The 'Growing Pains' Reunion Reveals Cast Secrets

Americans were thrilled to see the Growing Pains cast reunite thirty-five years after the show originally aired. Growing Pains was a popular American sitcom that aired on September 24th, 1985, and aired on ABC until its eventual end on April 25th, 1992. Altogether, the show aired a total of 166 episodes over seven seasons.

Growing Pains followed the ever-growing Seaver family through comedic trials and tribulations. The original premise of the show revolves around the father of the family, a psychiatrist named Dr. Jason Seaver. The show reverses gender roles and subverts audience expectations when Dr. Jason Seaver has to work from home to support his wife, Maggie, who decides to return to her job as a reporter. Dr. Jason Seaver is then put in charge of caring for his children; Mike, Carol, and Ben. Each child had plenty of personality quirks which made them charming and lovable to audiences at home.

Later in the series, the show introduced a fourth child named Chrissy. In the seventh season, the Seaver family also took in a fifth child, a homeless teenager named Luke Brower.

The show was incredibly popular, and it was nominated for a total of thirty different awards, of which it won nine. Even though the show eventually ended after its seventh season in 1992, it did inspire a spin-off series, Just the Ten of Us. Furthermore, the cast reunited in 2000 and 2004 for two feature films; The Growing Pains Movie and Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers.

Even those who have long forgotten about the show were pleasantly surprised to discover that the cast reunited in 2020. The reunion brought back waves of nostalgia for many fans, and it was bittersweet for cast and audience members alike to reflect on how much the world has changed since Growing Pains first aired.

The reunion brought back many memories for the cast members, who were kind of enough to reveal some behind the scenes secrets to their fans. In today's video, we're going to take a look at how different the cast of Growing Pains is today, as well as some of the secrets they revealed about the making of the show. Unfortunately, the reunion wasn't entirely joyous, and the cast members acutely felt the loss of one of their fellow actors. Make sure you stick around to find out how they responded to the unexpected and tragic death of Alan Thicke, who played the father of the Seaver family. We hope you like this video, and don't forget to subscribe to Facts Verse for more!

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[richardstahl]

Growing pains this show was great I liked this show good to see what everyone is up to RIP Alan Thicke you'll be missed great actor 👍♥️🙂😏

[gregschell]

My Dad used to call the show “Groin Pains”.

[dssouthern]

Alan thicke was america's tv dad back then. The best one.

[boogitybear]

It’s a shame they don’t make shows like these anymore. Growing Pains and Family Matters were my favorites.

[jasonirelan]

Rest in peace Allen Thicke You are extremely missed.

[jamesm]

Growing Pains is the greatest family sitcom ever! it's funny and serious the acting is great the pacing is good with high energy has fun storylines and it has a fourth wall episode that's very creative. everything about it is absolutely perfect. it's literally the perfect show!

[jasonirelan]

Alan Thicke was pretty popular, and Kirk Cameron is well liked as well. I like the way the dad on the show has the first name that I've got.

[Shazistic]

Random fact

The name for the shape of Pringles is called a Hyperbolic Paraboloid.

-The Shades

[DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

I crushed on Leo for years as we are the same age, but he was always much prettier.

[lailalong]

I liked this show. It was neat to see Leonardo DiCaprio in a few episodes

[MrBegliocchi]

When he mentioned a gross ritual and gum I thought one thing: the cast passed around a wad of gum that they each chewed on for a few seconds. The same wad.

[ddjmfan]

I heard Tracey mention in other interviews that she struggled with self esteem issues even before she was on Growing Pains. The show may have contributed to her anorexia, but she was already struggling with image issues before that.

[elliotshelton]

All I know is that the mom on Growing Pains was really hot

[RiemsAI]

The main reason this show was not remembered or made an impact like others before or after it is because of the writers of the show. The fact that the writers made fun of one of the actors weight in the show itself shows this is not a reccomendable positive family show. No wonder it got canceled. I guess the writing was so bad that even Leo's character could not save it.

[joeymorvant]

I knew of Tracey Gold's anorexia. Those writers were wrong to do that to her. Besides, she was perfect as was. Not overweight in the least. Mr. Thicke, we miss you! RIP I loved watching Ben grow into a mischevious girl hound, a younger Mike, if you will!

[claudiaulerio]

I had a big crush on Alan Thicke he was 🔥

[Anaya]

Did u know that kirk cameron has a sister called candace cameron from full house ?? They was both each other show ??

[D_Marrenalv]

Liberal, all-inclusive, open-minded & "loving" Hollywood writing a lot of fat jokes in the scripts? And then refusing to remove them??
Say it isn't so!

[josephadiaz]

This was a great show, a little corny at times, but great none the less 😊😊😊

[NCCU]

I had lost interest by the time the character leo came