We knew Willie Aames in the '70s as Tommy in "Eight is Enough" and in the 1980s as Charles's horny sidekick on "Charles in Charge" (let us not forget Bibleman). Well, we almost lost a boyhood idol over Thanksgiving, when Ames attempted suicide, as he explained to Star Magazine this week. Aames says he hit bottom after going through bankruptcy, car repossession and being left by his wife of 22 years. As fans of his work (and fellow riders of mass transit), we are glad he survived to tell the tale.