Explain the Unkillable: "7th Heaven"

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Back for another season after all. The only thing I vaguely remember about this series is that one of the actresses playing a daughter decided to pose for risque photos in an attempt at a more dangerous image (a la Elizabeth Berkley, I guess).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 18 May 2006 23:56 (nineteen years ago)

i think freebasing at the premiere party for a recent film of hers might have been better in that regard [/item]

― gear (gear), Thursday, 18 May 2006 23:58 (nineteen years ago)

So handy!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 May 2006 00:04 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.wbnx.com/shows/7th/413_bio_7th_eric.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 May 2006 00:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://i.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/020510/132956__heaven_l.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 May 2006 00:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.goldendome.org/music/photos/StarTrekDeckerIlia1.jpg
^^^ awesome movie

― and what (ooo), Friday, 19 May 2006 00:13 (nineteen years ago)

Damn straight.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 May 2006 00:14 (nineteen years ago)

ilia is dead, you know : (

― gear (gear), Friday, 19 May 2006 00:17 (nineteen years ago)

Yus. :-(

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 May 2006 00:18 (nineteen years ago)

kirks babymomma is too :-( shes the mom of princess toadstool tho

― and what (ooo), Friday, 19 May 2006 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.wbnx.com/shows/7th/413_bio_7th_annie.jpg
ADMIRAL!!!@@
http://www.homevideos.com/freezeframes918/startrekIV95.jpeg

― and what (ooo), Friday, 19 May 2006 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

Conservatives control the media, ensuring the "family friendly" pablum pushing religious values down the nation's collective throat, while acerbic, off-color comedies such as Arrested Development get cut off at the knees.

That's my theory, anyway.

― pleased to mitya (mitya), Friday, 19 May 2006 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, clearly the Nielsen ratings were sabotaged.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 May 2006 01:06 (nineteen years ago)

Hey, Ned, if the right wing can change the whole context of discussion by talking nonsense often enough, I'm happy to play the same game going the other way.

― pleased to mitya (mitya), Friday, 19 May 2006 01:13 (nineteen years ago)

LESLIE NEILSEN LOVES JESUS

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 19 May 2006 01:22 (nineteen years ago)

I can't wait until the mourning period for Arrested Development is over. Save the pity for a good show getting cancelled before its time (like Deadwood).

― milo z (mlp), Friday, 19 May 2006 02:29 (nineteen years ago)

7th heaven is a creepy fucking show. especially stoned. or so i've heard.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 May 2006 02:39 (nineteen years ago)

their house is a house of horrors. people stumble into it asking for directions and then the whole zombie family jumps on top of them trying to search for weakness and blood. and then they are trapped forever and have to live there and pretend that they don't want to leave. it's frightening.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 19 May 2006 02:42 (nineteen years ago)

those fuckin gkids are from hell, the twins

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Friday, 19 May 2006 04:23 (nineteen years ago)

I CAN"T EXPLAIN A PILE OF SHIT TV SHOW, NOR CAN I FATHOM HOW THATS THE SAME GUY COPPING A FEEL OFF ILIA

http://www.fantascienza.com/cinema/star-trek-1/media/45.JPG

― guess papers (eman), Friday, 19 May 2006 04:29 (nineteen years ago)

This show is the best thing going on television, as far as quality bad acting goes. Everyone (including actors doing one-time guest spots) delivers their lines in the same weird stilted cadences...and they are forced to constantly regurgitate the same pet phrases that the scriptwriter(s) seem so fond of using. In every episode, there will be at least one instance of a character saying "for a minute there I thought that you were [x, where x=pregnant, having an abortion, quitting school, shacking up, etc.]. (pause, followed by furrowed brow indicating grave concern) You aren't planning on doing [x}, are you? (another pause, as concern switches to a look of near-exasperation) [insert character's name]!Please tell me you're not planning on [doing x]!"

MOM: Oh that is such a relief, Simon...for a moment there I thought you were going to tell me that you were quitting school. (pause for several beats as she scans Simon's tentative expression) You aren't planning on quitting school, are you? Simon! Please tell me you're not planning on quitting school!

They had odd "theme" episodes during the would-be final season-- one show had all this Gershwin stuff running through it; while another had a running thread concerning how the different characters ate their Oreo cookies.

I find it much more entertaining than say, The O.C.

― Dell (Dell), Friday, 19 May 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

I liked the one about smokers best.
Where this girl is a house-sitter and smokes and then the leaves a cigarette burning and the house completely burns down.

― clodia pulchra (emo by proxy), Saturday, 20 May 2006 10:07 (nineteen years ago)

In a weird way, it's thoroughly watchable. Not quite sure why - the characters and stories are oddly alluring.

― paulhw (paulhw), Saturday, 20 May 2006 18:17 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

You frighten me, Paul.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 5 June 2006 01:17 (nineteen years ago)

THIS SHOW IS WORSE THAN AIDS AND HITLER PUT TOGETHER

― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Monday, 5 June 2006 03:37 (nineteen years ago)

wait has this been on for like 14 years or something? i remember my retarded southern aunt watching it when i wanted to watch nickelodeon. that's when i realized she was retarded.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Monday, 5 June 2006 04:00 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.screamtelevision.ca/_visuals/childs_play.jpg http://www.80sreborn.com/images/childs-play-2.jpg

― Marmotdeth (marmotwolof), Monday, 5 June 2006 04:23 (nineteen years ago)

multiple girlfriends and i have bonded over this show. in fact, 7th heaven love (or lack thereof) may be how i weed 'em out.

― jewess harvell (dubplatestyle), Monday, 5 June 2006 04:29 (nineteen years ago)

wait has this been on for like 14 years or something?

10 years:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115083/
Hmpf, I never knew Ashlee Simpson was on this show.

― Marmotdeth (marmotwolof), Monday, 5 June 2006 04:33 (nineteen years ago)

THIS SHOW IS WORSE THAN AIDS AND HITLER PUT TOGETHER

When I read this I immediately thought of what could've been the Village Peoples' darkest music video ever.

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 5 June 2006 04:41 (nineteen years ago)

my favorite episode is when the old band shows up and tries to get dad to sing again. it was like peter tork, jon arbuckle, tom waits and stephen stills as the band i think. anyway peter tork is staying in his van in their front yard and the little annoying kid smells weed. it ended uip being incense and he was sober for 10 years!

see im not lying. from dads website:
http://www.stephencollins.com/himself/scpetertorkm.jpg
"This is a photo which would have utterly blown my mind if you could have shown it to me in 1965, when The Monkees ruled. At left, on bass guitar, is former Monkee Peter Tork, and that's me on the right, playing my '68 Fender Thinline Telecaster (an amazing birthday present from '7th Heaven' producer Brenda Hampton). Peter and I were playing on the back lot of the '7th Heaven' set, at the party celebrating '7th Heaven's' 100th Episode, November 16, 2000. The two other, unseen, band members were Keith Alison (formerly of Paul Revere & The Raiders) on lead guitar, and David Glen Eisley (Foreigner) on drums. The band was assembled for an episode on season 3 of '7th Heaven,' in which Eric Camden's old high school band comes back to town. At that time, we recorded a cover of 'Sunshine of Your Love,' which we sang on the show. The guys came back for a cameo on the 100th episode, and then graciously joined me to play a one hour set at the party."

― chaki (chaki), Monday, 5 June 2006 06:23 (nineteen years ago)

I haven't watched this in years, but I thought it was interesting at one time. There was somewhat of an open-minded and progressive aspect to the show, I thought.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 5 June 2006 06:54 (nineteen years ago)

eight years pass...

Well then...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/7th-heaven-actor-stephen-collins-admits-to-child-molestation-on-tapes-report/

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:38 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNoHdt36C7o

― how's life, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:52 (eleven years ago)

Bummer, btw. One of my roommates used to watch this regularly and I'd tune in. Mostly just a sweet, chipper little family show as far as I can remember.

― how's life, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:55 (eleven years ago)

♫ seeeeeventh heaven ♫

― kernel poo (am0n), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 14:23 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kilo6iqi6Pg

http://oi60.tinypic.com/negdaw.jpg

― kernel poo (am0n), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 14:24 (eleven years ago)

Trying to come up with a "Decker unit" joke after how's life's ST clip above, but this isn't funny.

― bippity bup at the hotel california (Phil D.), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 14:27 (eleven years ago)

unconfirmed reports he shot himself

― just1n3, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 06:28 (eleven years ago)

http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/10/07/sarah-goldberg-dead-dies-7th-heaven/ ?

― StanM, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 06:51 (eleven years ago)

What the hell is going on?

― smoochy-woochy touchy-wouchy, (sunny successor), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 12:55 (eleven years ago)

whoa hot damn

― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:00 (eleven years ago)

Why is that only just now being reported?

― Certified Genious (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:01 (eleven years ago)

Bummer, btw. One of my roommates used to watch this regularly and I'd tune in. Mostly just a sweet, chipper little family show as far as I can remember.
― how's life, Tuesday, October 7, 2014 8:55 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

in its own desperate and transparent way it was a very conservative show, cynically designed to appeal to middle-american fundies

that the dad was a lech/pedophile is only too perfect in relation to the show, though obviously horrible in any real sense

― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:39 (eleven years ago)

so idg are the suicide and Goldberg's death related

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:40 (eleven years ago)

goldberg was i think so deeply affected by the news of collins' death and still so confused over the possible pending charges that she dropped dead.

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:41 (eleven years ago)

rip stephen collins anyway

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:42 (eleven years ago)

in its own desperate and transparent way it was a very conservative show, cynically designed to appeal to middle-american fundies

iirc they made him a political liberal/democrat tho lol

― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:47 (eleven years ago)

right, any piece of popular culture is wise to hedge its bets

― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:47 (eleven years ago)

i really liked tales of the gold monkey as a kid

― sarahell, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:48 (eleven years ago)

this is the only 7th heaven i fuck with

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-74RVrZ9f-U0/UMU5roflv-I/AAAAAAAAbNw/nMTfTgWvAYk/s1600/Seventh+Heaven+(1927).jpg

― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:49 (eleven years ago)

this is the best 7th heaven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMpACxYoPEM

― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:51 (eleven years ago)

This one's good:

http://www.bookfever.com/book_photos/18558.jpg

― the man with the black wigs (Eazy), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:52 (eleven years ago)

so idg are the suicide and Goldberg's death related

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, October 8, 2014 4:40 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Goldberg died in her sleep of natural causes at age 40 like all 40 year olds naturally do

― smoochy-woochy touchy-wouchy, (sunny successor), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:09 (eleven years ago)

fuck! i turn 40 next month! hello death.

― sarahell, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:19 (eleven years ago)

♫ seeeeeventh heaven ♫

― kernel poo (am0n), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:20 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIYNoH99Guc

xpost?

― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:44 (eleven years ago)

tl;dr wikipedia on the case

https://38.media.tumblr.com/e6a2212dd31125d9f0088312b82c4659/tumblr_nd59oeQxt71tvespno1_500.png

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 23:24 (eleven years ago)

this infographic reminds us that sometimes it's OK to pick the low hanging fruit because occasionally it's ripe as fuck

― i'd rather be arrested by you folks than by anybody i know (art), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 23:29 (eleven years ago)

Amen

― smoochy-woochy touchy-wouchy, (sunny successor), Thursday, 9 October 2014 02:48 (eleven years ago)

YARGH

http://gawker.com/it-would-look-like-an-accident-the-erotic-novels-of-1643823921

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:45 (eleven years ago)

so gross

― smoochy-woochy touchy-wouchy, (sunny successor), Thursday, 9 October 2014 21:21 (eleven years ago)

two months pass...

http://www.etonline.com/photo/2014/10/24106772/7th_heaven.jpg

― internet explorer (am0n), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:17 (eleven years ago)

There's no greater feeling than the love of a family.

― the mooney tanuki (how's life), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 19:41 (eleven years ago)

smiling cuz he had a giant boner raging

― akm, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:27 (eleven years ago)

:'(

― the mooney tanuki (how's life), Thursday, 18 December 2014 10:11 (eleven years ago)

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