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opus · 06-24-2015, 02:06 AM

torches part of the building, and kills a bird, aided and abetted by Skippy from Family Ties. Fun times. (See, I didn't mention Barbara wearing only a towel).

DJM77 · 06-24-2015, 05:57 AM

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(See, I didn't mention Barbara wearing only a towel).

You did now.

Bonniegirl · 06-24-2015, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by opus

torches part of the building, and kills a bird, aided and abetted by Skippy from Family Ties. Fun times. (See, I didn't mention Barbara wearing only a towel).

LOL! I thought about you when Barbara came out in the towel!

So that kid WAS Skippy Handleman !!! I thought he was a young Skippy He was a chubby little thing when he was young! Well ya know it was just as much his fault as it was Alex's about the fire! Had he not come along , Alex never would have even went in the camper and Skippy pulled out the cigarettes!

WOW!!! Alex really was an annoying nuisance !! But I kind of felt sorry for the kid last night. I could imagine being a kid and causing havoc like that, all the trouble you would be in and I would be like Alex, the guilt would get to me even if I didn't get suspected of causing it!

opus · 06-24-2015, 04:50 PM

[QUOTE=Bonniegirl]So that kid WAS Skippy Handleman !!! I thought he was a young Skippy He was a chubby little thing when he was young! Well ya know it was just as much his fault as it was Alex's about the fire! Had he not come along , Alex never would have even went in the camper and Skippy pulled out the cigarettes!

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I guess he only hangs out with guys named Alex.

Dave_L · 06-24-2015, 08:11 PM

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I guess he only hangs out with guys named Alex.

Family Ties Forever! · 06-26-2015, 05:38 AM

Wow, I can't believe I didn't realize that was Skippy! Definitely looked younger there compared to his first appearance on Family Ties. Even then he was young.

ThomasE · 06-26-2015, 11:35 PM

Has anyone noticed in the late 70's and early 80's that there were sitcoms that were using the "burning down of a venue/house" storyline?
Chachi Burned down Arnold's on Happy Days
Alex Burned down Schnieder's camper
Albert burned down the Blind School on Little House
Krystle and Alexis were trapped in a burning cabin on Dynasty
"Edna's Edibles" was burned down on "The Facts of Life"

Then in the 90's...
Steve Urkel burned down Leroy's Burger joint on Family Matters
Will burned down the kitchen on the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
One of the students burned down "The Max" hangout on "Saved By The Bell:The New Class"
Amanda set fire (unknowingly) to "Jakes Bikes" on "Melrose Place".
Heck, Kimberly Shaw took a detonator and blew up an apartment complex on Melrose Place!! Ha Ha!

In the 2010's...
Alan burned down Lyndsay's house on Two and a half men

This storyline was used a lot.

TVFactFan · 06-27-2015, 12:42 AM

Is that the episode when Alex was screaming..........."I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bonniegirl · 07-07-2015, 01:42 PM

Than the idiot last night destroying the rooming house with a still!!! OK he sure had a lot of time on his hands. Who is going to have a still in their basement in 1982? It wasn't like it was prohibition time or they were living in the back woods!!!

If Alex didn't burned down Schneider's camper Barbara & Mark or Julie and Max could have stayed in that! LOL!!! It would have been funny if someone brought that up last night in the show. "Hey it's a shame Schneider doesn't still have his camper"! And made Alex feel like a fool!!! LOL!!!

Bonniegirl · 10-19-2015, 01:51 AM

Bumping up this thread!!!!

PracTz · 10-19-2015, 07:27 AM

This was one of the most detested and awkward episodes of this series, IMO. I hated how for far too long after his fessing and Schneider's initial confrontation Alex kept crying like a little girl not invited to a birthday party (not even remotely close to 'manly' tears on "Little House on the Prairie). Moreover, I REALLY hated how Ann kept guilt tripping Schneider to insist on him forgiving Alex straight away with absolutely no punishment or repayment on Alex's part. Would Ann herself been so instantly forgiving had it been HER property Alex had destroyed albeit unintentionally? I don't think so.

Oddly enough in the ODAAT retrospect, Mr. Scarpelli considered this one of his fave episodes rather than something to cringe at and hope everyone would forget. To each his own.

'80sSitcoms · 10-19-2015, 08:24 AM

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This was one of the most detested and awkward episodes of this series, IMO.

For me that would be the "Sonny Boy" episode, lol.

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Oddly enough in the ODAAT retrospect, Mr. Scarpelli considered this one of his fave episodes rather than something to cringe at and hope everyone would forget. To each his own.

Well it was a very dramatic story line with powerful moments, and Alex's most dramatic episode. So I'm not surprised he so fondly recalls it.

PracTz · 10-19-2015, 02:00 PM

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Well it was a very dramatic story line with powerful moments, and Alex's most dramatic episode. So I'm not surprised he so fondly recalls it.

I guess I would have more expected it to have been recalled closer in terms of wearing a leisure suit to a funeral . In other words, something one might have thought was a good idea at the time but, with maturity, life experiences and passing decades, came to realize was not the best plan.

mets82 · 10-19-2015, 03:50 PM

So wait... Barbara was in a towel!!

TVFactFan · 10-19-2015, 08:42 PM

I still remember Alex screaming like a B*TCH

I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

06-24-2015, 02:06 AM	#1
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,256	Alex burns up Schneider's camper, .... torches part of the building, and kills a bird, aided and abetted by Skippy from Family Ties. Fun times. (See, I didn't mention Barbara wearing only a towel).

06-26-2015, 05:38 AM	#6
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06-26-2015, 11:35 PM	#7
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	Overused storyline Has anyone noticed in the late 70's and early 80's that there were sitcoms that were using the "burning down of a venue/house" storyline? Chachi Burned down Arnold's on Happy Days Alex Burned down Schnieder's camper Albert burned down the Blind School on Little House Krystle and Alexis were trapped in a burning cabin on Dynasty "Edna's Edibles" was burned down on "The Facts of Life" Then in the 90's... Steve Urkel burned down Leroy's Burger joint on Family Matters Will burned down the kitchen on the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" One of the students burned down "The Max" hangout on "Saved By The Bell:The New Class" Amanda set fire (unknowingly) to "Jakes Bikes" on "Melrose Place". Heck, Kimberly Shaw took a detonator and blew up an apartment complex on Melrose Place!! Ha Ha! In the 2010's... Alan burned down Lyndsay's house on Two and a half men This storyline was used a lot.
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06-24-2015, 04:50 PM	#4
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,256	[QUOTE=Bonniegirl]So that kid WAS Skippy Handleman !!! I thought he was a young Skippy He was a chubby little thing when he was young! Well ya know it was just as much his fault as it was Alex's about the fire! Had he not come along , Alex never would have even went in the camper and Skippy pulled out the cigarettes! QUOTE] I guess he only hangs out with guys named Alex.

06-27-2015, 12:42 AM	#8
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,018	Is that the episode when Alex was screaming..........."I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

07-07-2015, 01:42 PM	#9
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,581	Than the idiot last night destroying the rooming house with a still!!! OK he sure had a lot of time on his hands. Who is going to have a still in their basement in 1982? It wasn't like it was prohibition time or they were living in the back woods!!! If Alex didn't burned down Schneider's camper Barbara & Mark or Julie and Max could have stayed in that! LOL!!! It would have been funny if someone brought that up last night in the show. "Hey it's a shame Schneider doesn't still have his camper"! And made Alex feel like a fool!!! LOL!!!

10-19-2015, 01:51 AM	#10
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,581	Bumping up this thread!!!!

10-19-2015, 07:27 AM	#11
PracTz Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: United States of America [Happily Living in the 20th Century] Posts: 2,711	This was one of the most detested and awkward episodes of this series, IMO. I hated how for far too long after his fessing and Schneider's initial confrontation Alex kept crying like a little girl not invited to a birthday party (not even remotely close to 'manly' tears on "Little House on the Prairie). Moreover, I REALLY hated how Ann kept guilt tripping Schneider to insist on him forgiving Alex straight away with absolutely no punishment or repayment on Alex's part. Would Ann herself been so instantly forgiving had it been HER property Alex had destroyed albeit unintentionally? I don't think so. Oddly enough in the ODAAT retrospect, Mr. Scarpelli considered this one of his fave episodes rather than something to cringe at and hope everyone would forget. To each his own.

10-19-2015, 08:42 PM	#15
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,018	I still remember Alex screaming like a B*TCH I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!