growing pains-related stories
Posted Apr 14th 2009 1:24PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: OpEd, Commercials, Celebrities, Reality-Free

I've been trying to figure out what bothers me about the TV commercials for the new movie
17 Again, and I finally know what it is: it's just not believable.
I know, I know, of course a movie that features a 37-year-old man somehow becoming a teenager again through some complicated process (from the previews I think it involves a whirlpool and/or lightning) isn't supposed to be gritty realism, but I'm talking about the cast members.
Continue reading Those commercials for 17 Again really bother me
Posted Mar 19th 2009 1:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Web, Reality-Free

Damn, I wish I had thought of this.
Artist and writer
Dan Meth has created a series of cool pop culture charts at his web site, and the one on the right is a handy guide to sitcom homes. Sense a pattern? The shows in the top half all have kitchens on the left and living rooms on the right (how we see them via the camera angle), and the ones on the bottom have the living room on the left and the kitchen on the right.
I guess there are only so many things you can do on a sitcom, especially if it's filmed in front of an audience as many of these were.
Continue reading A handy guide to sitcom homes
Posted Mar 4th 2008 3:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities
But don't worry, it's the "good" kind of heading to court, not the drunk driving/holding up a video store/punching someone kind.
Andrew Koenig, who played Boner on Growing Pains* (and is the son of Star Trek's Walter Koenig) was arrested and jailed for 10 hours for stepping in front of a Rose Parade float on New Year's Day. Koenig was protesting the treatment of people in Burma, and the float was a celebration of China and the upcoming summer Olympics. Koenig and his father even went there last year to investigate what is happening and to film some of it. A pre-trial hearing was held yesterday.
Continue reading Boner from Growing Pains heads to court
Posted Feb 22nd 2008 12:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Daytime, Celebrities

Reunions are hot, you know? On February 12, for example,
Oprah reunited (most of) the kids from
The Cosby Show, with Bill appearing via satellite. Well, never one to let a good idea go to waste, NBC jumped on the theme. They recently had a
Family Ties reunion on
Today, so now the morning show is commencing tomorrow with a series of more
"Together Again" features. Tune into 8:00 a.m. hour each day so you don't miss a thing!
Continue reading Today to host classic TV cast reunions
Posted May 13th 2007 9:14AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Web, Celebrities
Posted Mar 17th 2006 5:06PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: ABC, Late Night, News, Talent, Celebrities

Don't waste another minute on some other show at 11:35
tonight, check out
Nightline.
Kirk Cameron will be on to tell viewers how and why he became a Christian Evangelist. Seems he became very religious
during his
Growing Pains days, around the age of 16, and it changed his life. He's now co-head of the
"Way of The Master" organization, hosts a weekly TV show and stars in the
Left Behind movies and
other films/TV shows.
Cameron has been married to his former
Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble for several years, and they have six children.