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Family Matters: The Complete First Season

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Finally!!! How many days have gone by while fans eagerly waited for the release of this classic family sitcom on DVD?! Now fans who have waited patiently, like myself and my friends, will be able to own the complete first season of the Winslow's and their quirky neighbor Steve Urkle in Family Matters. The 3-disc set will contain the following 22 episodes originally airing from 1989-1990:

The Mama Who Came To Dinner
Two-Income Family
Short Story
Rachel's First Date
Straight A's
Baseball Blues
Body Damage
Mr. Badwrench
Stake-Out
False Arrest
The Quilt
Laura's First Date (Steve Urkle's Proper Introduction!!!)
Man's Best Friend
Baker's Dozen
The Big Reunion
The Party
The Big Fix
Sitting Pretty
In A Jam
The Candidate
Bowl Me Over
Rock Video

No news yet on any special features and some are wary of expecting any but just being able to own these episodes on a proper set should be more than enough to please fans. Though, any exec's out there with a say in the matter should be aware of how much us fans who have waited so long would appreciate a little something extra, a blooper reel would be great, even some sort of featurette or promotional material if not a commentary or two, just throwing that out there.

Anybody growing up or alive in the 90's knows the name Steve Urkle. Urkle became a household name and now fans can revisit, and newcomer's can finally be introduced to, the man who did do that. Though Steve Urkle easily became a star the show wasn't only great because of him, (in fact Urkle wasn't written in until the 12th episode but became so popular they made him a regular and fit him into some earlier episodes not yet aired), but it was also great because of Carl, Harriette, Laura, Eddie and the entire Winslow family and how audiences related to them and the issues they dealt with, which is an even rarer thing this day and age. I still remember the way Carl would drag out "Harr-i-ette" or how Steve would be told "go home Steve" only to then respond "I don't have to take this, I'm going home." This show is classic American sticom at it's finest and they just can't make them like this anymore. I don't know if it's because the world has changed or if they just don't know how to capture the innocence, comedy and family values the way sitcoms once used to. This show in particular had great stories that at their core taught us family does matter and it still does just as much if not more so today.

2010 is a great year for the 'Most Wanted TV Series on DVD' crowd, shows like Daria and Family Matters that fans have waited for patiently for so many years are finally getting released. It looks like all the online petitions and fans showing desire to purchase these great series has finally paid off. I have to give this show 5 stars and don't see any reason that this set won't deserve five stars, especially for fans who have waited so long for this "most wanted on DVD" series. Everybody get out there and buy this, it's the bigger love of the family!

Rather than further clutter up the review page I've included episode summaries in my comments section for those interested. Thanks for your time.

I believe this show should definitely be released on DVD. There is a Simpson's, Seinfeld, and Full House DVD so why not a Family Matters one! This is absurd! People shouldn't have to vote for a Family Matters DVD because that's ridiculous. Something needs to be done! RELEASE THIS DVD!

Family Matters was one of the all time great television sitcoms EVER! Please release it on DVD soon so I can buy it!

I watched this show for 9 years and it was much better than it's predecessor "Perfect Strangers". "Family Matters" was the spinoff from Perfect Strangers Marie Jo Peyton played the security guard Harriet Winslow on tha show. So producers decided to spin her off unto her own show. I loved her show better! I stopped watching "PS" and started watching "FM" for it's entire 9 year run. It was sad when they replaced "Harriette" in the last season because Marie Jo was upset that her show became the Steve/Laura/Carl show. Eddie grown into being a really hot looking man! Damn those biceps he has! So when are they coming out with the DVDS?

This is one of the greatest sitcoms ever to grace TV. Urkel was so annoying but you loved him anyways, and my other 2 favorite characters were eddies friends Waldo and Weasel, they were hillarious. 2 of my favorite episodes were the ones where Carl and Urkel wrestle the Bushwackers (who played ex-cons in the episode and when Urkel tells them that he's a cop they try to really rough them up) and another great episode was when they went on American Gladiators, and the one where Carl kills Urkels rare beatle and they go on the People's Court. So many great memories of this show, it would be a mandatory part of the collection, hurry up and start releasing these already!!!

Rarely can anyone find a wholesome, family friendly show filled with solid moral lessons and good ole side splitting laughter as Family Matters. Someone out there in TV/Video land has to get a clue and release this show on DVD. What's the problem? As the studio, you already have too much money that you don't want to make more by releasing this wonderful show on DVD?

This show was one of my favorite shows when I was growing up and it would be awesome if it came out on DVD. PLEASE!!! release this show on DVD. I must see it again.

I started watching Family Matters this past summer and every time I have a break from school I watch it! I love the show so much and it needs to come out on DVD. This is a show that actually deserves to be out on DVD.

I have to first off say....God I love this show. I plan to get this if not the first day it comes out, the first week it does. Steve Urkel was the funniest. I love Myra and Laura. They are my sweethearts. God bless Myra a.k.a(Michelle Thomas) who passed away from stomach cancer several years ago. I heard rumors on the internet that Carl was gay. I dont believe its true cause its just a rumor. People just make up stuff, but if it is true thats his business. All I care is he is a great actor. I loved every star on that show. Evary family needs to have this collection no matter what race you are. Thumbs up to all the supporters including me. I hope everyone gets this show on DVD cause I know I will! DID I DO THAT!!!!????????????? LMAO......

I really loved seeing all the Family Matter shows that Michelle Thomas who played Myra on Family Matters and Justine on the Cosby Show. I really thought that Eddie and Gretta made a cute couple. I am glad that Steve's cousin Myrtle and Eddie never became a couple because Myrtle was really a guy played by Jaleel White. I really thought that Steve and Laura made a cute couple when Laura became attracted to Steve in the last season. I also thought that Laura and Stephon made a cute couple. I was never really crazy about Laura dating Curtis, but I thought that Maxine and Waldo made a cute couple. I wish that Waldo and Maxine had never broke up and that Waldo played by Shawn Harrison had never left the show. I have many favorite episodes of Family Matters and I hope that Michelle Thomas who played Myra rests in peace because she died in 1998 of ovarian cancer. It was so sad because she was only 29. Michelle Thomas was Malcom Jamal Warner's girlfriend in real life and she played Theo's girlfriend Justine on the Cosby Show. In real life after Michelle's death Malcolm Jamal Warner married Karen Brown who played Charmaine on the Cosby Show. Charmaine was Pam's friend. Pam was Cliff and Claire's cousin on the Cosby Show. If Family Matters comes to DVD I will buy every season. I watch Family Matters on Monday-Friday at 1/12 central on ABC Family. Some of my favorite episodes of Family Matters include the episode when Urkel might win 1 million dollars at a basketball game, the pilot episode when Mother Winslow moves in, the episode when Rachel opens her own restaurant Rachel's Place, the episode when Steve and Laura get married for a class project, the episode where Steve's punch is spiked at Maxine's party, the episode where Laura and Maxine get into a fight because Maxine started dating Curtis after Laura broke up with Curtis, the episode where they make tarts, the episode where Laura's guardian angel shows Laura what its like to be Steve, and the episode where Carl has a marriage nightmare and dreams that Steve and Laura got married.