#114 – TGIF

BINGE AND PODCAST: “Having mercy over if I did that is just being ridiculous.“ (1990) Its nearly Friday so pop on some PJs and join Bob and Tim as they binge the second most must see block of 20th Century TV, ABC’S TGIF. That’s a lot of letters but you’re going to need them to spell out the likes of Uncle Jesse, Steven Urkel, Cousin Balki and … Alan Ruck(?) Yup .. Alan Ruck . From Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. And Spin City. And the beginning of that Star Trek movie where Kirk and Picard ride horses. But mainly its Full House, Family Matters and Perfect Strangers. Got it dude?

00:00:00 UNLICENSED AUDIO - Once more with feeling, Jennifer

00:00:34 HIGH SCHOOL REVISITED and Bob’s back on Facebook

00:04:56 OCTOBER 5TH, 1990 - The Thank Goodness It’s Friday Line-up of ABC television

00:07:10 FULL HOUSE CALL - and teaser analysis, mister

00:13:45 COULIER RUNNINGS - wet for Jesse

00:22:00 ADULT CONTENT — who is this plot for?

00:24:06 FAMILY PUSSYCAT, UKELL, URKEL - stalkers and dance-offs

00:30:31 CARL IS F@#KED -and a shout out to Skippy Handleman

00:36:08 DOES FAMILY MATTER(S) - and (slightly) into the Urkelverse

00:38:04 COMMERCIAL BREAK - The Ménage Á Pop podcast

00:39:32 IMPERFECT SCHEDULING - do Larry and Balki belong here?

00:46:26 THE TESS-ERACT - and not the hijinks they wanted

00:53:24 HEY, ITS ALAN RUCK - recognizing the cast of but not the show called Going Places”

00:57:46 TURNING, COUGHING AND FAILING THE BECHEDEL TEST - 9th Grade Tim loved forced contrivances

01:04:05 BLOCK PARTY POOPER - and ritual M&Ms

01:11:02 CLOSINGS - contacts, plugs and no catch phrase

01:13:40 MORE UNLICENSED AUDIO - Fresh, Young Balki B

Struggle to make sense of the words BRONSON PINCOT RAPPING IN THE ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR FRESH YOUNG BALKI B.

Dig through the very foundations childhood with the extensive THANK GOODNESS: AN ORAL HISTORY OF ABC’S TGIF as assembled by journalists Dan Snierson and Marc Snetiker for ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY.

Try to recall watching these other TGIF “classics”, BABY TALK, GETTING BY, CAMP WILDER and ALIENS IN THE FAMILY.

Read far more about the production history of “Going Places” than should be online with the overly informative GOING PLACES ALCHETRON ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRY.

Pen your own TGIF fan fan-fic by binging alongside Bob and Tim with Full House Season 4, Episode : “THE IQ MAN,” Family Matters: Season 2, Episode 4: “FLASHPANTS”, Perfect Strangers Season 6 episode 2: "NEW KID ON THE BLOCK" all streaming on HULU and the lone straggler of 9:30's Going Places Season 1 episode 3: "ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT" streaming on Youtube. Rental and subscription rates may apply.

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MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

“Super Poupi” (opening theme) and "Poupi Great Adventures: The Arcade Game" (closing theme) performed by Komiku from the 2018 album POUPI'S INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES available at Freemusicarchives.org.   Cleared for public domain use through Creative Commons under a CCO 1.0 Universal License..   

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