What TV Show Family Did You Grow Up In?

[Fat_Sunny]

<p><font size="2">Lleeder's Thread About Moms' Cooking Reminded Fat Of His Childhood, And How His Family Was Most Like The TV Show <strong><em>Father Knows Best.&nbsp; </em></strong>It Was A Conservative, Old-Fashioned Household, Where Fat's Mom Actually Did Do The Vacuuming In A Dress; Where Dad Was Stern And The Older Sister Was A Biatch.&nbsp; Fat Was &quot;Bud&quot; Anderson (Billy Gray) (But Unfortunately, Not&nbsp;Quite That&nbsp;Cute).&nbsp; It Was A Great Family, But A Bit On The&nbsp;Reserved Side, In A Stoic Yankee Kind Of Way.</font></p><p><font size="2">Has Anyone Else Ever Thought What TV Show (Or Movie Or Book) Their Childhood Was Most Like?&nbsp; And If You Could Have Chosen A Different One, What Would It Have Been?</font></p><p><font size="2"></font></p><p><font size="2"></font></p><p><font size="2"></font></p>

[burrben]

<p>married with children</p>

[BoondockSaint]

All in the Family.&nbsp; Right down to my dad calling my mom Dingbat.&nbsp; Good times, good times.

[Gvac]

<p>I was gonna say my parents were like Archie Bunker and Alice Kramden.&nbsp; </p><p>I guess I was kind of an Alex P. Keaton type of kid.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Judge Smails]

<p><img src="http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/img/cast/character/livia_soprano.jpg" border="0" width="244" height="145" /></p><p>Watching the early Sopranos was like they got their storylines concerning Tony's mother from my life.&nbsp; Everyone I tell this to thinks I'm exagerating.&nbsp; As an only child I don't have any witness who can vouch for me but I swear to you I'm not over-stating it when I say that my mother IS Livia Soprano.</p>

[Snacks]

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<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Snacks on 1-12-07 @ 1:25 AM</span>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>Father Knows Best</p><p>The Ghost And Mrs Muir(sp?)</p><p>The Courtship Of Eddie's Father </p><p>Patridge Family</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[SinA]

sadly, rosanne

[Kevin]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I was gonna say my parents were like Archie Bunker and Alice Kramden.&nbsp; </p><p>I guess I was kind of an Alex P. Keaton type of kid.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Seriously......How old are you??</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Kevin on 1-12-07 @ 12:05 AM</span>

[PapaBear]

<p>Green Acres.</p><p>OK... My life wasn't anything like that, but my neighborhood is named Green Acres.</p>

[Fat_Sunny]

<strong>PapaBear</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Green Acres. </p><p><font size="2">Oddly Enough, Although Fat Was Raised Up In <strong><em>Father Knows Best</em></strong>, He Has Ended Up As An Adult In <strong><em>Green Acres,</em></strong> Looking&nbsp;Pretty Much Like Homeless Fez, UnShaven And Confused, Living By Himself In The Only Part Of NJ That Still Has Hillbillies!&nbsp; Fat Just Had The Startling Revelation That His Adult Choice Of Lifestyle Is A Rebellion Against His Strict Upbringing.</font></p><p><font size="2">Oh, The Baggage We All Carry!</font></p>

[Team_Ramrod]

<p>I'd say a mix of Rosanne and Fresh Prince...</p><p>Rosanne because we kids fought like animals (I can still remember the first time I hit my brother closed fisted...I felt like shit and still do to this day) and there was always some shit going on within the immediate family and the extended family where my mom and dad were the ones that solved it.</p><p>And Fresh Prince because we had money and never went without. We were by&nbsp;no means spoiled, unless new hockey equipment for the boys and several cars for my sister and her own Pizza restaurant for graduation was spoiled.... Hey wait! I got a hug for grad and bought my own vehicles! What the fuck dad?!</p>

[MHasegawa]

good times after john ames was gone

[Febreeze]

<p>All in the Family.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Oddly enough, Dad looked much like Archie and Mom's real name was Edith. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Who in their mind would name a baby Edith?&nbsp;</p>

[sailor]

<strong>Febreeze</strong> wrote:<br /><p>All in the Family.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Oddly enough, Dad looked much like Archie and Mom's real name was Edith. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Who in their mind would name a baby Edith? </p><p>&nbsp; <font size="2">it was a top 100 <a href="http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html" target="_blank" title="enter the name you're looking for...">name</a> till the 1940s.</font></p>

[Febreeze]

<strong>sailor</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Febreeze</strong> wrote:<br /><p>All in the Family.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Oddly enough, Dad looked much like Archie and Mom's real name was Edith. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Who in their mind would name a baby Edith? </p><p> <font size="2">it was a top 100 <a href="http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html" target="_blank" title="enter the name you're looking for...">name</a> till the 1940s.</font></p><p>She was born in 25' so that would make sense, but I think that there were better options out there. I know that she was never crazy about here name either.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I guess Agnes or Gertrude were a possibility in those days, so it could have been worse&nbsp;</p>

[Yerdaddy]

Imagine the Kostanzas only not Jewish and drunker than 500 Indians on a daily basis. Welcome to my house.

[A.J.]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I guess I was kind of an Alex P. Keaton type of kid.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Funny -- I was going to say &quot;Family Ties&quot; since I spent the better part of my teen years defending Reagan against my Mom's hippie leanings.</p>

[angelinad128]

<strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Patridge Family</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Your family was a musical act that travelled in a school bus?!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I am so jealous!!!</p>

[angrymissy]

<strong>burrben</strong> wrote:<br /><p>married with children</p><p>&nbsp;^^^ Same.&nbsp; My dad is Al Bundy.&nbsp; Actually I just brought him the DVD set for Married with Children for Christmas and he immediately started watching all the old episodes </p>

[reillyluck]

<p>Mama's Family.&nbsp;&nbsp; Without The Hayseed Talk.<img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/happy.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /></p>

[MellySmelly]

The Brady Bunch, except that there were only 4 of us and my dad isn't gay.

[Jujubees2]

<strong>Febreeze</strong> wrote:<br /><p>All in the Family.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Oddly enough, Dad looked much like Archie and Mom's real name was Edith. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Who in their mind would name a baby Edith?&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">My wife's name is Edith.&nbsp; Until I met here the only other Edith I had ever known was Edith Bunker.&nbsp; I just can't imagine a young girl named Edith.&nbsp; It's such an old women's name.</font></p><p><font size="2">As for shows, I probably started with one of my father's all-time favorite shows, Bonanza, and then moved on to The Brady Bunch and Patridge Family </font></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Jujubees2 on 1-12-07 @ 10:16 AM</span>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>The dynamic was definitely Growing Pains or The Cosby Show.&nbsp; I could see a lot of Theo in me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[AKA]

Beverly Hillbillies x All In the Family&nbsp;+ Roseanne - Married with Children&nbsp;x Silver Spoons&nbsp;- Andy Griffith&nbsp;+&nbsp;Donna Reed&nbsp;

[Enabler]

Definetly Roseanne because my mom thought she was a comedian. Small Wonder came scarily close to my real life too, in that all of the cahracters in the main family had the same names as my family. Father named Kevin, mother named Joan, brother Jamie,,,but im not vicky. Even had black frined named Reggie.

[Aggie]

<strong>Yerdaddy</strong> wrote:<br />Imagine the Kostanzas only not Jewish and drunker than 500 Indians on a daily basis. Welcome to my house. <p>Wow. That's gotta be tough. I'm glad you survived!</p><p>Are there any shows where a girl's parents divorce when she's four, they both get re-married and she then has a half&nbsp;brother and sister? I didn't think so. Oh and all four of the parents are lawyers and competitive which made&nbsp;the girl&nbsp;hate confrontation and competing? </p><p>Yeah, it was interesting trying to plead my case when I wanted to go out.</p>

[reillyluck]

<strong>fagenabler</strong> wrote:<br />Definetly Roseanne because my mom thought she was a comedian. Small Wonder came scarily close to my real life too, in that all of the cahracters in the main family had the same names as my family. Father named Kevin, mother named Joan, brother Jamie,,,but im not vicky. Even had black frined named Reggie. <p>Wow!&nbsp; your sister was a robot?&nbsp; Thats awesome! </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>when i think of small wonder i remember the episode where someone gave Vicky Speed and she started to fly.....i loved that show!</p>

[angelinad128]

<strong>fagenabler</strong> wrote:<br />Definetly Roseanne because my mom thought she was a comedian. <font style="background-color: #ffff00">Small Wonder</font> came scarily close to my real life too, in that all of the cahracters in the main family had the same names as my family. Father named Kevin, mother named Joan, brother Jamie,,,but im not vicky. Even had black frined named Reggie. <p><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/mad.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" />&nbsp; I can never watch that show again! </p><p>I was in the hosp a few years back and I woke up to the sounds of the docs trying to revive an old lady who they put in the room with me earlier that day.&nbsp; As the pronounced time of death I turned on the TV and that show was on.</p><p>The worst part was that as I was leaving later that day, she was still on that bed in a body bag!</p>

[Tall_James]

The Bing Crosby Show

[Fat_Sunny]

<p><font size="2">Fat Is Gonna Cast <strong>Aggie</strong> In The Movie <strong><em>Irreconcilable Differences</em></strong>, Where The Precocious And Adorable Drew Barrymore Sues Her Selfish Parents For Divorce!</font></p><p><font size="2">Fat Would Rather Be Raised By The Two Mutants In The Androgony Thread Than By Lawyers!&nbsp; Poor Aggie!</font></p>

[Tall_James]

<strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The dynamic was definitely Growing Pains or The Cosby Show.&nbsp; <strong>I could see a lot of Theo in me.</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Wow.&nbsp; I'm just going to walk away and not go for the obvious joke.</p>

[Tall_James]

<strong>angelinad128</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>fagenabler</strong> wrote:<br />Definetly Roseanne because my mom thought she was a comedian. <font style="background-color: #ffff00">Small Wonder</font> came scarily close to my real life too, in that all of the cahracters in the main family had the same names as my family. Father named Kevin, mother named Joan, brother Jamie,,,but im not vicky. Even had black frined named Reggie. <p><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/mad.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" />&nbsp; I can never watch that show again! </p><p>I was in the hosp a few years back and I woke up to the sounds of the docs trying to revive an old lady who they put in the room with me earlier that day.&nbsp; As the pronounced time of death I turned on the TV and that show was on.</p><p>The worst part was that as I was leaving later that day, she was still on that bed in a body bag!</p><p>Maybe they brought her back as a robot.&nbsp; Wouldn't that be ironic.</p><p>More likely she's now a zombie, walking the earth in search of human brains.</p>

[Jujubees2]

<strong>Tall_James</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The dynamic was definitely Growing Pains or The Cosby Show.&nbsp; <strong>I could see a lot of Theo in me.</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Wow.&nbsp; I'm just going to walk away and not go for the obvious joke.</p><p><font size="2">Nah, no joke.&nbsp; Tenbatsuzen either has eyes in the&nbsp;back of his head or a really good set of mirrors.</font></p>

[Aggie]

<strong>Fat_Sunny</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="2">Fat Is Gonna Cast <strong>Aggie</strong> In The Movie <strong><em>Irreconcilable Differences</em></strong>, Where The Precocious And Adorable Drew Barrymore Sues Her Selfish Parents For Divorce!</font></p><p><font size="2">Fat Would Rather Be Raised By The Two Mutants In The Androgony Thread Than By Lawyers!&nbsp; Poor Aggie!</font></p><p>Yes, poor me. I have such a tough life.</p><p>But I gotta love a guy who talks in third person. Hot. </p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<strong>Aggie</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Fat_Sunny</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="2">Fat Is Gonna Cast <strong>Aggie</strong> In The Movie <strong><em>Irreconcilable Differences</em></strong>, Where The Precocious And Adorable Drew Barrymore Sues Her Selfish Parents For Divorce!</font></p><p><font size="2">Fat Would Rather Be Raised By The Two Mutants In The Androgony Thread Than By Lawyers! Poor Aggie!</font></p><p>Yes, poor me. I have such a tough life.</p><p>But I gotta love a guy who talks in third person. Hot. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We&nbsp; all know about your crush on The Rock.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Yosammity]

<p>The Munsters.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Lumber]

The Partridge Family &amp; The Brady Bunch

[cougarjake13]

married with children

[sr71blackbird]

<p>_{<font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Mine was Star Trek.&nbsp; My father was Capt. Kirk</font>}</p><p><img src="http://files.myopera.com/Chyren/files/obey1.gif" border="0" width="150" height="254" /></p>

[Jughead]

Christmas Story(The Movie) untill I was 9 then the big Divorce....Then well I quess The partridge family My dad went on the road in a band for about 9 years and when he retired from the road I went on the road with a band for 13 years...