10 MORE Times 90s Sitcoms Got Super Serious (Part 2)
By the 90s, the sitcom landscape was changing — along with the popular culture. The Very Special Episode became a trope and occasionally the butt of a few jokes.
There were sitcoms in the 90s that still dared to set the laughs aside from time to time and try to get serious for a minute. And that’s what I’m going to talk about in this video.
Hello, My name is Natalie and welcome to My So-Called Gen X Life. This is 10 MORE times 90s sitcoms got super serious.
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@reno.corona
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
I was in elementary school at the height of the D.A.R.E. Program: it offered us cool merch, a cool mascot, role playing, cartoons, a week's worth of anti-drug activities (without homework) and a literal talking police car! And the cartoons and skits they'd show us talked in detail about each type of drug, what they looked like, how they're always offered at parties and hangouts, and how they make your body feel (which unintentionally always looked fun). If anything it made us more aware of the drugs and added more positive associations with them than we'd have otherwise!
@jayjoejeanz
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
They should have let urkel just drop.
@Firebourn94
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
Been Sober for almost 13 years now
@ksnksn9039
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
You should do a video on all the series that dealt with racial profiling.
@hobbsmakescomics
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
I have never even heard of that last one, but damn that was intense.
@CAMACAZE007
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
ROC was so dramatic..it seemed like a Soap Opera .very serious .I couldn't watch it sometimes as a youngster
@eddiemidnite
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
These days I wouldn't smoke anything mysterious I found on the ground what with so much stuff being laced these days, but in the 90s I probably would have.
@doujinloverXD
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
Jamal really needs to lock that diner door.
And geez, never seen Blossom but ive geard he was kind of a poor dad, that joint episode clip kind of shows yeah he was.😅
@iimuffinsaur
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
Ive been binging a lot of ur videos because this is the stuff I watched my mom watch as a kid. There are some I remember being more tuned into but I remmeber her watching so many of these haha.
My mom actually named me after a character in Boy Meets World too! So I really have a soft spot for that show.
@iheartninja
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
Imagine watching these comps while smoking some weed, couldn't be me.
@veltg26able
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
What about the episode of Fresh Prince of Belair when Will was shot?
@Doughy_in_the_Middle
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
Damn I miss Roc. Loved every episode they ever aired.
…and I remember that live episode.
@RuthOmegon
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
I understand why blossom isn't on disney but i wish they'd sell it and let someone else rerun it. It was a huge part of a lot of our younger years.
@74lawann
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
I love the range of shows you talk about. Also it’s so reminiscent, I am enjoying your content so much
@BaDAiR647
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
Aunt Rachel gets the job done. ❤
@tamerarotnem8230
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
You should do these episodes- they are both from 90210: "Agony" s9e25 and "A Song for My Mother" s5e26
@PurpleLibra-t10j20
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
Full House had one where DJ is falsely accuded of drinking
(I know FH is an 80s sitcom but it wentbon through to the 90s)
@phoenixmoon3
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
I could talk to you about this stuff all day.
@guyfaux3978
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
"A 'Very Special Episode' of Blossom where she decides to go frumpy and chase a narcissistic Aspie kinda-femmy Texan scientist."
@BruhMan5thFlow
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
I havent seen your whole very special episode playlist but a show that I never hear anyone bring up that I loved and was upset when it got cancelled was South Central on Fox. That show is one the realest shows tackling some serious issues. These very special episodes are nothing by comparison. The show was raw. There was a crack baby son/brother on the show, lets start with that. Even now, you watch it and feels like networks wouldnt put it on TV today. It was short (1 season) lived but very good. Look it up if you havent already.
@radrabbit011
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
I love these videos. I just discovered your channel. I know it's not a sitcom, but one very special episode sticks out to me. 21 jump Street where Johnny Depp's character has to protect another student who has AIDS. It was a really good episode. At the beginning it stated he contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion because he's a hemophiliac. At the end he opens up the Johnny Depp's character saying that he contracted AIDS through sexual contact with another guy.
@SuperNiceteeth
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
I had no idea the guy from Alien 3 was in a sitcom!
@bretalleman9352
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
was impressed with blossom when the guy had crush on joey alot of us did lol
@IsaiahThomas-b7m
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
They should of did the alcohol one on boy meets world plus couldn't stand rachel
@EdgedShadow
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
They really should have cut back on the laugh track in episodes like these.
@billssportsandwrestlingchan
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
The pills episode in a way showed Will's growth, rather than try and talk his way out of it like he always does, he was genuinely remorseful.
@christinekillen3852
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
that whole thing with Carlton and Will and the pills made no sense. They were in Will's locker. Carlton was old enough to be responsible for what he put in his mouth, not even knowing what the pills were. It's not good that Will had them, but he is in no way responsible for Carlton , going into Will's locker, and taking pills that a. didn't belong to him b. he didnt' even know what they were.
@MwofHogwarts8083
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
Loved that show Roc
@DonBrodkaJr
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
4:39
Well no sh*t Blossom! Kinda hard to smoke what you've already lost..
@Video-DJT
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
Will Smith is a piece of crap, pass it on.
@jontray87
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
2 more that wasn’t mentioned:
Eddie getting beat up by a Chicago gang. Carl says “Now I wouldn’t go that far.” Then Eddie walks in and has the most gruesome image and moment of the show with his face bloodied and says “I would.” Traumatizing.
Will getting shot on The Fresh Prince. Carlton buys a gun as a result, and Will yells at him “I saved your life! Give me the gun Carlton!” while in tears.
@moretoknowshow
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
The urkel episode is also we we get introduced to Waldo, who became reoccuring in season 2-3, then a regular in season 4
@donnahaynes138
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
That last one was very heartbreaking. I enjoy these very special episodes videos
@joeconcepts5552
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
Roc was another show full of drama. It was handled better than those more kid oriented ones, though.
@SarahsKnight0
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
20:05 – Maybe it's just my nostalgia for his appearance as a campy villain in one of my more liked episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark, but … Charles S Dutton's acting really slapped, here.
@JasonPeck-pf6rn
March 28, 2026 at 11:46 am
Can do video on dare and that cartoon movie cartoons to the rescue I enjoy your videos I’m 42 so I definitely remember all this
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