After the jump, the Hogans reflect on some of the major themes of Season 3 (so far).

On the difficulties of filming the third season of Hogan Knows Best:

Terry: The first year, we were really excited. We were kinda like new kids on the block. And then, as it kept going, we love watching the show and the response. People are always positive on the streets when we meet them. People don't even talk about wrestling anymore, they love the show, which is really cool. But by the third season, the work of doing the show is quite taxing. Now you understand the shading of the windows and camera angles and the fact that they're always there. You know that it's a job. Even though you're rolling along, doing normal daily stuff, there's still this thing on your shoulder going, "You're really working." It gets to be pretty taxing, especially with Brooke's schedule, with the music, with my son's schedule, with his racing. We were torn in so many directions that the actual filming of the third season was really tough on us.

Linda: I think that we enjoyed doing Season 2 so much and we came into Season 3 with so much excitement and the anticipation that everything was going to be so smooth with the move to Miami. It all sounded so great until we actually moved down there. I can't say filming the show was a headache – the house was the headache for me. Having a new house, 17,000 square feet. It's just a big white box. We had no beds, no furniture, nothing. Nothing from our house in Clearwater, that's all country, would work with the contemporary style of our Miami house. We had to start from scratch and it was uncomfortable, working all day and not having a place to kick your feet up or having a nice bed to snuggle in. We took the car down with us, like The Beverly Hillbillies, to Miami.

Terry: Here, this is a huge, white Miami house with nowhere to sit, nowhere to rest. Even the film crew was stressed out. It was pretty brutal.

Linda: There are so many camera and production people for a show this size. The four of us each need a sound person. We each need a camera person. It's a big crew, a 24-man crew. People are in and out of every door. Seven dogs. And then there are the construction people in and out of everywhere. There's just a lot. It's really stressful. By the fifth or sixth show, it became easier because, at that point that I threw the towel in. I can't decorate the house overnight and I can't stop the construction. I just kind of became at peace…

Terry: …Numb!

Nick: I still enjoy doing the show, everyday that the crew comes in. When the cameras turn on, it just becomes an amusement park. It's so much fun, it's crazy. If there's any kind of stress or problem that our family wouldn't like to be aired on national television, it can get a little tense.

Brooke: The camera crew's like our family. Filming has become part of our everyday life, and I love it. I also love the opportunity the show's given me. It was annoying and intrusive when we first started because I wasn't used to having someone follow me around and monitor my every word and action, but now it's cool.

On whether moving to Miami was ultimately a good idea:

Linda: For certain business reasons, yes, it was a good idea. I think Clearwater was a great place to raise the kids, because it was very slow-paced and they went to a little private school and it was very under-the-radar. They had a really good, normal upbringing considering that their dad is the superstar that he is. They didn't live the life of a superstar family. Moving to Miami, though, changed things because Nick with his driving and Brooke with her music put us into completely different realm that I wouldn't normally put my kids into. Things like keeping them up all night till 6 in the morning, letting them quit school and homeschool. We had a lot of things change in our lives. They were all for good reasons, and the change has been worth it. I think ultimately, our kids are now in a great position for a successful future.

On Brooke's musical upbringing:

Brooke: My mom raised me on a lot of '80s funk – the Gap Band, Stevie Wonder, the Isley Brothers.

Linda: I'm a product of disco. I went to high school in the '70s. I used to love to come home from my job, I didn't even own a TV. Me and my girlfriends would play 45s, every single one had driving bass and a dance beat. I just lived for that, it made me so happy. So, I did that with my kids. I cranked the radio as loud as I could, and we'd make it a party with just the three of us while Terry was gone on the road. The kids grew up with music like that. In the beginning of Brooke's career, when people started to attempt to mold her, their idea for Brooke's sound was understandable, but I knew my Brooke and I knew what she came from. She really needed to follow her heart and do the music that she grew up with, dance music. Stuff with a good beat. It made me very happy when she was able to break through and someone gave her the chance to do the music she loved. Entering into the R&B world, with Little Miss White Girl coming in, trying to be soulful, a lot of people looked at her and went, "You can't be serious." But then when they heard her sing and saw her sit down at the piano, and sing with soul oozing out of her spirit, people know she was real. There's a singer that I told Brooke about a while ago. I asked her, "Do you know who the first white female rapper was?" And she couldn't guess and I told her that it was Teena Marie and so we started listening to her. At first, Brooke and her friend were making fun of me because it took her a while to get into the music. But then, after Brooke started recording and really working in R&B, she gained respect for Teena. It all made sense.

On coping with fame and dealing with fans:

Nick: It's cool to be recognized. Before I did the show, I'd see celebrities sometimes. I'd recognize them, and sometimes they'd be dicks. I felt like, If I'm ever famous I'm not going to be like that. So when I get recognized, I'm always nice. I'm always down to take as many pictures as they want. It's only a hassle when I'm with my dad and we're in a rush to get somewhere and people keep stopping us. You don't want to be rude, you don't have the heart to say no, but you have your own thing you have to do.

Terry: It never ends. Even people in the entertainment industry, in production companies, people who have been doing shows for 15 or 20 years say things, like, "We've never asked for an autograph or a picture from anyone but since our family found out you were coming…" There's something tangible about the character of Hulk Hogan that's intertwined in the American society, like McDonalds or Chevrolet, that people feel they know me or they've grown up with me because I've been around for 30 years…it just never ends. The cruise episode focuses on what happens to Hulk Hogan in a captive environment – it's like going to the mall. The same thing happens when I'm in a doctor's office and the receptionist calls her son to tell him I'm there and then he calls a bunch of people and all of a sudden, it's 100 people as I'm leaving the dentist. It's a blessing that it still is happening, but on the other hand, it just never lets up.

Linda: We've had just a touch of that since the show, where the kids and I are recognized ourselves. There have been times when people come up to me in a busy airport and they'll start freaking out at Brooke or Nick. Mostly it's funny to watch the kids because they get stuck with a pile of people around them, posing for pictures and signing autographs and fielding questions and listening to stories and it's great…if you didn't have an agenda. But when you have a plane to catch or you're in the grocery store just trying to get everything together, it gets chaotic. You really have to be very professional and keep your head screwed on straight. Because you do have to service your fans. Your fans are what make you and we learned that day one with Terry. If it weren't for the Hulkamaniacs, we wouldn't have nearly the success that we have with the show.

Comments

[Amanda Harris]

I love you I watch your show all th time

[Jake]

whats up hulkster!!!Ms.Hogan is really hot!!!

[ALbert Valera]

Welcome to Miami! I love your show. I live in miami, hope to see you guys around!!!

[jordan]

I luv brooke!She is so hot!

[gabe]

dude brooke hogan you need to become a professional wrestler ..like now! you would be im sure the biggest thing since your dad to get in the ring! do it. forget about the singing ...just wrestle. its in your blood. not to mention your a girl, you would take the industry by storm. hell even i would watch the daughter of the hulk kick some ass!
yours truly
g-

[sarah blake]

brooke i am a fan of music and you i think you are the best singer out there i am 11 years old so i still have my hole life a head of me . people tell me that its not that fun being famous as in your life you dont have time for your friends and family please answer me !!!!! love ya bye

[tiana]

i love you but u need to stop being a brat

[Unknown]

Hi. Why does Brooke get all the attion? HI NICK!!!
=]

[laura northrup]

hey hulk and family i think you guys are really amazing...on screen any ways lol no just playing...but i just wanted to say to terri really quick that my brother is like seriously your number one fan...he has bought like all of your hogan things that was in stores and even on line...he has been your fan scence he was like 7 or 8 its always been the hulkster in our house as we were growing up and no he has passed it on to his kids that love you to...lol but anyways i just wanted to pass on the info on how you have real people who support all of you u...sincerly the sister of your biggest fan
~lauta~

[James Brown]

Hey Brooke whats ^ i am waitin for yall show to come on cuz u look perfect... l8ers