her image as mysterious and her interviews. i had the pleasure of seeing that firsthand myself. a lot of militant women were angry at you and just a gorgeous she s got no talent, and she s not going to last. what do you make of that? they sort of dismiss you. i came along in the 60s when i was caught between the hard-line feminist and the hippies and the flower children. the drugs and the rock n roll rock n roll antifeminist, there was no place for me to land. neil: there may be causes like jane fonda, but there was none of that with you. you know, if i did have kind of a point of view, would rather
i can t believe you guys can watch this, you look ridiculous. family ties has one of the great premises in sitcom history. half a million people trying to stop a senseless war. you find that ridiculous? i m talking about the outfits. these two flower children from the 60s grow up and then in the 80s suddenly find themselves with this young republican son. well, how do i look? middle-aged. it was about the clashes between two generations. 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. the 60s are over, dad. thanks for the tip. family ties is a reversal in many ways of all in the family, except now you have the liberal parents and the conservative child. this morning i found a copy of the wall street journal under his bed. i think maybe he was switched at birth and the rockefellers have our kid.
the 1980s were a radical transformation from what america had been like in the 1960s and 1970s. the economy was booming. congratulations, sir. as the regan era took hold, there was that rise in conservative values. we saw american audiences losing interest in the socially relevant sitcoms, and really, the sitcom started to die away. dramas had really taken over. those soaps were so big. dynasty, dallas, magnum p.i. and so you saw the family sitcom really strive to find a new identity. i can t believe you guys can watch this, you look ridiculous. family times has one of the great premises in sitcom history. half a million people trying to stop a senseless war. you find that ridiculous? i m talking about the outfits. these two flower children
find that ridiculous? i m talking about the outfits. these two flower children from the 60 s, grow up and then in the 80 s suddenly find themselves with this young republican son. well, how do i look? middle aged. it was about the clashes between two generations. 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. the 60 s are over dad. thanks for the tip. family ties is a reversal in many ways of all in the family, except now you have the liberal parents and the conservative child. this morning i found a copy of the wall street journal under his bed. you think maybe he was switched at birth and the rockefeller s have our kid? michael was just wonderful. he was young and energetic. and he had such good timing. who did this? we started rather slowly, nbc was moving us around a little