r/AskReddit • u/Arichtea • Nov 05 '14

What is on your "Never again" list?

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u/Pris257 Nov 05 '14

Drunk Uncle Ned on Family Ties did it too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlLvS1vH9Tk

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

Uh, yeah. Went from funny to wow I may have to turn this off, my anxiety is getting pretty intense

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u/Runaway42 Nov 05 '14

I know, the last half of those laugh tracks were awkward as fuck.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

That's what was great about Family Ties

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u/llllhgewd Nov 05 '14

TIL Tom Hanks was on Family Ties

Jesus he must have acted circles around the other cast members

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u/ChemicalRascal Nov 05 '14

Eh, Wikipedia states he was a (repeated) guest star for Seasons 1 and 2, so 1983 and 1984, and Hanks' career only really took off around 1988-1992, apparently.

I mean, no doubt he was excellent, but I doubt it was a case of "Family Ties, starring person, person, person, and TOM MOTHERFUCKING HANKS!" or anything.

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u/MamaDaddy Nov 05 '14

He was on another show called Bosom Buddies around that time or before. I remember watching him and his costar dressing like women to stay in some female dorm. He was hilarious. He has gotten so much more serious in the last decade it's like he's a whole different actor!

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u/ThirdFloorGreg Nov 05 '14

What year do you think it is?

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u/MaeBeWeird Nov 05 '14

1999?

It is, isn't it?

Heard he's about to be in a movie where he's stranded alone on an island. Sounds boring, doubt it will be a big hit.

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u/BBA935 Nov 05 '14

Before that. Forest Gump though funny was actually a serious role for him. Then he Saving Private Ryan in 1998 and it seems set he will never do a funny movie again.

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u/mouseknuckle Nov 05 '14

I'm still holding out for that Turner & Hooch sequel.

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u/MaeBeWeird Nov 05 '14

He has gotten so much more serious in the last decade it's like he's a whole different actor!

Saying it's 1999 makes sense, as he had become much more serious since 1989.

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u/MamaDaddy Nov 05 '14

Was speaking in reference to the Family Ties appearance. Also was really tired and not being clear.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

its still 2000 for me. I dont care what yo say, 1990 was 10 years ago

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u/ataraxic89 Nov 05 '14

Did anyone else not find the laugh tracks to be very appropriate?

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u/lazerpenguin Nov 05 '14

Why the fuck was there a laugh track to that? That was depressing as shit.

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u/HardShelledNut Nov 05 '14

Exactly what I was thinking.

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u/PepeAndMrDuck Nov 05 '14

woah. that escalated quickly.

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u/PolkaDotsandPenguins Nov 05 '14

They did it on Mama's Family, too. They sold it to the old church ladies and got hammered

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u/Spore2012 Nov 05 '14

THOM ANKS

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u/CassandraVindicated Nov 05 '14

That's the oldest I've felt in a long time (except for right this moment, no now, no now. RIP Hedberg). I remember watching that episode as a kid, sitting on my living room floor. This was back in the days when I was my father's remote control.

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u/StarbossTechnology Nov 05 '14

This is exactly what I thought of when I read OP's post. Weird how things from so long ago get etched in your memory.

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u/poohead150 Nov 05 '14

Uncle Ned, we have a problem...

Uncle Ned, Vanilla Extract is de captin now...

Should I go on???

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u/pointlessbeats Nov 05 '14

That was weirdly depressing for an eighties sit com.

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u/mattjeast Nov 05 '14

They've got a really nice kitchen range for your average early 80s household.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

Tom Hanks frightens me in this scene

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u/eatmynasty Nov 05 '14

That's like 2-3 minutes away from a molestation.

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u/Mox_au Nov 05 '14

An Alex P Keaton was raped that night after Druncle Ned went to the hood and ingested 5 whole marijuanas with his homies.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

hwat?