Family Affair, Behind the Scenes, guest, Johnny Whitaker (Interview) 

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Johnny Whitaker is a true survivor. I grew up watching Family Affair and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. A wonderful actor and a wonderful person. Thank you!

Have had the pleasures of meeting Johnnie several times over the years, at autograph shows & other events. Always such a kind, lovely, sweet & caring guy! Love him!

I grew up watching Johnny Whitaker, particularly Family Affair and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. I am glad he is still with us after all he has been through. I enjoyed hearing his stories of those he worked with and also very much enjoyed hearing that he is helping to make a positive difference in the lives of those who are dealing with what he has been through. Thanks for another great interview with one of my childhood heroes.

Grew up watching Family Affair. Enjoyed the entire cast.

Fabulous interview . Thank you John . Please create dozens more interviews like you do .

Enjoyed this interview. I was a big fan of Sigmund back in the day. Glad he is clean and sober .

I really loved Family Affair! What a interview!! Thank you❤️

This is a great interview! Johnny is one of my favorite people on the planet! I have met him twice and he was super nice! I grew up watching him on Family Affair, Sigmund, and Tom Sawyer.

What a great interview!!! Thank you

I think Anissa Jones's life story & death is the saddest. I was 13 when she passed away. I remember it well. I still think about her often even though I never met her.

Great interview johnny has lived quite a life working with a whole range of people. I always found johnny one of the most naturalistic child actors he also worked with Steven Spielberg in the tv movie Something Evil.

Love this show best family sitcom I discovered it in reruns in late seventies still watch it on Amazon now with my own child.

Johnny Whitaker is legend.

Great Interview. I grew up watching Family Affair. Lived a few blocks away from Johnny. Went to school with his sister. sometimes I see him on gun smoke with Jodie foster.

Wow, just great listening to Johnny. I grew up watching Family Affair and in recent years bought some DVDs of the show. Thanks so much for another terrific interview! 🙂👏📺🎬

Shawn here again, I'm enjoying your interview with John Whitaker. There's a late doctor that I knew who had home movies with John Whitaker in them. The doctor's practice was in Prosser Washington, and there really is more than 1 Mrs Beasley. I met 2 of them, one in Prosser Washington. Something to ask Jonny about. I also met Mrs Seaman. She retired to Florida, she gave me rides to and from church every week. She was a sweet lady and told me about her being a teacher for child actors for Disney. I need to get back to watching your interviews with Happy Days cast.

Nice interview. I was at Krofft Kon. One of the highlights was meeting Johnny. One of the best child actors ever.

I like your channel. Keep up the great work!

A great interview. Johnny was loved by millions during his career. Thank you for doing this.

Another awesome interview! Johnny Whitaker is a survivor for sure and obviously and kind and genuine person. I grew up in the area near Orinda where Kroftcon went on. I was so surprised to even hear the town mentioned! 😅

This interview with the great Johnny Whitaker had so many well told stories and the chemistry between John and Johnny was pitch perfect. It’s so funny thinking of the “world of a child,” and remembering when I was a kid of maybe 8 or 9 the film “Tom Sawyer” was such a big deal and highly anticipated by me and most kids of my age. Still holds up as one of the most beloved renditions of that classic. I’ll never forget that scene of Injun Joe standing up in the town meeting and throwing that knife at Tom, right into the wood of the high backed chair next to his head. It was so startling and realistic and still holds up. I think if I were asked who my favorite kid actor from my childhood was it would definitely have to be JW.

Wonderful hearing from Johnny! Thank you

I remember when I was a little kid seeing some of the cast (Annika Jones was there)of FA at a local mall and being sort of awestruck. Johnny Whitaker was a very popular kid actor during those years, extremely well loved and recognizable. Hearing him share about drug and alcohol recovery was so poignant and triumphant at the same time. Child actors have always had a huge struggle awaiting them sadly yet some of them come through it “scarred but not broken.” Anyway, what a great guy and considerably well adjusted given the challenges. AND best of all, now helping others!

Tom Sawyer is one of my all time favorite movies, I was 12, when I saw it in 73.

"We gotta run, we gotta hide, we got to keep you out of sight, we love you Sigmund!"

I just loved Familý Afair back in the day. I was so heaŕ. When Buffy pàssed. You aŕe taĺking about speaking 5 diffŕènt Languàges. I remembeŕ the story wherè you both befŕiendèď a little who was Deaf. And hèĺpèd her to go into a special. school. Tàke of your sèlf.

So wish I had my Mrs Beasley doll, she'd be worth a lot,loved Family Affair,was so said when Anesa overdosed

He Looks Like MR. FRENCH Now. ❤ 😊

A very interesting interview. Thank you. I was kind of hoping Johnny would talk about Billy Barty a little but even so he gave out a lot of detail. :)

John , how the heck do you get these stars to spill their guts so easily????

Thank you for the awesome interview! It is wonderful to see you Johnny and to see that you’re doing good. Keep up the positive attitude because you are loved out here! Thanks again for your generosity with your time in this great interview

Enjoyed your interview

Dang he got old ! He's only 2 years older than me And looks like my dad ! Yikes 😮... But glad he's recovering from substance abuse and is ok now 👍. He's a nice man. I still see him as the little boy on family affair tho ! 😊

Cheers

I remember him breaking my heart in the Littlest Angel.

Congratulations on your years of sobriety.

Anissa was 13 when Family Affair ended and it was a difficult time for her bc she portrayed much younger, they had her hair in those pigtails and her chest binded bc she was starting puberty so this must have put her mentally in a bad way, Johnny was a 1 1/2 t I unger than Anissa and portrayed a little younger too

Yeah I've heard everyone in NA wants to be a drug counselor....

Johnny's turned into Mr. French

That stuff about Catholicism is very old school. It's much more understanding and evolved.

Dude is just over 60, looks 75+. Substance abuse really takes a toll.

I wonder why Cathy Garver has or had issues with him

Sorry to hear that Kathy Garver is so unforgiving. It isn't very becoming.