A survey of 90s sitcoms

The 90s were a great time for sitcoms on television. Now let's take some time to look back at these legendary programs.


Saved by the Bell

A show about six high school students who were constantly hounded and sexually abused by the principal, Mr. Belding. One day, they discover the bell of Leonardo Da Vinci, which can become...a bigger bell...with a face. This bell becomes their champion and battles the sexual-predator-of-the-week while continually fending off Belding's advances with his rainbow death ray.



It was followed by "Saved by the Bell: the College Years," which was the same show, but set in college. There was also "Saved by the Bell: the new class" where the bell is handed down to a group of incoming freshman. The freshman, so shocked the first time they see the bell's true form, bury it deep underground. Every episode is a 30 minute dramatic monologue of the buried bell's thoughts. This show was cancelled after only 1 episode, where the bell wonders about the weather.


Suddenly Susan

In every episode, amateur magician Susan Lucci would enter each scene in cloud of smoke while shouting the show's title. However, when a printing error in the pilot omitted a crucial comma, this show went from a hilarious premise to grammatically incorrect. Most conscientious viewers, confused and frightened by the lack of proper, syntactic structure, quickly tuned off.


Full House

Compulsive gambler Danny Tanner, while playing a high stakes game of 7-card stud, loses all of his money and more when rival Jesse Katsopolis reveals he has a full house, beating Danny's three aces. Heavy in debt, Jesse makes him an offer he probably could have refused, but doesn't. Jesse murders Danny's wife and threatens the lives of his three daughters unless he gives Jesse a place to live. He is introduced as "Uncle Jesse" so as not to arouse suspicion from the girls. As a now single father, the working Danny brings in his best friend from high school, ex-navy seal Jospeh Gage, to watch Jesse during the day and to protect the girls. He takes on the persona of comedian Joey Gladstone so as to not arouse suspicion from Jesse. The three men live everyday in a delicate balance, knowing that the slightest incident could result in their deaths.


The full house shown in the opening sequence. The three queens represent Danny, Jesse, and Joey. The show lasted 87 episodes and was canceled before the grand finale when oldest daughter DJ was to discover Jesse's true identity, murder him in his sleep, and run away to Mexico with Joey .