Silver Spoons
| Silver Spoons | |
|---|---|
| Created by | David W. Duclon Ron Leavitt Michael G. Moye |
| Starring | Rick Schroder as Richard ("Ricky") Bluedhorn Stratton Erin Gray as Kate Summers Stratton Joel Higgins as Edward W. Stratton III Leonard Lightfoot as Leonard Rollins (season 1) Alfonso Ribeiro as Alfonso W. Spears (seasons 3-5) Franklyn Seales as Dexter Roosevelt Stuffins (seasons 2-5) John Houseman as Edward W. Stratton II (recurring) |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 116 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 0:23 (per episode) |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC from 1982-1986 (Syndicated from 1986-1987) |
| Release | September 25, 1982 – March 4, 1987 |
Silver Spoons was a sitcom that aired on NBC from 1982 to 1986 and in first-run syndication from 1986 to 1987.
It starred Ricky Schroder as Ricky Stratton, a young kid who has returned from boarding school to find his single father, Edward Stratton III (played by Joel Higgins), is an overgrown kid who owns a multinational toy company empire. He lives in a mansion, which is stocked with arcade video games and has a mini-train that runs through out the house. He also performs a little dance before playing Pac-Man. Meanwhile, the older Stratton thinks that his son is an uptight dork who needs to get out and have fun while he's still young. Stratton's personal assistant, Kate Summers (played by Erin Gray), was married to Stratton further into the series.
The title of the show is based on the idea that rich children who are born with a proverbial "silver spoon" in their mouth, implying that they are given only the very best and want for nothing. Despite the premise of the show the goal of the show was to disprove this notion.