# Boner gone missing! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886 "2010-02-21T17:27:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/1 "2010-02-21T17:27:11Z")
Andrew Koenig, the actor who played Richard Milhous “Boner” Stabone on “Growing Pains,” has been [reported missing.](http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/21/growing-pains-andrew-koenig-missing-boner-vancouver/) Our prayers are with you, Boneman. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/2 "2010-02-21T18:01:59Z")
Why did I think this was about a new Mariah Carey video? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/3 "2010-02-21T18:02:01Z")
Maybe Tracey Gold ate him, no she wouldn’t do that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/4 "2010-02-21T19:13:12Z")
More likely Kurt Cameron has him locked in a basement somewhere until he admits that bananas are proof of God. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/5 "2010-02-21T20:17:52Z")
Awww man, You know this isn’t gonna end well… ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/6 "2010-02-21T20:39:12Z")
That’s what my girlfriend said last night. Fucking antidepressants:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/7 "2010-02-21T22:34:07Z")
Maybe someone is playing a prank. You know, ‘Hide the Boner’. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/8 "2010-02-22T01:46:22Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Maybe someone is playing a prank. > > You know, ‘Hide the Boner’. That’s what _she_ said! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/9 "2010-02-22T02:13:48Z")
I love the TMZ article the OP listed, I mean they could’ve at least put a picture of him as he looks NOW. If someone is gonna recognize him it’s not gonna be from a photo shot 20 years ago. If you look at this article from _[People](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20346006,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines)_ he looks pretty much like a guy you’d see on the street and not think twice about ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/10 "2010-02-22T02:17:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Boner gone missing! Sounds like the beginning of a haiku. Let’s see… Boner gone missing She doesn’t shave her armpits Wanna play Yahtzee? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/11 "2010-02-22T02:41:55Z")
Boner gone missing He took the wrong train, a kind Inuit rescues ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/12 "2010-02-22T04:00:01Z")
Sounds like what happened the other night when my husband and I got a case of the giggle fits in the midst of intercourse when he [boner punched](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12144320#post12144320) me. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/13 "2010-02-22T04:47:42Z")
**Markxxx** said: > [@](#): > > I love the TMZ article the OP listed, I mean they could’ve at least put a picture of him as he looks NOW. If someone is gonna recognize him it’s not gonna be from a photo shot 20 years ago. You misunderstand. TMZ is not interested in trying to help find Andrew Koenig. They are trying to announce show business news. They are showing you the most recognizable image of the actor so you will know who they are talking about. Yeah, I know, they could put up 2 pictures, but why bother? It’s not like they care. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/14 "2010-02-22T11:10:23Z")
Is his father Chekov from Star Trek? ---
**Author:** ![MissRancher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MissRancher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissRancher)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/15 "2010-02-22T12:38:39Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Is his father Chekov from Star Trek? [Yes.](http://www.walterkoenigsite.com/) ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/16 "2010-02-22T13:10:15Z")
His name (hrmmm, hrmmm, snicker) is Boner! ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/17 "2010-02-22T13:26:47Z")
If I saw the title of this thread on the subject line of an email? I’d delete it as spam. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/18 "2010-02-22T17:01:21Z")
Jeez… This guy has been missing for over a week and was apparently depressed and despondant when people last saw him. Sounds like he possibly could have taken his own life. Maybe my viewpoint is colored by reading the twitter postings of various comedian friends of his (Scott Aukerman, Doug Benson, Steve Agee, etc) that are all sincerely worried for their missing friend - but are boner jokes really that funny? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/19 "2010-02-22T17:08:14Z")
It’s always pathetic when writers START with a nickname they WANT to give a character, then make up a completely implausible “real” name to justify it. Writer A: Let’s call Mike’s pal “Boner.” Writer B: Huh? How’re we gonna get a name like that? Writer A: I dunno… wait! I got it! He’s Italian and his last name is something like “Stabone”? Write B: Is “Stabone” a real name in Italy? Writer A: Who gives a rat’s derriere? Oh, speaking of “Stabone,” next we have to finish this script for that new cop movie with Sly Stallone. I know, let’s call him “Cobra”! Writer B: How do we give him a name like Cobra? Writer A: I know- he’s Italian and his last name is Cobretti! Writer B: Is “Cobretti” a real name in Italy? Writer A: Who cares? ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886/20 "2010-02-22T17:20:17Z")
I actually worked with him once doing comedy. I didn’t recognize him and I was really confused as to why everyone else in the show kept making references to Growing Pains. I was shocked at how short he was. He’s like 5’5’’. The last time I saw him I think was at Comic-Con last year. He had insanely long hair. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boner-gone-missing/529886.md?page=2)