Oh man, reading the details on the release, this show started in 1982, that's going to be 25 years at the time of it's DVD release.

I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOO FRIGGIN' OLD

ROFL!!!  I came over here to post a thread about it knowing how much you loved it, and then I see you already posted one AFTER I posted my thread.

It was!

It had such a great "feel" to it.

I just know that so many memories are gonna flood back watching that show again

I CAN'T WAIT!

It's so odd because it was a lousy 30 minutes a week but my ENTIRE childhood seems somehow tied up in the show. I think I just really wanted to BE in the Keaton family

Are you thinking of VEGA$?

I don't know Craig, I doubt Family Ties would hold anyones interest today.

It was a schmatlzy family comedy that followed the typical format from back in the day. Act 1 a problem develops, act 2 you deal with it, act 3 you resolve it happily and every learns a good lesson from the day

I loved it though. It was a little unique in that Alex (Michael J. Fox) was a die-hard republican, very business man-like, wanted nothing more to be a part of corporate America while both of his parents were ex-hippies that still believed in a lot of those values.

I just loved it. I can't wait! I hope they put the whole series out and don't stop after just a year or two. I'll buy a couple dozen copies if I have to just so sales are good

(Just do you know HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS SHOW, I will buy two copies, one to keep unopened and one to play the hell out of, there is NO other show that I ever have done that for or would do that for!)

Craig, here is a silly question for you. When you are watching shows from the US do our accents stick out in your mind while watching? Or do you guys get used to it. Here we only get one British channel, BBC so it's really different to watch it.

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Craig, here is a silly question for you. When you are watching shows from the US do our accents stick out in your mind while watching? Or do you guys get used to it. Here we only get one British channel, BBC so it's really different to watch it.

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        This may sound weird but i have sat tv and watch so much stuff from the States that i sometimes think im losing my accent! besides the old english accent can sound really corney sometimes. especially in old movies.

Craig, we used to watch Vega$ all the time. It was a cool show and Robert Urich was a cool guy in real life from everything I ever read. I felt really bad when he passed away.

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Craig, we used to watch Vega$ all the time. It was a cool show and Robert Urich was a cool guy in real life from everything I ever read. I felt really bad when he passed away.

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        i think it was the last show i could watch on tv before i had to go to bed! i think i was about 9 or something. strange thing is though out of all the shows repeated on tv vegas has never been repeated! evan Streethawk has been on. great theme tune though. also Robert Urich seemed very down to earth guy.    

Andy WAS a bad move, but the kid did have some EXCELLENT lines. I loved how he looked up to Alex.

I remember him running in the kitchen once as a little six year old, all excited to tell Alex that Gold closed up that day

Or he'd ask Alex to watch the McNeil/Lehrer report with him

I liked Michael J. Fox in general, still do. But this was the first role I saw him in and in grade school & even high school I kind of tried to emulate him (without the good grades of course)

1983 was my HS graduation year. So it was season two....  Yikes, I'm really old not you!

This is interesting, tells where they are now.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/familytieswhere.html

the 80s wouldnt be the same without mjf was watchin Teenwolf not long ago and evan that was cool!

Oh I absolutely loved Family Ties! I mean I loved MJF but the show was just awesome. Andy was a bit annoying but I loved the brotherly thing they had.