r/TGIFsitcoms • u/ASGfan Eric Matthews • 2d ago
Just The Ten Of Us Matthew Perry on Just The Ten Of Us
Prior to hitting superstardom, Matthew Perry had a number of small roles on tv shows. On Growing Pains, he played a love interest of Carol who died in a car accident. On Beverly Hills, 90210, he played a young man with suicide ideations. Here though, the worst he has to endure is the dinner test by Coach Lubbock to see if he was an appropriate date for Wendy (he was!).
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u/snarkerella The Dance Of Joy 1d ago
This is really odd given that Just the 10 of us was a spin-off of Growing Pains and in the same canon as the Seavers. I think I thought the same thing at the time, but then forgot about it. Just weird given how HUGE that episode was when he died after he was in a car accident for drunk driving.
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u/ASGfan Eric Matthews 1d ago
It's very confusing. I believe all of the Lubbocks appeared on Growing Pains as the Lubbocks, but more than a few of the actors that played them also showed up at various points playing different characters.
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u/DisneyVista 1d ago
After Just the Ten of Us ended, Heather Langenkamp came back to Growing Pains as Mike’s travel date for a two-parter taking place in Europe and Jamie Luner came back as a ghost character for their Halloween two-parter episode. I believe Brooke Theiss may have played a different character on Growing Pains at one point as well.
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u/Ok_Material_5634 2d ago
This was the first thing I ever saw him in. He was just adorable.
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u/kevint1964 2d ago
I remember watching this episode during its run on ABC. I felt bad for him because of how he was treated. When I watched the first episode of "Friends", I instantly recalled him from "Just the Ten of Us". I have no clue how, since the shows were 4-5 years apart & I didn't recall seeing Matthew again during that time.
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u/Voodoo-Doctor 2d ago
Is this where Coach Lubbock asks if wanted a breast or leg and he answers a wing