Growing Pains - Season 2 & 3 Intro 1986 - 1987, 1987 - 1988

[ivegotalongdong]

show started to really suck when mike became 'holierthan thou' in real life. personally i liked the acapella final version of the theme song. anyone have it?

[JayNJayShow]

lol @ Mike at 0:21.

[marktrenwith]

Woh!- if this show premiered today I'd be the same age as the mother!

That just seems impossible!



[jksonny]

As a kid, I had the hots for Joanna Kerns and Tracey Gold.

[d6a1n7n6]

I <3 the 80s/early 90s

[realityangel7]

i love all the old pictures its awesome

[MikeLutton]

who was the girl in the clip before the intro

[jambogb]

@er1085 Bloody TRUE!

[Starbucks2812]

... schaut sich jetzt die 2. Staffel an. Auf die alten Zeiten :P

[Muggle423]

This show had the best theme song.

[raffi19791]

I never saw this intro in syndication before!

[Sheri451]

Jeremy Miller reminds me of my nephew Izaiah, he has that same smile too

[HGPL11]

I'm glad my left ear still works, to experience this! lol

[MsDudette21]

When I was a kid, I watched the show but didn't really like it. Now I'd kill to have it back. :(

[flippyfloppy2]

I remember being a little kid and rushing home after school, running through the door of my house, dropping my Lion King backpack wherever it landed, grabbing a snack in the kitchen, plopping down on the floor, legs crossed indian style, 3 feet from the tv screen, turning on the disney channel and then...."show me that smile again...."

Thank you for this video. This show will forever be a stamp on my childhood. I wish kids now could see this. Good television.

[rtds9fan]

The dad on this show always cracked me up LOL.I loved how he was a shrink and always at first wanted to talk things out in a calm doctor like manner but Mike could make him go from Shrink Calm Dad to Angry Normal Dad in two seconds LOL

[BoDiddley75]

Gosh, so many years ago now.. Where does the time go?

[Smackracer]

Alan Thicke is rocking a sweet jacket in this intro.

[TrueTalkTV]

Kirk Cameron at 0:20 and again at 0:27. Been looking for this intro for those 2 poses.

[pickleband]

I always wanted Maggie to be my mom...

[theEdinero]

memories..that is all...

[weelittlemen]

Aww, the memories...;_;

[Keepitgreasy11]

@TheCalicoTwo

0:21 S2 Ep.3 Long's Day Journey Into Night (Kirk)

0:28 S2 Ep.1 Jason and the Cruisers (Tracey)

[duchmarn]

man i love growing pains and the intro is the best tv show song ever.

[blackblanka00]

wow is it me or allan thicke was absolutely hot when he was young

[nholt]

Now I know what old people mean when they "I miss the good 'ol days".

This makes me kinda sad to watch.

[mmfc1308]

This show is awesome... I love it!

[36ab43ar]

love love this show

[BoyMeetsWorldVault]

B.J. Thomas & Jennifer Warnes

[BronzeXBombshell]

Back when TV shows were actually good........and had morals.

[AprilShowerful]

I used to love Carol Seaver. Intelligent, blessed with good looks and yet so awkward and desperate to fit in. ha..

[SenhorBundy]

@AprilShowerful

Same here, if I had to pick a favourite character from Growing Pains, it would be Carol.

[xXxstunner]

these is one of my favourite shows and it was my fav until i saw friends

[FrankGarrett316]

Yup, just like the intro to The Wonder Years. Has a hollow, melancholic quality to it that forces you to subconsciously reflect on things. There, I just verbalized what everyone else was thinking but didn't know how to say.

[bat65]

0:33 This is a cropped shot of Tracey. The full picture is of her and her sister Missy, (who played Katie on "Benson") rollerskating, with their arms around each other. I remember the photo being used to announce Tracey being cast as young Norma Jean, in "Marilyn, The untold story"

[antoniodedr]

I loved Growing Pains growing up. The show was awesome.

[Kelski1998]

Think this was the season I really started to take a liking to Growing Pains

[MrLogoman007]

This is the only way to get Alan Thicke on a sitcom.

[masonw86]

This intro make anyone else kinda sad in a weird way?

[freeasabird12907]

yeah 

[andros1984]

@masonw86 Ha, yeah I think so because it's not only reminiscent of the show's era, but of our youth. *sigh* Tracy Gold....

[FrankGarrett316]

@masonw86 Yup, just like the intro to The Wonder Years. Has a hollow, melancholic quality to it that forces you to subconsciously reflect on things. There, I just verbalized what everyone else was thinking but didn't know how to say.

[gothatway09]

@FrankGarrett316 The Wonder Years theme song is absolutely melancholy and nearly downright sad. At least The Growing Pains theme has some cheery qualities too it and people want to hear it again and again. I don't want to listen to the Wonder Years theme.

[goldenchick85]

@masonw86 yeah, it makes me sad that there aren't shows like this on the air anymore :(

[eugene680]

Anyone noticed when the family heads into the house, whoever stays that's who the plot centers on? If the whole family leaves then it centers them all.

[SenhorBundy]

@eugene680

Only in the fourth and fifth seasons, as you'd know, the second and third seasons' opening had only one ending, which was Jason being the last to enter.

[EGF813]

@masonw86

yeah it makes me sad im getting old. lol

[ChristaLovesDrama]

@masonw86 melancholy for the bygone years...

[Muggle423]

@masonw86 Yes, because they don't make family shows like this anymore and they don't even have theme songs anymore!

[duchmarn]

@masonw86 yeah it makes me sad knowing that this great show only lasted 7 seasons and crap like seinfeld lasted longer.

[gothatway09]

@masonw86 Well it's kinda melancholy, like the Mary Tyler Moore opening. It's both uplifting and a bit sad at the same time.

[taytay11592xX]

Just found out today season 2 is coming out on dvd :)

sooo happy..I own season 1 already and seen it loads!

[jjmfrees]

0:21 - Very Miami Vice. Lol

[barrettb05]

I always watched syndicated version of this show! born in 87...

[barrettb05]

w00t!!!!

[thadea]

0:54 - wtf

[nym00705]

he wrote songs for this show Different Strokes Silver Spoons and Facts of Life

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

Alan also composed the original 'Big Wheels' theme of "Wheel Of Fortune" when it debuted on NBC in 1975.

[roosterIX]

I've always liked this tune for some odd reason.I think Alan Thicke actually wrote this song himself but didn't sing it like so many people may think.

[MrLogoman007]

@roosterIX Actually, Steve Dorff wrote this.

[roosterIX]

@MrLogoman007 Oh. kewl.

[kinnika]

This has always been my favorite intro for this show.

[Stinkyfart]

@kinnika Same here.