Before Michael Jackson created his own fantasy childhood for someone who never quite grew up we had an 80s series with a child living a fantasy life. This
would be Rick Schroder in Silver Spoons. Schroder played Richard Stratton III
whose dad was raising him.
There house was like a Michael Jackson creation. Every kind of toy imaginable was there that his dad Joel Higgins provided. But Higgins also wanted him to grow up as normal as possible under the circumstances, so Schroder was always having his friends over and they did the usual kid things. He also went to public school like the rest of his peers.
John Houseman was Richard Stratton I and he raised Higgins quite severely. It was John Houseman so you would expect nothing less. But Higgins was determined on his own course of child rearing.
Others in the cast were Erin Gray as girl Friday, Franklin Searles as the butler, and Alfonso Ribeiro and Jason Bateman as friends who went on to star in TV series themselves.
Silver Spoons was good family entertainment.
There house was like a Michael Jackson creation. Every kind of toy imaginable was there that his dad Joel Higgins provided. But Higgins also wanted him to grow up as normal as possible under the circumstances, so Schroder was always having his friends over and they did the usual kid things. He also went to public school like the rest of his peers.
John Houseman was Richard Stratton I and he raised Higgins quite severely. It was John Houseman so you would expect nothing less. But Higgins was determined on his own course of child rearing.
Others in the cast were Erin Gray as girl Friday, Franklin Searles as the butler, and Alfonso Ribeiro and Jason Bateman as friends who went on to star in TV series themselves.
Silver Spoons was good family entertainment.