Eight is Enough
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Dianne Kay's video they have on You Tube.
Lani O'Grady video:
January 5, 1977 (Season 2, Episode 13): Dianne Kay guested as Joanna Haynes in the episode "The Psychic"
Willie Aames Releases Book (November 1, 2007)
Grace is EnoughWillie Aames / Hardcover (Nov 1, 2007)
Product Description: While actor Willie Aames (Eight Is Enough, Charles in Charge) was at the peak of Hollywood success, his future wife, Maylo Upton, was a teenage runaway, eating out of trash bins and living on the streets to escape the sexual crimes of her cult-ruined mother’s barbaric boyfriend. By the time Willie met Maylo, his star was falling because of sex, drugs, rock and roll, and family problems while her acting career was starting to rise. Together, they found God and got their messy lives clean, but the ghosts from their gritty past would duly roughen the road to victory. Grace Is Enough is their fascinating insider story of fame and infamy, spiritual regrets and renewal, and the ultimate realization that with God all things are possible. It will appeal to and greatly inspire everyone from pop culture fans to the traditional Christian nonfiction reader.
Starting March 1st Eight Is Enough will be on the weekly schedule at 1PM. It will be on the new WMEU-TV "ME-TOO" TV. The new sister channel to WFME-TV 23 "ME-TV" Me-TV is coming to Milwaukee as well, but not sure if Eight Is Enough will be on the schedule. It would be cool, if "ME-TV" affiliates would pop up around the country. WHo knows maybe RTN will pick up the show as well.
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries - Season One (1977) Starring Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson, Pamela Sue Martin (DVD Video)  Please Click the Cart to Purchase or Hover Over to Preview the CD 
One of the episodes features Joan Prather.
In the episode "The Mystery of the Ghostwriter's Cruise", she played Adriane.
Police Squad! The Complete Series (DVD - 2006) Please Click the Cart to Purchase or Hover Over to Preview the CD 
One of the episodes features Connie Newton Needham.
In "Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)" (1982), she played Jill the Ballet Teacher.
Happy Days: Season 2 DVD Video Please Click the Cart to Purchase or Hover Over to Preview the CD 
One of the episodes features Susan Richardson.
In "Fonzie Joins the Band" (1975), she played Carol Danson.
One of the episodes featues Joan Prather.
In "Open House," she played Ruth.
Happy Days: Season 3 DVD Video Please Click the Cart to Purchase or Hover Over to Preview the CD 
One of the episodes features Dick Van Patten.
In "Fonzie the Salesman" (1975), he played Phil Hunsberger.
What's Happening!! - The Complete First Season (DVD - 2004) Please Click the Cart to Purchase or Hover Over to Preview the CD 
One of the episodes features Dick Van Patten.
In "The Burger Queen" (1976), he played Mr. Claxton.
Mulhollands: What Radio Needs To Start Playing (Jan 11, 2008)Nowdays, the cutting edge of modern rock and roll is often found on Myspace and other independent band pages all over the Internet. Fans are sharing what they found with their other fans, who in turn share them with others, and so forth, until a grass roots movement gets some of them on the radio and even an award for a major music award.One band that comes to mind is Gnarls Barkley, whose song "Crazy" was one of the most remembered songs of 2005. He was one of the Internet success stories, albiet, a rare one. With so many soundalike bands coming out on the radio, horrid goth bands, groups whose compositions don't make me feel anything but numbness, I just concluded a few years ago that if you want to hear new music, don't depend on Clear Channel, or Ryan Seacrest anymore. None of them has a pulse on the heartbeat of the Internet music generation. All they want to play all the time is predictable monotonous acts that are gone in two months and stick with the same half-dozen acts that are mostly worn out its welcome. One music act that radio should be embracing, but continues to be ignored, except for this 47 year old middle-aged Internet music man, is one that I've been writing about every now and then and has a pulse on what makes people want to tune into their band, see them perform, and buy their music. I don't see any of the freelancers at The Reader's Blurt section writing much of anything interesting. Hey, Ken Leighton and Jay Allen Sanford. How come you don't write about music that's interesting? Why so much emphasis on punk bands? What about melodic rock bands that we like to hear? Why can't you journalists get it? When will I start seeing more interesting things in Blurt? Why don't the Reader hire some WGA writers? They could come up with better ideas for the Reader's Blurt section than what they're coming out with. Here's an act that the alternative weeklies are completely ignoring. I'm talking about a band that plays at clubs, bars, bowling alleys all over the Southern California outland, except in San Diego as far as I know, but someday, that should change as this band may someday be touring outside the Los Angeles basin where they have been playing for three years as a band. This such band is The Mulhollands. Now, who are the Mulhollands you ask? More on that later, but how they got their name is that they picked their name directly from Hollywood's famed street, Mulholland Drive, known for its long winding road high above the Los Angeles with picturesque views. It's also the street where the band often meets to write songs together. From a myspace blog named at the end of this article: "With her striking eyes and model good looks, lead singer Sarah Jeanette is no stranger to Hollywood. Her mom is Susan Richardson, best known for her role on Eight Is Enough. Her godfather is Dick Van Patten. Growing up in Pennsylvania, she was reportedly offered several modeling jobs (which she turned down) and even acted in her high school play. But after graduation, Jeanette moved to Los Angeles to pursue a different dream – music. Here she met guitarist Jeremy James who also moved to L.A. from Nashville to pursue his dream in music. Together, along with bassist Jeff Mizushima and drummer Danny Alfaro, The Mulhollands have created a power pop sound with a punk attitude. "Last month, in support of their first EP "With Our Eyes Closed," The Mulhollands played their final show of 2007 at The Viper Room. That night's slate included OK Stranger and The New Hotness. This electrifying night also included surprise guests in the crowd including Jodie and Jeff from The Automatic Music Explosion and Gram Rabbit quietly sitting in a corner booth. Jodie even took the stage to sing a couple songs with The Mulhollands. "It's hard not to like The Mulhollands. Jeanette's stage presence seemed natural and unforced, probably due to her upbringing by her famous mother. And with lyrics like, "It's just another sunny day in Southern California" and soaring arrangements in songs such as "Baby Its Alright" and "Beautiful Night" it's only natural that, with their SoCal sound, they list the Beach Boys as one of their influences. Their songs are laced with addicting melodies and catchy lyrics. No doubt about it, The Mulhollands are a SoCal band, their sound reminiscent of an ending road-trip driving down the Pacific Coast Highway, hair blowing in the wind with the top down. Their songs are that good which is not too overpowering but yet still able to generate enough punch to rock your socks off. If the Red Hot Chili Peppers' laid back sound did what it did to identify SoCal rock, The Mulhollands are doing the same by injecting a romanticizing feel to it. "In a city where there are more downs than ups, The Mulhollands are destined for success, their songs such as "Malibu" recently being featured on television shows (most notably last July's special about a certain Beckam couple). They're having fun and playing music on their own terms through pure talent and perseverance. Like the long windy road that they've adopted as their name, The Mulhollands are perched high atop the City of Angels, admiring the view and enjoying the ride."
The Mulhollands Official Site: http://www.myspace.com/themulhollands.
More photos in our pics page are located at
http://www.myspace.com/picksysticks
Please Click Here For The Full Details Eight is Enough is featured in six All-Star Family Feud specials as they battle casts of various TV shows for charity. Many favorite TV stars from the year range of 1977-1985 are also featured.
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This Sunday night, 9/16, “Eight is Enough” heartthrob Dick Van Patten joins Dave to chat about his years on Broadway and his decades in television. Hear the show Sunday 11pm(ET) on WGBB AM-1240 and live audio streaming at http://www.davesgoneby.org/ Says Dave about this week's show, "It’s the journey of child star `Dickie’ Van Patten, who grew up to be Tom Bradford, ranked number 33 in TV Guide’s `Greatest TV Dads of All Time.’ Except in Florida, where the ballots clearly show him trailing behind Mr. Hansen of `Davey and Goliath.’” REMEMBER: 25 vintage DGB episodes are archived as free podcasts at www.theaterpod.com
http://adam.eightisenough.com/ for Adam Rich So when you're done perusing my easy-to-navigate eightisenough.com website or others, please feel free to purchase something from Amazon, MailWasher (which I find very useful as it helped me delete well over 90 percent of the spam that comes in before I download), some MP3 tracks of mine from the Soundclick link, or visit the paid links under the "Visit Our Partners" box to buy some music from comedy music artists that paid to get listed all over the cluster. So far, the EiE Pictures section is generating a lot of traffic and is one of the most popular of the three EiE sections. New subjects under the Eight is Enough section include Cast Timelines and the Year Timeline. And if you have any questions or comments, you can find the "Contact" page on the top and bottom of every page, so there's no need to rummage around the site to find it. A shout-out to my unnamed partners for the excellent job they did to help me design the website hierarchy to make the navigation more fun to explore as past designs proved to be too much sloppy and updating the site was a hassle. We wrote a databank file to store all of the pages, use this 0800.htm page as a template, and a PowerBasic program to create a webpage using the files in the databank and formatted using the template, resulting in a website that I can more easily manage and update with efficiency.
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One of the episodes features Joan Prather.
In the episode "A Visit From Lena Horne" (1973), she played Tour Guide.
