Family Ties - Uncle Ned

[ChrissiChris1996]

yo im 15 nd i tink this show is amazing

[Wishfuleyesmedia]

0:14 petrified or parkinson's?

[rosepuff321]

Wow Tom Hanks is young in this. lol

[silverwheel]

It may not be Miller time, but it is vanilla time.

[Dumpspace]

I remember watching this on broadcast when I was a pre-teen. It did not discourage me from becoming an alcoholic once I was of age.

[83BigRed83]

Drunkle Ned

[MugsMcClain]

Shit Uncle Ned, get it together.

[robhere1982]

It's nice to see so many comments saying how much they miss TV when you could at least sit down with the whole family & laugh & enjoy a show. Remember that? Gone forever unless you have the internet hooked up to the TV or stick in DVD! But why has it come to this? I'm no prude but everything now is basically souless porn. The elites are now socially engineering us through the media which they now own to be promiscuous, have no shame, no values, back stab to get ahead in life etc etc. Why???

[thequirkywoman]

0:01

[LadyDi4476]

To this day, nearly 30 years later, every time I use Vanilla Extract I think of Uncle Ned in Family Ties. Classic episode!!

[ChrisC11291980]

@LadyDi4476 I work in a supermarket. Every now and then I find an empty extract bottle in a shopping cart (people get drunk off it and toss away the bottle) and every time I do, I think of Uncle Ned asking Alex if he wanted some vanilla extract!

[KenasBear]

0:00

[jenandlaw]

Wow.... back when Hollywood cared a little about morality. You'd never see this storyline in any sitcom today.

[Germtalia]

@jenandlaw yes today is sex and violence

one reason i got rid of cable

ewww

[robhere1982]

@jenandlaw Agreed but the people who run Hollywood now literally HATE morality, that's why you see wall to wall promiscuous & 'let's get drunk & party' trash on even the so-called family channels now. Why do you think nearly every show has no moral message? The family unit is being attacked.

[mrfalafl]

Oscar performance

[lilPopper]

Did Tom Hanks do this before or after Bosom Buddies?

[jmomm]

@lilPopper after

[lilPopper]

@jmomm Thank you

[CamiloSanchez1979]

No fucking way dude...

[Reborn8303]

Wow Tom Hanks, Really had a Problem back then !

[mastermold2011]

Family Ties was a real gem of a sitcom. It was genuinely funny and touching with great writing and great acting. This scene was indicative of that. What other sitcom could allow Tom Hanks to be both funny and dramatic at the same time.

[devinquirk1]

Maybe if Michael would just have a drink he could get rid of those shakes.

[kevico2]

@devinquirk1 That's awful! What you just wrote is disgusting!

[luvfinger]

I remember watching this 2 part episode featuring Hanks, as the alcoholic uncle when it first aired.

At the time Hanks struck me as a so-so actor, and I didn't see his appearance on the show doing much for his career, or that he would even have the career he has made. Geez, was I ever mistaking.

[CitySkin09]

"Let me tell ya somethin' buddy...I'm drunk!"

[ofrah1]

"You just drank a whole bottle of vanilla extract."

"I'm sorry. Do you want some?"

XDDDDDD

[Mktryk]

Excellent performances by Fox and Hanks here. Hanks truly nailed down the funny/scary drunk deal here! Still, I never got how it was, with Ned banging around all that furniture,etc. and YELLING , that NONE of the other Keatons got their sleep the least bit disturbed. LOL

[ksb100pr]

Thank you 1980s sitcoms for completely harmless and unrealistic portrayals of drug and alcohol abuse.  No wonder we lost the war on drugs. I'm sorry, but Uncle Ned didn't seem drunk at all - in fact he was a riot, I want to party with him.

[gopconservative78]

but today one shakes and one doesn't

[BlackStallionWoman]

Alex is alll like la la la and Ned is like Harper from Wizards of Waverly Place going la la la la la la HEY YOU. Except Ned said Hungry Alex?! And Alex was like a spooked mini pony.

[Cml725]

Dang, that was powerful. And I agree, it's amazing to see two of the future stars in the same scene together prior to their worldwide successes!

[braducsb2]

Is this from a reality show, or was it all scripted? From the laughing in the background, it makes me think it was scripted. Who were all those people laughing? That was weird. I think I recognize those guys from somewhere, but I can't remember where. Does anyone know?

[Alphabex8]

@braducsb2 recognize who? the people laughing. are you telling me you can recognize crowds of laughter cuz there's no moron who wouldn't know MJ Fox and Hanks.

[braducsb2]

@Alphabex8 I think you misunderstood my question... what I was asking is who are the people laughing in the background? Are those supposed to be the other members of the Keaton family laughing at the conversation between Alex and Uncle Ned? You'd think they would invervene and not just stand there and laugh while Ned is getting wasted. What a disfunctional family... Have you ever seen 'Family Ties the Movie?' It's actually rated R and you see Mallory naked.

[Alphabex8]

@braducsb2 yeah, YOU my friend, are bat shit crazy. does anybody else see what this weirdo is writing??? what country does someone have to live in to not understand the presence of LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE !! you are hilarious btw. can we be friends, psycho?

[braducsb2]

@Alphabex8 Bat shit crazy... now that's just total rubbish. I've heard of live studio audiences, but how do they fit a live audience into such a small kitchen? And cameras too? Maybe it's like the Wonka-vision, and they shrink the audience down so they all fit microscopically on the table, even smaller than ants. But when they laugh, you can hear it at full volume. Maybe that's the trick. Or possibly I'm missing the "big picture." You sure live in a dream world, my friend.

[Alphabex8]

@braducsb2 hahaha!! i like your style, dude. 

[braducsb2]

@Alphabex8 Maybe a little too much magic chocolate last night. Good ole' prop 215 - although the mother of all - prop 19 did not pass. Shows how dumb most Californians are. Back to the grind tomorriw. Fun shit man!

[livluvlive]

It may not be Miller time but it is vanilla time. Here's to lookin at you kid....

now remember kid don't bake and drive

[Edam3000]

This was actually a pretty sad and poignant scene.

[ChavoMysterio]

Why is Family Ties is shown on the CBS Youtube channel since it's network is on NBC?

[jbird11368]

@ChavoMysterio Viacom owns Paramount Pictures, which produced "Family Ties", and CBS.

[towhead72]

LOL at 0:15; MJF's timing is razor sharp!

[lemontwist14]

and remember don't drive and bake!

[HUSKY57887]

Would you post this entire episode?

[deliven]

wow



[kutchieMik]

two legendary actors in one sitcom! how amazing is that! :-D

tom hanks was so young back then! younger than forest gump! ^_^

[talltom1973]

Emmy worthy performance.  From both of them

[xenomorph666]

I remember him drinking vanilla! Weird memories from when I was young!

[WizardGlik]

It's Cookie Time!

[1cnevarez]

It's funny how there is all this screaming at 2am and no one wakes up

[1cnevarez]

i forgot how young they where AHHH the 80's

[CelestinaSkytheria]

If he was not totally unfamiliar in the area of economics he wouldn't have run out of liquor..

[ransax]

@CelestinaSkytheria Good point. lol

[PowerDiva]

Wow Tom Hanks and Michael J. Fox in the same scene of a sitcom. They were both moderately successful here, but this is before the world really discovered how great they both are. This is like a piece of history.

[Mctrav]

@PowerDiva so true!!

[meh97]

uncle ned is awsome

[thediscopimpernell]

Vanilla will MESS you up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WhatsAYak]

"It may not be Miller Time, but it IS vanilla time!"...classic line. :-)

[LGKids]

This was my grandmother's favorite parts! She really liked when he said "I'm sorry did you want some"! R.I.P grandma and thanks for seeing the laughs in life!

[TheHealthJunkie]

OH NOSE, HE DRANKS THE VANILLA EXTRACTS!

[jandean61]

give this motherfucker the Oscar already

[clericjack]

@jandean61 Uh...he's got like...uh...two of them. LOL

[adhfan75]

I remember this episode. Showed Tom's range even then. (Poor Uncle Ned and the vanilla.)

[xpander2k]

How did CBS gets rights to this footage? I thought Family Ties was an NBC show?

[Phokhotic]

@xpander2k IT WAS

[jandean61]

@xpander2k NBC sold the rights in 2005.

[xpander2k]

@jandean61 I C.

[pooka5472]

@jandean61 Actually, NBC never owned the rights to the show in the first place. Paramount always owned the rights to the show originally, and they were transferred over to CBS during the CBS-Viacom breakup in 2006.

[UNLIBRESPORITU39]

Michael J Fox sound like Stuart

[barbidollz]

@UNLIBRESPORITU39 he is

[AgentArchangel83]

I don't know whether to fear him or laugh at him...

[MariIynMonroe]

vanilla extract ...mmmmm...i wont deny.

[avastyelandlubber]

DRUNKLE NED!

[poyerdude]

jeez, no wonder alex got hooked on pills, you can yell at the top of your lungs and no one wakes up!

[filmgirlLisa]

Haha! i remember this episode bc it taught me that you can get alcohol out of vanilla extract. good going, guys.

[JeremysVideos2]

"It may not be Miller time but it is vanilla time." LMAO!

[bomfy]

That may become my forum sig., what a great line.

[MrGrevy]

@JeremysVideos2 And the cookie jar says 'cookie time'.

[DejectedPanda]

That was very special.

[hairywine]

What's up McFly's ass?

[fleming1972]

Was this before or after Bosom Buddies?

[snoops71]

@fleming1972 After. This was 1983, and Bosom Buddies ended the year before.

[iboothby]

Hanks should have been in a spin off called Drunkle

[littlefang]

Ah.. what a show this was!

I'd love to see the entire episode.. This was one of the ones that really stood out for me - I actually remember viewing it for the first time on TV, nearly 30 years ago now ! (Oh no... suddenly, I feel very old..) The first Uncle Ned one was great too - plus I also really loved the episode where Alex gets addicted to diet pils - classic.

[tedm1975]

Tom Hanks was very good on Family Ties. He should have done a few more guest appearances. Hell Hanks should have won a enemy for his role as Uncle Ned.

[XYZandTime]

The tone is so wrong

[speedyspooley]

@XYZandTime

I know.......let's all laugh at alcoholism!

[rockchick18495]

HUNGRY ALEX!

[NDW85]

"Now remember, don't drive and bake."

That line really cracks me up everytime!

[Wh3nYour3Strang3]

Tom Hanks drinks to forget Monsters and Mazes.

[ransax]

@Wh3nYour3Strang3 It's Mazes and Monsters. Plus, that's the best movie he's ever done.

[Anynom]

As goofy as the show could be at times, watch this and you can honestly believe you're seeing a man who'll go on to win two Oscars.

[BlindMansEye]

honestly, this is a fine piece of acting from tom hanks.

this was one of my fav episodes.

[jmguitard]

wow... so that's how tom hanks popped his cherry.

[JRCrowley]

I always found Hanks to be a total geek in his earlier days, and was surprised when he turned out to be a powerhouse actor. But there you go. People can surprise you.

[FindingJoshuaHoffman]

really? i think his acting ability and charm were evident from the get-go. sometimes the 'seriousness' (or lack) of the role can make actor seem less 'powerhouse' than they actually can be. :)

[JRCrowley]

Usually I can pick quality actors out right from the beginning, but I was wrong about Hanks in his early years. You're right.

[FindingJoshuaHoffman]

haha. interesting thing is that I usually can't, with the exception of a few. But maybe already knowing that Tom Hanks became a top actor partially influenced my viewpoint and caused me to subconsciously 'look' for his talent.

[loderunner812]

Drops the colby at 0:36! sweet. Nothing like a late night sandwich but the mustard hits the counter.

Gump,, McFly, coldcuts...where's Doc Brown for a rewind?

[adam22833]

I don't think I've ever gotten wasted and told someone that I march to the beat of my own drum.

[italoirish888]

Ned Donnelly marches to his own drum! HA HA owned.

[CallinFromSpringfeel]

a very special episode...

[snopp9000]

"I´ll tell you something... I´m drunk!"

LOLXD

[weltkriese]

Love it. :D