It’s fall and that means it’s time for new shows to debut and for favorites to return. This year, two of ABC’s returning comedies, Speechless and Fresh Off the Boat, will be relaunching the sacred TGIF block. To help the stars of the shows properly adapt to being a Friday night staple, a few pros got together to give the actors some pointers on how to make TGIF great.
- ABC is bringing back TGIF (Thank Goodness its Friday) this fall and to relaunch the Friday night fun, they brought together some veterans from early days of famous comedy block.
- E! Online shared the story and some fun pictures of former TGIF stars instructing the soon to be TGIF stars on how to properly do a Friday night comedy block.
The Pros:
The famous four to impart their wisdom to the next generation were:
- Danielle Fishel Topanga Lawrence on Boy Meets World
- Reginald VelJohnson Carl Winslow from Family Matters
- Bronson Pinchot aka Balki Bartokomous on Perfect Strangers
- Mark Linn-Baker aka Larry Appleton on Perfect Strangers
The Rookies:
On the side of the newbies, stars of ABC’s current Friday lineup were ready and willing to learn from the experts and included:
- Cedric Yarbrough from Speechless
- John Ross Bowie from Speechless
- Constance Wu from Fresh Off the Boat
- Randall Park from Fresh Off the Boat
What they’re saying:
- John Ross Bowie regarding the TGIF crew: “Really good actors and iconic characters. And when they told us we were going to be part of the relaunch, I was really excited…It’s fun to be on that continuum of TV history.”
Speechless and Fresh Off the Boat will make their TGIF debuts on Friday, October 5 starting at 8 pm on ABC.