10 years ago I bought the DVDS of Seasons 1 and 2 of Family for my then-teenaged daughter because I wanted her to see a quality show that portrayed morals and good values. She and I watched together. and she has watched many times since. I thank you for sharing this wonderful series. I really loved this episode, especially the end. I remember the review in TV Guide when Family premiered on ABC; it said everyone would want to move next door to the Lawrence's.

@lynn1464

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it did portray good family values I wish they had shows like this today this is what we're missing

Lance Kerwin! So many wonderful memories in this program!!! I want my daughter to experience it as well - in Buddy, she'd see her Mommy at that exact age! Thank You for sharing these memories - PRICELESS!!!😍💝💯♾️

@susanhill149

11 ай бұрын

😊 Holding back the sniffles, if only we could do it again! Yes Lance cutie Kerwin here too ❤

I'd never heard of this show before, it was an accident I came across it lol. I'm so glad I did, I love it !!

@jessicabraden5441

4 жыл бұрын

@Mrs T I just can't stop watching this show! Only thing is the episodes are out of order, I wish I could watch it from episode one thru the last one.

@reneebraxton1032

4 жыл бұрын

I am glad you did too. I watched this relentlessly when i was in Junior high School.

@reneebraxton1032

4 жыл бұрын

Check out "Skeleton in the Closet", "Diversions" the Thanksgiving episode with Henry Fonda & "The First Time" with Willie Aames.

@jessicabraden5441

4 жыл бұрын

@@reneebraxton1032 yes I'll check them out for sure!!! I don't know what order I'm watching but I'm watching them all lol

@ethelhoose2972

4 жыл бұрын

I actually forgot about the show but was happy to see it again

A lovely episode. Truly shocking how real estate was so affordable only 40 years ago. $65,000 for a beautiful house and all that land, in California no less. It'd be in millions today. Costs skyrocketed beyond belief.

@Xanthas71

4 жыл бұрын

The farm is supposed to be in Oregon (although not filmed there). $65K in 1978 is equivalent in purchasing power to around $256K in 2019. Still an enormous bargain compared to today's real estate prices. But mortgage interest rates were close to 10% back then.

@audreyann1975

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it absolutely disgusting 😡! You're right... In California too.

@mario-qi3yw

11 ай бұрын

I know, it’s ridiculous!!!

@SlayingBullshytSlayingBullshyt

11 ай бұрын

Yes my dad and mom bought their home for 25k with a guest house. They purchased it from a distressed seller that couldn’t afford the property. The property is worth 3.1 million now. It’s beautiful but maintenance is pricey today.That’s absolutely ridiculous and insane in my opinion

@a_leaf

10 ай бұрын

Ironic...back then cheaper homes for happy families to thrive in, now expensive homes for dysfunctional families to be miserable in.

This is the kind of show we need to have these days. Sure we had Roseanne Home Improvement ECT. And after those kind of shows went off the air we started getting junk TV. This is a heartwarming episode 41:22 Kate talks about the expanse Willie should get a job and help pay for it since it is his Farms

@maureenmcgovern6119

3 жыл бұрын

It’s one of my favorite episodes. I absolutely Loved this show.

@newtonb1426

3 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of life we need these days. What has happened, people, they changed since 9/11

@gregoryclay4269

Жыл бұрын

@@newtonb1426 DEFINITELY need a show like this today, in 2023.

Wow! Lance Kerwin. Big crush on him in James at 15 (I was 12). Memories. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful series and so many episodes.💕

@vickie7036

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Rest in peace dear Lance.

@nancytoni4504

11 ай бұрын

RIP Lance

This show is on my memory lane ,Lance was so cute and I'm glad that I can see these episode's again .

@vickie7036

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Rest in peace dear Lance.

I had forgotten what an especially wonderful episode this one was. As always, Sada Thompson knocked it out of the park!

@gregoryclay4269

Жыл бұрын

YES, Sada Thompson is great.

Christy McNicols was everyone's crush. She is still lovely. I wish she was still acting .

44:22 forwards made me cry 😭. Wish they would bring shows like this back instead of the garbage they have today 🙄.

@gregoryclay4269

Жыл бұрын

YOU are so right. I wish this show aired today, not just 45 years ago.

So nice to see these shows again and remind me of what a good family is like. Thank you.

I notice that the farmhouse kitchen has the same style of oven that the Lawrence's have at home. I have never seen this type of stove before, wow, so cool! It has two different ovens plus that roll-top oven. Very handy when cooking huge meals for large families, or I guess for feeding the workers.

Rip Lance Kerwin (Dexter) one of my favorite child actors! Rest easy 🤍🕊️

When Doug says they don't have a turkey Buddy smiled and gets the turkey out to bake for Thanksgiving. Great episode!

@gregoryclay4269

Жыл бұрын

GREAT show, especially this episode. I should have put it on DVR this morning on the MeTV-Plus channel. I wish there was a 2023 version of this show --- same style of show with similar characters. TOO bad James Broderick and Sada Thompson died.

This still is one of my all time favorite television shows. I was able to buy seasons 1 thru 4 on DVD. The storylines still hold value today. And how great is is to see Lance Kerwin in this episode. His show James At 15 (and 16) was also a huge favorite of mine! I wish I could get every episode of each of these shows on DVD. Such wonderful nostalgia!

37:58 so sweet. The music made me think of my youth. What a beautiful show.

Willie should be paying for that farm, it shouldn't fall on the parents' shoulders.

@cherylwest5444

2 жыл бұрын

Willie is a freeloader

I use to watch it along time ago It’s so good and wholesome.

@sueyardley7489

8 ай бұрын

I usually think Kate and Doug are pretty good parents, but to call a real estate agent in to sell the place without even speaking to Willie is wrong. They should have sat him down and showed him all the expenses the place racks up and asked him what he could contribute, if he wanted to keep the place. And don't forget they took a loan against it when he decided to marry the young lady that was ill and wouldn't live long. Willie needs to grow up.

Once again, thank you for another great upload. Just in time for Thanksgiving!

2 if my fave actors from the 70s! Kristy Mcnicol and Lance Kerwin 😍 another "gem" i found on YT! Thanks for uploading! X

Love these old shows

I love ❤️ this show I was born 1978 😊 wonderful cast of people

My two favorite passions in life all rolled up in one episode. Wildlife and the stop of overdevelopment on our lands. Thank you so much for this one. It was the best🙏

@gregoryclay4269

Жыл бұрын

Hollywood, if the multiple strikes ever end, should bring back this show. Granted, you will have to produce an entirely new cast, since all the members are either dead (Sada Thompson and James Broderick) or too old by now, such as Kristy McNichol and Quinn Cummings.

As much as I usually thank Willie is spoiled rotten the farm and the land is rightfully his since Hattie left it to him to do what he wants to.

@Crymeariver227

11 ай бұрын

You’re 100% right. Then he also should be paying the upkeep and maintenance on it as well. I think Doug and Kate have literally supported Nancy and Willie financially well beyond their “use by” dates.😁

@saritamirelez1310

9 ай бұрын

I’m his defense on those comments they never told him about all the bills, he thought it was all covered in her estate.

Thank you for another great post. I wish you all a happy Thanksgiving.

Beautiful... Tears... Wow... God bless you all...

Lance Kerwin! Yes please! I’ll take seconds!

thank you for posting. I love this show.

Long time fan of the show even though I was in Kindergarten when this ep originally aired and the show wouldn't have been watched by my parents who felt all TV (except Lawrence Welk Show) was evil...I started watching Family in syndication after elementary school and immediately was drawn to the rich character development, serious but poignant without being preachy storylines...Just an all around consistently well written, acted, and produced show that I am now appreciating again as most of Season 3/4/5 isn't in my DVD collection is found here on YT....You know the show's timeless when you could relate to the 'kids' of the family watching back in the day and now can totally relate to the middle aged parents of young adult children...Definitely a 'full circle' moment hearing Doug/Kate dialogue about raising young adults/teens, middle age crisis angst, etc., now watching this show again as a 51 yo ☺

This was so very precious. Thank you for posting.

He wants it he should find away to help pay for it...

I remember watching this show. So lovely to see again.

Thankyou 😀😀 Always the 1st and best on my list 💛

Doug and Kate were a lovely couple.

Such a fantastic episode. Thanks for uploading it!

Love this

Thanks for uploading this episode. Very few Thanksgiving episodes on shows.

Lance Kerwin is 60 years old now. He was 18 here.

@vickie7036

Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace dear Lance.

Kate still needs to wear a dress and heels on the farm, and Doug still packs his blazers? Cmon guys….

@MooseCall

4 ай бұрын

Dresses are the most comfortable clothing of all.

Thanks so much!

This is one of my favorites ty for posting😊 Now like willie i want some cornbread.

Man, today it would cost millions!!! Crazy 😜

BLESSED THANKSGIVING WEEK TO ALL 2023 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

if willie wants to keep the farm then he should pay for it.

@Crymeariver227

11 ай бұрын

That’s what thought too! At least get a paying job to help defray the maintenance. Always easy to say “not for sale” when you get the assets while someone else pays for the upkeep on it. Shame on you Willie!

@sueyardley7489

8 ай бұрын

Well he is working, at his tv show The Dame Game. But I noticed in all his outrage at his parents saying they cannot afford to keep the place he never suggests that he will contribute. @@Crymeariver227

Well Willy, you don’t want to sell a farm that was inherited to you, start paying for the upkeep. The deeds in your name, why are Mom and Dad paying for everything? If you sell it, who does the money go to? Mom and Dad? Nope, so pay for the upkeep yourself. ITS YOUR PROPERTY. Willy is a huge looser. Mooches off his parents, but loves to dictate what they should do.

@echt114

3 жыл бұрын

Rensentful bitchy cindy. Envious of a fictional character.

@cindyholloway7441

3 жыл бұрын

@@echt114 You again? Don’t you have a 9-5 or hobby you can occupy your whacked out mind with? My God, you are truly pathetic. Get a life!

Them Willy should pay for all the expenses simple!

And Kate never lost that dress and heels . I share the sentiment of most about this show but Kate should've wore pants and comfortable shoes on occasion! 😂

@sueyardley7489

8 ай бұрын

Yes it would have been more realistic, and they could have made it a little plot device. Like, you know when Kate lets her hair down, she is wearing slacks...

@MooseCall

4 ай бұрын

Dresses are more comfortable than pants.

I've always loved this show! This episode is truly one of my favorites. So perfect for the holiday. Happy Thanksgiving! By any chance, do you have any of the Season 1 episodes

@Xanthas71

4 жыл бұрын

Check the Benjamin Binns channel.

@gregoryclay4269

Жыл бұрын

@@Xanthas71 IDEAL for Thanksgiving holiday.

Isn't it kind of strange that they kept referring to "Hattie," instead of "Mother" or "Grandma"?

@gregoryclay4269

Жыл бұрын

BECAUSE Hattie was Kate's sister, not her mother or Willie's grandmother.

@TheNancypoo

8 ай бұрын

No, it was her mom.

Lance passed away...age 62... I'm in shock. Unreal!!

@Xanthas71

Жыл бұрын

Very sad!!

@gregoryclay4269

Жыл бұрын

A great show, my favorite on retro TV.

It’s a pretty farm

Simple, then pay the expenses yourself. All of it, the taxes, the upkeep, the minor and major repairs, roof, and all of it. The response I would have to my kid.

@vickie7036

10 ай бұрын

So many ways to use that land to make money. However, Willie would be required to work. Country life isn't for the weak.

I had such a crush on Kristy McNichol when I was a kid.

Tears 😢 Luv this episode, except the part where Dexter planted his country bumpkin lips on my Buddy Lawrence's lips. Lol

@XxowendanxX

4 жыл бұрын

It coulda been worse

They kill the turkey? I was born when this show was on. So I dont remember it. I only stopped bc I saw Christy McNichol and I knew her face. I can't stop watching this show!

@JoanCrawfordsghost

2 жыл бұрын

No. ... dad didn't have the heart to do it. But they have a spare factory farmed one who has the same feelings as turkey they spared in fridge!🥺

65,000 in 1976 would be worth over 351 thousand today.

Cough up the share of the bills... I do that with my parent's condo in Florida

Oh I was 10 when it came out my Frienwho is in her80s Never heard of this show

Hattie didn't want it sold she discussed that with Willie

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I thought they had gutters put on the house and downspouts this all started because you said now we had to do the barn there's no gutters on a house

Does anyone know the Name of The Thanksgiving Blessing Song that the Lawrence Family Sings at the end ?

@lauramccue3566

3 жыл бұрын

It is called the Doxology. "Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise him all creatures here below. Praise him above ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.:

@pathayes1043

Жыл бұрын

The church I belong to used to sing the Doxology at the end of every service

@gregoryclay4269

Жыл бұрын

@@lauramccue3566 THANK you for the info.

$65,000? SOLD!!!

Willie don't want to sell but doesn't pay the bills, still lives in his parents home or their guest house and eats their groceries. Tough guy wimp moocher.

@echt114

Жыл бұрын

@cherylwest5444: Families love, share and help each other. Seems yours produced a spiteful resentful witch.

They should have let Willie go to the farm with Salina and Jenny, and leave the boring parents at home for one episode.

@JJRyk

2 жыл бұрын

How mature

@isabeldonahue4157

Жыл бұрын

He’s not a one woman type guy.

There's James

Kate grew up on the farm and never wears pants?

@isabeldonahue4157

2 жыл бұрын

At least wear some flat shoes. 👟👟

@JoanCrawfordsghost

2 жыл бұрын

Yea...there were some things on this show that didn't connect well. Kate was nice but she was all dresses and pumps always and never seemed to like any animals.

@pathayes1043

Жыл бұрын

Kate reminds me of my grandmother. She never wore pants either and usually had an apron tied around her waist. She had "house dresses" that she wore when cleaning.

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Food safety rules are clear about not stuffing the turkey until you put it in the oven because of salmonella risk. Kate would totally know this and she would not have stuffed the turkey hours and hours before it was due to be cooked. And did Buddy actually eat some of the raw stuffing? OMG.

@heatherboster1937

2 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing! when I saw Buddy touch the stuffing and then lick it off her fingers 🤢

So Kate grew up on a farm?

Where is their farm..took plane?

@pathayes1043

Жыл бұрын

Oregon

If they flew there how’d they pull up in their car?

@michaelwarren6467

4 жыл бұрын

They flew into the Airport, and took a taxi to the farm, since the farm was to small to fit a runway for the airplane 🤔

@ourtravelingzoo3740

4 жыл бұрын

Rental?

@lynn1464

4 жыл бұрын

3:14 the dad talked about getting a rental that's what they pulled up in at the farm

@patriciaharris-love413

Жыл бұрын

Doug rented a car at the airport. Remember he said it in the beginning.

Willie....such entitlement. He didn't even manage the upkeep; didnt know the money his grandmothef left for the farm's maint had depleted. He didnt even arrange for its care while the tenant would be away. His parents were financially responsible, not him.

Meat Is Murder. It truly is. Animals have eyes, feelings, they are like us, animals.

@echt114

3 жыл бұрын

No, a turkey is not "like us."

Kate doesn’t seem the type to have come from a rural farm. Willie could have made it a writers art commune. That would have been interesting and give him a scope for immagination

The show This is Us copies off this gem.

Vegan is the only way to be called a human, and humane

@echt114

Жыл бұрын

LMAO. You don't know much about human history/biology do you?

And again Kate is in heels and an old lady dress at the most inappropriate time I have no idea why I'm so into this damn show but please let Kate get comfortable for once! Lol

@greenonions5296

3 жыл бұрын

A few times she tries long moo moo type dresses in 70's fabrics, but doesn't look good in those either.

@caribea6319

3 жыл бұрын

@@greenonions5296 poor Kate 😞

@b.gauthier8610

10 ай бұрын

Kate is supposed to be edging on 50 in this 1978 episode. That means she ought to have been born somewhere late 1920s and early 1930s. So, she grew up between the 1930s and the 1940s. Make a Google search of women farmers between the 1930s and the late 1940s and look at pictures. MOST American women farmers back then did NOT wear pants they wore work day dresses. Kate is a women of that generation. In the late seventies, most middle-aged women preferred wearing what they have been used to wear: dresses and skirts. Back in the late 1970s, pants and jeans were fine for girls and women under 30-35, but most middle-aged women over 40 did not think it suited them nor flattered their figure.

@MooseCall

4 ай бұрын

Dresses are much more comfortable than slacks.