alex: well, how do i look? steven: middle aged. michael gross: it was about the clashes between two generations. steven: you're a young man, you shouldn't be worried about success. you should be thinking about hopping on a tramp steamer and going around the world. alex: the 60's are over, dad. steven: thanks for the tip. gerrad hall: family ties is a reversal in many ways of all in the family, except now you have the liberal parents and the conservative child. elyse: this morning i found a copy of the wall street journal under his bed. steven: you think maybe he was switched at birth and the rockefellers have our kid? meredith baxter: michael was just wonderful. he was young and energetic and he had such good timing. alex: who did this? michael gross: we started rather slowly, nbc was moving us around a little bit, trying to find the right place for us. jim colucci: family ties pumped a little bit of life into the family sitcom, but the sitcom in general