I represent the first generation who, when we were born, the television was now a permanent fixture in our homes. When I was born people had breakfast with Barbara Walters, dinner with Walter Cronkite, and slept with Johnny Carson.
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Actors Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd grace the stage for a historic reunion at New York Comic Con 2022 to discuss the past, present and future of their friendship, filming career and the Back to the Future franchise. #beyondthemarquee#nycc#backtothefuture
He first became known for his role as Alex P. Keaton
on the popular sitcom Family Ties, and went on to star in such films as Back
to the Future and Teen Wolf as well as the TV series Spin City.
In 1999, he announced that he was battling Parkinson's Disease. He left Spin
City in 2000 but later guest starred on such shows as Scrubs and Boston
Legal.
Quotes
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my
acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
Actor. Born Michael Andrew Fox, on June 9, 1961, in
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Fox began using the middle initial 'J' (presumably
smoother-sounding than 'A') professionally to distinguish himself from another
acting "Michael Fox." Michael J. Fox first achieved stardom in 1982,
as the acquisitive Reagan-era poster-boy Alex P. Keaton on the popular
television sitcom Family Ties.
Hailing from Canada, where he grew up the youngest of five children to Bill and
Phyllis Fox, Michael struggled in school and was too small - he is five feet,
four inches tall - to compete in his favorite activity, ice hockey. He found an
outlet in drama class, and in 1976 made his professional debut in the CBS
series Leo and Me at age 15 (playing a 10-year-old). After starring in
the CBS movie Letters from Frank (also filmed in Canada), Fox dropped
out of high school and drove to Los Angeles with his father. There, he found
work in the series Palmerstown, U.S.A. before landing the role in Family
Ties, where he wooed audiences with his confident charm and impeccable
comic timing for seven years.
He also had enormous success on the big screen,
playing Marty McFly in Robert Zemeckis' zany romp, Back to the Future (1985). After
playing comic roles in Teen Wolf and The Secret of My Success,
Fox wanted to broaden his range and took some unlikely dramatic turns, playing
a factory worker in Light of Day, a cocaine-snorting fact checker in Bright
Lights, Big City, and earning critical acclaim for his starring role
alongside Sean Penn in Brian DePalma's Vietnam saga Casualties of War.
Audiences applauded Fox's return to Back to the
Future, for sequels II and III in 1989 and 1990. His pitch-perfect
portrayal of a George Stephanopoulos-type character in The American President (1995)
earned Fox accolades once again, but it was his ceremonious return to prime
time television in the ABC sitcom Spin City, which launched in 1996,
that put Fox back where he belonged - delighting audiences on a weekly basis
with a schedule that allowed him more time with his family. In 1999, he
contributed his trademark voice and comic flare as the title character (a
little white mouse) in the film adaptation of E.B. White's
Stuart Little. Fox was honored with a star on the fabled Hollywood Walk
of Fame in December 2002.
In late 1999, Fox made the startling announcement that
he had been battling Parkinson's disease since 1991, and had even undergone
brain surgery to alleviate tremors. Despite Spin City's incredible
success and a showering of Emmy and Golden Globe awards, Fox announced in early
2000 that he would leave the show, which he also executive produced, to spend
time with his family, and to concentrate on raising money and awareness for
Parkinson's disease - including the May 2000 launch of the Michael J. Fox
Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Fox won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his
final season on Spin City, along with the respect and support of the
entire Hollywood community.
In 2004, Fox guest starred in the television comedy Scrubs as Dr. Kevin
Casey, a surgeon with obsessive-compulsive disorder. In 2006, he appeared in a
recurring role on the drama Boston Legal. Fox was nominated for an Emmy
Award for best guest appearance. In 2009, he appeared on the dark drama, Rescue
Me, and his television special Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an
Incurable Optimist, based on his best-selling book by the same title, aired
on ABC.
that we could use to momentarily forget about those
things that leave a bad taste in our mouths
The Back to the Future episode of Reunited Apart will raise money for Project Hope, a global health and humanitarian relief organization aids health care workers around the world.
that we could use to momentarily forget about those
things that leave a bad taste in our mouths
Leslie Nielsen hosts a night dedicated to Back To The Future including an airing of the first movie and a sneek peak of Back To The Future Part II. This show features director Robert Zemeckis saying that hoverboards were real.
that we could use to momentarily forget about those
things that leave a bad taste in our mouths
Hosted and produced by Jake Roper of Vsauce 3 fame answering the series titled question – 'could you survive?'" You are transported into the movies filled with mind-blowing experiments like what would happen if you actually jumped in a DeLorean and went back in time?" The show's Back to the Future episode, which breaks down all of the inaccuracies with Doc Brown's clock-tower-based plan to send Marty McFly back to 1985 via a bolt of lightning. After all, it is the only thing beyond stolen plutonium that's capable of generating 1.21 giagawatts.
that we could use to momentarily forget about those
things that leave a bad taste in our mouths
The Disneyland Story is hosted by Harry Anderson and was aired around the 1990's. You hop aboard the Disneyland railroad for a time traveling trip back into Disneyland history. The special covers the history of Disneyland from its conception to the future projects in store.
This special features music from the Back to the Future Soundtrack byAlan Silvestri.
that we could use to momentarily forget about those
things that leave a bad taste in our mouths.
The date is August 30, 1997... 24 hours before the death of Princess Diana. Sam Beckett has leapt into a young American visiting Paris, France. With Project Quantum Leap in disarray, Sam decides he must save the Princess from death at all costs. Starring Joshua Ramsey, Niki Hurrle Warner, LaDonna Pettijohn, Ed Ernstes, David Briggs, and Dennis Crosswhite. Special appearances by Deborah Pratt (Original co-producer of Quantum Leap and voice of Ziggy) and Beth "Venom" Horn of the American Gladiator television series. This fanfilm is not associated with Universal Studios, NBC, or any affiliated entity to the original television series. This is simply a project by the fans, FOR the fans.
As always, the further we go back in Hollywood history, the more that fact and legend become intertwined. It's hard to say where the truth really lies.
June 6, 1971
The Ed Sullivan Show airs
for the very last time.
Sunday nights, 8:00 pm, CBS. Ask
almost any American born in the 1950s or earlier
what television program ran in that timeslot on that network, and they'll
probably know the answer: The Ed Sullivan Show. For more than two
decades, Sullivan's variety show was the premiere television showcase for
entertainers of all stripes, including borscht-belt comedians, plate-spinning
vaudeville throwbacks and, most significantly, some of the biggest and most
current names in rock and roll. Twenty-three years after its 1948 premiere, The
Ed Sullivan Show had its final broadcast on this day in 1971.
In its first eight years of existence, there was no
such thing as rock and roll to be featured on the program originally called Toast
of the Town, yet even its first broadcast made music history when Broadway
composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II gave the world its first
taste of the score from their upcoming musical, South Pacific. Over the
years, live performances of new and current Broadway shows were featured
regularly on Ed Sullivan, including Julie Andrews singing "Wouldn't
It Be Loverly?" from My Fair Lady and Richard Burton singing
"What Do The Simple Folk Do?" from Camelot. Classical and
opera performers also made frequent appearances, but of course The Ed
Sullivan Show is now remembered most for providing so many iconic moments
in the history of televised rock and roll.
Elvis Presley's first appearance on The Ed Sullivan
Show, in September 1956,was actually one of his most restrained and
least thrilling. It was notable, however, given Ed Sullivan's assertion earlier
that year that he'd never allow "The King" on his show. By the time
the Beatles rolled around, Sullivan was far more comfortable with the hysteria
young Elvis had caused. In fact, it was Ed Sullivan personally witnessing
Beatlemania up close at London's Heathrow airport in 1963 that led the Beatles
being booked for their historic February 1964 American television debut.
Through the rest of the 60s, The Ed Sullivan Show continued to host the
day's biggest rock acts: The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, The Doors, The Mamas
and the Papas, Janis Joplin and more.
Gladys Knight and the Pips were the musical guests on
the final episode of The Ed Sullivan Show, which was cancelled shortly
after its rerun broadcast on this day in 1971.
June 9, 1961
Michael J. Fox was born, in Canada.
He first became known for his role as Alex P. Keaton
on the popular sitcom Family Ties, and went on to star in such films as Back
to the Future and Teen Wolf as well as the TV series Spin City.
In 1999, he announced that he was battling Parkinson's Disease. He left Spin
City in 2000 but later guest starred on such shows as Scrubs and Boston
Legal.
Quotes
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my
acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
Actor. Born Michael Andrew Fox, on June 9, 1961, in
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Fox began using the middle initial 'J' (presumably
smoother-sounding than 'A') professionally to distinguish himself from another
acting "Michael Fox." Michael J. Fox first achieved stardom in 1982,
as the acquisitive Reagan-era poster-boy Alex P. Keaton on the popular
television sitcom Family Ties.
Hailing from Canada, where he grew up the youngest of five children to Bill and
Phyllis Fox, Michael struggled in school and was too small - he is five feet,
four inches tall - to compete in his favorite activity, ice hockey. He found an
outlet in drama class, and in 1976 made his professional debut in the CBS
series Leo and Me at age 15 (playing a 10-year-old). After starring in
the CBS movie Letters from Frank (also filmed in Canada), Fox dropped
out of high school and drove to Los Angeles with his father. There, he found
work in the series Palmerstown, U.S.A. before landing the role in Family
Ties, where he wooed audiences with his confident charm and impeccable
comic timing for seven years.
He also had enormous success on the big screen,
playing Marty McFly in Robert Zemeckis' zany romp, Back to the Future (1985). After
playing comic roles in Teen Wolf and The Secret of My Success,
Fox wanted to broaden his range and took some unlikely dramatic turns, playing
a factory worker in Light of Day, a cocaine-snorting fact checker in Bright
Lights, Big City, and earning critical acclaim for his starring role
alongside Sean Penn in Brian DePalma's Vietnam saga Casualties of War.
Audiences applauded Fox's return to Back to the Future,
for sequels II and III in 1989 and 1990. His pitch-perfect portrayal of a George Stephanopoulos-type character in The American President (1995)
earned Fox accolades once again, but it was his ceremonious return to prime
time television in the ABC sitcom Spin City, which launched in 1996,
that put Fox back where he belonged - delighting audiences on a weekly basis
with a schedule that allowed him more time with his family. In 1999, he
contributed his trademark voice and comic flare as the title character (a
little white mouse) in the film adaptation of E.B. White's
Stuart Little. Fox was honored with a star on the fabled Hollywood Walk
of Fame in December 2002.
In late 1999, Fox made the startling announcement that
he had been battling Parkinson's disease since 1991, and had even undergone
brain surgery to alleviate tremors. Despite Spin City's incredible
success and a showering of Emmy and Golden Globe awards, Fox announced in early
2000 that he would leave the show, which he also executive produced, to spend
time with his family, and to concentrate on raising money and awareness for
Parkinson's disease - including the May 2000 launch of the Michael J. Fox
Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Fox won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his
final season on Spin City, along with the respect and support of the
entire Hollywood community.
In 2004, Fox guest starred in the television comedy Scrubs as Dr. Kevin
Casey, a surgeon with obsessive-compulsive disorder. In 2006, he appeared in a
recurring role on the drama Boston Legal. Fox was nominated for an Emmy
Award for best guest appearance. In 2009, he appeared on the dark drama, Rescue
Me, and his television special Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an
Incurable Optimist, based on his best-selling book by the same title, aired
on ABC.
