In 1999, Heather Locklear was hired during the fourth season of Spin City to ease some of the workload on Michael J. Fox, who had recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. But he left at the end of that season because it was too much for him. However, they had a good 26 episodes of laughter before his departure.
This weekend, the two of them were reunited at the Toronto Fan Expo, and you can tell they created a special bond during that year they worked together. So much so that she wrote, “With one of my all time favorites.”
Seriously, how sweet is this photo of their reunion? You can tell that she genuinely enjoyed working with him then and seeing him now; and the feeling is mutual.
A few months ago, Bill Lawrence was talking about his show Shrinking, and he revealed that he based Harrison Ford’s Parkinson’s on the show on Michael J. Fox.
Lawrence and Fox worked together on Spin City and have remained friends since, so much so that Fox is going to be a guest star on Shrinking’s third season.
Apple TV+ did not reveal any details about Fox’s character, but I have a feeling we will need the tissues. If you cried during that scene in the season with Brett Goldstein, I think we will be crying even more than that.
If you have not watched Shrinking, it is worth subscribing just to watch it. I don’t know anyone who has seen it who did not fall in love with it.
Before Michael J. Fox had a loving family on Family Ties, he was an orphan living with his uncle in Leo and Me. How cute was the 17-year-old in that 1978 series?
In the mid-’80s, we were introduced to Teen Wolf and Teen Wolf Too. However, we never saw the two Wolves together.
That was then. This weekend, Greg Wyshynski, Senior NHL Writer at ESPN, noticed that Michael J. Fox and Jason Bateman were sitting together at the NY Rangers playoff game. And Bateman is looking more like Werewolf now, than he did in the 1987 film.
While their characters never met, the two of them have been friends for decades. That is because they share a sister. Jason and Justine Bateman are biological siblings, and she played Fox’s sister on Family Ties for most of the ’80s. So that makes them brothers. Right?
Now that we have seen them together, I want Teen Wolf Three! Since the Wolves were cousins, that means it is hereditary. So the sequel could be with their sons starting to turn into Wolves for the first time.
At the end of Back to the Future, Doc comes back to take Marty on another adventure. The sequel starts off with that scene. However, they reshot it, instead of using what they already had.
Someone from Rerun the 80s on Facebook wanted to know how well the two scenes matched up. So they got their VHS tapes, put them in the VCR, and played the two at the same starting point to see how close they were.
Did the director do a good job? Watch the video, and let me know. All I will say is that I was blown away like a leaf that was in the path of the DeLorean as it sped by to go time traveling!
