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Did anyone NOT like this show?

posted 16 years ago by roximunro
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I was about nine or ten when this show was on and my local tv station used to play it in reruns ad nauseum.

I remember not liking it because Ricky rarely seemed to be the person learning the life lesson. It was usually someone around him and he just seemed to observe. And some lessons seemed to have been unlearned by next week's episode.

Plus with all those toys, and that guy for a dad, you think Ricky would be more like ADHD or something.

Or maybe I had been watching too much Family Ties by then. hehe

[–] OldFriendOfTheChristys 8 years ago

I liked it mainly because I wanted to be Ricky. The train, the duck phone - what kid wouldn't want to grow up with such fun things? Quality-wise though I never saw the show as more than a poor man's Family Ties.

[–] pioneergrrrl (2412) 5 years ago

It's basically how much fun it is to grow up filthy rich and in the lap of luxury. Difficult to understand outside of the yuppie/preppie era and after two recessions--including the great recession.

We were supposed to watch this and other sitcoms where these kids grew up in palaces and believe that trickle down was ok and that the 1 percent were "great" people after all.

Rick never had to worry about being poor hungry paying bills health care

[–] Mustang (5568) a year ago

As a kid that was the fantasy for me. The idea of the super wealthy parent and all those toys! It is a spin off sorts of Diff'rent Strokes just with a biological (white kid) instead of adopted black ones.

Oddly enough although Rick never had to want for anything he seems to lack money at the same time.

[–] pioneergrrrl (2412) 5 years ago

I myself gravitated more towards family ties. Connected more with the Keatons than this series from my early childhood. yeah they never divorced--that we know of? And my parents were not social justice hippies at any point but they did watch PBS (where steven worked)

[–] Mustang (5568) a year ago

I think Family Ties was more like a middle class family for sure and was better written. It wasn't just about crazy antics like Silver Spoons.

Not everyone's mother was an architect or father worked at a public tv station etc but the vibe of the show was more grounded and realistic. Growing Pains never sold me on realism either and they were also middle class.

[–] Mustang (5568) a year ago

Growing up this was never shown regularly down here so I just watched when I could. I liked it at the time but I think I mostly saw the first season eps as I never recall him being a teen back then.

I have binge watched recently though and I agree he never seems to learn anything and is always getting grounded usually for the same crime. He does a lot of stupid shit throughout the series.

He even gets a girl pregnant makes some flippant comment about how life will never be the same as she is led away and then next ep he is with another girl. He seems to have a different girl every ep.