Eight is Enough season 2 intro (second version)

[Mistertbones]

GOTTAM!

[PaulsPlace265]

This was such a great show. And very sad that this house was demolished for a freaking mall!

[TheZunigal]

Only on t.v. would you see a father who works to feed 8 kids and a wife just to come home in time to play ball and have 5 or 6 people fall on his back.

[kdpflanders1]

SOME SAYS WILL JUST NEVER COME BACK. AS A MATTER OF FACT... NO DAYS WILL. LIFES A BITCH.

[moormanmmm]

Women in this show was hot dearing this show run time

[WildBill6942]

I always thought Tommy was a punk.

[9988776698]

great show i watched this all the time growing up. love to get season 2 /3 and4 on dvds

[familyfeudfan95]

Can someone please post more Eight is Enough episodes?? Thank you!!

[suspekt29]

Call me melodramatic, but remembering how awesome life was back then vs today makes me tear up.

[nauort23]

Older brother.... HOT.

[Chrisdrumz]

@nauort23 At least the son of a bitch had a job which is more than I can say for myself.

[Mascro1977]

some of the "Kids" on the show were not even Kids

some of thesde "Kids" were actually older than Betty Buckley

[ivegotalongdong]

Grant Goodeve - what a WASTE of good film!! what a hack. what else was he in really besides this? nothing! this show was a career killer for almsot the entire cast

[ivegotalongdong]

god was television AWFUL back in those days.... there were some classics from the 70's and 80's, but mostly CRAP!

[jmjfanss]

@ivegotalongdong

But it's better than the bullshit that's out there now

and if it wasn't for this show (along with the brady bunch), we wouldn't have reality shows such as john & Kate Plus 8 later Kate plus 8 and 19 Kids and counting.

[suspekt29]

@jmjfanss Riiight. It was this wholesome show that created the reality TV bandwagon. They just waited 20 years to implement their strategic plan

[jmjfanss]

@suspekt29

and believe it, it it wasn't for this and the brady bunch we wouldn't have Family reality shows of today.

[Derek86AE]

Love the Eight is Enough Pyramid :-) Thanks for Posting!

[bat65]

:15 Have always wondered what was in Betty Buckleys mouth.. or is it something on the film.

[palexz78]

@bat65 looks like there's def something in her mouth. she's rolling it around with her tongue. maybe a piece of grass, haha.

[MsTexas73]

OOOH! Man, Adam did a forserious DROP when Abby's side of the pyramid crashed. OUCH!

[Beautifulmusiclistnr]

@MsTexas73 LOL I never noticed that before, but you're right! I'm sure they had a lot of fun with that, and I'm sure it's a nice memory for all of them even if some of them did get a bruise here or there! lol

[AstralPixie]

This is absolutely one of my favorite shows.

[illuminatioracle]

pat my dick

[MsStGeorges]

she got out of the car so elegantly--these celebs need to learn to do that

[jonthom11702]

I like this theme song better than the plate of homemade wishes they spewed out later. That just felt a little too corny, even in the late 70s/early 80s.

[MsTexas73]

@jonthom11702 I LOL'd at your comment...yes I agree.  I also liked this opening better because hey...the pyramid was koo!

[ManNordic]

The fact that they replaced the first "8 is enough" mom with Betty Buckley was probably very normal in the divorce mad 70s.

[mpsycho11]

Dude. They had to replaceDiana Hyland (original mom) cause she died. She was engaged to John Travolta. Or married. Can't bring back the dead.

[mpsycho11]

@ManNordic 

[asicswrestonenc]

hey klwewf, I agree, they did air Hogans Hero's and Adam 12 for a while, but I agree on Andy Griffith, its run forever, time for a change, Eight is Enough is one of them definately

[Kaykay940]

I want to see when Tom and Abby got married. I loved that episode.

[bat65]

@Kaykay940 You are sooo right.. Andy Griffith is NOT that great of a show, yet its on every time you turn the channel on.

[klwewf]

How come TV Land refuses to air great classics like this? It's just Andy Griffith & Bonanza now! WTS?!

[kmdiver911]

@klwewf that is so true. imagine how great TV Land could be if it was to air shows like this. if i owned that station, i would make it the best retro TV station in the world. i would bring back all the classics of the 70s and 80s. why the hell is the George Lopez and Everybody Loves Raymond on a station like TV Land. all about copyrights, ownership and liscensing, i guess.........

[MsTexas73]

@klwewf LOL...TRUE!

[bat65]

@klwewf I agree, and have said the same thing for years! Everytime I turn on TV Land, Andy is on. Its NOT that great of a show, yet thats all they seem to air! It is litterally the first show about NOTHING, and watching it proves that fact.

[WildBill6942]

I always thought Elizabeth's ass was ripe for the tappin!

[kmdiver911]

@WildBill6942 that's for damn sure......

[csebrigh]

a 70's classic.....

[WARDMAN3]

The thing that bothers me the most is the ridiculous still poses of Betty Buckley and Grant Goodeve, They are perhaps the most unflattering shots I can imagine!

[nerdflanders8710]

your a sick mofo

[xemxi142]

hehe!!:)

[xemxi142]

Willie Aames!!!!!

[nphxblueeyes]

I remember hte football opening more..and it is such a good show. I only had a brother..i wanted tons of brothers and sisters. It was just a good show..takes me back

[SBarsinister]

I'm old! I remember this opening the most. I watched this show as a kid.

[starrynightz]

They don't make shows like this anymore. I don't even bother to watch the networks.

[yeailikeu]

I totally agree...

[kingdombread]

hello! Me neither...there's nothing but junk and perversion on now...no substance or true family values...

[AngelofAnguish]

I agree! Thank God for YouTube! NOW, fans can, FINALLY, watch or re-live the "old school" programs!

[cvjucla3]

"Eight is enough" to earn Tom Bradford a vasectomyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyy.

[MsTexas73]

I STILL think this was the best opening.

[gshow1970]

try to beat the 1970s with that junk today

[thomasb41]

i so agree

[ilovepepe2]

used to love 'Eight is Enough'...really miss all the great 1970's programs

[stanmugs]

Willie Aames was SO hot.

[xemxi142]

I want to know who's walking through the back yard at the very beginning. Is it someone from the crew who got in the shot by mistake?

[MsTexas73]

David Elizabeth and Tommy came from the backyard.

[FilmsRreel]

This was by far the best opening of the series...before the sappy song that Grant sang. I prefer this music

[JMFabianoRPL]

I agree! This is the opening I remember the most.

[FilmsRreel]

I think that this show is making a comeback! On AOL videos theere are 35 uncut episodes posted including the RARE pilot with Mark Hamill!!!!

[kfag101]

Dianne was the prettiest gal I ever seen. I hope she is happy in whatever she is currently doing

[gordonsolie1]

Gosh was Dianne Kay hot.

[mileszp]

Eight is Enough was one of the great shows ever shown on tv. Thank God, we now have 7th Heaven and Brothers and Sisterd

[bainsey89]

Man, Adam Rich took quite a drop there...thump!  This show was well done, and it didn't hurt to have some good-looking daughters.

[33Mark221]

It's almost Christmas, and sometimes the independent channels take the two-parter "Yes Nicholas, There is a Santa Claus" and make it a two-hour block of Xmas programming.

[MsTexas73]

this is my favorite of the themes and openings...the best thing to happen to the family was Abby...and yes I remember The Graduates...but don't Joanie and Abby become closer after this?

[kfag101]

Dianne Kay was the only pretty daughter!

[kfag101]

I loved this show! please upload full episodes. Dianne Kay was beyond hot! Adam rich and willie aimes both had mad crushes on her

[KissFreak09]

Adam Rich, was in a lot of trouble, with the POLICE!

[Xemxi]

Okay, never mind. The first close up is of Betty Buckley, but she looks like Mary in that shot, and she's in Mary's position from Version 1. So, uh...how about that weather today? ahahahahaa

[MsTexas73]

LOL...yeah...but you're right ...Mary...AND Joanie...favor Abby...she really did blend right in there...Nicholas...Tommy and Elizabeth look like Tom.

[MsTexas73]

Oh and Abby took Susan's place from s1...Mary moved up to be on top of abby...Joanie moved to Mary's spot and Susan moved up to the second row also.

[MsTexas73]

Correction...Susan took Mary's spot on row 1...Abby took Susan's spot...Joanine moved to be on top of Susan...my bad.

[MsTexas73]

Xemxi...I agree...Abby and Mary DID favor *Joannie favored her too* which is why Abby was PERFECT to be a Bradford!

Also I think they did a good job casting all of the Bradfords...*except Susan who doesn't look like Tom, Joan, nor Abby*...however all the others either favor Tom, Joan, or both, or Abby or both Tom and Abby...cute.

[Xemxi]

I didn't remember Betty Buckley being in the Season 2 credits, and it looks odd that they feature her after the close-up of Mary, then repeat Mary's close-up. Is this the real deal, or edited?

[trevor40]

look at the handsome cast--the show is a Winner!!!!

[Gerkinstock]

Isn't Dianne Kay adorable?

[WorldPictures]

Eight Is Enough debut on ABC then on Syndication soon after in 1979. Networks like F/X actually had the rights to it in the mid 1990s then PAX got it and TV Land. Its been on METV over the last two years, but after April it just vanished.

[Herbert7J]

I know it's petty, but this was when they went from all capital letters on the beginnings, to that Sixties-ish lowercase that unerringly reminded me of the printing used on the store brand products from Alpha-Beta Supermarkets.

[Herbert7J]

I prefer the first season intro--even though the high flute on that intro punctuates somewhat like a Disney film, it underscores the feeling of optimism and unity in the Bradford family. Flat out best scene--Season Three, "The Graduates" with Joanie going ballistic on Abby, then later making up and Abby saying that she couldn't be Joanie's mother, but instead they could be just friends. I still recall that powerful and realistic moment most vividly.

[kbirdusa]

When it comes to "Bradford Kid Chews Out Abby" scenes, I prefer the one where Tommy gets upset with Abby because she won't give him test answers to give to kids who are bullying him at school. She does eventually give him the answers, but he stands up to the bullies and quietly returns the test to her - no big sloppy make-up scene - just silence.

[Herbert7J]

Yeah, I forgot about that! You're exactly right.

[Herbert7J]

When I was reading your response, I recalled that episode when Abby was threatened at knife-point by one of her students (late in the show, I think it was in 1980 or 1981).

[MsTexas73]

this ep is on AOL...but I VIVIDLY remember the one with Joannie...and how funny that after that Joannie and Abby became very close.

[shamrock1961]

Herb I like your comment about the first season intro. I also liked the second one a little better tho. The rest of the time Grant Goodeve's rendition really sucked.

[Herbert7J]

It's good to be acknowledged that something you've written has made someone think: "Yeah, that's the way it was for me, too!," or approximately so! Thank you very much. ;-)

[Gerkinstock]

Hey, do you have the episode where Grant Goodeve and Betty Buckley sang a duet for a fundraiser? He played guitar and she sang. Also-- this may be the episode-- do have Dianne Kay doing her dance routine for TV fundraiser the family was involved in? She was the cutest girl on Earth back then:D

[Herbert7J]

(According to ImDb)That was Season 2, "Who's on First" (5-17-78) when Betty Buckley sang "So-La" with Grant Goodeve who accompanied her on acoustic guitar. (The other time Abby sang was in Season 5, 1981, "The Best Little Telethon in Sacramento," when she sang "Travelers on a Star," with a woman accompanying her on flute.) I can't remember which one Dianne Kay did the dance on, but I know she did it, just not sure which episode. Maybe posters will put on Betty Buckley's performances.

[WorldPictures]

WOW Eight Is Enough came on TV Land at one point?

There's not one good family show on TV and that absolutely just sucks ass. I'm waiting on that next family show or sitcom that everybody's watching!

[Gerkinstock]

Just the Ten of Us was pretty good. Lizzie McGwire was good but it was more for kids and teenagers. As for EIE, I remember it airing on Pax, and maybe once on TV Land (a Christmas episode or something).

[WorldPictures]

Just the Ten of Us was really good along with Full House and others.

7th Heaven is the last great one that I can remember.

I mean TV has got to have sitcoms and family comedy-dramas on air all the time. Kids need to grow up on this instead of smart thinking shows like The Office, which is the perfect example of how the half hour comedies are just ruined.

[FilmsRreel]

7th Heaven is the only decent family show on these days

[mikemanners11]

Those chicks in this show were hot...if I was their brother I would be sneeking into their bedrooms and night fo a little incest fun

[cheech41]

season 4 was awesome, i had the biggest crush on nancy, joanie, susan, and elizabeth

[MsTexas73]

@cheech41 Two of my favorite eps is from s4 (Ten Ships in the Night & Big Shoes Little Feet)...BUT s3 is my favorite.

[jeandoodles]

Season 3 intro is my fav. I think. I couldn't wait for Wensday nights to come. They don't make TV like this anymore, that fore sure

[bingbong35]

All I can say is the first thing I have always noticed were Grant Goodeve's huge bulging biceps!

[WJRSTV]

This was from the episode where Don Johnson played Mary's boyfriend.

[kbirdusa]

No - it's from the episode where Auntie V returns and wants to give the family a new house. The episode with Don Johnson was from before Abby married Tom, so she's not in the opening credits of that one.

[WJRSTV]

Ah yes...oops, meant to place that remark on the first theme. I just knew that two episodes of Eight Is Enough ran on TVland that weekend...it was the Eight Is Enough Season 2 (First version)...sorry.

[penbury]

Hey! I've got an idea. Let's all go outside and build a pyramid.

[MsTexas73]

LOL!!!