Family Ties
It's My Party (1)
Season 5, Episode 29 · Aired 1987-08-06
Synopsis
On Jen's birthday, she is unusually un-eager for the usual party ingredients, clearly only pretends to appreciate the hand-puppet show dad revels in, and actually gets completely obsessed with imitating the fashion-obsessed herd of 'cool kids' at school, even if that means abandoning all her rather tomcat habits. Stacie's gang and chasing boys seem to overtake her whole personality, she even takes lessons in 'cool' signals and talk from airhead Mallory.
In the series
This episode is part of Family Ties (1982–1989) on NBC.
Hippie parents, Reagan-kid son — the decade's political generational gag in living color.
Key cast
- Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton
- Meredith Baxter as Elyse Keaton
- Michael Gross as Steven Keaton
- Justine Bateman as Mallory Keaton
- Tina Yothers as Jennifer Keaton