What Happened to Perfect Strangers (1986-1993)?
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2023
- Strange pairings in TV Sitcoms are nothing new. Series like The Honeymooners would have the sort of violent buddy’s of Ralph and Ed, The Flintstones would have Barney and Fred, and of course The Odd couple would have Oscar and Felix. But in 1986 a new duo would be added to this list with the sitcom Perfect Strangers, and Friday night TV viewing would never be the same. Cousin Larry and Balki would become a hit power couple for viewers who would fall in love with the quirky pair and their misadventures trying to make it in Chicago. The series would become a favorite for a number of fans not only in the states but eventually around the world and would spawn a spin off that would become just as big a hit for ABC.
On this episode of Gone But Not Forgotten our destination is America or Burst as we look back on the sitcom classic, Perfect Strangers.
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im sure i saw this tv show in HBO max or amazon and watched it maybe 2 months ago but awesome show.
Thank you fans for recommending this.
Can you talk about the one show that was on ABC it was called lois and clark the new adventures of superman
Loved this show!
Bring back the 80's! Rest in peace Cousin Balki!
I haven't seen this show in over 25 years, but I have never forgotten it. That should say something.
I remember literally nothing except that there should be 100 raisins in every box of Raisin Poofs - probably because at the time I could do the math and figure out that would be about 14 raisins per bowl.
I saw season 1 on DVD over 11 years ago in 2012 its entertaining
@@entertainingblackmanvideos7691 Id love to get the series on dvd
This theme song has lived in my brain rent free since the 80s
Earlier this year, I got to meet both Mark Lynn-Baker & Bronson Pinchot at Steel City Con. I had Bronson autograph my copy of The Langoliers.
Ah that's cool. Its nice to hear that they're still out there going at it.
I have been a huge fan of this show since I was a child growing up in the'80s and '90s. I have all the seasons on dvd. I did not know that Mark and Bronson were doing cons. I would love to get their autograph on some of those DVDs
I dated a guy in high school whom my dad thought looked like Bronson Pinchot so whenever he would call the house my dad would yell “Balkey is on the phone!”
Lol. And how did your boyfriend feel about it?
Your dad is a legend.
No he’s not dad, don’t be ridiculous! Lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
we're you attracted to him because of his resemblance or was it just a coincidence?
That intro still makes me feel good
After all these years.
Yeah, the original intro was refreshingly dramatic and touching instead of being comedic. (The "America or Burst" thing was the only humorous thing in the first season's intro. The rest of it was like a mini movie.)
Growing up in the 80s, I loved this show! This show and most of the other shows I remember played on T.G.I.F. and I was watching every week. I still love Perfect Strangers. My wife and I still watch it. We bought it on Amazon Prime, and we were able to also get the first season. I miss TV from the 1980s and 1990s. The world we all live in today is not even close to the same it was in the 80s, and a remake would never work.
This show was a huge part of my childhood. It brings back so many happy memories of a better time. Would watch it then go visit my great grandmother.
Time to do the Dance of Joy!
I use that GIF alot
Loved perfect strangers never missed an ep. Friday night staple in our house in the 90s
Alot of people forget family matters was spinoff of this show
I watched this every week as a teen. I still know the theme song by heart.
I watched all episodes of Perfect Strangers early this year
I was visiting a friend of mine in Chicago and visited on of the buildings in the show and recreated wind blowing them in the intro lol
REMEMBER: without This show, there wouldn't be Family Matters. I liked both.
And Urkel saved FM. If it was not for Urkel, FM would have lasted only one season.
@@john1701q Yes, you are Right 👍🏾
@@john1701qFamily Matters wasn’t a traditional sitcom. It dealt with heavy, mature themes
I've been watching it on Prime and it's delightful.
Mark Lynn-Baker's small role in HBOs the Leftovers is one of the greatest cameos of all time. And the fact that the show used the Perfect Strangers theme song in place of its own for that episode only cements its place as one of TVs greatest moments.
Agreed awesome cameo
He also played Jennifer Walters’s dad in Marvel’s much-maligned She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Yeah, I dunno how you talk about later roles and skip over him playing "Mark Linn-Baker."
lol oh great, now I gotta look this up lol
I came here to say this. How could they not mention this in the video?!
The show leftovers is amazing and the fact that it showed how the event effected "real life" celebrities as well as "regular" people was a great story point.
I remember watching this show when Nick At Nite used to air it late at night.
Loved "Perfect Strangers" when I was kid, I used to yell "Cousin Larry Apple-TON!" Like Balkey and would annoy everybody around me.
This brings me back. As a kid I remember this airing on my local station and whole family watching followed by Full House , Sledge Hammer and Moonlighting. We were so invested in the shows and had so many laughs.
Yes, same here! And Sledgehammer, a show that does not get anywhere near the love and recognition it deserves!
Sledgehammer was hilarious.
me and my brother used to do the dance of joy as kids.
This show was possibly the best 80s sitcom. It has literally every 80s sitcom trope. You can trace them all to this show.
Sorry but ALF 🤷🏻♂️😄
I was never a big fan of this show. You're forgetting Mork and Mindy and many others. This show piggybacked on many other more popular shows.
it's the male version of Laverne & Shirley with the same producers, same writers and even same episode director, the great Joel Zwick
@@Del-Canadalike I said it was the male version of Laverne & Shirley with many of the same writers , producers and directors that L&S had
@@MartinSmith156 Yes, that is correct also. Didn't like that show either.
One of the only TGIF shows I genuinely liked. Balki and Cousin Larry had great chemistry.
This was one of my favorite shows of the 80’s as a child. 😀
I started watching this show this year. I'm a lifelong fan of Family Matters, but I never saw the show that FM was a spinoff from. So I started watching it. I love this.
I fckn loved this show. So much fun. Underrated opening theme song. That sht is epic.
Mark Lynn Baker and Melanie Wilson did appear on Family Matters but as different characters.
I know Balki was the breakout character, but Cousin Larry was the one who made me laugh more often.
They were such a perfect comedy duo, I don't think either character would've worked without the other.
Mark Lynn Baker's slapstick talents are in full swing in the film version of "Noises Off" with John Ritter, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, Julie Haggardy, CHRISTOPHER REEVES and freakin' Carol Burnett! Side-splittingly funny!
The 80s and the 90s were the last good decades.
For everything. Not just TV
Yup, we had no net, social media and everything that made our lives more toxic. Everything was great! I wish that they can invent a time machine so we can all go back.
I remember Bronson Pinchot for his unforgettable, scene stealing performance in The Langoliers.
The Langoliers.
SCARING THE LITTE GIRL!?
@@jlogg8738 He did indeed scare the little girl.
I remember that show 😆👍
Now you're making me feel really old!
But it was still better than "Bussiom Buddies"...
Is this my favorite sitcom of all-time?
Of course, it is, don't be ridiculous!
I totally watched this and had no idea it was connected to Family Matters 🤯
I loved the Perfect Strangers connection to The Leftovers.
I always thought that Larry and Balki should have had guest spots on Family Matters. I can just imagine Balki arriving at the Winslow house for a visit. Him meeting Urkel, who comments something like "I like your wool vest. It looks very Muposian." To which Balki replies by speaking in Myposian, which Urkel understands and replies in kind. I don't know what the conflict of the episode would be, but it should end with everyone doing the Dance of Joy.
Right? I mean... it was just there for the taking. Both shows were popular at the time- AND Full House was popular, where Urkel made a cameo. They never ONCE thought to put Balki, Urkel, and and Uncle Joey in some bizarre situational crossover?? Not even for like RATINGS sweeps week or anything?
They were originally going to in family matters pilot episode, but the idea was scrapped at the last minute
@@WaldoBagelTopper What's even more frustrating is that they DID do a Full House/Family Matters crossover (the episode where Stephanie needs glasses). But they never did a Family Matters/Perfect Strangers crossover, even though Family Matters was a spinoff of Perfect Strangers. They could have done something like Urkel and Laura babysit Balki and Maryanne's baby while Balki and Maryanne get to enjoy a little alone time together. And shenanigans ensue.
@@Dhampir101980 yeah, but they could have gone back to the idea later.
Mark Linn Baker did appear on Family Matters in a later season as a totally different character.
back then my English was "in development" ... i could not get every joke but their physical comedy and timing was amazing. you would think they were a comedy duo since ever! seeing an immigrant character struggling with his own language and cultural barriers was very inspiring. "happy happy, joy joy" (different show but you get the picture of the dance of joy)
Bronson Pinchot has become an amazing audiobook narrator. I recently listened to his version of Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train, and it was perfect. Highly recommended.
One of my favorite shows ever. I have the whole series on DVD. Such an underrated/forgotten show. I've watched it so much, I can recite most episodes verbatim.
Perfect strangers was the last gasp of traditional sitcom dynamics before Seinfeld came along and changed everything
I loved this show! I didn't realize that it lasted as long as it did.
When I think of this show, I can still hear my grandma's laughter.
A few years ago I was thinking about how much I loved this show on tv so I streamed the whole thing and realized that it's DEEPLY underrated in our collective memories. The writing was a joyful, rollicking ride, and Pinchot and Linn-Baker are incredible. Their physical comedy chops alone were spectacular, not even to speak of their wonderful, synergetic acting. I absolutely love it.
The guy on the left is Serge from Beverly Hills Cop. He will ALWAYS be Serge. He was also in True Romance 💯
@@matthewdaley746 she wanted “to play”
He will be returning as Serge in the upcoming Netflix sequel to BHC
I loved watching this show with my mother when I was a kid. ❤
"Don't be ridiculous!" This was one of the many sitcoms I grew up watching as kid with my mom all the time.
This show was my FAVORITE to watch!! I watched all the episodes back then with a smile. It’s a shame tv doesn’t have good shows like this anymore. So good and endearing to watch… one of the best show ever to be made.
One of my favorites from childhood.
I remember watching this show as a kid I loved it thanks for talking about it.
As a kid, this was one of the few live action shows I liked, prior to TGIF really kicking off (another was Get Smart). I remember watching the show with my dad, so when the first season was released on DVD, I grabbed it. Watching it as an adult, the show resonates with me a lot more than any of the other TGIF shows and still holds up. It's not about a wacky family (with kids, I mean), and it's not about people trying to make it in Hollywood or New York. It's a show about two 20-somethings (if that old) being 20-somethings. They're poor (though that apartment looks expensive. They have crappy retail jobs. They don't have a weird, impossible lifestyle. It's much more grounded, and even though there is a lot of comedy, it isn't wacky or silly like so many of the TGIF shows and other sitcoms end up being. It's a show about two young adults being young adults.
This show will always hold a special place for me.
Such a silly yet wholesome show.
Larry and balkey had that Abbott and Costello feel
I was probably 7 or 8 when this show was on air and little kid me absolutely loved this show! Definitely a nostalgic part of my childhood.
Folks, I've watched plenty of videos on😮 This channel and appreciated them This one surprised me
You're right No one can recreate it Has to come organically
Isn't this on Hulu? That's where I saw it last
God I loved this show so much.
I haven’t thought about this for decades lol thanks.
I recently rewatched this entire series and it always made me sad that the final season was basically relegated to the weird Victorian house. I missed their humble beginnings and work locations.
I’d like to see the Louie lost pilot.
It was overshadowed and forgotten because of Family Matters that grew more popular and more merchandising.
Me and my Sista still do the Dance of Joy🤣
Loved Perfect Strangers lol! The physical comedy was great
i introduced this show to my kids and they loved it too!
I have been watching this every morning before I go to work ❤
This was one of my favourite shows when I was a kid. Then I saw Pinchot in "The Langoliers" and I mourned the death of Balki! 🙂
Also, you overlooked Sam Gorpley! I loved that character and the actor who played him.
This is how I learned English as a 7 year old❤
Loved this show
Correction: Mark Linn Baker did appear on a season 9 episode of Family Matters as Harrietts boss Mr. Brenner. Episode titled: A Pain In The Harassment.🤗 📺👍🙋
And i'd like to add that perfect strangers has what may Be the most slamming theme song from the 1980s.
Awww man, the washroom renovation episode was the best lol
I still use Balkey's pronunciation of "doughnuts," "don't be ridiculous," and occasionally do the dance of joy. My mom and I loved that show.
Bronson gave a really revealing interview on his career in 2009, it's well worth a read, he doesn't hold back. Some highlights are him talking about how Denzel was a monster and bully to everyone on set in courage under fire
The official perfect strangers subreddit only has 130 members which I find absolutely insane. This is a classic sitcom with some of the best chemistry between two characters ever. Every episode is like watching a well-written stage play.
To Hollywood, don’t you even THINK of remaking this series… Perfect Strangers was PERFECT
Great job.
Bronson had a DIY network show, The Bronson Pinchot Project restoring old homes with salvaged materials
Cousin Larry Appleton 😂😂😂
I loved Perfect Strangers I wish I could find the entire series on dvd.
David and Mark were both great. And it was easy to tell they had fun making the show.
SPOILER ALERT!
The most emotional episode was when Balki's Yaya Biki died. When he's talking to her spirit after she dies causes me to tear up even all these years later.
I almost had a brain aneurysm at the thought of Louie Anderson as Cousin Larry.
Forgot this show existed until I found it on freevee again.
Cousin Larry!
I still remember the episode where Larry and Balki were chased down several flights of stairs by a piano! 😂
A one or two season of Perfect Strangers as a "Where are they now" would be great. But since most TV shows are just recreations of other TV shows (as pointed out, the Honeymooners and TheFlintstones, etc) just look about and you'll see several shows that are similar to Perfect Strangers. Modern Family is kind of like that, plus a few other shows smashed together.
Not gonna lie. Binge watches it on hulu a couple of years ago. Been 30 years since i last saw it. Wow. I feel old
Watched this in the UK. "Hospital, baby coming" is still a phrase that me and my older brother reference!
Love this show!!!
That show and actually the whole tgif lineup for a latchkey kid with an overworked single mom was an incredible formative experience filled with solid moral lessons, inspiration, and hope that the world is a good place and that if you work hard and chase your dreams anything is possible, that is what is missing in society today positive role models but I am thankful I grew up in a time of perfect strangers, goonies, and a full house so thank you for this trip down memory lane where I still live in my own world!! #myreality
The first sitcom that made me laugh so hard my sides hurt.
All the gags and slapstick on this show was previously done on Laverne & Shirley, which had the same creative team. There are episodes that are virtual rewrites of L& S episodes
@@MartinSmith156And Cousin Larry and Balki did it all better.
This show and Bosom Buddies were my two favorite guy pair shows.
Loved this show.
Loved this show, always did wonder what happened
To add to the familiar faces you mentioned, you showed a clip with Tommy Lister aka Deebo from Friday. He also portrayed Zeus in No Holds Barred starring Hulk Hogan then wrestled against him in a tag match at Summer Slam.
Great opening credits song too
Loved this show as a kid, from the first time I saw it. The actors' classic "odd couple" chemistry and linguistic and physical comedy and characters' heart made it endearing. I'm wondering if it would have been better if Larry had been an only child (instead of from a big family), with Balki becoming the brother he never had. The show was lucky to get Bronson Pinchot... He would outshine even Eddie Murphy in the Beverly Hills Cop movies (making Eddie the straight guy to Bronson's improvisational comedic acting).
I loved Perfect Strangers. One of the funniest sitcoms I've ever seen.
I heard that the music licensing rights for the show are very expensive thats why tv stations dont run it. Good to hear that Freevee runs it and has all the episodes. I havent seen it on anywhere in decades. It was a great show. One of the original TGIF shows
I'd absolutely love it if they brought the show back for at least a season. There have been a couple of revivals that have worked for the most part. Fuller House, Rosanne/The Connors, Frasier, and so forth, so why not? I loved the show growing up and it was part of my childhood.
Even though Perfect Strangers is probably one of the first sitcoms I can remember being old enough to recognize as a show I like, next to Parker lewis can't lose, its one of those shows that if you binge it like I did last year on Freevee, you'll see how formulaic it is lol!
It's just the same bits and jokes almost every episode painted on a new wacky scenario lol. I mean, Im not complaining. They made it funny, they made it work. But if you binge the episodes consecutively, you can start to predict when certain jokes will happen with frightening accuracy lmao
But I wouldn't trade it for the world 🥰 Good childhood memories.
Fun Fact: Bronson Pinchot's character, Balki, was originally written to be named Vev. At the time, Pinchot's sister owned a dog named Balcony. The family affectionately called the dog Balki... and Pinchot pitched it and the character Balki was born.