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| Growing Pains | |
|---|---|
 Title card from seasons 2–3 | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created past | Neal Marlens |
| Directed by | John Tracy (seasons 1–6) |
| Starring |
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| Theme music composer | John Bettis Steve Dorff |
| Opening theme | "Equally Long Equally We Got Each Other" performed by B. J. Thomas (season 1 solo) and with Jennifer Warnes (seasons two, 3, 5 and most of 7) and Dusty Springfield (season 4); Joe Chemay, Jim Haas, Jon Joyce and George Merrill (seasons 6, part of vii and the series finale) |
| Ending theme | "As Long As We Got Each Other" |
| Composer | Steve Dorff |
| Country of origin | United states of america |
| Original linguistic communication | English |
| No. of seasons | 7[1] |
| No. of episodes | 166 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producers |
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| Photographic camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22–xxx minutes |
| Production companies |
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| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television receiver Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Movie format | NTSC |
| Sound format | Stereo |
| Original release | September 24, 1985 (1985-09-24) [1] – April 25, 1992 (1992-04-25) [one] |
| Chronology | |
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| Related shows | Merely the 10 of Usa |
Growing Pains is an American tv sitcom created past Neal Marlens that aired on ABC from September 24, 1985, to Apr 25, 1992.[ane] The show ran for seven seasons, consisting of 166 episodes. The series followed the misadventures of the Seaver family, which included psychiatrist and father Jason, journalist and female parent Maggie, and their children Mike, Ballad, and Ben.[ii] [3]
Premise [edit]
"Jason: Hello, I'm Jason Seaver. I'm a psychiatrist and I believe in the infinite potential of the homo spirit.
Maggie: And I'g Maggie Seaver. I'1000 a mother, and the infinite potential of the human spirit scares the hell out of me.
Jason: Don't allow her fool you, she's not so tough.
Maggie: Oh yep?
Jason: Yeah, well...anyhow. Last week, after xv years of maternity. Maggie went back to work as a reporter for the local newspaper.
Maggie: And Jason moved his practice into the firm so he could be at that place for the kids.
Jason: They're neat kids.
Maggie: Yep.
Jason: And we take a keen relationship with them.
Maggie: Yes, there's just one problem. Their father trust them, and they know it.
Ben: Unbelievable."
- opening narration of the unaired airplane pilot
"Jason: How-do-you-do, I'chiliad Jason Seaver. I'm a psychiatrist. I've spent the final 15 years helping people with their issues.
Maggie: And I'm Maggie Seaver. I've spent 15 years helping our kids with issues even Jason wouldn't believe.
Jason: Now Maggie has gone back to work as a reporter for the local newspaper.
Maggie: And Jason moved his do into the house and so he could be their for the kids.
Jason: They're groovy kids.
Maggie: Virtually of the time.
Jason: And the rest of the time...
Naggie: Nosotros love them anyway.
Jason: Yeah.
Ben: Unbelievable."
- opening narration from episodes 1 & ii
The show centers on the Seaver family of Huntington, Long Island, New York.[4] Dr. Jason Seaver (portrayed by Alan Thicke), a psychiatrist, works from domicile because his married woman, Maggie (Joanna Kerns), has gone back to work as a reporter. Jason has to accept intendance of the kids: ladies' man and rebellious troublemaker Mike (Kirk Cameron), bookish honors student Carol (Tracey Gold), and rambunctious Ben (Jeremy Miller) who follows Mike as his function model and becomes a troublemaker too.
A fourth child, Chrissy Seaver (twins Kelsey and Kirsten Dohring; Ashley Johnson), is built-in at the beginning of season 4, a day later Ben'southward 12th birthday. She was played in her newborn/baby stage by ii uncredited sets of twin sisters, who remained in the role until season four (1988–89) concluded. By season five (1989–90), she was played in her toddler stage by alternating twins Kirsten and Kelsey Dohring. In seasons vi and seven (1990–92), Chrissy's age was advanced to five years old.
A new bandage fellow member was added for the seventh and concluding season (1991–92) when homeless teen Luke Brower (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brought into the Seaver family to live with them until most the end of season seven.
Often mentioned but rarely seen are the Seavers' next-door neighbors, the Koosmans – a reference to the 1969 Miracle Mets.
Bandage and characters [edit]
Main [edit]
- Alan Thicke as Dr. Jason Roland Seaver
- Joanna Kerns as Margaret Katherine "Maggie" (née Malone) Seaver
- Kirk Cameron as Michael Aaron "Mike" Seaver
- Tracey Gold as Carol Anne Seaver
- Jeremy Miller as Benjamin Hubert Horatio Humphrey "Ben" Seaver
- Ashley Johnson as Christine Ellen "Chrissy" Seaver (seasons 6–7)
- Kelsey and Kirsten Dohring as Christine Ellen "Chrissy" Seaver (toddler) (season v, alternate)
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Luke Brower (season vii)
Recurring [edit]
- Andrew Koenig every bit Richard Milhous "Boner" Stabone (seasons 1–iv, 25 episodes), Mike's friend; left to join the United states Marine Corps
- Chelsea Noble every bit Kate MacDonald (seasons five–7, 22 episodes), Mike'due south girlfriend
- Jamie Abbott equally Stinky Sullivan (seasons 2–6, 19 episodes), Ben'south friend
- Thou. C. Martel as Eddie Ziff (seasons 1–7, nineteen episodes), Mike's friend
- Sam Anderson every bit Main Willis DeWitt (seasons i–7, xiii episodes), Mike's history teacher in season 1, and principal from season two onward
- Betty McGuire as Kate Malone (seasons 1–seven, 12 episodes); Maggie'southward mother
- Lisa Capps as Debbie (seasons 2–4, 12 episodes), Carol's friend
- Rachel Jacobs as Shelley (seasons 2–four, 12 episodes), Carol'south friend
- Gordon Leap as Ed Malone (seasons ane–7, 11 episodes); Maggie's male parent
- Julie McCullough as Julie Costello (seasons 4–five, 11 episodes), Mike's former girlfriend
- Beak Kirchenbauer as Coach Graham Lubbock (seasons 2–3; starred in spin-off Just the Ten of United states of america), gym instructor
- Jane Powell equally Irma Seaver (seasons 4–vi, 8 episodes), Jason's female parent
- Jodi Peterson equally Laura Lynn (seasons 4–6, 6 episodes), Ben's girlfriend/honey interest
- Kevin Wixted as Bobby Wynette (seasons 2–3, 6 episodes), Carol's former boyfriend
- Christopher Burgard as Dwight Halliburton (seasons 7, 6 episodes), Ballad'southward dear interest
- Evan Arnold equally Richie Flanscopper (seasons 1–3, six episodes), Carol's school classmate who has a crush on her
- Fred Applegate as Mr. Fred Tedesco (flavor vii, 4 episodes), principal of the learning addendum where Mike teaches
Episodes [edit]
- ^ Tied with Knots Landing
- ^ Tied with L.A. Law
- ^ Tied with Baby Talk and Davis Rules
Production [edit]
Presently afterwards the cancelation of The Four Seasons, Joanna Kerns auditioned for a new serial in tardily 1984, chosen Growing Pains. She auditioned with Alan Thicke, who was coming off the failure of his TV talk show Thicke of the Night.[six] Kerns joked in many interviews that she and Alan had immediate chemistry, especially when she kissed him on his olfactory organ by accident during their audition together. Kerns and Thicke's chemistry won them both the parts, and the two became great friends off the show; they both had many things in common, including both existence newly divorced and both beingness single parents.[7]
In 1985, Tracey Gold auditioned for Carol Seaver's function on Growing Pains but was non initially bandage. The actress chosen for the pilot was Elizabeth Ward, who had starred alongside Gold in The Hand-Me-Down Kid, a 1983 ABC Afterschool Special.[viii] However, test audiences did non favor Ward in Carol's role, and Gilded promptly replaced her. In 1988 at age 19, Gilt gained some weight over the Growing Pains serial hiatus. That season, the sitcom's scripts chosen for her to be the brunt of fatty jokes from her telly brothers for many episodes in a row.
In Oct 1988, Gold dieted from 133 pounds to about 110 pounds on a medically supervised 500-calorie-a-day (two,100 kJ) diet, merely occasionally, the scripts still included fat jokes at her expense. In her memoir, she says that betwixt 1989 and 1991, she became increasingly obsessed with food and her weight and connected to slowly and steadily lose weight.[9]
Kirk Cameron was an atheist in his early teens.[10] When he was 17, during the superlative of his career on Growing Pains, he became a born-again Christian.[8] Later on converting to Protestant Christianity, he began to insist that plot lines be edited to remove annihilation he thought too adult or inappropriate in Growing Pains.[xi] [8] Cameron'south conversion is said to have alienated him from his fellow cast members, equally he did not invite any of them to his 1991 wedding.[12]
Julie McCullough landed the function of nanny Julie Costello on the prove in 1989. Her character appeared in 8 episodes until McCullough was fired in 1990. Though the show's producers take claimed that her character was never intended to exist permanent and Cameron stated in his 2008 memoir Still Growing that he did not call for her firing, it is alleged McCullough's termination from the testify was a result of Cameron'southward objections to her having posed nude in Playboy, prompting Cameron to claim to the producers they were promoting pornography past hiring McCullough.[eleven] Cameron reportedly did non reconcile with McCullough, who claims that Cameron refused to speak to her during a later meet.[ commendation needed ] She remains critical of him, stating that the public criticism she endured during the controversy damaged her career.
At almost age fourteen, Jeremy Miller received numerous letters from an older male stalker during the run of Growing Pains.[13]
In 1990, Tracey Gold began group therapy in an eating disorder program merely only learned more ways to lose weight. That season, her weight loss problem was touched upon slightly on the serial, when Gilded is seen looking at her body in a carnival mirror and describes to another graphic symbol the distorted image in her caput. In 1991, she started starving herself more than than e'er and vomiting, and lost a massive corporeality of weight, to the indicate that she was admitted to a infirmary in early on 1992.[9] Her lowest weight is estimated to have been virtually 80 pounds. She was suspended from the show for her skeletal appearance. Photos of Gold's emaciated trunk were plastered all over tabloid magazines, and she was one of the first celebrities e'er to be formally outed for anorexia. She final appeared in the 1991 episode, "Menage a Luke," after missing the two prior episodes where her problem is very obvious in some scenes and did not return until the last two episodes of the series in the late spring of 1992. Gold eventually recovered from her years-long struggle and starred in the 1994 tv picture For the Beloved of Nancy, drawing on her ain experiences with anorexia nervosa to portray the championship character.[9]
In 1991, Leonardo DiCaprio became a recurring bandage member on Growing Pains, playing Luke Brower, a homeless boy who is taken in past the Seaver family.[14] Co-star Joanna Kerns recalled DiCaprio beingness "especially intelligent and disarming for his age," just as well mischievous on set.[15] The teenage DiCaprio was cast by the producers to entreatment to the teenage female audiences, simply when the show's ratings did not amend, DiCaprio left.[xiv] He was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Thespian Co-starring in a Television Serial.[16]
In 1992, Alan Thicke appeared in the pilot episode of the sitcom Hangin' with Mr. Cooper. He appeared in the pre-credits teaser scene, alongside series star Mark Curry, humorously referencing the airplane pilot episode being filmed on the aforementioned set used every bit the Seavers' dwelling on Growing Pains.[17]
After the series was canceled, Kirk Cameron did non maintain contact with his former co-stars and did not speak to Tracey Gilt for eight years.[12] Cameron has stated that this was not due to any animosity on his part toward whatever of his former cast-members but an outgrowth of his desire to start a new life abroad from the entertainment manufacture.[18] In 2000, Cameron revealed he apologized to his TV family for some of his prior beliefs, saying, "If I could go back, I think I could make decisions that were less inadvertently hurtful to the bandage--similar talking and explaining to them why I only wanted to take my family at my wedding."[12]
Awards and nominations [edit]
| Year | Association | Category | Nominee/episode | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Immature Artist Awards | All-time Young Actor Starring in a New Television Series | Kirk Cameron | Won |
| 1985 | Best Young Extra Starring in a New Television Series | Tracey Golden | Nominated | |
| 1985 | Best Young Supporting Actor in a New Television receiver Series | Jeremy Miller | Won | |
| 1986 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics | "As Long As We Got Each Other" | Nominated |
| 1986 | Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Series | George Spiro Dibie (managing director of photography) / "My Blood brother, Myself"[ citation needed ] | Won | |
| 1986 | Immature Artist Awards | Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Starring in a Television One-act or Drama Series | Kirk Cameron | Won |
| 1986 | Exceptional Performance by a Immature Role player in a Long-Running Series One-act or Drama | Jeremy Miller | Nominated | |
| 1986 | Exceptional Operation by a Young Actress, Invitee Starring in a Television, Comedy or Drama Serial | April Lerman | Nominated | |
| 1987 | Young Creative person Awards | Best Young Superstar in Telly | Kirk Cameron | Won |
| 1987 | Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor in a Tv One-act Series | Jeremy Miller | Won | |
| 1987 | Best Young Actress Invitee Starring in a Idiot box Comedy Series | Candace Cameron / "The Long Cheerio" | Nominated | |
| 1987 | Best Family unit Comedy Series | Growing Pains | Won | |
| 1988 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics | Song: "Swept Away" / episode: "Aloha" | Nominated |
| 1988 | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite TV Actor | Kirk Cameron | Nominated |
| 1988 | Favorite TV Testify | Growing Pains | Nominated | |
| 1988 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television-Series – Comedy/Musical | Alan Thicke | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Performance by an Player in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Movement Picture Made for TV | Kirk Cameron | Nominated | |
| 1989 | All-time Operation past an Actor in a Supporting Office in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV | Kirk Cameron | Nominated | |
| 1989 | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite TV Evidence | Growing Pains | Nominated |
| 1989 | Favorite Tv set Actor | Kirk Cameron | Nominated | |
| 1989 | Favorite TV Actress | Tracey Gold | Nominated | |
| 1989 | Young Artist Awards | Best Family Television Serial | Growing Pains | Nominated |
| 1990 | Best Young Actor Starring in a Tv Series | Jeremy Miller | Nominated | |
| 1990 | All-time Immature Actor Guest Starring in a Television Series | Kenny Morrison | Nominated | |
| 1990 | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Television receiver Histrion | Kirk Cameron | Won |
| 1991 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Comedy Series | George Spiro Dibie / "Happy Halloween" | Won |
| 1991 | Young Artist Awards | Infrequent Operation past a Young Actress Nether Nine | Ashley Johnson | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Young Histrion Co-starring in a Television Serial | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominated | |
| 1992 | Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress Under Ten | Ashley Johnson | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Outstanding Actress Under X in a Goggle box Series | Ashley Johnson | Nominated |
Spin-off [edit]
Growing Pains spawned the spin-off series, Just the 10 of U.s., which featured Coach Graham Lubbock, Mike and Carol'south gym teacher, moving to California with his large family to teach at an all-boys Catholic school later he was fired from Thomas Dewey High School.
Reunion movies [edit]
In 2000, the cast reunited for The Growing Pains Movie, followed by Growing Pains: Render of the Seavers in 2004. Before the premiere of The Growing Pains Movie, Kirk Cameron described his regrets over how his relationship with his cast mates changed afterwards his religious conversion during the production of the serial, admitting, "I definitely kind of made an about-confront, going toward another aspect of my life," and "I shifted my focus from 100% on the bear witness, to 100% on [my new life], and left 0% on the show—and even the friendships that were a part of that show."[12]
Habitation media [edit]
Warner Home Video has released the first two seasons on DVD in Region 1.[nineteen] In contrast, the Warner Annal Collection released the remaining seasons as a manufactured-on-need title that tin can merely exist available exclusively through Warner'due south online store and Amazon.com.
| DVD proper name | Ep # | Release dates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Region 4 | |||
| Season 1 | 22 | February seven, 2006 | June five, 2007 | |
| Flavor 2 | 22 | April 26, 2011 | North/A | |
| Flavor 3 | 26 | May 21, 2013 | ||
| Flavour 4 | 22 | April fourteen, 2015 | ||
| Season 5 | 26 | July 14, 2015 | ||
| Season 6 | 24 | October 20, 2015 | ||
| Season 7 | 24 | January 26, 2016 | ||
Syndication [edit]
The states [edit]
ABC aired reruns of the show on its daytime schedule from July 1988 to Baronial 1989. The show originally aired at eleven:00 AM (ET) until Jan 1989, when Ryan's Hope was canceled and Habitation was expanded to an hour from 11:00 AM–noon. The reruns moved to apex.
In the fall of 1989, the show was sold to local syndication, which connected until 1997. The show also aired on TBS for several years premiering in October 1993 at 6:35 PM. The testify connected to air on TBS until September 1996.
Reruns aired on the Disney Channel from September 1997 to September 2001. The cablevision rights for the show moved to sister network ABC Family unit, where it ran from 2001 to 2004. It has also aired on ION Idiot box during the fall of 2006 into the spring of 2007.
Nick at Nite began ambulation Growing Pains on Feb 12, 2007, launching with a marathon from ix:00 PM–1:00 AM. Information technology was pulled from the line-up shortly later on, and reruns later moved to sis network Noggin (as function of its teen cake, The N). TeenNick re-aired the serial on Monday, September 13, 2010, in a 5:00 AM hr block, and aired its final showings on Dec 27, 2010.
Growing Pains aired on Up Television receiver from January 2015 to July 2017. Antenna TV began airing the series in December 2017.
It is currently available on the Roku channel (streaming app) equally of November 2019.
Asia [edit]
- Mainland China
- The show was dubbed by Shanghai Television in the late 1980s Chéngzhǎng de Fánnǎo (成长的烦恼; literally "Growing vexation")
- Taiwan
- The bear witness was dubbed by Chinese Television Organization in the 1980s–1990s Huānlè Jiātíng (歡樂家庭; Happy Family)
- Japan
- Growing Pains was dubbed in Japanese, and broadcast by the NHK of Japan in the title of "Yukai na Shiba Ke (愉快なシーバー家)" (Happy Seaver family) from 1997 to 2000
- Indonesia
- Growing Pains was broadcast by RCTI from September 1989 to August 1991 and re-run by SCTV from 1991 to around 1994.
- Philippines
- Growing Pains was aired by PTV-4 with Simulcast on GMA-7 in 1986–1991; it moved to ABC-5 in 1993–2000 with English Dubbed in 1993–1994 & Tagalized in 1994–2000
Europe [edit]
- France
Two books were published in French exclusively about Growing Pains: Cyrille Rollet, Ph.D. (EHESS, Paris),
- Physiologie d'un sitcom américain (voyage au cœur de Growing Pains), (book ane) – Physiology of an American Sitcom (Journey to the Heart of Growing Pains)
- Circulation culturelle d'united nations sitcom américain (volume 2) – The Cultural Circulation of an American Sitcom
- Deutschland
The show aired with the title of Unser lautes Heim (Our noisy dwelling) on ProSieben from 1993.
- Italy
In Italy, the serial aired in 1987 with the title Genitori in blue jeans (Parents in blueish jeans).[20]
- Netherlands
The show aired in 1986 with Dutch broadcast organization AVRO as Growing Pains in English language with subtitles in Dutch.
- Spain
In Spain the series aired with the championship Los problemas crecen (Growing problems) and was dubbed to Spanish. Originally aired in La ii (Spanish TV channel) from the end of the 80s to the starting time of the 90s, and after in Factoría de Ficción channel between 2010 and 2012.
Australasia [edit]
- Commonwealth of australia
- Digital free-to-air channel 7TWO began airing reruns of Growing Pains in October 2010, and reached the last episode in June 2011, replacing it with Dark Court. The Nine Network first aired the show dorsum in the 1980s and 1990s.
- New Zealand
- The show aired on TVNZ'south TV2 on Saturday afternoons in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Turkey [edit]
The show aired at the get-go of the 1990s on Turkey's get-go private Television channel, Star TV.
Latin America [edit]
The evidence was previously aired on Nickelodeon'southward cake, Nick at Nite from 2006 to 2009.
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d "Growing Pains Telly Show: News, Videos, Full Episodes and More than". TV Guide. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ^ "Why Do People Picket These Shows? : A tale of two sitcoms: Audiences oft seem to love what the critics hate". Los Angeles Times. Feb 26, 1989. Retrieved May six, 2022.
- ^ Stransky, Tanner (October seven, 2011). "'Growing Pains': The Seavers explicate why their sitcom makes you go 'Aww'". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Alan Thicke, '80s icon and renaissance human being, wasn't a Long Islander, just he played one on Telly". Newsday. Dec 14, 2016.
- ^ a b "1991-92 Ratings History". The Television set Ratings Guide. Archived from the original on August twenty, 2017.
- ^ James, Emily St (December xv, 2016). "Before his death, Alan Thicke spoke to us about his legacy and being a TV dad". Vox . Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Mr. And Mrs. Seaver From 'Growing Pains' Considered Dating In Existent Life". HuffPost. May half-dozen, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ a b c "The Bandage of 'Growing Pains:' Where Are They Now?". MSN. December 13, 2020. Retrieved May vi, 2022.
- ^ a b c Gold, Tracey; McCarron, Julie (2003). Room to Grow: an Appetite for Life. New Millennium Press.
- ^ Weeks, Lee (July 1, 2019). "Kirk Cameron and Candace Cameron Bure—Hollywood Siblings Leverage Stardom for Audience of 1". Decision. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ a b "Did Kirk Cameron Really Become His Television Wedding Canceled Over a Playboy Advent?". CBR.com. May 1, 2022. Retrieved May six, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Keck, William (November iii, 2000). "TV Family'southward Bandage Gets Over Its Own 'Growing Pains'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- ^ "Show Me That Smile Once again". TMZ.com. February 20, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ^ a b Wight 2012, pp. 331, 275.
- ^ Yahr, Emily (February 23, 2016). "How Leonardo DiCaprio went from being a dorky teenage actor to a superstar". The Independent. Archived from the original on Oct 9, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ "13th Annual Awards". Young Creative person Awards. Archived from the original on February 2, 2000. Retrieved October ix, 2019.
- ^ "Revisit Alan Thicke's hilariously meta guest advent in 'Hangin' With Mr. Cooper'". Me-TV Network. October 13, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "'Growing Pains' stars call out Kirk Cameron for maskless caroling". TODAY.com. December 25, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Growing Pains - Leonardo DiCaprio Joins the Cast for the Terminal, '7th Season'". TVShowsOnDVD.com. December 21, 2015. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.
- ^ "Genitori in blue jeans, che fine hanno fatto i protagonisti?". Tvzap (in Italian). Dec xiv, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
Bibliography [edit]
- Wight, Douglas (2012). Leonardo DiCaprio: The Biography. Blake Publishing. ISBN1782197273.
External links [edit]
- Growing Pains at IMDb
- Growing Pains French website (in French)
- Growing Pains Archived 2018-06-25 at the Wayback Motorcar at UP TV Network
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growing_Pains
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