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What year did Growing Pains debut on air?
1984
1985
This ABC network sitcom aired its pilot on September 1985.
1986
1987
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The show’s story takes place in which US state?
New Jersey
New Hampshire
New York
The show family’s residence is in Long Island, New York.
New England
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What is the name of the family featured in this show?
Laverne
Shirley
Jackson
Seaver
The sitcom revolves around the domestic life of the Seaver family in a suburb in Long Island.
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What is the name of the father of the Seaver household?
Hellie
Jason
Jason Seaver was played by Alan Thicke.
Chuckie
Freddie
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What is dad Jason’s occupation?
lawyer
doctor
Jason is a psychiatrist, to be exact.
fireman
engineer
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What is the name of the Seaver mom?
Maggie
Maggie was played by Joanna Kerns.
Leila
Cassandra
Michelle
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In this domestic role reversal storyline unusual in the ‘80s, who gets to stay at home?
the son
the daughter
the mom
the dad
Dad Jason stays at home where he runs his medical practice, since Mom Maggie needs to work outside of the house.
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What is Maggie’s profession?
gardener
caterer
journalist
Maggie worked for a newspaper during the first few seasons.
housekeeper
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Maggie later had a job offer and a change of jobs. What was that newer job?
reporter
Maggie worked as a news anchor, but later left this job, too.
editor
cameraperson
executive producer
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Towards the end of the show, what job did Maggie have?
proofreader
typist
mailroom clerk
columnist
Maggie became a columnist so she can work from home.
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What is the name of the eldest Seaver child?
Clint
Mike
Mike was played by Kirk Cameron.
Arnold
Todd
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Mike is often described as being of this kind of a person.
pathological liar
homophobic racist
ladies' man
Even though Mike is sort of a heartthrob, he’s had serious relationships as well.
con artist
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What is the name of the second Seaver child?
Karina
Chloe
Carol
Carol was played by Tracey Gold.
Katrina
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What is Carol Seaver’s characteristics as a teen?
nerdy
bookish
straight A student
all of the above
Carol Seaver is obviously the achiever of the lot.
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This future movie superstar was once a guest on the show.
Ben Affleck
Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt played a transfer student which was being paired to Carol.
Matthew Broderick
Steven Seagal
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What age was Ben when he suddenly becomes a big brother to the youngest Seaver child?
10
11
12
Mom Maggie actually goes into labor during Ben’s 12th birthday bash.
13
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In which university does Carol end up studying?
Harvard University
Stanford University
Columbia University
Columbia University is considered as an Ivy League institution.
Brown University
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What is the name of Mike’s close friend during the first half of the show’s run?
Skinner
Boner
Boner was played by Andrew Koenig.
Folder
Mulder
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This famous son of actor Alan Thicke also made a guest appearance in the show.
Rocky Thicke
Rodio Thicke
Ruben Thicke
Robin Thicke
Robin played a teen character named Ralph.
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This longtime publication included Jason Seaver in their list of 50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time.
Sights and Sound
TV Guide
To be included in this list of TV Guide certainly makes the show important.
Reader's Digest
Time Magazine
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This Friends star appeared in the show as a recurring guest with a poignant role.
David Schwimmer
Rick Moranis
Matthew Perry
Matthew played Sandy, Carol’s boyfriend.
Matt LeBlanc
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What happened to Carol’s boyfriend Sandy, which led to his exit from the show?
he became a priest
he died
The producers thought that a death would deliver a timely message to teen viewers of the show.
he left for Spain
he moved
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What was the cause of death of Sandy?
poisoning
injuries from a car accident
The producers wanted to show what might happen when teens drink and drive, so this death is a cautionary tale of sorts.
murdered
fell off a cliff
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What is the name of the youngest Seaver child?
Fatima
Chrissy
Chrissy was played by Ashley Johnson.
Luna
Marcia
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This future movie superstar became a regular cast member during the final season of the show.
Brad Pitt
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leo played Luke, a homeless kid taken in by the Seavers in the show.
Bruce Willis
Matt Damon
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This other future movie superstar also appeared in the show as a pre-teen guest.
Hilary Swank
Hilary played a classmate of the kids.
Jennifer Aniston
Angelina Jolie
Winona Ryder
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Kirk Cameron’s sister, also an actor, guested several times in the show. What is her name?
China Cameron
Candy Cameron
Candace Cameron
Candace Cameron played Ben’s classmate on the show.
Cindy Cameron
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This serious illness was suffered by Tracey Gold in real life, partly affected by the jokes written in on the show.
Tourette's
diabetes
anorexia
Due to many fat body shaming jokes in the script, Tracey got affected in real life, making her one of the earliest spokespersons about this condition. She was able to recover, though.
depression
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Another real-life change, this time with Kirk Cameron, sometimes affected the reel life of the show. What was this change?
being vegan
being anorexic
being a born again Christian
Kirk converted to being a born again Christian during the height of his popularity in the show, which sometimes caused conflicts with producers and co-stars due to a clash with his new beliefs.
being famous
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It is said that Kirk had recurring guest actress Julie McCullough fired from the show because she posed for this magazine.
Life
Time
Playboy
Due to Kirk’s new faith, it was reported that he disliked this fact about Julie, who was playing his girlfriend, so he had her replaced.
Us Weekly
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How was Julie McCullough’s girlfriend character written off?
she died
she eloped with someone else
she stood up Mike at the altar
Mike got another girlfriend after this one left, though.
she fell off a ravine
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How many reunions did this show have?
0
3
2
The reunion episodes of the show were made into TV movies.
4
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The first reunion was called The Growing Pains Movie. What was the second reunion show called?
Growing Pains: More Pains
Growing Pains: More Growing
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
This second TV movie appeared in 2004.
Growing Pains: Seaver Overload
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