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Growing Pains lasted 7 seasons (166 episodes) against the toughest competition in TV history: Cheers, Cosby, Golden Girls, Roseanne… I am very glad that this fun show will join the other shows that have been honored with a DVD. This family was wacky, goofy, smart, smart-mouthed, yet full of heart. The show never gets old. It's important to buy the DVD($23!) soon after it comes out to send a message to the studio that made the DVD that we like the show a lot; enough to buy a 2nd Season. Because the only thing better than the 1st season is the 2nd(The Goofy Glue Incident, etc).The characters are meticulously written, and brought to life well by the actors – like Seinfeld, Friends and Cheers. They're characters you get to know, like, care about, and never forget. Same goes for a lot of the episodes:11. "STANDARDIZED TEST" Idaho I.Q. high school test- Quote: "After this, the whole school will know how stupid we are" 4. "CAROL'S ARTICLE" episode that made up a word: "stinkiosity"(I'm laughing right now-20 years later).16. "THE SEAVERS VS. THE CLEAVERS" – with Annette Funicello in a "June Cleaver" parody. Season 2: 29. DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? – a take on "The Sting". - Ben: "Here's your cut, mom." 41. THE AWFUL TRUTH – The Kids are alone in the house, and make a discovery. - One of my favorite eps of all TV. 44. CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS - The Kids are alone at home again - things happen…involving Goofy Glue.I'll be watching this show for the rest of my life (thanks to the DVD and Warner Brothers). I still remember watching the 1st run of some of these memorable episodes 20 years ago!!....."Who knew?" ;)

My favorite episode was when Mike had the paper route and he gave it to Ben who gave it to some other kid.It's a good show to watch if you want a good laugh once in a while.But sometimes it can be dramatic too.The cast is okay.

After the family ties success on NBC, ABC developed Growing Pains to rival it about the Seavers with their 3 children in Long Island, New York. Nobody in this show has the New York accent but it still beats other shows. Kirk Cameron became a huge teen star in the eighties. Tracey Gold shined as the middle sister, Carol Seaver. Alan Thicke finally had a successful show in his lifetime and Joanna Kerns came out of her big sister Donna Devarona's shadows as the Growing Pains mom. The writing could have been better and the show could have equaled Family Ties but nowadays, a show like this would have got Emmys. Sure, it was sweet and full of saccharine but I miss it now.

Way back when I was in high school,I used to watch this show which came on Wednesday nights at the 8:00 hour on ABC-TV. By the way,it was very funny show........Alan Thicke maybe the star,but it was Kirk Cameron that ran the show. It was Cameron's portrayal on girl crazy always in something-teenthrob Mike Seaver,that kept the show going for seven seasons and also kept it in the top ten during its initial run. He and younger brother Ben were always in some kind of mischief along with kid sister Carol and(played by Tracey Gold,who was the sister of Benson's Missy Gold) their parents who were too overboard in their acting,especially actress Joanna Kerns. Thicke was okay,but he got stale during the last few seasons of the show. However,it was nice to see Mike grow from high school to college and to see the rest of them mature as well. However,when the show went off the air in 1992,it faced competition with its rival Family Matters and Full House. Maybe if Growing Pains opened new ground it may have been more successful instead of overrated it and sugarcoating some of the material. In all,Great Show! Catch the re-runs on the Disney Channel.