Dick Van Patten, of 'Eight Is Enough,' dead at 86

foxnews.com ^ | June 23, 2015 | Carmel Dagan

[Morgana]

Dick Van Patten, who played the paterfamilias on the 1980s TV dramedy “Eight Is Enough,” died on Tuesday morning. He was 86.

Patten died at Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. due to complications from diabetes.

The always-genial, round-faced actor also appeared in Disney films including “Freaky Friday” (the original, Jodie Foster version) as well as Mel Brooks comedies “High Anxiety,” “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” and “Space Balls.”

[Morgana]

rip

[Impy]

He’s a thread on it, RIP.

[ScottinVA]

RIP..

[Conan the Librarian]

HEY ABBOTT!

Don’t forget “When things were Rotten”.

[Pelham]

The role that Dick Van Patten played was based on the real life experiences of Tom Braden, the original Lefty chairholder on CNN’s Crossfire during the early Reagan Administration.

[Mike Darancette]

86 was enough. RIP.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Yep . that’s why Van Patten’s name on the show was Tom Bradford. Tom Braden inspired the Tom Bradford character.

[bgill]

I enjoyed his acting. RIP.

[Pelham]

Did you know that Tom Braden worked at the CIA? I wonder what that old style liberal would think of the Leftists who have taken control of the Democratic Party.

[SMGFan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DiipkmVxec I am glad I found.

[Conan the Librarian]

THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Ever since my last VCR died, I have been looking for copies of this series! This will hold me over until I can swing buying a copy off of amazon.

THANKS!!

[SMGFan]

I haven’t seen it in 40 years. But never forgot the opening theme. Well I mean “Once Upon a time when were rotten La - la - La La la ...Things were rotten. Yay for Robin Hood. They ?? , They ??? “ :)

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Things-Rotten-Rumors/12722

Once upon a time, when things were rotten, Not just food, but also kings were rotten, Everybody kicked the peasants. Things were bad, and that ain’t good... ...Then came Robin Hood!”

Taken from: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Things-Rotten-Rumors/12722#ixzz3dwHnfe8h

http://mllebienvenu.proboards.com/thread/81

When Things Were Rotten, Theme

Once upon a time when things were rotten
*Not to spook but also kings were rotten.*
*Every body thinks the peasants *
Things were bad and bad is good.
*Lets play robin hood *
about
*soon the band of merry men begotten*
*they were out to play the plane green cotton*
*helping folks was their big business, *
boy oh boy was business good,
Good for Robin Hood
they laughed they loved
they fought they drank
they jumped a lot of fences
they robed the rich
gave too the poor
except what they kept for expenses
so when other legends are forgotten
we’ll remember back when things were rotten
Yayy for Robin Hood
The laughed they loved they fought they drank
They Jumped a lot of fences
they robbed the rich, gave to the poor
except what they kept for expenses
so when other legends are forgotten,
we’ll remember back when things were rotten,
Yayyy for Robin Hoooood

Lines in the *’s i’m not sure about, but that’s what i think i heard.

[Conan the Librarian]

A&E use to run it back when they had good programs like Monty Python and the like. I recorded them and watched them frequently until the VCR died.