Executive Producer ................. Mike Sullivan
Steve Marshall &
Dan Guntzelman
Associate Producer ................. Henry Johnson
Created By ......................... Neal Marlens
Director of Photography ............ George Spiro Dibie
Created By ......................... Neal Marlens
Music by ........................... Steve Dorff
'As Long As We Got Each Other':
Sung by ........................ B.J. Thomas
Jennifer Warnes
Lyrics by ...................... John Bettis
Casting ............................ Dianne Young
Production Supervisor .............. Joey Scott
Videotaped at ...................... The Burbank Studios
Copyright........................... 1986/87 Warner Bros. Inc.
Cast:
Alan Thicke ........................ Dr. Jason Seaver
Joanna Kerns ....................... Maggie Seaver
Kirk Cameron ....................... Mike Seaver
Tracey Gold ........................ Carol Seaver
Jeremy Miller ...................... Ben Seaver
After watching films from his college years Jason feels old. To
prove he isn't, Maggie gives a surprise party, starring Jason's
former college Rock 'n' Roll band, 'The Wild Hots'.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Tom Walla
Guest Cast : ??? .......................... Dave Sax
??? .......................... Rick
School starts again. For Carol it's not the day expected. And Mike
has fallen for a new girl (who actually isn't that new) and cancels
a date with another girl (he was after the whole summer) for that.
Ben serves a hard day when a bully has promised to 'meet' him.
Directed by : Dan Guntzelman
Written by : David Kendall
Guest Cast : Josh A. Koenig ............... Boner
K.C. Martel .................. Eddie
Bill Kirchenbauer ............ Coach Lubbock
Lisa Capps ................... Debbie
Rachel Jacobs ................ Shelley
Renee Estevez ................ Elaine
??? .......................... Mark
??? .......................... Mrs. Cutter
??? .......................... Louis
??? .......................... Becky
??? .......................... Student
Carol has found a new friend in Annie. But Annie just uses Carol to
get close to Mike. And after Carol finds that out by watching Mike
and Annie kissing each other she gets (of course) quite upset.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : David Kendall
Guest Cast : Katy Boyer ................... Annie
Josh A. Koenig ............... Boner
Jason gets the phone bill. And someone has called this 'hot' number
67 times. Guess who? Eeh, no! It was not Mike, but Ben. When asked
where he has got that number from he blames his friend Chris. But it
was not Chris it was (again) Ben who has spread this number in school.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Tim O'Donnell
Guest Cast : ??? .......................... Chris Cuzman
??? .......................... Mr. Cuzman
Mike wants a car. To get the money (and somehow impress his parents)
he takes on a job at 'World of Burgers'. One month later he is the
'Employee of the Month' and his parents are quite proud. But then
he gets fired after he has taken the blame for his partner Terry.
The same day his parents buy him the car he has dreamed of.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Tom Walla
Guest Cast : ??? .......................... Terry
??? .......................... Scooter
??? .......................... Little Girl
Carol gives private lessons to Bobby, the captain of the football-
team. And the topic is Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In school she
uses this lessons to ambiguously tell her friends about her time
with Bobby.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Tim O'Donnell
Guest Cast : Kevin Wixted ................. Bobby
Bill Kirchenbauer ............ Coach Lubbock
Lisa Capps ................... Debbie
Rachel Jacobs ................ Shelley
Gregory 'Mars' Martin ........ Buzzy
Arlene McIntyre .............. Carrie
Ben has bought a 'magic' rock for five bucks. To get the money
back Mike has taken from Ben and Carol they fool him and Mike buys
the rock for $50 (also because he needs great luck for a oration in
school). Then he, with Boner's help, fools the others to get his
money back.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Melody Rowland
Guest Cast : Josh A. Koenig ............... Boner
??? .......................... Teacher
Jason and Maggie attend a parents' evening. One of the topics is
whether or not a school uniform should be introduced. Jason is pro -
but not Maggie. In one of his typical speeches he calls Maggie an
ignorant. That's the beginning of a real bad evening.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Tom Walla
Guest Cast : ??? .......................... President
??? .......................... Yvonne
??? .......................... Man #1
??? .......................... Man #2
??? .......................... Delivery Man
On christmas Ben brings home a homeless girl because Jason has told
his kids what counts is not what you get but what you give. Though
they are not very happy about this they invite her for dinner and
offer her to stay for the night.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Tim O'Donnell
Guest Cast : Hallie Todd .................. Denise
Mike tells a lie once again - but this time he is grounded. Maggie
and Jason want to go to Las Vegas to a psychologists convention. But
on the phone Maggie lies to her boss and Mike is listening nearby.
So she is punished the same way as Mike: she gets grounded and has
to stay at home. Maggie's parents are watching over them.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : David Tyron King
Guest Cast : Gordon Jump .................. Ed Malone
Betty McGuire................. Kate Malone
??? .......................... Waiter #1
??? .......................... Waiter #2
Carol has the chance to skip a grade, but Mike isn't very delighted
about this fact: this would mean he and Carol are attending the same
class. Jason is not very pleased, too. Only Maggie is happy about it -
until Carol says that she won't make the same mistake as her mother:
marrying, starting a family, having children. Mike has a date with
a stewardess.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Susan Beavers
Guest Cast : ??? .......................... Kitty
??? .......................... Mr. Bendel
??? .......................... Girl #1
??? .......................... Girl #2
To be allowed going on the ski-trip Mike needs at least a 'C' but
all he gets is an 'D+'. Robin, the assistant to the teacher, changes
Mike's grade to an 'A'. In exchange for this she wants to be at Mike's
side during the trip.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Susan Beavers
Guest Cast : Renee Estevez ................ Robin
K.C. Martel .................. Eddie
Ronalda Douglas .............. Mrs. Trotter
Josh A. Koenig ............... Boner
It's time for the winter-dance. Carol waits impatiently for an
invitation by Bobby. When he doesn't ask, she does. But she gets
a 'no' which makes her really unhappy. Jason talks with Bobby and
the world is fine again after Jason visits the Empire State Building
with his family.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Susan Beavers
Guest Cast : Kevin Wixted ................. Bobby
Lisa Capps ................... Debbie
Rachel Jacobs ................ Shelley
??? .......................... Andrea
??? .......................... Samantha
Jamie Luner (?) .............. Gina
Ed sold the house and has bought a camper. But all that happened
without asking his wife. Maggie tells her mom that she should not
tolerate all decisions Ed makes but should always say what she thinks.
This leads to an argument between Ed and Kate. Carol gives a slumber
party - and Mike has a lot of fun.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : David Kendall
Guest Cast : Gordon Jump .................. Ed
Betty McGuire................. Kate
Lisa Capps ................... Debbie
Rachel Jacobs ................ Shelley
It's Friday evening and Mike, Eddie and Boner are just hanging
around when they meet an old friend, Roland. He invites them to
a party and the boys are quite pleased being at an 'in'-party -
until they find out it's a cocain-party.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall
Guest Cast : Josh A. Koenig ............... Boner
K.C. Martel .................. Eddie
??? .......................... Trudy
??? .......................... Roland Taylor
Kristy Swanson ............... Rhonda
??? .......................... Lana
??? .......................... Boy
??? .......................... Waiter
Ben gets hit by puberty during a Cosby Show taping when a girl waves
to him. Later, after his parents left for a romantic evening, Ben
decides to make up to Trudy, his baby-sitter. When Mike returns home
earlier 'than expected' he gives Ben some pieces of advice concerning
girls and later tries these 'tricks' himself on Stacy, Trudy's sister
who came by to pick her up, only to find out he knows nothing.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Susan Beavers
Guest Cast : Brooke Theiss (?) ............ Stacy
??? .......................... Trudy
Unhappy with her nose, Carol considers a correction. But, of course,
Jason and Maggie don't allow any cosmetic surgery. They (no - Jason !)
tell her she can do it if she pays the $2.400 of her own. And the
unexpected happens: she gets that money together.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Carolyn Shelby & Christopher Ames
Guest Cast : Eileen Conn .................. Receptionist
Tim Kelby .................... Announcer #1
Bruce Vidal .................. Announcer #2
Ray Ritzke ................... Man in Hat
It's time for the school carnival. Maggie volunteers as an
organisator to do something for/with Ben. But with all that
work she totally neglects him.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Martin Sage & Sybill Adelman
Guest Cast : Patrika Darbo ................ Judy
??? .......................... Gracie
??? .......................... Clarabelle
??? .......................... Murphy
??? .......................... Gail
??? .......................... Little Girl
Dawn Wells ................... Woman at Auction
??? .......................... Man at Auction
??? .......................... Old Man
Ben has to do an assigment about his family. As Maggie and Jason are
out, Carol helps him finding some material stored somewhere in the
basement. But there she reads a strange dedication in a book: it says
that her dad is divorced! Trying to get some other evidence Mike finds
a picture of (what he believes is) Jason's first wife. Also the odd
idea comes up that he was not only married but he could also have kids
with his former wife! And things get darker when they find out that
their mom is divorced, too.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Kate Boutilier
Guest Cast : [no guest cast]
Mike's grades are - like always - pretty bad. To encourage and
motivate him Jason takes him along to Boston and his Alma Mater
where he's about to deliver a speech. On board of the plane are also
Dan and Susan. Susan, a pregnant woman, goes into labor and Jason,
as doctor, helps her giving birth. While calming down her husband
Mike talks to him and finds out that his dad knows what he's doing
when he wants to see Mike attending a college.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Tim O'Donnell
Guest Cast : Dan Lauria ................... Dan
??? .......................... Susan
??? .......................... Stewardess
??? .......................... Man
Ben, assisted by his friend Jenny, does a video-report on the family
for school. Jimmy, a handyman and old friend of the family, is called
to repair the broken boiler. When things don't go as planned and little
accidents strike the Seaver's, the family demands to fire Jimmy, only
Jason stands by the man who did the work for so many years.
[Note: Candace Cameron is Kirk's sister]
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Tim O'Donnell & David Kendall
Guest Cast : Josh A. Koenig ............... Boner
Candace Cameron .............. Jenny Foster
Douglas Seale ................ Jimmy
Maggie is offered a job at a big New Yorker paper. She and the
publisher (accompanied by their husband and wife, respectively)
meet to settle the last open questions. But Max' wife Margo and
Jason know each other - Margo is one of Jasons patients because
Max is such a womanizer. At home Carol shatters a new lamp. The
kids want to stick it together again - but that's the beginning
of a chain of bad accidents.
Directed by : John Tracy
Written by : Tom Walla
Guest Cast : James Sloyan ................. Max Crumond
??? .......................... Margo Crumond
??? .......................... Patient
??? .......................... Waiter