Silver Spoon-Feed 'Em Reasons To Make A DVD - 
by madeyoulaugh
TV enthusiasts aren't created overnight. Dedicated are we who spend years of our childhood watching mind numbing hours of TV. People used to call those "wasted years." My parents told me if I kept watching that much TV, I would grow up ill adjusted. Well I’m grown up and I am well adjusted.
Why thanks to TV, I am not a drug addict. I learned my lesson watching Zack Morris talking Jessie off her speed high. I haven't been molested by a Boy Scout troop leader, I learned from Wesley and Mr. Belvedere to draw attention to uncomfortable situations with old men. And thanks to Tootie and Mrs. Garrett, I learned the value of my virginity and the import of not throwing it away willy nilly...anyone of these days, I am gonna lose it.
The point being, so much of who I am, who any of us are, comes from our childhood and the TV we used to watch. TV junkies like us are not a small minority, we have a voice.
In an effort to make our childhood memories accessible and in a time when TV to DVD is financially lucrative concept for networks and production companies, TVGASM has selected its first petition to bring a show which we felt important, relevant and popular enough to bring to DVD. SILVER SPOONS.
Tell me when you were a kid watching this, you didn't want a train going through your house, a duck phone, Erin Gray ais a step mom, a suit of armor in the corner and a freakin train going through your house. Hell even Mr. T swung by. This shows fan base is far and wide and its time we let Sony Pictures Television know just how big we are. The Fraggle Rock DVD release was started with an online petition which creates the confidence that we can make it happen for SILVER SPOONS.
Let your voice be heard and sign the petition below, via "Comments" at the bottom of the page.
If you don't do it for me, do it for Ricky Schroeder (out of work now that NYPD Blue is going away), Jason Bateman(out of work now that Arrested Developement is going away), and Alfonso Ribeiro (who may or maynot be alive)...and the wooden indian.
To: Sony Pictures Television
We are petitioning Sony Television to issue Silver Spoons on DVD either by way of Columbia House or general retail by season. There is a huge market for these discs and considering that the show is no longer in syndication and hasn't been for nearly a decade now would be the perfect time to introduce another generation to this five-year success story. Thank you for your consideration.
The undersigned,
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Comments
Its about time. BRING US THE DVD!
Posted by: Madeyoulaugh | February 15, 2005 12:49 PM(#1 of 20)
question: who was your first school girl crush?
answer: the dad from silver spoons.
commentary: and i'm not kidding.
Posted by: ackbargirl | February 15, 2005 12:50 PM(#2 of 20)
I wanted that train so badly.
Make the DVD, if only to save Erin Gray from doing another stupid infomercial.
Posted by: B-Side | February 15, 2005 12:59 PM(#3 of 20)
Remember the remote control for the door that was on the table RIGHT NEXT TO THE FREAKIN' DOOR? Love it! Good times. I'm in...
Posted by: Rebecca | February 15, 2005 1:03 PM(#4 of 20)
Eeeery. My friends and I were just speaking about Silver Spoons this morning. I am a non-questioning gay chick usually but there is this one guy I am sorta into (blonde hair, blues eyes)...and well, the only other guy I was ever into so hard was Ricky Schroeder (now Rick to you). So, I told my friends this odd hetero attraction was the exception to the chick- only rule and fell under the "Ricky Schroeder Clause". Matter of fact, I have in the bathroom of my current apartment (and every apartment I have lived in), a vintage signed autograph of the "Rickster" from 1980. But enough with the bragging. This show must be put on DVD- how else am I going to have a Silver Spoons Sleepover Party (bring your own sports car shaped bed- how cool was that!!! I still want one of those...)It's time, DO IT!
Posted by: Rainy | February 15, 2005 1:28 PM(#5 of 20)
http://www.petitiononline.com This site puts your request online so others can sign it. I would give you more info but its blocked at work due to it being categorized as "Advocacy Groups"
Posted by: mellymel | February 15, 2005 2:11 PM(#6 of 20)
Finally! Yes, give me hours and hours of Silver Spoons on DVD. But I want a good dvd set. I know there has to be outtakes and behind-the-scenes goodies. I want it all, I say!
Even at my age now, I still want that train...
Posted by: mountain girl | February 15, 2005 2:57 PM(#7 of 20)
loved loved loved silver spoons! the mansion, the train, the suit of armor, the video games in the living room! and how could anyone not love having wilma deering from buck rogers as a mom? remember when menudo dropped by? FABULOUS!!!! i must have the dvd's!
Posted by: cract-out | February 15, 2005 3:20 PM(#8 of 20)
Oh. Yes. Hugest crush on Ricky Schroeder. Those intertwined black jelly bracelets - SIGH.
Posted by: iluvtivo | February 15, 2005 5:18 PM(#9 of 20)
I am ALL for this... however, i have one suggestion: would it be possible to release all of the episodes except for the one in which Joey Lawrence guest stars?? I think we'd be doing our children a favor...
But feel free to bring on Robyn Lively (of Teen Witch fame) and Gary Coleman. As a kid, i loved the idea that arnold jackson palled around w/ Ricky. there was something really cool about characters on different shows hanging out with each other. perhaps that's what's wrong with tv nowadays... no inter-show friendships.
Posted by: Jeni | February 15, 2005 6:34 PM(#10 of 20)
I want Silver Spoons. Great show!!!!!!
Posted by: Bobbie | February 16, 2005 5:44 AM(#11 of 20)
I used to LOVE Silver Spoons! This from another gay chick. Ricky must be the lesbian national mascot!
Posted by: spikegrl | February 16, 2005 6:06 AM(#12 of 20)
Yes, yes, yes!
Posted by: Liz | February 16, 2005 6:33 AM(#13 of 20)
I always wanted my very own dancing Alfonso to help me with my moral dilemmas! Please bring back Silver Spoons!
Posted by: Jessica | February 16, 2005 7:16 AM(#14 of 20)
Please, Please, Please! I loved Silver Spoons!
Posted by: Susan | February 16, 2005 8:17 AM(#15 of 20)
Jason Bateman was more my type. And remember the episode where a pre-crack Whitney Houston guest starred?
Posted by: Heather | February 16, 2005 8:21 AM(#16 of 20)
PLEASE bring back Rick and the Spoons gang! I would buy these DVDs the DAY they came out!
I remember going to a taping of the show and Rick's mom who was later Kelly's mom on 90210 [but by then I was old enough to realize, DUH, it's just a show and she's just an actress] wrote a book. I was astonished at how they kept character when the action was taking place in another room. Erin Gray wrote me back after sending in fan mail with an autographed photo!
Then when I was on 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica a few years ago, I was eating dinner with my friends on a particularly crowded section of the prom and through the crowd this cute, blond guy comes rushing through and I instinctively yelled out - RICK SCHROEDER!!! There he was Abercrombie bag in hand. He just smiled and kept rushing through as if he were late for a very important something-or-other!
BRING US THE DVDs!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Tony B! | February 16, 2005 1:02 PM(#17 of 20)
I want to know how I can get that tune to be the ringer on my cell phone.
And I must say, I'm a lesbo as well, but I actually didn't like Ricky Schroeder. I was a big Gary Coleman fan. Love letters to him & everything.
However, we need this dvd to remind us, or at least me, about the show because I have completly forgotten all these things that people are mentioning. And I probably saw every episode.
Posted by: Genevieve | February 16, 2005 1:39 PM(#18 of 20)
I want Silver Spoons on DVD. Ricky Schroeder was my first true love!
Posted by: Jen | February 16, 2005 2:20 PM(#19 of 20)
Absolutely, the train started my (not so) secret obsession with gadgets...and Rick Schroeder.
Posted by: AyJay | February 18, 2005 7:57 PM(#20 of 20)