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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful :-
One of the all time best sit-coms, 27. November 1999
Author: nutz4n64 von Schaumburg, IL

I've been watching this show since the first episode and have always loved it. I hate when shows get cut off with so much going on, mainly Dana's relationship with Rich. That was a great move by the producers of the show, because, seriously, who saw it coming? The only thing that was bad was that some of the show's magic was lost when Cody left. He was without a doubt the funniest character on it. Of course, they tried at one point to replace the comic relief with Flash, who was entertaining at Disney World, trying to break the visiting record. But, he never did live up to the Code-Man. It was also cool seeing Bronson Pinchot as a Frenchman for a season (he brings over a good character from his star performance on Perfect Strangers).

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I miss this show, 27. Dezember 1999
Author: Coolguy-7 von USA

This has been one of my favorite TV shows. Why did those morons at the TV station have to take it off the air? It started off on ABC as part of TGIF. After that, they put it on CBS and had reruns of it on NBC. It's sort of like the "Brady Bunch" except that the kids don't get along at all, especially JT and Dana who are almost always bickering with each other. JT usually calls Dana "Barkey" and she makes a clever comeback by calling him "Greaseball." Let's see now, we also have Karen, Dana's vain sister and Mark, Dana's nerdy brother. Of the Lambert children we have JT of course, then sports-freak Al(short for Alicia) and carefree Brendan. Oh, let's also not forget the weird, but loveable Cody (JT, Al, and Brendan's cousin)who lives in a van in their backyard. I love this show very much. So please, God, bring this show back.

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful :-
Instant laugh machine!, 27. November 1999
Author: Fernando Henrique Canto (canto@poa.matrix.com.br) von Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

I watched this show and all I can say is: This show is great! It's very funny and the history is amazing. I laughed hard several times watching Step By Step, and I recommend it to all the good-humored people who like family comedies.

This show is not "almost perfect", like Blossom and Dharma & Greg. It may look like another stupid TV show with canned laughs. But, if you watch it, I bet you'll laugh and like it.

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13 out of 22 people found the following comment useful :-
Remember those Friday Nights???....., 17. Dezember 2004
Author: velvets203 von United States

Step By Step was a typical, TGIF, ABC sitcom of the era. Stereotypical characters run rampant on the show, but let us remember the REAL reason it lasted seven years. The show's creators knew that they had TV gold when they enlisted TV veterans Duffy (Dallas) and Sommers (Three's Company) to play the role of Mom and Dad. Now, parents of young preteens and teens could watch the show with their kids and have "adult" eye candy to gaze upon. One cannot discount both of their abilities as all-time television sex symbols. Nor the casting of Staci Keanan, the cute as a button girl from "My Two Dads". These three vets allowed for the creators to not worry about finding good writers or creative ideas, but ride the wave of the familiar faces. As for the characters, with so many kids, all stereotypes are fully represented. The "best" (or worst) has to go to Cody (Sasha Mitchell). He alone dropped the comedic IQ of this show from average to pathetic. His "dude", "whoah" and "wow" is more than 50% of his total dialouge. Although an idiot is found on nearly every sitcom post 1980, Cody may take the cake for the worst written. Besides not being a real child of the family (he's a cousin) and living in a van in the garage, Cody doesn't do much but walk in and marvel at something he finds interesting, say one of the three words, nod his head crazy, and move on. The writing/acting makes "Bill and Ted" (who had to help inspire the role) look like Mensa members. Keanan acts well for her part as the intelligent anti-male, with Angela Watson portraying the hot ditz with adequate flair and substance. Christine Lakin also acts well as the tomboy (AL), then Hottie in a tomboy's body in the later years. The women overcame bad writing with being gorgeous and actually acting the part they were given, knowing the roles they needed to fill. However, the guys in the show really didn't hold up to the bargain. Castille IS the biggest wimp in TV history as Mark, and Brendan (Josh Byrne) came across as nearly retarded in trying to get out his lines. Only JT (Brandon Call), the smart-witted, no common sense son actually gets what he is trying to convey as the "this is the way it was, and will be" attitude towards the family, as well as being a perfect beta-male in the house. I always wondered why NONE of the guys was an "IT" guy, like Karen the model, cheerleader-esquire character. All the guys seemed to be wimps, losers, and dorks who just could not get what they wanted. Had JT been the ladies man, Big man on campus guy, I feel the show would have added a nice dimension. Anyways, the characters in the show all live up to their strict gender roles, with Mom being a hairdresser, dad the construction man, etc. etc. Other characters came and went: JT had a perverted friend Rich (James Marsden) that Dana actually dated later, which will blow your mind if you see an early episode with Rich featured. Sommers had a sister helping cut hair, she left after season 1, Sommers decided to have MORE kids (original storyline) and at the end, Perfect Strangers alum Bronson Pinochet came in to string along another 52 weeks of paychecks for the show. I must also add that this is the one show with school-aged kids who, to my knowledge, were rarely shown actually IN school. (They did have the occasional school function, but the show was not normally set around an AT school problem) I do not doubt they went, but the show was so much more about the house, family, and their interactions. Even the Brady Bunch had some school scenes, but not on SBS. I think the viewer would have had a better understanding of characters had we see them interact with ANYONE besides their stereotypical family.

Re-watching this show may give you a different perspective, as previously stated this show was over-sexed and strangely written. (and I didn't notice at age 12, but age 22). The sexual overtones of this show, after watching again, is shocking. Duffy and Sommers reprise their sexual appetite from their former shows, always wanting to get the kids asleep for some fun under the covers. No show in history had more kids walking in as their parents were "asleep" than Step By Step. Some episodes had 5-10 minute scenes of Duffy "begging for sex" as Sommers contemplated one of their many kids' current problems. Their acting seemed so easy to them, I think they just acted as themselves the entire show. Other issues include a cousin, Cody, being in love with Dana (Keanan) and parents always wanting to sneak off for alone time, proving this show would not be thought of in the "family show mold" of 2004. I am shocked to see it on ABC Family, because the show rarely had the -aww, shucks- moments practically trademarked by ABC's TGIF. Where as Boy Meets World, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, and Family Matters seemed to always have a moral, lesson, or rule to be found, followed, and understood, Step By Step seemed to throw away any diverse message and just stuck with "love your family, it is the only one you have". That is a fine mantra to live by, but hardly revealing. Overall, a show with a permanent place in history considering its stars and placement as a 90's TGIF staple, and worth seeing on re-runs, just to see what television was putting in young minds from 1991-1998. 6-7 stars out of 10.

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One of the best TV-series in the whole world!, 6. April 2005
Author: Eli SR von Norway

I think "Step by Step" is one of the best TV-series I've ever seen. One of the things that make it so good is that the happening is so normal. It's a perfectly normal family, with perfectly normal family-problems. Just like "F*R*I*E*N*D*S", "step by step" has this wonderful gallery of different personalities. Friendship against different personalities makes one of the best kinds of humor the world have ever seen. "Step by Step" is very helpful, it tells us about problems and dilemmas everyone can get, and it tells us about it with this GREAT sense of humor! The actors are fantastic and the happening is fabulous! There might come other series about families like the Foster-Lambert family, but even if it's funnier, cooler or smarter, it would not be the same, and it'd only one reason why it can't be the same as "step by step": IT'S NOT "STEP BY STEP"!! It's a shame this fantastic show was canceled, but in some countries (my native land Norway, till example) you can still see the episodes on TV every day.

If you haven't seen "step by step" you have missed a lot of fun!!

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"Family Matters" and the magic of technicolor, 25. April 2006

Author: Sandcooler von Belgium

Back in the cold and creepy early 90's,a show called "Family Matters" aired.The trick was to buy a manual in standard family situations and their solutions and insert some attempts to sarcastic remarks in it and you had yourself a lovely little stealing-is-wrong,parents-are-right-show.

The problem was,the Winslows were black and by producers' logics,white people didn't know them.So who's going to educate white folks with a crappy sense of humor then?Without this show,I'm sure we would still be lying,stealing,drinking,assassinating pedophiles.In fact,that last thing is true,I never want to be close to children ever again.

The second reason for the existence of this show was Patrick Duffy.Apparently,the US government was sick of paying Duffy to do nothing so the producers from "Step by Step" took that job over.They owed him big because a "Dallas"-fan killed Duffy's parents.I always knew people who liked "Dallas" were crazy.

The cast consisted of Patrick Duffy,already mentioned him,aging bimbo Suzanne Somers(physically,not mentally)and Sasha Mitchell,who took over the lead in the "Kickboxer"-series after Van Damme and the audience got sick of it.In between the shoots of this show,he found some time to slap around his wife.

The rest of the people were mostly white versions of the whole Winslow-bunch,combined with some more one-or-zero-dimensional characters,like the dumb guy,the smart girl who believes in stuff like no sex before parenthood(or marriage,whatever)and a pretty girl who spends her days looking pretty(in theory).

Powered by a massive laugh-and-cheer tape stolen from something funny,this show aired for a whopping 7 years,which was humiliating for the competition.Although,you'll have to note that this is the time where sorry(attempts to)-shows were all big hits,everybody just ignored their crappyness.

We saw the children growing up and Patrick Duffy growing down,that's about the summary.The people in "Step by Step" always wanted to live in their own little world.Everyone who wanted to harm anyone was attacked by Cody(he was probably training),everybody who wanted sex at 17 got rejected(cheer tape),drugs were wrong,stealing was wrong,yeah yeah.I don't think people who like this show will ever think about stealing or snorting to begin with.Meh,forget it,I'm sick of wasting time on this crap.

This was a show that contained dozens of apologies each season,but I'm still waiting for one addressed to me.I watched this stuff when I was little and I think I earn it for all the damage to my brain.I don't do drugs or steal stuff,and it's their fault.No fair.

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Great Show!!, 12. März 2000
Author: Helle (my_force@hotmail.com) von Denmark

Step by Step was a great show. Staci Keanan's character, Dana Foster, was the best! She always had an answer to everything, and her relationship to Rich Halke was unexpected but funny. The downside of the series was when Sasha Mitchell's character, Cody Lambert, left the show in 1996. But definitely a show worth seeing if you want a good laugh. -Helle

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It's A Little Better Than "Full House", But Not By Much., 19. Juli 2005
Author: skin-and-bones von United States

In the early 1990's "Step-by-Step" came as a tedious combination of the ultra-cheesy "Full House" and the long-defunct loopy classic hit "The Brady Bunch". The differences between "Step-by-Step" and the two aforementioned shows was of course better writing, excellent comedic timing from almost all of it's actors, and a great deal funnier situations that weren't quite as sugar-coated as it's extremely popular predecessors. Admittedly though, even with the big boosts in the show's basic dynamics and all it still wasn't exactly spectacular, nor was it really even that memorable in the long line of corny family programming! It was just a much better time-passer, you might say, in comparison to the cutesy migraine-inducing "Full House", which coincidentally, ran neck-and-neck with "Step-by-Step" during that time period in terms of overall popularity. The show, now in syndication obviously, is certainly suitable family-fare but be sure to not expect much beyond that when watching it.

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Not A Bad Little Show, 4. März 2003
Author: artfiore1 von East Brunswick, N.J.

"Step By Step," while not the greatest TV show ever, was certainly not the worst! It wasn't a bad little show. Those people who never saw the show, and are looking to the user comments here in order to find out whether or not the show was any good, there's a message to be found in all the negative comments that have been posted here. It should be noted that in those bashing reviews that the grammar is so atrocious and that so many of the words are misspelled. What does that tell you?

And, to all you super critics, you're not fooling anyone by your use of BIG words like "targeted", "innuendo", "propaganda", "relegated", etc. For people who seem to know so much about what makes a great comedy series, Why aren't they writing great ones and dazzling us all with all their Emmys?

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Never Dull, Always Cool....One of the Best!, 13. Juli 1999
Author: bobcat-1 von San Marcos, TX

It's too bad this one isn't made anymore, but it's one of my all-time favs. It's too bad Sasha Mitchell had to leave in '96..his Cody "Code-Man" Lambert Character made for excellent comic relief. Good thing it's found on syndication.

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