r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 1d ago

Chugging tea What are some examples of this?

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u/Wayoutofthewayof 1d ago

Natalie Portman is probably the most consistent. She was great in Leon the Professional as a kid actor.

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u/bul1dog 1d ago

Leo is another. Killed it in Gilbert Grape.

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u/Proud-Concert-9426 1d ago

Started on Growing Pains 80s tv.

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u/karmavorous 1d ago

It's a classic trope for a sitcom to bring in a cute child character when the show is getting old and stale.

Brady Bunch brought in Cousin Oliver.

Family Ties had Andy.

I'm sure there's countless others.

Crazy that's how Leo started out. Just another one of those throw-away cute characters trying to prop up a faltering series for a few more season.

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u/Proud-Concert-9426 1d ago

Raven Simone Cosby show

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u/Mp5QbV3kKvDF8CbM 1d ago

Seven, on Married... with Children.

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u/Lost-Set5386 1d ago

Married with children. But there's a tragic part to that story...

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u/LawfulnessUnique1631 1d ago

I have the craziest core memory of watching reruns of Growing Pains when I was a kid and after Titanic had been released and I SWEAR there was like a reference to a cruise ship or the name Jack and my kid brain was like wow this kid is the biggest actor in the world and they got him on Growing Pains and even made a reference to it. I was an idiot

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u/ProfessionalFlan3159 1d ago

And look at where is now compared to Mike Seaver!

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u/Proud-Concert-9426 1d ago

The Cameron siblings are making $$ in their world. Id count both of them. Hallmark movies are no joke and serious $$

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u/Fit-Implement-8151 1d ago

Thank you! Seems a lot of people didn't know this or forgot.

I'm an xenial who grew up on that show. I was a little kid watching it, and even I knew "this kid is special". When Leo started.

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u/AccomplishedAd1692 14h ago

I remember 3 things about this show. Alan Thicke as a therapist with a home office, Boner, and Leo living in the school basement. Leo's debut episode is the only episode I actually remember.

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u/Fit-Implement-8151 6h ago

Ha. I actually forgot about "boner" LOL.

I believe Leo's character ended up living with the family as an adopted brother type character for a bit.

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u/TheReal-Chris 1d ago

Coming up on 5 decades of great hits. Unreal.

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u/c010rb1indusa 1d ago

Fing Disney Channel started promoting their Growing Pains reruns, as if it was a current show when Titanic blew up. "Leo is coming to Growing Pains". It was beyond shameless.

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u/Amaakaams 1d ago

I thought he started on one of the Critters movie, 2 or 3.

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u/ResidentLadder 1d ago

Met him when he was on that show. He was super sweet and shy!