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177: “High Hopes”

Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Boat That Rocked (Pirate Radio), Tobias Funke being a Never Nude, the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Jabberjaw, and LeVar Burton looking upset.

Is this how radio contests work? What’s Jabberjaw’s deal? And who should be the captain of the S.S. Inspiration? We take a look (in a book) at the answers to these questions and more as we watch Season 2, Episode 17 of Family Matters.

176: “Life of the Party”

The board game Do The Urkel. A gravestone for Harvey Garvey threatened by a Power Rangers monster. A Map of Lake Geneva, WI. Chex and/or Trail Mix.

Is Peanut M&Ms trail mix, and if not, what is, and how do you make it? (Do you make it?) We chew on these questions and more as we watch Season 2, Episode 18 of Family Matters. Podcast:

175: “Busted”

Textbooks wrapped in brown paper bags, an LAPD helicopter, the casino scene from Rain Man, and Bob Wehadababyitsaboy.

Did anyone get arrested for this episode? Are we supposed to take any of this seriously? And whose got their eyes in the skies? We report on these questions and more as we watch Season 2, Episode 19 of Family Matters. Podcast:

174: “Fight the Good Fight”

Historical portraits of Black trailblazers Benjamin Banneker, Jan Matzeliger, George F. Grant, and G.A. Morgan, all labeled with their names.

What was spray painted on Laura’s locker? When is Black History Month? And is this the show’s finest moment ever?

173: “Taking Credit”

Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws, Master Shake shrinking a computer chip, popcorn donuts, and Tarantino’s The Movie Critic.

Is Rachel omniscient? Is this all taking place in the Meego-verse? And his name is WHAT?! We explain these jokes and more as we watch Season 2, Episode 21 of Family Matters. Podcast:

172: “Finding the Words”

Dawn's single "Tie a Yellow Ribbon". Garfield's Pet Force. Captain Dathon from Star Trek TNG. A DVD of We Bought A Zoo.

What’s the worst way to meet your dad? What happened to Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra? And where would a ninja go if a ninja could go ninja go? We tie a yellow ribbon around these questions and more in Season 2, Episode 22 of Family Matters.

171: “Skip To My Lieu”

Michael Jordan trash talking Larry Bird, Herman Munster, Zendaya in Shake It Up, and William Shatner "singing" Rocket Man.

When are you legally allowed to change your name to a Mattel pun? Who is Otto Titsling? And what’s worse than one hopeless romantic sex pest? We Lieu-k for the answers to these questions and more as we watch Season 2, Episode 23 of Family Matters. Podcast:

170: “The Good, The Bad, and the Urkel”

Four pictures: The Bruce Lee scene from Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. The poster for the Wild Wild West movie featuring a mechanical spider. Wilford Brimley. And Pharrell's big hat.

What’s the worst kind of parody you can do? Why did Pharrell wear that hat? And what’s the hottest new club track of the summer? We fire up the answers to these questions and more as we watch Season 2, Episode 24 of Family Matters.

169: “I Should Have Done Something”

Michael Keaton in One Good Cop, a Big Wheel tricycle, Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator, and Ron Pearlman and Linda Hamilton in TV's Beauty and the Beast.

What ever happened to dinner parties? What do you call good whiplash? And what really matters this season? We do something by answering these questions more as we watch Season 2, Episode 25 of Family Matters. Podcast:

Season 3 Recap

A man that is very good with calculations, a peaceful Pokemon, an escaping reality star, and a sad colorblind boy.

WE DID IT AGAIN FOLKS! We trudged through another season of this godforsaken show, and what do we have to show for it? Some highs (legally), some lows (definitely), and some math (professionally). We’re wrappin’ up another season of Family Matters, ya dingus.