"Keaton vs. Keaton" is the twenty-second episode in the fifth season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on March 5, 1987, and is the hundred-and-fourteenth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Mallory and Alex enter and compete in a WKS sponsored scholarship contest.
Plot[]
WKS has decided to award a $2500 scholarship to a child of a WKS employee. Mallory is initially against applying, but eventually she decides to present a new line of clothing for business women. Each has to give a presentation in front of the scholarship committee (and both do an excellent job). Alex finds out early that he won the scholarship, but decides to withdraw from the competition when he sees how excited Mallory is at doing a good presentation.
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[]
- Scott Valentine as Nick Moore
- Ben Piazza as Charles Wertz
- Anne Bellamy as Boardwoman
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- Elyse and Steven come home having just seen Out of Africa (starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep). Elyse loved it, and Steven did not. Just for the record, the film received 28 awards, including 7 Academy Awards.
- Elyse and Steven list the movies they have both loved: Gone with the Wind, Annie Hall, It's a Wonderful Life, Adam's Rib, It Happened One Night, Casablanca, and E.T.
- Nick and Jennifer are playing chess.
- Andy is coloring (with Nick's help) in a "Republican Heroes" coloring book. Nick suggests he give Ronald Reagan a yellow mohawk, to which Alex protests intensely. Andy replies, "You're right. He's in enough trouble." (said right about the time of the Iran-Contra Scandal)