Melis

Set in suburban Columbus, Ohio during the Reagan administration, Steven and Elyse Keaton (Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter-Birney) are baby boomers, liberals and former Hippies,[2] raising their three children: ambitious, would-be millionaire entrepreneur Alex (Michael J. Fox); fashion conscious, gossipy Mallory (Justine Bateman); and tomboy Jennifer (Tina Yothers). Married in 1964, Elyse is an independent architect and Steven, a native of Buffalo, New York, is the station manager of WKS, a local public television station.

Much of the humor of the series focuses on the cultural divide during the 1980s when younger generations rejected the counterculture of the 1960s and embraced the conservative politics which came to define the 1980s.[3] Both Alex and Mallory embrace Reaganomics and exhibit conservative attitudes: Alex is a Young Republican and Mallory is a more materialistic young woman in contrast to her feminist mother.[2] Mallory was also presented as a vacuous airhead, who was fodder for jokes and teasing from her brother. Jennifer, an athletic tomboy and the youngest child, shares more the values of her parents and just wants to be a normal kid. Steven and Elyse have a fourth child, Andrew, born in 1984 whom Alex doted on and quickly moulded in his conservative image.

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Barrybgb

Say, where did you get such a great title? Thanks!

Melis

No idea! Hehe

Barrybgb

Okay, serious question - Steven Keaton. Beard or no beard? Definitely beard. No matter how many times I see it, seeing that first season when he was clean shaven is still kind of startling to me. I am so used to him with a beard for most of the show's run.

Melis

I do like the beard.

Barrybgb

It worked for him. I think he got rid of it when the show ended.

Aww. I guess Alex likes story time as well.

Melis

I don't remember when he had it. lol

He's too big for his mommy's lap.lol

Barrybgb

I think he had it beginning with season two and had it for the rest of the show.

Anything to do with money or wall street will always get Alex's attention.

Melis

okay, I'll look out next time I watch.

That's cute.

Barrybgb

I like that ad. Weird that it says 7PM though. Prime time shows like that start at 8.

Melis

Not in the midwest. I used to visit my grandparents, and they are an hour behind the East coast, so all their shows were an hour earlier.

Barrybgb

I see. I've never experience that. It was always 8 to 10. Or 8 to 11 sometimes.

Melis

Yeah, on the west coast, they'd have to show everything at 8. Otherwise you'd watching shows at 5 pm. That's not good. lol

Barrybgb

Not good at all.

Melis

I remember that ep. It was sad.