Blended family woes abound in this TGIF staple. Divorced Frank Lambert and his three kids get together with widowed Carol Foster and her three kids to somehow form a family. Wait a minute! I have a hunch I've seen this premise before! Oh yes, it was done over twenty years prior on The Brady Bunch (1969-1974). But I guess ABC was hungry for another Miller-Boyett production so who cared if the premise lacked originality.
Step By Step switched networks for the seventh season, which is the kiss of death in TV land, and suffered the same fate Diff'rent Strokes (1978-1986) had. And like that show, the kids of Step by Step suffered off camera struggles with Sasha Mitchell's prison stint, Angela Watson's parents squandering her earnings, and Brandon Call being shot. Josh Byrne suffered the same fate as Jaimie Foxworth from Family Matters (1989-1998) and was written off of the show with no explanation when it went to CBS. Unlike Jaimie, his post-sitcom career is not x-rated.
Location: The Lambert House
Address: 2011 Fletcher Avenue, South Pasadena, CA
During the opening credits, you see a car pass 913 Meridian Avenue, which I remember seeing the 8000 times I visited The Myers House from Halloween (1978) across the street...
Locations Visited: October 2018
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