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Deborah Harmon stars in ABC’s 'big family’ showBy JERKY BUCK AP Television WriterLOS ANGELES -Deborah Harmon, who has enough kids on ABC's “Just the Ten of Us to populate several comedy series, says the show’s big family is in tune with the times“We get a lot of mail from people who say, ‘I'm from a big family and you're justlike my mon.I think families are becoming chi-chi again. Every mall you see now a child shop Families are coming back in style. So. ui that way. I think our show is pertinent and a product of the '80s We also get a lot of attention from Catholic groups, since the family is CatholicHarmon stars as Elizabeth I-ubbock, whose husband. Coach Graham laibbock. teaches at an all-boys Catholic school in Eureka. Calif. Comedian Bill Kirchenbauer plays her husband in the Friday comedy series. The show is a spinoff from ABC’s drawing Pains.’* in which Coach was the favorite teacher of Mike Seaver (Kirk Cameron i.In Just the Ten of Us. Coach has taken his seven children and pregnant wife to a new job in Eureka.In the first shows last season. Elizabeth was pregnant. In the new season, the Lubbocks have eight children No episode was devoted to the birth of the new baby. Harvey, since the focus is on the whole family.One of the first names they thought of for the show was Eureka.' Harmon said us she ate a salad at the table in the laibbock kitchen during the lunch break But the fear was people would think the show was about a vacuum cleaner Another title was Yo. Coach,' but ABC had promised another show it could use Coach I don't care what it's called as long as we're on the airOne of the producers suggested we call it Stay Away From Me,' because of all the kids Maggie on Growing Pains and I are both new mothers She's worried about whether the child’s going to accept her because she's a working mother. My worry is how I'm going to make the chicken stretch that far The kitchen set reflected the Lubbocks' economicIN TUNE WITH THE TIMES - Deborah Hannon, star of ABC's Just TV Tea Of Us, says famUr* are becoming chichi agate. Says Hannon, who posed recently in Bor bank. Families are coming back in style. So. In that way. I think our show is pertinent and a pradncl of the **». Har mon stars as Elizabeth Labbock. mother of eight, wbo move* to Eureka. Calif., with the kids and her husband. Coach Graham Lubbock. a leaeber at aa all-boy* catboBr schooloutlook It was warm and comfortable, with a dated look It's an old house the family is try ing to make livable The wallpapered walls are actually from scenery flats that dale back to the 1920s“I think a lot of people in our economic strata canrelate to this. said Hannon I’m allowed four outfits That's all TheMaggie in •Growing PainsShe has been in series, most recently CBS’ Leo and Liz ui Beverly Hills, in which she played a neighbor She also starred in The Ted Knight Show ’ and has been a guest on many vnes. such as M-A-S-H. St Elsewhere and Mar ned With Children . She's also been in a number of TVdepartment suggested designer sports clothes I said, no way. this woman shops at K mart It's the same with the kids They only have a few outfits, but they do a lot of things with socks The show also deals with and the daughters sexuality, In one show. Mane (Heather I -mgenkamp i thinks she's diverted a boyfriend from the priesthood I find her kneeling and praying in front of the TV set. said Hannon I say. Mane, don't pray there Thai’s Satan's altar We do some gentle Cafhobc humorHarmon, a former member of Chicago's Second City troupe, had earlier auditioned for the role ofmovies, including Baby Girl Scott. My Waked. Wicked Ways: The Errol Flynn Story and Prince of Bel Air-Three years ago I had a lot of problems. said Harmon i was not happy. I'm so happy now I'm engaged to marry the most wonderful man He doesn't live here and he's not in show business The only thing worse than marrying an actor is marrying a musician.
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