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"James at 15" Revisited (Split from Standings '06)

HahnSolo Sep 01 2006 07:21 AM

Darn it, I couldn't find a shot of Lance Kerwin with the graphic.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 01 2006 07:40 AM

OMG - I loved that show!

Edgy DC Sep 01 2006 08:26 AM Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Sep 01 2006 08:39 AM

James had two seasons and two title theme songs, each one rockin' more than the other. The theme from "James at 15" was by England Freakin' Dan and John Ford Freakin' Coley He ain't got no walkin' stick He don't need no ball and chain He ain't got no candy kick That don't mean nothin' to James Oh, oh, James, singin' Oh, oh, James The people in the streets owe the pourin' of the rain Is it a feelin' in the heart, or is it something you can name Oh, oh, James, singin' Oh, oh, James The people in the streets owe the pourin' of the rain Is it a feelin' in the heart, or is it something you can name Oh, oh ,oh, oh, oh, oh, James Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, James The title theme from "James at 16" was less bluesy and more rawk guitar-driven, going something like "James, got your bridges to build! Got your da-da-da-da!" I obviously can't find it on the internet. Stupid internet. Ten other things I remember about James. 1) James had a black friend named Sly who would give him advice, which he called his "Sly-chology." My friends, by comparison, sucked. 2) His first day of school, everyone was wearing a jacket and tie and he felt a fool. His second day, his luggage not having arrived, he borrowed his dad's outsize jacket and tie, but the jacket-and-tie thing was just for the the first day, and he felt a fool. 3) He lost his virginity to a Swedish exchange student. 4) He got VD, probably from the same chick. 5) He was a daydreamer, like Bobby Brady. 6) He was a photographer, perhaps feeling less threatened by the world when he was able to frame it. 7) He was pretty good at soccer, holding his own among his Massachusetts classmates despite being from the Northwest. 8) He befriended a deaf kid and even stopped up his ears for a day to feel what his friend felt. 9) NBC, pushing their big Paul Simon special to teenaged viewers, had James and his friends, in the previous week's episode, turn off the music at their party, stop dancing, sit down, and watch the Paul Simon special. 10) Tim Teufel was clearly inspired by Lance Kerwin's hair.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 01 2006 08:47 AM

]2) His first day of school, everyone was wearing a jacket and tie and he felt a fool. His second day, his luggage not having arrived, he borrowed his dad's outsize jacket and tie, but the jacket-and-tie thing was just for the the first day, and he felt a fool. That's the one episode I remember from that series. I also recall that in that second season, the graphix on the show opening read James at 15 and then crossed out the 15 and wrote 16. I remember the England Dan song too.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 01 2006 08:59 AM

Internet to the rescue: 16:

Willets Point Sep 01 2006 09:02 AM

]3) He lost his virginity to a Swedish exchange student. Lucky bastard. I have no recollection of this show at all. Never heard of it a-once.

Edgy DC Sep 01 2006 09:33 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 01 2006 09:35 AM

He wasn't all that lucky, considering the syphilis and all. God job on the theme songs.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 01 2006 09:33 AM

I believe he also once got to second base with Laura Ingalls blind big sister. I was reminded he ran away from his new home to see her only to find she had a new boyfriend, prompting a dream sequence. It's all coming back now.

HahnSolo Sep 01 2006 09:33 AM

I had a serious little-kid crush on Kim Richards.

Edgy DC Sep 01 2006 11:18 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 01 2006 12:22 PM

In a Scandanavian inspiration, the producers actually cast a Norweigian born actress, Kirsten Butler, as the Swedish exchange student. She has quite a filmography: Weeds (1987) .... Kirsten Please Don't Eat the Babies (1983) .... Candy ... aka Island Fury (USA: video title) Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) .... Terri The Seduction of Miss Leona (1980) (TV) .... Sue ... aka To Love Again (USA: reissue title) Midnight Madness (1980) .... Sunshine Teen Lust (1979) .... Carol Hill ... aka High School Teasers ... aka Police Academy Girls ... aka The Girls Next Door (USA) Gas Pump Girls (1979) .... June California Dreaming (1979) .... Karen "Police Woman" - Murder with Pretty People (1978) TV Episode "James at 15" ... aka James at 16 (USA: new title) - The Gift (1978) TV Episode .... Christina Kollberg, James's 'first' Quella età maliziosa (1975)

Johnny Dickshot Sep 01 2006 11:34 AM

Lance Kirwin today is a 46-year-old recovering crack-smoker who counsels wayward younguns in the ways of JC.

Willets Point Sep 01 2006 11:43 AM

]# Midnight Madness (1980) .... Sunshine The movie that kept HBO in business throughout the 80's.

Frayed Knot Sep 01 2006 11:48 AM

1) I can't believe there's an in-depth discussion going on concerning 'James at 15', a TV show that may have been not only the worst TV show of all time but possibly also the most pretentious. ]Lance Kirwin today is a 46-year-old recovering crack-smoker who counsels wayward younguns in the ways of JC. 2) I'm surprised that there's a call for counseling teens in the ways of John Cougar

Edgy DC Sep 01 2006 12:01 PM

Tell me Frayed Knot didn't just dis' 82. VH1 "100 GREATEST KID STARS" 1. Gary Coleman (DIFF'RENT STROKES) 2. Macaulay Culkin (HOME ALONE) 3. Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen (FULL HOUSE) 4. Jodie Foster (TAXI DRIVER, FREAKY FRIDAY) 5. Drew Barrymore (E.T.) 6. Emmanuel Lewis (WEBSTER) 7. Ron Howard (THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW) 8. Corey Feldman (STAND BY ME, GOONIES) 9. Maureen McCormick (THE BRADY BUNCH) 10. Danny Bonaduce (THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY) 11. The Jackson Five 12. Brooke Shields (PRETTY BABY) 13. Jonathan Lipnicki (JERRY MAGUIRE) 14. Tatum O'Neal (PAPER MOON) 15. Kirk Cameron (GROWING PAINS) 16. Dustin Diamond (SAVED BY THE BELL) 17. Molly Ringwald (16 CANDLES) 18. Ricky Schroder (THE CHAMP, SILVER SPOONS) 19. Keshia Knight Pulliam (THE COSBY SHOW) 20. Christopher Knight (THE BRADY BUNCH) 21. Joey Lawrence (GIMME A BREAK!) 22. Barry Williams (THE BRADY BUNCH) 23. Kim Fields (THE FACTS OF LIFE) 24. Henry Thomas (E.T.) 25. Jonathan Taylor Thomas (HOME IMPROVEMENT) 26. Corey Haim (LUCAS, THE LOST BOYS) 27. Fred Savage (THE WONDER YEARS) 28. Alyssa Milano (WHO'S THE BOSS?) 29. Valerie Bertinelli (ONE DAY AT A TIME) 30. Lisa Whelchel (THE FACTS OF LIFE) 31. Melissa Gilbert (LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE) 32. Malcolm-Jamal Warner (THE COSBY SHOW) 33. New Edition 34. Susan Olsen (THE BRADY BUNCH) 35. Soleil Moon Frye (PUNKY BREWSTER) 36. Linda Blair (THE EXORCIST) 37. Jaleel White (FAMILY MATTERS) 38. Sara Gilbert (ROSEANNE) 39. Sarah Jessica Parker (SQUARE PEGS) 40. Todd Bridges (DIFF'RENT STROKES) 41. Anthony Michael Hall (16 CANDLES) 42. Mike Lookingland (THE BRADY BUNCH) 43. Mindy Cohn (THE FACTS OF LIFE) 44. Joey McIntyre (NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK) 45. Butch Patrick (THE MUNSTERS) 46. Tina Yothers (FAMILY TIES) 47. Leann Rimes 48. David Faustino (MARRIED ... WITH CHILDREN) 49. Kristy McNichol (FAMILY) 50. Danielle Brisebois (ALL IN THE FAMILY) 51. Tempest Bledsoe (THE COSBY SHOW) 52. Michael Fishman (ROSEANNE) 53. Mayim Bialik (BLOSSOM) 54. Quinn Cummings (THE GOODBYE GIRL) 55. Danica McKellar (THE WONDER YEARS) 56. Danny Pintauro (WHO'S THE BOSS?) 57. Danielle Spencer (WHAT'S HAPPENING!!) 58. Brian Bonsall (FAMILY TIES) 59. Kirsten Dunst (INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE) 60. Jason Bateman (SILVER SPOONS) 61. Eve Plumb (THE BRADY BUNCH) 62. Wil Wheaton (STAND BY ME) 63. Peter Billingsley (A CHRISTMAS STORY) 64. Lara Jill Miller (GIMME A BREAK!) 65. Heather O'Rourke (POLTERGEIST) 66. Jill Whelan (THE LOVE BOAT) 67. Jonathan Ke Quan (INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM) 68. Michael Oliver (PROBLEM CHILD) 69. Edward Furlong (TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY) 70. Jerry O'Connell (STAND BY ME) 71. Erin Moran (HAPPY DAYS) 72. Jason Hervey (THE WONDER YEARS) 73. Adam Rich (EIGHT IS ENOUGH) 74. Tatyana Ali (THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR) 75. Elijah Wood (AVALON) 76. Robbie Rist (THE BRADY BUNCH) 77. Diane Lane (A LITTLE ROMANCE) 78. Peter Ostrum (WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY) 79. Menudo 80. Justin Henry (KRAMER VS. KRAMER) 81. Nancy McKeon (THE FACTS OF LIFE) 82. Lance Kerwin (JAMES AT 15) 83. Jeremy Miller (GROWING PAINS) 84. Raven-Symone (THE COSBY SHOW) 85. Scott Schwartz (THE TOY, A CHRISTMAS STORY) 86. Shannen Doherty (LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE) 87. Jackie Earle Haley (THE BAD NEWS BEARS) 88. Cynthia Nixon (LITTLE DARLINGS) 89. Amy Linker (SQUARE PEGS) 90. Kris Kross 91. Dana Plato (DIFF'RENT STROKES) 92. Lecy Goranson (ROSEANNE) 93. Anna Paquin (THE PIANO) 94. Jenna Von Oy (BLOSSOM) 95. Alfonso Ribeiro (SILVER SPOONS) 96. Alison Arngrim (LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE) 97. Christina Ricci (MERMAIDS) 98. Hanson 99. Lacey Chabert (PARTY OF FIVE) 100. Candace Cameron (FULL HOUSE)

HahnSolo Sep 01 2006 12:09 PM

]In a Scandanavian inspiration, the producers actually cast a Norweigian born actress, Kim Richards, as the Swedish exchange student. She has quite a filmography: Weeds (1987) .... Kirsten Please Don't Eat the Babies (1983) .... Candy ... aka Island Fury (USA: video title) Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) .... Terri The Seduction of Miss Leona (1980) (TV) .... Sue ... aka To Love Again (USA: reissue title) Midnight Madness (1980) .... Sunshine Teen Lust (1979) .... Carol Hill ... aka High School Teasers ... aka Police Academy Girls ... aka The Girls Next Door (USA) Gas Pump Girls (1979) .... June California Dreaming (1979) .... Karen "Police Woman" - Murder with Pretty People (1978) TV Episode "James at 15" ... aka James at 16 (USA: new title) - The Gift (1978) TV Episode .... Christina Kollberg, James's 'first' Quella età maliziosa (1975) You left out the Witch Mountain movies, Hello Larry, Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell, and Tuff Turf. Man, do we need to get to 14 fast.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 01 2006 12:12 PM

If things go well today we'll leap right over 14 and get to lucky number 13.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 01 2006 12:18 PM

Do you recall the Mary Ingalls dream sequence? He's running to her in slow motion, and she's looking all dreamy and delicious and running toward him, only as they meet she passes him right by! Damn you, Mary Ingalls!! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELLLLLL!!!!!!!Q

Edgy DC Sep 01 2006 12:25 PM

Yes, I do. Though I mightn't have hadn't you re-awakened that slumbering engram just before death. Hahn, I scrooed up, and pasted Ms. Richards' name in for the Swedish love interest. That flimography belongs to Kirsten Butler (now edited in), mostly known for Friday the 13th, Part II, and for giving James the clapp.

Willets Point Sep 01 2006 12:31 PM

HahnSolo wrote: Man, do we need to get to 14 fast. I sense a thread split to the NBF is in order.

Willets Point Sep 01 2006 12:44 PM

Wow, and just like that it happens!

Edgy DC Sep 01 2006 12:57 PM

Lance also appeared on Little House, where presumably Mary damned him to Hell as well. http://www.lancekerwin.homestead.com/

Johnny Dickshot Sep 01 2006 01:32 PM

What a remarkably lame web site -- and it links to the Chris Makepeace page. If you weren't standing up and cheering at "My Bodyguard" then you're probably a complete dick.

cooby Sep 01 2006 07:13 PM

Tonight on VH1, my husband was watching a show about kid stars and Lance Kerwin was one of them. He's on the first episode of five, in case anyone wants to see him now On the other hand maybe this show has been on 85 times and I just don't know it and you've all seen it Maybe I should have read Edgy's post better.

Willets Point Sep 04 2006 10:07 PM

I don't have cable tv and even I have seen that VH-1 special on child stars so I assume they replay it a lot.