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Originally Posted by hammerfan
All I have to say is: WHYYYYYYYY  |
I mean...we've met, right?
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Family Ties was hilarious, and usually well written beyond that. In 1982 and the next 4 years, it was the funniest show on TV next to Cheers. Everything else, besides Newhart-82, was dopey canned laughs gum balls.
Taxi, WKRP, Three's Co, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Jeffersons, Bosom Buddies, and MASH were all just ending, jumping their last dull unfunny sharks. Family Ties and Cheers were beacon of laughs for years until we got to the Simpsons and Seinfeld at the close of the 80s.
This would be a good time, culturally, to have a new Family Ties show... where you could poke fun at beliefs of various sides but in a sincerely loving ironclad family way.
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I agree. I haven't seen ever a re-run in years but I remember it was one of those shows that as a kid...it was a look in on another family, but it was so damn heartfelt it almost felt like they were your extended family...I remember worrying along with them when the dad had his heart attack.
Michael J Fox was of course every second 80s kids idol, so him being part of it was an added bonus. But the cast was actually all good - not too many shows have as much of a complete quality cast as this, to this day.
Always thought Valerie was mad cute too.
Sure at times it was a bit "lesson of the day" and all that but it never felt pushy or preachy, just real.
So yeah, agreed wholeheartedly.
One of the things that got me thinking about this was seeing how bloody "Fuller House" was in season ?4? now...it's like the new IN thing is re-doing/continuing 80s/early 90's shows - and this came to mind.
So yeah, bit of a dick lie...but actually based on something I'd like to see happen - in fact if it did, I see it doing better than all others in the same ballpark.
The cast is all thankfully still with us...and well, none of them seem to have been all *that* busy.
It would be nice to see the family again, huh?