In my middle school years I had a pretty intense obsession with the television show Growing Pains. In retrospect, I remember almost nothing about it besides Kirk Cameron (oof), Leonardo DiCaprio, the show’s writing giving Tracy Gold a real-life eating disorder, and “
I've never listened to Saves the Day, and my punk exposure has been minimal. It will be on my list of things to do tomorrow, after talking to a shit ton of parents about their children. That said, I got really excited at the start of your post. For some reason, as a kid, I really enjoyed Head of the Class, Perfect Strangers, and Mr. Belvedere. Oh! And Night Court. Go figure. I had no idea what was going on in these sitcoms, but there are just certain characters that really appeal to children.
My heroes. Growing up I was a fan of 80's and early 90's wrestling. The personalities were phenomenal. The costumes and gimmicks were catchy. Even the theme music held a special place in my heart. Sometime in my teens I became disconnected from the fandom. The attitude era came along and I just lost interest. I'm still not into the professional wrestling scene of the present day. I do follow what's going on with articles through Sportster and podcasts from Jim Cornette. Well, we all know how the wrestlers in the 80's got their massive size. It was easy to guess which ones were "juicing." But it's always a disappointment to hear when they pass away. Oh, well. I really enjoyed the article, as always.
Thanks for always supporting these and leaving comments, Charlie! That Growing Pains episode is intrinsically linked to these experiences, but I'm going to have to do a newsletter on all the "classic" sitcoms I grew up on and only half-remember now at some point. I ended up kinda wanting to talk about it more too.
The only celebrity death that's really rocked me so far in my life was Adam West's, but the day a musician I'm deeply invested in passes, I'm going to go off the deep end probably. All my friends got into wrestling with Attitude so I can't say I know a ton about the pre-era. In current wrestling I know John Cena is pretty divisive, but I'm very fond of him outside the ring. I think he holds the world record for the most Make-A-Wish foundation wishes granted? That's very kind when he doesn't necessarily have to be.
I've never listened to Saves the Day, and my punk exposure has been minimal. It will be on my list of things to do tomorrow, after talking to a shit ton of parents about their children. That said, I got really excited at the start of your post. For some reason, as a kid, I really enjoyed Head of the Class, Perfect Strangers, and Mr. Belvedere. Oh! And Night Court. Go figure. I had no idea what was going on in these sitcoms, but there are just certain characters that really appeal to children.
My heroes. Growing up I was a fan of 80's and early 90's wrestling. The personalities were phenomenal. The costumes and gimmicks were catchy. Even the theme music held a special place in my heart. Sometime in my teens I became disconnected from the fandom. The attitude era came along and I just lost interest. I'm still not into the professional wrestling scene of the present day. I do follow what's going on with articles through Sportster and podcasts from Jim Cornette. Well, we all know how the wrestlers in the 80's got their massive size. It was easy to guess which ones were "juicing." But it's always a disappointment to hear when they pass away. Oh, well. I really enjoyed the article, as always.
Thanks for always supporting these and leaving comments, Charlie! That Growing Pains episode is intrinsically linked to these experiences, but I'm going to have to do a newsletter on all the "classic" sitcoms I grew up on and only half-remember now at some point. I ended up kinda wanting to talk about it more too.
The only celebrity death that's really rocked me so far in my life was Adam West's, but the day a musician I'm deeply invested in passes, I'm going to go off the deep end probably. All my friends got into wrestling with Attitude so I can't say I know a ton about the pre-era. In current wrestling I know John Cena is pretty divisive, but I'm very fond of him outside the ring. I think he holds the world record for the most Make-A-Wish foundation wishes granted? That's very kind when he doesn't necessarily have to be.