Thursday, 21 March 2013

Thirtysomething

Thirtysomething - did you watch it?
I loved this TV programme back in the late '80s.  Scary to think I am now "Thirtysomething". Eeek! 
BTW, did you know that the actors who played Nancy and Michael are married?
I think Michael and Gary (how hot was he with his long blonde hair?!) were my favourite - who was your favourite? 

 I just saw recently that the actor who played Elliot is getting married to Melissa Gilbert of Little House on the Prairie fame, they seem like a really nice couple. 
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8 comments:

  1. Compostwoman21 March 2013 at 16:23

    All of them, and I can still recite all the characters names and who they were paired up with!

    AND whistle the theme tune...gods I am sad...

    It gets shown on UK gold sometimes, or More 4.
    I liked Gary the very best. Elliott was just such a whiney brat - !

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  2. Anonymous21 March 2013 at 17:00

    What? Were you about six or seven years old when you watched it??????

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    2. Compostwoman21 March 2013 at 17:20

      Well I am 50 now so was a grown woman when I watched it on its first showings in 1987 ( I was 26) .

      I don't know about Enie but, as she is a thirtysomething now, I guess she must have been very young when it was first shown (she must have been 5 or 6 when it was first on TV in the UK)

      BUT they have been repeated a lot since they were first on TV - maybe she watched them as repeats when she was older?

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    3. Compostwoman21 March 2013 at 17:23

      But they were so lovely and in such good taste ( no swear words then!) that, despite the sometime quite adult themes I would guess letting a 7 yr old watch it would have been ok - I certainly remember letting my DD watch it on Channel 4 repeats with me during the daytime when she was a littlee

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    4. Aodhnait22 March 2013 at 01:11

      Hi Anonymous, I was a little older than 6 or when i first watched them.......I'm old now ;-)

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  3. Aodhnait22 March 2013 at 01:07

    Hi compostwoman!
    I think I must have been 11 or 12 when I first saw them. It was broadcast in the States from 1987 so I would say it was after 1988 when it was shown in Ireland.

    My sister taped the UK Gold showings and we watched them together recently.

    Elliot was a brat - perfect description for him. A total Messer. Such a Peter Pan I don't think he faced up to reality even when Nancy was sick.

    Thanks for replying!

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  4. AmyDublinia23 March 2013 at 09:30

    Yep Elliot was a brat!

    But such fun. But not fun being married to him!!! Poor Nancy. And she also had the naughty Ethan to deal with as well.

    I love the theme tune even now.
    Amy
    http://amydublinia.blogspot.ie/

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