MJF Pick of the Day: Back to the Small Screen

No, we are not talking Chuck Sheen. We are talking about Michael J. Fox's triumphant return to the small screen. Oh, Spin City: Alex P. Keaton grown up, sexed up, and lovin' every minute in the Big Apple. So. Much. TO LOVE!!!

• The supporting cast was one of THE best ever assembled EVER. Richard Kind, Big Bear Bostwick (at least that's what I call him...what do YOU call him, anyway?), Connie Britton (pre-uber-Am.HorrorStory-hotness), Michael Boatman, Alexander Chapman, and of course Alan Ruck, who played one of the most amazing misogynistic male archetypes in the history of TV.


• The writing was top notch, clever, witty: ie, perfect for the Family Ties fan that had grown up and matured and still wanted to see MJF every week.


• Barry Bostwick and Richard Kind were the unsung heroes of the show. MJF set them up perfectly, as his castmates had set him up in Family Ties. He gave back to these two men (and the others, as well) the gifts Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross had presented to him a decade earlier.


• It was obvious MJF loved working with the cast and the scripts. He was in tip-top comedic form. He even took home one Emmy and three CONSECUTIVE Golden Globes for his work on this mid-90s sitcom gem.

If you ignored Spin City the first time around, because you were too busy watching stupid stuff like Home Improvement, Drew Carey, or Veronica's Closet, then take the time to check it out now. In my opinion, it often gets lost in the MJF shuffle, or it's just remembered as the show during which MJF announced he had Parkinson's. Spin City is more than that, and it's definitely worthy of a resurgence.