. >> you weren't laughing at michael j. fox's character for being too conservative.e laughing at the parents for being too hopelessly liberal. >> what is this? i found that in the shower. >> that is generic brand shampoo. >> this is him. this is the guy i've been telling you about. this is everything you'd want in a president. >> the genius of family ties it allows a youth to recognize that is focused on the future and the critique of the 60s. >> michael j. fox as alex keaton really became the center of the show. and writers were smart enough to see that they had something special and they wrote to that. >> it's not fair, alex. >> yeah, there is nothing you can do about it, jien. my advice that you just enjoy being a child for as long as you can. i know, i did. it is the best two weeks of my life. >> alex is a little bill buckley. the "wall street journal" is his bible. he has a tie to go with his pajamas. he is very conservative and intense 17-year-old. >> the first thing the teacher will ask is what you did over the summer. a lot of kids will say i went to the zoo

>> the genius is it's focused more on a critique of the 60s. >> michael j. foxeaton really became the center of the show and writers were smart enough to see that they had something special and they wrote to that. >> it's not fair, alex. >> yeah. there's nothing you can do about it, jen. my advice to you is that you just enjoy being a child for as long as you can. i know i did. it was the best two weeks of my life. >> alex is a little bill buckley. the wall street journal is his bible. he has a tie to go with his pajamas. he's very conservative and very intense 17-year-old. >> the first thing your teacher is going to ask what you did over the summer. a lot of kids are going to say i went to the zoo, i went to the beach or i went to a baseball game. what are you going to say? >> i watched the iran-contra hearings. >> if mom and dad thought this generation was going to the dogs, think again. this is the generation that has discovered hard working success. >> networks were beginning to not be afraid to appeal to a very specific demographic. >> hi, handsome. look at

. >> w parkinson's fund-raiser for the michael j. fox foundation, where we also got an update on michael's battle with the disease. >> he's much healthier than he was 15 years ago from my perspective when i see him. >> tori spelling and tiffany amber thiessen were also on hand, and lots of love was being sent shannen's way. >> i wish her all the best, of course. >> i got nothing but love for thinking about her, and shannen is -- i mean she's one tough cookie. she would stand up to that if anybody can. >> shannen opens up about the fight of her life in an "entertainment tonight" starting monday. >> it's hard. i started thinking that i wasn't going to live. i don't look past today. >> how her battle with breast cancer is unlike any you've heard before. >> i don't know if i'll ever look like me again. >> revealing for the first time a her diagnosis is even more heartbreaking than she could have ever imagined. >> i want to believe that if i -- if i fight, i'm going to be okay. >> starting monday only on e.t. this is one gripping interview. y

. >> jimmy: maybe number one, even though he's not american, is michael j. fox. he's canadian which makes him slightly a little bit nicer and better than americans. your dad's got to be in the top five, i think he really is. like that? >> jimmy: it just comes from my opinion. [ laughter ] >> of course. >> jimmy: i saw him as opie, i saw him as ritchie cunningham, that's all i needed to know. >> common sense. >> jimmy: this is a great photograph your dad posted to instagram. that's you, your dad, and ralph mouth. where did this happen? >> this was johnny's wedding. and i was 1 year old. and it's when i walked for the first time. so i waited for there to be a huge crowd. >> you walked at the wedding. down the aisle? or just at the party? >> just -- i probably stumbled and in this much territory. >> jimmy: your godfather is another one of america's top ten favorites, henry winkler, the fonz. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i couldn't imagine that. i had the lunch box. what it must be like to have fonzie as your godfather. great, right? >> yeah, but he's not like t

. >> you weren't laughing at michael j. fox's character for being too conservative.too hopelessly liberal. >> what is this? i found it in the shower. >> that's generic brand shampoo. >> agh! >> this is him. this is a guy i have been telling you about. and this everything is you want in a president. >> the genius of family ties, it allows a kind of youthful reaganite to emerge that is focused more on the future, that is focused more on a critique of the '60s. >> michael j. fox as alex keaton really became the center of the show. and writers were smart enough to see that they had something special. and they wrote to that. >> it's not fair, alex. >> yeah. there is nothing you can do about it. my advice to you is that you just enjoy being a child for as long as you can. i know i did. it was the best two weeks of my life. >> aleksa little bill buckley. he -- "the wall street journal" is his bible. he has a tie that goes with his pajamas. very conservative and very intense 17-year-old. >> the first thing your teacher is going to ask is what you did over the summer. now a l

greg: michael j. fox, staying out too late, hooking up. doing crazy stuff. rosanna: what about the bolivian marching greg: this book with a couple other writers, seemed to define the way we lived or wanted to live. jay mcinerney is out with a new book. put it on the screen. "bright, precious days." the odion is in the background and backdrop. jay mcinerney, welcome to "good day new york." congratulations on the book. >> thank you, greg. good to be here. rosanna: the book is about marriage and novelist. your life? >> it is taken from the life that i observe around me, as a long-time resident of new york city. but really, this is book about a married couple. rosanna: you're married. >> yes. they came to the city. but they have been married since college, where as i'm afraid it has taken me four times. rosanna: there is a little% difference there. >> this is part of my fascination with them. basically russell callaway, who is a book publisher, editor, i sort might have lived if i hadn't become a novelist. if i married my college sweetheart. so he is living kind

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