Bud was the slightly dangerous kid that you really liked - in part because he had a semi-juvenile delinquent rep off camera.
Most kids I knew wanted to smash Kitten's annoying face in the mud (she was supposed to be about my age) and Princess Betty was elicited eye rolls for her bitchy righteousness. It really was iconic in its run and its characters. Someone up thread mentioned how popular the show was even after it stopped production. Plus she was a Roosevelt cousin and was very rich. Plus being a huge Star Trek fan I was ashamed to say I didn't put two and two together while watching. She had the first nude scene in a mainstream movie. The mother, Jane Wyatt, was absolutely beautiful. 'Keep my mother's name out of your mouth or I'll slap you like you've never been slapped before' My favorite line was when one of her friends bad mouthed her mother: She was probably as close to a feminist as a teenage girl could be in those days. I loved that they unapologetically wrote Betty as a high riding bitch. Hell in two episodes the father took down poetry books to read to his family to help solve a problem. Considering the time it was made in it was a pretty decent show. Would have vegged out all day if I didn't have things to do. I watched the show for the first time this weekend and I was hooked.
