Alan Thicke

I do that.

I get a lot of, hey, where's Mike?

And did he finish his homework?

And hey, Dr. Seaver, and that kind of thing.

And I'm proud of that role.

It was some family values that we all try to aspire to.

And so we had seven great seasons, and if that goes on my tombstone, I'm happy with that.

Never, honestly.

It doesn't.

Proud of the role, proud of the show, what it stood for.

And it really was the end of a breed.

Back in the early 90s, the Nielsen research people discovered that households now had two televisions, so they could make one show for kids and one for the grown-ups, and they'd watch separately.

We were the last of a...

breed of the so-called family hour where you had to make shows for everybody to watch together and that was the cosby show full house family ties who's the boss and us it's interesting because we were just discussing before you came on there are no more television dads it's gone the breed it's it doesn't exist anymore

Well, they're still around, but they're way more interesting.

In fact, my new favorite show is Modern Family, where Sofia Vergara plays my wife and Ed O'Neill plays me.

They're really kind of acting out our story there.

Tanya is a hot young Latina, and I'm a middle-aged, and that's being generous.

A middle-aged guy married before with a blended family.

We're getting a big kick out of that show.