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It's November 1963 and Meg Pryors dream is to appear on the Philly Based American Bandstand.Thanks to her best friend Roxanne, Meg finally gets the chance to appear, but her hopes are dashed when at dinner that night, Jack refuses to let her go on. While at the same time J.J. drops a bombshell on his dad and announces he doesn't wanna play football anymore, so he quit the team. Jack blames his girlfriend Beth and she storms out. Defying her father, Meg goes and does the show, in place of seeing Patty's spelling bee. Jack sees her on TV and when she's asked back as a regular, he refuses to let her appear. Meanwhile Helen struggles with her decision to stop having kids, of which Jack doesn't wanna hear,but finally accepts it.J.J. tells his coach he doesn't wanna play fottball, because he's being forced too and that took the fun out of it, but his coach says he should play anyway.Helen tries to talk Jack into letting Meg appear on the show,but he's made his decision. Which surprises and d

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  • Originally Aired September 29, 2002
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Production Code 101
  • Network NBC
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Name Type Role
Jonathan Prince Writer
Michael Coristine Guest Star
Kurt Evans Guest Star
Brooke Theiss Guest Star
Don Zukovic Guest Star
Stephen Miller Guest Star
Stephen E. M Guest Star
Nicholas Tresshin Guest Star
Derek Baynham Guest Star
Donnelly Rhodes Guest Star
Kwesi Ameyaw Guest Star
Ted Friend Guest Star
Deanna Milligan Guest Star
Brenda James Guest Star
Joey Lawrence Guest Star
Brent Chapman Guest Star
Alaxander Pollack Guest Star
Ben Odberg Guest Star
Aaron Douglas Guest Star
David Semel Director