"Here's your problem. Someone set this Urkel doll to Stevil."

What makes the transformation of "Family Matters" even weirder is that it started out as a spinoff of "Perfect Strangers," via the character of Harriet. Imagine if another supporting sitcom character got their own show and then some random minor character took over and changed the whole genre. It's like if Frasier Crane had an annoying neighbor who turned out to be a wizard and all of a sudden "Frasier" turned a full-blown fantasy show.

I was a very NERVOUS child, and easily scared... and I remember Stevil being legitimately terrifying to me when I saw the episode. Steve's warning at the beginning of the episode was for me and I DIDN'TLISTEN.

Let's all just take a moment to appreciate that amazing makeup job Allison's wearing.

Jaleel White is very underrated. He was the number 1 nerd and cool guy of the 90s at the same time.(Urkel and Sonic) But when he's Stephan he's not just rehashing Sonic.

We are all talking about Jaleel White, but let’s not forget the awesomeness that was Reginald VelJohnson, either.

It's kinda funny that by the end of its run, Familly Matters's Halloween specials were somehow less bonkers than regular episodes

Vampire Urkel was wearing a glove when he held the garlic cheese. He’s outsmarted us all.

As a child, my absolute favorite thing about any holiday in the 90s was all the holiday special episodes of my favorite family sitcoms/kid's shows. So much cozy nostalgia for me!

48:29 Funny note about this scene-- there was an episode in season 7 (when the show was on ABC) that ended with Steve being unable to sleep. So he turned on the TV to "see what's on CBS," and he immediately fell asleep. Stevil II was from the season that aired on CBS, so clearly the network was firing back with this joke.

The trajectory of Family Matter will always be the wildest shit to me, imagine if you tuned in to current It's Always Sunny & Maureen Ponderosa was travelling to a parallel universe.

I'm really happy you ranked Stevil at the top. It's the standout Family Matters episode and, in my opinion, the best Halloween special in TV sitcom history. You can’t get any better than Stevil!

"Family Matters" is one of my all time favorite 90's sitcoms! Jaleel White's performance as Steve Urkel is absolutely iconic, Just as the character of Steve Urkel is positively legendary he wasn't just a tv nerd, Urkel was the greatest and most memorable tv nerd that ever lived!

Family matters made jumping the shark It’s official sport.

My dark theory why the Winslows put up with Urkel is because Urkel saw them kill Judy, and he used that to get what he wanted from them.

Steve Urkel always walks funny because he's been carrying the Family Matters show.

Key and Peel did a great horror themed sketch about Family Matters worth watching.

As a baby boomer who came of age in the 1970s/early 80s, I never understood the appeal of Family Matters to the GenX crowd. It seem like mindless silly sop to me. Then I realized FM followed the same trajectory that Happy Days - one of my favorite shows growing up - did. Initially a family show about growing up, a minor support character breaks out to become the star and the show becomes funky. In Happy Days case, a car mechanic greaser suddenly develops super powers when he snaps his fingers and the show goes from teen dates and proms to jumping over sharks (literally) and encountering aliens and ghosts and other weirdness. The kicker was when Fonzie fought the devil's nephew over Chachi's soul, which I remember thinking this show has gotten so bad it's hilariously good. So I guess when Urkel is shrunk or go back in time or whatever, the GenX crowd had a similar take. Also, interesting, both shows had a family member that got wiped from existence - the Cunningham's eldest son Chuck and the Winslows youngest daughter Julie. Both disappeared with no explanation.

Only by analyzing this show can we ensure that the plague known as Urkel Mania never again haunts our doorsteps. Thank you for your research.

Imagine the brainstorming that went into creating the character of Steve-il: "How about 'Count Urkula'?" "No." "Urklestein's Monster?" "No." "Urklezilla!" "Definitely not." ... "Predaturkle?" ... "I got it! Steve-ill!! Get it?? Like 'evil', only it's 'STEVE-il'!! Get it? Huh? Get it?" "glaarghlleblurrhghgllll...."

Stevil sticking his hand into Carl's back and using him as a ventriloquist doll, is the best Mortal Kombat fatality that's never been used.

You know, "Standard family sitcom except the dad and his friend are time-travelers" sounds like a solid premise for a show.

Homer's time travelling toaster caused Judy to be erased from the timeline Homer meant for Urkel to be erased but things did not go to plan.

Fun fact: Jaleel White had a fun little cameo in the finale of season 2 of The Afterparty, and since Ben Schwartz was a main in season 1, the show had two Sonics!

The instant Phelous said "I'm Urkel" my brain went to that MST3K skit. That show is responsible for like 80% of my sense of humor.

The ProZD clip was hilariously unexpected!

Imagine if Steevil showed up on Baywatch Nights with a Holbie puppet saying "WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME DADDY!" in Baby Sinclair's voice

A+ to you guys for referencing that MST3K skit!

Guys, thank you! Allison you've entertained me for five years (and informed me) with your wonderful videos but tonight of all nights I needed this as my asshole brother's family descends on us. Bless You. I really needed a laugh and I hope you guys are well.☺

Jaleel White is such an absolutely slept on actor. I’m glad he got into voice acting but yeah, being Urkel burnt people out on him which is a bummer because he’s got this GREAT physicality and comedic timing and ability to make himself into so many disparate characters. He could’ve absolutely dominated as a character actor.

Allison's Jaleel White is basically a Fran Drescher impression.

I was more of a Fresh Prince guy, so I've barely seen any Family Matters. The one and only episode I've ever seen in its entirety is Stevil. Incredible. :-D

Wow, I totally blanked out on how hyped up the live studio audience on Family Matters used to get!

I eagerly await the day where Jaleel White gets the leading role in an Oscar Bait movie, and his career gets a giant resurgence.

Figured this would be helpful: 0:00 Intro 2:28 Dog Day Halloween 11:39 Whose Kid Is It Anyway? 20:42 Best Friends 26:04 Dark and Stormy Night 33:38 Stevil 44:09 Stevil 2 53:00 Ranking the Episodes

[Pull a gun] *SOMEBODY CALL THE 911!*

I never watched Family Matters, but holy shit I might have to give it a watch because I never knew it was insane like this.

Now I want to see that one Key & Peele sketch again.

never have I needed something so badly without knowing it until now

OH MY GOD, someone ELSE grew up with Urkel's plaintive wail of "SOMEBODY CALL 911!!" ricocheting around their brains for 30 years! Or at least noticed how weird it was upon rewatch. I saw it when I was 7 and visiting my grandparents...yeah, not a fun day. And makes where the show went EVEN MORE surreal. Watching this show as it came out was GENUINELY bizarre.

I like to think Urkel is a descendant of Old Man I can see Beauty's stepbrothers asking old man "Did you let my sister stay at a spooky castle with a demonic beast?" OLD MAN: *DID I DO THAT!*

Maybe the reason Urkel was not affected by the garlic cheese and the sunlight was that he is a dhampir? Urkel, the Daywalker! :P

Dark And Stormy Night is the most underrated episode.

The ‘wong kid’ plot was reused in 2011 in Tim Allen’s Last Man standing sitcom. Like not just the ‘took home a kid in the wrong costume’ subplot, but literally an Asian child, complete with the ‘Wong kid’ joke.

They just announced a new animated Urkel Christmas movies so I hope that we can see more of the Urkel holiday review train this year

TGIF also had the Sabrina the Teenage Witch time travel crossover, and the slasher episode of Boy Meets World.

So I just realized that thanks to the Steve Urkle jetpack crossover saga, time travel machines, transformation chambers and clones are also canon for Full House and Step by Step.

Wow, didn't expect this to drop at the same time as AVGN came out with one about the same thing. Great minds think alike! :D

Thank you for taking one for the team for us. Your sacrifice will be duly noted.

This is exactly how people get trapped forever inside television programs

Did you guys notice how in almost every episode they pick on Ol carl about his weight. Maaan shiiiid he just trying his best

Family matters is the only show that will deal with stuff like racial profiling or teenage drinking and then also introduced the machine that can turn you into Bruce Lee and cloning.

I've heard Urkel referenced but somehow I never knew the name of the show he was from until now. Anyway, incredible video. Gotta love it when sitcoms get ridiculous.

Oh i wish Phelous and Allison had little dolls of themselves for a reveal at the end.

Alf needed to appear on Family Matters

The Stevil episodes terrified me when I was a little boy, and especially since I watched Night of the Living Dummy.

You made me chuckle every time with the "somebody call 911" bit.

Now this is an episode right up my alley.

I love you guys, y’all R my favorite KZfaqrs EVERRRRR lol

Man I forgot how batshit crazy Family Matters got

I dont think I've seen Family Matters since before I was a teenager. I witnessed Stephon, I witnessed several iterations of Robo-Steve, I saw the death of TGIF...

I am guessing that turning Harriet into a Jack-in-the-box is a reference to the famous _Twilight Zone_ episode called "It's a Good Life" about a little boy with mental powers.

Lighting in that room is amazing.

Oh, Passions. My Aunt was on that Show.

The Stefan Urquelle shit was really some of the absolute wildest shark jumping in sitcom history

It is obvious, Urkel was just a half vampire ala Blade. He was a daywalker.

In the vampire story, Urkel should have been revealed to be a werewolf imo

Vampire-Carl looks uncannily like Little Richard circa his Baywatch episode.

Roseanne also had some wonderful Halloween episodes. Great video! Happy Halloween

I can't believe they never made Stevil 3: The Bride of Stevil

I never watched Family Matters growing up because I had a boy who would relentlessly pursue me so I couldn't stand Steve but now I see I missed out. Great video and props for the MST3k clip-the only thing I really know about Urkel.

This was great would love to see more episodes like this!

Imagine if the first Steevil episode had the distorted version of the theme this video had at the start for the Halloween special it would have really amped up the fear factor

They should have made another Stevil sequel where Carlsbad assembles his own twisted parody of the Winslow family: Maximum Carlnage.

I hate Family Matters with a passion, chiefly because of Urkel (and related characters like Myrtle, Stefan, Stevil, etc.) but also because of the long-running storyline with Laura. Thank you for doing what I never *would*.

So this is how Allison and Phelous celebrate their first Halloween as a married couple? By watching every FAMILY MATTERS Spooky episode? Sweet!

Agent Cooper accidentally erased the wrong Judy from the timeline lol

Watching all of Family Matters for the first time in the matter of a couple months feels jarring.

If you go by _X-Files_ logic, then Sir Steven could be a different type of vampire from the Winslows, one who doesn't share their weaknesses for garlic and sunlight. But then that's just me overthinking it.

Welp, you guys certainly DID do that.

I couldn’t believe how much I still remembered about this show until I watched this video

Holy Crap! Almost an hour! Havent even watched yet, but thumbs up as always and I cant wait to watch it. As soon as my shift is over. And I take a bath and make some popcorn. I have faith (of the HeArT...) this is gonna be good

The only thing that’s scarier than Urkel, is Creepy Pasta Barney (which btw I hope that Let’s Riff & the Donut Repair Club videos will finally be re-uploaded at some point since I love the Riffs videos). It would be cute & a lot of fun to see more Let’s Riffs videos with you and Phelan. ^-^

I had no idea there even were multiple Family Matters Halloween episodes so this is going to be a fun watching(/learning experience?)

I was literally just thinking about what a good idea this type of video would be about Home Improvement, you read my mind!

Best thing Stevil II gave us was that edited clip I’ve seen on Tumblr. Good video

Oh I misread the title. I thought you guys watched the whole series. Never seen the show but I did see the crossover episode of fullhouse

I miss shows having holiday episodes, especially Halloween ones. The last one I can remember having them was Grimm and they even stopped during the show's run. Of course, I do only stream now so.. maybe I was the problem all along. ?;- )

i might be hearing wrong but did they say soulbiz rather then showbiz, cos that would make the vegas comment make more sense to me

This is hilarious and I’m so glad you have it from the perspective of the entire series.

Please keep reviewing Family Matters, I loved every minute of this.

I can't believe Lt Murtagh was also Admiral Ross in Deep Space Nine!

1:42 Can't say I remember that but I admit I admire Harriet's moxie. They are having guests for dinner and no old timey pirate shenanigans are going to get in the way.

When talking about Eddie's Don King costume, while you two made valid points about his friend Rodney dressing like him in an old episode, I'm surprised you did not mention the fact that he had two attractive ladies dressed as boxers and maybe the writers decided to do that for some reason? That's how I took it.

absolutely loved this show when i was little, then somepoint later i'd watch sonic and hear him all over again. chili dogs.

Some shows jumped the shark. This one jumped it so many times, it might as well have jumped the Pacific Ocean.

Remember when Urkel’s jetpack malfunctioned and he landed on Full House?

Carl Winslow should of dressed up as Al Powell for Halloween.

I have a lot of nostalgia for the shows that came on TGIF. ^-^

I just keep thinking when it comes to Lincoln the Bank Robber, that the robber dressed up like that because no police officer would be willing to come close to re-enacting his assassination.