Steve Urkel becomes Stefan Urquelle! | Family Matters | Warner Archive 

The name of the show became Urkle as far I was concerned. 😂

Did you see the key & peele that did a family matters skit? Hilarious and it mentions what you're talking about

He was the show 😂. It would’ve died w/o his character

it's like he's a virus

It worked on "Happy Days" with the Fonzie character (also was only going to be on 1 episode) so when the writers saw he made the ratings go up he became part of the main cast. The Urkel character was not just popular paired with Laura but also with Carl Winslow just like Fonzie was with Mr Cunningham.

roter13 I really thought it was two different actors when I was little 😂

Ikr! Hes an amazing actor!!

My bf said this last night. " it took a lot of effort for him to play that role perfectly while everyone else had normal roles."

It's crazy cause back then there was so much competition, and he was on top on TV. Actors on TV now aren't nearly as talented as Jaleel was

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What's even better is he enjoyed playing Steve Urkel more than Stefan haha even though he was a baddie

Hello

@@andrewrchooven1996I think it’s because as Stephan he was playing himself but Steve he got to have fun

​@fitnesswolf1065 what was the behind the scenes story, that none of them liked working with Jaleel White cus they were jealous?

​@@MangaSlayer102 I thought he was Steve in real life lol. Honestly the greatest acting performance in a sitcom

He will ALWAYS be Sonic the Hedgehog to me!

@@Angie2343 he'll always be both steve Urkel and Sonic to me

Old, he's an old actor. How tf is he underrated when he was the main character of an incredibly popular show? God damn words have meaning.

@@kenadams9376 Someone's grouchy. Also, he's underrated because people only see hin as either Steve Urkel or the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog. He hasn't done much mainstream acting out those two roles.

The man is a national treasure

@TheDivineGodGhost21 stfu

@TheDivineGodGhost21 she is beautiful and right.... where TF is your pic, lol.....

Girl!!!!! I’m telling you. All this highlight and contour bullshit is for somebody tf else

FACTS 💯 Laura was absolutely GORGEOUS!!! My first Hollywood Crush!!

I miss it

Absolutely. Steve Urkel was over the top, but somewhat still convincing. We never appreciated what a good actor Jaleel was until we saw the stark contrast between Steve and Stephan.

Yes Sir@!! He"s a Much Mature Guy Now ... Whenever He Dranked His LOVE POTION , HE BECAME A GENIUS AT TALKN TO LORA !!! Willie J. Fillmore .

He was the voice of 90's Sonic The Hedgehog cartoon as well

I hated stefon

Still is

The character development was almost creepy; if Jaleel White had first introduced himself as Steve on Family Matters, chances are, he wouldn't have been noticed. Mr. White did the opposite; he played a charming cartoon type character and strangely enough, everyone was feeling him. I remember when this show was primetime and believe it or not, watched the show just to see him play Urkel.

@@battledwarf8872 funny you should mention cartoon. He also voiced Sonic The Hedgehog in Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog and Sonic The Hedgehog Sat AM.

Red pill vs blue pill...lol

How is it sad? In the end, she chose Steve over Stefan!!

I don't know if you watched the show, but the series ended with Laura choosing Steve instead. It showed us that being yourself is the coolest versions of ourselves.

Why does everybody say this about every clever line every movie or show?

@Bold_One I believe Jaleel actually said that when he saw the Key & Peele Family Matters sketch.

Jason Sibayan True true 😁

@@aocplusme5676 Your insecure, white fragility mental state, is showing! Better hide it better! 😂😂😂

In his younger years, White was himself as Steve. It became harder for him to maintain the mousey, nerdy voice as he grew up. Stefan was more like White in his later years because he was the compromise between the producers and him.

@@aocplusme5676 Jaleel in his personal life was never anything close to the character of Steve Urkel. Jaleel was always the most popular and confident in his peer group growing up, the opposite of a nerd. The Steve Urkel character he made in school as a joke to mock the nerds in school

No, Jaleel White was trying to be himself and kinda sounded like Sonic.

Me too

You were a kid so of course you thought it was two different people. 🙄

Lisa Jones facts ray charles could see it was the same person 😂😂

Me too.

So did I.

Yeah! =D

Crazy

Don't have to imagine. I saw it live. It was mind blowing.

​@@aurorablaize it was wild. I thought he must have had a twin or something.

I saw it when it first aired and I was in shock!! I still remember.

@Hol M Good to know. 😊

The crazy part is that THIS performance is when he stopped acting.

definitely

​@@dirkwalker9686Because he was type casted

Word

Wooooooooooo!.....Aow!!

CTR. IS Lewis

@Honk 780 i read somewhere that some laugh tracks are from the 1930s i think somewhere around that time so sometimes u you hear laughter of a bunch of dead folks...

You too???? 😂✋❤️🤚

Or when any character from Married with Children appeared on screen lol.

lmaooo

''Drake go home. GO HOME, GO HOME, GO HOME''. Lmao

Nah, actually he got shot in the back in high school. After he couldnt play basketball anymore, he was crushed. It took a bit of growing pains, but after a few years in a wheelchair he found his lyrical voice. Just fucking sucks his boy Shane caused him to get shot tho

@@clintonlawrence701 i don't have to take this, i'm going home!

@TV Show Reviews agreed

Facts Steve should've stayed with Mira she loved his guts as urkel

Which is why in the end I am happy Laura ended up appreciating Steve for what he is and not for Stefan. Its one of the reasons I loved the finale, Laura could have had Stefan but she realized how special Steve really was.

@@mandys1038 - And THIS is why I also loved the finale. When Steve broke up with Myra and Laura realized she always really loved Steve, that's the best way to end the series. Now that's what you call character development.

@John Sabp No it isn't,Reggie Veljohnson aka Carl Winslow, says "Family Matters is taped before a live studio audience." So it really is the audience reacting.

Just because a show is filmed in front of a live audience does not mean what you are hearing on television is that same audience. They just use the live audience to gauge viewer reaction, and then sweeten the audio in post production. That said, keep in mind the Urkel character had been on TV for 4 years at this point, and with information not being as widespread as it is now, most people had no idea what Jaleel White was really like. A lot of people were floored when they saw him just entirely switch out of the persona

I did, too!

@John Sabp no he said in the one hour reunion that that was a live audience reacting like that and he was flattered cause he didn't think they would like him playing himself (he said Stefan is really Jaleel) because they're so used to Urkel he thought they would be bored with his real self.

@@trillxfizzy KC's reaction is gonna be ME when I meet Jaleel!

LOL!!! That ol' Uncle Henny will make you do some crazy shit.

That's how I like to think I am on Hennessey

😂😂😂😂

That's right 🤣

CTFU

Exactly! So much talent gone unsung

Wait what? He was supposed to b on the show just for one episode?

@@Leprutz Yes, only one episode was the deal Jaleel had at 1st.

@@simplyredislandgirl crazy stuff... how did they decide to make him part of the all cast? Cause one episode is clearly not enough to take such a decision. Is it?

Jaleel White said himself "it was one episode & done!" & the studio audience responded so well to him just playing the small role as "Laura's nerdy date" so well that the producers & writers decided to call him back shortly after, to do a few more episodes for a trial period, again the audience & the viewers responded extremely well to his character & the ratings for the show went back up & of course that impressed the producers so they officially wrote him into the show's storyline & made him officially a part of the cast later on & then he basically became the biggest star on the show because of his character's (Steve Urkel) popularity & his great acting abilties at such a young age. He was never supposed to be a part of the show in the 1st place. HE said so in plenty of the interviews he did, freely available all over youtube and all over the internet! Please go and watch His explanation on how he eventually became officially a part of the cast & then you will understand that there was nothing "Crazy" about what I said and about what many others who watched Jaleel White's interviews have been saying. These are well known facts, i'm sharing with you! I hope you understand what i was originally saying now. Please research🧐 & watch his interviews for yourself! bye👍This long reply was meant specifically for Stephane Gregory Dan, I mistakenly posted it as a general comment!🤷‍♀️ forgive me!😅😉

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He had an even worse reaction to the idea of turning into Myrtle.

@@heez4300 true. He didn't reprise the role of Myrtle Urkel until later seasons. I know that Myrtle made her debut in season two but I don't know how many years before her return.

That’s not entirely true I seen a video of Jaleel saying stefan was based off Eddie mcgwhatever his name is

@@chrispy9736 I still think Stefan was based a bit off of Jaleel himself though.

The Donald Duck spluttering . . . I couldn't stop laughing for 10 minutes when I first saw this.

+Stephen R haha!!

how old were they here?

his moving and jerkin' is what had me hollerin'!! LOL

LOL, he really did seemed shocked at his own arms involuntary movements

I KNOW! =D He is THE voice for Sonic the Hedgehog in my mind!

For me, it was Steve, Waldo, and Myra that made the show and had me cracking up every episode. I think writing Waldo out at Season 8 was the biggest mistake they ever made

A better era of ABC 📺 Television

Except the jeans. We're still making fun of Obama for wearing jeans like that.

Urkel was America's first Hipster XD

KingDT2007 no no one is wearing that stfu

JBILLZ 20/20 I swear bro I swear socks and sandles are coming back.

nigga people been doing that im doing it right now fym lmaoo

Jen- A-Purr I'm cool let me get yo number sweet thang!

My guy said sweet thang lol

Yesssssss

yes

Jen- A-Purr you look so beautiful and sexy there.

Toua Herr dam straight! And you didn't need Netflix or the Internet to find good entertainment.

man i miss these friday nights with my family. now everyone has grown up and so busy.

Toua Herr that statement is so true

Toua Herr and these TGIF shows were so worth while

Toua Herr missing those days

Myra was psychotic and Laura was a selfish bitch. I don't even think there is any combination of the two that would be considered acceptable, at least to me.

@@matthewserdynski1699 yeah but at least Myra was psychotic out of a true love for Steve. Laura was just stuck up for the sake of being stuck up

@@mg19cal Myra was psychotic in general. She did love Steve, but the things she did to try to keep Steve was just plain dangerous and screwed up.

@@matthewserdynski1699 you're not wrong. It's just, if I'm Steve, and I had to choose ONE to tip the scales, I'm going with Myra 😁

@@mg19cal Myra was much more attractive as well.

Absolutely smitten😍😍😍

He sure did considering the fact that in real life he doesn't like black women as a mate LOL

When he plays Stephan Jaleel is actually being himself off the set

ShawBrothersGirl I understand completely why he doesn't like black women and im a black man.

@@SunjayI My dream is to meet him.

flyflip87 lol yes

Shut up todd

Lol thats the point of his character

SEXUAL HARASSMENT ME TOO ME TOO ME TOO

Smoother than cream cheese on your morning bagel 😏

God I remember the excitement, my cousin and I would get Cool Ranch Doritos, which were still kind of new, and be all set to watch TGIF on Friday nights lol. I think you have to be a certain age group to understand 😂

I miss the 90s line up shows as well

Comedies were so family-centric back then and we loved them. Today everything is so edgy and dark, its sad. We were lucky and probably that last true "innocent" generation. It'll never return.

@@aenima1 I was thinking that myself. I'm so glad I got to experience it. Vs Kim K and her famliy being America's famliy to look up to.

Right he said baby i'm Stefan Urquelle.

@@niyah7139 Stefan: There is no 'Steve' here, I'm Stefan, Sweet Thang

Jaleel is sooo finee😍

LOL sooo true!!

Yep I called it that steve urkel that was his show

Lmao 💯

My grandma used to call it "urkel"

Let's be real- you saw everybody saying they called it the "Steve Urkel" show in the comments and decided to throw that into a comment for likes LOL

I Am No One it based on himself

No it turned him into Stephon Urquell

Yessss lol 😂

😂😂😂

It's a Crying shame that the *entire episode,* hasn't been uploaded!

The only episode out of the entire series where Jaleel doesn't step inside the transformation chamber

I don't understand why he would need CGI when his appearance is still the same it's just a change in personality

i mean... she did tho.. thats why she dumped stefan for steve cuz she realized all the feelings she thought she had for stefan were actually steve's qualities that she secretely loved... evolution and open minded ness ++++

Right... Oddly, as a youngster, I was totally crushing on Myra. Then again, I've also once uttered the following, "You know what'd be funny? Having a stalker." So... Grain of salt and all that.

Yeah laura was a bitch to steve even when he was nice to her

Antonio Diaz everybody always says that but i thought laura cared for steve she just had a funny way of showing it

@@angeljohnson6665 cared for him yes but the way she treated him was harsh

Um where? Lol

@@halaniwalombardi3562 the shoes are back in style.

@@halaniwalombardi3562 don’t play dumb, you know this 90’s ish back in fashion right now

For some they never went out of style! 😮

Mom jeans made a comeback for sure. It's 2021. It took 20 years to happen.

It looks like Mountain Dew voltage

will smith ya'll

@@elmalloc will smith is the generation before jaleel white bruh. when will was in his 20's jaleel was like 12 lol , but they both icons in the black community and in the industry on the whole

elmalloc Will Smith wasn't a character actor though. Jaleel White played two different characters within one scene and he made you believe that they were complete opposites. I've never seen Will Smith show that kinda talent back in the 90s.

Margo mortendale

Totally agree

Yes they wore the best clothes and their hair look so natural and thick ❤

He is

I know. He is the TRUE voice of Sonic the Hedgehog!

Pilsner Urquelle.

LMAO!!!

Except when you drink, the other person becomes more attractive.

????????!!!!???

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I know right! Jaleel White is just too talented!!

rrjohnson93 Haha. So true. This show and Fresh Prince were the best.

I absolutely agree!! Such commitment to character body and vocal change. I appreciate your comment.

Dub T, the character of Steve Urkel is so famous that it is very hard for Jaleel White to get another big role because people only see him as Steve Urkel

Alejandra Franco, I didnt know that. Alfonso ribeiro who played Carlton Banks couldnt find any big roles after The fresh prince...

rash b Me too

🤣 fr tho he gave it his all

He's Sonic as well!

Stefan was a part of Steve; Season 10 was gonna reveal this.

Hennessy for ya

Nice

Maybe it was just Vodka

🤣🤣 that would be crazy!

darcanjel7 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

😂😂😂😂

OMG...😂🤣😂🤣😅 Yessss!

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Lmao

ALWAYS loved Jaleel since my childhood!

Only reason I can think of is that everybody knew of him as Steve Urkel

Typecasted

I think his career got sidetracked when he went to college. Then he went into the production side

He should immediately took movie roles that was opposite of urkel role. After family matters ended

No, Family Matters belongs in the trash heap of history, and it's quite obvious why Jaleel White didn't have an acting career.

Dr. Urkel & Mr. Cool

I am so jealous! I was raised in the 2000s and 2010s. That’s when things stopped being fun.

Facts back when shows were funny,romantic,taught great lessons and u were able to speak up for yourself and others .These days slot of shows like these aren't being made

Agree I grew up watching many 90s sitcoms and even cartoon shows.

It sure was the good old days

I always though Aaliyah somewhat resembles Kellie since Kellie is older!!!

I see a little resemblance to Gabrielle Union

Jerome Holloman Aaliyah actually auditioned for the role of Laura

Tinker B I actually thought it was grabielle union as a kid lol

Aaliyah didn't actually audition for Laura, just the show in general. Possibly Judy, the sister who went upstairs and never came back down.

Right! It was a huge deal lol

Right!!

Me too, me too

I hate to admit it but I was legit like 'holy s*** that's amazing' 😲🤣😂

I was a hard F.O.B (fresh off the boat) kid about three years deep living in America. I remember seeing this and thinking to myself, "whooz this neega 😡?" I was team Urkel all day 🤓

Maybe. Just maybe. You weren’t particularly interesting or attractive or confident. Maybe. Just maybe. There were girls who fancied you that weren’t those things either so you didn’t notice them.

@@Horriflick Women who destroy their lives are invisible to me. I would never judge a woman for how they look, but I will for what they have become. In other words, I will not date an overweight woman because that is something you do to your body, but I will 100% date a woman with no legs, or deaf, or simply "ugly" (whatever that means) as long as she has a good head in her shoulders and makes good decisions (such as not becoming a single mother, for example).

@@Horriflick - Yes. He’s one of those guys. “She didn’t care for me when she was young and hot with no kids”.... Nothing wrong with that. It’s just that, money or not, women don’t want someone unattractive just like men don’t. Of course people are gonna lower their standards the older they get

Der Banger yes definitely! simplicity worked and still does

you mean "were" not "where" you fucking moron

real butts and without a million tattoos. hell yea

Der Banger ! for real! Laura looks good as hell here, and this is coming from a gay dude.

I had a huge crush on Laura when I was younger haha

Except Myra was a stalker that would spy on him and draw pictures of him naked.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What one man frowns upon, another man salivates.

@Brittany Bennett I'm nerdy and extremely intelligent and inventive like Steve was but I'm also likely twice or thrice his age at 39 and thus have the life experience and wisdom. If I saw that one woman only wanted me if I changed the very nature of who I was and saw another woman who wanted me for who I was as I was, I'd be smart enough to go with the latter.

@Brittany Bennett at the same time, her dad would be dead at least twice over if not for Steve being there and knowing CPR and knowing martial arts via the Bruce juice he calls it. I'd say that offsets the bad and balances everything out.

It's just a show.

For real. It's really too bad Jaleel didn't get the credit he really deserved for his work in Family Matters. Looking at the reruns now as an adult, you realize his real impact on this show. I did when I watched this show when I was a kid in the 90's, but when you're an adult, things hit different as the kids say now. LOL. But yes, hopefully one day he will be recognized for his work on Family Matters..... No one else could pull off the Urkel character like he did. They tried it with Laura, Carl, and Eddie, and even though it was funny, it wasn't the same.

Mayra Sandoval what episode is this

We all are, baby

Yup we are lol it's all good tho

tbreeze415 she was a bitch dint change for a worldly bitch

And the father on Fresh Prince played Shredder on TMNT

@@crispusattucks4007 *James Avery

I grew up with those cartoons and I can literally only hear Sonic lmaooo.

It's hard to believe because you are racist.

@@africanlogic757 No, it's hard to believe because he sounds nothing like Sonic's current voice.

Facts this, fresh prince, and saved by the bell was the shit back then

😅😂

TheKingHyral right lol

TheKingHyral you Stoopid 😂😂😂

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Back when it was a live audience and not the damn lazy laugh track

That's what I was gonna say! The cool genes are even COLORED l\like Sonic's spines.

samish do you think they only did one take ?

Jorda n Personally I think they did several takes.

@@MMZERO9 The audience reaction seems like they only did 1 take.

I don't either i bet kellie (Laura's actress) probably blushed a few times before they finally got the scene right

Jaleel White is a great and underrated actor.

Bunny23723 amen fine as can be

Outgoing entertaining man first of all I am only 13 years old second of all I was just saying that cause jaleen white is cute so the next time u want to smart mouth me u better have some respect

Outgoing entertaining man ok

@Outgoing entertaining man I don't know why they had him keep up the squeaky high pitched voice. Urkel was nerdy enough without it.

Me too

Same

Get this man a beer.. 🍺

🍻

Yep!

Comedies had sexual undertones ESPECIALLY in the 90s

@@chrism7163 definitely lol

The whole point of this is he wants to be cool so he can nail her.

But this was the same era as Married with Children.

Or racial undertones.

why didn't Laura like Steve?

Jerome Holloman Why you ask him? all he's saying is that he wishes this was in Netflix.

just wondering cuz she was always mean to him

Jerome Holloman Shallow girl is Shallow. Later on in the series after becoming his best friend she eventually falls for him. She even had to choose between Stefan, who was a seperate being, and Steve.

lol Kellie was cool though just laid back like me

Still is!

You stupid as fuck

Yes lol

You go yah.

Me

Who's here in 2021?

👍

Not me, I'm here in 1976.

Me..September 19..2019