Silver Spoons

Show Summary

Aired: 1982 - 1987
Show Type: Live Action
Country of Origin: US

Edward Stratton III likes Pac-Man, pinball machines and electric trains. Ricky Stratton is mature, sensible and understands computers. But Edward is in his 30s, while son Ricky is only 12. Edward is very rich. He also talks like Goofy, has the brains of a speed bump and lives in a mansion furnished by Santa Claus. In the pilot episode, his fortune has been siphoned off through computer chicanery by a scheming business manager while Edward was playing with his choo-choo trains. Along comes Ricky, who spots the scam and restores Daddy's bucks. Ricky had been raised by his divorced mother, and had never known his father. After being shipped off to military school, Ricky finagled an invitation to move in with his wealthy father and soon helped him learn to be a parent, while Edward taught him a little about having fun.
Kate was Edward's pretty secretary who he would eventually marry in 1985. Kate, along with Leonard his lawyer and Dexter his fussy business manger all do what they can to get the childlike Edward Stratton III through life. Dropping in occasionally is Grand- father stratton, a stuffy tycoon who had been estranged from his immature son until little Ricky came into the picture. Ricky's friends were: Derek, a conniving con- artist; Alfonso, Dexter's nephew; Freddy and J.T.

Cast & Characters

Ricky Schroder as Ricky Stratton
Joel Higgins as Edward Stratton III
Erin Gray as Kate Summers Stratton
Leonard Lightfoot as Leonard Rollins (1982-1983)
Franklyn Seales as Dexter Stuffins
Jason Bateman as Derek Taylor (1982-1984)
Corky Pigeon as Freddy Lippincottleman (1983-1985)
Alfonso Ribeiro as Alfoso Spears (1984-1987)
Bobby Fite as J.T Martin (1983-1984)
John Houseman as Grandfather Edward Stratton II
Ray Wilson as Uncle Harry Summers (1985)
Billy Jacoby as Brad (1985-1986)

Comments

exzactPosted: 04/18/2007

Makin it grow, together, just me and Erin Grey, making it grow. Oh and that Judge Judy plug at the end blew me away. I didn't know she had a show back in the eighties.

LysaedenPosted: 11/17/2007

So, how could a nine month old have a voice credit on this show? If memory serves that is how old Ashley Olsen was when she started on Full House which aired in 1987 and Silver Spoons went off the air in the same year.

FlyingBattery26Posted: 11/30/2007

Judge Judy did not have a show in the 80's. In fact, her show was basically brand new when that promo ran on UPN 38 (WSBK in Boston, Massachusetts). The promo is from about 1996, when WSBK showed an hour of Punky Brewster weekdays at 10am and an hour of Silver Spoons at 11am. Made for a nice way to spend a couple hours during the summer that year (I'm from Upstate New York, but WSBK was in my cable system at the time, as a result of its prior (pre-1994) status as an independent superstation). As for the show itself, I found it to be pretty cool back then, but it's been at least 6-7 years since I've seen an episode.

gelino123Posted: 10/19/2008

Always wanted to ride that train.

lexhoganPosted: 12/08/2008

could of done without!

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