Step by Step is a sitcom which aired on ABC from 1991 until 1997 (and for a final season, 1997-1998, on CBS, with fellow ABC expatriate Family Matters). It focused on two single parents of multiple kids who remarried (as a sort of rowdier The Brady Bunch).

References

• When Muppets Tonight was part of the TGIF lineup, the Muppets hosted the bumpers on March 15, 1996. Clifford and Statler and Waldorf introduced Step by Step, with Statler suggesting TGIF means That Girl Is Fine (meaning Step star Suzanne Somers, not Miss Piggy).

Muppet Mentions

• In the second season episode "To B or Not to Be," Frank and JT are performing a scene from Hamlet in the kitchen. After the performance, Dana remarks "Yeah, I didn't know Bert and Ernie did Shakespeare". Cody answers, "I'm not surprised, Bert's a very versatile actor". Mark says "Cody, Bert is a sock!"

• In the third season episode "My Bodyguard," Cody is offended at not being taken seriously or respected by Dana and so he storms out of the room in his pajamas and Bert and Ernie slippers, saying "Let's go, Bert. Let's go, Ernie!"

Connections

• Aria Noelle Curzon played Lilly in "Thirtysomething" (1995)
• Jack Harrell played the principal in "The Making of the President" (1992)
• Don Knotts played Deputy Feif in "Christmas Story" (1993)
• Bronson Pinchot played Jean-Luc (1997)
• John Stamos played himself in "Great Expectations" (1994)
• Doris Roberts played Aunt Edna in "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (1994)
• Fred Willard played Bert Lambert in "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (1997)
• Hattie Winston played a saleslady in "Adventures in Babysitting" (1995)
• Chris Young played Chip Dahlgren in "Goodbye, Mr. Chip" (1997)