Family - Thanksgiving (part 1 of 2) with Henry Fonda (1979); Joanne Woodward directed
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- Doug refuses to deal with his father's (Henry Fonda) senility until confronted by the elder Lawrence himself. Directed by Joanne Woodward. Part 2 here: • Family - Thanksgiving ...
What a treat! Henry Fonda and directed by Joanne Woodward!
Fonda is so endearing in this episode. To see such an incredible actor in a TV series then is incomparable as to seeing how brilliant he was now. So long ago. The cast must have been enthralled to work with him, and how lucky, AND to have Joanne Woodward directing this episode-- wow.
A well acted episode!!! Three men played Doug's father but Henry Fonda was the best out of the three.
I think there were four. One appeared in Timmy's christening episode. Another appeared in two episodes: the Christmas episode with Sheree North and the one where they discover Doug's sister is an alcoholic. David Wayne appeared in another episode and now Henry Fonda.
@@Sheila02181 You are right, there were four.
And he was going to get married to Sherry North whatever happened did they ever say? Next actor that came on wasn't married
How confusing..having four different men playing Doug's dad..and yet,they could have all passed for Doug's brothers!
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What a great cast! Henry Fonda. What a treat. Anything he was in, was wonderful. It was called senility back then. Dementia is so sad. It takes away the person.
Fantastic job by Mr. Henry Fonda. He passed 3 years later at 77. I remember watching this with my Mom.❤❤❤
I had no idea he died that young.
@@ladedalounge me too. When I looked it up I was surprised. Did you know the Dad in Family is Mathew Broderick father? He also died at like 52.
I so miss these days; back when the world was a very real and simple place to be. Everyone had their own uniqueness; nothing at all like the mess we live in today.
As long as you had the right colored skin and a whole lot of money.
@@thecompendium9607 that was the best part of those days
@@marlon5970 I'm not a racist I just don't want those people around me
@@marlon5970 you sound like the racist then and I have no problem with black people. I was just trolling back some jagoff introducing the topics of race and class in an arena where it doesn't belong
@@marlon5970 my friend, you are behaving foolishly. I thought you'd figure it out. Someone else on this thread made a ridiculous political troll statement. 99 percent of the time I ignore dumb stuff but once in a while I troll back. There's plenty of black people I'd rather hang around than white people I'm not so ignorant to believe that you can make any blanket statement about any individual based on his membership in a racial group.
I am more of a fan of this show now that I am older.
Me too
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Me 5!
6th! 😉
7th ! 🙂
HOW I LOVED THIS SERIES .. I NEVER MISSED IT ... REAL FAMILY ISSUES BUT IT WAS MADE IN SUCH A WAY A KID COULD RELATE ..
GREAT FAMILY SHOW ... AND WAS A LARGE PART OF MY GROWING UP TO THE REAL WORLD THROUGH OTHERS EYES !!! ...
THIS WAY YOU CAN SEE THE PIT FALLS BEFORE YOU EVER TRIP ... T / Y FAMILY
same here-it was a very good show-great cast
Henry Fonda guest starring and Joanne Woodward directing. Every Broadway thespian’s dream.
I had no idea he did small parts like this on tv.
In 1988, ABC considered doing a reunion special of this series. Kristy McNichol had returned to acting and since Family Ties was coming to the end of its run, Meredith Baxter was also available. But a television writers strike that year prevented the project from coming to fruition.
That’s sad.
@@LindaPongetti Very much so.
That is sad. It would've been nice to have watched. I was just thinking how interesting it would be to see a reunion. The kids dealing w the deaths of Doug and Kate.....
this show is Epic
I would have loved to see that.😊
Grew up with this show... Was my fav show to watch on tv when I was a teenager... Still love it...
I was in college when this series began. I tried to never miss an episode.
Thank you so much for posting this. I always loved this show. I have season 1&2 on DVD. I wish Sony would release the entire series. I miss this show.
If you close your eyes, Henry Fonda sounds just as he did On Golden Pond
Thank you for posting this wonderful series. They are really great.
I like how the family loves and respects one another, free to express themselves.
I Love this show and It means a lot to me
with kate,doug and james in the same scene..good lord,they look more like "siblings"
I found this just in time for Thanksgiving ❤
Great episode!
This episode is so heartbreaking because my dad, currently age 83, has dementia and I want to cry every time I talk with him. He remembers me just fine (I call him several times a week), but not his own sister or granddaughters that he was once so close to. 😔💔
Very sorry to hear that. I know just how you feel. "Hugs"
@@j.t.masters1934 Awww, thank you. 🤗🌟
You are in my prayers. I use to take care of an elderly lady who suffered from dementia. It was heartbreaking.
May God bless all of you! 🖤
Dementia is a terrible thing that hurts the people who love the person affected with the disease the most, we grieve the loss of the people we used to know and love so much, we can only love them even though tho don't know us
I love Family so much! Thank you for posting! I never saw this episode until today...gut wrenching. Both of my grandparents got Alzheimer’s and Dementia at the same time. It was tragic and frustrating. There are a lot of very specific things in this episode that hit home. It’s kind of hard to watch, but so well acted. I do think that Doug was quite a jerk in this episode.
This show was so good I love it now it's a blast from the past.
Henry played an excellent part. I am wondering if Jane saw this and got the idea for buying the rights to On Golden Pond as a vehicle for them both to star in . His character in FAMILY is so much like Norman Thayer.
Maybe that’s just him.
... that's what I was thinking too...
Thank you. My favorite series!
And both Henry Fonda and James Broderick passed away in 1982, just 3 years later :(
That's sad about James Broderick
It's sad about both of them..I still remember On Golden Pond
I love Family!
@@lindaf4369 nah, it's only sad about James.
@@rodneysexton1034 do you have a family member named Bill?
Thank you for posting what you are able to locate. Appreciation ❤️
The incomparable Henry Fonda!!!
Love this series, great acting! Wish they would reair Family💖💖💖
They were airing it on the decade channel late night last month.
Henry Fonda was only supposed to be 78 years old, amazing how far medicine has come.
🍁🍁 Happy Thanksgiving 2020 🍁🍁 best way to spend the day if you can't be with family is to watch Family!!
Hey this is off topic but has anyone else ever seen "Yours, Mine and Ours" from 1968 with Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball?
Thank you very much for these uploads. Great show. So much better than the crap that’s on tv now! Even the commercials are better.
The commercials are from 1991.
@@thecompendium9607 I thought 20 dollars was too much for Wagon Wheels circa 1979
@@thecompendium9607 ...And still better.
@@XxowendanxX It is from the 90s though. Re run. Conpact discs were the clue...
There are classic B & W movies. What my sister who is 72 likes to watch and Hallmark movies. She likes Heartland. I don’t watch that. Sometimes I watch a Hallmark movie. For years I watched The Waltons and before that Little House On The Prairie. I watched Highway to Heaven and Touched by An Angel. One of my favorite Highway to Heaven episodes was the one with the man who thought he was King Arthur and he had a grown son. Loved that episode. I think I saw about all of The Waltons episodes as reruns. When Family came out I was married and my husband watched something else. I remember it. But I don’t remember any of the episodes. I remember the pictures on the piano. Not a show my husband would like. That’s OK. Found these videos in 2022 and still watching in 2023. New to me. Some of the episodes I like better than others. This is a good one. I like when Kate’s mother came to visit them before she died. The Thanksgiving episode when they went to the Grandmother’s farm is a favorite.
I love this show so much I can sit and watch it every episode
I'm so glad they finally put this on decades I feel cheated never having to watch it in syndication . But loved Meredith Baxter Birney in Family ties and Kristy McNichols in Empty Nest
I remember this old TV show from the late 70s ...sure don't make shows like this anymore 90s were the last years for decent family value classic shows.
I believe Henry Fonda was the fourth actor to play James, Dougs father.
Doug and James look like they could be the same age. I guess 53 looked alot older back then.
Thank you so much for sharing this tv show. I am really enjoying this show.
Doug has a serious problem. He bottles unpleasant realities deep inside until they explode and do more harm than if he had confronted them head on in the first place. In the process he lies repeatedly. This occurs in several episodes.
It’s the script. It’s a drama so there is drama. It’s not a sit-com. But people can learn from watching this show. Like - don’t act like that.
I think that behaviour was very common in men of his generation. Probably still is. Doug is a bit of a goof and he doesn't want to believe anything is going wrong. He always has to have Kate to sort him out. Marrying her was the best thing that ever happened to him.
I like the old commercials(adds 2 the nostalgia),I even own that home remedies book.
I'm glad to hear that Vicki lost 300 pounds
If you remember Epilady then the ad for Azara should make you scream!!!
Oh goodness, there were at least 4 actors who played the role of Doug's father.
I loved this show
Doug made a big mistake when he decided to hide his father's condition from the family. What good did he think was going to come from that?
Also in the next episode Doug tries to hide his heart issues from Kate. The only reason I can think of is that Doug is in denial, he doesn't want to believe these things himself so he hides them and pretends, even to himself, that nothing is wrong.
I loved this show.
Kristy m Nichol got her drivers license and got her own car when she turned sixteen! She loved driving cars on Family!
Damn, I want a copy of Wagon Wheels.
I actually called the number! Hahaha
I was thinking the same thing! Soothing...
The great "Henry Fonda!" Rest in peace.
he blew a mean licorice stick
@@larryshaver3568 I despise him and both his kids Jane and Peter
Now that I’m older the parents seem so young
Yea I agree. Good thing or bad😂
I just thought the same thing! So funny
@Ted Ozdowski younger than me! Ouch
Back then the men went grey and the women got short, permed hair styles the second they turned forty. In Kate’s case she never wore pants of any kind which didn’t help her look youthful.
I'm in my fifties, so I'm the same age as the parents.
Doug is sure being an asshole to his father and Kate and Buddy in this episode,but I guess he is worried about his Dad and that is why he is snapping at everybody but it still is no excuse for his behavior.
I love Henry Fonda and also John Beal who played Doug's father in two episodes.
Thank you for this ☺️
Man, Henry Fonda was a pip. Cute as a button. Looks like Norman Thayer came to Pasadena California🤗.
Yes his father was having a hard time too his sister could not tell the family that their father was his mind was not good too it's sad so mybe he needs help too
Wow, Doug can be such a blockhead when it comes to any issue that has a stigma attached to it, like his sister's alcoholism, his great aunt being a madam, or his father's dementia. This is a very WASP-ish thing - being in total denial of a glaring family problem because of fear of appearances.
And what happened to Constance, the woman James was preparing to marry in "On the First Day of Christmas"??
I guess Constance took off. She didn't live up to her name.
Doug was annoying when in stubborn mode and didn’t want the see or hear the truth.
I want a Handy Stich,to bad they weren,t still.available of course it would cost twice as much nowdays!
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I just realized this is where the notebook started… my favorite movie
it is strange to see this 1979 episode of Family with what looks like late 90s advertisements. Must be a rebroadcast on USA or LIFETIME or something. Thanks for posting.
I miss even the 90s. The very last decent decade.
So enjoying re-watching this show and some I had missed! Was Henry actually playing the clarinet?
How come everybody gets to wear casual clothes except Kate?
I think it was Kate's choice
I like Henry Fonda, but much preferred the actor who portrayed James in the Christmas episode from season 1.
🤔👍🏽💯
Oh ladies..how many of you would like to use that product "Azara" lol..and they say it's "painless" 😂 it sure doesn't look "painless"😂
The commercials are almost as good as the show.
Jane favors her dad so much.
I don't like the ads but really enjoy the episodes of Family. Thank you.
Henry Fonda is playing a 78-year old who is going senile, can’t drive or live alone while many seniors today are still working full-time. Guess 70 is the new 60 in 2020.
Also, did they ever do an episode showing how Willie met Rachel?
I8thumper Yes, that’s true.
@@HarCam-Watch2u Pew, for one. Many articles have been written about this.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/06/20/more-older-americans-are-working-and-working-more-than-they-used-to/%3famp=1
Why does Buddy always have to yap to someone who is on the phone?
Where is Nancy ? Didn’t she want to see her grandpa
She is hardly in this episode
Yes having that makes the person confused about stuff . Morning are OK night time no . Mybe the doctors should find out what to do at night too
I luv the flute towards the end, classy.
It's ironic that Joanne Woodward produced/directed this episode and now has Alzheimer's or dementia herself.
Joanne's mother also suffered from Alzheimer's.
Great episode.
Omg i was 6 when this ran. I remember my grandma having the easy glider and the home remedies books
Makes me think of my granny and those times .
Didn't James get married? The continuity lacked on this show
Maravilhoso episódio ❤
Did Kristy really drive a car in this episode? I know back then they didn't have 3 D back in the old days.😀
Booting around in her brother's mustang convertible. What a gal!
Yes kristy McNichol was in the show Empty Nest and played a undercover Cop and was great..
It’s so hard to see your parent like that
Coyotes like and refined as an actor you did a lot of good things
Rita Claxton runs the old age home? 😱😱😱😱😱
Grapefruit is delish for breakfast.
I ❤ Family tv📺
Gotta love the 90’s commercials
I love this 😀 show 😍 ❤ FARHANA
Buddy looked 🔥 in those blue jeans when she took him to the first old folks home
i wonder if that was really nancy at the thanksgiving table they just show the back of her for a few seconds maybe a stand in
I don't like the beard on Willie. Some guys look better in a beard but he's not one of them.
I remember my great grandma had dementia (called senility back then). My grandma was taking care of her so when we had them for dinner she came too. She would sit and mutter to herself the whole time. I felt sorry for her since it seemed she wasn't interested in doing anything.
So sorry to hear I've got so many things on both sides of the family to inherit I'm 62 and to be honest just plain afraid and alone😔😔😔🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for sharing these with us.Can we find the whole series on DVD?
Only Seasons 1 and 2
I hope Willie gets rid of that mustache next episode!
Mustache? It's a full beard.
@@annehajdu8654 binge watching effects the eyes!
Nuts to you too😊
And again.. where's "Nancy" he's her grandfather too.. Meredith probably said back then.. I'm not written in this episode again,until the end of the episode..what a joke..I would have left the series!
Oh my gosh I think grandpa is the guy that played that creepy old man in poltergeist😂
No Henry Fonda was a huge actor back in the Golden Hollywood days and he is Jane fondas dad!!
@@annalee-rw9es Who does not know that you twit. I am just talking about a role he played in a movie. Go work on your reading comprehension.🙄
@@TG-fq6vy You mean a role he didn't play in a movie.
Oh wow, my mom has that home remedies book
This is one of the episodes that I can hardly hear. I don't know why that happens. I watched the 1977 and 1978 Thanksgiving episodes and had no trouble hearing. It's very frustrating.
All episodes are available on Tubi right now. Before Tubi made these available, these old VHS copies floating around the internet were the only way to watch some of these episodes.
This looks like commercials from the 90's, am I right? Thanks for posting these, I am really enjoying them! You wouldn't happen to have "Echoes Of Love", would you?
I do, but it keeps getting blocked by TH-cam.
@@Xanthas71 Wonder what would happen if you called it something else?
It's scene recognition.
@@Xanthas71
Well, that's a shame, because that is the only episode I really love of this fine show that i lack in my collection. But i thank you from the bottom of my heart for the other ones!
mariposa0621 call it eco family
At 12:19 keep hearing that same dog or what animals in a lot of episodea.
I noticed that too, a dog barking in the night in more than one episode.
Lol I have the home remedies book 😅 I keep forgetting how old I am
That’s a very good question why don’t you have Echoes of Love episode of family. It’s as if it would be part three of the Acts Of Love show. I sure would like to know if your ever going to down loud it or if anybody thinks of it. I do remember that show. Thanks. And please find a way to down loud the rest of the shows that would be nice.
It is on Amazon Prime Videos.
Many times TH-cam removes or blocks videos. This is one of those instances.
We love you.
Where is from Russia with love? Cant find that episode
How many actors played Doug's father?
3 actors played James.😀
Cool show 70
Callfamily
Is Azara still around 😅😂? Lol
Does anyone eat grapefruit? I never took to it.
Not me. I do not like grapefruit either.😀
We eat them like oranges