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July 27, 2010 - Get out of the city! Is it time for another week of updates yet again? You bet your bibbibabkas! This week we are bringing you a brand new Photo of the Week on the Home Page, a new factoid on the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. We have also added an interesting review from the New York Times about the stage production of Alice in Concert, which Mark appeared in, to our Articles section. Our Video this week is the next segment of the truly bizarre Friday Night Videos hosting job by Bronson Pinchot and Jan Hooks. And we have added the first collection of clips of Bronson on The Hollywood Squares to our YouTube Channel now! Finally, the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forums will be the season four episode Maid to Order. We will see you here again next week, Cousin . . . same sheep time . . . same sheep channel!

July 20, 2010 - Wwowwww! No summer repeats here, Cousins! We're back all-new updates for you this week, starting with a brand new Photo of the Week on the Home Page, a new tidbit of information on the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page as well as updated listings on the What's On Television? page. We have also added the 1991 page from the TV Annual on Perfect Strangers in our Articles section. Our Video this week is the first part of a very . . . how should we put it? . . . interesting hosting job by Bronson Pinchot and Jan Hooks on Friday Night Videos. And we have the last segment of of the George Burns' Comedy Week episode Boris and Ivan in Las Vegas, to our YouTube Channel. And the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forums will be the season seven episode Weekend at Ferdinand's. We will see you again next week Cousins for more fun!

July 13, 2010 - Oh, right! It's time once again for another week of updates! And this week we're bringing you more Perfect Strangers goodness with a brand new Photo of the Week on the Home Page, a new fact on our Tell Me Something I Don't Know page as well as updated listings on the What's On Television? page. We have also added the 1989 page from the TV Annual on Perfect Strangers in our Articles section. And Cousin Crystal has sent us a really wonderful drawing of Cousin Larry talking with Sergeant Carter from Gomer Pyle USMC on her Cousins Gallery page! You'll also find Issue #14 of the original P.S. I Love You! newsletter in our Newsletters section! Our Video this week is another co-presenting spot by Bronson Pinchot, this time with actress Sally Kellerman at the 1990 People's Choice Awards. And we have added the third segment of the George Burns' Comedy Week episode Boris and Ivan in Las Vegas, to our YouTube Channel. And last but not least the episode we will be discussing over on our Forums will be the season three episode My Lips Are Sealed. And the rest, as they say is hysterectomy!

July 6, 2010 - Hello, Cousins! And welcome back for another week of updates! This week we are bringing you a new Photo of the Week on the Home Page, a new tidbit of information on our Tell Me Something I Don't Know page and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. We have also added the 1988 page from the TV Annual on Perfect Strangers in our Articles section. Our Video this week is a fun appearance by Bronson Pinchot on the 1987 People's Choice Awards where he co-presented with Brigitte Nielsen. And we have added the second segment of the George Burns' Comedy Week episode Boris and Ivan in Las Vegas, to our YouTube Channel. And finally the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forums will be the season five episode He's the Boss. We hope you're having a fun summer, Cousins! Don't forget not to combine milk products with your honey-roasted chalkidikis!

June 29, 2010 - Well, feather my hat and call me macaroni! It's the 4th of July weekend coming up, and we're back with our regular updates! This week we have a new Photo of the Week for you on the Home Page, a new factoid for the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. We're also bringing you the 1987 page from the TV Annual on Perfect Strangers in our Articles section. Our Video this week is a clip from a pilot series Mark Linn-Baker did for CBS before Perfect Strangers, a kind of medical version of Cheers entitled The Recovery Room. And we have added the first segment of the George Burns' Comedy Week episode Boris and Ivan in Las Vegas, co-starring Bronson Pinchot and Dave Thomas, to our YouTube Channel. And finally, the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forums, to help celebrate the birth of America, will be parts 1 and 2 of the season seven two-parter Citizenship. Enjoy the holiday weekend and we'll see you next week, Cousins!

June 22, 2010 - Summer's finally here, but that doesn't mean you'll have to start anticipating reruns, at least not on this website! No, we'll be here all summer to bring you new updates each week! This week we've added a new Photo of the Week to the Home Page, a new tidbit of information to the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. Over the coming weeks we will be bringing you reprints of the TV Annual pages on Perfect Strangers which ran every year in special editions of Modern Screen magazine (we think we have that right . . . if you can give us the actual name of these publications we'd love to know!) in our Articles section. Our Video this week is yet another collection of clips from Bronson's 1986 appearance on The Hollywood Squares. And we have added an interview with Bronson from a 1995 episode of Nickelodeon's news show for kids, U2U, to our YouTube Channel. We will be be taking a hiatus from our Topic of the Week over the summer since it seems everyone is out enjoying what is hopefully lovely weather in your area of the world (even where it's currently winter!) but we will continue with our Weekly Episode Discussions at the Forums and so the episode we will be talking about this time around will be the season five entry Here Comes the Judge. See you again next week, Cousins!

June 15, 2010 - Hello, Cousins! We're back from our week off and bringing you all-new updates, so let's get started! This week we've added a new Photo of the Week to the Home Page, a new tidbit of information on our Tell Me Something I Don't Know page, and we've updated listings on the What's On Television? page. You will find an interesting article about the series from a 1986 edition of the Sun Sentinel newspaper in our Articles section. And Cousin Crystal has "Wwowwww"ed us with her awesome talents again by sending in an absolutely adorable piece which combines art with photography, and you can find that on her Cousins Gallery page. Our Video this week is another collection of clips from Bronson's 1986 appearance on The Hollywood Squares. And we have added another set of commercials for the syndicated Perfect Strangers to our YouTube Channel. Our Topic of the Week for the Forum this time around is as follows: "If Bronson and Mark ever appeared on any current reality series, which one would you like to see them do, either individually or together?" And finally the episode we will be discussing this week on our Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the season five episode Tooth or Consequences. See you next week, Cousins!

June 1, 2010 - Well, grill my shrimp and call me Barbie! We hope you all enjoyed the Memorial Day weekend and are ready for another week of updates! This time around we're bringing you yet another new Photo of the Week pn the Home Page, a new factoid on our Tell Me Something I Don't Know page, and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. We have also added an interesting article from a 1986 edition of the Houston Chronicle which stemmed from an early press junket given by the cast and crew of Perfect Strangers before the show debuted in its regular fall schedule. Our Video this week is a selection of some moments with Bronson Pinchot during his week-long appearance on Hollywood Squares back in 1986. And on our YouTube Channel we have added more television commercials for syndicated showings of Perfect Strangers on channel KCAL 9 in Los Angeles set to the song Shout. This week we're going to pose this question to all of you Cousins, so put your thinking cats on: "If you could pick one Skakespeare play to see either Bronson or Mark in (or both!), which one would it be and what parts would you have them play?" And finally the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the season seven episode Wayne Man. And be sure not to take Wayne's name in vain when responding! Next week we won't be updating, so our next updates should be on Tuesday June 15th. See you then!

May 25, 2010 - Hello, Cousins! We're back with yet another batch of updates, and that's no babasticki! This week we have added a new Photo of the Week to the Home Page, a new tidbit of information to the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page, and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. Once you're done perusing all that, head on over to the News section for a link the very delightful birthday video which Cousin Lucy compiled for Bronson on his birthday at the Bronson Pinchot Online website. Very sweet! We have also added an article from a 1986 issue of the Dallas Morning News which pointed out the great comic chemistry between Bronson and Mark. Our Video this week is a segment from the 1985 episode of The George Burns Comedy Week episode "Boris and Ivan in Las Vegas," co-starring Bronson Pinchot and Dave Thomas. And we have added another syndicated commercial for Perfect Strangers to our YouTube Channel . . . this time a WGN spot using the Stray Cats song "Rock This Town." Since we haven't had any responses to last week's question of the week we will let it ride one more week, so come on, Cousins! "What burning question would you like to ask your fellow PS fans?" Don't be shy! And finally the episode we will be discussing on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the sixth season episode Out of Sync. Oh yes, get yourselves in the mood to get down and rap with Fresh Young Balki B! Come on Fly Girls! Get busy!

May 18, 2010 - Well! Welcome back for another week of updates on your favorite television show! This week we have once again added a new Photo of the Week on the Home Page, a new factoid to the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page, as well as updating the listings on the What's On Television? page. We have also added Issue #13 of the original P.S. I Love You! newsletter to our Newsletters section! And we have added an interesting article about celebrities dealing with sudden fame, including Bronson, in a 1986 article from The New York Times to our Articles section. Our Video this week is a segment from a special entitled E! Favorite Stars Then and Now from 1992 in which both Bronson and Mark talk about Perfect Strangers and what they were doing at the time the show aired. And we've added some very cute syndicated commercials for Perfect Strangers based around the "Tools of Comedy" to our YouTube Channel. This week's Topic of the Week is going to be an interesting open forum type of thing, in which we pose the question "What question would you like to ask fellow PS fans?" And then the fans can go ahead and answer any questions posted if they like! And finally, the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the second season episode Dog Gone Blues (do you remember what Suprides means in Myposian? It's not table!)

May 11, 2010 - Oh po po! Back for more updates? Get out of the city! This week we have a new Photo of the Week on the Home Page, a new tidbit of information on the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page, and we've updated the listings on the What's On Television? page. We've also added a review of Perfect Strangers from a 1986 edition of People Magazine to our Articles section. Cousin Harmlessfangirl has sent in a really clever and cute drawing of Balki and Larry as sheep which you can find on her Cousins Gallery Page! And Cousin Crystal has submitted an adorable drawing of Balki, Larry, Jennifer, Mary Anne and Dimitri in a fantasy illustration demonstrating a dream the Cousins may have had after playing too much Nintendo, and you can find that on her Cousins Gallery page! Our Video this week is another collection of ABC commercials from season six of the series! And we have added some very cute ABC commercials which cleverly advertised Perfect Strangers when it aired weekday mornings on the network to our YouTube Channel. Our Topic of the Week which we will be discussing on the Forums is as follows: "Were there any episodes of Perfect Strangers which you wish could have gone on longer? And in what way?" In other words, did you feel any episodes came to an end too quickly, leaving you longing for more? And don't just leave us with an episode title and a yes or no . . . let us know what you would have liked to have seen in that episode which you would have enjoyed! And finally, the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the sixth season episode Finders Keepers. Now go on with you!

May 4, 2010 - Well, touch my screen and call me iPad! We're back with another week of fun updates for you, Cousins! First we have a new Photo of the Week which you can find on the Home Page, a new factoid over on the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page, and updated listings on the What's On Television? page (watch for Sam Anderson to return to Lost in its final season!) We have a more positive article from a 1986 edition of the Chicago Tribune in our Articles section. And if you haven't seen the Balki and Larry dolls which Cousin Crystal has made on our Forums, then be sure to check them out on her Fans Gallery Page! They are simply amazing! Our Video this week is a set of ABC commercials for some season six episodes of the series. And on our YouTube Channel we have added a couple of very cute commercials with Balki and Larry promoting the kids' game show Fun House. Very unique! This week's topic of discussion on our Forum will be the following: "If Perfect Strangers could have done an episode based on any movie (a la what they did with The Honeymooners and Laurel and Hardy) which movie would you like to have seen them parody or pay tribute to?" And finally the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the fourth season episode Games People Play. So put on your overalls and prepare to get messy!

April 27, 2010 - Welcome back for another week of updates about our favorite show! We know you love learning more and more about Perfect Strangers and appreciate the weekly updates. Of course, you say, if we could update every single day it would be better (to borrow a phrase from Jennifer!) But we hope weekly will suffice for now. This week we're bringing you a brand new Photo of the Week on the Home Page, a new tidbit of information on the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. We also have added a review (albeit not a particularly favorable one, but for the sake of being complete we will at times post some of the *few* negative reviews for the show) from a 1986 edition of the Chicago Tribune to our Articles section. Our Video this week is a compilation of season five commercials and TGIF spots by people from other TGIF shows which aired on ABC. And we have added some fun commercials for the show from KEYT in Santa Barbara which aired when the show was still on the air to our YouTube Channel. This week we are asking everyone to give us the answer to this question which will be our Forum's Topic of the Week: "Will you be buying the upcoming first season release of Family Matters?" And finally the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the first season episode Happy Birthday, Baby. See you all again next week!

April 20, 2010 - Hi, Cousins! So glad to have you move in with us! Pull up a sofabed and make yourselves homely as we delve into this week's updates. This time around we have a new Photo of the Week on the Home Page, updated listings on the What's On Television? page and a new factoid on our Tell Me Something I Don't Know page. We have also added Issue #12 of the original P.S. I Love You! newsletter to that section of the site. We have also added an article from a 1986 edition of the Wichita Eagle about Bronson researching his role of Balki to our Articles section. Our Video this week is a third collection of ABC commercials for season five episodes. And we have added yet another commercial from the series that was made to announce Perfect Strangers' move to Friday nights in 1988 to our YouTube Channel. Our Topic of the Week for discussion on our Forums this time around will be the following poser: "If Perfect Strangers could have done a crossover show with any other television sitcom (past or present), which would you like to have seen them crossover with?" Imagine it . . . Balki and Larry at the Cheers bar? Or being hauled up in front of Night Court? Or dancing with Urkel on Family Matters? The possibilities are endless! And finally the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the eighth season episode Lethal Weapon. Go on with you!

April 13, 2010 - I have . . . oh God . . . a plan! Don't worry, though, Cousins! This plan is for another week of updates! Cousins should joke more! And we have some good ones for you this time, including new Script Variations for the episode Couch Potato that you'll want to check out. We have also added a new tidbit of information to the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page, a new Photo of the Week to the Home Page and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. We've also added a very interesting article about the 1984 series The Comedy Zone which Mark Linn-Baker starred in from US Magazine to our Articles section. And Cousin Harmlessfangirl sent us a wonderfully creative drawing of Saint Balki with an angel / dove Larry (trust us, you just have to see it to understand!) which we've included on her Cousins Gallery page. And we have some interesting news about Mark and the new season of the Powerhouse Theater, plus a very interesting interview with Mark and My Favorite Year co-writer Norman Steinberg on our News page. Our Video this week is a collection of more season five episode commercials from ABC during Perfect Strangers' original run. And we have a very cute ABC commercial in which Bronson and Mark as Balki and Larry tell viewers about their move to Friday night which we've added to our YouTube Channel. The topic we will be discussing this week on our Forums takes an opposite turn from previous weeks with this question: "What television show(s) do you like which might seem inconsistent with your love of Perfect Strangers?" In other words, which shows do you like which might surprise us? And the episode we will be discussing on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the second season episode Snow Way to Treat a Lady, and for fun we'll review both halves of the show at the same time! Oh po po!

April 6, 2010 - Hello, Cousins! And welcome back for another week of updates! This week we have added a new Photo of the Week to the Home Page, a new factoid to the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. We have also added an interesting Q&A style interview that Kidsday did with Rebeca Arthur back in 1991 to our Articles section. Our Video this week is a collection of ABC commercials for season five of the series. And we have added an interview with Mark Linn-Baker on Regis and Kathie Lee from 1996 to our YouTube Channel. When you're done perusing all of our current updates, head on over to our Forum and give us your opinion on the Topic of the Week: "What movies would you recommend for fellow fans of Perfect Strangers?" Now try to keep this to movies which are in the same spirit of fun and lightheartedness of the show and let's see what we can come up with! And finally the episode we will be discussing on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the sixth season episode The Break Up. And that's no babasticki!

March 30, 2010 - Get out of the city! Is it time for another week of updates? Yes, yes!! This week we have updated the listings on the What's On Television? page, added a new Photo of the Week to the Home Page and added a new tidbit of information to the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page. We have added an interesting article from USA Today about Bronson around the time he did Jury Duty: The Comedy to our Articles section. We have also learned that David Pomeranz, the voice behind the Perfect Strangers' theme song, is scheduled to appear on NBC's The Today Show on April 1st at 10:00 a.m., and you can read more about that on our News page. Our Video this week is a set of season four commercials for the series which aired on ABC. And we have added the interview from Entertainment Tonight with Bronson Pinchot and Roger Kabler about their proposed two-man comedy show to our YouTube Channel. This week we're going to ask a question on our Forum similar to one we've asked the last two weeks, only different! And that is this: "Can you think of one particular scene from one episode which you feels sums up the series better than any other?" How's that for a tough question? And the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the fourth season episode Just a Gigolo. Flats with a dress like this? I don't think so!

March 23, 2010 - Cousins, Cousins, Cousins . . . do you think we would leave you without a week of updates? Don't be stupid! Of course we have more updates for you, you big kidders! This week we are adding some script variations for the episode outline of Future Shock, which has some very funny parts which were not included in the final episode! We have added a new Photo of the Week to the Home Page, a new factoid to our Tell Me Something I Don't Know page, plus we've updated the listings on the What's On Television? page. We have added an article from a 1989 issue of TV Guide about Balki and Larry's new newspaper jobs to our Articles section. We have a brand new Perfectly Futuristic Strangers story entitled Little Lamb Lost by Linda Kay (with fabulous illustrations by Cousin Crystal!) which we've added to the Fan Fiction section. And if you just can't get enough of Cousin Crystal's fabulous artwork, you have to take a look at her incredible page of artwork depicting Balki's childhood on Mypos on her Cousins Gallery Page. Our Video this week is another segment from a 2007 episode of TV Land Confidential in which Bronson and Mark are on hand to talk about the emotional final episode filming of Perfect Strangers. And we have a 1996 interview with Bronson Pinchot on The Stephanie Miller Show which we've added to our YouTube Channel. Last week's question about your favorite and least favorite Perfect Strangers episodes yielded some very interesting answers, so we're going to do something similar this week and post this question: "What is your favorite and least favorite season of Perfect Strangers?" Think it over carefully, Cousins! And finally the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the third season episode Sexual Harassment in Chicago. See you next week, Cousins!

March 16, 2010 - Hello, Cousins! We have another week of updates for you, starting with new script variations which we've added to the episode outline for Up a Lazy River, Part One. We have added a new Photo of the Week to the Home Page, a new tidbit of information to the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page and we've updated the listings on the What's On Television? page. We have included a review of Bronson's pre-PS series, Sara, as published by TV Guide in 1985, to our Articles section. And our Video for this week is a segment on Perfect Strangers from a 2007 episode of TV Land Confidential in which they took a look at Oddball and Original Characters. Plus we have a completely outrageous and hilarious interview with Bronson Pinchot on a 1985 episode of Late Night with David Letterman which we've added to our YouTube Channel. Let's just say you'll never look at hair coloring the same way again! Our Topic of the Week this time around on our Forum will be this: "What are your three favorite episodes of Perfect Strangers and what are your three least favorite episodes?" And finally the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the the fourth season episode High Society. Boochi boochi boochi!

March 9, 2010 - Welcome back, Cousins, for another week of updates about our favorite show! This week we've added issue #11 of the original P.S. I Love You! publications to our Newsletters section, which happened to be for the Second Annual Bernie Awards and our look at the sixth season! We have added a new Photo of the Week to the Home Page, a new factoid to the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. We have also added an early 1986 article from the Times Leader about Bronson to our Articles section. Our Video this week is a behind the scenes news report about the making of the Stephen King miniseries, The Langoliers. And we have added a very funny 1994 interview with Bronson Pinchot on David Letterman to our YouTube Channel. Our Topic for this week's Forum discussion is as follows: "Of all the script variations we have written about on our site, which is the one you wish had actually made it to air?" And the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the season two episode Tux for Two. See you again next week, Cousins!

March 2, 2010 - Well . . . . It's time for another week of updates, Cousins! And this week we have added script variations for the episode Taking Stock, which we're sure you'll find to be pretty interesting. As a result of this, we have also added another Balki-ism to our season three list! We have added a new Photo of the Week to the Home Page, updated the listings on the What's On Television? page, and added another tidbit of information to the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page. Last week we introduced you to Perfect Strangers Boston, and this week we have added an exclusive interview with the men behind the project, the Super Secret Project, which you can find linked on our News page! We have added an article from a 1990 issue of TV Guide which talks about Bronson playing four different roles in the TV-movie Jury Duty: The Comedy to our Articles section. Our Video this week is a very funny interview which Bronson gave to the Nickelodeon kid's show U2U in 1995. And we have added some clips from a behind-the-scenes video for Beverly Hills Cop 3 regarding Bronson's return to the movie series to our YouTube Channel. Our Topic of the Week for our Forums will be this burning question: "Which episode of Perfect Strangers do you think you've seen the most, and why?" And the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the season six episode, A Catered Affair. Boochi boochi boochi!

February 23, 2010 - We have . . . oh god! . . . a plan! And that plan is to bring you yet another week of updates! Cousins should joke more! This week we're bringing you an all-new Photo of the Week on the Home Page, another factoid on our Tell Me Something I Don't Know page, and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. The recent Perfect Strangers Seattle created by The Baggy Pants for YouTube seems to have started a bit of a craze, and now we are pleased to present The Super Secret Project's entry, Perfect Strangers Boston! You kind find the link to their hilarious version of the theme song on our News page! And we have added an article about Bronson's success from the original Beverly Hills Cop in a short piece from a 1985 Rolling Stone magazine to our Articles section. Our Video this week is a very unique and interesting interview with Bronson Pinchot from a mid-90's edition of Entertainment Tonight in which he talks about a two-man show he's working on with Roger Kabler. And we have a 1994 interview with Mark Linn-Baker on Regis and Kathie Lee which we're posting to our YouTube Channel. This week's Topic of the Week on the Forum is a question about a question: "If you could ask a question for our Topic of the Week, what would it be?" We may even use some of your suggestions for upcoming weeks! And the episode we will be mulling over for our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the fifth season episode Everyone in the Pool! So jump on into the pool and the discussions!

February 16, 2010 - Do you think we'd skip a week of Perfect Strangers updates? What? Are you outta your mind??? Don't be ridiculous! We're back and this week we have a brand new Photo of the Week on the Home Page for you, updated listings on our What's On Television? page, and a brand new bit of information on the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page. We have added an article from the March 9, 1985 edition of TV Guide about Bronson's role on Sara. We have News about Mark's recent appearance on the original AMC web series, Life Coach. And Cousin Harmlessfangirl is sharing a really lovely piece of artwork with us called Perfect Strangers Snuggles on her Cousins Gallery page (for all of you who are into Balki and Larry and snuggling . . . and you know who you are!) And Cousin Crystal has contributed another great Perfect L'il Strangers coming strip to her Cousins Gallery page which shows how Robbie is truly a chip off the ol' Bartokomous! Our Video this week is an interesting segment from a 1993 Entertainment Tonight interview with Eddie Murphy about Bronson reprising his role of Serge in Beverly Hills Cop 3. And we have posted a special A&E Behind the Scenes look at the making of the television teleplay The Whole Shebang, starring Mark Linn-Baker, to our YouTube Channel. Once you've perused all the offerings we have for you this week, head on over to the Forums and participate in our Topic of the Week discussion! This week's question: "Do you think the Appleton and Bartokomous families continued to live together, or did they eventually go their separate ways?" Hmmm . . . sounds like a real brain tweezer! And after you're done contemplating that, head on over to our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board (we think we've finally worked out the bugs so that everyone can access the section now!) where we will be the season three episode The Horn Blows at Midnight. Now we are so happy, we do the Dance of Joy!

February 9, 2010 - Cousins should joke more! But we're not joking when we say we have another week of updates for you. This week we're bringing you a brand new Photo of the Week on the Home Page, another something you didn't know on the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. We have also added an interesting 1984 article from TV Guide from when Mark was appearing in the CBS series The Comedy Zone. And Cousin Harmlessfangirl has drawn a beautiful picture of Mark in disguise from the episode Night School Confidential which you can view on her Cousins Gallery Page! Our Video this week is a selection of ABC commercials which aired for various season four episodes. And we have a very interesting interview with Bronson from a 1993 episode of Hollywood Insider on our YouTube Channel. We're going to veer a little away from PS for our Forum's Topic of the Week this time to pose this question: "What websites do you visit on a daily basis?" It should be very interesting to see what other interests our Cousins may share! And finally the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the season seven episode Car Tunes. Now go on with you!

February 2, 2010 - Oh po po! We can't possibly top that terrific interview with Justin Pinchot we did last week, and we're not even going to try! Instead this week we'll bring you our usual updates, which include a new Photo of the Week on the Home Page, updated listings on the What's On Television? page and a new tidbit of information on the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page. We have added a new 1986 article from TV Guide about Mark discovering the perks of stardom to our Articles section. And Cousin Crystal has sent in another adorable comic strip based on a comment Balki made in the episode Speak, Memory, which you can find on her Cousins Gallery Page! Our Video this week is a selection of commercials for the fourth season two-part episode Up a Lazy River. And we're posting an interview Bronson gave on Regis & Kathie Lee in 1993 to promote The Trouble with Larry to our YouTube Channel. Our Topic of the Week this week will be: "What is your favorite musical number from the series?" Which tunes did Balki and Larry sing that just had you tapping your toes right along with them? And the episode we will be talking about in our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the first episode, Knock, Knock . . . Who's There? And do we want you to sign up on our Forums and join our conversations? Well, of course we do! Don't be ridiculous!

January 26, 2010 - Make yourselves ready, Cousins, because we have a really wonderful surprise for you this week! We were very fortunate and excited to be able to interview none other than Justin Pinchot! Justin was absolutely terrific about answering all of our questions about working with Bronson on Perfect Strangers, as well as his own life! And at the end of this terrific Q&A you'll also find a really interesting video interview with Justin which was recorded for L.A.'s Best. We have to give our most sincere thanks Justin for taking the time to share his stories with us and we know you're going to love hearing from him! We have our regular updates for you as well, including a brand new Photo of the Week which we've added to the Home Page, as well as a new factoid on our Tell Me Something I Don't Know page and updated listings on our What's On Television? page. Cousin Quidget has sent us some more of her terrific Perfect Strangers-related inspirational posters which you can find on her Cousins Gallery Page. And we've added an interesting article from TV Guide in 1989 to our Articles section which talks about the episode Father Knows Best??? and the set created specifically for it. Our Video this week is a selection of commercials for the fourth season premiere of The Lottery. And we have added the final segment of Bronson's interview on Tom Snyder's show at the time The Trouble with Larry was to debut in 1993 to our YouTube Channel. This week we pose this question to you as our Forum's Topic of discussion: "Since we're talking collectibles with Justin this week, what do you collect and why?" And the episode we will be musing over in our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the seventh season episode, The Sunshine Boys. Until next time, don't forget . . . when life hands you lemons, make furniture polish!

January 19, 2010 - Boochi, boochi, bochi, Cousins! Welcome once again to another week of updates! This week we have something really fun to share with you. If you haven't yet seen the new Perfect Strangers Seattle theme song done by The Baggy Pants, you don't know what you're missing! It's undoubtedly the most accurate adaptation of our favorite opening yet! And we have an exclusive interview with the creators of this fabulous tribute, which you can find on our News page (as well as links to the video and the side-by-side comparison video!) We have also updated the listings on the What's On Television? page, but we have heard that Mark Linn-Baker may have been one of the guest judges on the new season of American Idol during the auditions process. We haven't been able to confirm this or which episode he has either been on or will be on, but you might want to check out the audition shows for the foreseeable future just in case! We'll update with any further information here and on our Forums. We have added a new Photo of the Week to the Home Page as well as a new bit of information to the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page. Cousin Crystal continues to entertain and inspire us with her fabulous artwork, this week sharing with us her manga versions of Balki and Larry, which are just too adorable for words. You can find them on her Cousins Gallery Page. We have added a small 1985 article about Bronson Pinchot from Vanity Fair to our Articles section. For our Video this week we have a short interview with Bronson commenting on The Trouble with Larry on CNN Showbiz Today from 1993. And we have added part two of the interview Bronson did on Tom Snyder's show to promote The Trouble with Larry in 1993 to our YouTube Channel. Our Topic of the Week on our Forum this time around will be: "If we could interview one person from Perfect Strangers for this website, whom should it be and why?" And finally the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board is the third season episode Couch Potato! Thanks for your continued support, Cousins, and if you have any feedback, good or bad, about the site, don't hesitate to drop us an e-mail! We love hearing from you!

January 12, 2010 - Is it time once again for more updates, Cousins? That's a good question, a very good question. And the answer is, "Yes! Yes, it is!" This week we're bringing you a brand new Photo of the Week on the Home Page, as new tidbit of information on the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page, and updated listings on the What's On Television? page. We have also added a really wonderful Perfect L'il Strangers comic strip to Cousin Crystal's Cousins Gallery page which you will definitely want to see. And we've added a short article from a 1986 issue of TV Guide in which Bronson talks about the inspiration for Balki's name to our Articles section. For our Video this week we have more of Bronson talking about The Trouble with Larry from E! Entertainment's Fall Television Preview show in 1993. And we have added part one of a very interesting interview Bronson did on Tom Snyder's show to promote The Trouble with Larry to our YouTube Channel. It was a call-in show, and you know how those usually go for Bronson! And this time is no exception! Watch for parts two and three to be posted in the coming weeks! Our Forum's Topic of the Week will be this: "How many people do you think you've introduced to Perfect Strangers over the years?" This can include people who only watched it once or twice but had never seen it before! I suspect the answers could be very interesting! And finally, the episode we will be discussing this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board will be the third season episode My Brother, Myself. See you on the Forums, Cousins, and see you here again next week!

January 5, 2010 - Well, change my diaper and call me the New Year! Welcome to 2010, Cousins! Does it seem possible that another whole year has flown by already? This week we're bringing a new batch of updates, including a new Photo of the Week to the Home Page, updated listings on the What's On Television? page (thanks to Cousin Pavan for providing the Game Show Network dates and times!) and a new factoid on the Tell Me Something I Don't Know page. We have also added one of Perfect Strangers many local TV Guide cover stories to our Articles section from a 1986 edition of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. And the multi-talented Cousin Crystal has sent us her vision of what would happen if Balki ever met Worf from Star Trek: The Next Generation, which you can view on her Cousins Gallery page. We have also added Issue #10 of the original P.S. I Love You! fanzine to our Newsletters section. And for our Video this week we have a very short clip of Bronson talking about ratings before the premiere of The Trouble with Larry from E! Entertainment's Fall Television Preview show in 1993. And continuing with Bronson's promotion for that series, we have added an interview Bronson gave CBS This Morning that same year to our YouTube Channel. Once you've finished perusing all of the above, why not swing on over to our Forum and answer our Topic of the Week: "What are some of your Perfect Strangers' New Years Resolutions?" You can make these as silly as you want, like "I resolve to bulk up on spleen well before the cold season in the coming year!" And finally we will be discussing the episode A Horse is a Horse this week on our Forum's Weekly Episode Discussion Board. See you there!

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