"Read It and Weep, Pt. 1" is the twenty-first episode in the sixth season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on February 7, 1988, and is the hundred-and-forty-third episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Jennifer decides to do an oral book report on a book that she knows is banned, risking a possible suspension in the process.
Plot[]
Jennifer has to do a book report for English class. She wants to do the report on Huckleberry Finn, but the book has been banned by the school board. Steven and Elyse get involved as they deal with censorship issues. Jennifer decides she wants to do the report despite school board objections, and she has a direct confrontation with her teacher (played by Christian Clemenson) and the principal (played by Bibi Besch). She faces suspension from school.
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[]
- Bibi Besch as Dr. Hewitt
- Christian Clemenson as Mr. Flaherty
- Stephen Dorff as Martin
- Rachel Jacobs as Jill
- Matt Levin as Billy
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
- Martin: "Is Yogi Berra related to Yogi Bear? And, if so, how?"
Trivia[]
- Parts of this episode are used as flashbacks in "Wrap Around the Clock".
- Other banned books: Catcher in the Rye , The Grapes of Wrath , Slaughterhouse-Five, The Diary of Anne Frank , Of Mice and Men , and the magazine Cosmopolitan
- Acceptable books: Babar Goes to Holland and The Yogi Berra Story
- Jen had apparently previously written a report on Huck Finn, as she reports in "Invasion of the Psychologist Snatchers"
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