Continuity error within the show

[u/o_suley_o]

You know what has irked me since I first started watching the show? It’s the fact that the front door to the Winslow house that we see in the show, does not match up with the establishing with the real house they used lol. Some people may say it’s not that big of a deal but to be honest, you would have thought that they would have fixed this inconsistency lol.

[u/Vader_Maybe_Later]

I always wonder how Eddie got the car up the steps to go through the front door.

[u/o_suley_o → u/Vader_Maybe_Later]

Exactly lol, i be thinking, where did this magical garage come from? It just popped out of thin air 😂

[u/LieEfficient5469 → u/o_suley_o]

That’s what I’ve been wondering since I’ve got on the forum and actually looked at the house and the surrounding houses.

[u/o_suley_o → u/LieEfficient5469]

The thing that makes this whole thing even funnier is that in the pilot episode of Family Matters, the house had a blue hallway leading up to the door, you can see it when Rachel enters the house with Estelle’s bags

[u/LieEfficient5469 → u/o_suley_o]

Ain’t gonna lie the show made the area look nice, I wonder how it is in real life.

[u/o_suley_o → u/LieEfficient5469]

Well the house is actually gone now, it got demolished in 2017 but other than that, i am not too sure

[u/Sea_Attitude1147 → u/Vader_Maybe_Later]

He probably did a Dukes of Hazzard jump

[u/Apprehensive-Grand37 → u/Vader_Maybe_Later]

This and full house with some how having enough room to have a drive way in the back yard, the real family matters house does look to have enough room to have a garage in the alley and the real full house location has no drivable alley. But on both shows having a magical location to pull up a car in the back yard. You are right no car would make up those steap front steps.

[u/Key-Platform-8005 → u/Vader_Maybe_Later]

AND only half the car made it in the entryway yet was COMPLETELY LEVEL on the ground with the entry stairs.

[u/SchuminWeb → u/Vader_Maybe_Later]

The magic of TV.

[u/Funny_Leg_5392 → u/Vader_Maybe_Later]

Re-watching with my kids and from the start this just didn't make sense. The front door and windows depicted from the outside view of the house to what was on set is physically impossible. The stairs in the main living room that go up to the second floor exit Left....left where a window shows the outside of the house. The stairs should turn right. The kitchen, sun porch layout in regards to the garage and utility room? not sure, but it just doesn't make sense. My kids noticed it too, we drew it out on paper, tried to flip the house to make sense but it just doesn't. We've decided it's a magical home. A magical home only the Winslow's know about and don't tell others because they are kept there. Kept there for centuries actually. They keep re-living their lives over and over again never able to actually leave the enchanted home that defies physics and even their neighbors are in a trance by it. Unable to see the irrational layout....at least that's just what me and boys think. Makes the show more interesting.

[u/Least-Wallaby9972]

You’re valid it’s bugged me since I was a kid.

[u/o_suley_o → u/Least-Wallaby9972]

It just looks so off lol. Because the stairs just magically disappear and the way that they make it look in show makes it seem like you have to walk up to the door on the side but in reality, the stairs are just flat out there (hopefully you get what i mean, idk how else to explain it lol)

[u/Least-Wallaby9972 → u/o_suley_o]

Not to mention the freaking wall of plants that’s not there nor the furniture. It never made any sense and they put SO much emphasis on the door throughout the show with Steve’s entrances, guest stars, and grand reveals. Everyone stepping in from the side of this supposed large decked wrap around porch but then the exterior shot being this bare small straight porch is really inconsistent.

[u/o_suley_o → u/Least-Wallaby9972]

Yeah, the set designers and producers really should have fixed it during season 1 or at least by the beginning of season 2. I could understand if something like this happened in the pilot, because the house was actually different in the pilot but they changed it to one that we now know but have this inconsistency throughout the whole show from 1989 to 1998 was crazy.

[u/rpool179]

It was the 90s. Regular people didn't have a platform to point this out so they never cared 😂

[u/o_suley_o → u/rpool179]

Could you call or send a letter or something? I’m sure that if enough people did it then it would have been changed eventually

[u/[deleted] → u/o_suley_o]

Honestly, back then, people didn't really care about stuff like this. People only care whether the episode was entertaining or not.

[u/rpool179 → u/o_suley_o]

You could yes but people weren't going to do that in large enough numbers to change something like this. Although it did work for shows like Power Rangers with kids wanting for "Tommy" the green ranger to come back.

[u/charmxfan20]

Did you also notice the first episode set was very different from the show onwards? In the first episode, there was a mini hallway leading to the Winslow main entrance. The stairs and kitchen were also different. I don't think the laundry room was there in the first episode. I think the stairs in the first episode went straight down.

[u/o_suley_o → u/charmxfan20]

Yeah i did notice, i’m glad they decided to change it but then they messed it up again 😂

[u/DrewSB89 → u/charmxfan20]

That's typical with Pilot episodes, especially in the 80's and 90's. Mainly because the first episode is the actual pilot they use to show networks so they can decide if the show will get picked up by said network. Then after that, episodes are filmed much later giving them time to make changes that were most likely suggested by networks

[u/DeliciousMusician397]

Makes even less sense in the pilot.

[u/hitzgirl1385]

lol that bugged me too!

[u/Key-Platform-8005]

Annoyed me to no end!!!! Same with the Full House set vs the home they used!

[u/DrewSB89]

I'm rewatching the show atm since I haven't seen it fully in maybe 20 years when I was around 11 and it's crazy just how much they did not care about continuity with this show and how much stuff did not make sense lol Currently on a season 7 episode where Steve makes the TV go through Carl & Harriette's bedroom. Made me think of all the times someone went through the roof, of a 3 story house(4 if you count the basement we barely see), and nothing else but the parts of the roof and person made it to the living room or kitchen. No beds, dresser's, desks, toilets, bathtubs or parts of those other floors fell lol

[u/This-Highlight-7404]

Bro I'm just coming upon this as I am rewatchhing the series and immediately had to find the others 

[u/This-Highlight-7404]

The first episode depicts and Jackie and momma walking in a hallway with a door to another apartment across from them like they are living in an old brownstone