Child Stars

Sirs, Madames,

This is thread-detouring but it came up the other day when Mrs Miler and I were viewing our Twilight Zone DVDs.

I'm convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that Bill Mumy was the best actor as a pre-teen ever. Episodes of Twilight Zone (It's A Good Life as a six-year-old telekinetic monster and In Praise of Pip, as son of bookie Jackie Klugman with Vietnam thrown in). Add to that Lost in Space, Bless the Beasts and Children, a couple of turns on Rockford and forty years later sequel It's Still A Good Life (with his daughter who is spookily similar in look). He seems like just about the most well-adjusted child star to boot in the TZ extras.

YHS, etc

 

Punky Brewster grew up real nice.

 

Full House rocks you idiot.

 

Didn't she once date Luc Robitaille?

 

Nancy McKeon was hot; Kristy McNichol was not...

And Full House sucked, kid. Deal with it.

 

Bill Murray was a child?

 

I'm an idiot? Pleased to meet you, cockbreath.

 

It sucks now, but when we were younger, we couldn't help but watch it every week (at least, I don't know a single person in their 20's who couldn't miss it, but maybe I just know losers). Same with Saved by the Bell...it was a HORRIBLE show, but everyone loved it.

 

To quote Joey on that show, would the two of you please "cut (hand motion 1) it (hand motoin 2) out (hand motion 3)"

Never watched the show in primetime only in syndication. It's one of those bad shows you can't resist watching if you're in a weird mood.