Thelma Hopkins & Kelly Williams

The show was ahead of its time to represent a Black family in ways the television hadn't shown before.

Exactly.

It's Thelma Hopkins, also known as Aunt Rachel.

And I'm Kelly Williams, or Laura Winslow.

On our podcast, Welcome to the Family with Thelma and Kelly, we're re-watching every episode of Family Matters.

We'll share behind-the-scenes stories about making the show.

Yeah, we'll even bring in some special guests to spill some tea.

Listen to Welcome to the Family with Thelma and Kelly on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Wait a minute, is this the right number?

It's, um, the loser line.

Come on, just call me back!

If you haven't heard the loser line before, it works like this.

Let's say a weird guy approaches you while you're out at the club and uses this charming pickup line on you.

Hey sweetness, I wish you were a computer so I could select all on your clothes and hit delete.

Control Z, Control Z, Control Z. After he says that, whatever you do, don't tell him error 404, flirty joke not found.

Instead, tell that nerd you want to unzip all his hidden folders and maybe even merge hard drives later.

Extract all, Jeff.

He's got worse than what he said.

Giving the number to the loser line, so hopefully he leaves an awkward voicemail that we can play on the air.

Voicemails like this one.