Happy Veterans Day! I’d
like to say a big Thank You to all the Veterans out there who have served
our great country. I’d like to thank all those soldiers who are currently
serving as well. I am proud to say that I am the daughter of a U.S. Army
Veteran. If you have a Veteran or a Soldier in your life, be sure to say
thanks.
Now, on to the topic of
the day…
Growing Pains
What teenage girl in the
80’s didn’t have a crush on Kirk Cameron? This girl did! From 1985-1992
Kirk Cameron’s face adorned many a magazine cover, and in turn, ended up on
many bedroom walls, all thanks to
“Growing Pains”!
Kirk Cameron
Without a doubt,
Kirk Cameron was the breakout star of the show. In 1987, he became a born-again Christian and
things on the set and behind the scenes got a little hairy. He did meet his
future wife,
Chelsea Noble, when she guest starred on the show, but because of his
newfound convictions, he made life for some of his co-workers a living
hell. Actress
Julie McCollough was
fired after Cameron found out about her posing in Playboy and demanded her
character written out of the show. He also called the president of ABC and
accused three of the show’s producers of being pornographers, simply because
he didn’t like the slightly more adult themes the episodes were tackling.
Thos three men quit the show the next year. Cameron apologized to his cast
mates during the filming of the 2000 reunion movie.
Trivia and Fun Facts
Tracey Gold suffered from anorexia nervosa and the many references
to her character, Carol, being fat, triggered her disease and caused her
to miss most of the final season.
Mike was older than Carol, but
in real life, Tracey Gold is more than a year older than Kirk Cameron.
Leonardo Dicaprio was added to the cast in the seventh season in an
effort to boost the ratings, but it didn’t work.
The Family's last name was
Seaver and they had neighbors named Koosman. Tom Seaver and Jerry
Koosman were teammates on the New York Mets during the '60s and '70s.
The show takes place on Long Island so it's likely that the creators
were Mets fans.
Chrissy “magically” aged five
years in 1990 to make the character seven years old.
Brad Pitt
What does Brad Pitt have to do with
“Growing Pains”?
