i was the middle of 7 kids in the 1970s and this was our family's favorite TV show! It so closely paralleled our own lives. Dad was a PR exec for a big chemical company and Mom was a homemaker ... tough, but caring. 7 kids: Theresa (1959), Timmy (1961), Eric (1962), Donovan (me) (1967), Brady (1972), Scott (1974) and Nick (1977-1999).
This reminds me of my mom's family and how big it was. I had a similar upbringing with all my cousins and how all the families were visiting each other all time and how fun it was. Now I think to myself how nice everyone is. Stephen Clark
@@briansetpente1019 yes I heard that the ratings were still good for a fifth season.but they rudely and abruptly canceled it.lani o Grady said something to the effect their canceling the show so abruptly that the way they did it was so sharp the cast was jolted.
@@allanhernandez2508 yes I heard that the ratings were good enough for the show to go for a fifth season.but the network canceled it.the way they did it was abrupt and shocking to the cast.lani o Grady said something to that effect in an interview in 1994 how it rocked the cast that the sharp way the network canceled the show left them flabbergasted.
Great show! Funnily, none of their ages were that close to their real ages. The actress who played Joanie was actually 6 months older than the one playing Abby. Laurie Walters was into her 30's when this show filmed.
I saw years ago an episode of The Rookies where Laurie and Della Reese wer in a female prison that held the security staff hostage until their demands were met.
Yes betty Buckley said in an interview in 1995 that after starting the show she found out that one of the actresses playing her stepdaughter on the show was two years older than betty.she swore for betty not to tell and she didnt.betty Buckley was too young really for the part.she was many years younger than dick van patten.but I sure am glad betty played abby.she was my favorite.i had such a crush on betty Buckley as a kid.that smile of hers.oh.
Oh how betty Buckley has always turned me on with that smile of hers.i was born in 1975.i watched eight is enough in reruns as a kid in the late 1980s and how I savored looking at betty Buckley on eight is enough.i was glad that back in 1994 fx aired reruns of the show.
All the opening themes does something to me. It makes me cry and want to go back in time and be with those great people and have the time of my life !!!!!
@installLSC I don't think that version is often shown. Sandra Sue was born in the season debut, and if I remember right, this title sequence was aired in that episode. The second half of the episode (I think) has the usual sequence
It's from earlier in the season when Susan was still pregnant (Joanie is gesturing around her near-to-term belly at :16 ) ; the post-birth episodes had her picking up the baby in the intro. EDIT: aaaannnnddd I just noted that your question is from 7+ years ago... lol...
It there like any show was too forget what was going on in the real world political wise back than.Thats why shows like Dallas came around it was a way too forget was going on
@@scottyclayton5604 I'm conducting an experiment and you're part of it. There's an odd reaction on social media wherein one person (here, it would be me) offers a critique of something, whether it's a movie or tv show or political speech, and people like you offer nothing at all substantive in response, but rip into me, calling me names, claiming I'm angry or sick or evil or perverted because I don't like the same things you like. I would not have thought that many people like you exist, but, in fact, you're rather common, at least on RU-vid.
