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Written by James M. Tate / 4/04/2020 / No comments / adam rich , betty buckley , diana hyland , dianne kay , dick van patten , family , grant goodeve , mark hamill , pilot , seventies , TV , willie aames

MARK HAMILL AS DAVID IN THE 'EIGHT IS ENOUGH' PILOT EPISODE

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Diana Hyland with Mark Hamill in the series pilot of EIGHT IS ENOUGH Season One from 1977-1978</u></td></tr>
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The tragic death of actress Diana Hyland aside (she was John Travolta's real life May/December fiance and his BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE mother)... her character Joan Brandford's exit four episodes into EIGHT IS ENOUGH ironically worked for the best, story-wise...<br>
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Especially since the hour-long suburban dramedy's pilot centered mostly on everyman Dick Van Patten's Tom Bradford and wife Joan struggling to raise those eight titular kids that remain somewhat peripheral during this rather bland kickoff: strange since the youngsters wound up meaning pretty much everything...<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Defunct Photobucket effect w/ Dick Van Patten & Mark Hamill on EIGHT IS ENOUGH with Adam Rich and Laurie Walters</u></td></tr>
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Tommy and Nancy are played by different people (semi-cute cult-starlet Kimberly Beck and droopy eyed Oscar Wilde lookalike Chris English) while Mark Hamill, the same year his Luke Skywalker conquered George Lucas's blockbuster STAR WARS, is the eldest son, David Bradford, who, fed up with the full house, moves out and into a bachelor pad.<br>
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The next episode — and the rest of the series — wisely cast the likeable Willie Aames as Tommy, and who doesn't remember bowl-cut fan-favorite Nicholas: the youngest son played by Adam Rich, who was around from the very start unlike another sublime replacement in Dianne Kay's blonde bombshell Nancy. <br>

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MARK HAMILL AS DAVID IN THE 'EIGHT IS ENOUGH' PILOT EPISODE

Diana Hyland with Mark Hamill in the series pilot of EIGHT IS ENOUGH Season One from 1977-1978 The tragic death of actress Diana Hyland ...

Written by James M. Tate / 9/10/2012 / 2 Comments / comedy , eighties , heather thomas , mews small , science-fiction , scott baio , willie aames

SCOTT BAIO GETS ZAPPED! W/ WILLIE AAMES & HEATHER THOMAS

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>An Extra hotter than Heather YEAR of ZAPPED: 1981</u></td></tr>
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Sort of a MODERN PROBLEMS of the teen set or a racy update of the Disney DEXTER films, ZAPPED stars Scott Baio as a brainy scientific high school whiz kid Barney.<br />
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After womanizing rich kid Peyton, played by future CHARLES IN CHARLES co-star Willie Aames, pours beer into a potion that explodes in the laboratory, Barney’s able to move things around at will: ranging from bullies to girl’s skirts and not in that order.<br />
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Too silly for the college crowd and too dirty for kids, the lighthearted tale never quite knows where it’s going, or why. But the banal venture is not without merit. Felice Schachter’s spectacled beauty Bernadette, as a snoopy journalist student, is a good love interest, providing a conscious for our hero, eventually using (or misusing) his power to gamble.<br />
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Scenes involving Barney’s skills to save his troublesome friend out of sticky situations, mostly involving ingénue Heather Thomas, are engaging with neat special effects. As are the scenes where Barney causes a ventriloquist dummy to stalk his religious mother (Mews Small)...<br />
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Okay, so it’s no comedy classic, but all the hijinx magic, leading to homage of CARRIE – Barney turning the prom into a frantic tornado – is fun enough to keep you entertained. And what else do you expect from a film with this title? <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott Baio and Felice Schachter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willie Aames and Heather Thomas share a prom dance</td></tr>
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SCOTT BAIO GETS ZAPPED! W/ WILLIE AAMES & HEATHER THOMAS

An Extra hotter than Heather YEAR of ZAPPED: 1981 Sort of a MODERN PROBLEMS of the teen set or a racy update of the Disney DEXTER films,...

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