Growing Pains vs. Full House

[interceptor]

I am a huge Growing Pains fan and would love to have every season on DVD. I heard that no more seasons are going to be released on DVD. That would be a shame. I really liked the episodes that aired in the middle of the series. I saw that seasons of Full House are on DVD up through like season 5! What the heck!? I guess Full House was okay, seeming as it was an 80s sit-com and all, but so many of the episodes were very goofy...in a bad way. I thought Growing Pains was a much better sit-com; better acting, stories, themes, etc. Why the heck is Full House getting so much re-run time and so many DVD releases when Growing Pains, a much better show in my opinion, isn't getting anywhere near the same treatment? Anyone else seeing this trend, too? Any news on whether or not there will be other seasons of Growing Pains on DVD? Also, anyone know a website where the Growing Pains theme songs in their various incarnations can be downloaded? Thanks in advance!

[FueledByParamore]

i guess full house was more popular or the dvds did better then the growing pains 1

[Scoobiedoo30]

Growings Pains

[Brian Damage]

Growing Pains was better on so many different levels.

[AB]

Growing Pains was a good show.

[freshprinceofLA]

Growing Pains is a much better show. The seaver kids are more realistic than those fake full house kids.

[actingbug92]

Weelllll, I like both shows, so here are my point of views;

Kirk Cameron and Candance Cameron are siblings (obviously!) so the shows had sort of a hate-hate relationship with each other, each trying to out-do each other. And since Full House was two years newer, and the Olsens were cuter than Ashley Johnson (okay, maybe just as cute), Full House won out. Big deal. I have nothing against FH being successful, but I have plenty on making Growing Pains successful, even though its been cancelled for 15 years!

[MikeL]

Full house makes me sick Growing pains all the way

[actingbug92]

Well, I like 'em both, though FH is way cheesier.

[ILuvZackMorris]

I like the Growing Pains theme song more. And at least Maggie and Jason weren't clean freaks.

[jennyjenq]

I love Growing Pains. Full House just always annoyed me. It's just soooo cheesy. Growing Pains is just so much more realistic. It focused more on problems that actually do occur. I dunno. That's just my opinion though. I didn't mean to insult anybody if I did though. :)

[actingbug92]

Full House was less realistic and more cheesy, but hey, you have to give 'em credit; they ran a season longer than Growing Pains, I think.

[NotMyNewsChannel3]

I'm with the last few posters. I like both shows, but I think FH has been in the overkill arena for several years now.

[actingbug92]

Doesn't WB own the DVD rights to both?

[Buffyboy323]

Doesn't WB own the DVD rights to both?
Yep, they do! Full House has gotten more seasons released because that series sells much better than the season 1 Growing Pains DVD set did. Its a shame, really. I want all the seasons of BOTH shows released on DVD!

[Buffyboy323]

Aside from both being family shows, they don't have too much in common. Overall, Growing Pains gets my vote.

A more interesting question would be Growing Pains VS. Family Ties........

[actingbug92]

Never seen Family Ties...

[noelia]

I Vote 4 Growing Pains!!!!!!!!!better Than Full House,it's A Shame That G.p. Was Cancelled In 1992 In My Opinion 2 0r 3 Years More On Air.......what Do U Think Guys?????

[jennyjenq]

I agree. I would've loved to see a few more years of gp, but I honestly think that they were running out of ideas. I've seen posted before, that if they had gotten new writers, that it might have survived. But I honestly don't think so. I think that if they had gotten new writers, the show simply wouldn't have been the same.

[noelia]

I agree. I would've loved to see a few more years of gp, but I honestly think that they were running out of ideas. I've seen posted before, that if they had gotten new writers, that it might have survived. But I honestly don't think so. I think that if they had gotten new writers, the show simply wouldn't have been the same.YES,WAS THE BEST.SOOO WE HAVE TO ENJOY THE SEASONS THEY MADE REALLY???? WELL JENNY IF YOU HAVE ANY PHOTO OF KIRK C. COULD YOU POST IT????THANK U!!!!!!!!!!!NOELIA KISSES

[Karen197488]

I loved Growing Pains it was a clean family show. Kirk was sooo cute too!! Maggie would come in second. She seemed liked a sweet mother, very loving................

[actingbug92]

I would kill to have Maggie Seaver (NOT Joanan Kerns!) as my mother! No offense meant, Mom.

[noelia]

i would kill to have mike!!!!! as my boyfriend!!!!,he is the perfect boy 4 me.WOWWWW. noelia

[actingbug92]

lo,! What would Kirk say if he saw that!!! :)

[noelia]

lo,! What would Kirk say if he saw that!!! :)
HE WOULD SMILE PROBABLY.....BECAUSE IM JUST A FAN OK????I LOVE KIRK BECAUSE HE IS WONDERFUL!!!!!!! NOELIA

[actingbug92]

Oh, I know that! You have a crush on Mike Seaver (and every other character Kirk has played!), and I can't find anything wrong with that!

[noelia]

Oh, I know that! You have a crush on Mike Seaver (and every other character Kirk has played!), and I can't find anything wrong with that!
Finally you understood me!!! yes,girl i love mike seaver....but i have a crush on kirk hahaha well bye see ya!!!!!

[actingbug92]

I understand completely. It's kind of like my obession with Luke and Jack (in Titanic). In my case, I like the characters more than I like the person themself!

[noelia]

I understand completely. It's kind of like my obession with Luke and Jack (in Titanic). In my case, I like the characters more than I like the person themself!
I DISAGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE I LOVE KIRK MORE THAN MIKE!!!!!! NOE

[MikeL]

growing pains all the way full house way to fake for me

[Miss Lisa]

I vote for Growing Pains. Full House was okay but got really fake at times. The endings to each episode seemed to be the same, them working out the problem in some corny way so that everyone is happy.

[actingbug92]

Yeah, but the house also kind of runs in the way my house runs - crazy, hectic, and so on, but the Seavers run the same way, and is more realistic.

[Tinalilly75]

I am a huge Growing Pains fan and would love to have every season on DVD. I heard that no more seasons are going to be released on DVD. That would be a shame. I really liked the episodes that aired in the middle of the series. I saw that seasons of Full House are on DVD up through like season 5! What the heck!? I guess Full House was okay, seeming as it was an 80s sit-com and all, but so many of the episodes were very goofy...in a bad way. I thought Growing Pains was a much better sit-com; better acting, stories, themes, etc. Why the heck is Full House getting so much re-run time and so many DVD releases when Growing Pains, a much better show in my opinion, isn't getting anywhere near the same treatment? Anyone else seeing this trend, too? Any news on whether or not there will be other seasons of Growing Pains on DVD? Also, anyone know a website where the Growing Pains theme songs in their various incarnations can be downloaded? Thanks in advance!



No contest Growing Pains all the way!!!!!!:wave:

[mili_resk]

Growing Pains all the time, they got it! ;), is the best i think full house is a poor imitation of this great and original sitcom , is good, but growing pains is THE BEST :)

[airhead]

I like both.

[catlover79]

Growing Pains - much less sappy. :D