He really was genius. This wasn't some fluke character that just happened to be popular because it struck a cord with 90s kids. This was raw talent, talent that saved Family Matters from being a forgotten failed sitcom from back in the day, and he turned it into a classic. He also gave fuel to the other characters who were under utilized, all of whom reacted extremely well with him on screen.
+alex kanyima actually Steve was in the first season, he just didn't have many episodes because he wasn't a main character. If we didn't see him the show would've been like bill cosby meets full house. And it would've been boring.
anton riley-burton i doubt it of bill cosby meets full house, the cosby show was way popular then full house at the time, Steve made season 2 significant because of him
@Alfredo Sauce Last week I was watching an interview with the cast of the show and Jaleel was talking about Urkel's iconic catchphrase, he told back then only a few of them were successful and "I've fallen and I can't get up" was one of them (which they took from a Life Call commercial, originally - czcams.com/video/bQlpDiXPZHQ/video.html this one) and they decided to use on Family Matters
Rewatching the series on Hulu (they have all the seasons). Steve Urkel will always be funny and cute, but this scene really squashes my grapes. He has enough problems being the school weirdo and the butt of everyone's jokes, and these two awful characters liquor him up and make him the freaking laughingstock of the party. My heart always broke for him here.
I wouldn't say Waldo was a bad person. He thought Willie Fuffner was his friend but would often be ridiculed by him as well due to his lack of intelligence. But after seeing Willie almost killing Urkel do to his hatred of him, he left Willie alone and became friends with both Steve and Eddie.
I remember watching this episode when it was syndicated on TBS, back in the summer of 1994 or 95. We were at my grandparents' old cottage and yes they had cable up there haha. So every time I watch this, I am reminded of that old cottage. All I remember is when Steve slipped and fell and they were all watching him from the top of the roof.
RT Carl cares for Steve, Steve just pushes his button. Harriet accepted Steve, Estelle loved him so did Richie and Rachel. Eddie liked Steve but hides it because a popular guy like Eddie being friends with an unpopular nerd like Steve people would make fun of him especially Rodney. Laura liked Steve too but he just wasn’t her taste that time. She did appreciate him as a friend Laura would be friends with anybody. When Steve became more mature that’s when the loved him but that time she just appreciated him as a friend. Maxine liked Steve because of their similar situations with neglect parents(even though she barely spoke to him). Waldo liked Steve too so did, Loony Bin,Captain Savage, Lt Murtaugh, Vonda Mahoney loves Steve in the episode The Love God, Myra loved Steve, the girl in the episode Requiem For An Urkel when she helped Urkel from falling over cared for him she also appeared in Fight The Good Fight, everyone in Life Of The Party liked him, Greg from The Science Project and Requiem For An Urkel liked Steve too, Everyone in My Uncle The Hero liked Steve also in Requiem For An Urkel, also Casey liked Steve. The only people on Family Matters that didn’t like Steve were Rodney( even though he did show concern for him) Penny Paiser(even though she did show concern for him) Willie Fufner,The Dragons, Everyone in the episode Betcha Chi Guy, The Bullies and Dexter Thornhill.
This was one of his first appearances, where Waldo was just the bully's dumb friend. After the bully (Larenz Tate) disappears, he becomes friends with Eddie and Steve
That's pitiful honestly. Willie spiked his drink all because he proved Laura's point: you don't have to drink to have a good time, and he was the only guy at the party with enough guts to break the ice. And the one time Steve gets genuine admiration by his peers for being himself, Willie ruins it and makes him the butt of the joke again. Sad. Truly sad. Just shows how insecure Willie is
Thank God Rachel was there, to rescue Steve, Rachel saved his life while she was tightrope walking on the tightrope from the building after Steve falls off on top of the building from the rooftop party of him being drunk after drinking a spike punch, Same thing with Carl Winslow he rescues Steve Urkel with a teleport machine from that hoodlum criminal dude after falling from the eiffel tower Life of the Party & 🌃🎉 Paris Vacation 3🗼
@@eph_loves_80s74 He saved his life before when he fell in the ice pond while him, Carl & Eddie gone ice fishing 🎣❄❄🏞🌲🗻 He savef Car's life at the hospital when the guy was a bad nurse that pointed out the gun 🔫 try to shoot him and Steve came right him and knocks him out with the silver medal seat And he saved his life from a CPR after Carl got an electrocute shot by an lamp after he fixed the light bulb on the lamp 💡🛋 Ice Station Winslow, No. 1 with a Bullet & Saved by the Urkel
Given Steve a spiked drink Fuffner?! Where's his mittens to teach you a lesson (if you've never seen the episode Steve slaps Fuffner with his mitten you'll laugh until you pee)
Dude what the hell!!! Rachel is the worst chaperone ever. why didn't she running over the carry or pull Steve on the nickel time before he fell over the ledge. I mean Rachel knows Steve Urkel is clumsy and drunk. And to mention she was there witnessed of what's going on. Thank god she did rescue Steve at the end but she's very lucky of not getting arrest
Willie Spiked Urkel’s Punch to make them look like a fool so that he could get revenge but for Waldo maybe an Idiot but he’s not on a partnership ship with Willie anymore now he’s with eddie
A worker of mine was spiked and almost fell off a roof too. Turns out the woman who did it to him _wanted_ him to fall and crash. When he almost lost his life, it made me realize I was unfair to him at work for a few mistakes he's made. It's funny how when someone almost goes, you suddenly appreciate them, despite their flaws. I still have yet to apologize to him for how I acted.
@@randysvids4774 involved his lack of filter and personality. She hated him and wanted to rid herself and people from him. Thought they’d all be better off. She was arrested The fact that someone hated him enough to kiII him shocked me, as much as what could’ve happened to him. It helped me see where I went wrong at work when I took him to the office for casually touching crew members on arms and shoulders. He was always very outgoing at work. I told him that he shouldn't touch anyone without consent. Just handshakes. I said we needed the workers to be comfortable in a good work environment, that he pretty much shouldn't talk about anything other than work and school. How he shouldn't tell his stories because they may be inappropriate or upsetting (forget my words) to the other workers; funny to him but not others. I think he’s about 25. He seemed pretty quiet and silently awkward and uncomfortable during my speech. Answered a question or two with a nod and headshake. After what happened though, I realized I may have gone a little too far too. Yeah, I was right about how he should be more filtered at work, and that the touching needed to be restricted, but I shouldn’t have taken him to the office. I shouldn’t have spoken to him the way I did. I shouldn’t have said to his boss, “is there anything you want to add?” That was insensitive. He never meant any discomfort or harm. He only meant to have fun with people. I should’ve been more patient and understanding and only given him a very brief and gentle talk in the hall, not a lecture in the office with his boss present. He didn't deserve that, and she didn’t have to be there. He probably felt like a criminal. Besides, it's perfectly natural to causally touch or tap people *without* it being creepy; maybe he deserved a right like that, within reason and limits. All or nothing isn’t fair; compromise is fine. He is not a creep; he's a friendly fellow. He left the job because he felt disliked and ashamed and thought it would benefit his coworkers. Turns out the woman and I have both shamed him. He works at a bakery now
@@randysvids4774Now, I hope you're not gonna say anything about how he was wrong or creepy, or that what happened to him has nothing to do with the work thing, so my epiphany is weird. I've heard it all before. He still has haters when I share this story on other videos The guy never *meant* to hurt or discomfort anyone. Everything he did was supposed to be innocent and casual. And I should've perpetuated that when speaking to him. His mistakes had to be addressed, but not formally and disrespectfully. I should've been better.
@@johnrainsman6650 The woman was totally in the wrong for sure. Everyone does something that may rub people the wrong way, but they don't deserved to get their drink spiked.
@@randysvids4774Or continue to be bashed online. Those commenters aren't much better than the woman. They seem to care a little more about the guy's mistakes than they do about him. One person even wrote "A person's death or near-death does not reduce their wrongdoing." Like, come on, have some sympathy for the man, you know what I mean?
Steve is hanging on to the side of a building and Laura asked him is he ok LMAO 😂🤣😅.
Yeah, he is just hanging around.
@@ericandy88 😂
This shit isn't cool
I like how even though Steve annoys the Winslows a lot. They genuinely care about his well being.
Most of them.
Yeah they cared enough to not run over and get him off of a ledge
@@darianbirckett1933Bro, they care enough to save him.
He really was genius. This wasn't some fluke character that just happened to be popular because it struck a cord with 90s kids. This was raw talent, talent that saved Family Matters from being a forgotten failed sitcom from back in the day, and he turned it into a classic. He also gave fuel to the other characters who were under utilized, all of whom reacted extremely well with him on screen.
this is a big breakthrough for steve urkel
Jaleel (Urkel) saved this show. It would been cancelled after a season or 2 without him.
anton riley-burton imagine if Season 1 was cancelled, we never saw steve urkel
+alex kanyima actually Steve was in the first season, he just didn't have many episodes because he wasn't a main character. If we didn't see him the show would've been like bill cosby meets full house. And it would've been boring.
anton riley-burton i doubt it of bill cosby meets full house, the cosby show was way popular then full house at the time, Steve made season 2 significant because of him
Rachel: Steve! Get down from there!
Steve: You gotta get up before you can get down.
Dee Cee hhhhhn
Rachel was always the one who held a soft spot for Steve. In a few ways she treated him like he was her own son.
Despite his own parents neglected him
Estelle liked Steve too.
@@coryames1170Rachel,Estelle Richie, Looney Bin, Captain Savage, all the ones that danced with him in Life Of The Party, Maxine, K.C, Greta, Myra etc
*AND Estelle.*
Lol, "I've fallen and i cant get up" lol.
Lmao
@Alfredo Sauce Last week I was watching an interview with the cast of the show and Jaleel was talking about Urkel's iconic catchphrase, he told back then only a few of them were successful and "I've fallen and I can't get up" was one of them (which they took from a Life Call commercial, originally - czcams.com/video/bQlpDiXPZHQ/video.html this one) and they decided to use on Family Matters
That fall definitely sobered him up.
“You’re a sore for sight eyes” 😂😂😂😂
Steve Urkel was the first character on the show to get drunk. Then it was Eddie and finally Laura.
In Steve's defense,his punch was spiked.
Rewatching the series on Hulu (they have all the seasons). Steve Urkel will always be funny and cute, but this scene really squashes my grapes. He has enough problems being the school weirdo and the butt of everyone's jokes, and these two awful characters liquor him up and make him the freaking laughingstock of the party. My heart always broke for him here.
I wouldn't say Waldo was a bad person. He thought Willie Fuffner was his friend but would often be ridiculed by him as well due to his lack of intelligence. But after seeing Willie almost killing Urkel do to his hatred of him, he left Willie alone and became friends with both Steve and Eddie.
@@louishenry6602Great character development
@@louishenry6602Stop the excuses for Waldo thank you.
@@sbj97Doesn't change what he did
I like how Steve hangs on when he falls off the top of the building. He was very lucky.
LOL! Never give him a drink again. LOL!
Steve gets absolutely sauced..
I remember watching this episode when it was syndicated on TBS, back in the summer of 1994 or 95. We were at my grandparents' old cottage and yes they had cable up there haha. So every time I watch this, I am reminded of that old cottage. All I remember is when Steve slipped and fell and they were all watching him from the top of the roof.
Jaleel white is a genius. Amazing actor.
When I first saw this and he said that line, I wish I had been there to say, "Think that line is funny now, Steve?"
"I'm the Pife of the Larty!"
0:24 BEST FACE OF THE 1980'S EVER"
Rachel loved Steve to no end !
honeybun33
Rachel did love Steve.
Thats why i liked about rachel, mother winslow and ritchie. They accepted him. The rest took a while for them
RT Carl cares for Steve, Steve just pushes his button. Harriet accepted Steve, Estelle loved him so did Richie and Rachel. Eddie liked Steve but hides it because a popular guy like Eddie being friends with an unpopular nerd like Steve people would make fun of him especially Rodney. Laura liked Steve too but he just wasn’t her taste that time. She did appreciate him as a friend Laura would be friends with anybody. When Steve became more mature that’s when the loved him but that time she just appreciated him as a friend. Maxine liked Steve because of their similar situations with neglect parents(even though she barely spoke to him). Waldo liked Steve too so did, Loony Bin,Captain Savage, Lt Murtaugh, Vonda Mahoney loves Steve in the episode The Love God, Myra loved Steve, the girl in the episode Requiem For An Urkel when she helped Urkel from falling over cared for him she also appeared in Fight The Good Fight, everyone in Life Of The Party liked him, Greg from The Science Project and Requiem For An Urkel liked Steve too, Everyone in My Uncle The Hero liked Steve also in Requiem For An Urkel, also Casey liked Steve. The only people on Family Matters that didn’t like Steve were Rodney( even though he did show concern for him) Penny Paiser(even though she did show concern for him) Willie Fufner,The Dragons, Everyone in the episode Betcha Chi Guy, The Bullies and Dexter Thornhill.
And also satan's serpents and the piranhas didn't like him.
Don't do drugs.
Do drugs don't.
It’s bad for you.
Steve had great reaction time to grab that ledge in a drunken state.
Waldo just gone let larenz Tate spike Steve's punch??
Cassiopeia Wilson Right I thought Waldo was his friend
He is a dimwitt, what did you expect?
This was one of his first appearances, where Waldo was just the bully's dumb friend. After the bully (Larenz Tate) disappears, he becomes friends with Eddie and Steve
Pretty sure Waldo brought the liquor. His coat was stocked with tiny liquor bottled
Pulce Luce actually season 1 episode 16 when eddie throws the party
How does every time someone brings this episode up,they fail to mention how Rachel fuckin TIGHT ROPES over to him? How is that always a miss?
I THOUGHT that's what happened! I've been trying to find the full episode just so I could see if that's what happened!
SonicFan3642 Yes Lord,it was ridic and I was 8 years old and knew it was too much,lol
- That's that part I still remember the most; Rachel walks the 'tight rope' along a clothesline to get to Steve & eventually rescues him.
Yeah an I think she even says that she had never done it before in her life.
3:06 Sonic: I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP!!!
Steve sobered up quick after he fell.
Waldo: “He called you a gerbil.” 🤣🤣🤣
Love Laura, but pretty silly question to ask someone that is about to fall to their death😐
I've fallen and I can't get up
Ryan Beard should I call life alert
2:59 The way that row of balloons jerked downward when Steve fell traumatized the eff outta me as a little kid.
3:06 LOL Life Alert
That's pitiful honestly. Willie spiked his drink all because he proved Laura's point: you don't have to drink to have a good time, and he was the only guy at the party with enough guts to break the ice. And the one time Steve gets genuine admiration by his peers for being himself, Willie ruins it and makes him the butt of the joke again. Sad. Truly sad. Just shows how insecure Willie is
Willie is angry because of Steve winning the fight in Requiem For An Urkel and because Steve had the guts to stand up to him.
"Whatchu gonna do Willie?"
😂😂😂
If it wasn't for Rachel, Steve would've been killed too!!!!!!!!
WHAT?? O.O i just want to know, HOW DID URKEL GET ALL THE WAY OVER THERE??? that's my concern right there. XD
Lol all time classic.
Waldo got me rolling
I've fallen and I can't get up!
3:01
HAAAALP!!!! HAAAAAAALP!!!!
them fools done spiked his drink and got him acting that way it was funny how they did him but it was funny how he did the dance...
"De plane, boss! De plane!"
This show is so funny!😂😂😂😂
drunk urkel
"Whud you say about my Mama Urkel?!? You feel sorry for who!"
Pray for our children, pray that God will bless and keep our children, pray against premature deaths in our children.
God bless ❤
He sounds like steve from American Dad.
You mean Steve from American dad sounds like urkel?
What is this? mango?
jedwa02 No, it’s graingo
Thank God Rachel was there, to rescue Steve, Rachel saved his life while she was tightrope walking on the tightrope from the building after Steve falls off on top of the building from the rooftop party of him being drunk after drinking a spike punch, Same thing with Carl Winslow he rescues Steve Urkel with a teleport machine from that hoodlum criminal dude after falling from the eiffel tower Life of the Party & 🌃🎉 Paris Vacation 3🗼
yuir btsfanlovjiminandkookievsuga Steve saved Carl’s life twice before
@@eph_loves_80s74 He saved his life before when he fell in the ice pond while him, Carl & Eddie gone ice fishing 🎣❄❄🏞🌲🗻
He savef Car's life at the hospital when the guy was a bad nurse that pointed out the gun 🔫 try to shoot him and Steve came right him and knocks him out with the silver medal seat
And he saved his life from a CPR after Carl got an electrocute shot by an lamp after he fixed the light bulb on the lamp 💡🛋
Ice Station Winslow, No. 1 with a Bullet & Saved by the Urkel
yuir btsfanlovjiminandkookievsuga Yes
Obviously Steve rescues Laura from drowning in the pool and she almost drowned the episode is Sink or Swim 🏊♂️
@@tremainworrell5997He even saved Richie.
lol lol l hahaha "I'm falling and I can't get up"
Steve is so excited and crazy I think he is drug he is really really crazy
2:19 Waldo snitched. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Steve got krunk
Given Steve a spiked drink Fuffner?! Where's his mittens to teach you a lesson (if you've never seen the episode Steve slaps Fuffner with his mitten you'll laugh until you pee)
Man why O-Dog spiking the punch!!!
When family matters was on the tv I would watch family matters every single day I liked the tv I enjoyed every bit of the tv show
Dude what the hell!!! Rachel is the worst chaperone ever. why didn't she running over the carry or pull Steve on the nickel time before he fell over the ledge. I mean Rachel knows Steve Urkel is clumsy and drunk. And to mention she was there witnessed of what's going on. Thank god she did rescue Steve at the end but she's very lucky of not getting arrest
Dwayne _ Mitchell but she was older and did'nt have the same agility
On the nickel time? r u fucken kidden me dude? in the nick of time*
She didn't see what he was doing at first and then when he got up there, she told him to get down and he fell at the last minute.
@@superlex611 She was not THAT old!
Rachel was not a chaperone, she was a caterer.
That’s why Waldo ended his friendship with Willie
*Thoughts only black out drunks and Steve Urkel can have*
it's scary to me
I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!!
Drunk 90s are the best lol
Willie Spiked Urkel’s Punch to make them look like a fool so that he could get revenge but for Waldo maybe an Idiot but he’s not on a partnership ship with Willie anymore now he’s with eddie
Looking back this part of the episode was dark.
lol urkels a light weight
Well he is young 😭
Who would've thought lol
He was like 13 years old here, of course he's a lightweight lol
This episode could've sent a bad message. Little kids watch this. A drunk underaged Urkel walking the tightrope. Not good.
It is a bad message in general for the younger kids nowadays
That’s terrible 😢.
I always thought Fuffner's name was Fuckner
I actually thought it was Fucknut.
Fuffner almost got Steve killed.
I want someone to make a Sonic animation out of this
Urkel fucking up
A worker of mine was spiked and almost fell off a roof too. Turns out the woman who did it to him _wanted_ him to fall and crash. When he almost lost his life, it made me realize I was unfair to him at work for a few mistakes he's made. It's funny how when someone almost goes, you suddenly appreciate them, despite their flaws. I still have yet to apologize to him for how I acted.
What mistakes did he make to cause the woman to want to spike his drink?
@@randysvids4774 involved his lack of filter and personality. She hated him and wanted to rid herself and people from him. Thought they’d all be better off. She was arrested
The fact that someone hated him enough to kiII him shocked me, as much as what could’ve happened to him. It helped me see where I went wrong at work when I took him to the office for casually touching crew members on arms and shoulders. He was always very outgoing at work. I told him that he shouldn't touch anyone without consent. Just handshakes. I said we needed the workers to be comfortable in a good work environment, that he pretty much shouldn't talk about anything other than work and school. How he shouldn't tell his stories because they may be inappropriate or upsetting (forget my words) to the other workers; funny to him but not others. I think he’s about 25. He seemed pretty quiet and silently awkward and uncomfortable during my speech. Answered a question or two with a nod and headshake.
After what happened though, I realized I may have gone a little too far too. Yeah, I was right about how he should be more filtered at work, and that the touching needed to be restricted, but I shouldn’t have taken him to the office. I shouldn’t have spoken to him the way I did. I shouldn’t have said to his boss, “is there anything you want to add?” That was insensitive. He never meant any discomfort or harm. He only meant to have fun with people. I should’ve been more patient and understanding and only given him a very brief and gentle talk in the hall, not a lecture in the office with his boss present. He didn't deserve that, and she didn’t have to be there. He probably felt like a criminal. Besides, it's perfectly natural to causally touch or tap people *without* it being creepy; maybe he deserved a right like that, within reason and limits. All or nothing isn’t fair; compromise is fine. He is not a creep; he's a friendly fellow. He left the job because he felt disliked and ashamed and thought it would benefit his coworkers. Turns out the woman and I have both shamed him. He works at a bakery now
@@randysvids4774Now, I hope you're not gonna say anything about how he was wrong or creepy, or that what happened to him has nothing to do with the work thing, so my epiphany is weird. I've heard it all before. He still has haters when I share this story on other videos The guy never *meant* to hurt or discomfort anyone. Everything he did was supposed to be innocent and casual. And I should've perpetuated that when speaking to him. His mistakes had to be addressed, but not formally and disrespectfully. I should've been better.
@@johnrainsman6650 The woman was totally in the wrong for sure. Everyone does something that may rub people the wrong way, but they don't deserved to get their drink spiked.
@@randysvids4774Or continue to be bashed online. Those commenters aren't much better than the woman. They seem to care a little more about the guy's mistakes than they do about him. One person even wrote "A person's death or near-death does not reduce their wrongdoing." Like, come on, have some sympathy for the man, you know what I mean?
I'm surprised none of these comments mention Rachel's type rope walking skills.
The pife of the larty yes in deed 🤦🏾♀️
Cheers! Skal! Nostrovia! So he is drunk in English, Swedish and Russian? Must be a mix a Absolut and Smirnoff.
his pants have me dyin
There was an episode of Happy Days where Richie's drink was spiked, he got drunk, and went on to ride Fonzi's bike, damaging the cunningham's yard.
What is this??? Mango 🥭 lol 😝 I’m dead 😵
This is COMEDY GOLD🤣
Steve,what do u drink and these mans gonna pay what they done for🤬🤬🤬
That dummy dimwitted Waldo & his dumb bully friend Willie 🤬🤬
@@tremainworrell5997I don't really like Waldo. I find him rather cringy.
0:22 STILL FUNNY"
Is funny how larenze tate was taller than steve back then and now steve is taller than larenze tate.
How the hell Steve drunk ass manage to grab that ledge after falling from the roof 🤔🤣...he must be strong as hell
I feel like the force of him falling would make it impossible to grab the side of the building.
2:39 bad idea he'll get extremely hurt!
That wear the meme came from😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 this is really funny
I don’t know what you think. But this is how I would probably act.🤣🤣
I love Larenz Tate so much 😍😘😊❤
This was classic
A Very Special Episode
Lesson: Don’t get people drunk without their consent because that shit is not cool
Not only that, but it's also a FELONY -- preferably "ASSAULT 2"
they should have made him drunk in every episode
Keenan Ketsdever how ?
O Dogg hooked Urkel up
2021 Steve is a pot head now... here was the red flag
Lorenz Tate
No Steve Don't
Larenz Tate always played a villain, Billy, or and angry dude
He doesn't always play the bad guy, just most of the time
Willie was a bad and a mornon to spike steve punch and steve doesn't know he drinking alcohol
Alcohol is stupid and overused and be responsible
@@superlex611It makes no difference if you're responsible or not. That Fuffner ass committed 2 crimes: "UNDERAGE DRINKING" & "2ND-DEGREE ASSAULT".
Drunk Urkel rules.
Steve needs LifeAlert.
2:58 😱 *URKEL!*
Intoxicated urkel
To think, several seasons later, Laura had to go through the same thing at another party
In what episode ?
alex kanyima Not sure. All I remember is she went to college party, not wanting to drink, but did anyway
@@joewhitehead3 true
It was the episode drinking and jiving where Steve rescued her then she kissed him
Steve: 😨 *LAURA WINSLOW!*
This made me hate lorenz tate