Ricky Schroder,
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 GlobeŽ-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
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
DVD Special Features Include:
. Digitally Remastered Audio and Video
. Full Screen Presentations
. Audio: English
. Bonus Previews
. Closed Captioned
Broadcast Year: 1982 - 1983
Silver Spoons: The Complete First Season has a run time of approximately 528 minutes and is not rated.
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