Good Luck Charlie was kinda weird... 

To be honest, the relationship between Gabe and the neighbor lady was the best thing in the show.

Even more unrealistic than a double life as a spy or wizard or popstar, the mom has 9 months maternity leave in America.

8:38 ironically the actress for Teddy did actually get into Harvard university to study law

Can’t believe Ivy was not mentioned ONCE in this video. She’s the funniest character in the show in my opinion.

Good Luck Charlie was one of the few children's shows where the family was openly dysfunctional. I definitely thing that this show can stand on its own without the added nostalgia.

I'll never get over the fact that cheating ass Spencer ended up being Teddy's endgame. He literally had a whole other girlfriend while he and Teddy dated the first time. And she took him back. Twice. I hated it.

The dialogue between Mrs. Dabney talking about her favorite soap opera “Yesterday’s Tomorrow” and PJ and Gabe going “Isn’t that just today?” will forever live rent free in my head

disney sitcoms from this era were a lot better than people tend to remember

Ironically, the fact that this is Disney’s most “normal” sitcom is what makes it stand out. Every other sitcom has to have some magical-fantasy-unrealistic bullshit attached, like….. Jessie: A normal girl trying to start up an acting career, BUT she’s also the nanny for famous millionaires and their kids that they never spend time with. Hannah Montana: A normal girl trying to navigate normal teen life, BUT she’s also secretly a world famous pop star. The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: The random day-to-day adventures of twin boys, BUT they also live in a super ritzy hotel and one of their friends is the ditzy heiress. That’s So Raven: Standard teen girl living her life, BUT she’s also psychic for some reason. Lab Rats: Kid and his step-siblings living life, BUT the step-siblings are bionic super teens and no one will question the ethics of their father keeping said super teens confined to a basement for most of their lives. Liv and Maddie: Twin sisters just living life, BUT one of them is a famous TV star who eventually goes back to the acting scene. Wizards of Waverly Place: Standard family stuff, BUT the three kids are wizards and their ex-wizard father is training them for a test that will eventually have to take that will only allow one of them to keep their powers. Also, there are other creatures roaming around, and their uncle is Shakira. There always has to be some crazy add-on.

Idk the fact that Bridgit Mendler actually did get into Harvard makes that ending a bit more believable.

I remember my mom always said she enjoyed the show with me because it was one of the only kids shows where the parents weren’t actual idiots lol

Beau was a better love interest for Teddy than Spencer ever will be

For me, a stand out of this show, is the fact that Teddy Duncan is somehow one of the least irritating lead characters for a Disney Channel series. She was down-to-Earth and actually liked the people around her, in contrast to how Miley Stewart and Alex Russo built their personalities around being snarky and holding their statuses as the favourite child over their brothers. EDIT: Thank you everyone :-) This is not my most liked post ever, but it is definitely the most likes I have ever gotten within 24 hours :-D

I liked that it was a relatable, simple show about a family adjusting to life with their new baby. No one had a double life as a popstar, spy, or a wizard.

That dad is huge throughout the entire show. The actor who plays Bob used to be YOKED , like body builder big when he was much younger. As he got older he started to lose the muscle, and he decided to get back in shape for personal reasons, and the next season on the show, there's an obvious difference. But yeah, if you pay attention, dude is kinda monster size from the very beginning

I really love the progression of PJ’s character, where he starts out working at Kwikki Chikki, eventually goes off to college, drops out, realizes he actually has a passion for food, goes to culinary school and by the end of the show when that ends up not working out he ends up finding his home in him and Bob starting a father/son PB&J business, even he doubted that something like PB&J’s could be a major business but the fact that it ends up working out coupled with the fact that when he was in culinary school the teacher didn’t seem to like his cooking very much shows that while the stuff PJ cooks may be simple it’s still very good, sometimes you don’t need complexity to have great success, sometimes it can just be made very well

My favorite from this sitcom will always be Teddy telling her mom and dad, "Go and have fun. But not too much fun cuz we already have too many kids in the house" 💀

I love PJ's characer growth, he went from the teenager who didn''t care about studies or school and generally quite unmotivated to an adult whi learned his passion was cooking and went to culinary school

The episode where gabe finds out the neighbour has a water bed and secretly uses it is still my favourite episode I've seen on the Disney channel after 10+ years

Spencer: (exists) Alex: in terms of drip; you have no drip

Honestly, this was probably the most wholesome sitcom disney made so far. No weird plot twists, no crazy humor, just a loving family living a fun life. Kinda reminded me of those old 80's sitcoms.

For those who don't know, the framing device with Teddy making videos is because she realized that she'd be going off to college in a couple years and wouldn't be around to do "big sister" stuff with Charlie and wants to leave her something to help her handle growing up. They even did a future episode where teenage Charlie consults a video to figure something out.

the fact that the biggest setting change in this show is the blue couch being replaced by the yellow couch is like so crazy bc in the last seasons of these shows they always completely change the main setting

I love "the dad gets ripped for some reason" as if the actor started working out just for this show 😂

No one forget the best moment of the show: when they revealed PJ stands for “Potty John”

I liked how this house looked like the ones I visited as a kid when someone just had a baby. It's messy but in a way that makes sense. I also liked how you watched characters like PJ grow by going to school getting an apartment, figuring out what he actually wants to do with his life, when other shows would have just played the dumb brother card forever. Idk I think there's something nice about having a mix of escapism with wacky premises but also some realism so it actually feels like you're growing up with the child stars and their family.

In India, we had a disney channel show called best of luck nikki, which was a scene to scene adaptation of this show, some parameters were changed to incorporate indian culture but was a very accurate embodiment of the actual show. Most of the gen Zs have watched this show in their childhoods. Man, really brings back memories.

This show had an Indian spinoff named "Best of luck Nikki" and it was huge here. Almost everyone of my friends growing up had seen and loved it! I remember waiting every Sunday for it and me and mom and dad all watched it together

I love how during the first two seasons it’s insanely obvious when they’re using a doll for Charlie

I never cared to learn why the actor playing the dad got so buff, but it was explained that his character did it because he felt fat and old after being asked if Charlie was his granddaughter. So it was definitely addressed.

The best part of the show for me was PJ’s arc. At the beginning of the show, he wasn’t the brightest, he was super unmotivated, didn’t really care to try, the works. Typical Disney dumb older brother character. When he graduated high school, he went off to a community college. This always struck me as interesting, even as a kid. You see all these YA girls get into Harvard and Yale and other super exclusive, smart-guy colleges, but rarely a state school or (God forbid) community college. PJ ended up dropping out of that college as well (also unheard of in Disney shows at the time) but explains that his time working at his minimum wage job at a fried chicken place taught him he liked cooking, and decided his path in life should be to go to culinary school. At the end of the series, he has graduated culinary school and starts a food truck with his father selling gourmet PB&Js. (The name of the food truck is “B & PJ’s PB & Js” which got a laugh out of me) PJ was a really nice and realistic look into a character figuring himself out. He wasn’t some YA movie protagonist that is somehow so smart that he could just leap into an Ivy League college, but he wasn’t portrayed as a deadbeat loser with no hope either. The writers did a REALLY good job with his development over the course of the series.

The Indian adaptation of this show "best of luck nikki" literally defined a whole generation of Disney india. I mean just look up the number of views each episode has.

I love how about 3-5 minutes of this video is just Alex criticizing Spencer 💀

This show was genuinely so funny, the way everyone’s personalities interacted with each other made for some really great moments. I love that they could put the characters in situations that were crazy but also realistic. I liked the episode where the house falls apart on a live newscast and everyone starts confessing things in the heat of the moment, and Amy just points to the wall that just fell down and is like “😀 and now for the weather…” But seriously, this show had some great emotional moments, and the chemistry the family had was so real.

6:00 Ok. I don't care how good that catch was. That baby is NOT getting out of this fine.

5:44 I never realized his fashion sense💀but then again I rarely cared about him. I was focused on Teddy/ Bridgit😅

I think it’s really funny how in the Disney shows at least one character gets into an Ivy League school like Teddy did but then Bridget Mendler actually did get to study at like two Ivy League schools after the show ended

Looking back at the show, I kinda love how the parents, specifically the dad, look fairly realistic (not the tv/movie version where they are overly photogenic) like the dad is balding and a bit heavy, even with him getting buff it’s a believable kind, I could both by these people existing in everyday along with them having 4-5 kids

My whole family used to watch this show ALL THE TIME, we watch the Christmas movie every year and still watch the show from time to time. It just doesn’t get old and it’s not one of those Disney shows that get annoying after awhile. I truly think it’s Disney’s best sitcom and nothing can ever top it

I really liked this show as a kid! One of the better disney shows where they’re really just an average family and there’s nothing ✨special✨ about them like they aren’t superheros or wizards, just an average family making memories and adjusting to having another baby after their kids are already older. Each family member makes an interesting dynamic and they really love each other. Maybe I just liked it bc I wish my family was that way 😅 It’s relatable and (for me idealized) and the jokes are funny

This would be perfect if Teddy ended up with literally anyone but this guy.

I’m currently rewatching this on Disney plus and I must say this is the most underrated DC show hands down. I never realized the subtle adult jokes too lol

I think this show was the tie in to get us parents to watch the Disney Channel with our kids. It gave us Full House vibes, but as we’re adults.

6:09 well at least they caught the child safely or she would have been stupider the teddy's older brother

I rewatched this whole show last year, and what makes it so enjoyable for me is the dynamic between the family. You can tell these actors loved working with each other and really did feel like their costars were their family. And it's also refreshing to hear there was never really any drama between the main cast during/after the show's run, like there was with Miley and Emily, or Zendaya and Bella, or Debby and Skai. This show is definitely a fun watch, my mom even loved watching it, and she doesn't even like Disney Channel shows!

Now I notice that Gabe had a kind of humour that holds up extremely well even today

This show carries so much nostalgia that it makes me want to cry on impact upon listening to the opening song. I watch the Good Luck Charlie Christmas film every year around the holidays.

8:02 ''the kid who put all of his skill points into his neck?'' i can't breath...

I once joked that Good Luck Charlie was generation Z's Full House and the more I rewatch certain episodes the more I realize I wasn't joking. It's a nice simple show on a channel saturated with some kind of twist like "Oh they're a wizard/popstar/etc." but this was just a show anyone could jump in on and appreciate it, whether you were the target age demographic or not and a lot of the episodes were geniunely well written and down to earth. It's truly underrated. I remember watching the first episode when it premiered in 2010 and I was in second grade. Now I'm 20 and it still holds up.

this was genuinely one of the funniest shows of my childhood. it doesn’t get old😭

remember being really surprised with good luck Charlie. The jokes were actually funny and I still find them. funny to this day and there were episodes that deal with topics I didn't expect a kid showed it tackle. there's an episode in one of the later seasons where Bob and Amy get into a fight and it's interesting to see a show that tackles people's marriages who isn't 100% perfect and idealic like a lot of other sitcoms

I'm 21 and I still love this show! the humor definitely holds up, the characters were well written and hilarious & its honestly a comfort show for me! if you haven't watched the entire 4 seasons, you really should!!!

My favorite part of Spencer’s character is that every time he rang their doorbell, he would pose in the doorway and wait to look at the door until after Teddy opened.

4:37 “WAIT A SECOND, Teddy’s on a date with MatPat” 🤣😂 I died

8:00 my math teacher actually has amazing fashion sense

7:30 *me being a middle kid with 6 siblings*

Part of what made this show so good for was that the humor didn't dumb down the character to an unrealistic level, sure everyone play dumb or did dumb stuff but not to a level you would think they were cartoons version of real people.

This show was actually way better than I remembered it being. It actually was really funny and had great dialogue

This show was one that I was like "oh gosh another dumb Disney sitcom," but then I saw an episode randomly, got hooked and suddenly I was emotional when the last episode aired.

Good luck Charlie gave me a view of the family I always wished I had when I was a kid. I felt so much comfort and felt like part of the family, and I hope to one day raise a family that had as much joy as theirs

Best part, here in Disney India, we had an Indian version of this show, which basically seems to have the same character but with like Indian actors, Indian names, and Indianised? Jokes but like EP1 is literally the same like seriously I was shocked to see that the house set was THE EXACT SAME, I remember watching that episode, it was called Best of Luck Nikki I really loved it and I never knew there was an original US version until a few years later

I take pride in the fact that this was my favorite Disney channel show as a kid cause it means I had impeccable taste 😌

bro that matpat joke was too good 💀

This one was def the best Disney sitcom. So many laughs and relatable jokes

My biggest pet peeve in this show was Spencer. Idk why Teddy got back together with him after he CHEATED on her and her parents were perfectly fine with it! I hated Spencer soooo much growing up. Other than that I feel like Good Luck Charlie is the most relatable Disney sitcom. My favorite character was Amy (the mom) she was absolutely hilarious!!

This is probably Disney's best modern sitcom. It's funny, yet smart with it's writing. One note chracters like Gabe, PJ, Amy, and even MRS. DABNEY get a ton of development and I love the dynamic of the family.

The thing I liked about Good Luck Charlie was that it was super relatable when my parents had another kid later in life. A lot of the stuff happening to the characters would happen in my family so it has a special place in my heart, even when it gets super goofy.

this is genuinely a good show to be honest

That joke about Beau works on so many levels. He was in “Minute Men” with the actor who played PJ years before “Good Luck Charlie” in which they both played time travelers. Maybe you can watch that next?

I think by having the parents be more like actual characters with equal side plots to that of the kids instead of just being there to fill the spot of parent of main character. It makes stuff a little more enjoyable if you’re watching with your kids or rewatching later as you grow up

I always thought this show stood out among the others on the channel. It didn’t have the same absurdly wacky over the top over acting. It was funny, while still being silly and more mature than most shows on Disney. It was one of my favorites

This show was absolutely amazing . It was the last good show that was on disney before everything changed. Really miss it and I even had a marathon last year (I'm 23 haha)

I think it was the most relatable, taught the most lasting lessons and was also one of the more progressive,I mean they were the first to have a gay couple and they didn't make a big deal about it, it was just a running joke that Charlie's friends mom's name was THIS according to the mother but THAT according to the father and when they showed up they sort of chuckled realizing it was a lesbian couple but made no big deal about it, it was just normalized which of course some parents were up in arms about but I liked that it was just treated as normal, as it should be.

This was just a chill, funny sitcom. No bs, no magic, no abrupt musicals

8:43 That reminds me... we have a show called 'best of luck' nikki in disney india...

I swear Good Luck Charlie and Jessie were like the only shows where i like all the family members (Jessie took me a bit but still-)

Wait a second… did Alex actually watch all of a disney show and then talked about more than the pilot???? 😱

That MatPat reference was hilarious. And the vaccuming grandma never gets old. I agree, "Good Luck Charlie" is a bit more normal in comparison to the other shows.

What weirds me out the most is when parents tell their married children to have kids because essentially they’re telling their kid to have sex with their partner.

Good luck Charlie is like the middle child of Disney channel shows. Great show though.

This show reminds me of The Incredibles and how the family dynamic was more interesting than the adventures they experienced.

To be honest, with this family, Charlie will need all the luck she can get

This show was everything to me lmao I grew up with it and it was one of those shows that my parents liked too, which was a bonus. I have been rewatching some of it, and still find myself cracking up and remembering my favorite jokes

7:29 Gabe did NOT just roast his own sister about being the “loser middle kid”!

him getting outraged for the way a character is dressed was so unnecessarily funny

The rivalry between Gabe and the neighbor was fun to watch

Out of all the Disney Channel sitcoms my sisters have watched, I’ve liked this one the most. Some parts genuinely had me chuckle a bit,, whenever my sisters watch this show I might just sit down and watch a bit with them.

The Mattpat joke was good😂

This show is adorable and Teddy's optimism is kinda refreshing

Good Luck Charlie is a down-to-earth, heartfelt and really solid family-oriented sitcom, it honestly had no right to be as good as it was. Having watched it all the way thru for the 1st time, it's amazing how well it holds up. The storylines are entertaining, the characters are memorable, the family is such a tight unit and the acting is very natural, unlike most of the other shows that were new at this time. It's the 1st Disney Channel sitcom to premiere in the 2010s and among those, it's the ONLY one to get its own movie, don't think a lot of ppl realize that. It's currently the last live-action Disney Channel show to get its own movie, how do u gen z'ers feel about that? It's one of those shows that can be enjoyed by anyone and feels more like ABC than Disney Channel. My only issues with it r Amy got way more self-centered during the last couple seasons, Teddy taking Spencer back, Teddy's video diaries not having as many lessons for Charlie to learn from starting in the middle of season 3 and Bob being emasculated by Amy. Overall, it is such a great, top notch show. PS: they did a crossover with Jessie and in that, it is painfully obvious which show is of higher quality and the acting styles clashed uncomfortably. The ONLY Jessie character who I enjoyed at all during the crossover was Bertram the butler, I felt bad for him when those brats didn't bother to help him out of that locker he was trapped in

“Throw it back for a real one” is crazy 🤣

Teddy’s song about Spencer Walsh being a two timing pig was everything. In my mind they never got back together ☺️

In my opinion, Good Luck Charlie had the best acting cast out of any other Disney show. The scenes felt real, and I never felt like it was cringy when I watched it. It was just very realistic, and the jokes were funny. One of the only Disney shows that I consider rewatchable.

The reason they end up with 5 kids is because the actress was actually pregnant in real life and they wrote into the show. Her pregnancy with her son Baker was written into Good Luck Charlie (2010) and her character Amy Duncan became pregnant with her fifth child. (imbd)

The type of shows your little sister watches and you end up watching too because there's nothing else to do, and you end up not hating it.

I started rewatching this show and it holds up so well. I actually audibly laughed multiple times over the course of the first season and that never happens when I watch tv on my own

I like this format of jumping ahead to the end of the show and giving a small summary of the middle, but also if you think that this is a lot of kids, wait until you see Stuck in the Middle.

“Wait a second, Teddy’s on a a date with Matt Patt?” That caught me all the way off guard.

0:20 , I literally remember only watching good luck Charlie consistently like Ik these other shows here existed and I caught an episode here and there growing up but good luck Charlie was the one I actually watched consistently

I actually loved this one. This show was amazing. You can still watch it and genuinely laugh