@vnisanianisback betty thought she was too good for tv and was a major coke head during the show's run. she is now banned on broadway due to her antics
@karmalevel Really, well in that case, fuck her all the way to hell. I'm sure she'll have Satan to keep her company when judgment day is finally upon us.
I grew up with this show. Love the theme of third season much better. That's the theme I remember. I uploaded the 1987 reunion movie if anyone is interested in watching. Just check out my channel.
It is a real shame that these kind of shows are gone. I think in its day,the show really tryed to prtray the average family, with the problems that most people were going through,at that time. The show's message was a family was your roots.
They were the ones you could always count on,and you could count on them.
The problem wth today is it seems to be all about guns, and killing. That's what the tv stations show,because those shows get the ratings. The high ratings keep the stations on.
My family's last name is Bradford, and I am pregnant with our 6th child (crazy, I know!) Everyone keeps calling us "eight is enough" thinking my husband, me and my 6 kids equal what was on the show. They don't understand that the 8 stands for how many kids they have. Lets hope they don't jinx us!!!
@IHS7 That's from an episode where Susan (the redhead) was training to be a police officer. She needed someone to help out with physical training and Tommy fit the bill.
These theam songs bring back so many memories. I just listened to the theam song from " To close for comfort" and "Who's the boss" it makes you happy for a minute then you want to cry lol. it's crazy how much things have changed.
You know what's really sad is the kids today don't know what they missed. Thank God I grew up in the 70's and 80's.
This is absolutely one of the greatest shows. It's so rare to find a heartwarming, honest, and funny show that felt truly genuine. A lot of the kids weren't "actors" prior to this, so they don't come across as fake. Dick Van Patten and Betty Buckley were both terrific - he was a great dad and I always found her to be a good role model. They handled situations with maturity (while obviously having human foibles).
Dianne Kay was hot -- and then I moved on to Elizabeth ---great show with the ultimate patriarch Mr. Van Patten--- Grant's theme was great --- Is there TV like this any more?? Maybe I'm getting old!
All of the young, virginal, Nubile, sexual, and ready to fuck "Eight is Enough" daughters are NOW in their 50s....is THAT depressing to us Generation Xers or NOT???
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I mean....we all had wet dreams about the "Eight is Enough" chicks back in the 70s right?
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But what does it mean when your sexual idols are NOW almost ready for SS checks?
This is what TV was like back when it was worth watching! Why are today's TV producers incapable of making entertaining yet family-friendly, shows that are absent of sexual inuindos, bathroom humor and stupidity?
when it debuted, i think this was supposed to be like a more realistic version of "the brady bunch." i wonder if viewers born after, say 1980, would notice a significant difference between the 2 shows.
And ABC debuted a show about a large family, also with 8 kids, several years after the end of Eight is Enough. Only that one was a zany comedy. The show? The Growing Pains spin-off Just the Ten of Us.
I've always loved this theme and this show was the greatest. I knew I couldn't be in the family, (b/c I'm black) but I wanted to be the next door neighbor, like Nicholas' best friend or something.
I used to want to be in this family so badly b/c mine was so mean to me! I couldn't understand why that father was so nice to his kids!!!! LOL, that wasn't going on in MY HOUSE!!!!!
I remembered this show when i was kid during The 70s 80s Ill agree this was a clean cut family oriemted show during those days. But looked what kind a crap we got today on tv shows 2010 I wished networks would bring back family oriented shows!
@rebel70s maybe it isn't right, and i hate what much is offered today, but the times were not simpler. People had the same issues, the same problems, only it was kept secret. I just don't believe that people were any less complex 30 years ago then they are today.
@rebel70s If we stopped watching the trash that's on TV today, they'd lose money because their pocketsbooks would get leaner. When you hit people in their pocketbooks, they'll listen. If 4 or 5 of us stop watching, it's not a big deal. If a lot of us stop watching the trash they're showing, then that would shake up Hollywood. We don't even have comedies anymore. We have reality TV. Give me Eight is Enough or What's Happening or other nice comedies any day over the reality stuff.
@rebel70s I agree 100% with you! If enough of us stop watching the trash on tv today, and if we tell the sponsors (ie. the companies advertising with their commercials) that we're not going to buy their products anymore, then they will stop putting ads on the trash tv shows. Then, that would force Hollywood to put out better stuff. Of course, they won't listen to just 8 of us. In this instance, Eight Is NOT Enough! lol
Of course everyone probably knows this, but Grant Goodeve wrote the lyrics to the Season 3 intro, which I love. He is one of those actors who still looks the same after all of these years.
This is the theme I remember best when I would watch it! Damn!!!! I'm old! I had a bowl cut at the time like Adam Rich.... Parents! Why was this happening in the late 70's so much? We looked so foolish like that!
One of the great mysteries american television. WHY does the youngest kid in the family ALWAYS have a rediculous looking bowl cut hairdo? Nickolas on Eight is Enough... Cousin Oliver on teh Brady Bunch... Little brother on whatever that show was with Michael j. Fox.. ect, ect,. Do they think its cute or something?
I love this theme song out of all of the Eight is Enough seasons. Was reading some comments and it was def. was a simplier time. Pay no attention to homoerotic comments-just stupid immaturity and Grant Goodeve did sing this opening song.
show is supposed to be wholesome-these were simpler times-we cannot read the cynicism of today into a show like this-do not judge these people by the distrust of today-and the person who posted 'homoeroticism" --that is really sad-the show is not meant to have these overtones-just a large family trying to find wholesome solutions to their trials and tribulations-kinda like seventh heaven"
My guess would be that back then, they didn't worry about what the media had to show, like today. Today we, the public are completely consumed by what a famous person is involved with in their personal lives versus enjoying the entertainment that actors and singers provide. Hence, Michael Jackson. The media focused in on his personal life and forgot about the entertainment he brought to the world. That's my take on it.
@MRFABIAN2009 it's simple, don't buy the tabloids. but also the one mistake Jackson made was not being more forthcoming over the years with interviews...when someone has to be so formal in order to conduct a rare interview, well, people are gonna talk. if you shy away from the media, the media gets curious. i'm not far off on this. Prince shunned the media for awhile, they thought he was crazy, so he came back to the media again. now, he's a hero in a sense.
It's about perspective. People think that things were "simpler" because they didn't know as much. The older you get, the more you realize that few things are simple at all.
@somewhatlongdong Because they were. In the 1950's, people could care less about eating fucking french fries. In the 1960's, people could care less about rock and roll. In the 1970's, people could care less about smoking marijuana.
Sad how each generation is clueless about what came before. Must be jealous.
@WakeUpYouMoron That's not true. People smoked pot in the 70s like fiends. It seems to me like Elvis did pretty well with Rock and Roll in the 60s, as did the Beatles. McDonalds was born in the 50s, so it would seem America started its love affair with junk food then.
I always got the impression that the Bradford house reeked of cooking odors, that the kids' bathroom shower contained about 20 bottles of shampoo and conditioner, and that the kitchen appliancces were harvest gold or avocado.
Loved the 70s , sigmond and the seamonster , six million dollar man, land of teh lost, zoom, battlestar galactica, ark ll, just all the shows ! The great space coater , NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS , WITH GARY GANEWS, LOL the great space coaster. so much 70s cheese to choose from . oh land of the lost !lol
I have scoured the earth for years looking for an intro to a show i faintly remember watching reruns of in the mid 80's. All i could remember is it looked 70's style and the kid got milk poured on his head...I FOUND IT!!! It feels great when you solve stupid mysteries that rack your mind.
betty buckley took over from diana hyland-who died of cancer in 1977-she did great as the mother of all those kids. Diana Hyland and John Travolta dated; were a close couple at the time of her death.
So Betty Buckley DID play the role of the "mother." Thanks for shedding light on that! All this time, I've been wondering, "WHO played the "mother?" or "Why doesn't the mother have a role on this show?" In my opinion, I DOUBT that Jon and Kate Gosselin's eight children will turn out AS DECENT, if NOT BETTER THAN, THESE eight great people!
I'm not gonna search the entire thread, but yeah Betty Buckley played the stepmother actually, Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott. Diana Hyland played the first Mrs. Bradford (Joan) until her death, I think it was like about 10 shows in or something.
i wouldn't post lude comments on season 1/2 the commenters seemed too wholesome n i don't want haters on my channel...but, well, hey...the actors all have porn star names and the title...wunder if it was ever spoofed?
LOL I used to like this show long time a go. It creeps me out to see though. I can't believe I used to watch this yikes LOL. Everyone on the show was a drug addict. That's so sad.
I love, love, LOVED this show when I was a kid! I loved it so much i wanted to be one of the Bradford children. I can't understand why it's not on DVD. I go to the store and I see all these dumb, stupid TV shows on DVD, but not "Eight is Enough", I mean, who decides these things??
My favorite show growing up...and I saw it all in reruns! The Season 4 intro is my favorite...more of an upbeat tempo, but this one's a close 2nd.
There were shorter versions of the Seasons 3-5 intros that ran in syndication & were a bit different. I wish today's shows still had well-crafted themes like this. Most current TV shows barely give 15 seconds for the opening credits, let alone a theme.
This used to broadcast on TVB-Pearl (Hongkong) when we were living there, on Thursdays. TVB Pearl's rule for soap operas FYI was Mon, Wed, Fri: US soaps; Tue, Thu; British soaps.
This was such a good show. I wish it would come out on dvd. Life was certainly simpler in the 70's. Even though there are alot more advances in technology now, I think life was better back then.
@davidfberry1972 There's definitely good and bad in both then and now,but I guess because I was a kid in this era.In fact,I wouldn't have even been 4 years old when this premiered on ABC.
Today this show would be called Cant Take a Dump in Peace.
munz1870 4 days ago
@karmalevel Betty Buckley was a coke head and was kicked off Broadway for crazy antics? that's pretty fucked up,Bitch got all psycho.
TheTomsterman 2 weeks ago
Hey EIE first season will be released on dvd this april!! buy it so they will release all 5 seasons
karmalevel 2 weeks ago
Can someone please explain to me how and why was Betty Buckley a bitch, and why the rest of the cast loathed her so much?
vnisanianisback 3 weeks ago
@vnisanianisback i heard that....yet so in MARY TYLER MOORE....
kduideo 2 weeks ago
@vnisanianisback betty thought she was too good for tv and was a major coke head during the show's run. she is now banned on broadway due to her antics
karmalevel 2 weeks ago
@karmalevel Really, well in that case, fuck her all the way to hell. I'm sure she'll have Satan to keep her company when judgment day is finally upon us.
vnisanianisback 2 weeks ago
@vnisanianisback lol i hope u are kidding
karmalevel 2 weeks ago
@karmalevel I am not kidding. I can't stand it when a celebrity is nothing but a cold-hearted tyrant in real life.
vnisanianisback 2 weeks ago
@vnisanianisback I agree there! Betty was tame compared to the fake asses today! at least betty had amazing talent
karmalevel 2 weeks ago
Always had a crush on Mary, God rest her soul.
Dumblikeyoutu 1 month ago
I loved this show and it's good hearing the theme again...Love that disco-ized bass track, especially at 0:54 and on to the end.
swvcat1 1 month ago
You know its a great sitcom when your dad brings you a beer as yor working on the family car :)
SirRembrant 2 months ago
How much u wanna bet Grant Goodeve and Willie Ames were whacking it 'cause they had 5 hot sisters? :)
TheTomsterman 2 months ago
@TheTomsterman especially Dianne !
karmalevel 2 weeks ago
kinda like the family from "downsized" lol
danirey02 3 months ago
SWEET!
ndrussiangerman1 3 months ago
I remember to those grown in the 1970 and early 80 s the kids today should see this show.
moormanmmm 3 months ago 3
why is this not on dvd yet???
311butterscotch 3 months ago 6
@311butterscotch I remember it too. I wish they would show these reruns on tv somewhere.
video198712 2 weeks ago
so many drug kids back then .....gosh
kduideo 4 months ago
You gotta love that 70's bass, OONGUH OONGAH OONGAH
pardyhardly 6 months ago 3
@pardyhardly I was thinking the same thing,hehe
bigbearjoe 6 months ago
the older daughters look like they are old enough to move out. How cme everybody but David stayed?
MrJacMac1986 7 months ago
Does anybody know if this show is on DVD??
Tina85ok 7 months ago
The worst theme song I ever heard. Where;s the HOOK?!?!?!
ItsFrankieBoy 7 months ago
Dianne Kay is a true beauty!!!
karmalevel 8 months ago
i don t know why but the little kid always scared me...
I'm french and we had huit ça suffit in the 80's 90's
DGSE 8 months ago
after i watched the family guy skit of this, I fear dick van patten.
pedrokongo 8 months ago
8 people think 8 is more than enough
eatpigsnot 8 months ago
this theme song was the best!!!
we need more family shows these days.
LadyScorpio39 8 months ago
"Treacly" does not begin to describe this series. Even as a child watching this, the insulin couldn't pump fast enough.
fishhead06 10 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I miss tvs shows that just had white people and not this crap today where every show has a black, a queer and a spic.
miss the old days of good tv
PussyeverydayIEat 11 months ago
@PussyeverydayIEat LOL!! Oh man,that is a fucked up thing to say. Funny YES,but FUCKED UP.
Chrisdrumz 10 months ago
Hey Grant sorry to say this but your voice sucked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Betty should have done the theme song
after all she did win a tony afterward and what did you do?
Mascro1977 11 months ago
Pretty sure Grant Goodeve was my first TV star crush and I was like 5 in 1977.
MissFenwayPark2007 1 year ago
dianne kay was my favorite,cute and not as problematic as the rest of the family.
stangfever04 1 year ago
@stangfever04 Yeah But Connie Newton- Needham(Elisabeth) Was the Best & Prettiest!
ThePaddyjoejr1 9 months ago
@stangfever04 and not to mention goregous!!!
karmalevel 8 months ago
Every time I see Nicholas, I cringe in horror. My Mom use to have my hair cut like that as a kid. I also wore those clothes.
TVDude78 1 year ago
This version of the theme song sounds more disco.
bingbong35 1 year ago
I grew up with this show. Love the theme of third season much better. That's the theme I remember. I uploaded the 1987 reunion movie if anyone is interested in watching. Just check out my channel.
70sShows 1 year ago
It is a real shame that these kind of shows are gone. I think in its day,the show really tryed to prtray the average family, with the problems that most people were going through,at that time. The show's message was a family was your roots.
They were the ones you could always count on,and you could count on them.
The problem wth today is it seems to be all about guns, and killing. That's what the tv stations show,because those shows get the ratings. The high ratings keep the stations on.
slombardo101 1 year ago
My family's last name is Bradford, and I am pregnant with our 6th child (crazy, I know!) Everyone keeps calling us "eight is enough" thinking my husband, me and my 6 kids equal what was on the show. They don't understand that the 8 stands for how many kids they have. Lets hope they don't jinx us!!!
brbgal 1 year ago
I have a feeling that, be looking at the age of the father man, the little kid was an accident
ConfessionsPew 1 year ago
@ConfessionsPew
Adam Rich WAS an accident
Mascro1977 11 months ago
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EnglshRoc 1 year ago
ahhh, bell bottoms and bowl cuts
msmiche1000 1 year ago
0:06 DUDE, thats your SISTER!
IHS7 1 year ago
@IHS7 That's from an episode where Susan (the redhead) was training to be a police officer. She needed someone to help out with physical training and Tommy fit the bill.
installLSC 11 months ago
slap slap slap slap slap slap slap slap..STOP!! Eight is Enough!
gorillazfan3 1 year ago
These theam songs bring back so many memories. I just listened to the theam song from " To close for comfort" and "Who's the boss" it makes you happy for a minute then you want to cry lol. it's crazy how much things have changed.
You know what's really sad is the kids today don't know what they missed. Thank God I grew up in the 70's and 80's.
Journey432 1 year ago 2
@Journey432 well said very much true
cold732 1 year ago
This is absolutely one of the greatest shows. It's so rare to find a heartwarming, honest, and funny show that felt truly genuine. A lot of the kids weren't "actors" prior to this, so they don't come across as fake. Dick Van Patten and Betty Buckley were both terrific - he was a great dad and I always found her to be a good role model. They handled situations with maturity (while obviously having human foibles).
AstralPixie 1 year ago
Lani O'Grady was my favourite. She's a bit like Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween, seems at first plain and studious, but turns out she's one sexy woman
zaniac100 1 year ago
i love this theme thank you.
TheSonjaxfactor 1 year ago
Dianne Kay was hot -- and then I moved on to Elizabeth ---great show with the ultimate patriarch Mr. Van Patten--- Grant's theme was great --- Is there TV like this any more?? Maybe I'm getting old!
cathode1990 1 year ago
sssamilies.....
ihaveatechnical 1 year ago
70s cheese
somewhatlongdong 1 year ago
@rikrichvet Mary was the most understanding of all the girls.
MikeNolan 1 year ago
Eight is Enough>7th Heaven.
rollercoaster87 1 year ago
i love that red-headed chick, Susan, even if she does claim to have been abducted by aliens
TracyAndersonFoxhunt 1 year ago
Memory lane. I loved Nicholas. he was a cutie to me. =)
rubyredlipstick71 1 year ago
So the important part: how did the daughters rank in attractiveness? I'd say starting with the most attractive Susan/Laurie/Dianne/Connie/Lani
installLSC 1 year ago
All of the young, virginal, Nubile, sexual, and ready to fuck "Eight is Enough" daughters are NOW in their 50s....is THAT depressing to us Generation Xers or NOT???
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I mean....we all had wet dreams about the "Eight is Enough" chicks back in the 70s right?
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But what does it mean when your sexual idols are NOW almost ready for SS checks?
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Depressing!!!
ManNordic 1 year ago
Why the Producters thought that Grant Goodeve's pop themed opening song would be good is BEYOND ME!!!
ManNordic 1 year ago
Eight is Enough : this is probably nowhere near what the Octo-mom's life is really like
CodyZamboni 1 year ago
@CodyZamboni Nope and she has 14 total. She made a choice to have more when she already had 6 and no husband.
Starr1969 1 year ago
Listen to that wonderful bass guitar!! Classic disco era!! I so loved that show in elementary school.
masapell 1 year ago 2
The Engineer's childhood wasn't all that bad
ColBarnaby 1 year ago
This was the 70's version of 7th Heaven.
snake063 1 year ago
My ma loved this show. No, she's not Mormon, but she loved it anyways.
MrChrisGraves1 1 year ago
This is what TV was like back when it was worth watching! Why are today's TV producers incapable of making entertaining yet family-friendly, shows that are absent of sexual inuindos, bathroom humor and stupidity?
Timbrock1000 1 year ago
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MrChrisGraves1 1 year ago
as a child; i was in love with Lani O'Grady.
glasscitadel12 1 year ago
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Join in and sing !!!! "There's a magic in the early mornings we found.." or something like that...
MomMadness1 1 year ago
Join in and sing !!!! "There's a magic in the early mornings we found.." or something like that...
MomMadness1 1 year ago
when it debuted, i think this was supposed to be like a more realistic version of "the brady bunch." i wonder if viewers born after, say 1980, would notice a significant difference between the 2 shows.
wallofvideo 1 year ago
And ABC debuted a show about a large family, also with 8 kids, several years after the end of Eight is Enough. Only that one was a zany comedy. The show? The Growing Pains spin-off Just the Ten of Us.
jsrosa1282 1 year ago
I think Diana Hyland was only in 3 episodes before she died in John Travolta's arms.
Marckymarc71 1 year ago
I've always loved this theme and this show was the greatest. I knew I couldn't be in the family, (b/c I'm black) but I wanted to be the next door neighbor, like Nicholas' best friend or something.
HardyGirl66 1 year ago
I used to want to be in this family so badly b/c mine was so mean to me! I couldn't understand why that father was so nice to his kids!!!! LOL, that wasn't going on in MY HOUSE!!!!!
dkj1999 1 year ago
5 is enough lol... NO MORE KIDS PLEASE
raiders2000 1 year ago
I remembered this show when i was kid during The 70s 80s Ill agree this was a clean cut family oriemted show during those days. But looked what kind a crap we got today on tv shows 2010 I wished networks would bring back family oriented shows!
rebel70s 1 year ago 31
@rebel70s maybe it isn't right, and i hate what much is offered today, but the times were not simpler. People had the same issues, the same problems, only it was kept secret. I just don't believe that people were any less complex 30 years ago then they are today.
somewhatlongdong 1 year ago
@rebel70s If we stopped watching the trash that's on TV today, they'd lose money because their pocketsbooks would get leaner. When you hit people in their pocketbooks, they'll listen. If 4 or 5 of us stop watching, it's not a big deal. If a lot of us stop watching the trash they're showing, then that would shake up Hollywood. We don't even have comedies anymore. We have reality TV. Give me Eight is Enough or What's Happening or other nice comedies any day over the reality stuff.
Beautifulmusiclistnr 1 year ago
@rebel70s i agree totally but can you emagine todays y generation finding value in a show like this?? not likely...
timebandit71 1 year ago
@rebel70s
I agree..
Lamentablemente no hay buenos productos en la tv para orientar a nuestros hijos...
Saludos y bendiciones desde Bogotá-Colombia
bettomed3 1 year ago
@rebel70s I agree 100% with you! If enough of us stop watching the trash on tv today, and if we tell the sponsors (ie. the companies advertising with their commercials) that we're not going to buy their products anymore, then they will stop putting ads on the trash tv shows. Then, that would force Hollywood to put out better stuff. Of course, they won't listen to just 8 of us. In this instance, Eight Is NOT Enough! lol
Beautifulmusiclistnr 3 months ago
@Beautifulmusiclistnr hell yea!!!
karmalevel 3 months ago
Of course everyone probably knows this, but Grant Goodeve wrote the lyrics to the Season 3 intro, which I love. He is one of those actors who still looks the same after all of these years.
allyinzer90 1 year ago 4
LYRICS:
There's a magic in the early morning we've found
When the sunrise smiles on everything around
It's a portrait of the happiness that we feel and always will
For Eight is Enough to fill our lives with love
Oh, we spend our days like bright and shiny new dimes
If we're ever puzzled by the changing time
There's a plate of home-made wishes on the kitchen window sill and Eight is Enough to fill our lives with love
SFConifer 2 years ago 2
I used to watch this show with my sister back in the late 70's. Great memories!!!!!!
leonardbrooks 2 years ago 3
that was a good show
bobbystj 2 years ago 2
aw i LOVED this show!!! :-D
deezvids 2 years ago 3
Because most of them were like in their mid to upper 20's. None were really "teens", except maybe Willie Aames and Connie Newton-Needham.
MRFABIAN2009 2 years ago 4
This is the theme I remember best when I would watch it! Damn!!!! I'm old! I had a bowl cut at the time like Adam Rich.... Parents! Why was this happening in the late 70's so much? We looked so foolish like that!
ericelectric 2 years ago
One of the great mysteries american television. WHY does the youngest kid in the family ALWAYS have a rediculous looking bowl cut hairdo? Nickolas on Eight is Enough... Cousin Oliver on teh Brady Bunch... Little brother on whatever that show was with Michael j. Fox.. ect, ect,. Do they think its cute or something?
BarneyFlart 2 years ago 3
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2nicks 2 years ago
Hey--this is a early version of jon and kate plus 8
gasman396 2 years ago
more like brady bunch
ohhrichie 2 years ago
I love this theme song out of all of the Eight is Enough seasons. Was reading some comments and it was def. was a simplier time. Pay no attention to homoerotic comments-just stupid immaturity and Grant Goodeve did sing this opening song.
johnnct 2 years ago
Great theme..I miss real theme songs with melody and lyrics...
jajvick 2 years ago 3
show is supposed to be wholesome-these were simpler times-we cannot read the cynicism of today into a show like this-do not judge these people by the distrust of today-and the person who posted 'homoeroticism" --that is really sad-the show is not meant to have these overtones-just a large family trying to find wholesome solutions to their trials and tribulations-kinda like seventh heaven"
melollylolly 2 years ago 2
why do people always say that their past was a "simpler" time?
somewhatlongdong 2 years ago 5
My guess would be that back then, they didn't worry about what the media had to show, like today. Today we, the public are completely consumed by what a famous person is involved with in their personal lives versus enjoying the entertainment that actors and singers provide. Hence, Michael Jackson. The media focused in on his personal life and forgot about the entertainment he brought to the world. That's my take on it.
MRFABIAN2009 2 years ago 10
i agree with you. today, people know too much about other people's business.
somewhatlongdong 2 years ago 4
@MRFABIAN2009 it's simple, don't buy the tabloids. but also the one mistake Jackson made was not being more forthcoming over the years with interviews...when someone has to be so formal in order to conduct a rare interview, well, people are gonna talk. if you shy away from the media, the media gets curious. i'm not far off on this. Prince shunned the media for awhile, they thought he was crazy, so he came back to the media again. now, he's a hero in a sense.
jimjr155 1 year ago
It's about perspective. People think that things were "simpler" because they didn't know as much. The older you get, the more you realize that few things are simple at all.
sageofsuccess 1 year ago
@somewhatlongdong cuz it was for me atleast.
nibornna 1 year ago
@somewhatlongdong Because they were. In the 1950's, people could care less about eating fucking french fries. In the 1960's, people could care less about rock and roll. In the 1970's, people could care less about smoking marijuana.
Sad how each generation is clueless about what came before. Must be jealous.
WakeUpYouMoron 1 year ago
@WakeUpYouMoron That's not true. People smoked pot in the 70s like fiends. It seems to me like Elvis did pretty well with Rock and Roll in the 60s, as did the Beatles. McDonalds was born in the 50s, so it would seem America started its love affair with junk food then.
somewhatlongdong 1 year ago
@somewhatlongdong Guess I was a decade off in those anologies, then. Point still stands.
WakeUpYouMoron 1 year ago
OCTO-MOM
CABLEMANAGER 2 years ago
Even as a pre-teen kid, I could sense the sexual tension between Elizabeth and Tommy.
jleffingwell 2 years ago 3
Thanks! Now I'll be singing this freaking song for the next six months straight! But then, I am one of those "bright and shiny new dimes."
By the way, do people know that Grant Goodeve sang this? One episode has the whole song (they do a zany telethon).
dearyogini 2 years ago
I guess we can all agree .. great days.. great memories.
historiachibcha1 2 years ago
I always got the impression that the Bradford house reeked of cooking odors, that the kids' bathroom shower contained about 20 bottles of shampoo and conditioner, and that the kitchen appliancces were harvest gold or avocado.
mikey42 2 years ago
Loved the 70s , sigmond and the seamonster , six million dollar man, land of teh lost, zoom, battlestar galactica, ark ll, just all the shows ! The great space coater , NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS , WITH GARY GANEWS, LOL the great space coaster. so much 70s cheese to choose from . oh land of the lost !lol
Thallis69 2 years ago
I can't forget the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, the Banana Splits, and the Incredible Hulk!
AngelofAnguish 2 years ago
I have scoured the earth for years looking for an intro to a show i faintly remember watching reruns of in the mid 80's. All i could remember is it looked 70's style and the kid got milk poured on his head...I FOUND IT!!! It feels great when you solve stupid mysteries that rack your mind.
zabba312 2 years ago
LOVE THAT SONG.LOL
CARDMAN365 2 years ago
betty buckley took over from diana hyland-who died of cancer in 1977-she did great as the mother of all those kids. Diana Hyland and John Travolta dated; were a close couple at the time of her death.
melollylolly 2 years ago 4
So Betty Buckley DID play the role of the "mother." Thanks for shedding light on that! All this time, I've been wondering, "WHO played the "mother?" or "Why doesn't the mother have a role on this show?" In my opinion, I DOUBT that Jon and Kate Gosselin's eight children will turn out AS DECENT, if NOT BETTER THAN, THESE eight great people!
AngelofAnguish 2 years ago
I'm not gonna search the entire thread, but yeah Betty Buckley played the stepmother actually, Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott. Diana Hyland played the first Mrs. Bradford (Joan) until her death, I think it was like about 10 shows in or something.
Defensewhiz 1 year ago
I rember when I was a kid I wanted a family like there lol
mrjoke69 2 years ago 2
This theme has an odd homo-erotic quality...if you really think about it. Yea right 8 is enough.
bwhite53 2 years ago 4
why is everything nowadays interpreted as having a homoerotic quality?
UklaTheMokk 2 years ago
Tom got David a 16 oz. at 0:28.
whitewitchoz 2 years ago 3
willie aimes = yummy.
grat goodeve = yummy squared.
alfcab 2 years ago 2
oops. GRANT goodeve,
alfcab 2 years ago
isn't that buddy from charles in charge
bostonpaul212 2 years ago
Yeah, Tommy Bradford is Buddy Lembeck who in turn is Willie Aames.
MRFABIAN2009 2 years ago
My favourite episode was "A letter to one Bradford". Hope someone posts it to YouYube. Lani O'Grady and Adam Rich had key scenes in that episode.
fangora2001 2 years ago 2
i wouldn't post lude comments on season 1/2 the commenters seemed too wholesome n i don't want haters on my channel...but, well, hey...the actors all have porn star names and the title...wunder if it was ever spoofed?
dexterpointexter 2 years ago
LOL I used to like this show long time a go. It creeps me out to see though. I can't believe I used to watch this yikes LOL. Everyone on the show was a drug addict. That's so sad.
Napsyout 2 years ago 3
dianne kay!!
kfag101 2 years ago
dianne kay was uber hot
kfag101 2 years ago
@ :27...son and dad sharing a beer...don't think the son's 21!
hotprofdude 2 years ago 4
maybe 31 LOL.... and I think Mary was like 40!
phlashba 2 years ago
Me and my older sister used to watch this show. The theme song is excellent and yes the mom from this show aws the gym teacher in the movie Carrie.
leonardbrooks 2 years ago
Beutiful singing. I hear a plethora of melody in passion in the chant
ConfessionsPew 2 years ago
the mom(betty buckley) is the gym teacher from carrie!
boohauntedhouse65 2 years ago 2
Yes, she was. She stuck up for Carrie.
She, thrown her anger to Chris Hargensen.
Nice 70's and 80's cheese
LosPinosTacoFreak77 2 years ago
My brother had the hugest crush on Susan Richardson, heh...
... bet he wouldn't if he saw her now... gawdalmighty, she's scary looking now.
Cathalain 2 years ago 5
This comment has received too many negative votes show
anyone who did not find dianne kay hot back then is blind and a fag!
kfag101 2 years ago
Adam Rich turned out to be a little troll.
Spartacus217 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
dianne kay was so hot
kfag101 2 years ago
im only watchin this because of family guy
iseeredpeoples 2 years ago
Dianne Kay was definitely the hottest daughter on the show.
The part where the steering wheel comes out of the dad's go cart always cracks me up!
Baldenlong77 2 years ago 11
grant goodeve Did he play Manimal or something on TV
Dablkwid0w2008 2 years ago
Nope; "Manimal" was played by Simon MacCorkindale. Goodeve went on to star on "One Life To Live" in the mid '80s.
rfschober 2 years ago
I love, love, LOVED this show when I was a kid! I loved it so much i wanted to be one of the Bradford children. I can't understand why it's not on DVD. I go to the store and I see all these dumb, stupid TV shows on DVD, but not "Eight is Enough", I mean, who decides these things??
evancortez2 2 years ago 2
My favorite show growing up...and I saw it all in reruns! The Season 4 intro is my favorite...more of an upbeat tempo, but this one's a close 2nd.
There were shorter versions of the Seasons 3-5 intros that ran in syndication & were a bit different. I wish today's shows still had well-crafted themes like this. Most current TV shows barely give 15 seconds for the opening credits, let alone a theme.
yman173 2 years ago 4
Man Grant was freakin' hot. I named my kid Nicholas b/c of the kid Nicholas on this show. Love the name.
dkj1999 2 years ago 3
betty buckley is a raging bitch! the cast hated her
kfag101 2 years ago
Before the long running show "7th Heaven," (1996-07) there was another great family drama series "Eight is Enough."
LNQS 2 years ago
this is the one i remember. saturday nights right?
GottiDaGoodfella 2 years ago
i seem to remember it being a wednesday night thing
BroodingARTist 2 years ago 3
This used to broadcast on TVB-Pearl (Hongkong) when we were living there, on Thursdays. TVB Pearl's rule for soap operas FYI was Mon, Wed, Fri: US soaps; Tue, Thu; British soaps.
1104882221 2 years ago
It was a Wednesday night thing in my house as well...
rfschober 2 years ago
dianne kay was beyond hot! and the nicest girl in hollywood
kfag101 2 years ago
This was such a good show. I wish it would come out on dvd. Life was certainly simpler in the 70's. Even though there are alot more advances in technology now, I think life was better back then.
davidfberry1972 2 years ago 9
that makes two of us
eci4r 2 years ago
@davidfberry1972 There's definitely good and bad in both then and now,but I guess because I was a kid in this era.In fact,I wouldn't have even been 4 years old when this premiered on ABC.
landrykkb 6 months ago
dianne kay is adorable!!!
yough56 3 years ago 9
betty buckley was a total bitch on the set
getchasumm 3 years ago 2
willie ammes tried to kill himself last year
kfag101 3 years ago
So sad to hear that, he was cute.
goldengirl67 3 years ago 3
Willie Aames is actually doing Christian videos. He created a superhero character called "Bibleman. Last I heard he was doing well!
digital2500 2 years ago
yes I am aware of bible man, but if you google willie aames it will reveal that he slit his throat and took a bunch of pills. he survived
kfag101 2 years ago
what is willie aimes doing these days?
okrabay 3 years ago
From :06 to :09, female Goldberg.
Exionne 3 years ago
lmao!
fivebearrugs 3 years ago
I don't have a problem with the guy singing the theme song. I like it.
sonyab1974 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I didn't watch this show so I had no idea how much the theme song sucked. It's worse than the Maude theme, and that's not easy.
jeffw1267 3 years ago
"Eight is enough" to earn Tom Bradford a vasectomyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
cvjucla3 3 years ago 7
Elizabeth was the hottest.
cvjucla3 3 years ago 2