Strangers Matter

Ok, so I went to bed early on friday night (8 p.m. - 12:00 p.m.) and now I"m up for the night it seems. I am watching Bosom Buddies on TBS right now (5:12 a.m.). It used to be on USA or something - well, obviously it's an old sitcom but I mean most recently. I think I only saw a few episodes of it. I totally forgot that Tom Hanks was a sitcom star!

So - there's a dark-skinned character named Isabelle. I instantatinaeously recognized her as Rachel from Family Matters. I tell you, I love the Internet Movie Database. I found out that that's exactly who she was. So then I was on the Family Matters page (they list sitcoms as well as movies) and it said that Family Matters is a spin-off of Perfect Strangers!! Perfect Strangers is like my favorite sitcom ever - right up there with ALF. So it turns out that the entire show of Family Matters was based on an elevator operator named Harriet Winslow at the place Larry and Balki worked on Perfect Strangers.

So then I end up on the Family Matters page of the IMDB. Some trivia: Steve Urkel was originally supposed to only be in one episode. The audiences loved him so much he became a regular character. There were three Winslow children originally: Eddie, Laura, and Judy. Judy only lasted a few seasons before she was phased out (her parents wanted too much money).

A few facts about Judy NOT all from the IMDB. She was played by Jaimee Foxworth and is originally from Belleville, IL - not far from Greenville. Funny how it works out when you loved a show as a child - it turns out the actress is actually 3 yrs. older than me! So after the show, her parents used up all her money, ruined her life and she had a short career as a porn star.

Back on track, I recognized the other Bosom Buddy as Wayne Szalisnki (so sad but I spelled that right the first time) from Disney's .Honey I Shrunk the Kids sitcom spinoff that used to be on at 3 a.m. and now is nowhere to be seen. This was a great show too - to bad you all missed it.