Family Ties - Season 6 Episode 25 The Boys Next Door
As Elyse prepares for her high school reunion, she is contacted by her old buddy, Roger ""Eggy"" Erdman, a klutzy class nerd turned millionaire. Never a romantic couple, Elyse and ""Eggy"" made a bizarre team even as friends, since Elyse was the most popular girl in class. She explains to the family that Roger needed someone to keep the bullies away and to save him from his own clumsiness.
Like an older version of Skippy, the ungainly Roger comes over for a visit. While Alex is enamored of ""Eggy's"" wealth, Roger is still clearly in love with Elyse, who always helped him stand up for himself. Steven, who would do anything to avoid attending Elyse's reunion, urges Roger to take her. Roger wants to resurrect the ""Doo-Wop Twins"" number they used to do in school, but when Elyse refuses, saying that those days are over, a hurt Roger rushes out.
Reluctantly, Steven ends up accompanying Elyse and Roger to the reunion, where he is immediately mistaken for Danny Wasserman, the class clown. Roger's w
Year: 1989
Country: United States of America
Studio: NBC
Director: Gary David Goldberg
Cast: Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman, Tina Yothers, Brian Bonsall
Crew: June Galas (Producer), Alan Uger (Writer), Gary David Goldberg (Writer), Alan Uger (Producer), Michael J. Weithorn (Producer), Carol Himes (Producer)
First Air Date: Sep 22, 1982
Last Air date: May 14, 1989
Season: 7 Season
Episode: 176 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 7.27/10 by 232.00 users
Popularity: 71.687
Language: English
Keyword : us republican party, conservatism, family, democrat, sexual liberation, sitcom, 1980s, liberalism
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The Last of the Red Hot Psychologists (2)
Dear Mallory
The Other Woman
Dream Date
Super Mom
Walking On Air
Invasion of the Psychologist Snatchers
The Way We Were
Mister Sister
Citizen Keaton
Father Time (1)
Father Time (2)
The American Family (1)
The American Family (2)
Anniversary Waltz
Miracle in Columbus
The Play's the Thing
The Spirit of Columbus
The Blues Brother
Read It and Weep (1)
Read It and Weep (2)
Quittin' Time
Spring Reminds Me (a.k.a. Rosalie's Legacy)
The Boys Next Door
Sign of the Times
Return of the Native
Father, Can You Spare a Dime?