Last night, actor Alan Thicke, best known as patriarch Dr. Jason Seaver on the ABC family sitcom “Growing Pains,” died of a heart attack. He was 69 years old.
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Besides playing one of America’s most beloved TV dads, Thicke was a presence on many alt-comedy shows on Adult Swim, often making self-deprecating, strange cameo appearances. In one episode of “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” Thicke advertised “The Cinco Napple,” an apple with a sleeping aid.
He made an appearance on “The Eric Andre Show” where he and David Alan Grier closed out the show with a goofy, upbeat song.
Thicke also appeared in the final episode of the short-lived series “The Jack and Triumph Show,” starring Jack Brayer (“30 Rock”) and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
Finally, Thicke even made a guest appearance on a first season episode of “Scream Queens,...
Read More: Gene Wilder, Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein,’ Dies at 83
Besides playing one of America’s most beloved TV dads, Thicke was a presence on many alt-comedy shows on Adult Swim, often making self-deprecating, strange cameo appearances. In one episode of “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” Thicke advertised “The Cinco Napple,” an apple with a sleeping aid.
He made an appearance on “The Eric Andre Show” where he and David Alan Grier closed out the show with a goofy, upbeat song.
Thicke also appeared in the final episode of the short-lived series “The Jack and Triumph Show,” starring Jack Brayer (“30 Rock”) and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
Finally, Thicke even made a guest appearance on a first season episode of “Scream Queens,...
- 12/14/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Alan Thicke, the actor, talk show host and composer known for his turn as the Seaver family patriarch on the sitcom Growing Pains, died of a heart attack Tuesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 69.
Thicke reportedly suffered a heart attack while playing hockey with one of his sons. He was taken to a Los Angeles area hospital where he was pronounced dead. He is survived by his wife Tanya and sons Brennan, Carter and the pop star Robin Thicke.
Growing Pains ran for seven seasons on ABC between...
Thicke reportedly suffered a heart attack while playing hockey with one of his sons. He was taken to a Los Angeles area hospital where he was pronounced dead. He is survived by his wife Tanya and sons Brennan, Carter and the pop star Robin Thicke.
Growing Pains ran for seven seasons on ABC between...
- 12/14/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Alan Thicke, widely known for his starring role as Dr. Jason Seaver on Growing Pains, has died, People confirms. He was 69.
A rep for Alan’s son, Robin Thicke, confirmed to People on Tuesday that the veteran actor, who starred in Growing Pains from 1985-1992, passed away.
The Los Angeles Times spoke with Robin Thicke on Tuesday evening, and he called his father “the greatest man I ever met.” He confirmed that Thicke suffered a heart attack while playing hockey with his son Carter, and that one of the last things he said was a compliment to his son on a nice shot.
A rep for Alan’s son, Robin Thicke, confirmed to People on Tuesday that the veteran actor, who starred in Growing Pains from 1985-1992, passed away.
The Los Angeles Times spoke with Robin Thicke on Tuesday evening, and he called his father “the greatest man I ever met.” He confirmed that Thicke suffered a heart attack while playing hockey with his son Carter, and that one of the last things he said was a compliment to his son on a nice shot.
- 12/14/2016
- by mchiupeople
- PEOPLE.com
We're in the thick of it. Pop has renewed its Unusually Thicke TV series for a second season. This reality sitcom stars Alan Thicke, his wife Tanya Callau, and son Carter Thicke, as themselves.
Guests in the first season included other Thicke family members, including Robin Thicke, as well as Thicke's Growing Pains co-stars Joanna Kerns, Tracey Gold, and Jeremy Miller also appeared.
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Guests in the first season included other Thicke family members, including Robin Thicke, as well as Thicke's Growing Pains co-stars Joanna Kerns, Tracey Gold, and Jeremy Miller also appeared.
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- 3/22/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Show me that smile again! It's been 30 years since we met the Seavers on "Growing Pains" in 1985 -- don't worry, we feel old too -- and we're celebrating the milestone by taking a look back at the show's cast to see what they've been up to for the last three decades. The series, which ran for seven seasons, followed the lives of psychiatrist Dr. Jason Seaver (Alan Thicke), his wife, Maggie (Joanna Kerns) and their family. Jason took care of the kids: ladies man Mike (Kirk Cameron), book worm Carol (Tracey Gold), wild child Ben (Jeremy Miller), youngest daughter Chrissy and, for a little while, a homeless boy played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Since starring in the beloved '80s series, Thicke went on to appear on "Hope & Gloria," "jPod," "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "How I Met Your Mother." The 68-year-old actor is currently starring in his own reality show,...
- 9/24/2015
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Dr. Seaver is peeved with Olivia Munn! Alan Thicke complained about the Zoolander 2 actress on Espn's Highly Questionable show on Friday, May 22, for basically calling him "an old guy" — six years ago! Back in 2009, the Unusually Thicke star, 68, appeared on Munn's G4 series Attack of the Show. During the memorable skit (can't look away!) the duo cut their karaoke session short to embrace and heavily makeout. "A few years ago I was on the show that Olivia Munn started up. And we did [...]...
- 5/23/2015
- Us Weekly
Dear Robin Thicke, you can stop erasing all of your music from your dad's computer – the comment about him getting down to your sweet jams was just a joke!
The world had a collective "Ewww!" last week, when Alan Thicke's wife Tanya Callau, 40, commented that she and Alan, 68, play Robin's music (specifically "Sex Therapy") to get in the mood. On Monday's Access Hollywood Live, the "Unusually Thicke" couple cleared up Tanya's comment.
"This ...
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The world had a collective "Ewww!" last week, when Alan Thicke's wife Tanya Callau, 40, commented that she and Alan, 68, play Robin's music (specifically "Sex Therapy") to get in the mood. On Monday's Access Hollywood Live, the "Unusually Thicke" couple cleared up Tanya's comment.
"This ...
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- 5/18/2015
- by access.hollywood@nbcuni.com (Access Hollywood)
- Access Hollywood
Memo to Alan Thicke: What happens in the bedroom is supposed to stay there! During a recent visit to Us Weekly's New York City offices with his wife, Tanya Callau, the Unusually Thicke star and Growing Pains alum, 68, admitted that he and Callau, 40, hit the sheets with Robin's music on repeat. "When we do get freaky, we love [Robin's song] 'Sex Therapy,'" Callou, Alan's wife of 10 years, told Us in our latest edition of Loose Talk. "You have to admit, it's a great song [...]...
- 5/14/2015
- Us Weekly
Alan Thicke says the "Blurred Lines" copyright case, in which his son Robin's 2013 hit was ruled to have ripped off Marvin Gaye's 1977 classic "Got to Give It Up," is "kind of a milestone litigation – and dangerous to the musical community."
The actor shared his thoughts Wednesday in an interview with Today, adding that he didn't have much advice for his son. "I just said, 'Yes, you're giving back $3 million, but you're $3 million ahead of where you were before,'" he says in the clip. "From a purely accountant's standpoint,...
The actor shared his thoughts Wednesday in an interview with Today, adding that he didn't have much advice for his son. "I just said, 'Yes, you're giving back $3 million, but you're $3 million ahead of where you were before,'" he says in the clip. "From a purely accountant's standpoint,...
- 5/6/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Mobile app Whipclip has signed a deal with the Pop network to provide easy video clipping and sharing for this Sunday’s Daytime Emmy Awards and five series, including Eugene Levy‘s Schitt’s Creek and Alan Thicke‘s Unusually Thicke. Whipclip is designed to make it easy, and legal, for viewers to grab bits of video from network TV shows and quickly share them on social media, email and text message. The <a title="Richard Rosenblatt Launches Whipclip Video App…...
- 4/24/2015
- Deadline TV
Paula Patton and Robin Thicke's future together is anybody's guess—even their own. "We honestly don't know," Robin's dad Alan Thicke told me yesterday while promoting Unusually Thicke, his pseudo-reality show on Tvgn. "I'm sure they don't really know either. Robin's put it all out there. He's put it hard on the table and poured it into his music." "He's suffering," Alan's wife Tanya said. "He's in pain. There's no doubt that they love each other. She loves him and he loves her." The Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol actress and the singer split in February after nine years of marriage. Robin has been on...
- 7/9/2014
- E! Online
Fans of easy-to-make puns and '80s television: We've got a treat for you.
For the mid-season finale of Alan Thicke's reality show, Unusually Thicke, Thicke hosts a Growing Pains reunion at a barbecue and hangs out with John Stamos. If that sentence didn't send your nostalgia-o-meter into the red, nothing will.
At one point, Stamos has a conversation with Thicke about rebooting Growing Pains, with him playing Mike Seaver. And adding zombies. Or vampires. Or gay people. (It's important to note that, earlier this year, Thicke referred to his show as "reality-ish," so maybe don't expect this reboot...
For the mid-season finale of Alan Thicke's reality show, Unusually Thicke, Thicke hosts a Growing Pains reunion at a barbecue and hangs out with John Stamos. If that sentence didn't send your nostalgia-o-meter into the red, nothing will.
At one point, Stamos has a conversation with Thicke about rebooting Growing Pains, with him playing Mike Seaver. And adding zombies. Or vampires. Or gay people. (It's important to note that, earlier this year, Thicke referred to his show as "reality-ish," so maybe don't expect this reboot...
- 6/4/2014
- by Alex Heigl
- People.com - TV Watch
var brightcovevideoid = '3605379512001'; Fans of easy-to-make puns and '80s television: We've got a treat for you. For the mid-season finale of Alan Thicke's reality show, Unusually Thicke, Thicke hosts a Growing Pains reunion at a barbecue and hangs out with John Stamos. If that sentence didn't send your nostalgia-o-meter into the red, nothing will. At one point, Stamos has a conversation with Thicke about rebooting Growing Pains, with him playing Mike Seaver. And adding zombies. Or vampires. Or gay people. (It's important to note that, earlier this year, Thicke referred to his show as "reality-ish," so maybe...
- 6/4/2014
- by Alex Heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Prom Confessional: Amy Schumer, Theo Rossi, Paul Wesley and more celebs share their stories -- Video
It’s not just finale season, it’s also the month of proms. As celebs visited EW’s video studio, we asked them for memories of their big night. Who thought they’d get lucky and didn’t? Who never actually made it to the prom after imbibing in the limo? Whose date went on to become a congressman? Watch our special PopWatch Prom Confessional below to find out.
Sharing their stories are Inside Amy Schumer’s Amy Schumer, Sons of Anarchy’s Theo Rossi, Kyle MacLachlan, Ari Graynor, Donald Faison, Awkward’s Molly Tarlov, Gillian Anderson, Christopher Meloni, Krysten Ritter,...
Sharing their stories are Inside Amy Schumer’s Amy Schumer, Sons of Anarchy’s Theo Rossi, Kyle MacLachlan, Ari Graynor, Donald Faison, Awkward’s Molly Tarlov, Gillian Anderson, Christopher Meloni, Krysten Ritter,...
- 5/16/2014
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
When Alan and Tanya Thicke came by our studio to talk about their new show, Unusually Thicke, we decided to have the couple play a game to find out more about their unique relationship habits. From vacations to eating habits, this pair has an unexpected answer for everything. Check out the video to hear a wild story from one of the Thickes' romantic vacations. Catch Unusually Thicke Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. on Tvgn.
- 5/15/2014
- by Lindsay Miller
- Popsugar.com
Alan and Tanya Thicke are the latest celebrity couple to let reality cameras inside their home with their new and aptly named series Unusually Thicke. The pair dropped by our La studios to explain why the show puts a new spin on the typical reality formula and to give us a preview of some of the famous faces - John Stamos and the Growing Pains cast among them - we'll see pop up on the show. Alan also told us how his son, Robin Thicke, is channeling his feelings into music in the wake of his split from wife Paula Patton. Catch Unusually Thicke Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. on Tvgn.
- 5/1/2014
- by Lindsay Miller
- Popsugar.com
This is a new reality show coming to TV Guide Channel. The boy band New Kids on the Block partying on a cruise ship.
Rock This Boat: NKotB is an eight-episode series where the 1980s pop band hang out at sea with some of their fans (for some, being trapped on a boat with the New Kids on the Block is a vacation dream).
TV Guide Channel announced the show as part of its upfront presentation Tuesday, along with a new family based reality show starring Alan Thicke. Billed as “a real-life modern family,” Unusually Thicke has a 14-episode order.
Rock This Boat: NKotB is an eight-episode series where the 1980s pop band hang out at sea with some of their fans (for some, being trapped on a boat with the New Kids on the Block is a vacation dream).
TV Guide Channel announced the show as part of its upfront presentation Tuesday, along with a new family based reality show starring Alan Thicke. Billed as “a real-life modern family,” Unusually Thicke has a 14-episode order.
- 4/29/2014
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
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