I was a big fan of “Growing Pains” when I was younger. The end of the final episode actually made me cry.
I especially liked the show’s theme song. But what I loved was the little-remembered a cappella version of the theme, which was used only toward the end of the series. Well-sung a cappella music has such nice and tight harmonies.
I’ve never been able to find any clips of the a cappella theme online. The show even runs on TV in syndication, but whenever I caught an episode, it had the regular opening. I began to wonder if they’d dumped the a cappella opening in syndication.
That made me sad.
Lo and behold, the other night our TiVo recorded a late episode of “Growing Pains” as a suggestion, and the episode used the a cappella opening! I was so excited that I transferred the episode to my computer and made a clip of the theme. Here it is.
Pure happiness.
Nice. I could’ve sworn I had that a cappella theme as an audio file, but I can’t find it at the moment. Wow, I haven’t watched that opening in forever; it actually got me a little sad, like looking at family photos sometimes does. Aside: I came across the lyrics just now, and I had no idea it’s “We’re nowhere near the end.” All these years I thought it was “We know we’re near the end”… the real lyrics make much more sense! LOL.