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Overall entertaining family sitcom with the occasional sensual situations and the problems of growing...

With a not so conventional beauty like Mayim Bialik, "Blossom" centered on all of it's main characters to develop a plot on every episode. Blossom was the principal character but the show didn't focused on her 100%. Joey Lawrence was a rising star and at some points in the series run, he was stealing the show. The character of six also had her great moments.

Well I started watching this show for Bialik. I felt attracted to her for unknown reasons. I mean, she isn't beautiful in the likes of Hollywood but she had an on screen charm that only a few have.

The situations were surprisingly interesting in most episodes and involved problems of teens and young adults. So don't expect a "Full House" comedy situations.

Give a try to "Blossom" because it's certainly different. Those were the days...

Blossom was the name of the youngest sibling of the Russo family played by Mayim Bialik. Puberty had kicked in with her, but she was a smart kid. She also had a best friend played by Jenna Van Oy who would lead her astray, but never too far.

Blossom and her two brothers were being raised by a single father. I'm glad the producers resisted the urge to make the father an idiot as happens often. Nor was he the all wise elder who gave good advice on all occasions. Ted Wass was a musician a really hip and smart sort of guy who more often let situations play themselves out to teach lessons.

They never really developed the oldest brother Michael Stoyanov's character and I can't recall he carried an episodes. Joey Lawrence who was the middle child was a breakout star from Blossom. He was sweet, dumb, naive and hunky a pretty impressive combination to pull off, but Lawrence did it.

Blossom itself was a charming and hip show for the early 90s.

I've watched this so many times times over the years, and it never gets old. I always enjoyed Blossom, especially in this day and age where the world is so different from how it was 30+ years ago, Blossom gives that early 90's vibe which just feels so nostalgic yet so amazing. The show itself is extremely underrated, and really hilarious. I highly recommend this show, absolutely love it!

I am only 15, so I don't really remember this show when it originally aired. But a few years ago (I was maybe ten) they used to play it every week day after I got home from school. I started watching it and soon it was just a daily habbit I couldn't break. Although, the fashions & some of the antics are completely outdated..whenever I see it it brings back good memories. This and Full House every weekday...and they were shows that made me feel happy.

"What's Happening" was a happening show with popping and locking and all kinds of other hip stuff.

The star was Ernest Thomas who played the skinny, glasses-clad Roger 'Raj' Thomas. His best friend was Freddie 'Rerun' Stubbs (Fred Berry). They called him Rerun, if I'm not mistaken, because he was held back in school a time or two. If Rerun could do anything, he could dance. Raj's other friend was Dwayne Nelson (Haywood Nelson). It seemed like Raj and his boys were always trying to keep from being caught by Raj's mother (played by Mabel King) for doing something or other. Mama had her sentinel they had to watch out for too: Raj's sister, Dee (Danielle Spencer).

It was fun times. Whenever they weren't at Raj's house they could most likely be found at the diner where Shirley (played by Shirley Hemphill) worked. She would trade barbs with Rerun and they usually had to do with weight.

As a child of the 90s, I really enjoyed binge watching Blossom just for the fashion and the pop culture references. The guest stars that turn up are also fun to see 30 years later. There are few funny moments. I think It only ever made me laugh six or seven times. I don't dislike any of the characters except for Blossom. She is self righteous and over bearing. All she ever does is argue with everybody and act like an insufferable brat when they don't agree with her. She comes across a know-it-all and a snob. She genuinely thinks she is smarter than everybody else and looks down her nose at them. In real life she would never have so many cute boys chasing after her. NOPE. She is not all that physically attractive and her attitude is negative and toxic.

One thing I don't understand is why every guy who she is involved with is a Jersey Guido. They live in an LA suburb. Wtf?

If aliens landed on planet earth I would give them four things to help them understand humanity: #1- Marcel Proust's "À la recherche du temps perdu." #2- Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9 in D minor, opus 125." #3- Da Vinci's "The Last Supper." #4- The complete series of NBC's "Blossom." Now why would I say such a thing. To provoke a strong reaction or elicit a chuckle? That is but 10% of the reason why. This is a criminally underrated show. The dialogue took your average sitcom to the intellectual woodshed and the fantasy conversations gave it a whuppin' with the leather strap of self-referential meta-fantasy. We are not dealing with simple characters here. We are dealing with Jungian archetypes taken to a depth that most people can't understand. Joey is perhaps the greatest example of "Puer Aeternus" I've ever seen in my lifetime. And his "whoa." Whoa. It's existential. Like "if a tree falls in the woods..." The answer is "Whoa." If you want challenging TV drama I suggest you delve into the labyrinthine complexities of the world we privileged few know as... "Blossom."

I used to watch this show as a kid and really liked it. Watching it as an adult, I thought it would bring back some nostalgic moments, but actually it has only caused me a great deal of annoyance. The first season is okay, Blossom is a smart ass, but likable in a naive way. And Tony and Nick are cool. Joey is a dumb ass, and never changes. The thing is that from season 2 on, Joey is not only stupid but also disgusting as far as it comes to women. There were several episodes where Playboy bunnies made an appearance and Joey is constantly talking about hot girls and even dismisses dark-haired girls as if they are less than blondes. It's disgusting and offensive. I'm sure the writers did all this to attract more male viewers but it reinforces the persistent notion in our society that a woman is only worthy if she's young, thin and blonde. Or exceptionally smart like Blossom, but Blossom's intelligence is never really explored again after Vinnie becomes her boyfriend. Suddenly, she spends all her time doing things with him, or getting into stupid fights with him. She becomes sarcastic and snarky. I really started to hate her and wished she and Vinnie would just break up already. I always liked the Tony story and his marriage to Shelley, although it would be very unlikely that 2 people who accidentally got married would actually fall in love with each other. As for Nick, I liked him in the beginning, he seemed really caring. But as the seasons went on, he turned out to be just an older version of Joey: hooking up with random 'babes' and becoming more and more of a caricature. Such a shame. I never liked the grandpa, because again, this was yet another dirty old man character, into porn and other disgusting things. I'm sure it was supposed to be funny, but it really was not. It's a real shame the show sold its soul and started to cater to the lower morality set. It could have been an outstanding show, but ended up being the same as all the other run-of-the-mill predictable junk out there. Shame.

I actually just discovered "Blossom" for myself a couple weeks ago. I guess I'd heard it referenced before on other TV shows and I knew that Miss Amy Farah Fowler from Big Bang Theory (another favorite show of mine) actually played the role of "Blossom" herself. So I finally decided to give it a watch. I didn't think I would like it because I honestly don't care for 90's TV and movies much at all, with the exception of Friends. Boy was I wrong! I absolutely adore this show! I binged all 5 seasons in a week and am currently re-watching season 1. This show transcends the time period in my opinionation 😉 even though the clothes and a few catch phrases do give the time period away every now and then, but I don't mind with this show. It's really great and highly underrated.

The main character is almost completely unlikable, a selfish, self-righteous, negative harpy.

The only reasons to watch this show are for everyone but the title character.

Blossom is definitely a classic show, which will be remembered forever by all those who watched it. The show is about teenager Blossom Russo, played brilliantly by Mayim Bialik. She lives with her father, Nick (Ted Wass.) and her two brothers, Joey (Cute Joey Lawrence.) and Anthony. (Michael Stoyanov.) and has a boy crazy 'chatterbox' best friend, Six. ( Jenna von Oÿ.) The show follows Blossom's life, with her ups and downs, her boyfriends and of course, her family life and much more. There's a great cast in the show, including, the special guests that have appeared. I love the theme song to the show too. It's really great. One more mention to the brilliant Mayim Bialik, who is a fantastic actress. (And, has a GREAT great sense too.) I hope to see more of her in the future. Blossom is an award winning 10/10 show.

I loved this show because I was a teenager at the time and now in my 20's I still love it because it brings back memories. Looking back now, I related to Blossom's situations and I have/had a huge crush on Joey Lawrence, especially when he blossomed! This show has good values, and is family oriented. I also like the guest stars on, but I don't know names, their faces look familiar. I especially like the Paris episodes when Blossom goes to try find her mother and the Beach Blossom Party episodes - they stand out the most to me. I think his Joey' real-life brothers are on one of the episodes, too. I wish this TV show lasted longer, at least until '96, this show is a blast to watch over again.

well Mayim Bialik went back to school and got her PhD in neuroscience at Yale or Harvard she was accepted at both, she hasn't done too badly I hear she getting back to acting slowly she is a very Bright Young Lady joey Lawrence is still acting but with not much success but he was very good on Blossom as was Ted Wass and the girl who played Six. This show was thought provoking and had dealt with serious issues I think it was a very good writing show I'm glad it has finally been released on DVD way over due i hope they release the rest of the series soon They need more shows like this that are well written and acted And less of Hanna Montana and Disney

i discovered blossom when i was at home years ago off sick from school and ever since i was hooked! I loved the character of her brother joey. he always made me crack up just because he was so dumb! i also really liked the character vinnie in show (purely because of his good looks!!) i'm surprised that most of the people i talk to either dont like the show or havent even heard of it! I love it and still watch the re runs whenever they were on.

This is cute, it is like so cute. Before I go on, be advised my review is simply based on just having seen the 1990 pilot episode, and the 1991 first episode (which is quite confusing, what with the cast change / whole set-up change)

I read about this show years and years ago in mags like SEVENTEEN when it was new. During those days, you had to rely on your local TV to bring the shows home and, well, they fell far, far short. A couple of decades later, with a fanfare, here's DVD, and I can import whatever I choose... if it has been released. So, last year I got BLOSSOM after initially being told it wasn't available. Only got to it tonight after delving through my stacks last week. I can see why I wanted to see it back then, though I cannot remember the articles & photographs.

Mayim Bialik is absolutely a must-see. She is the very definition of cute. A certain inner energy. A scene stealer. Although, okay, she cannot really steal what she has already pocketed from The Word Go. The cast change (with the two Dads) doesn't really matter, however confusing I felt it to be tonight. It's all about Mayim. She is a tiny little force.

A pity these things happened, let me count, 24 years ago! Otherwise I'd have sat here tonight and predicted great things for her in Hollywood.

Kids of today will be puzzled by a show with land-line telephones and Madonna-era fashion, but they should all concur that the character is gloriously charming. Mothers, it is not often that RavenGlamDVDCollector reviews something as innocuous as this, but here's something that this old guy just likes, and that you would like, and if you can tear your little brats away from the mass- produced junk out there today, stupid reality shows and questionable hip-hop dreck, they would at least have seen something from a better age...

It was not only funny, but a lot of the situations that Blossom went through was what I experienced as a teenager growing up and therefore I could relate to. It had a positive message in educating young people about issues such as alcohol, drugs and teenage pregnancy. It also showed what it's like for a single father to raise three children and his fear for the dates that his daughter brings home and above all how to overcome their problems as a family unit. Many stars fade out past their teens, but Joey Lawrence's career has esculated further as a result of Blossom's success so it couldn't been all that bad for him, playing a complete dimwit.

I knew about this show through my mom, as she mentioned the actress from 'Big Bang Theory' was the lead of a famous show back in the 90's, so I decided to give it a try, just to see, and right from the first episode it got me.

The 90's feel pretty nostalgic for me as they're part of my childhood, so it might be that why I like it so much, but I'm willing to bet it's not, because the way this show tackles serious issues like addiction, underage sex or abuse, and mix it with your typical, sitcom funny scenes makes the show perfect in my opinion.

I love the decision of have actual teen girls talking about things that we see in every other teen show, with the only difference being that the actress aren't teens at all. As a grown up, watching this it genuinely had me thinking a few times that the leads were way too young to be thinking or talking about certain things, until it hit me I was the same age, and so were so many other characters, the only difference was that those other characters were played by women on their 20's instead of actual teenagers, and I think that was a genious move, if the point of doing that was to make us all realize how real teenagers look like, when we watch teen shows, as we seem to tend to forget real teens do not look like 20 something grown women as much as Hollywood wanted us to believe so.

I have no idea who came out with the idea of this or if Mayim Bialik's parents were part of the process making sure Blossom was a real, amazingly written female character, but whoever was it, I think we don't appreciate enough what amazing job they did with this show, it's more than a sitcom for teens in the 90's, it's a weekly lesson on life as a teenage girl in North America and I think that's incredible, honestly.

I must to say. This show is one of the best shows ever done. The actors are amazing and the histories are excellent. The characters are very well developed through the show, and each episode is best than the other.

This show treats about problems that happen in youngsters life. Every episode is very funny and good, and here in Brazil, it gives high audience. And I can proof this. SBT, the channel that airs Blossom Sunday to Friday, aired the show from the start to the end, and repeated 3 seasons (I´m not sure) around 4 times. And it´s still been aired. I watch the episodes several times and love to see them again. This show is serious when it has to be, and funny when it has to be.

Blossom wasn't supposed to be "MacBeth". Okay, there was a lot of fluff and silliness in the show -- sometimes embarrassingly so. But I had three teenage daughters during it's run and the show opened a lot of opportunity for us to talk about important things.

I will always remember this show with great fondness and Bill Bixby has been a favorite since the old "Courtship of Eddie's Father" series (yes, I'm THAT old!). He brought class to everything he touched.

If this show was created today the major networks wouldn't touch it. It would be another horrible WB sitcom that runs a season or two. When they came out with the list of 50 worst shows of all time this show should have been on it. Around this time producers were obsessed with making Mayim Bialik a major star, because of her 10 minute role in the movie Beaches. A real sign that this show wasn't as popular as the E network and Entertainment Tonight made it out to be was when they made a TV movie and it placed in the bottom 5. Another sign was the actors have not done much since the show ended. Joey Lawrence's new show only ran 2 seasons and I just saw Bialik for the first time in while on 7th heaven. In late 80's and early 90's the theme for sitcoms was to be really sappy and luckily that has changed.

This show was horrible! I can't believe they actually show reruns of this pathetic show. Whatever happened to reruns of What's Happening? Blossom wasn't funny, it was corny, and it had terrible plot. Yes, folks, this show was even worse than Full House. This show belongs in the sitcom grave yard. I used to pray for this show to get cancelled.