Our demand for ’90s nostalgia just got kicked up a notch.
Jaleel White, best known for portraying the original black nerd Steve Urkel on the ’90s classic Family Matters, is slated to guest star on a season 5 episode of the hit ABC comedy Fresh Off The Boat.
Light years removed from his famed portrayal from the bespectacled blerd, White will portray Calvin, a wisecracking manager of a car dealership where the show’s patriarch, Louis (Randall Park) purchases a car.
Jaleel’s casting is perfectly in line with the show’s premise, which details the Eddie Huang’s life as an Asian-American kid coming of age in Orlando, Florida during the mid-90s. Jaleel White’s casting is another of satisfaction for a show that is rife with popular cultural signifiers from the decade.
The fifth season of Fresh Off The Boat will premiere on ABC on Oct. 5 at 8 p.m.
Source: Shadow & Act
