. >>> here's something you may not know, garry marshall was good friends with alan thicke. they were neighbors and garry was a groomsman when alan married tanya in 2005 and "e.t." got an invite and it's just one of the memories that we have with the growing pains dad. >> it's my main goal in life, i suppose, on my way out the door beloved, remembered and appreciated. >> the 69-year-old canadian--orn actor died of a ruptured aorta. he'd been playing hockey with his son carter. his death was a surprise because he seemed to be in good shape. more ttan anything, alan will be remembered as america's dad. >> oh, come on, mag. >> yeah, come on, maggie. >> "e.t." was on the set of "growing pains" in 1985 before the show premiered. while alan was the biggest name he'd been on game shoos and he had his own talk show, "thicke of the night." >> we had a very attractive 15-year-old cast member, a guy named kirk cameron who will probable be a thump, thump, thump, thump, heartthrob within months. ♪ show me that smile again >> to my dying day, if that's the last thing on my epitaph, that

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garry marshall. >> garry brought the original odd couple to tv. penny played jack klugman's secretary. in the reboot he served as a consultant and stole the show playing matthew perry's dad. >> hello, son. >> i can only imagine how honored you all are to be doing this tribute episode. >> he was always around pitching jokes at every table read. he helped design the sets. we just listened to everything he said. >> sorry for your loss. >> thank you. >> he's in there? >> in the episode after oscar's dad passes away, he and felix go on a road trip to scatter his ashes. along the way, they meet many tv icons. >> oscar, oscar. your dad was the sweetest guy. gave me my first job. babysitting you. >> cindy told me she was shocked when she learned in july that garry was gone. >> penny called me, and she said, garry's sick. i think he's dying. and i didn't believe her. i thought it was a joke. then he passed the next -- that night he passed. someone brought me this picture of penny, me, and garry and henry, and i just burst out crying because it was like he'

episode to honor the late garry marshall and so nice to remember him and while i was on set with them i got cindy to reveal secrets about her hit show 40 years after its premiere. >> one, two, three, four -- >> that famous opening was an idea of garry. he said, penny, teach cindy that little dance you did on the way to school with your chums. me said, action! i didn the up and down, schlameal, shlamazel. and the second take, he said that's good. we're out of here. >> laverne and shirley's very ffrst tv appearance was when they guest starred on the show as fonzi and richie's dates. >> when he first offered the show penny and i were writing together and he called the office and said i've got theso e twcharacters on "happy days" who date the fleet. >> so, shirl, what do you think of this kid? you've been with worst. >> he's nice and a tie, too. >> their ownnseries ran from 1976 to 1983. the two were roommates who worked inna milwaukee brewery, but shirley didn't sound like a midwestern gal in the beginning. >> if you watch the first 13 episodes which i refuse to watch now, i've got this