Before Michael J Fox had his first time on Family Ties, he got his first kiss thanks to McDonald’s. How awwwdorable is the 18 year old in that 1980 commercial?
The big talk when the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2015, is where are the Hooverboards they promised us in Back to the Future 2? But that was not the only thing that didn’t happen from the ’80s movie that takes place 9 months from now. Lea Thompson shared a photo of Elizabeth Shue and her from the movie and said, “What we don’t look like in 2015.” That is so true! Both actresses look almost the same as they did when they made the film 1989. Something you can see when you watch Lorraine McFly on Switched at Birth and Jennifer Parker McFly on CSI every week.
Granted, if you think about it Thompson’s character is almost 25 years older than the actress, so let’s see how she looks in a quarter of a century. When it comes to Shue, she is a little older than the character she played, so she looks better than the makeup artists thought she would look. Either way, they still look fabulous!
Remember during this year’s E!’s Red Carpet coverage of the Golden Globes, they were doing Fun Facts. One of the Fun Facts they aired was the year when Michael J Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Which is not really a Fun Fact.
Well the Back to the Future star has pretty much been quiet about the incident, that is until now. David Letterman asked him about it on The Late Show tonight at 11:35p on CBS. Michael P Keaton said he didn’t know know anything about it until after the Awards show. His publicist saw it when it aired, and called them immediately. Well E! realized their mistake and sent him an apology letter with a box full of Gummy Candies. Being the stand up guy that he is, he told E! he was OK with it and didn’t take offense to it. He also let them know, “Fun Fact: I like Gummies!”
I love that he had better sense of humor about it, than, well, me! Just another reason why he is so lovable.
Last week NBC stopped production on Sean Saves the World and today they pulled The Michael J Fox Show from their Thursday lineup after the Olympics according to Vulture. Sean Hayes’ sitcom will be replaced by the game show he produces, Hollywood Game Night, starting on February 27th.
When it comes to HGN, I wonder if this is NBC’s way of testing out how a non-sitcom will do on Thursday nights. And if it does well, hopefully they will renew it for the fall. Which would make me very happy because I absolutely love this show.
When it comes to the unaired episodes of Sean and Fox, NBC does not have an airdate for them but does plan on airing them at some point.
We all know that E!’s red carpet coverage is always a red hot mess and yesterday they made a big mess with some information they put up in a graphic. They had a Fun Fact chyron that read, “Michael J. Fox was diagnosis with Parkinson’s Disease in 1991.” That is a fact, yes. But it is far from being a fun fact and people were pissed by their mistake. Including me.
Viewers were so upset that E! issued this statement, “We regret the insensitive classification of Michael J Fox’s Parkinson’s diagnosis during our Eonline live stream. We understand the serious nature of the disease and sincerely apologize.†Too little, too late.
If they want to make amends, then they can cancel Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Then maybe I will start to forgive them.
