Chapter 1: What is the significance of Alan Thicke's first appearance on the show?
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Chapter 2: How did Alan Thicke contribute to iconic television theme songs?
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.
When did that become annoying, honestly?
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.
You seem to be very happy with your marriage.
I am. I am. You know, I've been happy with all of them.
Alan Thicke with us on 790 here. We've got a variety of different things to talk to him about. I had no idea. He also wrote the theme songs for Wheel of Fortune and Joker's Wild. Do you realize how ever present Alan Thicke is in every part of your life?
My music is the soundtrack of the dark side of your life.
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Chapter 3: What insights does Alan Thicke provide about being a sitcom dad?
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Do you sing anything? I mean, is that too much of making this a piano bar situation? Hey, Alan Thicke, do a dance for us. Like, do you sing? If we were to get you to sing a lyric from one of your theme songs, what would you go with?
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Chapter 4: What was Alan Thicke's experience during the 2011 Stanley Cup Final?
Alan Thicke with us on 790. I've been remiss here. His new book, Stu Gatz, How to Raise Kids Who Won't Hate You, bringing up rock stars and other forms of children. It is in stores now. This is a complicated one. I mean, it's hard to raise kids under any circumstances. It has got to be impossible to raise kids, you know, Robin Thicke going into music, kids from television. I mean, you've seen...
With different strokes. Every kid who got fame on different strokes ended up being some kind of maladjusted.
I think it was because of the theme song. I think having to hear that every day probably sent some of them over the edge.
You don't want to talk about your book? You just want to make a joke about different strokes?
No, no. I'm happy to promote the book, How to Raise Kids Who Won't Hate You. It's, first of all, a false premise. It can't be done. It was just to get people in the tent. We called it that. But I do believe that they're going to...
hate you whether it's for a minute or a week or a month, but the idea is better to be a little more strict with them now, make sure your voice resonates in the cacophony of the universe that kids are exposed to nowadays. Better to have them hate you for a week now than hate you for the rest of their lives as adults because you didn't do the right thing.
How to raise kids who won't hate you, bringing up rock stars and other forms of children. Alan Thicke is with us on 790. You remember him as Mr. Jason Seaver, the father on, good Lord, I just drew a blank there. Growing Pains.
Growing Pains. I left you hanging there. I could have changed it.
You could have, and you gave me no help there. Because I was thinking about the fact that I got stuck on Seaver because I happen to know, having dated Danielle Kuzman, that the Seavers and the Kuzmans live next to each other because I guess the guy who did the show is a huge Mets fan, right?
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Chapter 5: How does Alan Thicke reflect on his career and personal life?
We've got to get this guy on more often here. Because you're Canadian, because you love hockey, we air the Florida Panthers games on our station. Our play-by-play announcer actually tries to spice up goal calls by throwing in random movie lines, music lines, TV lines for our listeners. I get the impression from Alan Thicke's sense of humor that he might actually really enjoy this.
It might be something that he would do. Let's play a goal call for Alan Thicke here.
Stillman shot. Rebound. They shoot. They score. Get in my belly. Ballard ties it up here.
That's from Austin Powers. Let's play one more for Alan Thicke. One more.
Leopold. No look. Pass right out in front. He goes off. Right back and he scores. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Totally random.
I like that. I'll give you one. Okay. Wow, what a flourish there.
You really got into that. How did you fail at this?
I've been a lifelong hockey groupie, and I paid the price for it. A couple of years ago, I had five teeth knocked out, and I'm still getting them implanted. As we speak, I have another two months to go. They couldn't do them all at once, so they stretch them out for you.
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Chapter 6: What humorous anecdotes does Alan Thicke share about his hockey experiences?
I don't know that that's true anymore, and the Swedes certainly equipped themselves well in international hockey. But they got out-muscled. They certainly, Boston beat them up pretty well. You know, I go back to the old days of Oren Esposito and more recently Cam Neely, real good pals with all those guys.
I used to get to practice with them, and it's been a long time since Boston could celebrate. So happy for all of those guys. Slow down.
Wait, wait, wait. You used to practice with Cam Neely?
Not nearly, but I played golf with Cam, but I used to practice with Orin Espo, including in the old Boston Garden, and when they would come to L.A., I would be invited down, and it was kind of embarrassing. I would, you know, they'd do the slap shot drill from the blue line, and I remember on one occasion...
Jerry Cheever's actually taking off his goalie gloves and catching my slap shot with his bare hands. Pretty much speaks for my... You know, the Bruins were tough. They were known as the Big Bad Bruins. I was... I was never a fighter. In midget hockey, I got in one fight and I got so scared I wet the other guy's pants. So nobody bothered me after that.
Wait a minute, wait a minute. Alan, in terms of career highlights, you're a huge hockey fan. I mean, the perks that fame gave you, where does that rank? Where does it rank getting to practice with hockey league?
Very, very high. You know, through no fault of my own, as no reflection of my hockey skills, I have gotten to play on the same line with Howe and Gretzky at the 1988 All-Star Game in St. Louis. I actually suited up and dressed for the pregame warm-ups. I've had lots of thrills through my affection for hockey. I go, yeah, I'm a groupie. I'm a hockey groupie.
It's the most fun I ever had with naked guys was playing hockey and being in the locker room.
Your funniest Cam Neely story, please. You've got to have gotten like crazy drunk with Cam Neely, right?
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Chapter 7: What does Alan Thicke say about the evolution of family-oriented television?
And, you know, we actually make money doing it. There are many more celebrities playing hockey nowadays. Tim Robbins, Dennis Leary are in many of the events that we play on the East Coast.
Wait a minute. Alex Trebek, he doesn't play, does he?
Well, he did. You know, this was back in the 1920s. But I brought Alex Trebek to this country. I was producing game shows for NBC. Alex and I were pals, and we put together that first team. Michael J. Fox played a lot with us back in those days. So, yeah, we paid our dues.
And I was, in fact, the last great Canadian riot, other than people waiting for Justin Bieber tickets, was in 93, and that was in Montreal. When the Kings played, the only time the Kings ever made it to the finals, and Montreal won the Stanley Cup that year, and I was there for the last game, and we went and got in the limo. I was with Bruce McNall, the indicted owner from the felons division.
of the NHL, and we got in the limo afterwards, and the riots started, and guys were jumping on the hood of our car. It was a life-threatening experience. They're bouncing the car up and down, and these were the winners. So this is the last time a Canadian team won. So you can imagine how they felt in Vancouver when they lost.
Well, help us out with something. Were you more embarrassed for the city, for the team, for country, or for sport last night?
It was embarrassing for the city and to some extent for the country. You know, it's a great city, and they didn't behave like this when they won the national or the international event at the Olympics. So you'll wonder why they were such bad sports. But, you know, again, the fans inside the arena, the true hockey fans, acquitted themselves very nicely.
The thugs outside, it was looking like a soccer crowd for a minute.
You are a huge sports fan. Were you rooting for or against LeBron James? How did you feel about everything that happened with LeBron James?
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Chapter 8: What final thoughts does Alan Thicke leave the audience with?
stand on cars and actually see Sarah Palin's house from downtown Vancouver. We like our hockey. We like that city. And it was unfortunate that that was the picture we had to leave you with.
See you later, Thick. Always good talking to you.
Thanks, Dan. Bye-bye.
Thank you, Alan.