It's Not Easy Being Green

"It's Not Easy Being Green" is the third and final Christmas episode of the ABC sitcom Growing Pains, produced and aired as the thirteenth episode of its seventh and final season.

Summary

The Christmas spirit is on short supply with Mike and Carol being jealous of Kate and Dwight while Jason is over-controlling in decorating the tree.

Cast

Actor/actress	Character
Alan Thicke	Jason Seaver
Joanna Kerns	Maggie Seaver
Kirk Cameron	Mike Seaver
Tracey Gold	Carol Seaver
Jeremy Miller	Ben Seaver
Ashley Johnson	Chrissy Seaver
Leonardo DiCaprio	Luke Brower
Chelsea Noble	Kate MacDonald
Fred Applegate	Mr. Tedesco
Stewart Finlay-McLennan	Nigel Dunn
Kristen Trucksess	Assistant
Cary Bolton	Man #1

Notes

This episode's title comes from the song "Bein' Green", sung by Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show.

External links

Warner Bros.

Movies
Warner Bros. Pictures	Christmas in Connecticut • Gremlins • Lethal Weapon • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation • Jack Frost • The Polar Express • Fred Claus
New Line Cinema	Elf • The Nativity Story • Four Christmases • A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas • The Conjuring 2 • Shazam!
Blue Ribbon Content	A Christmas Story 2 • A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish
Made-for-TV movies	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure • The Year Without a Santa Claus

Live-action television episodes
**Friends and Joey**	"The One With Phoebe's Dad" • "The One Where Rachel Quits" • "The One With the Girl from Poughkeepsie" • "The One With the Inappropriate Sister" • "The One With the Routine" • "The One With the Holiday Armadillo" • "The One With the Creepy Holiday Card" • "The One With Christmas in Tulsa" • "Joey and the Plot Twist" • "Joey and the Christmas Party"
DC Comics	"Season's Greedings" • "Home is Where the Hurt Is" • "Twas the Night Before Mxymas" • "Lexmas" • "Gemini" • "Year's End" • "Three Ghosts"
Other shows	"A Semi-Merry Christmas" • "Mel, the Magi" • "Mel's Christmas Carol" • "'Tis the Season to Be Jealous" • "A Christmas Story" (Growing Pains) • "A Christmas Story" (Just the Ten of Us) • "Santa on the Lam" • "Miracle on Elm Street" • "The Christmas Show" • "Fa La La La Laagghh!" • "The Man Who Canceled Christmas" • "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" • "Deck the Malls" • "Christmas Day-Ja Vu" • "A Country Christmas" • "How the Finch Stole Christmas" • "Meet the Cuban Parents" • "Christmas Punch" • "A Clear and Presentless Danger" • "George Is Being Elfish and Christ-Misses His Family" • "Santa's Secret Stuff" • "A Very Supernatural Christmas" • "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" • "Christmas" (The Middle) • "It's Beginning to Stink a Lot Like Christmas" • "The Maternal Congruence" • "Jolly Red Elf" • "The World Ain't Over 'Till It's Over" • "The Santa Simulation" • "Give Santa a Tail-Hole" • "Home for Christmas"

Animated productions
Looney Tunes and related shows	The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives • Bedtime for Sniffles • Gift Wrapped • Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales • "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special" • "'Twas the Day Before Christmas" • "Jingle Boo" • "The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert" • "A Christmas Plotz" • "Little Drummer Warners" • "No Time for Christmas" • "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas" • "It Happened One Night Before Christmas" • "In Arms Way" • "The Twelve Days of Christmas" • Christmas Eve with Yakko, Wakko & Dot • "Noel" • "The Christmas Tree" • "The Banks of the Delaware River" • "Feather Christmas" • "Yule Be Sorry" • "Christmas in July" • Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas • "A Christmas Carol" • "Tis the Seasoning"
DC Comics	"Christmas With the Joker" • "Holiday Knights" • "Frozen Out" • "Comfort and Joy" • "Storybook Holiday" • "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" • "Second Christmas" • "The True Meaning of Christmas" • "Teen Titans Save Christmas"
Hanna-Barbera co-productions	"A Dickens of a Christmas" • A Scooby-Doo! Christmas • "Ho Ho Horrors" • Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale • Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays • Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers • "The Plight Before Christmas" • "Scary Christmas" • "Scroogey Doo" • "It's a Wacky Life" • "Dashing Thru the Snow"
Other cartoons	"Yuletide and Redtide" • A Cool Like That Christmas • "Santa Mask" • The Polar Express • "The Match Before Xmas" • A Miser Brothers' Christmas • "Da Grinchy Code / Duck" • "FROST / Undercover Claus" • "Fantastic Four Christmases / Red and White Collar" • Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas • "Top of the Naughty List"

Albums
Have Yourself a Looney Tunes Christmas • A Hip-Hopera Christmas • Merry Christmas: Animaniacs & Looney Tunes • The Looney Tunes Kwazy Christmas • A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas

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