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 Actor Jaleel White--Steve Urkel on TV--is dead-Fiction!
White played Steve Urkel, the nerdy star of the Family Matters show, which aired for nine seasons on both CBS and ABC.
White's performance was such a hit with the live audience, however, and eventually with the television audience, that he became a regular from the second season to the end of the show.
Steve Urkel became everybody's favorite nerd and one of the most memorable and recognizable characters in television.
www.truthorfiction.com /rumors/s/jaleelwhite.htm   (499 words)

  
 Jaleel White is Steve Urkel in Family Matters
The Urkel wave began to crest eight years ago, when Steve Urkel, suspenders-wearing nerd and neighbor of the Winslow family, made a guest appearance on a midseason episode and captured the show.
Urkel is an unlikely hero not only to youngsters all over, but to the show Family Matters itself, which he pretty much single-handedly saved from going off the air.
Steve Urkel, the jerky neighbor with the hiked-up pants and oversized specs, was supposed to be on just one time, but he was such a hit with the viewers that he was invited to become a regular cast member.
www.kellie.de /urkel.htm   (3782 words)

  
 Jaleel White
The reaction to Steve was overwhelming and it was decided that Steve would stay on the show.
Steve Urkel's image has been made into a talking doll (1991), a cereal called Urkel O's (1992), and spoofed by many television shows.
Steve's popularity has sent Family Matters into the televison history books: The show is one of 21 shows to reach 200 episodes (Cheers, The Simpsons, Married With Children, MASH, and Murphy Brown are a few of the others) and it is a hit overseas in Spain and France.
www.angelfire.com /tx/skybolt/jaleel.html   (485 words)

  
 Where is my mind? Chicago.
Steve went from being the character who was a complete idiot that we ended up feeling sorry for to being the character who tried to make us feel sorry for him but ended up looking like a complete idiot.
Urkel is guilty of many, many crimes, one of which is instilling the false hope in geeks across the country that if they just keep badgering the girl they like that they'll end up getting married.
Steve is Laura, her personality and inner-anxieties about "fitting in" manifested into a human being.
www.progressiveboink.com /archive/familymatters.htm   (2149 words)

  
 UrkelNet: The #1 Family Matters Fan Site on the Internet
Steve Urkel, as played by 15-year-old Jaleel White on ABC's Family Matters, is America's best-known nerd, famous for his high-hitched pants, high-pitched voice and pig-snort laugh.
Steve Erkel, as played by 42-year-old Steve Erkel of Los Angeles, is a regular-looking guy whose life has been complicated by Urkel's success.
At the time, Steve Urkel was supposed to be a one-episode character on a blind date with Laura (Kellie Shanygne Williams).
www.anshawn.com /urkelnet/news/articles/erkel.html   (415 words)

  
 Steve Urkel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Urkel dance was a novelty dance that originated in the episode Life of the Party.
In "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming," Urkel is invited to Springfield as part of an "delegation of esteemed TV representatives" (after Sideshow Bob demands an end to television in lieu of detonating an atomic bomb).
English Grime rapper Jammer references Urkel in one of his most popular songs, "Murkle Man." Jammer states that he is "never gonna flex like Urkel," essentially stating that he will never act like, or be viewed as, a nerd.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steve_Urkel   (994 words)

  
 Axis of Stevil - Its the Beginning of Stevilization
Steve Urkel was a brilliant scholar, inventor, and a connoisseur of fine cheeses.
Urkel became a household name on the hit sitcom Family Matters which ran with much success on ABC’s TGIF programming in the early 90’s.
Urkel, the true Steve that he is, ultimately conquers his nemesis with his master wit and courageously saves the day.
www.axisofstevil.com /steveurkel.htm   (255 words)

  
 Loverboy in the ring (Metro Times Detroit)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Loverboy Steve stalks into a wrestling ring wearing tights, a loud, jumbled, rainbow-colored vest, and a pink feather boa around his neck.
Steve backs up and rushes him, hoping to knock him out of the ring — but the force of Steve’s cross-body block knocks them both over the ropes and onto the hardwood gym floor, eliminating them both from the battle.
Steve reels, splayed out on the floor for a few moments, as The Specialist gets up and kicks him a few times in retaliation.
www.metrotimes.com /19/33/Features/culLoverboy.htm   (1625 words)

  
 All in Color for 30 Dimes
The episodes centered on the activities of the Winslow family, similar to the vein of “The Cosby Show.” At some point, the character Steve Urkel was introduced as the geeky neighbor infatuated with Laura, the Winslow daughter.
What began as a series focused on the relationships of a family became a comedy half-hour for a peripheral character; except the one was eclipsing the many, to the future detriment of the show.
Wolverine popping his claws should be akin to what Steve Urkel’s appearance use to be on “Family Matters”: anticipated, savored, and anticipated again.
www.comicavalanche.com /columns/30dimes/30dimes010706.htm   (886 words)

  
 The Fall of Night: Stephen Erkel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In fact this Steve Erkel's name was the inspiration for the Steve Urkel on "Family Matters".
That's when they remembered Steve Erkel a writer-director-producer friend of theirs, not a nerd, but who had a quirky sounding last name.
In fact, the Steve Erkel is a very accomplished writer, director, and filmmaker.
www.fallofnight.com /castcrew/62.cfm   (168 words)

  
 Where's Urkel? - TV Squad
And by Urkel, I mean actor Jaleel White, who played the annoying neighbor Steve Urkel on the popular ABC comedy Family Matters from 1989-1998.
Steve also wins a million dollars but loses it all at the same time when he destroys a scoreboard.
It Jaleel White, an actor best known for his portrayal of Steve Urkel, the nerdy young neighbor in the television sitcom Family Matters (1989-1998), was said to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
www.tvsquad.com /2006/05/12/wheres-urkel   (2308 words)

  
 WORLD OF URKEL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
From the moment I turned on the TV and saw Steve Urkel with a pie in his face, I knew that the art of sophisticated situation comedy had not died with Charlie Chaplin.
The final episode, in which Urkel was lost in space and, despite all hardships, managed to make it back home to his beloved fiancé, had me in tears.
Steve Urkel is indeed one of the classic comedy characters of the 20th century, alongside Chaplin, the Marx Brothers and Richard Wilkins.
urkel.n-chicken.net   (774 words)

  
 Jaleel White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jaleel Ahmad White (born November 27, 1976 in Pasadena, California) is an American actor, most famous as Steve Urkel on the TV series Family Matters from 1990 to 1998.
Urkel!" by a group of college fraternity brothers who were in the studio audience.
He created the role of Urkel, as he was called, by borrowing his dad's dental glasses (White's dad was a dentist), hiking up his pants, bending his knees, and talking in a high-pitched tone.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jaleel_White   (486 words)

  
 Family Matters Urkel T-Shirt - Family Matters Tees Erkel Tee Shirts
Steve Erkel Did I Do That Family Matters T-Shirt - Steve Urkel Family Matters t-shirt in our 80s and retro tee shirt section - This is an officially licensed product from the Family Matters tv show.
This Steve Urkel Family Matters tv show t-shirt features Urkel with his catch phrase of "Did I Do That?" A really cool vintage tee shirt for any fan of the hit tv show.
Urkel tee shirt color is as shown and these tees not only look great, but are made to last.
www.teesnthings.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1409   (155 words)

  
 UrkelNet: The #1 Family Matters Fan Site on the Internet
Steve was anxious to get rid of Laura's boyfriend, Ted Curran (Patrick J. Dancy), so in one of the later episodes of the season, Laura and Ted hook Urkel up with Ted's cousin, Myra Monkhouse (the late Michelle Thomas).
By the fifth season, Urkel has already made a robot of himself, a jet pack, a rocket, and other nifty gadgets that usually blow up in the Winslows' faces, but he made something during this season that changed Jaleel White's image...
True, Urkel was clumsy, but he was smart, as to was Laura, and the family made accomplishments, and did not need TV fl stereotypes to keep them popular with the masses.
www.anshawn.com /urkelnet/synopsis.html   (1938 words)

  
 comments | Retro Junk
Man I like Steve Urkel he is the funniest Person on that show.
I loved the episode when Eddie and Urkel move into an apartment and everytime the train would pass by they had to get out their umbrellas..ha ha.
I also liked the episode when Steve, Waldo, and Eddie were on an apartment balcony during a party, and the balcony loosened up and they were struggling to get back into the building, and the episode when Steve and Carl traveled back in time with Steve's portable time machine.
www.retrojunk.com /details_comments.php?type=tvshow&main_id=210   (673 words)

  
 Family Matters (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Winslows' nerdy next-door neighbor, Steve Urkel, was introduced midway through the first season, and quickly became the focus of the show.
Steve Urkel (Jaleel White), was the most famous character on the show.
Laura is the oldest daughter of the Winslow house, and is the object of Steve's affections.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Family_Matters_(TV_series)   (3487 words)

  
 Family Matters (an Episode Guide)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Steve develops a crush on Rachel and believes it is reciprocated when she invites him to a candlelight dinner at her restaurant, while Rachel is actually dating her bank's loan officer.
Steve schemes to take the reluctant Laura to a hot-ticket concert; Carl takes out his frustrations on the family, unable to shake the memory of a shooting he feels he could have prevented in the aftermath of a hostage case.
Urkel fears that his rejection has sent Myra to join a nunnery, so he enlists Eddie and Waldo to dress in habits and join him in a search for her at the convent.
www.epguides.com /FamilyMatters/guide.shtml   (13495 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: features@ugusta: Jaleel White is nothing like his `Family Matters' character, Urkel 7/22/97
Jaleel White, who plays the nerdish Steve Urkel, on Family Matters, says the character has given him "everything I have in life," but he and Urkel are very different.
While most of the civilized world recognizes Urkel as ``Family Matters''' high-pitched goofball with huge glasses and short pants, few know the name of the actor who plays him.
But Urkel gets no respect because he's on a ``frosted flakes'' show instead of a sophisticated adult comedy.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/072397/fea_urkel.html   (566 words)

  
 Spin Off: "Family Matters" and "Perfect Strangers"
Urkel was a genius who was also a hopeless nerd.
Steve caused all sorts of slapstick comedy with his clumsiness and especially annoyed Carl and the Winslow's daughter Laura.
In his persistence, Steve did slowly wear her down (as he would say "I'm wearin' you dooown baby!) and she did come to see the good decent person he was.
www.poobala.com /familyandperfect.html   (934 words)

  
 Crossover: "Family Matters" and "Full House"
Luckily for Steph, her friend Julie's cousin Steve Urkel is in town to offer some words of advice (Family Matters is set in Chicago, Full House in San Francisco).
I mean, Steve Urkel is not afraid to be himself even if he is laughed at by others.
Urkel, if it will mean that you actually buy appropriate clothes for your age and station in life, well then ya know what, maybe ya should bow to peer pressure.
www.poobala.com /familyandfull.html   (776 words)

  
 GopherCentral Archives
Before auditioning for Steve Urkel, he was looking for the "classic" nerd glasses (fl, think, with tape around the center) but had no luck.
Urkel!" It was then that the producers realized how gifted he was.
After going through puberty during season 3, he admitted it was harder doing the nerd voice for his character Steve Urkel and because of that, the voice sounds more unnatural than before his voice change.
archives.gophercentral.com /issue_29028:80.html   (1075 words)

  
 The Independent Florida Alligator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Jaleel White, famous for his role as Steve Urkel on the TV show "Family Matters," signs autographs for fans during his visit to UF on Thursday night at the University Auditorium.
White, who entertained the audience with clever anecdotes from his years on the show and beyond, said he is currently pursuing a career in writing.
By the time he was in seventh grade, he was ready to transition into the role which gained him international recognition: Steve Urkel.
www.alligator.org /pt2/051028urkel.php   (529 words)

  
 TV ACRES: Dance & Dancing - The Urkel (Family Matters)
- Steve Urkel, the nerdy fl teenager on the sitcom FAMILY MATTERS/ABC/CBS/1989-98 performed a dance of his own creation at a school function.
The dance is accompanied by a cheap disco beat and included moves that drop to the ground backwards and fingers that point to the sky, ending with Steve's irritating snorting Hee, Hee, Hee laughter.
Jaleel White who played Steve Urkel performed his dance at the opening number of the 1991 Annual Comedy Awards and even got hostess Bea Arthur into the act.
www.tvacres.com /dance_urkel.htm   (156 words)

  
 Welcome To The Official Loverboy Steve Website (UPDATED APRIL 13, 2005)
During the course of the heated battle, Loverboy Steve sustained a serious eye injury that resulted in his losing a significant amount of blood, but Loverboy Steve battled through the injury and was able to retain his Cruiserweight Title over the two of the top Cruiserweights in the entire Midwest region.
Immediately after the match, Loverboy Steve headed to the emergency room as the great folks at Providence hospital stitched him up so that he was ready to get back into action and put his belt on the line against another top competitor in the IWF.
Loverboy Steve may be despised across the Midwest by wrestling fans who don't have the intellect of a wet gym sock, but no one can deny that he is the one that every man wishes he could be, and every woman wishes she could be with!
www.angelfire.com /mi3/loverboysteve   (1748 words)

  
 "Family Matters" (1989)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The show was about the Winslow family, the burly man of the house, Carl Winslow, his wife Harriot, an elevator operator, her sister, Rachel, Carl's grandmother, Estelle, and their children, Laura, the smart girl, Eddie, the cool guy, Judy, the average girl, and Rachel's little boy, Richie.
There were Urkel dolls, toys, everyone was saying his catch-phrases, ‘Did I do that?' ‘Salutations,' and his pig-life laugh.
There was the episode where Steve had a dream sequence where his computer destroyed the world.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0096579   (932 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/urkelsteve
I was born on a chilly 'eve in the basement of Malcom X's 3rd cousins apartment to a small family of poor Indo-Chinese migrant workers.
I only lived 10 years Steve Urkel was pronounced dead at 12:14 am on December 15, 1989.
Soon, Steve Urkel was a household name, everybody knew me. I was signing breasts left and right (yes, there is a pun intended).
www.myspace.com /urkelsteve   (2720 words)

  
 TheSpoof.com : Did the President do that? funny satire story
Steve said he will not move into the White House without his long time love Laura Winslow.
Steve has also mentioned having his extensive fugus collection put into Chelsey's room while she is away at Stanford.
Steve is pleased to be re-united with his dad and is taking a 2 week vacation to Wally World to celebrate the occasion.
www.thespoof.com /news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i8706   (502 words)

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