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Direct From Hollywood With Ryan Seacrest: Steve Urkel’s Most Iconic Catchphrase's Origin · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Julia White's portrayal of the lovable nerd Erkle on the
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Speaker 2: hit sitcom Family Matters is one of the most enduring
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Speaker 2: characters of the nineteen nineties, and if you remember Erkele,
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Speaker 2: you also remember his catchphrase did I do that? I
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Speaker 2: just did that? Though Jalil shared with the Pod Meets
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Speaker 2: World podcast, nobody knew those four words would be the
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Speaker 2: ones to make such a big impact when writers dreamt
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Speaker 2: them up. He says, they tried a million catchphrases. The
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Speaker 2: first one was Steve just bumping into inanimate objects like
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Speaker 2: a lamp, knock it over and say excuse me. That
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Speaker 2: was it. But did I do that? Just stuck. It's
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Speaker 2: one of those things you lobbed them out to the crowd,
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Speaker 2: and back then it was completely about the immediate audience reaction.
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Speaker 2: You had that live studio audience to tell you in
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Speaker 2: real time what was working. There was no social media.
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Speaker 2: That's Jalil White on the birth of his character Steve
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Speaker 2: Urkle's I kind of catchphrase from Family Matters that's
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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood.