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We're gonna fill our house with happiness\\
The moon may cry...\\
But we'll smother the blues with tenderness\\
As days go by...\\

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We're gonna fill our house with happiness\\
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happiness (The moon may cry...\\
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But we'll smother the blues with tenderness\\
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tenderness (As days go by...\\)\\



For gentle hearts and opportunities\\
As days go by...\\

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For gentle hearts and opportunities\\
As
opportunities (As days go by...\\)\\

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* FantasyCreep: The show started as a fairly standard sitcom until Steve Urkle appeared. First, Steve invented a potion that would make himself 'cool'. Then he cloned himself. Then his clone drank a permanent version of the coolness potion. ''{{Website/Cracked}}'' [[http://www.cracked.com/article/242_6-tv-shows-that-completely-lost-their-shit/ naturally had a field day]].

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* FantasyCreep: The show started as a fairly standard sitcom until Steve Urkle appeared. First, Steve invented a potion that would make himself 'cool'.cool. Then he cloned himself. Then his clone drank a permanent version of the coolness potion. ''{{Website/Cracked}}'' [[http://www.cracked.com/article/242_6-tv-shows-that-completely-lost-their-shit/ naturally had a field day]].
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* FantasyCreep: The show started as a fairly standard sitcom until Steve Urkle appeared. First, Steve invented a potion that would make himself 'cool'. Then he cloned himself. Then his clone drank a permanent version of the coolness potion. ''{{Website/Cracked}}'' [[http://www.cracked.com/article/242_6-tv-shows-that-completely-lost-their-shit/ naturally had a field day]].
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[[caption-width-right:325: No, it wasn't called "''The Urkel Show''".[[note]]Clockwise from the left: [[TheDitz Waldo]], [[LovableJock Eddie]], [[DudeMagnet Laura]], [[BlackAndNerdy Steve Urkel]], [[ActionDad Carl]], [[OnlySaneWoman Harriette]], [[CoolOldLady Mother Winslow]], [[CheerfulChild Richie]]. Not pictured: [[CoolAunt Rachel]], [[CousinOliver 3J]], [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Judy]] and [[StalkerWithACrush Myra]].[[/note]]]]

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* BestedAtBowling: In [[Recap/FamilyMattersS1E21BowlMeOver "Bowl Me Over"]], Carl refuses to accept defeat by Harriette in a bowling match and demands a rematch. Harriette admits she let Carl win the second time.

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* BestedAtBowling: In [[Recap/FamilyMattersS1E21BowlMeOver "Bowl Me Over"]], Over", Carl refuses to accept defeat by Harriette in a bowling match and demands a rematch. Harriette admits she let Carl win the second time.



* ButterflyOfDoom: Carl alters his own past in "Father Time" by leaving a note for his past self, telling him to invest in Microsoft, Disney, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Holiday Barbie]]. It works when he returns to the present, discovering that he is the richest man in the world. Unfortunately for Carl, he learns that this had [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor disastrous consequences]] when he arrives at his new home.



* ForWantOfANail: Carl does this in "Father Time" when he leaves a note for his past self, telling him to invest in Microsoft, Disney, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Holiday Barbie]]. It works when he returns to the present, discovering that he is the richest man in the world. Unfortunately for Carl, he learns that this had [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor disastrous consequences]] when he arrives at his new home.
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-> "''It's a rare condition this day and age...\\

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-> "''It's a rare condition this day and age...\\age\\



Love and tradition of the grand design...\\

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Love and tradition of the grand design...\\design\\



Well then there must be some magic clue inside these gentle walls!\\
'Cause all I see is a tower of dreams...\\
Real love burstin' out of every seam!\\

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Well then there must be some magic clue inside these gentle walls!\\
walls\\
'Cause all I see is a tower of dreams...\\
dreams\\
Real love burstin' out of every seam!\\seam\\



We're gonna fill our house with happiness!\\

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We're gonna fill our house with happiness!\\happiness\\



But we'll smother the blues with tenderness!\\

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But we'll smother the blues with tenderness!\\tenderness\\



For gentle hearts and opportunities!\\

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For gentle hearts and opportunities!\\opportunities\\



It's the bigger love of the family!''"

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It's the bigger love of the family!''"family''"
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''Family Matters'' is a DomCom that aired from 1989 to 1998. Set in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, it was originally conceived as a spin-off of ''Series/PerfectStrangers'' focusing on the [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snarking]] elevator operator Harriette Winslow and her police officer husband, Carl, and introducing the rest of their middle-class family. It served as one of the anchors of Creator/{{ABC}}'s Franchise/{{TGIF}} block before moving to Creator/{{CBS}} in 1997 along with its sister series, ''Series/StepByStep''. It's notable for being one of the most successful shows that features a predominantly African American cast. It was also the last scripted live-action American primetime series that debuted in the 1980s to remain on the air; the only other scripted American show that debuted in the 1980s and is still in production is ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

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''Family Matters'' is a DomCom that aired from 1989 to 1998. Set in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, it was originally conceived as a spin-off of ''Series/PerfectStrangers'' focusing on the [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snarking]] elevator operator Harriette Winslow and her police officer husband, Carl, and introducing the rest of their middle-class family. It served as one of the anchors of Creator/{{ABC}}'s [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]]'s Franchise/{{TGIF}} block before moving to Creator/{{CBS}} in 1997 along with its sister series, ''Series/StepByStep''. It's notable for being one of the most successful shows that features a predominantly African American cast. It was also the last scripted live-action American primetime series that debuted in the 1980s to remain on the air; the only other scripted American show that debuted in the 1980s and is still in production is ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

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