Guilty pleasure #92: Tina Yothers. Where to begin? I know, let’s start with the hack”writers” from Family Ties:
Hack 1: “What are we going to do with Tina!? Have you seen her since the summer hiatus? She’s now four times bigger than Michael - the Dad I mean, not that little conservative asshole. And I’m only talking about her hair for Christ’s sake. What is in there?”
Hack 2: “Can we kill off Skippy?”
Hack 1: “Remember when she was the cute, clever, wise-cracking, insightful tomboy with decent storylines? Now what are we going to do with teen Tina? Mallory is the dumb and dumber one, Alex is the tool and baby Andy is the abusive drug whore? Where does that leave Tina and her new tits?”
Hack 2: “Can we kill off Nick?”
Hack 1: “I’ve got it. Let’s just keep Tina in the background in all scenes from here on - cleaning, agreeing with her parents, and carrying the kid around. Just like Kathy Bates did in Misery. Phew, problem solved.”
Hack 2: “Can we kill off Joanie and Chachi?”
Hack 1: “Only if we take out The Fonz first!”
Poor Tina. At least she had a successful music career, um, well sort of.
Poor Tina.
