The MJFDB News Blog

TV Shows on DVD is reporting that the full first season of Spin City will be available for purchase on November 4th, 2008 for a (suspiciously) low price of $19.99. Click here for more details.

In other news, one of the Hoverboard props from Back to the Future part II is now up for auction at eBay. Take a look here, but don’t get your hopes up too high unless you have a spare $30,000 lying around.

I have to ask this question: Why is that when Michael J. Fox makes an appearance on any television program now, his characters now have to have some kind of impairment?

When I heard that he would be making a guest appearance on Rescue Me next season I turned to my husband and asked him if he wanted to take bets on what was going to be wrong with his character - what ailment or disease was he going to have this time?

On Scrubs, he had OCD. On Boston Legal, he had cancer. And now, a few days later, I find out that his character on Rescue Me will be wheelchair bound.

Maybe it’s just a coincidence but I have to wonder. Is it that MJF wants it that way so he can subconsciously remind viewers that there is something wrong there? Is it the writers who think they have to ‘cover’ for his physical mannerisms caused by Parkinson’s Disease?

Don’t misunderstand - I’m not criticizing. On Boston Legal his character’s cancer was a major plot point. On Scrubs his character’s OCD lead to a very moving scene in post-op. And if MJF wants to remind viewers of why he just doesn’t look and move like he used to, it makes sense. I’m just nosy by nature and I’d like to know if this is by design or just some strange coincidence.

News is all over the net (let’s hope the tubes don’t get blocked) about MJF considering returning to television for not one series, but two.

It’s being reported that he is considering several appearances on good friend Denis Leary’s series ‘Rescue Me.’ MJF is also in talks to reprise his role as Dr. Kevin Casey on ‘Scrubs.’

Let’s keep our fingers crossed!