Alan Thicke is all about dispensing words of wisdom these days.
The Growing Pains alum will again add a little sparkle to Monday's episode of How I Met Your Mother, returning to play "the role I was ...
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Tracey Gold on Tuesday gave birth to a baby boy, her fourth with husband Roby Marshall. Along with her mom duties to the new infant, the former Growing Pains star also hosts the new show The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom(TLC), plus she's already a mother to Sage, 11, Bailey, 8, and Aiden Michael, 3. Dylan Christopher, the latest addition to her gaggle of little ones, was born at Tarzana Hospital weighing 8 lbs., 4 oz. While it sounds like Gold's got a lot to handle, at least now, in her new gig, she can dispense advice for the mere mortal moms among us. — Anna DimondUse our Online Video Guide to take a peek at Gold's new show, The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom.
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Today’s Lunch-isode Series: Growing PainsEpisode Title: Feet of ClaySeason: 4Year: 1989Why we love this episode: We’re gonna have to say that we “heart” this episode to no end — mainly because there’s a twentysomething Brad Pitt guest-starring as the rock-star obsession in little Ben Seaver’s life. But after Pitt starts throwing nasty words around like ‘snotnose brat’ and ‘bozo’ in a fit of rage, the Seavers finally see the rocker for the true Hollywood d-bag that he really is! (See the 10:00-16:00 time mark.)Go to video close-up now!Your take: What's your fondest memory of the Seaver family?
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As if Abby and Luka didnt have enough to contend with tonight manic-depressive Maggie breezed in to meet her ailing grandson and offer her support in a flurry of note taking and NICU staff badgering However she also brought an unexpected mix of motherly wisdom and perspective that Abby sorely needed Sally Field has done an excellent job with this role in each of her appearances taking a strident character and making her sympathetic and relatable never sugarcoating the challenges of living with mental illness Despite her doubts Maggie actually persuaded Abby to include the baby in a trial that was both risky and promising The scene where she insisted something was wrong with the baby reminded me of the scene from Terms of Endearment when Shirley MacLaine loses it on the nurses for not administering her daughters pain medication on time While I thought it was downright mean to lead all of us to believe the baby had died the last scene of Abby with her mom offe
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Question: Now that Joey is DOA on its return, again we have the debate about the death of what we know as the traditional sitcom. My question is, was Joey that bad? No, it wasn't as topical as Sex and the City or as well written as Frasier, but Joey never set out to be either of those shows. It was a sitcom with some basic, familiar characters and uncomplicated story lines. Twenty years ago shows like Growing Pains and Who's the Boss? were top-10 hits, and I think Joey compares in format to these shows. Do you think that Joey was a substandard version of the traditional sitcom, or have we so evolved due to clever writing that it has all but destroyed the basic sitcom? A show like Frasier or Seinfeld at its peak only comes along once in a decade, so if that has become our benchmark for comedy, of course anything else is going to pale in comparison. On a related note, can you envison a day when the comedy categories in the Emmys will become obsolete now that, by default, noncomedy shows ...
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Hey, TV-nostalgia buffs! Aching for another Growing Pains reunion movie? Well then, you'll be pleased to know Growing Pains II: Home Equity just wrapped production in New Orleans, which doubles for the Seaver family's Long Island home base. All of Pains's original cast is on hand — TV mom Joanna Kerns even directs — but, unsurprisingly, Leo DiCaprio isn't coming back as Luke.
"I'm sure they thought of it," Alan Thicke (aka Dr. Jason Seaver) tells TV Guide Online, chuckling. "And I'm sure [Leo's] not available." Fortunately, the real-life pregnancy of Tracey Gold — whose career was recently "executed" on Celebrity Mole: Yucatan — will help make up for the personnel shortage. Gold's pregnant, so Carol's expecting onscreen, too.
"I'm still trying to get used to the concept of playing a grandfather," the 57-year-old Thicke says. "I've now moved into what I call the 'ferzage' category. It's
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