In Growing up Urkel, Jaleel White has written his very first book about his life in this brand-new memoir. He is most known for his role in the 90s hit TV show, Family Matters. This show was largely made right behind the success of the Cosby Show and he felt that they thought they needed a Black family show on ABC. He was twelve years old when he auditioned for the role of Steve Urkel and part of the reason, he did it was to buy himself a Sega Genesis. It was supposed to be a guest role for one episode in the twelfth episode out of a thirteen series order. He was displayed as a nerd in high water pants, suspenders, and glasses. He enclosed the first part of the script of the show and how he asked Laura to the dance. He had his famous dance that pretty much everyone has seen. He was so well received that they reshot the promos to make him become a full season cast member. He shared how he was asked to do a reboot and he’s turned it down. He believes the script would be the same and the show dynamics wouldn’t work in today’s times. He also has appeared in a Netflix show, The Big Show Show, Big Fat Liar, different Sonic cartoons/movies, and recently Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, and many guest roles.
I enjoyed reading this book about his life and how he touched on some of his acting and what he learned along the way. I would recommend this book to anyone who loved Family Matters or have seen him in other roles. It was interesting to learn about his time on Dancing with the Stars and how it led to a child support battle that took half of his earnings. He believes that if he didn’t ignore her first email then the pain not would have led to all of the drama. I appreciated how real he was in his journey and fans will connect with his story.
“I received this book free from the Simon & Schuster for my honest review.”
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