Remember Besties!, the 90s sitcom about, you guessed it, a group of best friends hanging out together in a New York City coffee shop (Caffeine Central), or their impossibly large apartments? I sure do! For nearly a decade, Besties! was that show that I had to watch every Thursday night. And I wasn't alone. This show practically defined the decade with it's fashion, music, and ripped from the headlines plots.
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| Levon, Alice, Bernice, the twins, and Becka ("Becka, that's my spot!") from the hit 90s sitcom Besties! |
When the show premiered in 1994, critics hailed it as a revolutionary spectacle that combined cutting edge (at the time) CGI and old school practical effects and wire work with the romantic adventures and career ups and downs of six twentysomething visitors from the planet Omicron 7. By the fifth episode, "The Show About Gender Nonconformity", the "they never will" relationship between the asexual yellow beanie wearing Levon and the boy twin was ramping up, and cisgender Bernice's popular catchphrase, "Becka, that's my spot!" had made its first appearance. American was hooked and the ratings skyrocketed.
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| A scene from the live finale of the classic 1970s sitcom Racist Father-in-Law that involved the unscripted death of series star Frank O'Bilby |
By the end of its ten season run, Besties! had cemented itself as one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time, up there with That's My Linda! and Racist Father-in-Law. Some critics, like Lloyd Brunch from TVBIZ.com, credit the show with a number of groundbreaking firsts in television entertainment. "This was the first sitcom to feature a polyamorous relationship. It was the first sitcom to feature unsimulated sexual acts. Girl twin delivered her actual baby live. That wasn't a prop!"
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