Posts with tag "diffrent strokes"

Sitcom Survivors: As TV Icons Dwindle, These Stars Endure

Posted Jun 6th 2010 at 10:00 AM by Ben Widdicombe

Anyone who has grown up since the invention of television understands the strangely blurred line between sitcom families and real families. Networks encourage us to accept these casts into our home as visiting neighbors, and generally we're happy to oblige. The recent deaths of Rue McClanahan and Gary Coleman have thinned the ranks of these familiar guests. PopEater takes a look at the last ...

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Just Who Bailed Out Gary Coleman?

Posted Jan 27th 2010 at 10:49 AM by Marc Schneider

Gary Coleman was bailed out of a Utah jail on Monday evening after spending 27 hours behind bars over an outstanding warrant, that much we know. Just who bailed out the down-on-his-luck former child star is another question altogether. On one hand, Utah resident and 'Diff'rent Strokes' fanatic Jarrod Clarke has been widely ID'd as the one who forked over the $1,725 to get the actor out of jail. ...

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The Most Kid-Exploiting Moments in TV

Posted Dec 26th 2009 at 09:30 AM by Bruce Haring

It's the most wonderful time of the year, television reminds us, and as many say, the holidays are all about the kids -- a time when families gather in the spirit of the season to renew ties, exchange gifts and reminisce about the good ol' days. At least in most cases. In some families, the gathering is a reminder that the children's growing-up years were filled with TV cameras capturing their ...