Eight Is Enough 1977 To 1981
Robert Spencer 
I watched this show in the late 1970's when I was in Junior High School. It was less gloomy ( albeit not as well written) as it's sorta cousin show Family which was also on ABC.
They never explained Dick Van Patten's New York Accent.
Grant Goodeve was very good looking back then, especially the first season before his hair got too WIGGED out.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 196 | March 5, 2023 3:05 PM |
The series seemed silly and kind of pointless until the second season.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 15, 2022 4:09 AM |
It annoyed me that none of the siblings bore even a passing resemblance to one another.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 15, 2022 4:13 AM |
I remember the weirdest random plot points, like Tommy finding the Christmas gifts his now-deceasedmom had wrapped and hidden in the kitchen cabinet…
Tommy getting busted for plagiarizing one of Mary’s old term papers (they both used “…and by that sane token..”)…
Joanie’s theatre troupe mounting a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” that featured nudity…
David’s sensible girlfriend Janet; and Susan’s stud, “Merle the Pearl”…
Abby’s classic British roadster and her statement scarves
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 15, 2022 4:16 AM |
R2- That's true. None of them looked like they were related in any way.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 15, 2022 4:16 AM |
After Adam Rich's death, I started watching some clips on YT(especially the theme song) and it brought back some nice memories... what can people tell me about this show? Was there drama behind the scenes especially with DL fave Betty Lynn Buckley? She looks like she wants to cut Grant around 2:30 while everyone else looks so joyful
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 18, 2023 4:10 PM |
Mark Hamill he was involved in a serious auto accident where he sustained serious facial injuries and was forced to quit the show. Best thing that ever happened to him. Poor Diana Hyland had to die to get out of that damn show...
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 18, 2023 4:19 PM |
I thought Mark quit when he got Star Wars and he had his accident in-between Star War movies
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 18, 2023 4:33 PM |
[quote] It annoyed me that none of the siblings bore even a passing resemblance to one another.
Right?!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 18, 2023 4:52 PM |
With all that long hair, I imagine lice was ever present in the Bradford house.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 18, 2023 4:53 PM |
The entire show is free on tubi
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 18, 2023 4:55 PM |
R9 Not to mention all the fur pie.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 18, 2023 4:58 PM |
Dianne Kay could have been the breakout star . I don’t know what happened
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 18, 2023 5:01 PM |
[quote] Was there drama behind the scenes especially with DL fave Betty Lynn Buckley?
Being a stage diva she thought doing television was beneath her. From what I've head she did a lot of coke and was very high-strung and controlling.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 18, 2023 5:02 PM |
I always thought Willie Aames was kinda ugly.. I wish some washed up sitcom star from that era would write a truthful book about working on Network TV back then.. Battle of the Network Stars, cocaine, Flippers Skate Rink..All the replacing of actors in established roles..
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 18, 2023 5:04 PM |
R13 Good thing Betty Lynn and Linda Lavin never shared the same stage.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 18, 2023 5:06 PM |
Grant Goodeve had a nice booty.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 18, 2023 5:06 PM |
R13, Betty resented the corniness and bad writing on show . She’s a lot nicer now than she was. Dianne Kay says she was bothered by the fact the girls playing her step daughters were not that much younger than her.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 18, 2023 5:07 PM |
I wonder if Betty Buckley and Robert Reed ever drank white wine spritzers and bitched about the corniness and bad writing of their shows.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 18, 2023 5:10 PM |
Michael Goodreaux should've received an Emmy for his incredible performance as an alcoholic on that one episode.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 18, 2023 5:16 PM |
I was 11 when the show aired and my older sister was 18. We loved it. It's easy to hate everything that seems corny or out of step with today. But as a kid I wanted to be like the Bradfords. DVP always bugged the shit out of me with his New Yawkese and combover.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 18, 2023 5:20 PM |
I followed Adam Rich on Twitter. He seemed like a genuinely nice guy. Really a shame he was struggling with depression and drug abuse that caused him to end his life so suddenly.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | February 18, 2023 5:21 PM |
What kind of old man name is Merle in the late 70s?
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | February 18, 2023 5:23 PM |
Mark Hamill’s accident happened in January 1977 supposedly on the night the EiE pilot aired. He’d already finished Star Wars, which was to be released that summer. He didn’t like the comedic direction the show was going in and didn’t want to be in a 5 year contract, so the facial disfigurement from the crash was a good excuse to get off the show. I guess he didn’t know Star Wars would be the biggest movie of all time though. They did a remarkable job of putting his face back together. He should have had a bigger career, he was pretty cute, but I don’t remember him in anything outside the Star Wars movies. Obviously Carrie and Harrison went on to other success.
Yeah, Adam seemed like a good guy. So is Mark if you’ve seen his social media.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 18, 2023 5:26 PM |
R22 It was a popular Southern name that I guess the producers thought was fitting for his character.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | February 18, 2023 5:29 PM |
R21, Adam had 7 years of drugs . I wonder if he decided to slowly kill himself by getting loaded again . He was in such pain . He was a great guy! Funny, intelligent and charisma up the wazoo.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | February 18, 2023 5:41 PM |
[quote]He should have had a bigger career, he was pretty cute, but I don’t remember him in anything outside the Star Wars movies.
Hamill was in a couple of high-profile movies between the original Star Wars installments, Corvette Summer (avec Annie Potts) and The Big Red One. Corvette Summer even made a lot of money, because it was heavily promoted as starring the Star Wars heartthrob, and came so soon after initial Star Wars mania. But he never seemed to find any lasting career traction outside of Luke Skywalker.
In the early '90s, I saw him in a really terrible movie called Black Magic Woman, a supernatural thriller with Apollonia Kotero as a sexy witch who puts a spell on Hamill. It's just the kind of thing that used to be on HBO or Showtime in the middle of the night, and I'd think, "How did this get made at all, and with people whose names I know?" The 4.0 score it has on IMDb may be generous.
Shortly thereafter, he was mostly doing voice work.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | February 18, 2023 5:49 PM |
Adam Rich died of a drug overdose. Was he a homo who just couldn't accept himself?
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | February 18, 2023 5:52 PM |
R27 here I meant Adam Had seven years drug free .
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | February 18, 2023 5:56 PM |
Hamill's career really got a reboot in later life with all the SW remakes.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | February 18, 2023 5:59 PM |
R31, he seems very grateful too ☝🏼
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | February 18, 2023 6:01 PM |
One thing I liked is that the characters wore clothes/costumes over and over agin just like real life.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | February 18, 2023 6:02 PM |
R29 Adam was very supportive of gay rights on social media so I imagine if he were gay he wouldn't have an issue with it.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | February 18, 2023 6:02 PM |
He was not gay . He had a type - blonds like Dianne Kay ( his first crush).
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | February 18, 2023 6:04 PM |
The kids were competing with the Diff’rent Strokes kids in the “most fucked up child actors” sweepstakes.
Lani O’Grady-dead, overdose
Susan Richardson-batshit crazy, thinks she was kidnapped by South Koreans
Willie Aames-drunk
Adam Rich-drug addiction
And was Betty doing a lot of coke when she was shooting this?
I love the story that Betty and Laurie Walters either wanted Laurie to fall in love with Abby or have a lesbian affair. They pitched it to the producers and were told NO.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | February 18, 2023 6:12 PM |
What happened to Dianne Kay in season. 5? She lost a lot of weight and seemed withdrawn
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | February 18, 2023 6:14 PM |
8 kids and not a single homo in the bunch? Totally unbelievable. At least one of them should've dabbled in the homosex.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | February 18, 2023 6:15 PM |
Also, it is bizarre that a family friendly tv show would be based on Tom Braden’s book. Braden was a CIA agent and deeply connected in Washington politics.
His wife Joan was friendly with Jackie and Ethel Kennedy. She tried to fuck Bobby and steal Robert McNamara from Katherine Graham, who hated her with a passion and allowed megacunt Sally Quinn to write an attack piece on the Joan Braden and the Braden marriage in the Washington Post.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | February 18, 2023 6:18 PM |
Does anyone remember the TV series "Apple's Way?" It was very similar to EIE and had Vincent Van Patten and Kristy McNichol.
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | February 18, 2023 6:35 PM |
R37 I've heard stories from Jill Whelan about how horrible women on TV were treated by the producers at ABC. Forcing actresses to lose weight and threatening to fire them if they are above a certain weight. I remember issues about Susan's weight during her pregnancy being discussed on the EIE True Hollywood. I'm sure all the stress of this was too much for Dianne.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | February 18, 2023 6:46 PM |
R41, true . I also think the constant disgruntled, and drug usage vibe on set in later seasons was too much for a sensitive person like Dianne . Dianne did not use drugs
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | February 18, 2023 6:50 PM |
Dianne had her chance at stardom, appearing in a Spielberg film during the run of Eight is Enough, unfortunately that Speilberg film happened to be 1941 which was a huge flop. Between the film's failure and other things that have been addressed in this thread, she might have lost motivation to pursue a bigger career. I have to say that it is suprising that not one of the actors from the show (save Betty Buckley) had any semblance of a career after the series ended.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | February 18, 2023 6:52 PM |
It's tough to get a break after starring in a popular TV series. You're forever tied to that show.
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | February 18, 2023 7:04 PM |
R`4- Not ugly but he always seemed rather average looking to me.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | February 18, 2023 7:31 PM |
Poor Ralph Macchio looked so malnourished in it.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 46 | February 18, 2023 7:33 PM |
R36- That doesn't seem likely and of course even it were true there's NO WAY that ABC would have allowed even a hint of a Lesbian affair in the late 1970's.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | February 18, 2023 7:34 PM |
R41 interesting. I wonder if they were able to pull that kind of shit with their very top stars though, or just the second/third tier child -teen star types.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | February 18, 2023 7:36 PM |
I was very disappointed with the pilot when I learned that the "eight" did not refer to Goodeve's cock inches. Never watched it again.
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | February 18, 2023 7:41 PM |
Family was far more progressive than Eight Is Enough was in the 1970's- Willie's gay friend and Miss Jessup the LESBIAN teacher.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | February 18, 2023 7:42 PM |
R49- Is SEVEN enough for your MUSSY?
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | February 18, 2023 7:43 PM |
Except for that dyke Mary who was in med school, the daughters were all lazy bitches who sat around and did nothing.
If Nancy and Joanie wanted to be a model and an actress, why the fuck would you stay in SACRAMENTO and not move to New York or LA?
Unless-it was really a whorehouse and Abby was their madam, and she put Tommy on a corner in short shorts too. That sounds more interesting.
| by Anonymous | reply 52 | February 18, 2023 7:52 PM |
[quote] I was very disappointed with the pilot when I learned that the "eight" did not refer to Goodeve's cock inches. Never watched it again.
Goodeve's not in the pilot, ya dork.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | February 18, 2023 7:59 PM |
That goddamned Jeremy character ruined the whole show for me.
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | February 18, 2023 8:54 PM |
R55- He was the Cousin Oliver of Eight Is Enough
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | February 18, 2023 9:08 PM |
Lani was so butch compared to her sisters on the show.
That low voice.
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | February 18, 2023 9:51 PM |
Grant Goodeve should be better remembered.
I'm sure he was the catalyst for a lot of young boys to start thinking about things in a different way.
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | February 18, 2023 10:02 PM |
R57, Lani and Dianne were close friends for decades.
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | February 18, 2023 11:38 PM |
[quote] It's tough to get a break after starring in a popular TV series. You're forever tied to that show.
Bro, I know. I know :(
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 60 | February 18, 2023 11:39 PM |
r28, I think you can say that Mark Hamill found his career traction in voice work. Very regularly whenever either magazines or online sites do surveys ranking the different actors who played the Joker, he always comes out on top--even above Heath Ledger and Joaquin phoenix, who both won Oscars for playing the part--because his take was so indelible.
Hamill was absolutely beautiful before he had his big accident, and thereafter he always seemed physically insecure about his face. (He retained his nice body though--I recently saw "Empire Strikes back" again, which was filmed right after his accident, and was impressed by his body and his ass both.) But he did not become a good actor until the 80s, and by then he had really become an accomplished character actor.
| by Anonymous | reply 61 | February 18, 2023 11:45 PM |
I could see Lani O'Grady and Betty Buckley being scissor sisters, they should've written that into the show.
| by Anonymous | reply 62 | February 18, 2023 11:54 PM |
R61 tbf I do think the material helped--everyone who saw The Killing Joke & Death In The Family was moved and horrified and intensely taken by the entire plot and premise. Not that Hamill wasn't fantastic as The Joker--he was. But the entire project stayed with people and was taken seriously.
Kind of wish Hamill had done VA for Under The Red Hood, as well. Imagining how he'd have played Jason Todd's murder...brrr.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 63 | February 18, 2023 11:56 PM |
My mom was always fast to tell me that Mary (Lani O’Grady) was the lesbian character on the show. I was 5 yrs old when it debuted on tv.
| by Anonymous | reply 64 | February 18, 2023 11:58 PM |
You have no idea how much I loved it when Willie Aames was shirtless. We were both teenagers at the time.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 65 | February 19, 2023 12:03 AM |
I didn’t realize Grant Goodeve also paid tribute to Adam Rich.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 66 | February 19, 2023 12:09 AM |
R65 ugh that just reminds me how annoying Charles In Charge was. It hasn't aged well at all.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 67 | February 19, 2023 12:10 AM |
[quote] that just reminds me how annoying Charles In Charge was. It hasn't aged well at all.
Neither has Scott Baio!
| by Anonymous | reply 68 | February 19, 2023 12:12 AM |
I wish Grant would fap and nut in my mouth
| by Anonymous | reply 69 | February 19, 2023 12:12 AM |
Didn't Willie Ames become a fundy nut asshole like Kirk Cameron?
I remember having a crush on Grant Goodeve back in the day and wanting to see him shirtless. Didn't he play one of Steven Carrington's boyfriends on "Dynasty" during one of the times that show let Steven be gay?
| by Anonymous | reply 71 | February 19, 2023 12:39 AM |
Lani was deeply closeted and I believe this caused her extreme anxiety disorder that led to self medicating. She was a good soul
| by Anonymous | reply 72 | February 19, 2023 12:56 AM |
David and his dopey singing. I’d rather have Merle adorn me with his pearl necklace!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 73 | February 19, 2023 12:58 AM |
[quote]Didn't he play one of Steven Carrington's boyfriends on "Dynasty" during one of the times that show let Steven be gay?
He did, when Jack Coleman played Steven.
| by Anonymous | reply 74 | February 19, 2023 12:59 AM |
Joannie is older than Abby.
| by Anonymous | reply 75 | February 19, 2023 1:10 AM |
I bet Betty traumatized poor Willie Aames by trying to seduce him.
They were filming and when the scene was over she brushed up against him and told him to come to her dressing room to run lines.
When Willie got there, Betty was wearing a robe. Like a good hostess, she offered him coke, Stoli and Quaaludes. Then, she took off her robe,, revealing the tiniest breasts this side of Bonnie Franklin and the hairiest bush this side of Jackie O’s nude Penthouse pics.
“It’s time for you to become a man, Willie,” Betty said, putting his hands on her nonexistent bosom.
Willie ran screaming from the dressing room and turned to the bottle to cope with the trauma.
| by Anonymous | reply 76 | February 19, 2023 1:27 AM |
R76- Enough of your HETERO fantasies.
Betty Buckley is a DYKE.
| by Anonymous | reply 77 | February 19, 2023 1:42 AM |
Adam on Twitter called Betty , “ Mom”
| by Anonymous | reply 78 | February 19, 2023 2:01 AM |
Poor Adam, r78. Calling that harridan “Mom”-that tells you all you need to know about his parents and home life if he was looking to that cunt for maternal warmth.
| by Anonymous | reply 79 | February 19, 2023 2:21 AM |
I didn't care for this show.
| by Anonymous | reply 81 | February 19, 2023 2:46 AM |
Eight is not enough to fill my life with love...sorry.
| by Anonymous | reply 82 | February 19, 2023 2:54 AM |
Has Adam’s autopsy come out yet?
| by Anonymous | reply 83 | February 19, 2023 2:58 AM |
I'm sorry people but Adam Rich looks like an elderGAY in this photo.
| by Anonymous | reply 84 | February 19, 2023 3:46 AM |
Or a skinny Patton Oswald.
| by Anonymous | reply 86 | February 19, 2023 4:17 AM |
It was only two more siblings than the Bradys, but I couldn’t keep the names or ages of this group straight. And the first mother’s death was sad and cast a dark shadow over this show, unlike the dead Brady parents who were hardly mentioned. And (sorry I forget her name)’s death was so early on that Eight is Enough could’ve just replaced the actress, they didn’t need a dead mother.
| by Anonymous | reply 87 | February 19, 2023 4:18 AM |
Diana Hyland would be 87 now.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 88 | February 19, 2023 5:02 AM |
When Diana passed the entire cast and crew were deeply saddened and in shock . Everyone loved her
| by Anonymous | reply 89 | February 19, 2023 5:08 AM |
With 8 siblings, one of them was bound to find Tommy's Playboy stash or Mary's box of dildos.
| by Anonymous | reply 90 | February 19, 2023 7:00 AM |
[quote] I couldn’t keep the names or ages of this group straight.
You're in good company. It took Rose Nylund 2 years to learn everyone's names.
| by Anonymous | reply 91 | February 19, 2023 7:06 AM |
Joanie/Susan/Elizabeth blurred together for me. Mary was memorable because she was so dykey and Nancy looked completely different from everyone else, so much prettier, like she didn’t belong to the family.
| by Anonymous | reply 92 | February 19, 2023 7:37 AM |
Grant Goodeve in speedos on "Murder, She Wrote"
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 95 | February 19, 2023 9:35 AM |
Did he sell bottles of Dr Good in the evening?
| by Anonymous | reply 96 | February 19, 2023 2:14 PM |
grant goodie was the only reason to watch this dreck
| by Anonymous | reply 97 | February 19, 2023 2:37 PM |
I love his part in License To Drive.
| by Anonymous | reply 98 | February 19, 2023 3:47 PM |
I LOVED the Susan Richardson story where she was "kidnapped and was held captive by Filmmakers in South Korea". So many lies and none of it makes sense. I think this was the nail in her coffin. Kinda like the Paula Abdul plane crash - No record of it EVER happening.
| by Anonymous | reply 99 | February 19, 2023 4:44 PM |
I LOVE this - I can't imagine what she's like NOW, this clip is 20 years old!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 100 | February 19, 2023 4:53 PM |
Nancy was the Marilyn MUNSTER OF Eight is Enough
| by Anonymous | reply 101 | February 19, 2023 4:57 PM |
Tom Bradford had gay tendencies.
| by Anonymous | reply 103 | February 19, 2023 5:07 PM |
There were rumors on set that Dianne Kay and Lani were more than friends due to their inseparability on set
| by Anonymous | reply 104 | February 19, 2023 5:13 PM |
Tom Bradford was type A personality. Probably died from out of control high blood pressure or stroke.
| by Anonymous | reply 105 | February 19, 2023 5:18 PM |
DVP Was a great man. He was so generous and kind . He helped Adam Rich many times . He was deeply respected by his peers
| by Anonymous | reply 106 | February 19, 2023 5:22 PM |
Yet he was also good friends with Robert Evans from childhood. Strange pairing, huh?
| by Anonymous | reply 107 | February 19, 2023 5:27 PM |
R100's clip reminds me of that religious nut character from Edward Scissorhands.
| by Anonymous | reply 109 | February 19, 2023 6:00 PM |
I just remember Kathleen Madigan talking about when she was on Politically Incorrect with Dick Van Patten. She said every time he'd make a point and nod his head, all she could focus on were his skin tags jiggling around.
| by Anonymous | reply 110 | February 19, 2023 6:03 PM |
Mad Magazine Eight is TOO MUCH!
| by Anonymous | reply 111 | February 19, 2023 6:11 PM |
You guys just can't quit me.....
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 112 | February 19, 2023 6:32 PM |
[quote] I just remember Kathleen Madigan talking about when she was on Politically Incorrect with Dick Van Patten. She said every time he'd make a point and nod his head, all she could focus on were his skin tags jiggling around.
What a cunt.
| by Anonymous | reply 113 | February 19, 2023 7:17 PM |
DVP dog and cat food brand , Natural Balance is a top , healthy food. He gave so much food to shelters
| by Anonymous | reply 114 | February 19, 2023 10:42 PM |
[quote] There were rumors on set that Dianne Kay and Lani were more than friends due to their inseparability on set
From what I've read Lani would invite Dianne to go topless sunbathing on the rooftop somewhere on the studio lot. It was a private spot where Richard Anderson would also sun while filming The Bionic Woman.
| by Anonymous | reply 115 | February 19, 2023 11:37 PM |
Sadly, Laurie Walters lost her husband in a hit-and-run accident in 2017
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 116 | February 19, 2023 11:40 PM |
R116, ☝🏼 he was drunk and successfully ran and was caught at LAX the next day . They could not prove driving under the influence, so they gave him a slap on risk sentence. Laurie was so devastated by her soul mate’s death. She was in her late 40’a when they married. They were perfect Together. So awful
| by Anonymous | reply 117 | February 20, 2023 12:25 AM |
"I said, 'Adam, 8 is enough for me ANY time.' He said, 'I'm 10.' I said, 'Even better!'"
| by Anonymous | reply 119 | February 20, 2023 12:47 AM |
[quote] I LOVE this - I can't imagine what she's like NOW, this clip is 20 years old!
Well ,this was from 6 years ago.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 120 | February 20, 2023 12:57 AM |
Joan Prather was arrested for a 2008 hit-and-run. She was also the one responsible for introducing John Travolta to Scientology.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 121 | February 20, 2023 2:30 AM |
Joan had the eyes of the mind controlled back then . It wasn’t her fault . I hope she left Scientology
| by Anonymous | reply 122 | February 20, 2023 2:35 AM |
When Susan dies I'd be surprised if any of the cast says anything. When they were all on the Today show a while back it was like Susan was never a part of the show. Adam wasn't there yet they read a letter from him. And the interviewer mentioned the character of Susan but not the actress who played her. None of the cast said a word about her. Pathetic.
| by Anonymous | reply 123 | February 20, 2023 2:35 AM |
R117- That being said her husband did not seem heterosexual.
| by Anonymous | reply 124 | February 20, 2023 2:38 AM |
R123, Dianne Kay said on a podcast interview that Susan was so creative and fun like David Lee Roth of the kids .
| by Anonymous | reply 125 | February 20, 2023 2:42 AM |
R124, I don’t believe Laurie is either . But they loved each other
| by Anonymous | reply 126 | February 20, 2023 2:43 AM |
Ralph Macchio was 47 when he appeared on Eight is Enough.
| by Anonymous | reply 127 | February 20, 2023 2:47 AM |
Joanie came home for the family reunion with Meryl’s career.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 128 | February 20, 2023 3:01 AM |
R128, yes and Nancy was married to a small time rancher in Wyoming. It was so Ludicrous and insulting
| by Anonymous | reply 129 | February 20, 2023 3:05 AM |
R126- So Lani AND Lauri were BOTH DYKES?
| by Anonymous | reply 130 | February 20, 2023 3:52 AM |
R128 Reunion Joanie was awful. The way she was made into some worldly thespian living in Paris and showing up dressed in Lawrence of Arabia garb was ridiculous. If they gave Joanie that, they could've at least given Nancy a better storyline than being the wife of a shepherd.
| by Anonymous | reply 131 | February 20, 2023 10:32 PM |
R123 I got the feeling they were being careful mentioning anything about Susan because of all the bad press she had gotten over time. They didn't really say much about Adam either.
| by Anonymous | reply 132 | February 20, 2023 10:39 PM |
The most cringeworthy moment was Susan's monologue during the girls' heart talk in the bedroom. So, so bad.
| by Anonymous | reply 133 | February 20, 2023 10:44 PM |
Laurie Walters and Barbra Streisand have a very similar profile.
| by Anonymous | reply 134 | February 20, 2023 10:53 PM |
Apparently Betty Buckley cruelly shouted to Susan R during a scene “ You can’t act!”
| by Anonymous | reply 135 | February 20, 2023 11:45 PM |
Why is Betty Buckley such an angry cunt?
| by Anonymous | reply 136 | February 21, 2023 12:11 AM |
☝🏼 it was ego and coke at the time . She’s so much healed now .
| by Anonymous | reply 137 | February 21, 2023 12:38 AM |
R137- She must have pulled in some quality PUSSY back then.
| by Anonymous | reply 138 | February 21, 2023 12:41 AM |
Willie Aames well-formed ass in jeans was always a highlight.
| by Anonymous | reply 139 | February 21, 2023 12:53 AM |
R132 Maybe, but at least have the decency to mention her name.
| by Anonymous | reply 141 | February 21, 2023 2:59 AM |
R134, I was convinced that Laurie was Jewish, but nope , total wasp . BTW, she’s a good lady who was so devastated by her husband’s death
| by Anonymous | reply 142 | February 23, 2023 10:23 PM |
Laurie and Betty are avid fans of Barbra Streisand.
| by Anonymous | reply 143 | February 26, 2023 12:30 AM |
Grant Goodeve had a great big penis...
| by Anonymous | reply 144 | February 26, 2023 12:49 AM |
Anyone who is familiar with character actress Lin Shaye (she's in all the Insidious movies and is recognizable from other roles) might want to check out her playing a young punk rocker on the episode where the Bradford house is for sale.
| by Anonymous | reply 145 | February 26, 2023 12:52 AM |
Lin Shaye was young once?
| by Anonymous | reply 146 | February 26, 2023 12:54 AM |
I believe it is season 2 'The Return of Auntie V"
| by Anonymous | reply 147 | February 26, 2023 12:54 AM |
If Nancy had followed Auntie V's advice about becoming a model she would've never ended up a lowly shepherd's wife.
| by Anonymous | reply 148 | February 26, 2023 12:58 AM |
“Eight is enough, to fill our lives with love.”
| by Anonymous | reply 149 | February 26, 2023 1:01 AM |
Lin Shaye was great in a creepy little movie called Room for Rent where she plays an unstable landlady who becomes obsessed the cute young guy she rents a room to.
| by Anonymous | reply 150 | February 26, 2023 1:08 AM |
Janis Paige was great as Tom’s free spirit sister
| by Anonymous | reply 151 | February 26, 2023 3:01 AM |
Did Dick’s nepo-babies make cameos during the run of the series?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 152 | February 27, 2023 4:56 AM |
R152 They did. In fact, Nels is very good friends with Brian Patrick Clarke.
| by Anonymous | reply 154 | February 27, 2023 5:32 PM |
I've been watching EiE on Tubi, and in the fourth episode, it's pretty obvious that they've given Joan's lines to Joanie (and in one scene, to Mary) because of Diana Hyland's illness. Suddenly Joanie is lecturing and acting like a mother to all the other kids, and it's quite weird.
The opening also is different in this episode: no more Joan taking a picture of the family in front of the house; now it's everybody forming a human pyramid.
Has the ever been another TV show in which one of the main stars dies only a few episodes in?
| by Anonymous | reply 155 | February 28, 2023 12:59 AM |
I was in character for a production of Mother Courage at the Sacramento Playhouse, r155!
| by Anonymous | reply 156 | February 28, 2023 1:19 AM |
[quote] Tom Bradford had gay tendencies.
Tendencies?! They never did quite explain how the first Mrs. Bradshaw died falling down the stairway...
| by Anonymous | reply 157 | February 28, 2023 12:54 PM |
R120 - Did she buy the trailer from the estate of Erin Moran or Dana Plato?
| by Anonymous | reply 158 | February 28, 2023 1:00 PM |
[quote] Tendencies?! They never did quite explain how the first Mrs. Bradshaw died falling down the stairway...
It turns out she really was attacked by Nicholas’ pet owl, which he acquired by trading his entire baseball card collection with Kenny P. Landers.
| by Anonymous | reply 159 | February 28, 2023 6:42 PM |
Joan’s death was never explained. How did she die
| by Anonymous | reply 160 | March 2, 2023 3:20 AM |
r160, she died of a broken heart when she walked in on her lover John Travolta getting a "massage" from a Venice Beach bodybuilder.
| by Anonymous | reply 161 | March 2, 2023 3:24 AM |
It wasn't a bodybuilder, it was Grant Goodeve.
| by Anonymous | reply 162 | March 2, 2023 7:28 AM |
Which one of you bitches ate out Lani O’Grady’s snatch?
| by Anonymous | reply 163 | March 2, 2023 7:49 AM |
She looked the best she ever could appearing on Jenny Jones. Almost quite pretty actually.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 164 | March 2, 2023 2:01 PM |
I wonder why they had Tom remarry so quickly. You think they would have gone a little longer with Tom as the single father of 8 kids. I think I started watching the show in season 2 when Tom met Abby, and just assumed the first wife had been gone a long time and was never part of the show. They did not make it seem like he was a recent widower and barely remember the first wife being mentioned much (although my memories of the show are a bit fuzzy).
| by Anonymous | reply 165 | March 2, 2023 2:33 PM |
Maybe they had a pile of scripts that relied on a mother figure for the plots? I agree they could have gotten a lot of mileage out of Tom being a single dad of eight kids, and maybe the show would have made it past four seasons. Was it was, they ran out of steam early and even adopted another kid to try to squeeze a bit more life out of the concept! What middle-aged man with eight kids adopts a stray??
| by Anonymous | reply 166 | March 2, 2023 2:38 PM |
Auntie Vi was the Bradford's answer to the Brady's Aunt Jenny.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 167 | March 2, 2023 5:29 PM |
I wonder if Tom ever had fooled around with his secretary, Donna.
| by Anonymous | reply 168 | March 2, 2023 5:31 PM |
Interesting tidbit about Lani O'Grady's death. The neighbor who discovered her in dead in her trailer was none other than Kathy Coleman who played Holly on TVs Land of the Lost. At the time she was living in an RV right next to Lani.
| by Anonymous | reply 169 | March 2, 2023 5:36 PM |
Did Lani and Kathy bump pussies?
| by Anonymous | reply 170 | March 2, 2023 5:55 PM |
R170 No, Lani yearned for Dianne Kay's pussy.
| by Anonymous | reply 171 | March 2, 2023 6:24 PM |
When Diana Hyland died they should have just recast the role. Joyce Van Patten would have been perfect.
| by Anonymous | reply 172 | March 2, 2023 6:42 PM |
[quote] Joyce Van Patten would have been perfect.
No. Faye Dunaway would've been perfect.
| by Anonymous | reply 173 | March 2, 2023 7:30 PM |
[quote] Lani yearned for Dianne Kay's pussy.
We ALL did.
| by Anonymous | reply 174 | March 2, 2023 7:31 PM |
Susan killed her mother, she was secretly a teen prostitute (pimp played by Lawrence Hilton Jacobs). When she tried to leave with him to work a truck stop in hot pants and a tube top, Joan tried to intercede and was bludgeoned by Susan with a candlestick.
Larry hid the body, Tom used his connections as a newspaper publisher to keep it quiet and the Bradfords moved on witj that cunt Betty Buckley.
| by Anonymous | reply 175 | March 2, 2023 10:45 PM |
Adam Rich said that Betty Buckley was a cunt to him.
| by Anonymous | reply 176 | March 2, 2023 11:56 PM |
R176 When was this? I got the impression on social media that they were pretty close.
What I did hear from someone I knew who was a guest star on the show as a child was that Dick Van Patten was horrible and continuously yelling at everyone.
| by Anonymous | reply 177 | March 2, 2023 11:59 PM |
Faye Dunaway should have played Nancy.
| by Anonymous | reply 178 | March 3, 2023 12:00 AM |
R177, he may have yelled at everyone else, but I bet her never yelled at Dianne Kay, you know, 'the pretty one.'
| by Anonymous | reply 180 | March 3, 2023 4:18 AM |
Dianne Kay, Dick Butkus *and* Corey Feldman...what went wrong?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 181 | March 3, 2023 4:23 AM |
Dianne looked so corny in the 80’s
| by Anonymous | reply 182 | March 3, 2023 4:36 AM |
Dianne was stunning in the late 70’s
| by Anonymous | reply 183 | March 3, 2023 4:56 AM |
[quote] When Diana Hyland died they should have just recast the role. Joyce Van Patten would have been perfect.
No, but if they'd hired Elaine Stritch I would have actually watched.
| by Anonymous | reply 184 | March 3, 2023 12:35 PM |
Is they revamped this show, who should play Tom Bradford? All the real Van Patten sons are too old. Tom should be in his early 40s.
| by Anonymous | reply 185 | March 3, 2023 4:39 PM |
Italy's answer to Dianne Kay.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 186 | March 3, 2023 4:46 PM |
Early 40s with a 22-year old son, R185? No, he should be late 40s.
That reminds me: Tom turned 50 on an episode of the show, then again about ten years later in a TV movie!
| by Anonymous | reply 187 | March 3, 2023 6:04 PM |
R186, Dianne was much prettier.
| by Anonymous | reply 188 | March 3, 2023 11:59 PM |
No wonder Lani wanted Dianne’s snatch. She was gorge.
| by Anonymous | reply 189 | March 4, 2023 1:22 AM |
Steve Zahn as Tom Bradford.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 190 | March 4, 2023 1:43 AM |
Viola Davis as Abby. Imagine the preaching to her white step children!
| by Anonymous | reply 191 | March 4, 2023 11:01 AM |
In today's woke climate, the children would look like an ad for Benetton.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 192 | March 4, 2023 12:47 PM |
I don't remember too many actual episodes of EIE but there's a fun one from season 3 called Horror Story that should have been a Halloween episode. Most of the kids are home during a storm when the power goes out and Nancy's mysterious blind date arrives looking like a young Anthony Perkins. Creepy hijinks ensue.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 193 | March 5, 2023 5:46 AM |
Great episode ☝🏼. Nancy looked so hot in this episode
| by Anonymous | reply 194 | March 5, 2023 6:53 AM |
The dim candle-lighting made Laurie Walters look really attractive too.
| by Anonymous | reply 195 | March 5, 2023 7:02 AM |
I remember that horror episode! My parents were out and the babysitter and I watched it when it aired and it freaked my shit out. Didn't want to go to sleep until my parents came home!
| by Anonymous | reply 196 | March 5, 2023 3:05 PM |
