"All in the Neighborhood, Pt. 1" is the seventeenth episode in the seventh season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on March 12, 1989, and is the hundred-and-sixty-seventh episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Racist threats surface after the Keatons' black friends move into the neighbourhood.
Plot[]
When Steven's co-worker, Gus, and his family want to move into the neighborhood, the real estate agent reacts negatively, and then some of the neighbors also express their feelings. Steven calls a neighborhood meeting to discuss the problem.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Meredith Baxter as Elyse Keaton
- Michael Gross as Steven Keaton
- Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton
- Justine Bateman as Mallory Keaton
- Tina Yothers as Jennifer Keaton
- Brian Bonsall as Andrew Keaton
Guest Starring[]
- Marc Price as Skippy Handelman
- John Hancock as Gus Thompson
- Rosalind Cash as Maya Thompson
- Keith Amos as Michael Thompson
- Kevin Dunn as Glen
- Jane Daly as Christine Chadway
- Mark L.Taylor as Phil
- Robert Schanche as Sam
- Maris Clement as Ginny
- Betsy Randle as Nancy
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- Tragically, the three actors portraying the Thompson family all passed away less than ten years after this two-part episode aired: burly John Hancock died of a heart attack at 51 in October 1992, feisty Rosalind Cash succumbed to cancer at 56 in October 1995, and promising young actor Keith Amos was felled by a severe asthma attack at only 36 in November 1998.
- Production assistant Robert Schanche appears in this episode.
- John Hancock reprises his role as Gus Thompson. Rosalind Cash plays his wife Maya.
- The plot seems unbelievable (even in 1989), but it was (and still is) probably more common than we might believe.
- Alex thinks it might be best for Steven to live in Mr. Roger's Neighborhood .(and Steven sings the theme song). Later they add the song "Blowin' in the Wind".