Eight is Enough season 2 intro (first version)

[cinderfella100]

If you watch close Tom has a tattoo on his left arm facing the camera on his first close up

[TheMashwatcher585]

tv land needs to put this show back on

[sd31263]

So...it IS possible to create a TV theme song that isn't goddamned annoying. Who knew?

[mythicky]

I hated this show

[Chrisdrumz]

They're lucky that little bastard Nicholas didn't break his neck when that human pyramid imploded on itself.

[kenorca]

:38=Nancy was so amazing!!!

[Nansbbgrand]

SUPER show! Always loved their intros..with lyrics, without, whatever~

It's a shame the high number of the kids that got, (or already were), so messed up.. 'Mary', 'David', 'Susan', 'Tommy', 'Nicholas'... Luckily, most made it through their clouds, clean, and/or sober, to see light of better days.. though I'm not sure about 'Susan' now.. Rest in peace, Lani O'Grady, 'Mary'~

[ivegotalongdong]

ahh yes...dianne kaye and connie newton were the object of many of my young teenage dreams when this show was on...certainly had no other reason to watch this HORRIBLE show. the other women were DOGS

[installLSC]

@ivegotalongdong Are you kidding? This cast was one of the most attractive I've seen, including the mom. Even Mary could look pretty good, if she wasn't wearing those awful glasses that made her look like Charles Nelson Riley

[roselandalvin]

interesting - I never noticed this- You must be a big fan of this show- it was a good series- I remember the episode when Ralph Macchio liked this girl , but he opted to impress his friends instead of following his true feelings- She liked astaire and the old movies etc -- They ended up together at the end of the episode.

[roselandalvin]

@roselandalvin it was called "Vows"  early 1981

[glasscitadel12]

I love the music to both introductions, equally!!!

[cuznvinnie818]

At :14, you can barely see a tattoo on Dick Van Patten's right arm.

[jad8123]

The actual house was in Southern California, instead of Sacramento, and no longer exists. The address, 1436 Oak Street, is fictional

[write2ap]

This was a great show. They dealt with a lot of stuff (teen drugs, teen alcoholism, teen pregnancy, adultery, etc.) Those 8 kids got into a lot of trouble.

[csebrigh]

70's Classic.....

[MaxMikeLatino]

This show was set in Sacramento, California

[spongeworthyvideo]

do you know if the house is really located in Sacramento? I live in the area now and would love to find it.

[ChevySuper8]

The real-life location is on Brookville Road in Chevy Chase, Maryland, not more than a half-mile from the D.C. line.

[spongeworthyvideo]

oh.ok..guess I'll stop looking for out here then...lol. Thanks for the insight on this show. It was very sad when Diana Highland died. she was young and beautiful and John Travolta really loved her.

[robyofrome]

Wonderful, very seventies, a magic time in wich every year was different respect to the other, not only in telefilms! In Italy was "La famiglia Bradford", "Otto bastano" in the first season.

[Boobookitty39]

If this was a Mexican family in the U.S., you can bet that judgments would be passed!!

[Felineblood]

yeah cause they typically and hence the word typically don't have the same family structure..let's be real

[LorenzoLFM]

The 8 kids were supposed to be brothers and sisters yet none of them looked related lol. However I still liked the show.

[springloadedchicken]

a slim and trim and not so cynical dick van patton! :D

[BroodingARTist]

Grant Goodeve was sooooo freakin hot,still is.

[kfag101]

dianne kay was so beautiful

[digital2500]

I actually knew members of the Braden family whose book the tv show was based on.

[siffil8]

wow, really different from the opening with lyrics

[X23109]

Nowadays that can be way too many kids to manage. I refer people wanting to go down this route to George Carlin's birth control schtick :)

Then again I know how to capitalize in on a good opporutnity when I see it. I'll force my girlfriend to take fertility drugs en mass, have nine kids all at once, and start my own sports team :)

Which is why I'm single for life because these ideas of mine just wouldn't fly in a relationship. On that note, I drink my $175 dollar French Riesling :)

[MsTexas73]

Hey did anybody else notice that when they cut to Tommy he's next to Mary in this one *like she is in the second version when she's on top of Abby*...but when they cut to Mary she's in the right position in the bottom row next to David?

[kbirdusa]

I've always thought something was out of whack here - thanks for pinpointing it.

[Beautifulmusiclistnr]

@MsTexas73 Nice catch! I never noticed that until you mentioned it, and that which I had to watch it about 3 times! lol

[parachuteboi]

@MsTexas73 i wonder how they balanced or if it was a camera trick

[kfag101]

Willie aames said that dianne kay was the sweetest girl in hollywood!

[FilmsRreel]

I think that this show is making a comeback! On AOL videos there are 35 uncut episodes of "Eight is Enough" posted including the RARE pilot with Mark Hamill!!!! CHECK IT OUT!!!!

[Gerkinstock]

I wish TV Land would pick it up.

[eci4r]

that makes two of us

[zapkvr]

How long was Mark Hamill on the show?

[FilmsRreel]

Mark Hamill was only in the pilot. See the E! True Hollywood story in Eight Is Enough right here on youtube for more info!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Alexdog8]

Write letters to Warner Brothers, let's get this show Eight Is Enough, restored and on DVD...ALL of it not just the first season. Write: Barry M. Meyer Chairman and CEO, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Time Warner Inc. One Time Warner Center

New York, NY10019-8016

Alexdog8

[FilmsRreel]

I will be writing Warner Brothers ASAP! I've got to see this again and UNCUT! The last time was in 2000 on PAX TV where they omitted the cool end title music and butchered the episodes! We also need a "where are they now?" featurette! I'm a 37 year old straight male and I grew up on this show on good old ABC TV!

[Gerkinstock]

I think there was a link to a website at the Eight is Enough IMDb page where you can request this show on DVD.

[kfag101]

Gordonsolie, you are so right! if dianne was on a show that featured her more she would have been huge!

[facundo9292]

And something else, when I watched this, Dick van Patten seemed so old, and now watching this again, he seems to me like a typical young middle age, Oh my god, I'm getting too old.

[kfag101]

did they film this at warner bros?

[kfag101]

Dianne Kay was so hot! why didn't she become a bigger star?

[FilmsRreel]

Kay was in "1941"

[gordonsolie1]

Dianne Kay should have been a huge, huge star. She was by far the most georgeous woman on TV at the time. And she was mired in obsurity on this show. One of the great pities in TV history.

[Gerkinstock]

Yep. A prettier young lady than Miss Kay there has never been:)

I think she's more into being a wife and mother, though. She struck me as a very feminine and traditional kind of girl.

[KissFreak09]

Diana Hyland, was John Travolta's girlfriend. She was suffering from breast cancer, and she left after 5 episodes. In March, she died in John's arms she was only 41 years old. RIP Diana

[trevor40]

good show--why isnt it on DVD!!!!

[MsTexas73]

I know what you mean...I was glad they released FAMILY s1 and 2...but am STILL waiting for the rest of it...would LURVE to see EIE released as well.

[trevor40]

I liked the show

[SRGots]

I think its funny that both Joanie and Susan were older than Mary in real life. In fact Joanie was only 6 months younger than Abby.

[33Mark221]

Actually, if IMDb is at all accurate, Joanie is 6 months older than Abby! I couldn't believe it either.

[MsTexas73]

@33Mark221 Right. Laurie Walters is OLDER than Betty Buckley not younger.

[MsTexas73]

Funny I always thought Lani O"grady was older than the role she played...Never knew Laurie Walters and Susan Richardson were really older than Lani....Also Diane Kay was actually older than the rolse she played. When she took over the role of Nancy who was about 17 in s1 Diane was about 24.

[swishahouse2006]

Was Lorimar on any of the Eight Is Enough shows? If you have the clips with any of the Lorimar logos, upload them.

[shamrock1961]

Lorimar was the production company responsible for the show (as they were for the Waltons.) BUT...I think Lorimar ended up being sold in 1980 or 81 if I am correct and the rights may have transfered to the new production company. I could be full of beans on that guess...but I'll toss it out to see where it lands! :-)

[kbirdusa]

Lorimar wasn't sold until the early 90s, to Warner Bros. The Lorimar logo was on all of the original EIE shows, as well as the two reunion movies. But since then, Warners has replaced those logos with their own.

[MsTexas73]

@kbirdusa RIght because they also produced DALLAS and Knot's Landing. (Were they also repsonsible for FAMILY?)

[Green18600]

Lorimar Productions (or Lorimar Television) produced "DALLAS" and "Knots Landing" at the time of "Eight Is Enough" in the 1979-1980 Era. 20th Century Fox assumed sole responsibility -- to my recollection -- of the production of "Family" on ABC Television. Good Question!!

[deyoungparker]

Reminds me of the original Magnum PI opener. Totally generic and later replaced by an iconic theme. Thanks for posting...never heard it before!

[MsTexas73]

Yes I saw that already but thanks.

[MsTexas73]

Love this show...wish they'd release it on dvd...maybe now that Family is being released this will be next...Didn't they also build the pyramid WITH Abby?

[kbirdusa]

They did build the pyramid with Abby, about two months into the second season when the opening credits were refilmed after she married Tom. I've posted that version as well.

[MsTexas73]

Abby was good for that family...she fit right in.

[ricochetrob]

I have 6 older brothers and sisters, and my Dad was also a widower, married just twice, and we all grew up in a two-story house.

We used to watch this show when I was growing up in the 70's.

I love this theme! It reminds me of how happy and lucky I was, and inspires me to hope for the same kind of family of my own :)

[WJRSTV]

Wish TVLand would Eight Is Enough, but the way PAX TV did, with most of the series in place.