I know its not Friday and I titled my post TGIF - but I'm not referring to the catchphrase 'Thank Goodness It's Friday'.
I'm talking about the phenomenon on ABC that aired on Friday nights between 1988 and 2005.
Do you remember it? Did you LOVE it?
As a little girl I can remember looking forward to Friday's just so I could watch this amazing lineup of TV shows.
It is one of my favorite memories of childhood.
When I was really young we lived in St. Louis for a couple of years, and I can always remember watching TGIF waiting for my grandparents to drive in from OK to stay with us for the weekend.
The shows changed throughout the years that TGIF aired and eventually culture and the world moved on and there was no longer room for TGIF and those sitcom type shows.
So I now watch them on Nick at Nite, ABC Family or even YouTube. Wherever I can find them because I loved them so much.
Some people find them corny, but to me they are apart of my childhood. I don't care how many times I have seen an episode of Full House, if that show is on and I am home you better believe that I am going to be watching it.
My favorite shows on TGIF included Family Matters, Step by Step, Boy Meets World (in the later years of TGIF) and of course Full House (in the early years before it was moved to Tuesday nights).
Did you watch TGIF? What was your favorite show?
I loved all of those same shows! and of course Full House.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED TGIF! Man, when did that end!?! Full house, boy meets world, family matters!! They used to play boy meets world on tv all the time and no they don't, pretty sad actually!! I know they had lots of different shows on tgif while it ran and I loved them all. Why did they ever stop that?
ReplyDeleteTGIF brings back alot of childhood memories myself!!! I loved Step by Step and Full House.... and when Full House ended I was crushed!!!
ReplyDeleteOh TGIF. I totally loved it! The music to Step By Step is stuck in my head right now - but Full House was def my favorite!
ReplyDeleteI watched TGIF all the time!
ReplyDeleteI also watch Snick on Nikelodeon. I wish those shows were still around!
Oh my goodness... I loveloveloved TGIF! Seriously, when I was a child I looked forward to Friday and "Family Time" because my parents would make us some sort of treat(popcorn, caramel corn, nachos, etc.) and we would get to stay up "late" and snuggle on the floor or couch with them. Best. time. ever.
ReplyDeleteFunny #2-- the other night my friends and I were totally discussing this... and we went on YouTube and looked up the dinosaur show... for some reason, I loved it.
i loved every single one of those shows! What a great memory! I just wish kids had that for this generation!
ReplyDeleteI loved Boy Meets World! There is no good tv shows on on Fridays anymore....TGIF needs to come back :)
ReplyDeleteI remember tgif!!! I always loved Boy meets World and Full House... I was NOT a Urkel fan... that dude got on my nerves!
ReplyDeleteohhhhh my gosh. TGIF was my LIFE!!! {how sad is that?! haha} i LOVE LOVE LOVE full house! i'm like you... i can watch it whenever, wherever... i think i've probably seen every episode a few times. boy meets world was a favorite of mine.
ReplyDeleteactually, i remember towards the end of TGIF {tear} they would have the hosts each night... and one night, NSync was hosting. i looked forward to that friday for WEEKS! and sabrina the teenage witch was on... and they were guest stars... that was when lance was dating danielle fishel {sp?} before he discovered he was gay, of course. hahahaha oh man. this is a novel. but i LOVED this post! i need to go back and watch those shows again!
I LOVED TGIF!!! We used to stay home and watch it as a family every Friday night with some popcorn. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, did I ever love me some TGIF!!! Full House was my fave too =)
ReplyDeleteI still watch the reruns when I see them. Its sad that the network channels dont show anything family friendly after 8 anymore.
ReplyDeleteAm I weird if I say Step By Step? haha...no really I loved Full House and Urkel!!!
ReplyDeleteWe used to sit down every night with popcorn and fancy soda drinks and watch all of the shows: Full House, Step by Step, Family Matters, Perfect Strangers, Boy Meets World... I loved them all!
ReplyDeleteI LOVED TGIF!!! I always got excited each September when the new seasons would start.... I couldn't wait to see the new "TGIF song."
ReplyDelete"It's Friday night... and the mood is right. Gonna have some fun, show you how it's done... T-G-I-F"
Full House was by far my favorite. I also like 'Boy Meets World,' 'Family Matters,' and 'Step By Step.'
Do you remember in the WAY early days of TGIF when they had 'Perfect Strangers'? I lvoed Balki, lol.
Oh my gosh...YES!! I used to love Friday nights, and I would make sure if we went to dinner that we went pretty early, so I would be home to watch the good shows later in the evening. I loved 'Boy Meets World' the most! How fun!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I LOVED TGIF!! My friends I would (this is embarrasing) have mini parties every Friday to watch the shows. I loved it when Sabrina the teenage witch was on!
ReplyDeleteI remember having to decide between Friday night football games or TGIF. I'm pretty sure I chose TGIF the most.
ReplyDeleteTAPANGA! I loved Boy Meets World!
ReplyDeleteI was obsessed as a kid! I remember having sleepovers and spending 2 hours watching the TGIF shows. Except for the bad shows...there were some weird ones I never liked, like Hanging with Mr. Cooper!
love, love, love TGIF! my favorites were full house and boy meets world! oh and someone commented on perfect strangers "belki bartacomus" (something like that)...loved them too!
ReplyDeleteawe thanks for the post, bringing back good memories!
Haha! My parents and i were just talking about this! I used to throw a fit when i would miss it!
ReplyDeleteI loved Family Matters, oh this brings back great memories! I was just talking about how there are no good shows on right now, ugh.
ReplyDeleteboy meets world... all the way.
ReplyDeleteIt's so funny, when I turn on Nick for the kids and those shows are on they HATE THEM!!! It kills me. LOL. But they just don't get them. It's so sad... :(
ReplyDeleteStep by step, day by day! I would sing you the rest of the song but I can't remember it. Sad:-(
ReplyDeleteLOVED TGIF. Ahhhh memories.
Loved TGIF! My best friend and I would always spend Friday nights at one of our houses where we had pizza and watched all the shows in our sleeping bags on the floor. In the morning we would wake up for Saved by the Bell and pancakes. Oh what memories!!!
ReplyDeleteSide note - I taught 3rd grade (until I had my daughter 2 yrs ago.) One day there were a bunch of my girls (8 and 9yrs old) and they were talking about how a NEW Full house was going to be on that night and they were so excited. I tried to explain to them that the show had been on when I was 8 or 9 but they didn't believe me. It was so funny!
I was addicted to TGIF. I miss Step by Step.
ReplyDeleteOh, I loved TGIF so much! I remember it was a kid so vividly. Pizza and TGIF with my brothers!
ReplyDeletefull house for sure! oh i can just remember the excitement every friday night sitting down with my brother and sister to watch! TGIF was AWESOME
ReplyDeleteI watched all those shows at one time or another, but my favorite was Full House.
ReplyDeleteYes! I was a HUGE fan of TGIF! We always would order pizza and watch it together on Friday nigths at a family! I also use to love rushing home from church on Sunday nights to watch America's Funniest Home Videos when Bob Saget hosted it. Gotta love those old shows that remind you of being a kid :)
ReplyDeleteStep by Step and Boy Meets World-- oh how I miss them!! I loved TGIF.. it was about the only time my parents let us watch tv!!
ReplyDeleteGood memories of TGIF. That was always pizza night too. I loved the dinosaur show and Step by Step.
ReplyDeleteLove TGIF!!!! I'm gonna have to go with a tie between Step by Step & Full House!
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOSH!! I LOVED TGIF!!! I pretty much liked EVERY show...that's nuts right? It's true..make it come back please.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED TGIF on ABC. My favorite was Step by Step and, of course, Full House. There is NEVER anything good on TV on Friday's anymore. They need to bring back good family shows on Friday nights!
ReplyDeleteI LOVED TGIF. My sisters and I used to bring pillows and blankets into our living room floor and watch all of those shows. Great memories... back when TV used to have wholesome shows for the family. I miss those days.
ReplyDeleteFamily Matters! I had to stop watching when they put Sabrina the Teenage Witch on there...
ReplyDeleteThis is funny. I posted today about how in elementary school I did imitations of Steve Urkel at the talent show.
ReplyDeleteThis conversation makes me think of Full House's theme song. "Whatever happened to predictability, the milkman the paper boy, evening TV"
i loved full house and step by step. my parents hated all of the shows and would roll their eyes at them! ;) haha
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog through Stephanie over at Because of Love and she was talking about this post! I absolutely LOVED TGIF! Seriously...we all looked forward to Friday nights and watching the tube! My favorites were definitely Boy Meets World, Family Matters and Full House! Those were the good old days and it takes me back!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!!
ReplyDeleteI have teenage stepsons and we love watching Full House now when it comes on every morning on ABC Family!
Oh I LOVED TGIF!! I would wait for Friday nights all week, and was always sad when it was over.
ReplyDeleteFull House was my FAVORITE show!!! I still watch it when it's on too! I am NOT ashamed to admit that on the World Wide Web!!