TV Shows of 1991

Fun Facts About TV Shows of 1991

• Blossom In the pilot episode, Blossom does not wear her iconic, oversized floppy hat, and Joey is named Donnie who doesn't say "Whoa!"
• Get a Life Fox executives thought the episode "SPEWEY and Me" (featuring an alien baby) too disturbing to air originally, primarily because the main characters end up eating the alien. But it did air and became one of the funniest episodes of the 2-season sitcom.
• MacGyver The character's first name, Angus, was kept a secret for six seasons and only revealed in the final season. He was almost given the name Stacey.
• Matlock Andy Griffith's character was famous for his love of hot dogs, often bought from the same street vendor. It turned into an unintentional running gag across the long-running series.
• Night Court The actor who played Judge Harry Stone was a real-life magician and performed actual magic tricks on the show. The script writers often incorporated them into scenes for authenticity.
• The Simpsons The show's famous chalkboard gag in the opening sequence (where Bart writes a detention-style phrase) has never repeated across thousands of episodes. Some of the more memorable phrases include:
  • "I did not see Elvis."
  • "I will not Xerox my butt."
  • "Beans are neither fruit, nor musical."
  • "I will not encourage others to fly."
  • "I am not a 32-year-old woman."
  • "I should not be twenty-one by now."
• Roseanne The show was considered a groundbreaking sitcom for its realistic portrayal of a working-class American family with money problems, layoffs, and unpaid bills. Most 1990s sitcoms totally avoided these issues.
• Seinfeld "The Parking Garage" episode in Season 3 is regarded as a quintessential example of how the show was a "show about nothing" because the entire episode was shot on a single parking level.