Remember Scott Baio's afterschool specials from the 80s? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

88survivor · 09-02-2008, 03:43 PM

He did some for ABC, one for CBS, and one for HBO.

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=qd4RbB67g-w

TJL · 09-02-2008, 03:55 PM

I remember The Boy Who Drank Too Much.

Oh Scott Baio, why didn't I heed your warnings?

catlover79 · 09-02-2008, 04:09 PM

Sadly, I do.

88survivor · 09-03-2008, 05:05 PM

He almost sounded Jewish when he said, "A stinking drunk like youuu!" That is the only time you heard a tremble in his voice. To think that Scott's specials dealt with five issues....a drinking problem(The Boy Who Drank Too Much), a drug forming habit(Stoned), drinking and driving(All The Kids Do It), a wheel chair bounded cripple in the same denial as the girl he befriends(Run, Don't Walk), and finally accepting that your best friend is gay(The Truth About Alex).......he did it all. He was king of the afterschool specials, wasn't he?

catlover79 · 09-03-2008, 09:44 PM

^ He didn't become a teen father, so he's not quite there. Rob Lowe did instead.

88survivor · 09-03-2008, 11:01 PM

Yep. He gave Scott the drinking and drug habits instead.....Rob Lowe got the teen father part instead.

catlover79 · 09-03-2008, 11:41 PM

When I was an elementary school student in the late 1980s/early 1990s, some of these after school specials were shown in class.

I didn't realize how truly cheesy and corny they were until I became a teenager.

88survivor · 09-04-2008, 08:54 PM

Gotta love the 80s.

This is the first time Scott Baio been bitch-slapped. Scott was hard-core like a punk when he was speaking back to that actor.

09-02-2008, 03:43 PM	#1
88survivor Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 03, 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,849	Remember Scott Baio's afterschool specials from the 80s? He did some for ABC, one for CBS, and one for HBO. http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=qd4RbB67g-w

09-02-2008, 03:55 PM	#2
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09-02-2008, 04:09 PM	#3
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09-03-2008, 05:05 PM	#4
88survivor Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 03, 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,849	He almost sounded Jewish when he said, "A stinking drunk like youuu!" That is the only time you heard a tremble in his voice. To think that Scott's specials dealt with five issues....a drinking problem(The Boy Who Drank Too Much), a drug forming habit(Stoned), drinking and driving(All The Kids Do It), a wheel chair bounded cripple in the same denial as the girl he befriends(Run, Don't Walk), and finally accepting that your best friend is gay(The Truth About Alex).......he did it all. He was king of the afterschool specials, wasn't he?

09-03-2008, 09:44 PM	#5
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	^ He didn't become a teen father, so he's not quite there. Rob Lowe did instead.

09-03-2008, 11:01 PM	#6
88survivor Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 03, 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,849	Yep. He gave Scott the drinking and drug habits instead.....Rob Lowe got the teen father part instead.

09-03-2008, 11:41 PM	#7
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	When I was an elementary school student in the late 1980s/early 1990s, some of these after school specials were shown in class. I didn't realize how truly cheesy and corny they were until I became a teenager.

09-04-2008, 08:54 PM	#8
88survivor Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 03, 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,849	Gotta love the 80s. This is the first time Scott Baio been bitch-slapped. Scott was hard-core like a punk when he was speaking back to that actor.