Earnest and good-natured Kirk Hartman (Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron) is a recent college graduate and talented artist who has moved to New York City in search of fame and fortune.
He works as a graphic artist (painting billboards), dreams of creating his own comic book and becoming a famous illustrator, and has a small apartment in Greenwich Village.
But before he has a chance to take a bite out of the Big Apple, Kirk is thrust into the role of guardian to his three younger siblings – 15-year-old Corey (Will Estes), 13-year-old Phoebe (Taylor Fry), and 7-year-old tantrum-tossing Russell (Courtland Mead).
The orphaned Hartman younguns were being raised in small-town Ohio by devoted Aunt Zelda (Pat Crawford Brown). Alas, Zelda has split for Florida at the age of 70 to get married.
Naturally, Kirk hasn’t a clue about raising children, so his building manager, Sally (Debra Mooney), pops in to critique his efforts.
Kirk’s carefree friend (and former college roommate), Eddie (Louis Vanaria), works as a clown at the local car wash (and is later employed as a valet at the Parker Health Club).
In the final season, Kirk married his neighbour, Elizabeth Waters (played by Kirk Cameron’s real-life wife, Chelsea Noble), a young physician at St Bernard’s Hospital and the newly formed family moved to a larger apartment.
Kirk Hartman
Kirk Cameron Phoebe Hartman
Taylor Fry Corey Hartman
Will Estes Russell Hartman
Courtland Mead Elizabeth Waters
Chelsea Noble Eddie Balducci
Louis Vanaria Sally
Debra Mooney
He works as a graphic artist (painting billboards), dreams of creating his own comic book and becoming a famous illustrator, and has a small apartment in Greenwich Village.
Kirk’s carefree friend (and former college roommate), Eddie (Louis Vanaria), works as a clown at the local car wash (and is later employed as a valet at the Parker Health Club).
