I'm sorry people, but gag me with a fork here, OK? I only remember this show from watching it on a regular basis when it first aired or soon afterward in reruns. This show used to frustrate the HELL out of me as a kid (I was probably around Eddies age in real life). The Dad would never get anywhere with a woman. Also, that song would drone over and over in my head for days until it was maddening! As a kid I would root for Bill Bixbie to date the Asian chick, did anyone else think like that? She was getting the shaft also in that show, it was all about little Eddie. Gotta make Eddie happy, us Adults have no life outside Eddie! I have come to realize that this was the "If Virgins Had Kids" show. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Bill Bixby fan from MFM, and TIH and the Elvis flicks he was in but there's a reason why this show isn't run much in repeats on popular networks, this was boring, frustrating TV to watch (Good Life Network doesn't count because I don't know anyone other than C band owners who get that channel). When I was a kid I used to root for Gilligan to get off that damn island, and for Eddies Father to get a woman, it ain't gonna happen because thats TV. It's really really cute, and maybe very wholesome so I give it that, but watching this on a regular basis would get pretty old today. Oh and heres a taste of real life people, Little Eddie (the actor) grew up to sing for the Dead Kennedy's (of the song "Holiday In Cambodia" and named after assinated Kennedy's fame) and is COVERED in tattoo's! That role was just too freaking cute to watch (or act) on a regular basis! If this WAS real life, I'd imagine Eddie doing the same thing as he grew up, kids are cute, very cute at this age but later on they're going to do their own thing and the nicer you are the more likely they are to screw it all up, take my word on it, lol. My advise, be an average at best parent so you can look up to your kids and be proud.

I was about 4 years old when this show was on television and it is one of the oldest and fondest memories I have. Me and my dad would watch this show together every week. It just happened to be on my mom's night out. So, it was just me and him. After the show was over, it was time for me to go to bed. My father would pick me up on his shoulders and carry me upstairs and tuck me in. Excuse the sentimental stuff but I just caught a few episodes and I was overwhelmed with a memory flood. Beyond the childhood reminiscing: the show is pretty pure and straightforward and has something so blatantly missing from most television: heart. And the chemistry between Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz was right on the mark. I'm a Harry Nillson fan so the theme (changed girlfriend to best friend) is fine with me. Tom Corbett should be inspiration for any dad out there! If you get a chance, check it out.

This was a sitcom in a league all by itself. It was a touching, endearing show that was real and sincere. The talking sound montages over the action were great. It was a stylistic show with a lot of class. Brandon Cruz was the perfect Eddie. It shared little with the movie it was based on. Bill Bixby was an intelligent, attractive dad with a lot of compassion. James Komack was a great co-star.It was a quiet, gentle little sitcom that was a feel good show to watch. It was nice to see a show where every one got along. There was no need for the sarcastic comic foil in this show. Too bad it only lasted three seasons. To Bill Bixby wherever you are, this one's for you!

I first saw this back on WWOR in 1994. From the first episode, I was hooked. It was loosely based on the 60's film starring Glenn Ford and Ron Howard, where widowed father Tom Corbett raises his son the best he can in New York City. In the meantime, Eddie stars finding new love interests for his father. A few years later, this show popped up. There were a few changes to the show. In the show, Tom is now a magazine editor for a newspaper in California. He and Eddie are best friends, like the song says. I liked the character of Tom. He never talked down to Eddie and always knew how to balance the best friend/father trick. That is what makes him one of TV's greatest dads.Eddie could always count on the other people in his life too like "Uncle" Norman (Tom's co-worker), Tina (Tom's secretary) and Mrs. Livingston (their maid). It was sort of a neat, extended family. In real life, people would be lucky to have that. I also liked how the series slowly turned away from the original plot of the film of Eddie finding his father a wife. It became about a father and son who are crazy about each other.I think what slowly destroyed the show was the plots started focusing around Norman, rather than Tom and Eddie. The stories ranged from Uncle Norman trying to lose five pounds over the weekend to Uncle Norman's love affairs. I know Bill Bixby was peeved at that but James Komack (Uncle Norman) was the producer, so there wasn't much that could be done.Still, it was a fun show (even if there were a few annoying things to it like the music and the laugh track), but still a heartwarming show.Pat