Stinky Kid

This is the first in a series of articles relating the stories of some great Stinks of our time, and how they fell from grace.

We will begin this series with the story of one who’s mighty refrain is heard no more, except I think still on some channels in the 3:00-5:00 pm slot. The call of this mega stink that was heard on TGIF around the world, “Did I do that?” The call of Steven ‘Steve’ Quincy Urkel. Yes, Urkel was a hero to us all. Unabashedly wearing suspenders and inventing useless crap, he helped to pave the way for many stinkies who were and are to follow. After Family Matters, Urkel played another character known well to stinkies, namely Sonic the Hedgehog. However, after these major roles, and some similarly stinky smaller roles, Urkel seemed to have a change of heart. In what some stinkies consider the greatest betrayal of our time, Urkel changed his name to Jaleel White (clearly not a real name) and began to seek non-stinky roles. The reason for this turn is hotly debated, but the most popular theory to date is that he just really wanted to get with Laura Winslow, and apparently Stephan Urquell wasn’t stinkless enough for her. I think we all wish that he’d stuck it out with Myra. After making the switch, Urkel seems to not have been able to attract any significant roles, and perhaps the most notable of these are “Who Made the Potatoe Salad?” and “Kissing Cousins,” which top stinkogropher Joey Wilson says, “Sound like really crappy movies.”

We’re not sure where he’s going with this, but it had better be good.