the first ever TGIF with hosts larry and balki written by geoffrey on 03/14/08
gonna have some fun, show you how it’s done - TGIF!
the date: october 13, 1989.
the event: the first night of TGIF ever.
your hosts: larry and balki from perfect strangers.
the opening: features a cartoon mouse. (?)
historical significance: immense.
filed under TGIF, tv comedies: 80's
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Alex Mar 14
Thank Goodness It’s FUNNY?
Chris Mar 14
the only thing ABC would have to do to get me to watch TV again is just replay TGIF.
HexenDarkside Mar 14
All those shows teach good values too much. Mainly Full House.
geoffrey Mar 16
alex - yup.
chris - with all the highly specific digital cable channels, you’d think one of them would be the tgif network. not abc family - i mean a network that plays nothing but urkel 24/7.
hexen - can you ever learn the value of ‘just be yourself when other kids pick on you’ too much? haha - probably!
Princess Bex Mar 18
I miss TGIF…It was the perfect ending to what was probably a bad week…TGIF died when Boy Meets World Ended…Bring it back…bring it back…Abc has no comedy…
geoffrey Mar 19
we all miss TGIF, princess bex. though abc has no comedy, i am *hilariously* addicted to lost.
P Jul 16
The best thing ABC could (and should) have done in the ’90s was to bring back both Batman and The Green Hornet - even if that meant seeing a noticeably older (and in Burt Ward’s case, heavier) Dynamic Duo in their Bat-suits. I dunno if Van Williams would’ve wanted to wear that Hornet mask again, though.