I love watching old shows like this. They make me feel ' safe '.. that's weird I know, it's hard to explain. Comforting is a better word. The world was a better place then.
It actually wasn't. It is just that you were a kid without the preoccupations adult life brings in. Also, there was no internet so you didn't know about also how horrible the world was. Ignorance is a bliss. For kids today, the world is a better place now than in 20 more years.
Bold One I kinda disagree. Yes I would have loved for it to have gone on 2 more seasons. But the dynamics of the show would have been changed with the addition of the kids. In that respect the show ended up at the right time. Once a sitcom adds kids to the show originally starring adults -- it ruins it. (Even adding extra kids to a family oriented show ruins things. - The Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Family Ties, Growing Pains. Even with the facts of life they added Andy and Pippa once the girls grew up-) Just my thought 💭
it was not underrrated it ran for 8 seasons it was a massive hit ....stop saying things are underrated cuz u think it makes u stand out in the comments secton
It's lovely to see two actors who genuinely liked each other. You hear about 'Sex and the City' or 'Desperate Housewives' where the actors hated each other, it's nice to see one where the friendship is real.
Bronson has said many times that when Mark came on to shoot the pilot he had already shot the pilot six times, but he said with other actors there was just no chemistry and immediately when Mark came on to shoot the pilot they became instant friends... Bronson is 62 years old now and Mark is 67, they are still friends and I'm so happy that they are!! They have 100% spot on chemistry and you can see it in every episode, you can see how much they love each other and they get along so well!!! My favorite episode is the episode titled A Christmas Story it's season 2 episode 11 it's my favorite episode and I cry every time I watch that episode 😭 I would love to meet Mark & Bronson!! I was 12 years old when the show premiered, I am 48 years old now and I have been binge watching the series on Hulu, I'm on my 12th run through and I've been laughing and crying...my 2 heroes.. Cousin Larry Appleton (Lawrence) and Balki Bartokomous. 'Philos, my fifth cousin, three times removed, is a step uncle to your father on my mother's side, two continents removed..' ' So we're related by rumor...' 'Not tonight!' 'i'm not the one you threw on the floor!' Bronson had said that during the final curtain call when the audience asked if they could do the dance of Joy he said he was doing okay until he started to say what Balki always says 'now we are so happy we do the dance of Joy!' he said the minute he got to the word 'happy' he just lost it....😭😭😭😭 I don't blame him. There is nothing more cuter than the two of them!!😁 My favorite little dance that they do together is when they're singing You can't touch that! Sending my love...💙
I...can't believe it's been THIS LONG since the finale aired. I remember watching the final episode on TGIF with my mom and my sisters when I was just six. Jeez, the late 80's and early 90's were a great era to grow up in
could not agree more. I think i was 9 when it ended. think it ended in 1993, they semi cancelled it for a few months in the final season. my favorite episodes were the ones with life and death steaks. Those shows did such a great job at highlighting the likeability of odd balls. even the bad episodes are good. entertainment really changed when this exact show ended. we're so uptight now, even stoners at nudist colonies take things too serious.
@@homeyiommi1921 The dance was their creation, too. The writers gave them the freedom to make it up, and they made it up in only 20 seconds, and it stuck ever since!
I believe that Balki took Mary Anne and their baby back to Mypos to give him a good, old-fashioned Myposian upbringing. Now, 25 years later, his son gets a job in the U.S. and the family moves back here with him. They show up at Larry and Jennifer's doorstep and their sons meet each other as adults for the first time. But don't worry, Balki has taught his son "everything he knows" about America. And thus the rebooted series begins.
I'm re-watching this series now on Hulu. Funny stuff. Sure it's like a male version of "Laverne & Shirley", but these guys were good at physical comedy.
I miss the 80s so much as a kid growing up in them,everything seemed so innocent and new and you could do things back then that is frowned upon now. This show holds a special place in my heart,me and my grandpa used to sit down and watch them everyweek,then tgif started up and we would watch perect strangers,step by step,family matters,etc. I miss the good old days.
I agree with you. TV shows now are nothing like the 80s and early 90s. I miss tgif lineup and their Saturday cartoon lineup as well. I wish the Ch. 18 Saturday morning lineup from the 80s and early 90s would still come on for my kids to watch. Cartoons back then was way better than it is now. I can't stand Spongebob Squarepants.
I used to love this show so much as a kid alive it even more as an adult. I wish I could meet the actors just to say thank you for so many years of laughter and warm moments.
For those who want to "bring back" old shows from the 80s (MacGyver, Perfect Strangers, etc) three words sum up what I think of that: Don't Be Ridiculous There is only one first time. Only one MacGyver, only one Larry and Balki. Anything else is just a half assed money grab by lazy producers who don't think of new ideas.
I agree to that. It's strange how unconvincing the new characters from the recent TV series have become. You just do not feel they are into the character , too much importance is given to camera work, editing, drama based dialogues, emotion , sexual references. That's why I never watch any of the latest TV shows. I am building my own personal 80s TV jukebox. Right now I have built Perfect Strangers Season1 and working on Macgyver series
There are a lot of people who like the idea of a reboots/sequels to their old favorite tv shows, so there is not much of a problem in "bringing" them "back". I'd myself prefer them any day over many creepy, vulgar tv shows of today. And reboots/sequels still demand a lot of hard work to keep the quality and have them watched. Like new storylines, what will happen next, new characters added.
A lot of physical comedy, those two. That hug at the end, when Mark looks at Bronson before the Dance of Joy. Gets me a little choked up. As if to say, "This is it, buddy."
Perfect Strangers is one the shows that opitimizes my childhood. My cousin and I were the best of friends. Her name is Lori mine is Beth..so we had the B and L and the cousin thing in common..plus we were a comedy show on our own ..if there was youtube back then I'm pretty sure we would've had a big following lol. We use to love watching this show and doing the dance of joy. So many memories and such a classic original show! Love you Balki and Larry!
this brings up so lovely memories.. this show is a part of my childhood.. I remember my brother and I calling eachother 'Balki' and 'Larry'.. doing the happy dance when Mum says 'chocolate cake is ready' and so on... thanks for such a great show!!
It's really nice to hear about a show where the cast members actually like each other. It just makes watching Perfect Strangers that much more enjoyable.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I LOVE BALKI SO MUCH!!! To me, the precious beautiful teddy bear NEVER should've been ripped away from us!!! God bless you and him always!!! Holly in East Tennessee
My daughter surprised me with the first and second season on DVD since they don't show them on Hulu anymore...l cried when l opened the package.. l was young again❤️🥰
I’d like a Perfect Strangers reboot in the sense of say a TV movie. It’s been over 25 years since it’s been off the air. What has happened in 25 years? More kids? Are they grandparents? Did Larry become an ace photojournalist? What about Balki? Did he find his dream job? Jennifer and Mary-Anne and their jobs? The guys are 60 & 65 respectively in real life. I think a TV movie is doable at some point. 😀
This is a great cheesy show to watch. If only we could go back to 1986 TV shows were great back then now it's all garbage on TV and the population is bursting at the seams. Things were so simple in the 80's
So glad they had a proper sendoff! Great show...and timing. BTW I saw Mark Lin-Baker at Pace U in NYC in 2011. Was sitting at the front desk relieving someone and he came in for a screening. Talk about timing!
Every year I go through this series and enjoy it as much as I did watching it for the first time as a 9 year old to age 17. I always end it watching this clip after the series finale. This show always makes me feel good, great for a laugh when you're feeling down or tug at your heart strings certain episodes. This will always be one of my favorite shows of all time. Thank you for all the great laughs and tears.
These two were so hilarious together good actors they really liked each other I could tell they got along good it's too bad the show end because they were so good acting together both great actors and a great show
I love this show Larry & Balki had such great chemistry together watching them was like watching Laurel & Hardy Abbot & Costello etc. The show never took it self to serious it was just straight humor i think both of you for the good times much respect now we do the dance of joy.
Screwed by the Network: A bizarre case of this toward the end. Despite the series continuing to do well in the ratings entering the 1991-92; ABC had been reportedly trying to cancel Perfect Strangers due to rising costs and advancing age (7th season). By early 1992, ABC decided to transfer the series from its 9:30 p.m. slot on the TGIF block to an newly-created offshoot block called "I Love Saturday Night", placing it alongside aging one-time ABC hits Growing Pains and Who's the Boss? plus a new animated series called Capitol Critters. Inevitably, the series (which finished at #32) plummeted to #65 in the ratings, allowing ABC to shelve it. Ironically enough, they did so by sticking reruns at its old slot during the summer of 1992 (the series would be placed on hiatus and have its final 6 episodes burned off over the summer of 1993, over a year and a half after ABC moved it to Saturday).
I never knew why it was canceled or treated the way it was but thank you for shedding some light on it.I used to love this show as a kid and love it even more as an adult. This show made such an impact on me in my youth that I hadent noticed how their positive and negative qualities were instilled in me as I matured and watched the show in a very long time.
I think the reason TV sucks now, besides lack of original writing, is because we as a society insisted on digging behind the flashy, bright, cheerful surface and dredging up the pain and dirt in people's lives. Life could still be ugly back then, but shows like this were great escapism and masked all the bad things about life. It made it easier to live with, frankly. But we had a taste of dirt and scandal, and the media knew we'd buy it then, so that's what they gave us.
I was fine until they did the "Dance of Joy." Thank you for posting this. I was a child when PS aired, and I never realized how much fun the show was until I began watching clips and episodes here on UA-cam.
You said it... These shows were well-made, fun, and they had heart... There was a unique chemistry between the 2 main actors, who managed, very successfully and entertaingly, to capture the spirit of a previous (e.g. Laurel & Hardy) and create a thoroughly enjoyable - and, like L&H, largely innocent - show...
way back in the early 80's in the philippines, american comedy and drama sitcoms ruled our local channel. Like the Cosby show, Perfect Strangers, Three's Company, Mc Gyver, and etc. They were all so awesome and sensible. And as far as i can observe, most of the kids in the 80's have an excellent english speaking skills. Unlike now, our local channels give us NONSENSE shows and t.v. sitcoms. Where are those interesting shows way back then?? No more.
God, it irritates me how people always leave out Pinchot and Baker when they talk about great comedy duos. Comedy is alot like a dance in that when you have the wrong partner, nothing goes right. I don't think you could possibly get a better partner for either one of them.
The deep character contrast between the two and its consequences were hilarious. Like the shady ways Larry used to hold on to his job or impress Jennifer and Balki's reaction to that. Or Balki's using honest ways and Larry's reaction to that.
when i was a kid i used to watch this show. it showed me laughter and simpathy :) 90 were an awesome era...too bad kids today watch shows that make em brain cippled...
Even though I was only like 3 to 6 years old when Perfect Strangers was on TGIF it was my favorite show to watch. Not even Full House or Family Matters tops my list like Perfect Strangers. They really should bring it back to TV even if its on Late Night on TV Land or Family 43.
Agree with you totally on Full House but the interaction between Carl and Steve Urkel on Family Matters was, for me, every bit as good as the interaction between Balki and Larry, though the relationships were different. A tough call for me..
I was two when I watched this show. I still have such happy memories. *^_^* I'm happy it's on Hulu now. I really wish they had put the entire season on home video though. *--_--*
I remember all of them were thanking the fans & the live audience. All of were crying as they their goodbyes. Me, I was like 8 and I don't know why they were crying back then.
I used to watch this when it was on only when there was nothing else on, I thought it was corny back then but always thought Pinchot was a cool guy in real life, but as for a great show not too sure about that. I was more into Miami Vice, Family Ties, Quantum Leap stuff like that.
Man. I was fine until I read this comment. I miss show! ♥ Still amazes me to hear Bronson's (Balki) real voice! Adorable as Balki, but sexy as Bronson. :)
I loved that show. It was slapstick and cheese all the way, but it was so funny. Perfect Strangers is a really funny show. Why can't TV producers and directors make more funny shows like this instead of the hundreds and hundreds of shows that are just garbage? Sometimes people just want to laugh. Two and a half men isn't funny. How I met your mother isn't funny. The nerds on Big Bang Theory aren't funny.
The main reason they haven't released the rest of the show on dvd is mainly due to high copyright costs for the songs that Bronson and Mark Linn sang over the 7 seasons. There is talk that season 3 might be released by the end of 2012.
I love watching old shows like this. They make me feel ' safe '.. that's weird I know, it's hard to explain. Comforting is a better word. The world was a better place then.
Ahh that is so sweet, Meow!
Thank you and thanks for what you do.I save and rescue cat's and kittens since 2012 . I love animals also.Meow!
@@sebastianraynor3641 You're an angel! ♥️
Not strange at all. Know the feeling very well.
It actually wasn't. It is just that you were a kid without the preoccupations adult life brings in. Also, there was no internet so you didn't know about also how horrible the world was. Ignorance is a bliss.
For kids today, the world is a better place now than in 20 more years.
This was seriously a criminally underrated show. Their comedic timing was perfect
jiujitsu77 It sure was!
Absolutely, those two were genius together. Mark was even more underestimated as a brilliant comedian.
Bold One
I kinda disagree. Yes I would have loved for it to have gone on 2 more seasons. But the dynamics of the show would have been changed with the addition of the kids. In that respect the show ended up at the right time.
Once a sitcom adds kids to the show originally starring adults -- it ruins it.
(Even adding extra kids to a family oriented show ruins things. - The Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Family Ties, Growing Pains. Even with the facts of life they added Andy and Pippa once the girls grew up-)
Just my thought 💭
Absolutely it was perfect these two had amazing chemistry together I miss this show
it was not underrrated it ran for 8 seasons it was a massive hit ....stop saying things are underrated cuz u think it makes u stand out in the comments secton
Bronson Pinchot sold the accent so well that it still amazes me how different his speech is in real life.
One of the best sitcoms of the 80's.
Of all time. The original queen of television, Lucille Ball, was even a fan.
They don't make shows like this anymore.
I know and am crying because I miss this time so much 😢
That's true
They absolutely DO.
You just choose not to care.
@@samos4924 What type of shows are like this that’s on these days?
@@samos4924 name one! Lol
One of the best TV shows in history. I don't get bored watching Perfect Strangers over and over again. Thanks PS.
It's lovely to see two actors who genuinely liked each other. You hear about 'Sex and the City' or 'Desperate Housewives' where the actors hated each other, it's nice to see one where the friendship is real.
Now let´s take a deeper look on that:
Perfect Strangers, main characters = Men
DH and SATC = Women.
Here is your answer.
@@charlesjohnson9249 yep.
Also friends to this day.
Big difference......men and women.
@@PodcastforthewinThat is great to know and they had a lot of on screen chemistry so happy it is the same in real life.
Bronson has said many times that when Mark came on to shoot the pilot he had already shot the pilot six times, but he said with other actors there was just no chemistry and immediately when Mark came on to shoot the pilot they became instant friends...
Bronson is 62 years old now and Mark is 67, they are still friends and I'm so happy that they are!!
They have 100% spot on chemistry and you can see it in every episode, you can see how much they love each other and they get along so well!!!
My favorite episode is the episode titled A Christmas Story it's season 2 episode 11 it's my favorite episode and I cry every time I watch that episode 😭
I would love to meet Mark & Bronson!!
I was 12 years old when the show premiered, I am 48 years old now and I have been binge watching the series on Hulu, I'm on my 12th run through and I've been laughing and crying...my 2 heroes.. Cousin Larry Appleton (Lawrence) and Balki Bartokomous.
'Philos, my fifth cousin, three times removed, is a step uncle to your father on my mother's side, two continents removed..'
' So we're related by rumor...'
'Not tonight!'
'i'm not the one you threw on the floor!'
Bronson had said that during the final curtain call when the audience asked if they could do the dance of Joy he said he was doing okay until he started to say what Balki always says 'now we are so happy we do the dance of Joy!' he said the minute he got to the word 'happy' he just lost it....😭😭😭😭 I don't blame him.
There is nothing more cuter than the two of them!!😁
My favorite little dance that they do together is when they're singing You can't touch that!
Sending my love...💙
I...can't believe it's been THIS LONG since the finale aired. I remember watching the final episode on TGIF with my mom and my sisters when I was just six. Jeez, the late 80's and early 90's were a great era to grow up in
Indeed they were 😢
Its been 8 years since you posted this comment. Hope you are well.
Amen my siblings from other parents they sure were
could not agree more. I think i was 9 when it ended. think it ended in 1993, they semi cancelled it for a few months in the final season. my favorite episodes were the ones with life and death steaks. Those shows did such a great job at highlighting the likeability of odd balls. even the bad episodes are good. entertainment really changed when this exact show ended. we're so uptight now, even stoners at nudist colonies take things too serious.
I miss these shows. They had HEART and character.
Always loved that dance of joy!
Dai dai dai dai dah dai dah dai, hey hey hey hey hey hey hey HEY!
@@homeyiommi1921 The dance was their creation, too. The writers gave them the freedom to make it up, and they made it up in only 20 seconds, and it stuck ever since!
I hate goodbyes especially when the whole series are of great laughter and seem like family to you....
I believe that Balki took Mary Anne and their baby back to Mypos to give him a good, old-fashioned Myposian upbringing. Now, 25 years later, his son gets a job in the U.S. and the family moves back here with him. They show up at Larry and Jennifer's doorstep and their sons meet each other as adults for the first time. But don't worry, Balki has taught his son "everything he knows" about America. And thus the rebooted series begins.
jedijones that's a good way to start if ever....love it
Pinchot said in one interview that he's up for a reunion.
Yes
Of course the rebooted series would focus mostly on Larry and Balki’s kids with Larry, Balki, Jennifer and Mary Anne making limited appearances
@@jimt.626 I would also love it if their kids work at the Chicago Chronicle, where Mr. Gorpley is now the boss and Lydia is his second-in-command.
I'm re-watching this series now on Hulu. Funny stuff. Sure it's like a male version of "Laverne & Shirley", but these guys were good at physical comedy.
Thank you for suggesting Hulu! I just added this show to my list and will binge watch the heck out of it!!
It had the same producers and director, Joel Zwick, of Laverne & Shirley
Wanna go get punched in the feels?
Go listen to the Perfect Strangers intro music...
Agreed cuz 🎶 Nothing gonna stop me now 🎶
I miss the 80s so much as a kid growing up in them,everything seemed so innocent and new and you could do things back then that is frowned upon now.
This show holds a special place in my heart,me and my grandpa used to sit down and watch them everyweek,then tgif started up and we would watch perect strangers,step by step,family matters,etc.
I miss the good old days.
I agree with you. TV shows now are nothing like the 80s and early 90s. I miss tgif lineup and their Saturday cartoon lineup as well. I wish the Ch. 18 Saturday morning lineup from the 80s and early 90s would still come on for my kids to watch. Cartoons back then was way better than it is now. I can't stand Spongebob Squarepants.
So true
Me too. 😥
How many undiagnosed concussions we had lol...u weren't gushing blood yul live lol
I agree with everything you wrote. So many good times back then. The innocence of that time I miss so much.
I used to love this show so much as a kid alive it even more as an adult. I wish I could meet the actors just to say thank you for so many years of laughter and warm moments.
I love Perfect Strangers!!!!!!!!
For those who want to "bring back" old shows from the 80s (MacGyver, Perfect Strangers, etc) three words sum up what I think of that:
Don't
Be
Ridiculous
There is only one first time. Only one MacGyver, only one Larry and Balki. Anything else is just a half assed money grab by lazy producers who don't think of new ideas.
I agree to that. It's strange how unconvincing the new characters from the recent TV series have become. You just do not feel they are into the character , too much importance is given to camera work, editing, drama based dialogues, emotion , sexual references. That's why I never watch any of the latest TV shows. I am building my own personal 80s TV jukebox. Right now I have built Perfect Strangers Season1 and working on Macgyver series
The new Macgyver isn't bad. It doesn't have the same feel as the original but that is normal.
*I went to BOVINE University!*
There are a lot of people who like the idea of a reboots/sequels to their old favorite tv shows, so there is not much of a problem in "bringing" them "back". I'd myself prefer them any day over many creepy, vulgar tv shows of today. And reboots/sequels still demand a lot of hard work to keep the quality and have them watched. Like new storylines, what will happen next, new characters added.
@@emrebilgi most of the people who want them later end up hating them and regret them.
Oh my goodness, they did the Dance of Joy! Nothing used to make me happier to see. Aw, I loved Perfect Strangers!
So seeing the Dance of Joy made you happy. Now you must do the Dance of Joy
i grew up watching this show, everytime i would hear someone from chicago, i would remember this show.
A lot of physical comedy, those two. That hug at the end, when Mark looks at Bronson before the Dance of Joy. Gets me a little choked up. As if to say, "This is it, buddy."
Perfect Strangers is one the shows that opitimizes my childhood. My cousin and I were the best of friends. Her name is Lori mine is Beth..so we had the B and L and the cousin thing in common..plus we were a comedy show on our own ..if there was youtube back then I'm pretty sure we would've had a big following lol. We use to love watching this show and doing the dance of joy. So many memories and such a classic original show! Love you Balki and Larry!
That gets a hot Meow!
I don't care for comedy unless it's really good and this show made me laugh out loud
Classic 80’s tv. Nothing like it anymore
this brings up so lovely memories.. this show is a part of my childhood.. I remember my brother and I calling eachother 'Balki' and 'Larry'.. doing the happy dance when Mum says 'chocolate cake is ready' and so on...
thanks for such a great show!!
Will watch this show til im dead
They seemed to be having so much fun just doing their job of acting in a TV show.
It's really nice to hear about a show where the cast members actually like each other. It just makes watching Perfect Strangers that much more enjoyable.
Here is to the great ones.
You could hear the tears in Bronson's voice as he said the famous "Now we are so happy, we do the dance of joy" line.
What a legendary show...one of my favorites of all time. I wish they would come back and do a Netflix reboot!
Might as well. I mean, they're remaking the Exorcist.......AGAIN!.. (3 movie deal)
Thank you so much for sharing this! I LOVE BALKI SO MUCH!!! To me, the precious beautiful teddy bear NEVER should've been ripped away from us!!!
God bless you and him always!!!
Holly in East Tennessee
My daughter surprised me with the first and second season on DVD since they don't show them on Hulu anymore...l cried when l opened the package.. l was young again❤️🥰
I’d like a Perfect Strangers reboot in the sense of say a TV movie. It’s been over 25 years since it’s been off the air. What has happened in 25 years? More kids? Are they grandparents? Did Larry become an ace photojournalist? What about Balki? Did he find his dream job? Jennifer and Mary-Anne and their jobs? The guys are 60 & 65 respectively in real life. I think a TV movie is doable at some point. 😀
This is a great cheesy show to watch. If only we could go back to 1986 TV shows were great back then now it's all garbage on TV and the population is bursting at the seams. Things were so simple in the 80's
A Perfect Strangers reunion, please!!!
So glad they had a proper sendoff! Great show...and timing. BTW I saw Mark Lin-Baker at Pace U in NYC in 2011. Was sitting at the front desk relieving someone and he came in for a screening. Talk about timing!
Every year I go through this series and enjoy it as much as I did watching it for the first time as a 9 year old to age 17. I always end it watching this clip after the series finale. This show always makes me feel good, great for a laugh when you're feeling down or tug at your heart strings certain episodes. This will always be one of my favorite shows of all time. Thank you for all the great laughs and tears.
Yo. CBS. Bring these two back! Or anyone, I don't care. This show was my Big bang theory.
Robert Shockley Don't insult Perfect Strangers.
+Robert Shockley (RDSHOCK) get some taste. ugh.
+Robert Shockley: yes, but funny
Yo, Dip shit, it aired on ABC!
It aired on ABC!!!!
I was in love this show and the wonder years growing up as a kid.
80s
Wouldn’t trade it for the woooooooorld!!!!!!!!!
These two were so hilarious together good actors they really liked each other I could tell they got along good it's too bad the show end because they were so good acting together both great actors and a great show
I loved watching this show n still remember..n told my kids about them...
I love this show Larry & Balki had such great chemistry together watching them was like watching Laurel & Hardy Abbot & Costello etc. The show never took it self to serious it was just straight humor i think both of you for the good times much respect now we do the dance of joy.
The dance of joy. The 80s was an amazing time to be alive.
@SandiByrd aww Balki could barely say "I'm so happy, we do the dance of joy" his voice was breaking up in tears.
cheers, nightcourt, and others were good shows I miss too.
I just love this show and the actors are amazing professionals, it's hard to find actors like this anymore
I miss this show so much. All thats on tv now is crap. The days of good shows like this one are gone forever. Its really sad.
Screwed by the Network: A bizarre case of this toward the end. Despite the series continuing to do well in the ratings entering the 1991-92; ABC had been reportedly trying to cancel Perfect Strangers due to rising costs and advancing age (7th season). By early 1992, ABC decided to transfer the series from its 9:30 p.m. slot on the TGIF block to an newly-created offshoot block called "I Love Saturday Night", placing it alongside aging one-time ABC hits Growing Pains and Who's the Boss? plus a new animated series called Capitol Critters. Inevitably, the series (which finished at #32) plummeted to #65 in the ratings, allowing ABC to shelve it. Ironically enough, they did so by sticking reruns at its old slot during the summer of 1992 (the series would be placed on hiatus and have its final 6 episodes burned off over the summer of 1993, over a year and a half after ABC moved it to Saturday).
I never knew why it was canceled or treated the way it was but thank you for shedding some light on it.I used to love this show as a kid and love it even more as an adult. This show made such an impact on me in my youth that I hadent noticed how their positive and negative qualities were instilled in me as I matured and watched the show in a very long time.
I really miss this show...
I enjoyed this show growing up...I miss being a kid growing up in the mid 80s and thru the 90s
"Dance of Joy" - we still need that in 2022 🎉😊💜❤️
This was one the few shows I loved watching when I was a kid. We all gotta grow up, but I really miss being a kid/teenager in the early '90's. :-(
I miss this show. I now have season 1 on DVD, so it's not a total loss
You lucky.
I have it too.
+TheNw1218 I'd like to be able to order it, but I don't know if it's available anymore.
Teresa Rudolph the whole series is on hulu
All seasons are now on HULU
It was a crime to end this series so early.
Could have easily gone on another half decade.
Awesome Tv Show Perfect Strangers is. Glad it's on DVD
I think the reason TV sucks now, besides lack of original writing, is because we as a society insisted on digging behind the flashy, bright, cheerful surface and dredging up the pain and dirt in people's lives. Life could still be ugly back then, but shows like this were great escapism and masked all the bad things about life. It made it easier to live with, frankly. But we had a taste of dirt and scandal, and the media knew we'd buy it then, so that's what they gave us.
Man 30 years ago how time flies and this intro song Still is the jam today I was just playing at the other day
I grew up watching this… what a wonderful and perfectly imperfect world it used to be..
And that's when the greatest decade of our lifetime ended. RIP The 80's.
September 1992. Thirty years ago. Not only Perfect Strangers ended but also my dad died. Bad year...
the last truly physical comedy act in TV history! Love this show!
I was fine until they did the "Dance of Joy." Thank you for posting this. I was a child when PS aired, and I never realized how much fun the show was until I began watching clips and episodes here on UA-cam.
Six seasons?! Just like SUPERNATURAL!
I wish they'd make the whole series on DVD. Not alot of people have blue ray and I grew up with this stuff =(
Suzel V actually a lot of people do have blu ray. You can get one for $50.
Entire series should be releasing soon.
All 8 seasons are out on DVD! I just bought them myself!
You said it... These shows were well-made, fun, and they had heart... There was a unique chemistry between the 2 main actors, who managed, very successfully and entertaingly, to capture the spirit of a previous (e.g. Laurel & Hardy) and create a thoroughly enjoyable - and, like L&H, largely innocent - show...
Missing this 💔☹
Los adoro! Magnificos actores como nunca han habido ni habran jamas. La mejor serie que me hacia disfrutar
I always loved this show! I was so happy to see that it was on Hulu now!
way back in the early 80's in the philippines, american comedy and drama sitcoms ruled our local channel. Like the Cosby show, Perfect Strangers, Three's Company, Mc Gyver, and etc. They were all so awesome and sensible. And as far as i can observe, most of the kids in the 80's have an excellent english speaking skills. Unlike now, our local channels give us NONSENSE shows and t.v. sitcoms. Where are those interesting shows way back then?? No more.
its silly that Sitcoms get about 8 seasons before they get killed off but ET has been on since the 80s. I find that unfair.
God, it irritates me how people always leave out Pinchot and Baker when they talk about great comedy duos. Comedy is alot like a dance in that when you have the wrong partner, nothing goes right. I don't think you could possibly get a better partner for either one of them.
I remember that show.
I love this show especially Balki
The deep character contrast between the two and its consequences were hilarious. Like the shady ways Larry used to hold on to his job or impress Jennifer and Balki's reaction to that. Or Balki's using honest ways and Larry's reaction to that.
I really miss this show. It's sad that it's not on anymore.
Bronson Pinchet carried that show, he was so talented.
I'd say absolutely equally. Mark Linn Baker's expressions and delivery were a riot.
Bronson was a seriously good looking guy!
YEAHHHH
Love this show and these characters near and dear to my heart!
i so love this!
when i was a kid i used to watch this show. it showed me laughter and simpathy :)
90 were an awesome era...too bad kids today watch shows that make em brain cippled...
Still watching this on Hulu , I got one more season
it all makes sense now, I remember watching them when my little sister was born in '91
Even though I was only like 3 to 6 years old when Perfect Strangers was on TGIF it was my favorite show to watch. Not even Full House or Family Matters tops my list like Perfect Strangers. They really should bring it back to TV even if its on Late Night on TV Land or Family 43.
Agree with you totally on Full House but the interaction between Carl and Steve Urkel on Family Matters was, for me, every bit as good as the interaction between Balki and Larry, though the relationships were different. A tough call for me..
They were a staple of ABC’s Friday night line up. Once the show ended TGIF was never the same,
Absolutely amazing
I was two when I watched this show. I still have such happy memories. *^_^* I'm happy it's on Hulu now. I really wish they had put the entire season on home video though. *--_--*
I remember all of them were thanking the fans & the live audience. All of were crying as they their goodbyes. Me, I was like 8 and I don't know why they were crying back then.
Very comforting show
I used to watch this when it was on only when there was nothing else on, I thought it was corny back then but always thought Pinchot was a cool guy in real life, but as for a great show not too sure about that. I was more into Miami Vice, Family Ties, Quantum Leap stuff like that.
Best theme song EVER...and one of the best sitcoms...💯👊🏾❤️
Man. I was fine until I read this comment. I miss show! ♥ Still amazes me to hear Bronson's (Balki) real voice! Adorable as Balki, but sexy as Bronson. :)
The only other time I've seen Balki on TV was when he played the insane businessman tearing paper in The Langoliers
Who are the 21 psychopaths that clicked on this and then hated it so much that they were compelled to hit the dislike button? Who are these people?
I loved that show. It was slapstick and cheese all the way, but it was so funny. Perfect Strangers is a really funny show. Why can't TV producers and directors make more funny shows like this instead of the hundreds and hundreds of shows that are just garbage? Sometimes people just want to laugh. Two and a half men isn't funny. How I met your mother isn't funny. The nerds on Big Bang Theory aren't funny.
Amazing show
The main reason they haven't released the rest of the show on dvd is mainly due to high copyright costs for the songs that Bronson and Mark Linn sang over the 7 seasons. There is talk that season 3 might be released by the end of 2012.
Una pena que acabara esta gran serie! Se me destrozo el corazon pero siempre permanecera en mi corazon
I grew up with Perfect Strangers