[net.tv] Dad in Family Ties

oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ) (02/12/86)

I have enjoyed the Michael J. Fox show for about two seasons now although I
do find it to be an inconsistant show.  One of the things that has annoyed
me this year has been their treatment of Mr. Keaton.  Dad has given us such
great lines in the past as:

ALEX:	Dad, are you going to be mad at me for the rest of my life for this?

DAD:	That is my plan.

In this season this ex 60's flower child is showing major jelousy, pettyness
and insensitivity to his wife (the show where he wanted to watch the game
rather then go to the group meeting with her).  I find that they are playing
games with the character simply to make a show funny, but at the expense of
the character as a "believeable" person.

Don't worry, I am not confusing real life with tv, and I don't expect a sitcom
to read like a novel, but the BEST sitcoms (Mary Tyler Moore, M*A*S*H, etc)
had characters that were for the most part consistant and that was one of the
things that made them enjoyable.

				"that's my opinion.  What's your opinion?
				 We'd like to know."  (WPIX in NYC)

					OZ
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