“Whoa,” What Happen to Joey Lawrence

The NBC sitcom Blossom debuted 1990 and ran for five seasons. The show’s titular character Blossom Russo, played by Mayim Bialik, was a wise-cracking, teenage girl living with her father and two older brothers. Joey, the younger of the two brothers, was played by Joey Lawrence who road his monosyllabic catchphrase, “Whoa,” to great heights in the early 90s.

In addition to co-starring on the popular show, Lawrence had a pop hit single in 1993 with Nothin’ My Love Can’t Fix. The song, from the self-titled Joey Lawrence album, stayed on the Billboard chart for 18 weeks, peaking at #22.

After Blossom was canceled, Lawrence picked up right where he left off, starring in the NBC show Brotherly Love alongside his real-life younger brothers, Mattew and Andrew Lawrence. While the show was shortlived, the show gained a successful second life through reruns that aired on the Disney Channel.

Lawrence was no stranger to television viewers. Prior to Blossom, he had been a successful child actor in the 80s. He appeared in guest spots on Different Strokes and Silver Spoons before landing the role of Joey Donovan (Another Joey?) opposite Nell Carter on Gimme a Break!. He literally grew from cherub-faced boy to teen heartthrob right before a television audience.