Family - Prelude (1979 with Leif Garrett/Kristy McNichol)

Buddy's crush on her swimming coach leads to problems with Zack (Leif Garrett). Kate considers contacting a former flame.

[@hawaiianessence]

😢missing the good old days of when me and my momma would watch this TV series together. Just hearing the intro brought back so much great memories.❤🥰

[@Jwdude123]

Nobody cares. It’s 2023 bow down to negros and check your privilege and obey the liberal Dems

[@hawaiianessence]

@@Jwdude123 you’re an Idiot with a capital “I”!!!

[@Alwayshopeful100]

For me too!! ❤

[@hawaiianessence]

@@Alwayshopeful100 💞

[@tinatalks]

I too gave wonderful memories of watching this show with my grandparents. One of my favorite TV shows. So real, and such important life topics!!

[@tanyashipp5527]

I sooo miss the 70's and 80's. Life WAS great then. Peaceful as heck.

[@Person-mh6xq]

Simpler. I’d go back in a moment - especially if I knew all that know now.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@Person-mh6xq So much agree!

[@musicqueen6617]

Agreed!!! I truly miss the 70s as well. I wish I could re-live my childhood all over again. AWESOME CHILDHOOD MEMORIES❤❤❤❤❤

[@aldapacheco1203]

I missed it too

[@Twinklez63]

Peaceful somewhat yes

[@fajrsahar157]

No computers. Life was directly in front of you without distractions. Privacy was easy to maintain.

[@m.e.d.7997]

In someways I think we are more private now. But yes you did have life in front of you and you lived it head on. You knew your neighbors and many became your friends. Not the same now. We do not need them to feel connected. Creativity in music and television is not existing now like it was in those pre tech decades. At least I grew up experiencing all that back then though.

[@jipfluffy2143]

And ironically it took technology to rewatch these old shows. Binged these on my cell phone

[@XxowendanxX]

Not if you lived in the Lawrence household

[@snopesshop1903]

A thousand track suits and Buddy goes jogging in a vest and slacks

[@lezliecunningham5484]

Every time I hear this intro I become emotional. How lucky to have been raised in this loving family.

[@Monamika84]

Yeah, so imagine my surprise when in one of the episodes I found out that the dad cheated on the mom

[@lottiewright6836]

@@Monamika84 and in this episode shes looking up her old flame

[@karenryan6654]

At least it's realistic enough to show that no family is perfect.

[@robbentley4497]

Leslie, it’s a fictional show!!

[@robbentley4497]

@@karenryan6654 Karen, good accurate point

[@ursulaibarcena2739]

I had never seen this show before on my life, I found it accidentally. I love it!! Really good topics, realistic and good feeling. It’s different.

[@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank]

I have never seen this show either. I wish i had.

[@miggans21012]

About all the episodes are this good.

[@debbieschultz2224]

I too grew up watching this show. They don’t have shows like this any more. Thank you

[@truthb4ureyesgoodgrl911]

That's for sure... so much crap nowadays 😉

[@rodneysexton1034]

I would rather watch Family anyday. I do not know t I get Decades in Virginia. This is a great show.

[@susanflanagan8010]

Yes, they also don’t portray a sports coach calling a teen he is coaching “cutie “. It’s incredibly inappropriate. I used to watch this show too and I’d wonder how Kristy McNichol could always speak her mind in a way that most teenagers couldn’t.

[@peggysullivan5396]

@@susanflanagan8010 yea back then people didn’t make a big deal like today. Today he’s be arrested lol that’s why 70s so great

[@susanflanagan8010]

@@rodneysexton1034 What are you talking about? Fake news media? We’re talking about a 1970s tv show. Geez.

[@John-xq4xb]

A super big thank you to ever post this on the series. Yes 1979 I was in high school so was so much fun so many wonderful memories of the 70s in the 80s. Well life was fantastic and it’s so great to see so many people thinking the 70s and 80s were great. We can never go back. At least we have some fantastic members of the most iconic childhood. I miss these days because this is when I had my entire family with me now they’re mostly gone and I’m sad as I sit here crying watching your babies and memory what it was like to help family.

[@vickilanger1228]

I feel the same way as you do..............

[@spiritmatter1553]

I feel for you! Lost the first one of my three siblings this year.

[@moemcgovern7345]

Family was just a Great show, with a Great cast. We don’t have shows like this today.

[@pathough2100]

I guess that’s why so many people are watching it on here.

[@moemcgovern7345]

@@pathough2100. I Love Retro!

[@1970sGirl]

Leif - soooo loved him, back in the day! Sooooooo freakin' CUTE !!

[@trainer1158]

This reminded me of being in jr. high in the early ‘70s and having mad crushes on the high school and college boys at the pool each summer. One year my friend and I zeroed in on one gorgeous high school senior and his buddy. We worshipped them from afar mostly, but somehow (I can’t recall how) we made contact and they were so kind to us without ever being inappropriate or leading us on. The buddy had a pink Mustang and would offer us a ride if he saw us walking. I’ve certainly thought about them over the years, but this episode made me experience those tender feelings again.

[@christyb7590]

When the world was real and we actually learned something in childhood.

[@michelewuensch8468]

The 70s...when some people still had real families...

[@michelewuensch8468]

The 70s...when some people still had real families...

[@miggans21012]

​@@michelewuensch8468Unfortunately by the time I was in high school in the early 80s most of the kids had step parents and step siblings.

[@user-jv8ht9wg9r]

unless you were black,gay, or anything different, in that case we are happy for today in comparison.

[@christyb7590]

@@user-jv8ht9wg9r This program included all types of races as well as the gay communities. They were cancelled b cause the chosen topics were too deep and provoking.

[@lauriesmith5008]

Makes me sad to Lief and the potential he had. I hope his life is good now.

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

It was all fake.

[@dorothykilgallenwasmurdere1653]

@@JamesRichards-mj9kwyes he admitted it was never him singing at all.

[@KA-mq4wj]

I never had supportive people around me growing up, including any parents, let alone school teachers. I remember gym teachers making fun of me so much that I quit sports. I then became very depressed, overweight and very alone. This show is one of my favorites but also so bittersweet. I missed out on so much growing up. No wonder I wanted to be Kristy McNichol growing up. It wasn’t her per se but it was that she had the perfect life I craved. Attention, nurturing from a loving family.

[@lilalicata616]

I think that’s why so many of us love this show. We can dream that we had a good nurturing family while growing up.

[@pezmezsez9565]

This was filmed in the town I grew up in and that pool was my high school pool. Great memories and Leif Garret was the only teen star I ever had a crush on. I was madly in love with him. Remember the tv show "Three For the Road" with Vince Van Patten??

[@serenatwilite4005]

You were so lucky! I lived in a small town on the other side of the country. I would have died to live in Ca anywhere near the Family house. My entire growing up years I begged my parents to move to Ca. I remember "Three for the Road", watching it and reading about it in Tiger Beat magazine. When my sister and I would play with our Barbies, I would pretend mine was dating Vince Van Patten and hers would be dating Leif Garrett. She was younger so I let her have Leif, lol, but I loved him, too.

[@dorothygale5672]

I remember Apples Way

[@cecivelarde2579]

😊 oh my gosh I remember 3 for the road! I had tiger beat pics of Leif Garrett along with Robby Benson and John Travolta on my bedroom walls. I shared these with Leif Garrett with my 25 year old daughter who now understands my Leif Garrett crush lol

[@melaniebrownwelch9191]

I thought Leif Garret hung the stars and the moon!!! He was such a gorgeous lil dude back in the day!

[@oneeyeddog3045]

Those were the days

[@whoru3485]

Love Sada Thompson! She gets such a genuine look of affection for Buddy.

[@cedricliggins7528]

I love her too. Had a crush on her back in the day

[@rodneysexton1034]

Dada Thompson was very protective of Kristy on the set of Family.😀

[@cedricliggins7528]

Leif Garret was hell of an actor. They should have made him a regular

[@minamitchell2025]

I've been binge watching this and it makes so..happy 😊 I grew up in the 70s I was 13yrs old when this first came out and i had lief Garrett posters all over my wall my first crush🥰

[@cedricliggins7528]

I had poster of Kate Sada Thompson on my wall. No kidding. Really loved this woman back in the day

[@ddivincenzo1194]

My crush was Clark Brandon.

[@mscarolynnigro]

Wow..... How different the world was when I was a child. It was better then .

[@Person-mh6xq]

Absolutely.

[@AstralPixie]

Data from Star Trek and teen heart throb, Leif Garrett!! Again, thanks for posting.

[@saltress1126]

The Best time to grow up...slow. We HAD 🌈☀️ a childhood! 🤗📺💌📬📚📖⏰☎️📽🏊‍♀️

[@fajrsahar157]

When rainbows were not associated with a political activist group

[@jennifers8843]

@@fajrsahar157 💯

[@majorpayne100]

Leif Garrett is a dream 💭

[@beckyburkert7729]

I wish they would bring this show back on t.v. I really loved that show!

[@cedricliggins7528]

A remake would be nice or even a prequel.

[@angieyauger295]

I like to Kristy mckñichol and Nancy McKeon together

[@lb1262dt]

Leif Garrett and Kristie MCnichol. So cute!! Thanks for uploading!! Love these!!❤❤✌✌😘😘😘😘🙋🙋💖💖❤❤💕💕✌.

[@marilyndelacruz463]

Yes they look good together! Kristy mcnochol is sooo beautiful and leif Garrett is so handsome. Hope they got married in real life! Their children should be handsome and pretty too!

[@lindah5011]

@@marilyndelacruz463 she is a lesbian, married to a woman.

[@jessem7556]

@@lindah5011 Rumor Leif Garrett knocked her up and they ended up at PLANNED PARENTHOOD in Burbank!!

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@jessem7556 Leif ended up having a lot of problems as he got older sadly.

[@kprieto2655]

@@marilyndelacruz463 They were a real life teen couple (maybe just for the teen mags!) Eventually they grew up and lead very different lives.

[@christianbrother4724]

I miss the 70s. Seemed less psychotic than today.

[@AmyLee-oe1jr]

I was thinking the very same thing.. I was born in 70 n went thru the 70s,80s,90s & when 2000 came along we all thought the world was going to end lol 😆since then I've watched the world get more crazy... every year! I wanna be a kid again in the 70s

[@echt114]

@@AmyLee-oe1jr Hmm. I think the crazy gradually started around 2013 or so and accelerated into lunatic land around 2016.

[@kprieto2655]

Social issues are not new. They've been around since the beginning of humanity. If you were a kid in the 70s, then you were simply unaware of the issues of the day, but they existed then as they do now. We just have access to more information and weapons and yet we are still struggling with equality to name one issue

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@AmyLee-oe1jr It was a great time to be a kid or a teen. Fun times

[@musicqueen6617]

Agreed!!!! I wish a time machine existed so I could re-live it all over again. I truly miss the 70s. Nothing but wonderful times. AWESOME CHILDHOOD MEMORIES ❤❤❤

[@GD-me2lv]

Family. This show is better than I remember. And I remember it as terrific!!!

[@soulshaker9018]

I absolutely love this show thank you Xanthas71 !!!✌🇺🇸❤

[@altheaharris]

Thank you for posting this it warmed my heart. Back to a simpler time and space.

[@Devo13]

I know. Feels good to see this kinda show again.

[@crsmith845]

Omg sure miss there days. Watching. Family and. Eight is. Enough🎬😥 Rip to my sister who passed away from cancer😥💔

[@marleysankor]

*Kristy McNichol and Leif Garrett* Thank~You For The Memories~~ 💞🌸💞

[@angelacook6290]

'FAMILY' was a great television show. Im many ways a modern day 'The Waltons.' I was in 5th or 6th grade when the series was on. I read there were some staff from 'The Waltons'. Great writing and cast. Ed Zwick was on credits... he went on to lead some of my gav shows decades later - 'Once and Again' and 'ThirtySomething'. I eben thought...i could live in Pasadena. Lol

[@LiPo5000]

We had several great family television shows as a teenager in school. "SNL" - Saturday Night Live, Happy Days - this show ran 10 years, the Walton's, MASH, Eight is Enough, Happy Days, Beverly Hillbillies, Laverne & Shirley, Great Video Musicals, "All in the Family", the Jeffersons, Sanford & Son, the Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Little House on the Prairie, The Dukes of Hazzard, "DALLAS", The Love Boat, Three's Company - RIP John Ritter, "Good Times", and there are just too many more for me to sit down and list. I know I have missed several other great shows from the 60s, the 70s, and the 80s! Those were the days! We didn't have Video games, Cell Phones, and all the other electronics we have today. Some Days I wonder if this is the reason we have so much crime today with our teenagers. When Dark Thirty came around, the Sun was just about gone, you had no choice but to go home and get ready for your next day at school. We also had a lot of Outdoor Sports during these same years. Sadly, when my kids went through school, they could NOT even tell me the days they were playing, NOR could they tell me who was on the teams of all the sports. BASEBALL was the big sports for my kids. I think the reason for this is "Ben McDonald" was a neighbor who lived about a mile down the road from us. We lived in the country. We had Farms, no subdivisions. I have to say "Big Ben" kept Baseball alive in our small country community, and still does. Over the years we had other athletes who went on to various PRO Sports Teams. We knew them, but Ben was the man. Well it was BIG Ben, then SHAQ, and then "JOE BURROUGH", "SHAQ" was the other GREAT star who came from LSU. "Big Ben" was first, then just a few short years the SHAQ name was all over the place. SHAQ was a BIG Teddy Bear who love to play around, and still does. SHAQ still comes around, and he loves watching the LSU Sports Teams play. It's great seeing SHAQ walk around. You always knew it was SHAQ as he usually had his LSU Shirts or Jerseys on. Plus he was a good 1.5' ft to 2.0' ft taller than everyone else. LOL We love them all, and we love all of them supporting our future Pro's! Thanks Guy's!

[@saugusguy]

You cant help but see this and want to go back to 16...the future was still yours..so hopeful and full of living every new experience...i want to fall in love for the first time again

[@Person-mh6xq]

Yes, yes, yes. An open future again. Would love that so.

[@tinaehrob384]

Me too

[@kenedie4646]

I watched this show when it was on tv. I loved Kristy McNicol.,..

[@vgrandy95]

I truly miss those wonderful days that I actually took for granted ❤❤❤

[@AmyLee-oe1jr]

Wish I could've been half as assertive as Buddy .. wow

[@LM-kn3kl]

A genuine thank you for posting these on here, Ive wanted to see the later seasons for so long since they wont sell them on disc (argh! i will still purchase them if they ever do). I grew up watching these its been years since Ive seen them and this is a great time for me to see them to help divert my attention from a health issue I have. Anyway thank you !!!

[@tinamckenna7514]

Same here. I hope your health condition improves.

[@terrycarrelli1887]

Thank you for posting.

[@silvanabullentini9273]

Hope you get healed!!!🙏

[@wisdomseeker3362]

I am really enjoying watching these episodes. A Tuesday morning and I'm hooked for the day. Wholesome shows to bring back really good memories!💗

[@barbbrown8058]

Great show, i watched it every week as a teenager. Christy McNicol and Leif Garrett were hot commodities back then, on every talk show , movies, etc.

[@pamrush5078]

I grew up watching this show

[@megntx1]

I NEVER missed an Episode. I really was a fan... LOVED Buddy! But, now I see how this show might have added to my 'teenage angst'. It was kind of depressing and angsty.

[@guac1967]

i watched this show back in the 70;s when i was in grade school. a simpler time,

[@maureenterlizzi6594]

Greatest tv show ever produced, then and now!!!! There has never been anything near the quality of Family. Shame they didn’t take the remaing living cast members and start up the series in the continuem. Would have been great, with writers of the previous caliber.

[@rachzenou5657]

I really liked Leif as an actor .. I wish he would of been in more episodes. 2 episodes didn't feel like enough .

[@netpaglinawan4329]

Ohhhh so nice....seeing my crush leif Garrett remembering running after his van shouting his name and guess what?he stopped to meet us....I can never forget that .....

[@lynn1464]

That is awesome

[@chrissttiiee]

I was 10 yo when this series came out. I wanna go back ....

[@kimbeard756]

I grew up watching this show!!!! Loved it!!!!!!

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

Marshal Colt (Jason) co-starred in Lottery! (Fall '83, Winter '84), one of my favorite television shows, when I was about 9 years old. It aired every Friday night after Benson, and I never missed an episode.

[@veronicarivero8644]

🙏💕⛵👌✌Thank you sooooo Much! For sharing these videos with us!❤💛💚🌸☕

[@susieadams9246]

I didn't know about this show until now but its a awesome show

[@DeeDee-il7zk]

There's no way this boy would be interested in buddy!

[@LisaHerman1963]

I never understood how she could pick that guy over Leif Garrett!!!

[@MsAb-cp9lk]

Well I think in real life that would never happen . Buddy looked like a lesbian.

[@LisaHerman1963]

@@MsAb-cp9lk lol True

[@patriciatardugno4463]

I'm surprised no one is telling Buddy what the Laws are about adults &/or teacher - child/tween/teen professional relationships & professionalism. Where is the 40 year old little sister character when you need her. That little girl who knows everything.

[@cathyizzo7886]

Hahaha the 40 yo little sister. I love her but that's the best description of her.

[@MeMe-mt6xv]

What about HIM! He's the adult working with youths.

[@lizmagu3189]

​@@MeMe-mt6xvThank you!! Not one comment about the inappropriate relationship they were having. He, as the adult, should have never let it happen... Leif deserved better! 😂

[@miggans21012]

If it didn't involve Nancy then Nancy wasn't interested.😂

[@user-se1ev7my6f]

@patriciatardugno4463 I was in HS in the early to mid 70’s. There were no rules in place about teachers being involved with students. 2 of my HS teachers, one male, one female, were involved with students (only 2 of which we were aware). When the administrators became aware, they moved those teachers to the Jr High schools. In Jr High I had a typing teacher who was Italian, wore tight, low cut tops with tight mini skirts. So many boys took her class. I remember she always sat on her or a student’s desk with her legs crossed and swinging her leg🙄. Things are now different. I don’t think parents ever gave a thought to the fact there may be/were inappropriate relationships between adults and children back then. But, when it was found out, nobody was ever arrested/held accountable.

[@MarkHarrison733]

It wasn't believable that Leif would have been interested in her.

[@debra13]

It wasn't believable that she would continue to be interested in HIM- he was not appealing- immature, controlling, didn't like him and Buddy sensed these things about him.

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

@@debra13 She looked like a man.

[@susanszabo7130]

I dont like the way that man broke Buddys heart, It reminds me of how someone once broke mine the same way. Im crying

[@rubytuesday5412]

I had Leif Garretts name all over my school bags and books and his posters on my walls!

[@moemcgovern7345]

I could watch this over and over.

[@SarahRenz59]

OMG, I didn't even recognize Brent Spiner (Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation) as the assistant swim coach! Wild!

[@sherecetalley665]

I really enjoyed this episode. Please post several videos of the later seasons of Family. It's unfortunate the show is not in syndication and the later seasons are not available on DVD. These shows bring back great memories of my childhood.

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

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[@sherecetalley665]

@@user-mj8nf2vp7q Thank you so much for sharing the playlist. I so appreciate it! Any other episodes you find, please feel free to share.

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

@@sherecetalley665 They're all mostly there...at least Seasons 3-5. ...The thanks goes to Xanthas 71 for sharing these excellent episodes with us! Thanks Xanthas!😊

[@rodneysexton1034]

Get a partition drive started to get the three remaining seasons of Family on dvd and I will gladly sign it.In

[@spiritmatter1553]

“Family” was in syndication during the early days of cable.

[@alondralabute2310]

The dark haired guy who played Jason's assistant coach was Brent Spiner who played Data on "Star Trek the Next Generation." I never would have recognized him.

[@girlgeniusnyc272]

Dude that swim meet was INTENSE! :)

[@steelethescene]

Rather have Leif Garret than Jason O’Connor lol

[@bonniealfonso1529]

I was so annoyed when Buddy dumped Zack because he was really, really cute and Buddy wasn’t pretty at all, she was so boyish looking and that show portrayed her as a very pretty and popular girl who won all the cute guys hearts. I loved Leif Garrett so much, even though Christy and Leif were quite a few years older than me. Christy did look great in empty nest.

[@Xanthas71]

She wasn't gorgeous, but she was cute and definitely had a sweet and caring personality which is why she would have been popular.

[@joycepino5346]

Didn't his character try to have sex with Buddy. Not a great guy.

[@Oohmyymiaa]

He dumped her...

[@wombatlittle1]

No I think she is really cute and quite charismatic

[@farhanarahman9009]

Loved the 1970,s my childhood loved Kristy Mcnichol and family ❤️

[@hellensung-1675]

Leif Garrett was so cute & pretty. He's my Idol then & now.

[@heidithomas5455]

Hope you haven't seen him lately. It could be a disappointment. Keep these old images of him in your mind.

[@dandiacal]

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[@pattiburtonsalmonsen3202]

I loved how J O’Connor had his girlfriend show up at the pizza 🍕 parlor she got so mad 😡 and jealous, now she found out how Zach felt!

[@XxowendanxX]

Not the same thing

[@UnkleSambo]

I saw this same show about the high school swim teacher and the 16 year old student...Oh no that was DATELINE!

[@The70sGal-mf2xc]

Back before life got turned into a shit show. Ahh...The good old days.

[@skullduggery3377]

this whole family never finishes their breakfast or wheat germ shake.

[@color-head1696]

hahaha ... thought so too yesterday ... if it wouldnt be FAR too much work I d edit all the "standing up from kitchen table" scenes to one stream ... might be 1 hour of standing up with 1 ton of left overs on the plates ;-)

[@skullduggery3377]

@@color-head1696 - yeah, these upper middle-class families are so wasteful...

[@FreedomPost]

sküll düggery yea I noticed that too. Wasteful as hell.

[@julieklas184]

And mom was always left to clean up...not one of them even took a cup or plate from the table! Willie lives in their guest house, but mooches meals and then takes off...not terribly responsible adult offspring!

[@beachgirl9823]

We all had a crush when we were her age, yes? Mine was my math teacher in high school. Mr. Andrew Clair. OMG! I was so in love with him .....well, I thought I was but really it was a crush.

[@yesgirl7659]

i have a few leif Garrett songs on my playlists 😁

[@theresa42213]

l _LOVED_ Leif Garrett! Had posters of him everywhere! He was a good little actor! He's a nice person too apparently. Addiction issues _suck!_ He was in the worst place for that! l still like him, and am not ashamed of it! He was a KNOCKOUT kid!!!

[@SkyBlue-qn8me]

Buddy was about to cut up the coach's hoodie! He lent it to her, not gave it to her. What a brat!

[@jenniferfontana2158]

First boy crush! Leif Garrett!!!

[@butchmccain1771]

First girl crush! Kristy McNichol!!!

[@LisaHerman1963]

My only boy crush and probably for that reason. He looked like a girl. lol

[@nikkibest5010]

She totally belly flopped her dive during the big swim meet. Haha

[@victoryluck]

She "trains" by running in pants and blouse and vest ? ? ?

[@sacha4566]

LOL!

[@elizabethmelnychuk6034]

I thought the same thing! Was she going to spend all day in those sweaty clothes?

[@girlgeniusnyc272]

Maybe she was running to swim practice? Yes I agree it still makes no sense

[@XxowendanxX]

Douchequeef has her max out on her first set. What kind of trainer is he?

[@oldschool3126]

Leif's mistake was leaving the 70's.

[@lindaibarra5614]

When she was practicing with the swim coach, his voice sounded awful familiar... Then when i was able to see him later on in the episode, he was in flowers in the attic!; And also jagged edge movie! Marshall Colt

[@peggysullivan5396]

Love that house

[@megntx1]

SAME!

[@heidithomas5455]

Funny how Meredith baxtor played the eldest sister here in 78ish, but in 82 was a mom of two teen and one late elementary student on family ties. Wow, talking about aging in Hollywood...that's too fast.

[@Goldenowl66]

I know. Michael J. Fox is older than Kristy McNichol and he played Meredith Baxter's son.

[@AngelEspino-lq4in]

I love Leif Garrett and Kristy mcnichol together there My favorite teen idol stars ❤❤❤❤❤

[@heatherboster1937]

Buddy and her BLONDE, BAD-BOY BOYFRiends! First TJ, now J.O. vs Zach....May the best blond mop-head Win! (Jason O'Connor, Jason O'Connor, Jason O'Connor, Jason O'Connor, Jason O'Connor...see, Willie??!! I have to SAY his Name 50 times 🤣😅🤣🤣)

[@AMEER-114-]

Made me LAUGH! More than Jason Oconner

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

...Two blonde GODS. Either way, Buddy can't lose!

[@yesorlando05]

"Gods"? LOLOLOL!

[@XxowendanxX]

@Ricci Hardow Kristy was but buddy was into guys

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

@Lydia Ferrer Fiction is so unfair. 👍🏽🤭

[@lisaperry5999]

I loved Kristy growing up,she was a tomboy like me,and she inspired me to get my 1st skateboard.my friend and I werec1st girls to play little league. Bad News Bears with her later co-star,Tatum,was almost my life story too.pitched little league, all boys,my bff played short stop,has a drunk has been coach

[@butchmccain1771]

Good for you! Yeah she truly is a terrific actress. It really is great to hear how Kristy McNichol influenced and inspired others and she really did prove that in "Little Darlings." Don't know what it is, but as a male I always admired, respected and was always attracted to the cute, tough tomboy girls. Thanks for your comment and I'm so sorry for admitting that! 😉

[@lisaperry5999]

@@butchmccain1771 I was a cute,tough,tomboy,and that's how I related.I wore a lot of suits not skirts,and overalls,Levi's back then I wish she would write a memoir it would be a best seller.She had a rough time during Empty Nest

[@butchmccain1771]

@@lisaperry5999 From your accomplishments it's seems like you still are a cute, tough tomboy at heart. Oh YES I always did find it attractive, appealing and sexy seeing girls in denim Levi's just like Kristy in "Little Darlings" with her streetwise outfit in that denim jacket, jeans and oh those very painful black high-top Converse sneakers when she kicked that guy in the nuts in the opening scene. Anyway I totally agree - I think Kristy McNichol had a bit of a troubled childhood unknown to her at the time and she was also struggling with depression and her sexual identity. Yeah it would be very interesting if she did come out with a memoir about her life. Thank You Lisa!

[@XxowendanxX]

Buddy should have kicked JOC in the balls

[@DaPhilthyDog]

Another good one!!! That LBS logo brings back a lot of memories. 43:55

[@franpaulino3563]

Leif Garret o menino mais lindo na minha adolescência

[@roxanneallas7596]

And Fred is data from Star Trek next Generation is Brent Spiner. I knew he looked like some one I knew but I could not place him. I saw his name in the credits. Once you see him you can't miss him. And my fav singer Leif Garrett. I was in my late teens when he was singing. He the same age as me.

[@SM-sy5cd]

I thought that was him, thanks!

[@HeadNtheClouds]

This just unlocked memories about those singing telegrams & how popular that was back then. Hahahaa! 😅

[@Vandermin011]

4:18 Whoa, Brent Spiner, what!?! Data looks so freakin’ young!

[@ednatroxtel3472]

I love watching this show when I was young too and they don't make shows like this no more I loved the 70 and 80 show and music and it was easy living not like today I was able to play kids today can't to munch valance

[@kingporter67]

Excellent 1979 Family Prelude episode!!

[@robinshepard4571]

I ❤ Family How Sweet ..it makes me cry 😢 every time.😂

[@marymoran8859]

Excellent show , classy

[@michelewuensch8468]

Omg collect calls!

[@galecross4916]

I watch this show becouse of Leif I would cry when he kisses Kristy I had a big crush on him

[@robhigh5991]

I seriously thought Mr. Lawrence was gonna have a coronary during that race

[@dawnabutler9958]

Me too I love to watch this show ~ it is my favorite

[@pattiburtonsalmonsen3202]

Now days moms are 16 and it’s a mess!

[@ionajohnstone9914]

I don't remember watching at the time was only 9 but I remember Leif n Kirsty back in the day 💗💗

[@gizelakelly4255]

Fue un excelente programa para toda la familia. Quisiera saber dónde están los actores de este excelente programa yo se que varios están en el cielo. 😊🇨🇷

[@Zini561]

I had such a crush on Leif Garett. Lol!

[@heidithomas5455]

I grew up watching this show too, but I didn't realize how scared Leif Garrett seems when delivering his lines. He seems very immature and not very secure.

[@lisabucaro576]

I was just thinking he wasn't a great actor. Especially with a powerhouse like Kristy McNichol as a scene partner.