‘Step By Step’
Full House and Family Matters have stood the test of time thanks to breakout characters like Urkel and the magnetism of John Stamos. And then there’s Step By Step, the other ABC family sitcom that kept kids distracted on Friday nights. A Brady Bunch for Generation X, this show put the Foster/Lambert blended family through a wringer of wacky set pieces (Patrick Duffy rides a wrecking ball, Suzanne Somers goes dumpster diving) and wannabe catchphrases (every said by Cody, a.k.a. The Code Man). Is it a good show? Not really. Is it a bodacious ’90s time capsule? Majorly.