"Anniversary Waltz" is the sixteenth episode in the sixth season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on December 16, 1987, and is the hundred-and-thirty-eighth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Steven and Elyse struggle to come to a consensus about the details of their 20th-anniversary party. Their bickering leads to disastrous consequences.
Plot[]
Steven and Elyse are getting ready for their twentieth wedding anniversary. However, while they plan, it appears that their lives (and the house!) are falling apart. Jennifer calls a family meeting to help resolve all the fighting in the house.
Cast[]
Starring[]
Guest Starring[]
- Howard Renensland as Bernie Packer
- Jack Heller as Chaim
- Gloria Gifford as Akila
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- This episode was filmed during Season Two (1983), though Elyse says 1964 was twenty years ago (she's obviously rounding off).
- The kids see a picture of Vic Damone in an album.
- In a definite non-sequiter, Mallory mentions Albert Einstein.
- What is Jennifer wearing at the family meeting? (It's fancy, but definitely not stylish.)
- Jennifer mentions Ozzie and Harriet .
- At the party, Jennifer and Mallory are dancing, and Mallory says, "You dance divinely" (a famous quote from the 1954 movie On the Waterfront).
- Jennifer leads "The Anniversary Song " at the party.
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