Theme Songs: "Eight Is Enough"

Thinking of the passing of Dick Van Patten yesterday made me a bit sentimental for this clip from the hit 1970s show EIGHT IS ENOUGH.

Grant Goodeve, who played eldest son "David Bradford." performs in it's entirety what would become the show's theme song.

The song is perfectly 70s, and while I didn't really get it at the time, now I realize what a huge crush I had on Grant Goodeve.

It's funny to realize today that I never put together the fact that I liked the show so much while in my own life had lost my mother early on, like the Bradford kids of the TV show did.

Also, much like the Bradfords, my family headed in different directions most of the time, too.

Kind of a "rear-view mirror" moment for me.

RIP Dick Van Patten.