Growing Pains (TV Series) Feet of Clay (1989) User Reviews

The Fallen Idol starring Brad Pitt!

[Sylviastel · 7/10 · 19 January 2007]

This episode has Brad Pitt as an obnoxious self-centered rock singer, JOnathan Keith. Ben Seaver is a huge fan and would love to see him but they can't get tickets. Jason went to Cornell Medical School with Jonathan's father who gets tired of being asked for tickets. Maggie pulls it off by getting tickets through her television station. Of course, they go to a private sound check where Jason gets Jonathan to sign his album (remember the records?). Well, anyway Jason overhears Jonathan being nasty to his road manager and bodyguard who was supposed to protect him from fans. Anyway, Ben gets a taste of Jonathan's bad medicine and decides whether he wants to go his concert. Look, it's a not great episode but it's interesting to see Brad Pitt before Jennifer and Angelina. It's nice to see him in this episode that just seemed like yesterday.

Brad rocks 'Growing Pains'

[fjarrett · 19 March 2006]

Episode title: "Feet of Clay" Maggie Seaver (Joanna Kerns) arranges for her son, Ben (Jeremy Miller) to meet his favorite rock star played by Brad Pitt.

Filmed in 1989, it's very cool to see Brad Pitt in his early days in the entertainment industry! Long before he was Mickey O'Neil in "Snatch" or Rusty Ryan in "Ocean's 11" and "Ocean's 12" he was a rock star named Jonathan Keith in this episode of "Growing Pains". "Growing Pains" was also helpful in launching the career of a young Leonardo DiCaprio. However, Leo's appearances on the show came later as a series regular in Luke Brower in 1991-1992.