The Michael J Fox Show

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I grew up watching Michael J Fox; loved Family Ties and have seen all of his movies and his TV shows. Doc Hollywood is among one of my favorite movies of Michael’s.

While filming Doc Hollywood he noticed there may be something wrong with his hand; he had a slight twitch in his left finger. Nothing could have prepared Michael for the devastating diagnoses of Parkinson’s disease at 37. Michael started The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research in hopes to find a cure.

Needless to say when I found out that Michael would be coming back to TV after he left Spin City, I could barely contain my excitement, glued to the TV I waited for The Michael J Fox Show to air.

Michael still had the same wit and charm he always had, sadly; I noticed that he has gotten considerably worse since Spin City, but that doesn’t seem to matter at all. He makes it work on the show because he doesn’t have to hide the fact he has Parkinson’s disease.

Having Michael include his disability into the story line is pure genius. Watching the show I forget that anything is wrong with Michael. They have mentioned it on a few times that goes along with a story line but there’s much more to this show then the fact that Michael has Parkinson’s disease.

Michael is married with children on his show and has a high-profile job as a TV news anchor. It’s not a mystery that there are many similarities to his own life brought into this funny, heartwarming show.