Silver Spoons

[BoyScoutKevin]

Thank-you for that. Jason's done alright for himself over the years. He--supposedly--has four movies coming out this year, and there is the rumour that he is to appear in the big screen version of "Arrested Development," which should reach theaters sometime in 2010.

[BTM]

Remember the old days when tv shows didn't teach kids how to talk out their problems in a non-violent way, but to kick someones ass? obviously it didn't work for arnold and the gooch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6iRcZTegas

I remember that show, used to watch it a lot as a kid.  Ahh.. memories...

[lester1/2jr]

it's the happenin thing.  ow!

[ghouck]

Valerie Harper was on it for the first few seasons as the mother but got killed off in the plot due to backstage disputes of some sort.  God I just proved my nerdom again. 

It started off being called "Valerie", and the backstage dispute was that she wanted more money than Jason, while the execs thought Jason was the draw and didn't think she was worth more than Him. They were mostly right. After they killed her off, they changed it to "The Hogan Family"

Also, the kid Ricky beat up looks familiar, what else has he been in? 

[Susan]

i think ricky was in some boxing movie..the Champ?

[BTM]

For some reason (probably this video) I got to thinking about some of the eps of this show I saw when I was a kid, like this one where Ricky's dad brings in a famous "toy consultant" - a snotty red haired girl about the same age as Ricky.  She seems to have a crush on him, so Ricky plays along, trying to manipulate her for some reason or another (don't remember why).  Anyway, she reveals she didn't actually have a crush on him, that she was trying to manipulate him.  Here there's the famous line, "Oh, I don't believe that!  You were kissed by 'The Ricker'!"

Hehe!

[BoyScoutKevin]

i think ricky was in some boxing movie..the Champ?

Yes, with Jon Voight. A remake of the earlier film with Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery. I've never seen the original, but I did enjoy the remake with Ricky Schroeder and Jon Voight.

[BTM]

Yes, with Jon Voight. A remake of the earlier film with Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery. I've never seen the original, but I did enjoy the remake with Ricky Schroeder and Jon Voight.

He was also in a made for TV (Detention) based on a true story about a young man who goes to his high school with a shotgun, kills several students, and holds an entire class hostage for a couple of hours.  It was released in 1997 with (to my knowledge) little fanfare, two years before the incident at Columbine.