Urkel from Family Matters ranks #9 as pop culture nerd - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 06-03-2009, 07:04 PM

Originally just a one-shot character, the booksmart but otherwise horrible Urkel was a smash hit for ABC's TGIF series and eventually became its most popular character. For a period in the '90s, America could not get enough of the tuba playing, cheese (and scenery) eating, bespectacled nerdling. So much so, that Urkel is as indicative of the 1990s as flannel shirts and Pauly Shore, two other things we hope never return to the public consciousness.

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/...test_nerds.php

Jessica · 06-03-2009, 07:14 PM

Wow.

browneyes106 · 06-09-2009, 12:06 AM

Yay Urkel

Jessica · 06-09-2009, 10:22 AM

I think he could be number 1. He's great. Jaleel is so talented!

Furienna · 07-10-2009, 07:30 AM

I haven't heard about half of those characters before. And yeah, Steve should have been higher up (and he's not "horrible").

Jessica · 07-10-2009, 02:25 PM

No, he's not. Steve is awesome. I hadn't heard about all od them either. Willow in Buffy number 1? Ahe ain't nerdy thatr way. I didn't even know she was nerdy. I mean, she and Steve are not even the same type of nerds. Steve is a typical nerd, with huge glasses, suspenders and that, she's not.

06-03-2009, 07:04 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Urkel from Family Matters ranks #9 as pop culture nerd Originally just a one-shot character, the booksmart but otherwise horrible Urkel was a smash hit for ABC's TGIF series and eventually became its most popular character. For a period in the '90s, America could not get enough of the tuba playing, cheese (and scenery) eating, bespectacled nerdling. So much so, that Urkel is as indicative of the 1990s as flannel shirts and Pauly Shore, two other things we hope never return to the public consciousness. http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/...test_nerds.php
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06-03-2009, 07:14 PM	#2
Jessica Retro fan Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 09, 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 9,034	Wow.

06-09-2009, 12:06 AM	#3
browneyes106 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 6,094	Yay Urkel

06-09-2009, 10:22 AM	#4
Jessica Retro fan Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 09, 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 9,034	I think he could be number 1. He's great. Jaleel is so talented!

07-10-2009, 07:30 AM	#5
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,280	I haven't heard about half of those characters before. And yeah, Steve should have been higher up (and he's not "horrible").

07-10-2009, 02:25 PM	#6
Jessica Retro fan Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 09, 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 9,034	No, he's not. Steve is awesome. I hadn't heard about all od them either. Willow in Buffy number 1? Ahe ain't nerdy thatr way. I didn't even know she was nerdy. I mean, she and Steve are not even the same type of nerds. Steve is a typical nerd, with huge glasses, suspenders and that, she's not.