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FAMILY MATTERS: THE NAKED AND THE NERDY (TV)

Summary

One in this comedy series about the Winslows, an African-American family living in Chicago next door to their annoying neighbor, Steve Urkel.

Urkel and Laura accidentally see each other nude in the bathroom, terrifying both of them. Carl is visited by a neighbor who seems to know him, although Carl does not recall him at all. It turns out he is Larry Johnson, a local man who was referred to the Winslows by their local priest in order to receive advice on his marriage. He asks Carl to hide a present for his wife’s upcoming birthday in his house for a day so that she doesn’t find it, and Carl agrees. Things become quite awkward between Urkel and Laura due to their earlier encounter. Myra becomes suspicious and gets Urkel to tell her about what happened, leaving her crestfallen. Harriette gets Carl a present in honor of the anniversary of their first date and sees Larry’s gift, assuming that Carl got it for her. She opens the gift, a diamond bracelet, and accepts it before he can explain otherwise.

Carl brings Larry over and explains what happened. He offers to purchase an identical bracelet for Larry’s wife, but changes his mind when he finds out about its high price tag. Urkel encounters Laura late at night in the kitchen, and his awkwardness over their encounter causes him to accidentally topple over a water cooler. Laura helps him clean up despite their lingering tension, and Eddie enters, making unrelated comments that inadvertently make Urkel extremely defensive. Eddie manages to intuit what transpired between the two of them, and he finds this prospect hilarious. He advises them that they cannot keep avoiding each other and that they should work out their differences. They try to come to an understanding with each other, realizing that the incident was accidental and that they behaved in a mostly mature fashion about it. Carl musters up the courage to tell Harriette the truth about the bracelet, and she reluctantly parts with it. She is disappointed that he forgot their anniversary, but he reveals that he is embarrassed about his comparatively cheaper gift: a framed copy of a strip from a photo booth they used on their very first date. Harriette is quite pleased with this gift in spite of this. Includes commercials.

Details

  • NETWORK: ABC
  • DATE: September 29, 1995 8:30 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:27:57
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: B:40664
  • GENRE: Comedy
  • SUBJECT HEADING: African-American Collection - Comedy; TV - Comedy
  • SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1989-1997; CBS - 1997-1998
  • COMMERCIALS:
    • TV – Commercials – Burger King restaurants
    • TV – Commercials – Ford automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Imodium anti-diarrheal
    • TV – Commercials – McDonald’s restaurants
    • TV – Commercials – Olive Garden restaurants
    • TV – Commercials – Oscar Meyer meat products
    • TV – Commercials – Prego pasta sauce
    • TV – Commercials – Secret antiperspirant
    • TV – Commercials – Tylenol pain relief
    • TV – Commercials – “The Big Green” motion picture
    • TV – Promos – “Boy Meets World”
    • TV – Promos – “Look Who’s Talking”
    • TV – Promos – “Maybe This Time”
    • TV – Promos – “ReBoot”
    • TV – Promos – “The Beatles Anthology”
    • TV – Promos – “The Jeff Foxworthy Show”

CREDITS

  • David W. Duclon … Executive Producer
  • Robert L. Boyett … Executive Producer, Developed by
  • Thomas L. Miller … Executive Producer, Developed by
  • William Bickley … Executive Producer, Created by
  • Michael Warren … Executive Producer, Created by
  • Jim Geoghan … Co-Executive Producer
  • Fred Fox Jr. … Co-Executive Producer
  • Gary Menteer … Co-Executive Producer
  • Fred Rubin … Supervising Producer
  • Stephen Langford … Supervising Producer, Writer
  • Kelly Sandefur … Producer
  • Richard Correll … Director
  • Jesse Frederick … Music by, Theme Music by
  • Bennett Salvay … Music by, Theme Music by
  • Reginald VelJohnson … Cast, Carl Winslow
  • JoMarie Payton Noble (See also: JoMarie French-Noble) … Cast, Harriette Winslow
  • Darius McCrary … Cast, Eddie Winslow
  • Kellie Shanygne Williams … Cast, Laura Winslow
  • Michelle Thomas … Cast, Myra Monkhouse
  • Jaleel White … Cast, Steve Urkel
  • Spencer Garrett … Cast, Larry Johnson