Remember when ABC did 3-D week in 1997? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

tlc38tlc38 · 01-12-2019, 08:40 PM

Remember this?!

This was so much fun! I got my 3-D glasses at Wendy’s and watched most of the shows but not all.

(Photos from the May 3-9, 1997 issue of TV Guide)

The 3-D episodes:
Home Improvement: “The Feminine Mistake”
Spin City: “The Mayor Who Came to Dinner”
The Drew Carey Show: “Win a Date with Kate”
Ellen: “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah”
Family Matters: “A Pirate’s Life for Me”
Step by Step: “How the West Was Won”
Sabrina the Teenage Witch: “The Crucible”
America’s Funniest Home Videos: (“Full House” reunion episode)

FHCastmember · 01-13-2019, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

Remember this?!

This was so much fun! I got my 3-D glasses at Wendy’s and watched most of the shows but not all.

(Photos from the May 3-9, 1997 issue of TV Guide)

The 3-D episodes:
Home Improvement: “The Feminine Mistake”
Spin City: “The Mayor Who Came to Dinner”
The Drew Carey Show: “Win a Date with Kate”
Ellen: “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah”
Family Matters: “A Pirate’s Life for Me”
Step by Step: “How the West Was Won”
Sabrina the Teenage Witch: “The Crucible”
America’s Funniest Home Videos: (“Full House” reunion episode)

I remember this, the whole cast of full house came out for the first time since the finale.

FHCastmember · 01-13-2019, 10:46 PM

LOL @ ABC saying Family Matters was done

TeeVeeCloset · 01-14-2019, 09:21 AM

I recorded Ellen, Step By Step, Sabrina, & America's Funniest Home Videos, just put to DVD and still have a few pairs of glasses. Great ABC stunt in a great time of TV!

tlc38tlc38 · 01-14-2019, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by FHCastmember

LOL @ ABC saying Family Matters was done

In ABC’s defense, it does say “ABC finale”.

WB did the same thing when season 5 of “Buffy” ended before it moved to UPN for two more seasons.

MA · 01-14-2019, 01:01 PM

Only the Tool Time part of Home Improvement had the 3D segment I believe.

MrCleveland · 01-14-2019, 03:31 PM

I wish I can find these shows in the 3D concept...

KRW · 01-14-2019, 08:29 PM

I've got this TGIF Block starting with Family Matters and ending with America's Funniest Home Videos. It includes the 3D segments.

TeeVeeCloset · 01-15-2019, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TeeVeeCloset

I recorded Ellen, Step By Step, Sabrina, & America's Funniest Home Videos, just put to DVD and still have a few pairs of glasses. Great ABC stunt in a great time of TV!

In my quote above, so did I except I recorded Ellen along with the above episodes all with the 3d effects, and when i recently transferred them to dvd, I found a few pairs of the original 3D glasses in mint unused condition!

The 3D effects still worked!

Heenan Fan · 01-15-2019, 06:57 PM

The only two shows of the bunch I actually still watched at this point were Spin City and occasionally Home Improvement. And I don't rember the 3D episodes at all.

TMC · 11-05-2022, 01:03 AM

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Over 20 years ago, ABC (newly acquired by Disney at the time) came up with a great cheesy gimmick to hook viewers: a full week of 3-D effects for most of their programming, able to be seen with glasses picked up at your local Wendy's restaurant.. Several sitcoms joined in the fun, including the entire TGIF lineup. Here's a compilation of promos, bumpers, and host segments from this over-the-top event!

Hawkee · 11-06-2022, 05:19 AM

In the 90's the 3D craze became popular and almost every TV movie started with 3D versions that soon became wildly popular. I remember when my mom and I saw John Wayne's Hondo in 3D and we even had Hondo 3D glasses to wear and it was so amazing to watch in 3D and my mom and I still have our Hondo glasses today somewhere in our house. But when 3D sitcoms came out they soon turned into the next biggest innovention "a word I adore using a lot since I learned it at Disneyland as a kid" in television. ABC was not the first network to have 3D Weeks of sitcoms. It was actually FOX that began the rising popularity of 3D sitcoms when they debuted FOX's 3D Sunday in 1992 by teaming up with 7-11 that made fans go to any 7-11 to pick up their special glasses then they would wear them while watching 3D versions of Married With Children The Simpsons and other FOX Sunday sitcoms and during commercial breaks fans could remove their glasses then wear them again until the sitcoms finished. But it was an amazing concept that really changed TV history forever. ABC did the same thing with 3-D Week and by teaming up with Wendy's to sponsor it ABC probably made a lot of money from it considering it debuted the day Family Matters had it's finale so that probably helped a lot. It would sure be cool if the networks did 3D sitcoms again because 3D is just so spectacular on TV and it's such fun to see 3D sitcoms because they are so awesome to watch
Bestie

Dude111 · 11-06-2022, 08:17 AM

I must have mi$$ed all that!!

brianjohnson1984 · 11-11-2022, 11:05 PM

I just watched "The Feminine Mistake" (Home Improvement episode) on Hulu. Boy, did it look strange seeing the 3D segments without the glasses.

Yong Fang · 11-12-2022, 05:45 AM

Just asking, but does anyone not like 3-D movies? I dont. I am satisfied with the format. One has to wear the cheap glasses which is about as comfortable as a face diaper mask or watch the movie fuzzy without it.

If a movie needs a gimmick, it may not be that good.

01-12-2019, 08:40 PM	#1
tlc38tlc38 Every day’s a Dolly day! Forum Star Join Date: May 02, 2008 Location: I’m just travelin’ thru Posts: 19,252	Remember when ABC did 3-D week in 1997? Remember this?! This was so much fun! I got my 3-D glasses at Wendy’s and watched most of the shows but not all. (Photos from the May 3-9, 1997 issue of TV Guide) The 3-D episodes: Home Improvement: “The Feminine Mistake” Spin City: “The Mayor Who Came to Dinner” The Drew Carey Show: “Win a Date with Kate” Ellen: “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah” Family Matters: “A Pirate’s Life for Me” Step by Step: “How the West Was Won” Sabrina the Teenage Witch: “The Crucible” America’s Funniest Home Videos: (“Full House” reunion episode)
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01-14-2019, 09:21 AM	#4
TeeVeeCloset Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 1,873	I recorded Ellen, Step By Step, Sabrina, & America's Funniest Home Videos, just put to DVD and still have a few pairs of glasses. Great ABC stunt in a great time of TV!
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01-14-2019, 01:01 PM	#6
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01-14-2019, 03:31 PM	#7
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01-15-2019, 06:57 PM	#10
Heenan Fan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 19, 2016 Posts: 6,001	The only two shows of the bunch I actually still watched at this point were Spin City and occasionally Home Improvement. And I don't rember the 3D episodes at all.
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01-13-2019, 10:46 PM	#3
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01-14-2019, 08:29 PM	#8
KRW One Bad Mother Funker Forum Regular Join Date: May 23, 2017 Location: The Funk Dojo Posts: 899	I've got this TGIF Block starting with Family Matters and ending with America's Funniest Home Videos. It includes the 3D segments.

11-06-2022, 05:19 AM	#12
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,727	In the 90's the 3D craze became popular and almost every TV movie started with 3D versions that soon became wildly popular. I remember when my mom and I saw John Wayne's Hondo in 3D and we even had Hondo 3D glasses to wear and it was so amazing to watch in 3D and my mom and I still have our Hondo glasses today somewhere in our house. But when 3D sitcoms came out they soon turned into the next biggest innovention "a word I adore using a lot since I learned it at Disneyland as a kid" in television. ABC was not the first network to have 3D Weeks of sitcoms. It was actually FOX that began the rising popularity of 3D sitcoms when they debuted FOX's 3D Sunday in 1992 by teaming up with 7-11 that made fans go to any 7-11 to pick up their special glasses then they would wear them while watching 3D versions of Married With Children The Simpsons and other FOX Sunday sitcoms and during commercial breaks fans could remove their glasses then wear them again until the sitcoms finished. But it was an amazing concept that really changed TV history forever. ABC did the same thing with 3-D Week and by teaming up with Wendy's to sponsor it ABC probably made a lot of money from it considering it debuted the day Family Matters had it's finale so that probably helped a lot. It would sure be cool if the networks did 3D sitcoms again because 3D is just so spectacular on TV and it's such fun to see 3D sitcoms because they are so awesome to watch Bestie
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11-06-2022, 08:17 AM	#13
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 35,313	I must have mi$$ed all that!!

11-11-2022, 11:05 PM	#14
brianjohnson1984 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 09, 2012 Location: United States Posts: 49	I just watched "The Feminine Mistake" (Home Improvement episode) on Hulu. Boy, did it look strange seeing the 3D segments without the glasses.

11-12-2022, 05:45 AM	#15
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,072	Just asking, but does anyone not like 3-D movies? I dont. I am satisfied with the format. One has to wear the cheap glasses which is about as comfortable as a face diaper mask or watch the movie fuzzy without it. If a movie needs a gimmick, it may not be that good.