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chris jacob · 09-10-2000, 08:19 PM

Does any body rember an episode were edddie had a drinking problem and carl through him out of the house I think he should have gotten Eddie help instead what does every body else think? that was a sad episode

boobear · 02-21-2001, 07:49 PM

yes i do agree carl handle the problem in the wrong way , I feel if we push people out of our lives and homes because of a drinking problem the person will drink more we should help them seek help and show them love not kick them out, Becky

02-22-2001, 01:38 AM

Does anyone remember the episode where Laura and Steve were at a party on a rooftop, and someone spikes the punch? Steve ends up drinking a bit too much punch, and ends up performing lots of physical humor while in his drunken stupor, which the audience seems to get a kick out of. Then all of a sudden Laura finds out that Urkel is drunk, and screams in horror, "Do you think this is funny?!?!". Well, the audience was laughing at Urkel's funny antics while he was drunk, so I guess it was supposed to be funny, right? All I learned is that drinking is funny.

I guess that's the problem with trying to incorporate "serious" issues like this into a sitcom. A sitcom is supposed to have numerous humurous situations in each episode(in theory), and the entire episode really can't have a serious tone to it. I think Family Matters tried to handle too many serious issues, and ended up incorporating them into episodes in a rather tasteless way.

04-21-2001, 07:43 PM

Oh please. Family Matters rocks. Urkel was just being Urkel. The "message" in it was slammed home when Laura reacted like she did. It's a funny show, i wouldn't have changed anything about that episode where Urkel was drunk. (was funny scene).
I vaguely remember seeing bits and pieces of the Eddie drunk show, didn't he wreck his car or let someone else drive it or something?

chris jacob · 04-21-2001, 08:16 PM

no he didn,t l wrek his car and let somebody else drive it the episode your thinking of is the one wre hrriets nephew come to vist came to vist and made eddie steal the car why isnt anybody staying on topic

EdBrownJr · 04-26-2001, 10:48 PM

That was a good episode of Family Matters it was funny but then got serious when Urkel was hanging from the roof. Interesting note the kid who spiked his punch was Larenz Tate from movies like Menance II Society, Dead Presidents, Love Jones, etc

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GET OUT OF MY GARAGE!!!

rserafin · 05-23-2001, 07:19 PM

larenz tate also played arnold's friend dudley on diff'rent strokes.

DJM77 · 05-25-2001, 08:59 PM

You guys are thinking of Shavar Ross. Shavar
Ross played Dudley on Diff'rent Strokes and
he also played Weasal on Family Matters.

chris jacob · 05-26-2001, 12:00 AM

your all being jerks I posted a subject about thet time carl kicked eddie out because of his drinking problem why do you keep talking about the time steve got drunk at the party its way off topic

05-26-2001, 12:10 AM

I know I know......But we're just human.

topayVT · 02-23-2002, 05:36 PM

I just saw the Eddie episode this past week. As a person who has several alcoholics in my family, I'd agree that Carl handled it the wrong way. It didn't seem as if Eddie was drinking out of depression rather than out of fun, although he did get out of control. Perhaps Carl could have done a BAC Test and showed Eddie what underage drinking could look like from a criminal standpoint. But throwing Eddie out was the wrong thing.

rial · 02-24-2002, 12:59 PM

Well, what do you expect? It was the 7th season...
From that season on, the characters got stupider and stupider...
and I'm serious.

ClesStahn · 03-19-2002, 07:02 PM

Before I can respond, I'd need to see the episode(s)(if it was a 2-parter). does anybody have any idea of when it'll be on next on TBS?

09-10-2000, 08:19 PM	#1
chris jacob Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 06, 2000 Location: Hartford Posts: 753	Eddie's Drinking Problem Does any body rember an episode were edddie had a drinking problem and carl through him out of the house I think he should have gotten Eddie help instead what does every body else think? that was a sad episode

02-22-2001, 01:38 AM	#3
Landofrapeandhoney Guest Posts: n/a	Does anyone remember the episode where Laura and Steve were at a party on a rooftop, and someone spikes the punch? Steve ends up drinking a bit too much punch, and ends up performing lots of physical humor while in his drunken stupor, which the audience seems to get a kick out of. Then all of a sudden Laura finds out that Urkel is drunk, and screams in horror, "Do you think this is funny?!?!". Well, the audience was laughing at Urkel's funny antics while he was drunk, so I guess it was supposed to be funny, right? All I learned is that drinking is funny. I guess that's the problem with trying to incorporate "serious" issues like this into a sitcom. A sitcom is supposed to have numerous humurous situations in each episode(in theory), and the entire episode really can't have a serious tone to it. I think Family Matters tried to handle too many serious issues, and ended up incorporating them into episodes in a rather tasteless way.
Landofrapeandhoney Guest Posts: n/a

04-21-2001, 07:43 PM	#4
URKELETTE Guest Posts: n/a	Oh please. Family Matters rocks. Urkel was just being Urkel. The "message" in it was slammed home when Laura reacted like she did. It's a funny show, i wouldn't have changed anything about that episode where Urkel was drunk. (was funny scene). I vaguely remember seeing bits and pieces of the Eddie drunk show, didn't he wreck his car or let someone else drive it or something?
URKELETTE Guest Posts: n/a

05-26-2001, 12:10 AM	#10
Devastation26 Guest Posts: n/a	I know I know......But we're just human.
Devastation26 Guest Posts: n/a

02-21-2001, 07:49 PM	#2
boobear Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Feb 21, 2001 Location: ohio Posts: 3	yes i do agree carl handle the problem in the wrong way , I feel if we push people out of our lives and homes because of a drinking problem the person will drink more we should help them seek help and show them love not kick them out, Becky

04-21-2001, 08:16 PM	#5
chris jacob Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 06, 2000 Location: Hartford Posts: 753	no he didn,t l wrek his car and let somebody else drive it the episode your thinking of is the one wre hrriets nephew come to vist came to vist and made eddie steal the car why isnt anybody staying on topic

04-26-2001, 10:48 PM	#6
EdBrownJr Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 08, 2001 Location: Jersey City, NJ Posts: 1,247	That was a good episode of Family Matters it was funny but then got serious when Urkel was hanging from the roof. Interesting note the kid who spiked his punch was Larenz Tate from movies like Menance II Society, Dead Presidents, Love Jones, etc ------------------ GET OUT OF MY GARAGE!!!

05-23-2001, 07:19 PM	#7
rserafin Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 12, 2001 Location: Ballston Spa,New York,USA Posts: 112	larenz tate also played arnold's friend dudley on diff'rent strokes.

05-25-2001, 08:59 PM	#8
DJM77 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: May 15, 2001 Location: Missouri Posts: 5,563	You guys are thinking of Shavar Ross. Shavar Ross played Dudley on Diff'rent Strokes and he also played Weasal on Family Matters.

05-26-2001, 12:00 AM	#9
chris jacob Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 06, 2000 Location: Hartford Posts: 753	your all being jerks I posted a subject about thet time carl kicked eddie out because of his drinking problem why do you keep talking about the time steve got drunk at the party its way off topic

02-23-2002, 05:36 PM	#11
topayVT Member Forum Cub Join Date: Feb 23, 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 2	I just saw the Eddie episode this past week. As a person who has several alcoholics in my family, I'd agree that Carl handled it the wrong way. It didn't seem as if Eddie was drinking out of depression rather than out of fun, although he did get out of control. Perhaps Carl could have done a BAC Test and showed Eddie what underage drinking could look like from a criminal standpoint. But throwing Eddie out was the wrong thing.

02-24-2002, 12:59 PM	#12
rial Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 16, 2002 Posts: 118	Well, what do you expect? It was the 7th season... From that season on, the characters got stupider and stupider... and I'm serious.

03-19-2002, 07:02 PM	#13
ClesStahn Senior Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 30, 2001 Posts: 500	Before I can respond, I'd need to see the episode(s)(if it was a 2-parter). does anybody have any idea of when it'll be on next on TBS?