Jesse Frederick changed your life. Thank him.

Sometimes Perfect Strangers realize that by moving Step by Step you can create a Full House where Family Matters. Jesse Frederick deserves a thank you note from every American. His music laid the groundwork for countless wholesome feelings of goodness for a whole nation. Yet, his name remains a mystery to the public who was hooked on his music. As you probably caught in the intro sentence, Jesse Frederick wrote, composed, and sang some pretty epic ballads to some very important shows.

You may recall that the shows mentioned above also made some contributions to how the opening to a show should be conducted. The rules for a successful TV opening are not unlike a Spork-- three pronged.

1. Characters must be taking part in some zany activities with friends that paints a portrait of the city where they reside.
2. Characters must suddenly become aware of the camera when their name comes up and smile and try to look at the camera, although often they should miss their mark. We call that the human element.
3. Characters names MUST appear in a yellowish font. Like this: Darius McCray

Now, I have done you and the rest of America a favor and compiled all of Jesse Frederick's triumphs onto this page in what I believe to be chronological order. INCLUDING the quote from each that should have changed your life.

1. Perfect Strangers - "Standing tall on the wings of my dreams"
2. Full House - "Everywhere you look there is the face of somebody who needs you."
3. Family Matters - "As days go by... it's the bigger love of the family.(that really matters)"
4. Step By Step - "We'll make it better...2nd time around."

There are probably proponents of Saved by the Bell and Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire, but those shows obviously owe their format to these 4 power house situational comedies.

Conclusion: If you take one thing from this blog other than nostalgic feelings of family and possibility, I hope it will be the name Jesse Frederick. What a voice and what a contribution he made to my childhood and maybe yours as well. By the way, I think Family Matters theme is clearly his masterpiece when looking at this body of work.