Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Musical Interlude: Hit Me Off (1996)

80's hitmakers New Edition reunited in the mid-90's, as Bobby Brown's solo career hit a snag or three. In order to promote the CD, "Home Again", the guys appeared on Family Matters in a November sweeps stunt.

By this point in the series, after having cloned himself at the end of the previous season, Steve Urkel (Jaleel White) was able to convert one of his clones into his suave, debonair alter-ego, Stefan Urquelle (White again), allowing Stefan to live his own life. That figures into this clip. This episode is also titled, "Home Again":



It wasn't the first time they had musical guests on Matters, but I think it was the last time, as prior to this, Shanice, Tracie Spencer, and the late Donna Summer had all appeared with Donna playing a relative of Urkel's, and Shanice & Tracie appearing as themselves, doing duets with Eddie Winslow (Darius McCrary). We'll have those clips up down the line.

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