WE GOT 18 KIDS AND THE POWER OF JESUS: The 7th Heaven Appreciation Thread

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THE DOG'S NAME

IS HAPPY PEOPLE

But they had their struggles, didn't they? Lord knows they did, bless 'em.

ts: ashlee simpson vs. haylie duff

Ruthie: You're the worst babysitter I ever had.
Simon: That's not what you said two hours ago.
Ruthie: Yeah, well that was before you made me wear the staircase.

^^^ wtf does that even MEAN

hahaha

this thread is already A++

remember when mary became BAD

Mary meets a wild girl, Camille (guest-star Keri Russell, "Felicity") in detention who convinces her to sneak out of her house to attend a fraternity party with her. Although, the party turns out to be an intimate double date with a driver who's been drinking all night. Lucy, now at age thirteen, must officially choose her religion and faith---to the pressure of Eric on her back. Meanwhile, Eric and Annie counsel a former associate pastor of Eric's who is burdened with a secret of his own. Also, Simon and Ruthie secretly buy ferrets and sneak them into the house.

Remember the episode where Biel was self-conscious about having a BIG BUTT?

That is one of exactly three episodes of this I remember.

crossposted with noise thread that inspired this one:

i basically bonded with one girlfriend over the "mary gets shipped off to the colonel's for bad behavior" plotline

-- strongohulkington, Monday, July 2, 2007 7:08 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

seventh heaven???

-- the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Monday, July 2, 2007 7:08 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

guys srsly?

-- the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Monday, July 2, 2007 7:08 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i know i've pointed this out before but it terrifies me that seventh heaven has outlasted every adult relationship i've ever had

-- strongohulkington, Monday, July 2, 2007 7:09 PM

7th heaven will outlast you, your children, and your children's children.

it's like a cockroach man

is this on dvd?

every time the network tries to bring the bootheel down...

hells yes it is

we totally need to have 7th heaven watching/booze party

that show is BUILT TO LAST. a child in every age group, plus that one daughter is a pastor now so she can have her own set of 400 babies.

also, french = evil:

After Eric agrees to take in a French exchange student (Guy) as a temporary border, no one but Ruthie suspects the young man is actually a con artist. Suave and romantic, the border attracts both Mary and Lucy after he flirts with them. Simon and Ruthie get sick when they try to smoke Guy's cigarettes. Also, Guy steals Matt's date. Lastly, Eric and Annie discover e-mail and chat-rooms on Guy's laptop computer and begin a romance with each other over the internet.

oh lord almighty E-MAIL AND CHAT-ROOMS.

the devil's work!

writers officially on crack:

Ruthie wants the "Booboom" video game that her friend has and is walking around the house pretending she is dropping bombs which is annoying Annie a lot. Simon has a BIG problem at school when his girlfriend Deena tells him that her former boyfriend Johnny just got dumped by his girlfriend and might be coming after him so he could get back together with Deena. Johnny then threatens to shoot Simon the next day at school. Simon tells Eric this and tries his best to settle this matter leading to bad consequences on both sides as someone gets shot. Meanwhile, Matt introduces Mary to his friend Shana and her brother. He asks Mary out on a date, but has no idea that he has a BIG problem---he is violent. Meanwhile, Lucy tries to be romantic with Jordan and wants to slap him after watching "Gone with the Wind".

Determined to settle down before heading off to medical school, Matt goes in search of a woman to marry. Matt talks with a doctor he works with about wanting to get a life-long mate. Sarah Glass, a co-worker who catches Matt's eye after the future doctor decides to start looking for a bride. Her parents, Rabbi Glass and Rosina Glass and family are Jewish and very concerned for the two. Ruthie tries to set her brother straight by telling him not to do "anything stupid." Eventually concern grows to fear for both families as both Matt ad Sarah do not come home after their second date together in less than 24 hours.

I would like to mention that the family begins to "fear" at 10PM.

i can't believe scott and jessie and i are the only fans of this fine show

Their dad is so handsome and dad-like.

I aspire to be like a mix between him and Chris Tucker in The Fifth Element.

and the oldest brother is a hunk and a half

Plot keywords for
"7th Heaven" (1996)

* Disturbing
* Christian
* Melodrama
* Family
* Brother Brother Relationship
* Brother Sister Relationship
* Church
* Dating
* Father Daughter Relationship
* Father Son Relationship
* Gang Violence
* Gun Violence
* Imaginary Friend
* Minister
* Mother Daughter Relationship
* Mother Son Relationship
* Sister Sister Relationship
* Suicide
* Marriage
* Children
* Teenage Father
* Number In Title

the dad fused with the bald chick at the end of STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE

has one family ever known as many crackheads, unwed mothers, and closet racists?

Determined to settle down before heading off to medical school, Matt goes in search of a woman to marry.

is this christian for matt wants to fuck before he goes to med school?

no the moral of the story is YOUR SON WILL MARRY A JEWISH WOMAN IF LEFT TO HIS OWN ACCORD.

seriously, no one remmebers the boozey aunt one that matt was trying to save?

Matt, Mary and Lucy make plans to get away from the family for Thanksgiving, but when Eric's sister Julie comes to spend the holiday with them, plans are changed. After the family finds out about Julie's dangerous secret: her drinking problem - everyone decides it would be better to stay home. Eric decides to help his little sister overcome her problem at home rather than seek professional help, whether she wants it or not. Although, Annie is not comfortable with the situation and is only concerned that the children stay safe after an unfortunate altercation between Julie and Simon earlier.

she grabbed his wang

okay maybe not

i really wanted to like this show but that blonde haired whiney girl kid...ugh

An angered Simon is reluctant to talk to his parents about his relationship with Georgia after Eric and Annie crash their date at a restaurant. However, Simon eventually drops the bomb that they are having sex and that he's currently on academic probation at college for skipping classes to be with her. Meanwhile, Simon's situation helps Eric realize that the church should teach teens the importance of abstinence and he asks Lucy to lead a class on the subject. Lucy agrees to the program, but with a few conditions. Also, an anxious Lucy and Kevin learn the sex of their new baby, and Lucy starts to question her ability to be a good mother. Matt is worried that Martin is still broken-hearted over Cecilia and will tell her about Simon's new relationship with Georgia, but Martin is on other issues. Lastly, Matt chips away at Ruthie's unwillingness to apologize to Martin over the incident of pulling down his pants at school, but doesn't lead to much progress with the chargin of Ruthie's growing attitude problem.

HO SNAP I NEED TO SEE THIS ONE

dude Ruthie is easily the most annoying one.

after the toddlers.

I love the whole series of eps when Simon almost marries that crazy girl.

YES

haha all i can think about when i watch this show is that sample from the beginning of some

caller: "i was wondering what your views were on parents and authority and when the child is out from under the household authority."
talk show host: "well, i'm speaking now with a grandfather's heart, and i can tell you that we never get out from under authority."

woah simon is having sex?!? last time i saw this he was like, 8.

now he is 9 and a man.

haha...what happens next?!

xpost way back to jessie's jewish date episode synopsis

OH I FAILED TO MENTION THE JEWISH GIRL'S RABBI FATHER IS PLAYED BY RICHARD LEWIS.

:D

I love the whole series of eps when Simon almost marries that crazy girl.

Crazy girl's ex-boyfriend was one of my favoritest sitcom characters ever. Not sure exactly why; he just seemed like such a goofball in some particularly magical way.

Honestly, I think the show keeps getting better (and more insane) with each passing season.

And how about "T-Bone"? Sub-John Hughes-era John Cryer greatness. Sharing a failed George Costanza nickname, no less.

The dad was in All The President's Men wherein he knocked up Meredith Baxter(-Birney) = LUCKY FUCKER.

t-bone is my new favorite character

and those two mystery hoes

oh man the best is when the deaf girl Matt dated is in town and Matt psychs himself up to go tell her he's seeing someone else because he thinks she's OBVIOUSLY still in love with him and he goes to meet her and she is all "wtf I am over you, bastard." except in a deaf girl voice.

The dad was in All The President's Men wherein he knocked up Meredith Baxter(-Birney) = LUCKY FUCKER.

eww!

Did anybody catch the one where the guy from MadTV (the funny-ish, Will Ferrell-ish one) played some character's alcoholic father? It seemed like he was taking the piss the whole time; delivering all of his lines in the weird stilted way that all the actors on the show seem to...

michael j fox came out of her v-jay-jay

or he just sucks. evidence: he was on MadTV.

Sunny: MBB was hot during the Ford admin (and kinda foxy when Alex P. Keaton was v-jay-jay'd)!

(I'll shut up now)

i totally watched this

biel was a hotty

ha, mystery hoes!

I have a crush on the weird redhead one who sometimes looks like she's forty or something, even though her character is s'posed to be, what, still teenaged? Man, there are a fuckload of orphans, runaways, etc. on that show. And somehow more babies than even if the show were set in a maternity ward.

xpost
or he just sucks. evidence: he was on MadTV.
No, he's like the only funny guy on MadTV, and if you were to watch the 7th Heaven episode, he's obviously fucking around. At any rate, that was some bizarre casting.

Also, the show is fab for having several of its "main characters" almost never actually appear on the show for the last couple of seasons, except through one-sided Bob Newhart-style phone calls. Man, screw Mary and her divorce and non-divorce and babies and so forth. Just kill her off!

man, i need to catch up on this show!

wait the thread has gone this long without mentioning the episode where peter tork shows up to "get the old band back together" with dad? simon thinks he smells pot but actually peter tork is an aa sober mofo and was burning incense!!!

OMG OMG OMG

THE FINAL SCENE

WHERE THEY ARE PLAYING AT THE SCHOOL EVENT

REV CAMDEN IS MAKING HIS GUITAR O FACE

I just love how the target demographic of this show doesn't even matter: so long as you have a coherent vision of the fantasy world you're after, and you follow it rigorously to the most extravagant places, your show will be a wonderful thing.

This show is practically like Star Trek: TNG, except instead of "the spare-faring future" it's "suburban Christian-nation theme-world."

(I was going to call it "dream-world," but it's not really a dream-world, because there are times and places where everyone is invested enough in it that they act it out, even if it doesn't actually work that way -- most of this show is recognizable as the world everyone is pretending to be in while in Protestant churches, and not really pretending to be in the rest of the time. And of course since the pastor runs that world, it's imagined that he actually lives in it full time, and therefore he DOES have to live in it full time, and this somehow seems like the whole basis of this show? And somehow that's actually better than like an HBO 7th Heaven where that whole thing is somehow tested or infringed upon by problems.)

This show is practically like Star Trek: TNG

Stephen Collins is the bridge. (Sorta.)

i coulda sworn i saw the mom play a slutty chick in an old movie

she was the mom in the first Child's Play movie wasn't she?

(I actually have a fascination with the whole Christian well-being thing: e.g., there's some commercial with some dude talking about the power of prayer, and he's like "one time, I was down on my knees praying, and I was really hurting bad, and I was feeling a little discouraged" -- and I can't get over his phrasing being that in his Darkest Hour he was, you know, "feeling a little discouraged!" OK and this show seems to work that way sometimes -- like in a normal sitcom or light drama, things always work out because that's the format, things tidily resolve and go back to normal by the end; but in this, things work out because with the love of your family and faith, blah blah blah, ANY result constitutes "working out," right? They get to play the ultimate in reassuring pabulum AND quaint sensationalist danger, it's so terrific.)

WHICH 7TH HEAVEN CHARACTER ARE YOU????

I also found a drinking game but it was not up to ILX alcoholic standards and I propose we make up our own.

http://images.quizilla.com/S/Sunshine/1044952743_turesSimon.jpg
You're Simon! You're pretty much the rational one. You're good with money and you're pretty responsible, minus the whole asking your girlfriend's father permission to sleep with her. You're a good guy. Stay the same.Rate it, please.

You're Lucy! You're right in the middle. You're extremely emotional and sensitive, and you get jealous very easily. You're engaged to Kevin, and you despise his partner, Roxanne. Don't worry, your boyfriend loves YOU and no one else.

WAHT

http://images.quizilla.com/S/Sunshine/1044952960_cturesMary.jpg

You're Mary! Second oldest, and not exactly the brightest. You're sweet, but you dropped out of school to become a flight attendant. YOu used to be a sports goddess, and you got into some trouble during high school, not to mention debt. But you've straightened yourself out, and you're doing well.

translation: I'm irresponsible with money and, er, pretty much all other areas of life.

hah, the text for the Lucy result is great!

What's the link for the drinking game that already exists? It seems like a great show to base a drinking game on. Like, drinks each time the aliens, uh, I mean, the twins speak in unison...or each time Annie is super-angry over something...

lmao LUCY

please dont ruin this thread by posting your quiz results. thanks.

please don't ruin my thread by posting on it.

jk it was just easy

we have already established that apparently I have serious funny bone issues, though.

-- jessie monster, Monday, July 2, 2007 10:38 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

http://images.quizilla.com/S/Sunshine/1044945578_uresRuthie.jpg
You're Ruthie! You always know what's going on in everyone's lives. You're talented and sweet, and you're most likely to be very successful.Rate it, please.

hahaha

y u no love me chaki ;_;

Please to change thread title.

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2009/09/19th_duggar_en_route.aspx

(or help me find the thread that IS about this family, because I haven't found the right one yet)

do not spoil this wonderful thread with reality.

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No mention of the episode where the Rev. straps on his axe and jams out a version of "Spirit In The Sky" that seems to go on and on forever.

It really bugs me that the kids on this show never get away with ANYTHING. They can't even eat a peanut before dinner without that mother suspecting something is up. They have absolutely zero privacy. Is this a reflection of a typical christian upbringing?

yes, everything on 7th heaven is an accurate reflection of a typical christian upbringing

No mention of the episode where the Rev. straps on his axe and jams out a version of "Spirit In The Sky" that seems to go on and on forever.

dude:

OMG OMG OMG

THE FINAL SCENE

WHERE THEY ARE PLAYING AT THE SCHOOL EVENT

― strongohulkington, Monday, July 2, 2007 4:42 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

REV CAMDEN IS MAKING HIS GUITAR O FACE

― strongohulkington, Monday, July 2, 2007 4:42 PM

Ha-ha. It was like the entire school dance was just this neverending jam of the same song.

I seem to remember an episode where the Rev blasted out a bitchin' version of "Sunshine Of Your Love." Same one?

I don't remember that but I'd like to see it.

Ruthie all growns up