I loved this show and I have this show on DVD! Michael J Fox was my first Crush when I was a kid... I wanted him to be my big brother and the whole Keaton Family as my family instead of the one I have now. I miss the 80s b/c they had great shows back in the day and the music and movies weren't bad either. Now everything sucks and I miss the old days. Ever since we had the internet everything went to hell with chatrooms, social media, my space, and it changed everything. TV shows suck now and so do the movies too and the new generation doesn't know anything. That god I was an 80s and 90s kid. I would hate to grow up now in 2019.
@@ODPTV1Have you read his books? It certainly states otherwise. The cause of his PD is not known. In hindsight, he thinks the symptoms started in BTTF 2. It may have been in in system for about a decade before they started showing. Which means, it was already in his system while he was doing Family Ties
That, and the "Oh ho, NO?!" with the little hop he does in indignation when she says "You have every right to live your life. I'm not trying to deny you that!" Cracks me up! This whole scene is gold. I wish they'd shown the whole scene from start to finish.
@@sherrysink3177 it's quite moving when Alex's voice softens when he realises he was partly at fault. I love that forceful look Elyse gives him at the beginning
I loved the relationship between Elyse and Alex. It was so realistic. She knew how to choose her battles with him. But when she stepped in she really would lay into him.
Yes. She is one of my favorite TV mom's. My other favorite TV moms are Carol Brady from The Brady bunch, Maggie Seaver from Growing Pains, and Harriet Winslow from Family Matters
@@Trev359 it's funny, but with previous negative comments you make about Michael's performance in that scene, you dont respond to peoples response to you
... This cuts out the best part, when Elyse says "Surprise, Alex. I am a real person! Flesh and blood! Real feelings!" while shaking her hand for emphasis. It's one of the best scenes from that show.
i think this episode between elysse and alex was all about a power struggle. but i will say one thing though, elysse kind of didn't have the right to ground alex, after all he IS 18, and 18 is age of majority and he did have the right to go to that bar and casino with his friends in west virginia although it IS elysse's house.
The double duty of the show and back to the future is amazing. It’s covered very well in his new documentary “still” Which covers him and his Parkinson’s, and is unbelievably funny and moving.
I was so caught up into the clip that I was shocked that it ended mid way through the scene, I wish you would have shown the rest of it when Elyse and Alex had an understanding and then made up, it was so sweet seeing that part.
I remember this scene from family ties very much cause my mum and I talked about it and now thats she's gone it's even more important cause it bring back that time and how much I miss her.
i remember this episode of family ties so much. i really think that this is a good lesson in parenting skills. once a child reaches 18, you've really got give them that freedom. as much as a parent wants to protect a child, a parent has got to realize that their child is now an adult, and is capable of making mature adult decisions. all you can do is guide them at that age.
James Miller I completely understand this. My father passed away in February and sometimes it’s so hard to come to grips with the realization that he is gone forever.😓
Fun Fact: Crispin Glover, who played George McFly in "Back To The Future," was playing one Alex's 2 friends who took him to the bar, for his 18'Th birthday.
@@splashenful He actually was in an _All In The Family_ episode. He was the boy scout who told Archie Bunker that he hung up the flag on the door wrong...
When I was 18, I remember having the same attitude towards my Mom as Alex at times. You really don't want to be seen with your parents as much. But as a man in my 40s, I cherish every moment I spend with her. It makes my eyes water just thinking how she has loved me all these years whether I was the self centered 18 year old or a wiser man now.
Even though the ending was cut short, this scene is priceless. You end up realizing parents are humans, not robots! You can't just do or say whatever you want to anyone. Stop. Focus. Breathe. Process.
@@Trev359 over the top? typical kids/teenage behaviour in this video if you ask me. many kids act like that when they feel wrongly treated by their parents.
Fun fact: He was filmed in this show during the day, and was filmed in Back to the Future at night, therefore not getting much sleep, which his mom had warned him about
I just realized I’m older than Alex in this scene. I’m 19 now. And it blows my mind I just thought that my life would be so much more different than it is. And I am surprised that I still feel like I’m younger than him
A time life was so much better. I would give up all this technology, social media and internet to live half the rest of my life but live the way things use to be.
He not supposed to be living with his parents because he will not be free. They want you to go by there old time rules which is bullshit. It's a tv show because Alex would have gone already.
Everyone seems to think all teenagers are like Alex; "I'm an adult, I got 18 years under this belt." So I was always hearing stuff like "oh yeah you kids think you know everything, when your'e older you'll realize," and "You think you know it all at that age." I kind of wish I could've been confident and thought I knew it all. Instead, I always felt crippled by self doubt and painfully aware of my inexperience, and wondered, "where is this confidence that's supposed to come from being a teenager?" Because I often saw Teenagers portrayed as cocky and thinking they know it all on TV, so I guess I figured I would just naturally get that. Instead I felt like I was nothing and everyone knew more than me. I wonder how many people are more like me as teenagers instead of being the stereotypical cocky teenager? * Not criticizing the show just sharing some thoughts inspired by this scene. *
Family Ties connected to One Day at a Time: Family Ties star Meredith Baxter. Her mother was Whitney Blake. Whitney Blake was the writer for One Day at a Time. Baxter was 27-28 when the show started.
This scene makes me cry sooo much. I fought a lot with both my parents because they were so overprotective of me as a kid because I had so many health issues. They wouldn't just let me go with just anyone to even a simple place like to the mall, or to the movies or out to eat at a restaurant etc. They would speak to the parents and ask them to make sure to keep an eye on me. They'd actually want to meet my friends and their parents before they let me go. I hated this as a kid and as a teenager. When you're a teen, you want your friends and your freedom and privacy. It would be so embarrassing to do all this. This continued even after age 18 and until I got married at age 25. So I can understand Elysse wanting to protect her child even though he is an 18 year old adult. Elysse in her mind here is still thinking that her kid is still a "baby boy". Wrong. Now, he is an 18 year old young man and that is hard for Elysse to accept. So that is why there is this power struggle. It happens in alot of families
I know when you're a kid or a teenager, you think that your parents are trying to ruin your life but you often forget that your parents GAVE YOU LIFE! They only do what's best for you and they do it because they love you. Your parents show that they love you in different ways besides just letting you have or do what you want.
I may be 26 when I saw this , but it moves me on how parents do care about there children and parents have the rights to talk to them on how being high and mighty need to be cut down
Theo Huxtable never would have talked to Claire Huxtable like that. Alex was getting too cocky for his own good and he thought he was "Grown". He wasn't.
Did you ever actually see the Cosby show? Theo Huxtable would totally have talked to Claire like that. Then Cliff would have hidden his face in his hands and Claire would have smiled at Theo. Right before putting him in his place.
Actually Alex was FAR more grown than his liberal parents. The show creator and writers were just Reagan hating liberals who made Alex a greedy schemer while giving him "conservative" talking points to spout but soon realized that Americans loved his character and that he made the show, cause they believed what he stood for. Hollywood continues to try and make conservatives the villains in their shows and movies yet still most Americans identify and love those characters the most.
mike seaver would've talked to maggie seaver like that too. because mike seaver is known to get into trouble alot. his parents maggie and jason seaver know his track record. but the twist would probably be that since mike's dad, jason is a psychiatrist, he'd probably come up with some unique punishment for mike like helping out with his psychiatric lunatic patients for a month or so he he... and mike would go crazy hinself.... he he....
@@Akihito007 The was originally supposed to be about hippie parents raising their kids in the 80s and it just turned. I loved his character but also found his character to be a greedy ass-because that IS what the 80s was about (ME, ME, ME!!!!!!). I am a Reagan hating liberal and proud of it. Do some research and you will see that he was bad for this country and we are feeling the effects of it today.
Off topic, but looking closer at the Keaton's kitchen, though the decor is dated, in a way it was kind of ahead of its time, at least imo, & compared to the kitchens I saw in most homes growing up in the 80s. Like I don't remember it being very typical to see kitchen islands, stainless steel appliances, & open shelving in most homes. Maybe it was just the area I grew up in. I always liked the spaciousness of their kitchen, & wish mine was that big!
