Some of you that are in your 40’s or older may remember a show named 8 is Enough and a character named Tommy Bradford.  If you’re a bit younger than that then you may remember a show called Charles in Charge and a character named Buddy Lembeck, the goofy best friend of Scott Baio’s character, Charles.  Both of these characters were played by a guy named Willie Aames.

I never really watched 8 is Enough.  I saw a few reruns when I was a kid, but it never really interested me that much.  However, I did watch Charles in Charge.  That was a funny show to me.  When I started working at the bookstore in the mid 90’s, we started carrying a new video series named Bibleman.  Imagine my surprise when I learned that Bibleman was portrayed by none other than Buddy Lembeck himself, Willie Aames.  Go ahead and think about that for a minute.

Okay, now I don’t know if you’ve ever seen an episode of Bibleman or what you just imagined in your mind, but it wasn’t as bad as you may think.  It was a live action super hero style show where Bibleman would try to help kids learn how to handle various life issues and solve character defining moments by looking to see what the Bible taught.  

The early episodes were pretty cheesy, but as Bibleman grew in popularity and they got a bigger budget, the show got much better.  The costumes were better, the special effects were better, the lighting was better, and the whole production was pretty decent.  It was still a cheesy kids show, but it wasn’t any worse than anything else you’d see on PBS.

By the time I was living in Lubbock and training to be a store manager, Bibleman was at the peak of its popularity.  Church kids were crazy about him. Read More...

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