At the time, I was clearly a Justine Bateman fan ... unfortunately, my dating life was more of the Carla Tortelli variety.

Syndication exists for a reason - to give 23 year-old upstarts/whippersnappers/spring chickens a chance to catch up on pop culture.  I saw many episodes of Family Ties on daytime programming as a kid, and I can say with pride that I like the show.

That doesn’t stop the theme song from being one of the most enduring and altogether unsatisfyingg earworms of all time.  But what other chance was I going to get to reference Family Ties in a baseball article?  Success is just maximizing your opportunities, Craig…‘s all it is. 

Success is also a word that Stephanie Tanner tried to spell “rhododendron” in a spelling bee.  But that’s the wrong show.

Don’t get me wrong, Markie Post is great, but there was just something about Shelly Long.

Markie Post, and it’s not even close.

OMG, Lisa Bonet, all the way.

Evidently not enough of you have seen “Angel Heart”.

Doh! Angel Heart, not Wild Orchids.

That’s hardly fair, though Dave:  The first Dey era was when she was really, young, and Post’s first era corresponded with the age Dey was in her second.

Of course, I’m willing to take argument on the subject of whether Buck Rogers/Fall Guy Post was a distinct era from Night Court/Heart’s Afire Post.

In other news, this page is going to probably rank pretty high on the list for people Googling “Markie Post.”  I would like to apologize in advance for would-be Post-ooglers who are angry that there are no pictures here.

I am also too young to have watched these shows when they were new, but Justine Bateman is still GORGEOUS, as she appeared late in the third season of Arrested Development.

Wow. Where’s the love for Meredith Baxter-Birney? Justine Bateman is great, for sure, but so was Meredith. I’m just saying…