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Latka: you took the tongue right out of my mouth. danny: outsiders help us relate as an audience. penny: what are you some kind of nerd? leonard: i m not some kind of nerd, i am the king of nerds. tina fey: they re seeing everything with fresh eyes. lurch: you rang? jaleel white: that dynamic is pretty awesome, it s special. melissa joan hart: that confidence really made people feel like they could be ok to be whoever they are, urkel: did i do that? melissa joan hart: and i think, if i believe in who i am and own it, i can still be cool. mork: hello? anybody in there? fly, be free! john lithgow: the absolute essence of a successful sitcom is one word and that is emotion. ....
there are neighborhoods, where you had to be such a tough guy when you re outside your house, this was the character that you get to be when you re with family members and friends and you can be your goofy self and dance around. steve urkel made the statement that we can be whoever we want. i played bruce lee. elvis, albert einstein. the evolution of the nerd in sitcoms is an interesting one to watch. we went from urkel and screech, which is the joke character. to something like big bang theory where you have a group of nerds that are the stars of the show. it started with a big bang inconceivably brilliant, guys that can figure pi to 80 decibels but were very child like. ....
This was the character that you get to be when you re with family members and friends, and you can be your goofy self and dance around. jaleel: steve urkel made the statement that we can be whatever we want. i played bruce lee. i played elvis, albert einstein. anita sarkeesian: the evolution of the nerd in sitcoms is an interesting one to watch. we went from urkel and screech that are like the joke character on their respective shows to something like big bang theory, where you have a group of nerds who are the stars of the show. math, science, history, unraveling the mystery that all started with the big bang. hey! chuck lorre: just inconceivably brilliant guys who can figure pi to 80 decimals but were very childlike. sheldon: smell that? that s the smell of new comic books. oh yes. ....
Aramide tinubu: he was so quirky and so odd, but he was so beloved. jaleel: he loves polka. he loves cheese. urkel: got any cheese? cedric: he had the dancing and then did i do that ? steve: did i do that? aramide: he really sort of took over the series. jaleel: a lot of people feel awkward. so, in the weirdest way, he instilled self-pride in other people. it s like hey that guy can be awkward and go after the girl of his dreams and share what he s about with others. laura: so what did you invent this time? steve: well, you ll see! cedric: in our neighborhoods where you had to be such a tough guy when you re outside your house, ....
Like a snack dick. richard: no, it s pied piper. put them on. patrick gomez: but that was not the case ah decades ago, and i think the sitcom had a large part in pushing geek culture to the forefront. urkel: hi mr. winslow, i m steve urkel. aramide tinubu: family matters was set in chicago and it was about the winslow family. carl: hello ladies, i thought we d all do our homework together. laura: uh oh. dad s paying bills, i m outta here! judy: me too. aramide tinubu: and they have this really annoying neighbor, steve urkel. jaleel: when i went to audition for steve urkel, i was just supposed to be a day player. that s it. jaleel: i brought the glasses, it belonged to my father. i got this little pea head when he gave me his glasses, they just kind of wobbled on my face. steve: i hear you can t get a date for the dance, so you want to go with me? girl: she d rather eat worms. urkel: okay, some other time then. ....