Alan Thicke was a Canadian TV show host, actor, and songwriter. He started off by appearing in a small role in the 1969 Canadian TV series ‘It’s Our Stuff’. He then went on to host the Canadian Game show ‘First Impressions’ (1971). Consequently, he found early fame by hosting the Canadian daytime talk show ‘The Alan Thicke Show’ (1980 – 1982).
Following that he went on to host the short-lived American late night talk show ‘Thicke of the Night’ (1983 – 1984). Simultaneously, he also made his presence felt in the world of acting. Some of Alan Thicke’s most successful TV shows were ‘The Love Boat’ (1984), ‘Murder, She Wrote’ (1993), ‘Married… with Children’ (1996 – 1997), ‘Animal Miracles’ (2001 – 2004), ‘How I Met Your Mother’ (2008 – 2013), and ‘Unusually Thicke’ (2014).
Perhaps his most famous role was that of Dr. Jason Seaver in the sitcom ‘Growing Pains’ (1985 – 1992). Alan Thicke never really made it big in movies. ‘Cooper Mountain’ (1983), ‘Raising Helen’ (2004), and ‘The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard’ are some of his best movies.
Johnny Truelove, a young drug dealer is living the high life, thanks to his supplier dad Sonny. However, when Jake Mazursky, a dangerous junkie fails to pay, Johnny and his right-hand man Frankie, kidnap Jake’s brother, Zack. Tragic consequences await as they find themselves out of their depth.
Raising Helen is a comedy drama film, which tells the story of a young woman, Helen, who becomes the guardian of her sister and brother-in-law’s three children after they die in a car accident. However, she discovers that raising them is much more difficult than she imagined.
The film revolves around the life of Don Ready, who is a used-car salesman. He is hired by an auto dealership having poor sales, as they think he might be the right person who can turn their Fourth of July sale into a hugely profitable event.
Teenager Donny fathers a son with his teacher, Mary McGarricle, who is later sentenced to prison when the relationship is discovered. An immature Donny abandons the child. 28 years later, Donny trying to avoid prison shows up in his son Todd’s life and turns his life upside down.
