"Basic Training" is the eighth episode in the seventh season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on January 1, 1989, and is the hundred-and-fifty-eighth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Skippy enlists with the army after he sees the results of his career aptitude test. Steven is barred from eating fattening foods due to his heart attack.
Plot[]
Career Day at Grant College shows Skippy that he has no aptitude for any skill or job. He decides to join the Army and takes to Basic Training like everything else in his life. Meanwhile, Steven is still adjusting to his return home from the hospital (mostly in his new diet).
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
- J.J. Jones as Sgt. Davis
- Lois De Banzie as Rose Handelman
- Raleigh Bond as Harry Handelman
- Daniel Baldwin as Holworthy
- John J. York as Matthews
- Mark Barnet as Strauss
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- Three of the men in Skippy's platoon are named Holworthy, Matthews, and Straus, which are the names of freshman dorms at Harvard College.
- "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (in nice harmony) plays as Skippy goes off to the Army.
- Skippy's last name is spelled Handleman on his uniform and locker.
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