid.

 

[sphagnum]

Family Matters. Full House was terrible and the theme song isn't anywhere near as good.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Family Matters, no fucking contest

Also, the Key and Peele sketch remains relevant.

 

[KillGore]

Family Matters

No contest

 

[reelbigtink]

Family Matters.

Though Fresh Prince trumps all.

 

[blame space]

Family Matters. Full House was terrible and the theme song isn't anywhere near as good.

now hold the fuck on

 

[entremet]

Family Matters had some low lows, tho. Those CBS seasons were rough!

Family Matters was also a very different show before Urkel took over the show.

 

[HotHamBoy]

Family Matters, easily, but both shows are intolerably bad.

At least FM has that sweet, sweet theme song.

Family Matters theme:
https://youtu.be/_zsY5ReW9PQ

Full House theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8seBdmvufi8&t=0m17s

 

[MIMIC]

Full House is a good show, but takes cheesy and cliche to a whole new level.

I prefer Family Matters.

 

[Jarrod38]

Family Matters but looking at yboth either were that good to start with.

 

[EnlightenedMint]

Family Matters, never liked Full House.

 

[Oblivion]

Family Matters was funnier and was way more entertaining.

What does Full House have? Dave Coulier? LOL

 

[thebeeks]

Family Matters. Full House was terrible and the theme song isn't anywhere near as good.

Look, if we're gonna start involving theme songs, Perfect Strangers has them both beat by a country mile.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Family Matters had some low lows, tho. Those CBS seasons were rough!

Family Matters was also a very different show before Urkel took over the show.

it's amazing the kind of shit I happily went along with as a kid. (the last couple of seasons didn't get much play though)

 

[Preble]

Family Matters, no fucking contest

Also, the Key and Peele sketch remains relevant.

Love Key and Peele lol

 

[valkillmore]

Family Matters. Full house is hokey as shit. Plus, Carl. And Urkle. Come on.

 

[Aeana]

why are you trying to tear this forum apart?

 

[Da-Kid]

Family Matters. Full House has a bunch of stiff characters that had no charisma, frankly. Family Matters always felt more organic.

 

[Frozenprince]

Family Matters is actually a good show until Urkel shows up every episode.

Full House is dog shit and remains dog shit.

 

[Da-Kid]

To be honest, I always fictionized Family Matters as existing in the same World as Back to the Future. Would explain some of the science fiction stuff.

 

[TaterTots]

Full House. Family Matters got extremely weird with Stephon and time machines.

 

[HotHamBoy]

Dinosaurs was way better than both:
https://youtu.be/qx9Wg03arxQ

The show holds up really well as a sharp satire of the family TV shows of the time.

In Season 2 there is an episode called "A New Leaf" in which the Sinclair family discovers prehistoric weed and goes on a bender. It's hilarious and brilliantly tounge-in-cheek, digging at the "very special episodes" that plauged TV at the time. It's also pretty clear by the dialogue that the writers smoked pot, at least some time in their lives.

I wanted to link it but all the uploads of the episode on youtube are mangled... the whole series is on Netflix, last I checked.

Watch it, you will be amazed. Truly a show that could never make it today.

In other news, Fuller House Season 2 comes to Netflix in December...

 

[Mr Nash]

Family Matters. Hard not to like Carl Winslow. =)

 

[Vanillalite]

Early Family Matters was a great show.

Before Urkel grew up, Eddie got old, Stefan became a thing, and time travel happened Family Matters was a great show.

Maybe I'm biased cause I sorta personally aged out of the back half of the TGIF years, but Family Matters jumped the shark with two sides of Urkel and shit.

That being said Full House was always a snooze too.

Real talk went over my head as a kid, but as another poster said Rosanne was a legit great show tackling real issues. So did the Fresh Prince. Both of these shows were light years beyond the TGIF shows.

 

[Dishwalla]

Geez, I think I choose the option where I throw the remote through the tv screen.

 

[Iadien]

Early Family Matters was pretty great. I would have to go Full House though if between only these 2. I loved them all though, Roseanne, Home Improvement, Fresh Prince, etc.

 

[sphagnum]

now hold the fuck on

Come at me bro

 

[Chie Satonaka]

It's not even comparable. Family Matters is light years better.

 

[HotHamBoy]

Early Family Matters was pretty great. I would have to go Full House though if between only these 2. I loved them all though, Roseanne, Home Improvement, Fresh Prince, etc.

Roseanne is on another level from these shows. It's actually a good show that mattered.

 

[Baroquemantic]

It's not even comparable. Family Matters is light years better.

.

 

[draetenth]

Hmm, tough call as I liked both. Family Matters gets points for Carl Winslow and Urkel, but loses some for making the other kid just disappear (the youngest daughter... whatever her name was).

I thought Family Matters also had the more extreme (higher highs, but lower lows).

 

[Iadien]

Roseanne is on another level from these shows. It's actually a good show that mattered.

Yeah, Roseanne is definitely my favorite out of the bunch.

 

[Fury451]

Family Matters, despite the batshit crazy stuff.

Carl was the best, Urkel got to be annoying as hell.

 

[Frozenprince]

Even Family Matters at it's most stupid, I'm talking "Bwuce Wee" level stupid, was lightyears better than anything Full House ever did.

 

[kswiston]

Family Matters. Carl Winslow was one of the best TV dads.


I never really liked Full House growing up.

 

[Vladimir Putin]

Since we are in the Berenstain Bears universe, and Family Matters stars Stefan Urquelle, that is the clear winner