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Welcome to Silver Spoons Online, devoted to
the popular sitcom that aired from 1982-1987 and starred Rick(y) Schroder, Joel Higgins,
Erin Gray, Leonard Lightfoot, Franklyn Seales, Jason Bateman, Corky Pigeon, Alfonso Ribeiro,
Bobby Fite, John Houseman, Ray Walston, and Billy Jacoby.
Silver Spoons Online - all Silver Spoons, all the time...
Established: July 11th, 1999
Last Updated: December 20th, 2007
Site of the Day for July 26th, 1999!
Silver Spoons on DVD:
Ricky Schroder, Joel Higgins and Erin Gray
SILVER SPOONS: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
25th Anniversary DVD Contains 22 Episodes on Three Discs with Exclusive Bonus Features
Guest Stars Include Sharon Stone, Mr. T, Joseph Lawrence, Gary Coleman, and Jason Bateman
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (April 9, 2007) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment celebrates the 25th anniversary of one of the most popular sitcoms of the ‘80s with the June 19 DVD debut of Silver Spoons: The Complete First Season. Starring Ricky Schroder (The Champ), Joel Higgins (TV’s “Bare Essence”), and Erin Gray (TV’s “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”), the DVD includes all 22 episodes in a three-disc boxed set. The DVD will be available for $29.95 SRP.
When Silver Spoons began its five-season, 115-episode run for NBC on September 25, 1982, the show turned 12-year-old, Golden Globe®-winner Ricky Schroder into an instant teen heartthrob. With his blond, clean-cut, all-American good looks, Schroder dominated the pages of teen magazines in the early-to-mid ‘80s, won two Young Artist Awards as best actor for the series, and inspired a devoted fan base that continues to support his acting career into adulthood (TV’s “NYPD Blue,” “24”).
The series depicted every kid’s wildest fantasy. When Ricky Stratton (Schroder) is reunited with his long-lost father Edward (Higgins), Dad turns out to be a young-at-heart, “overgrown kid” who owns a multinational toy company empire and has turned his mansion into a veritable playground complete with a scale model freight train that runs throughout the house. The role reversal inherent in the show found Ricky more mature than his father, but under Ricky’s influence, Edward eventually matures, while Edward inspires Ricky to act more like a kid.
The storylines of Silver Spoons were mainly light situations regarding classic boyhood mischief and the misunderstandings surrounding a father and son getting to know one another. However, in periodic “very special episodes” during the first season, the series dealt with tougher issues including schoolyard bullies and kidnapped children. Guest stars included Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct, Casino), Mr. T (Rocky III, TV’s “The A Team,” “I Pity the Fool”), Joseph Lawrence (AKA Joey, TV’s “Blossom,” “Dancing with the Stars”), Gary Coleman (TV’s “Diff'rent Strokes”), and, in a recurring role as Ricky’s best friend, Jason Bateman (TV’s “Arrested Development”).
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Silver Spoons Book:
Together is the only book based on the 1980s television series Silver Spoons. Completely backed by
the cast and crew of the series, it is the ultimate guide for any fan of the show.
For more information and to order online, click here
Happy 25th Anniversary to Silver Spoons!
The back cover indicates that there will be no special features included.
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Ricky Schroder, Joel Higgins and Erin Gray
SILVER SPOONS: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
25th Anniversary DVD Contains 22 Episodes on Three Discs with Exclusive Bonus Features
Guest Stars Include Sharon Stone, Mr. T, Joseph Lawrence, Gary Coleman, and Jason Bateman
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (April 9, 2007) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment celebrates the 25th anniversary of one of the most popular sitcoms of the ‘80s with
the June 19 DVD debut of Silver Spoons: The Complete First Season. Starring Ricky Schroder (The Champ), Joel Higgins (TV’s “Bare Essence”), and
Erin Gray (TV’s “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”), the DVD includes all 22 episodes in a three-disc boxed set. The DVD will be available for $29.95 SRP.
When Silver Spoons began its five-season, 115-episode run for NBC on September 25, 1982, the show turned 12-year-old, Golden Globe®-winner Ricky
Schroder into an instant teen heartthrob. With his blond, clean-cut, all-American good looks, Schroder dominated the pages of teen magazines in the
early-to-mid ‘80s, won two Young Artist Awards as best actor for the series, and inspired a devoted fan base that continues to support his acting career
into adulthood (TV’s “NYPD Blue,” “24”).
The series depicted every kid’s wildest fantasy. When Ricky Stratton (Schroder) is reunited with his long-lost father Edward (Higgins), Dad turns out to be
a young-at-heart, “overgrown kid” who owns a multinational toy company empire and has turned his mansion into a veritable playground complete with a
scale model freight train that runs throughout the house. The role reversal inherent in the show found Ricky more mature than his father, but under
Ricky’s influence, Edward eventually matures, while Edward inspires Ricky to act more like a kid.
The storylines of Silver Spoons were mainly light situations regarding classic boyhood mischief and the misunderstandings surrounding a father and son
getting to know one another. However, in periodic “very special episodes” during the first season, the series dealt with tougher issues including schoolyard
bullies and kidnapped children. Guest stars included Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct, Casino), Mr. T (Rocky III, TV’s “The A Team,” “I Pity the Fool”), Joseph
Lawrence (AKA Joey, TV’s “Blossom,” “Dancing with the Stars”), Gary Coleman (TV’s “Diff'rent Strokes”), and, in a recurring role as Ricky’s best
friend, Jason Bateman (TV’s “Arrested Development”).
Silver Spoons: The Complete First Season episodes include:
Pilot
DVD Special Features Include:
Broadcast Year: 1982 - 1983
Silver Spoons is no longer available on Comcast's Tube Time On-Demand Service.
Rick Schroder has had a recurring role on FOX's "24."
Added link to The Unofficial Erin Gray Web Site
Just hit the play button (arrow) on the audio player in the upper right or link to iTunes to download an mp3 version. Make
sure to hit the "more current show info" link at the bottom for more on Joel including a bonus clip in which he talks about
who he's still in touch with from the cast. Here's a direct link to that page:
http://www.justmyshow.com/Reruns.html
NANiversary!
Wednesday, June 22
Schroder Buys Topanga Ranch for $4.2 Mil (06/12/05)
Schroder Gives a Dose of 'Strong Medicine' (06/11/05)
Schroder Plans to Sell Colorado Ranch (06/08/05)
Joel Higgins & Erin Gray Take To The Stage - Together!
Here's the schedule for Same Time, Next Year with Joel and Erin.
Academy Theatre
Bucks County Playhouse
Pocono Playhouse
It's the first time they've worked together in 17 years. This will be a classic moment for Spoons fans!
Rick's Directing Debut Hits DVD on June 9th
Silver Spoons Official DVD Release? - Update Thread
Rick Schroder's Movie Black Cloud Premieres - Photos
Added link to The largest and most complete Erin Gray group on the web
Rick and his family were in Life & Style Magazine in March/April
NEW YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- VH1 has crowned Gary Coleman, of "Diff'rent Strokes" fame, the number one kid star. Macaulay Culkin, Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore, Emmanuel Lewis, Ron Howard, Corey Feldman, Maureen McCormick and Danny Bonaduce round out the top ten on the list.
Premiering on Monday, June 13 at 9 P.M.* and hosted by Christopher Knight, "100 Greatest Kid Stars" is a five-night special that follows the tradition of VH1's successful "100 Greatest ... " franchise. VH1 has assembled the definitive list of child stars, and counts them down using new, exclusive interviews with many of the stars themselves and that golden footage from way back when ...
VH1 "100 GREATEST KID STARS"
http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/where_are_they_now/62111/episode.jhtml
Together is the only book based on the 1980s television series Silver Spoons. Completely backed by
the cast and crew of the series, it is the ultimate guide for any fan of the show.
For more information and to order online, click here
An update on Bobby Fite who played Ricky's friend J.T. Martin on the show: he is single and lives
in Dallas, Texas and works as a home developer. He keeps a low profile about his
days as an actor.
They are conducting a survey to see which shows we would like on DVD. You can vote
for up to 5 series and let them know if you prefer "full season" sets or "best of"
compilations of a single series or theme.
Besides Silver Spoons, they also list: Barney Miller, Benson,
Bewitched, Designing Women, Diff'rent Strokes, Dilbert, The Facts of Life,
Fantasy Island, Father Knows Best,
The Flying Nun, Hart to Hart,
I Dream of Jeannie, Just Shoot Me,
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,
Maude, The Nanny,
NewsRadio, One Day at a Time,
The Partridge Family, Soap, T.J. Hooker, The Tick,
V.I.P., and Who's the Boss?
Click here to cast your vote!
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - In recent years Rick Schroder has reinvented himself as a dramatic actor thanks to three seasons on the cop drama "NYPD Blue." However, he first became a star during his five-season stint on the '80s sitcom "Silver Spoons."
The actor will revisit his comic roots during February sweeps when he guest stars on NBC's "Scrubs," playing Paul, Elliot's potential love interest (Sarah Chalke). Recognizing him from the hospital, when they meet at a bar Elliot is smitten, only to have her assumptions challenged the next day when she learns that Paul is a nurse and not a fellow doctor.
Schroder's consecutive episodes will air on NBC Thursday, Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Schroder Goes for the Funny on 'Scrubs'
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - One of Rick Schroder's first scenes in his guest-starring stint on "Scrubs," which begins this week, involves him entering a room carrying a pair of bedpans.
While wearing pink scrubs.
Of course, if that mental picture makes you chuckle, then Schroder has done his job, which is, of course, to be funny.
"I know when I do something that makes my heart beat, and I get scared, that it's a good thing. I was scared on my first day on 'Scrubs,' " says Schroder, who starred on "NYPD Blue" from 1998 to 2001. "It was so great to just mix it up. I had a great time doing comedy again."
Schroder begins a multi-episode arc as Paul Flowers, a male nurse (hence the pink scrubs), on Thursday's (Jan. 30) 40-minute edition of the hospital comedy. Elliot (Sarah Chalke) falls for him instantly when the two meet outside of work, but she's horrified to learn the next day that Paul is not a doctor.
"I'm planning everything -- babies, marriage, where we're having the wedding -- within five minutes," Chalke says of her character. Paul's position at the hospital is "initially quite a shock for Elliot, and she has to see if she can get over herself."
It's been quite a while since Schroder has done comedy on television -- going back as far as "Silver Spoons," even. He compares it to riding a bike, saying that once an actor has a sense comic timing, it's not something he ever really loses. The show's producers must have agreed; what started as a two-episode appearance has grown into four, with the chance for yet another appearance.
"They obviously like what I do for Sarah's character, because she's so funny in the way she relates to me and is so insecure. She just gets crazy around me," Schroder says. "It's hysterical what it's done for her character, so I think that's the reason they decided to keep me."
Chalke says she knew Schroder would fit in with the close-knit cast when they filmed the bedpan scene on Schroder's first day on the set. During one take, instead of just setting the pans down, he crashed them together like cymbals.
"That had the entire crew in stitches," Chalke says. "He kept improvising all these things. He's really smart and funny, great with comedy. It's been an incredible four weeks."
Find out what the actors and actresses that played Blossom, Willis
from Diff'rent Strokes, Webster, Rerun from What's Happening, and
others are doing now. Hear interviews where they talk about what it
was like being famous and how they felt after the limelight faded. To
check out a larger list of your favorite TV kid actors and actresses,
you can visit this link on VH1.com
http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/where_are_they_now/
Additional Airdates:
Wednesday, October 23 12:30 AM
all times eastern standard time
Acclaimed actor and avid outdoorsman Rick Schroder will host 'New American Sportsman'
At long last I am pleased to announce that "Together - A Sitcom Lover's
Guide To Silver Spoons" is finished and will at a bookstore near you before
Christmas! The final edit is nearly complete afterwhich the book will hit
first at Amazon and Barnes & Noble or if you want your copy signed you can
pre-order it from me. List price will be in the range of $22.95. It is a 6x9
paperback with close to 400 pages packed with everything from cast
interviews to a trivia quiz to the episode guide to end them all. I would
like to thank everyone for their patience and their fabulous notes of
encouragement throughout this project and it is my only hope that you enjoy
reading it as much as I did writing it for you.
All my best,
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Coming Soon: additional photos for the picture galleries, sheet music for the theme song
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Together, They’re Going To Find Their Way … on DVD June 19 
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Together, They’re Going To Find Their Way … on DVD June 19
Boys Will Be Boys
Grandfather Stratton
Me and Mr. T
Takin' a Chance on Love
Evelyn Returns
The Great Computer Caper
I'm Just Wild About Harry
Honour Thy Father
Father Nature
A Little Magic
Falling in Love Again
The Best Christmas Ever
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Twelve Angry Kids
The Toy Wonder
Popcorn
Junior Businessman
Three's a Crowd
The Empire Strikes Out
Won't You Go Home, Bob Danish
The X-Team
Silver Spoons: The Complete First Season has a run time of approximately 528 minutes and is not rated. 
Tuesday, June 21 through Thursday, June 23
10:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. ET/PT each night
This June, take a trip back to 1985 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nick at Nite. Tuesday through Thursday, June 21-23 from 10pm to 12am each night we’ll feature great shows from the 80’s like Kate & Allie, Silver Spoons, Growing Pains, The Facts of Life, Benson and Night Court! And stay tuned on the weekend of June 25-26, for 48 hours worth of shows from the 20 year history of Nick@Nite on sister network TV Land!
10:00PM ET/PT Silver Spoons “Head Over Heals” -Whitney Houston gets more than she expects during a visit to the Stratton
household when Dexter decides to move to Los Angeles with the singing star
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