Key Points<\/h2>\n\n- 1970s and ’80s child stars reunited at a special luncheon in California.<\/li>\n
- Erin Murphy shared, ‘There is such a small segment…who\u2019ve had those experiences.’<\/li>\n
- The reunion celebrated their unique shared backgrounds in classic film and TV.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Some of the most beloved child stars from the 1970s and \u201980s reunited for a special get-together that was years in the making. In a post to Facebook<\/a> on May 3, Erin Murphy,<\/strong> the former child actress who played Tabitha on the classic TV sitcom<\/a> Bewitched, shared a photo from a luncheon she attended with several other former child stars.<\/p>\n\u201cSitting at the \u2018kid\u2019s table.\u2019\u201d Murphy, 61, captioned the snap. \u201cYou might recognize a few familiar faces.\u201d<\/p>\n
The photo featured \u00a0Murphy sitting alongside Sandy Schwartz, Mason Reese, Scott Schwartz, Johnny Whitaker, Steven Wishnoff, <\/strong>and Moosie Drier<\/strong> at an outdoor luncheon in California.<\/p>\nWhitaker, 66, who is best known for the classic sitcom series Family Affair and the \u201870s Saturday<\/a> morning series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, also shared the photo<\/a> with the caption, \u201cThought some of you might be interested that I had a great luncheon today with some of my childhood besties. XCA 2026 May 2 Lunch Crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cHope it won\u2019t take 6 years for another one,\u201d the actor added.<\/p>\n
Reese, the beloved pint-sized pitchman who starred in the iconic Underwood Deviled Ham and Post Raisin Bran commercials of the 1970s, also wrote<\/a>, \u201cWhat a fantastic lunch with some of my XCA TV family. \u00a0\u2026 A lot of entertainment royalty in this pic! Great conversation, laughs, and peeps! Thanks so much for getting together with me!\ud83e\udd17\u201d<\/p>\nWho else was there?<\/h2>\n
The lunch reunion featured familiar faces from both the big and small screen.<\/p>\n
As a child actor, Drier played \u00a0Howie Borden on the Bob Newhart Show and appeared on shows such as The Waltons, Apple\u2019s Way, and Police Story.<\/p>\n
Fans know Scott Schwartz for his roles in the early 1980s movies<\/a> The Toy and A Christmas Story<\/a>. He once posed<\/a> with his brother Sandy alongside Fantasy Island star Herve Villechaize.<\/p>\nAnd Wishnoff is the creator and writer of the award-winning web series Life Interrupted<\/a>, which starred \u00a0Murphy, Reese, and fellow \u201870s stars such as\u00a0Alison Arngrim <\/strong>(Little House on the Prairie), Dawn Wells <\/strong>(Gilligan\u2019s Island), and \u00a0Robbie Rist <\/strong>(The Brady Bunch).<\/p>\nRELATED: Erin Murphy Poses Like Her \u2018Bewitched\u2019 Mom and the Resemblance Is Wild<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
Some of the most beloved child stars from the 1970s and \u201980s reunited for a special get-together that was years in the making. In a post to Facebook<\/a> on May 3, Erin Murphy,<\/strong> the former child actress who played Tabitha on the classic TV sitcom<\/a> Bewitched, shared a photo from a luncheon she attended with several other former child stars.<\/p>\n \u201cSitting at the \u2018kid\u2019s table.\u2019\u201d Murphy, 61, captioned the snap. \u201cYou might recognize a few familiar faces.\u201d<\/p>\n The photo featured \u00a0Murphy sitting alongside Sandy Schwartz, Mason Reese, Scott Schwartz, Johnny Whitaker, Steven Wishnoff, <\/strong>and Moosie Drier<\/strong> at an outdoor luncheon in California.<\/p>\n Whitaker, 66, who is best known for the classic sitcom series Family Affair and the \u201870s Saturday<\/a> morning series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, also shared the photo<\/a> with the caption, \u201cThought some of you might be interested that I had a great luncheon today with some of my childhood besties. XCA 2026 May 2 Lunch Crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHope it won\u2019t take 6 years for another one,\u201d the actor added.<\/p>\n Reese, the beloved pint-sized pitchman who starred in the iconic Underwood Deviled Ham and Post Raisin Bran commercials of the 1970s, also wrote<\/a>, \u201cWhat a fantastic lunch with some of my XCA TV family. \u00a0\u2026 A lot of entertainment royalty in this pic! Great conversation, laughs, and peeps! Thanks so much for getting together with me!\ud83e\udd17\u201d<\/p>\n The lunch reunion featured familiar faces from both the big and small screen.<\/p>\n As a child actor, Drier played \u00a0Howie Borden on the Bob Newhart Show and appeared on shows such as The Waltons, Apple\u2019s Way, and Police Story.<\/p>\n Fans know Scott Schwartz for his roles in the early 1980s movies<\/a> The Toy and A Christmas Story<\/a>. He once posed<\/a> with his brother Sandy alongside Fantasy Island star Herve Villechaize.<\/p>\n And Wishnoff is the creator and writer of the award-winning web series Life Interrupted<\/a>, which starred \u00a0Murphy, Reese, and fellow \u201870s stars such as\u00a0Alison Arngrim <\/strong>(Little House on the Prairie), Dawn Wells <\/strong>(Gilligan\u2019s Island), and \u00a0Robbie Rist <\/strong>(The Brady Bunch).<\/p>\n RELATED: Erin Murphy Poses Like Her \u2018Bewitched\u2019 Mom and the Resemblance Is Wild<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nWho else was there?<\/h2>\n
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