A Christmas Story

The premise of Perfect Strangers was always a little bit hacky. It was basically The Odd Couple, except that one of the roommates was Yakov Smirnoff. But, to the show's credit, the two lead actors had great chemistry and their physical humor was on point. In their first Christmas episode, Larry tries to cheer up Balki, who's a little sad about spending Christmas away from his family on Mypos. They're all set to go to Wisconsin for the holidays when a blizzard rears its ugly head, forcing them to cancel their plans. This sends Larry into a deep depression and then it becomes Balki's turn to cheer up his cousin. The jokes and references in the show are all very dated now but the final product was still pretty sweet and funny.

Rating: Christmas Turtle%