Anne Liesveld That’s Michael J. Fox. However, Tom Hanks developed type II diabetes because in the 2000s, Tom started to get chubby and stayed that way until he was diagnosed with diabetes and became healthier.
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Wow Tom Hanks and Michael J. Fox in the same scene of a sitcom. They were both moderately successful here, but this is before the world really discovered how great they both are. This is like a piece of history.
This scene is honestly scary. One minute he's calm and then the next he flies into a rage. You never know if people like that are going to attack you. Take away the laugh track and it makes the scene look entirely different.
Yeah it was that dark of an episode it could have done without the laugh track but I guess it was a sitcom there was also another extremely dark but well acted episode where Michael (Alex) loses a friend in accident I guess shows hit harder back then
Yes, this show had a live, studio audience. (I really don't tend to feel "canned laughter" is necessary, but if it's a live audience, with real people reacting, it doesn't bother me.)
I didn't watch Family Ties much but these clips show it handling difficult and seldom discussed problems very well. This was an authentic look at the ways of an addict. And still with a smidgen of comedy, but not trivializing the problem.
This scene scared me as a kid. He was so good. If you watched the whole episode Ned had visited and been really fun-loving with Alex up until this point. This was eye opening.
Rob S so true I grew up in the 80s and I loved 80 sitcoms, most of the today's shows are pure garbage, they don't teach children life lessons like they did back in the 80s
I remember watching this "episode" in which two fine actors performing off each other. Amazing performances! This is why these actors are so well-loved - incredible in their own ways!
WoW! a young tom hanks just a year away from splash! and bachelor party. he's very excellent here.blending comedy and drama equally very well. i'm kind of astonished that he wasn't nominated for an emmy for an outstanding performance for an guest star in a comedy series.
My two fav actors right before they made it huge. This scene is iconic. The way Tom Hanks carries the scene and MJF doesn't even need to say much, his eyes says so much. So beautiful. They should do more work together!
I'm a 12 sober alcoholic thanks to Alcoholics Anonymous. And all comedy aside, I well up like its the first time I saw this episode. The missed opportunities, the shattered relationships and friendships. Its a horrible hole I dug and kept digging until I stopped at 42yo. I'm 55 and I don't miss it at all and am so blessed today.
You think I'm drunk? You think I am DRUNK?! Let me tell you something, buddy...I'm drunk. That part was hilarious!!! And MJF here looks a lot like Luke Skywalker.
Hanks does some great acting here. It sent chills through me. Like a lot of people I guess, I knew an "uncle Ned." My best friend in my mid 20s was full of charisma, intelligence and humor too. He was oozing with so much potential, it was almost scary. But like Tom's character here, alcohol was his demon. And just like in this scene, if you brought it up Lord help you...he would turn all that wonderful intelligence and humor into a weapon. Watching this actually makes me sad because it's so close to a number of late night experiences with my own "uncle Ned."
Tom Hanks has always been brilliant, even at the beginning of his career....which I guess is why he's had the career he's had. Met him once. Super-nice guy.
It is always deeper then the alcoholism. That is just one of the symptoms of the real issue. There is always a root problem that need to be dealt with.
2:23 I was not ready for how violent that moment is. Michael's acting is just on another level. Alex is so brave and I feel that with all of his anxieties he as a teenager have dealt with this with much more courage and grace than his parents have. And it sums up the entire premise of this series beautifully.
I grew up with a violent alcoholic and you're never ready for that moment. You're always anticipating what's going to happen next with them. It's brilliantly done by Tom Hanks, you can see how good of an actor he was back then.
Same here!!! Pretty awesome 2 A List Actors on one show! Tom Hanks guest starred on Family Ties in season 1 for I think 2 episodes. Oh, and Tom Hanks also was on Taxi with Christopher Lloyd too. Tom Hanks was just on Taxi for an episode. I didn't know that till some people were talking about Tom Hanks character vs. Fonzie on Happy Days and people were saying all the shows he guest starred on.
Yeah Tom Hanks was soooooooooo young in this and Michael J Fox too and Michael J Fox's career took off! I have all of Family Ties series and its still great after all these years! Its amazing how everything was so different and easy back then in 1980s and now everything sucks now!
Have to admit I laughed when he yelled "Taxi!" Love how the mood to the whole episode goes from funny to serious to funny to dead serious . That is a sign of good writing
A very young Tom Hanks and he performed this episode very well. He was 27 in this episode when it aired. After this episode Tom Hanks movie career really took off and he did Splash and many others. This episode taught us that alcoholism is very serious and very serious consequences.
With all he's done, my favorite Tom Hanks role was when he was the FBI agent in "Catch Me If You Can." He was a real actor who just didn't play himself all the time.
Loved that scene, but I always wondered how big you had to envision the Keaton house to be to believe Ned's screaming wouldn't have awakened the rest of the family.
Tom Hanks just put on an acting clinic. This might have been the moment people first realized that- "This Tom Hanks kid, he's gonna go down as one of the all-time great actors. He's going places."
Before he was cast in this Michael Fox was broke and about to give up and go back home to Canada. He was living on selling off his sectional sofa one section at a time. Network said he was too short. Goldberg, the creator didn't like the way he played his audition, casting director begged him for weeks to let him audition again. Finally as a personal favor to her he did.
Was he supposed to be a "considerably younger uncle" aka a 5 year old sibling that was a after the fact kid or was he just basically barely younger than him in real life? Does anyone know ?
+Anne Liesveld Sorry for replying a year late. Later in the episode, he says "he's washed up before 30 years old", so yes, Tom is supposed to be portraying "a considering younger uncle".
About two months before Splash and Hanks' march to becoming the biggest movie star in the world (which he consolidated about a decade later with Forrest Gump).
I remember watching this 2 part episode featuring Hanks, as the alcoholic uncle when it first aired. At the time Hanks struck me as a so-so actor, and I didn't see his appearance on the show doing much for his career, or that he would even have the career he has made. Geez, was I ever mistaking.
Always thought it odd that with all Ned's shouting, banging cans and throwing chairs while in the kitchen with Alex, that no one else in the family seemed to have woken up from the commotion!
That's the magic of a well written sitcom: The ability to jump from comedy to drama and back again in a single scene. Family Ties did it well.
Stephanie Santos this is my show
Yep
Well said. And while I adore Family Ties, I think All in the Family did it the best. IMO.
The writing forgot to account for how the whole household wasn't woken up by screaming at 2 in the morning.
@@Annihilate3275 It was, but creativity of that era was incredible. Now we dont have track, but also no creativity. Especially in comedies
Tom Hanks was awesome in this scene. And seeing him alongside Michael J. Fox makes it more awesome! They're 2 of my favourite actors ever!
Marty McFly meets Forrest Gump. (both movies were directed by Robert Zemeckis).
+VintageVHSTreasures Joseph Gordon Levitt played in Family ties and also directed by Robert Zemeckis in "The Walk"
What character did he play on Family Ties?
+VintageVHSTreasures a little boy, he was about 7 (sorry for my english). if you type "Joseph Gordon Levitt Family ties", you will find the video.
He was good as a royal prick :)
"It may not be Miller Time, but it is Vanilla Time."
I want that on a shirt :)
That actually got personally made for me because I said it one day and people were cracking up
People will think that your t-shirt is about Vanilla Ice, the white rapper of the 80’s who had a one hit wonder.
@@JC_inc Maybe in the 90s, but now people will associate it with just white.
@@JC_inc Not that that's a bad thing, ha ha ha.
ICE ICE BABY!!! 😁
That and "There's no crying in baseball," too.
You would think the whole house would have heard him yelling 🤔
There were probably used to it lol
And the neighbors ten doors down lol
They were drunk and sleeping it off. Lol
Ya was thinking 🤔 the same thing. The bedroom is probably on the other side. But still
its a 10,000 square foot house.
Tom Hanks looks so young it's scary. I suppose the last 30 years happened but that reality is even scarier.
Tom looks like a curlier version of his son Colin.
Anne Liesveld That’s Michael J. Fox.
However, Tom Hanks developed type II diabetes because in the 2000s, Tom started to get chubby and stayed that way until he was diagnosed with diabetes and became healthier.
This sure is different for tom hanks
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my sister and i watch this show when it re-runs on cbs and she says she has a crush on him
Wow Tom Hanks and Michael J. Fox in the same scene of a sitcom. They were both moderately successful here, but this is before the world really discovered how great they both are. This is like a piece of history.
Ah so it is ! 😊
And in real life, most likely it would turn physically violent. But they weren't going to go there on this show.
Yea this scene was chilling actually 😮
Makes me want to travel back in time or wake up tomorrow Big
@@kbanghartExcept they did go there, he hit Alex in another scene.
Michael j. Fox is so handsome
Amy Bird that was dumb
Middle Man how
This scene is honestly scary. One minute he's calm and then the next he flies into a rage. You never know if people like that are going to attack you. Take away the laugh track and it makes the scene look entirely different.
Yeah it was that dark of an episode it could have done without the laugh track but I guess it was a sitcom there was also another extremely dark but well acted episode where Michael (Alex) loses a friend in accident I guess shows hit harder back then
Calm down. Don't provoke people! You'll be fine!
I thought the same thing. The laugh track wasn't necessary. It interfered with the scene.
@@gwenaguilar7049 It's my understanding the show was filmed before a live audience. So, no laugh track.
Yes, this show had a live, studio audience. (I really don't tend to feel "canned laughter" is necessary, but if it's a live audience, with real people reacting, it doesn't bother me.)
I didn't watch Family Ties much but these clips show it handling difficult and seldom discussed problems very well. This was an authentic look at the ways of an addict. And still with a smidgen of comedy, but not trivializing the problem.
HUNGRY, ALEX?!?!
Snack time for Mario
Uncle Ned, I didn't know you were there.
I’m sorry are you ok?
That part was hilarious
@I'm Joe Biden, and I forgot this message come on, sit down, have a drink, it’ll make ya feel better. What are you doing up so late anyway?
The mood swings he goes throughout the scene are pretty unsettling, props to Tom Hanks.
You know you’re an alcoholic when you can drink an entire bottle of vanilla extract and not be affected
yep. or almond extract. has as much alc as a shot of brandy plus you can buy them after 2am. secrets from my dark alcoholic days.
Fact check: You're always affected by Vanilla Extract. Makes you throw up like castor oil. This scene is simply laughable.
2024 Woman pulled over for being intoxicated after drinking 26 bottles of vanilla extract.
@@lauriekroening2518 saw that one, cops completed ignored her symptoms. she was ina serious situation.
Great Scene !!! Amazing performances from two legends !!!
Uncle Ned reminds me of my stepfather...unpredictable and drunk every second day...don't miss those days for sure. Tom Hanks is amazing in this scene.
I guess your stepfather was predictable in one way at least, he was drunk every second day.
@@epictetusofhierapolis4461 lol.
This scene scared me as a kid. He was so good. If you watched the whole episode Ned had visited and been really fun-loving with Alex up until this point. This was eye opening.
As goofy as the show could be at times, watch this and you can honestly believe you're seeing a man who'll go on to win two Oscars.
Yeah, nobody thought that lol
2 of them. Michael won an honorary Oscar for humanitarian work in November.
Back to back too
Tom Hanks has never not been incredible - even in his early comedic roles, some people are just amazing actors right from the start.
That was actually a really good performance from Hanks...no wonder he made it so far.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone one pull off drama and comedy so well in one scene before. Damn Tom. Damn.
Bullseye.
Tom Hanks is a Great Actor
@@superplushkolin7831 source?
That, and I saw an interview with Gary David Goldberg who apparantly wrote the scene and said "he had some experience in that area".
Wow. Tom Hanks is a bloody good actor
He is. I hope things go well with him and GOD show him the way in the name of JESUS CHRIST.
I remember watching this episode when it first aired, and Tom made such an impact on me that I knew he would be a star.
When TV was worth watching (the 80's were the best for sitcoms)
+Giant Purple Gingerbread Alien Twin yes 80s and 90s were great for tv
Rob S so true I grew up in the 80s and I loved 80 sitcoms, most of the today's shows are pure garbage, they don't teach children life lessons like they did back in the 80s
too many over offended people nowadays to make good sitcoms
Yes yes and yes..Thursday nights
I loved alf and golden girls
I remember watching this "episode" in which two fine actors performing off each other. Amazing performances! This is why these actors are so well-loved - incredible in their own ways!
Tom Hanks and Michael J. Fox together?!?
My life is completed!
The only time they worked together.
Techinally Hanks was in two episodes eariler in the season or the year before.
Yep, 3 times they worked together. 2 episodes in season 1 and an episode of season 2.
Blank Blank awesome sauce
This really shows the dangers of alcoholism. Tom demonstrated some great acting here, even while he was still doing comedy
What's really scary is when they don't just hurt themselves, they hurt others too.
WoW! a young tom hanks just a year away from splash! and bachelor party. he's very excellent here.blending comedy and drama equally very well. i'm kind of astonished that he wasn't nominated for an emmy for an outstanding performance for an guest star in a comedy series.
My two fav actors right before they made it huge. This scene is iconic. The way Tom Hanks carries the scene and MJF doesn't even need to say much, his eyes says so much. So beautiful. They should do more work together!
I'm a 12 sober alcoholic thanks to Alcoholics Anonymous. And all comedy aside, I well up like its the first time I saw this episode. The missed opportunities, the shattered relationships and friendships. Its a horrible hole I dug and kept digging until I stopped at 42yo. I'm 55 and I don't miss it at all and am so blessed today.
Good job, not easy to get sober 🎉
Just love the scene where Tom and Michael exchange hugs...Two very talented actors that inspire me very much...💕💕💕
Tom Hanks, such a badass actor! Remarkable scenes for one of the best sitcoms of the 80’s.
No he was a good actor.
Bad is what got him into trouble.
You think I'm drunk? You think I am DRUNK?! Let me tell you something, buddy...I'm drunk.
That part was hilarious!!!
And MJF here looks a lot like Luke Skywalker.
Holy Crap, that's who I though MJF looked like. Skywalker.
Why do people love to quote scenes on youtube?
Hanks does some great acting here. It sent chills through me. Like a lot of people I guess, I knew an "uncle Ned." My best friend in my mid 20s was full of charisma, intelligence and humor too. He was oozing with so much potential, it was almost scary. But like Tom's character here, alcohol was his demon. And just like in this scene, if you brought it up Lord help you...he would turn all that wonderful intelligence and humor into a weapon. Watching this actually makes me sad because it's so close to a number of late night experiences with my own "uncle Ned."
Tom Hanks has always been brilliant, even at the beginning of his career....which I guess is why he's had the career he's had. Met him once. Super-nice guy.
It is always deeper then the alcoholism. That is just one of the symptoms of the real issue. There is always a root problem that need to be dealt with.
@@ladennayoung2939I don't agree. Some addicts have told me they used a substance out of boredom.
2:23 I was not ready for how violent that moment is. Michael's acting is just on another level. Alex is so brave and I feel that with all of his anxieties he as a teenager have dealt with this with much more courage and grace than his parents have. And it sums up the entire premise of this series beautifully.
I grew up with a violent alcoholic and you're never ready for that moment. You're always anticipating what's going to happen next with them.
It's brilliantly done by Tom Hanks, you can see how good of an actor he was back then.
Woody sure got dark after he lost Bo Peep.
LMAO!
I’m dying of laughter 🤣
He lost her to Rex, and then Mr. Incredible
@@rtlthemusician5598 before woody was the Dad from HONEY I shrunk the kids
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dang, that was powerful. And I agree, it's amazing to see two of the future stars in the same scene together prior to their worldwide successes!
Wow its like a twilight zone Tom Hanks and Michael J. Fox together...two of my favorites😊
Same here!!! Pretty awesome 2 A List Actors on one show! Tom Hanks guest starred on Family Ties in season 1 for I think 2 episodes. Oh, and Tom Hanks also was on Taxi with Christopher Lloyd too. Tom Hanks was just on Taxi for an episode. I didn't know that till some people were talking about Tom Hanks character vs. Fonzie on Happy Days and people were saying all the shows he guest starred on.
Yeah Tom Hanks was soooooooooo young in this and Michael J Fox too and Michael J Fox's career took off!
I have all of Family Ties series and its still great after all these years! Its amazing how everything was so different and easy back then in 1980s and now everything sucks now!
That is awesome! I knew about Back to the Future and one of my most favorite movies. Didn't know about Splash. Was that a comedy?
Interesting fact: they are nephew and uncle here and five years apart in age in real life.
All I hear is Woody from Toy Story scooting around
0:13 HUNGRY, ALEX!!??! LOL
Have to admit I laughed when he yelled "Taxi!"
Love how the mood to the whole episode goes from funny to serious to funny to dead serious . That is a sign of good writing
Two of my fave actors!
A very young Tom Hanks and he performed this episode very well. He was 27 in this episode when it aired. After this episode Tom Hanks movie career really took off and he did Splash and many others. This episode taught us that alcoholism is very serious and very serious consequences.
I miss this show and I remember this episode…man it was intense
Amazing, both actors were directed by Robert Zemeckis...M.J.F in the Back to the Future films, and Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump..
Yep
And The Polar Express
And both were in Vietnam...
drunk Tom looks like fun Tom
Nothing funny about a drunk just saying
@Jake Garcia I'm not going to dignify that with anwer trolls
I love family ties
With all he's done, my favorite Tom Hanks role was when he was the FBI agent in "Catch Me If You Can."
He was a real actor who just didn't play himself all the time.
Loved that scene, but I always wondered how big you had to envision the Keaton house to be to believe Ned's screaming wouldn't have awakened the rest of the family.
Wow... they were so young!
uh oh uncle ned is having drunk mood swings
A master class from two of the best. This was an incredibly powerful episode.
Pure vanilla extract: DON'T TRY IT, IT BURNS YOUR EARS.
When a young Tom Hanks peforms the best acting job of the night while simply cast as "Uncle Ned" for a few episodes, you knew he was going to soar.
2 Legends: Michael J. Fox & Mr. Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks just put on an acting clinic. This might have been the moment people first realized that- "This Tom Hanks kid, he's gonna go down as one of the all-time great actors. He's going places."
Haha! i remember this episode bc it taught me that you can get alcohol out of vanilla extract. good going, guys.
I'm glad Ready Player One came up with this truly obscure reference. What a pearl!
In my book, Tom Hanks is not only a great great actor, he is a great person.
Never seen Tom Hanks on any comedic sitcom before..thats very rare❤..bless both of u
He starred on a sitcom a few years before this.
Omg that's Tom hanks, i love him!!!! He's such a good actor
Tom Hanks drinks to forget Monsters and Mazes.
Simon Corvax , we all did.
Terrific acting from 2 of the best!!!
Why is there a laugh track attached to a scene about a man who’s suffering from crippling alcoholism and is spiraling out of control?
Andre Di Stefano Live studio audience.
It's the joke not the man himself.
80s
Let me guess you are one of those PC people right? It's comedy.
80s..crutch
I'm just not used to Michael J. Fox being in something other than Back to the Future.
Teen wolf ❤️
Family Ties and Spin City were good sitcoms. Playing the main role Mike Flaherty in Spin City was something to be admired
Before he was cast in this Michael Fox was broke and about to give up and go back home to Canada. He was living on selling off his sectional sofa one section at a time. Network said he was too short. Goldberg, the creator didn't like the way he played his audition, casting director begged him for weeks to let him audition again. Finally as a personal favor to her he did.
@@jenpeterson3712 Spin City is my favorite tv comedy of all time. Few seem to remember it these days.
@@linshanhsiang I wish these useless networks would put it on now.
"Now remember, don't drive and bake..." LMAO!
Wow , That was a scary hit home episode back when rehabs weren't the in thing.
Rehabs are expensive though. Probably still a lot of people like this.
Darrell's Moto Diary CALL BETTY FORD
I have always liked this series very much.
I saw this once, maybe twice thirty years ago and remember it nearly word for word because of the raw power coursing through it. Two young geniuses.
Tom Hanks is one of few that could be equal MJF. ❤. Love them both and wish them best.
I SPOKE IN FRONT OF THE WORLD BANK i was roooollllliiinnng
Tom Hanks & Michael J. Fox Were Incredible N This Scene Tho. I Luv It.
One of the most memorable episodes of Family Ties.
I remember this well when it originally aired. That was one of several dramatic scenes on that episode. Tom Hanks was on the rise.....
And later on he gives Alex the ole "One handed clap"
Tom Hanks right on lol. I remember seeing George Clooney in an episode of the Golden Girls as an undercover Police officer.
Tom Hanks AND Michael J.Fox together one and onl;y time that shit happened, like!!! Amazing!!! How cool!!!
Tom was so confident of an actor even back then!
Aww! Tom hanks in his younger days HANDSOME YOUNG MAN 😍😘
& that's why he's Tom Hanks. One of the greatest actors.
Two of my favorite actors. They both had so much range.
This is a great show
2:52 never tell a drunk they are a drunk
Tom Hanks is exactly 4 years and 11 months older than Michael J. Fox.
Was he supposed to be a "considerably younger uncle" aka a 5 year old sibling that was a after the fact kid or was he just basically barely younger than him in real life? Does anyone know ?
+Anne Liesveld Sorry for replying a year late. Later in the episode, he says "he's washed up before 30 years old", so yes, Tom is supposed to be portraying "a considering younger uncle".
starrbeatlesqueen He can pull it off cause Michael was always so short and young looking at the time. He pulled off Marty great.
And Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross were only 14 years older than Michael J. Fox.
Yup. When my youngest uncle was born, he already had several nieces and nephews.
Tom hanks was amazing in this episode
Anyone else so familiar with their work with Disney that all you hear is Woody and Milo Thatch?
elsa1942 I am
Uncle Ned is riding the Bi-polar Express 🤣🤣
Omg!! How did this comment not blow up w likes!!!!😂😂😂
I love Michael J. Fox" 💘 family ties is life".
I remember watching this on broadcast when I was a pre-teen. It did not discourage me from becoming an alcoholic once I was of age.
Smoke Dimensia , is that why you stink of Vanilla Extract ?
Did anyone else notice he drops the cheese nonchalantly at 0:36
Michael Linkovski What Cheese?
0:35 what cheese?
am i the only one who was obsessed with Tom Hanks and that's how i got here-
"Don't drive and bake!"
This aired Jan 26 1984. Before Back to the Future and before Hanks movie run. Wow.
About two months before Splash and Hanks' march to becoming the biggest movie star in the world (which he consolidated about a decade later with Forrest Gump).
I remember watching this 2 part episode featuring Hanks, as the alcoholic uncle when it first aired.
At the time Hanks struck me as a so-so actor, and I didn't see his appearance on the show doing much for his career, or that he would even have the career he has made. Geez, was I ever mistaking.
Always thought it odd that with all Ned's shouting, banging cans and throwing chairs while in the kitchen with Alex, that no one else in the family seemed to have woken up from the commotion!
Lol, that's all I was thinking. Kind of hard to ignore, the elephant in the room.
@@ckobo84 Especially when it's stampeding like Ned!
Wow. Now I know why Tom won an Oscar. He's got skills.
*Two* Oscars ✌🏻
I love Family Ties 💜
0:14 Hungry, Alex? LOL
he actually plays drunk brilliantly.
Tom Hanks getting wasted and riding the Bipolar Express....
You think I’m drunk? Well...howdy partner...I’m drunk
" ned slapped him back to the furniture"
LMFAO!
Uncle Ned , Uncle Arthur , they got some messed up uncles in that family!
"Now remember, don't drive and bake."
That line really cracks me up everytime!
Tom Hanks thats some good acting, no wonder he went on to a great career
This really shows how great of an actor Tom Hanks was even at the start.