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Did you know Family Matters started because of an elevator operator on Perfect Strangers? Or that The Simpsons began as crude 30-second sketches on a variety show most people have never seen?

Some of television's biggest sitcoms actually began as minor characters, brief segments, or one-off appearances on completely different shows. The connections are so well hidden that most viewers have NO idea.

In this video, we're counting down 10 sitcom spin-offs that nobody realized were spin-offs — from Frasier fleeing Boston to hide its Cheers origins, to the legally complicated M*A*S*H connection that ended up in court.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:23 - #10: Frasier (from Cheers)
3:39 - #9: The Facts of Life (from Diff'rent Strokes)
5:49 - #8: Lou Grant (from Mary Tyler Moore)
7:53 - #7: Benson (from Soap)
10:04 - #6: A Different World (from The Cosby Show)
12:22 - #5: Mork & Mindy (from Happy Days)
14:34 - #4: Empty Nest (from The Golden Girls)
16:51 - #3: Trapper John, M.D. (from M*A*S*H)
19:19 - #2: The Simpsons (from The Tracey Ullman Show)
21:57 - #1: Family Matters (from Perfect Strangers)
24:00 - Conclusion