How Depressingly Old Are Our Favorite '90s TV Casts Now?

JTT is 30. That’s right, girls who grew up in the ’90s — your pre-teen crush entered his fourth decade on Earth yesterday. (For everyone else: We’re talking about Jonathan Taylor Thomas, of Home Improvement fame.) We don’t know about you, but this kind of freaks us out. And, because we’re gluttons for punishment, it also has us thinking about how old our other favorite ’90s TV casts are in 2011. Click through after the jump to learn that the Friends are all solidly middle-aged, DJ Conner is older than you, Uncle Jesse is pushing 50, and Andrea Zuckerman qualifies for AARP. Depressing, huh?

Home Improvement

Tim Allen (Tim Taylor): 58
Patricia Richardson (Jill Taylor): 60
Zachery Ty Bryan (Brad Taylor): 29
Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Randy Taylor): 30
Taran Noah Smith (Mark Taylor): 27
Richard Karn (Al Borland): 55

In case you’re curious, here’s a current photo of the cast.

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[...] 90s sitcom stars are back to make you feel old. Like, older than your tweaked oblique muscle made you feel. [...]

No it is JTT's 4th decade. 0-9 is his first decade. 10-19 is his second. 20-29 is his third and now 30- is his fourth.

Yes, time waits for no one. Teen idols and TV casts will always come and go (In my dusty head I STILL have strong, foxy images of David Cassidy as Keith Partridge and Barry Williams as Greg Brady in his attic dwelling years...and clear visions of how they look today). It's beyond a shame that we live in a culture where people are socialized to seriously freak-out about getting older -- particularly in Hollywood where great actors are pushed more and more to the background the older they get and are shut out of meaty, meaningful roles (especially female actors). Talk about shades of Logan's Run. It's beyond a shame. I LOVE Betty White and I'm so psyched for her and the way she has found new audiences and revived fame, but she shouldn't be tokenized as one of the only elder females to get such acclaim.

Yo, you didn't Jeffrey the Butler's age on the Fresh Prince photo!

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