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My Tutor

  • Episode aired Nov 14, 1985
  • TV-PG
  • 25m
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7.8/10
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Michael J. Fox and River Phoenix in Family Ties (1982)
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Alex hires a 13-year-old tutor, Eugene Forbes, to help him bring his grade up in advanced geometry from an 89% to 90%. However, Eugene is immediately distracted when he meets Jennifer, and h... Read allAlex hires a 13-year-old tutor, Eugene Forbes, to help him bring his grade up in advanced geometry from an 89% to 90%. However, Eugene is immediately distracted when he meets Jennifer, and he struggles to learn how to take a break from being an intellectual genius and to be a 13-... Read allAlex hires a 13-year-old tutor, Eugene Forbes, to help him bring his grade up in advanced geometry from an 89% to 90%. However, Eugene is immediately distracted when he meets Jennifer, and he struggles to learn how to take a break from being an intellectual genius and to be a 13-year-old kid. Meanwhile, Steven is struggling to keep the family's spending in check.

  • Director
    • Sam Weisman
  • Writers
    • Gary David Goldberg
    • Jace Richdale
  • Stars
    • Meredith Baxter
    • Michael Gross
    • Michael J. Fox
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    186
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    • Director
      • Sam Weisman
    • Writers
      • Gary David Goldberg
      • Jace Richdale
    • Stars
      • Meredith Baxter
      • Michael Gross
      • Michael J. Fox
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    Meredith Baxter
    Meredith Baxter
    • Elyse Keaton
    • (as Meredith Baxter Birney)
    Michael Gross
    Michael Gross
    • Steven Keaton
    Michael J. Fox
    Michael J. Fox
    • Alex P. Keaton
    Justine Bateman
    Justine Bateman
    • Mallory Keaton
    Tina Yothers
    Tina Yothers
    • Jennifer Keaton
    Tracy Pollan
    Tracy Pollan
    • Ellen Reed
    River Phoenix
    River Phoenix
    • Eugene Forbes
    Peter Hobbs
    Peter Hobbs
    • Professor Walter Jenkins
    Kim Sebastian
    • Eunice
    Chip Hammack
    • Ronald
    • Director
      • Sam Weisman
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      • Gary David Goldberg
      • Jace Richdale
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    8purduegrad-47653

    young River Phoenix

    Episode features 14 yr old River Phoenix as a young math genius professor and Alex's college math tutor. He comes to Alex's house to tutor him and speaks so formally and passionately about math!

    One day he sees Alex's little sister, Jennifer, and falls in love w her. He asks her out to a professor social.

    Jennifer says yes but starts getting really annoyed at the party. River can't handle the rejection and starts to have a tantrum!

    They finally come home and she tells River to act his age, 12 or 14, and not like a 40 yr old.

    River is so funny and brilliant in this. He was a bright talent and is dearly missed.

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    • Trivia
      River Phoenix plays a thirteen and a half year old tutor when in real life he was 15 years of age.
    • Quotes

      Eugene Forbes: [after Jennifer leaves the room] I just met the mother of my children.

    • Connections
      Edited into Family Ties: The American Family (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Without Us
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      Lyrics by Jeff Barry

      Music by Tom Scott

      Performed by Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams

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    • Release date
      • November 14, 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Ubu Productions
      • Paramount Television
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    • Runtime
      • 25m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4:3

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