things I've tried to convince my wife of recently:

Michael J. Fox was a Navy SEAL before his breakout role as Alex Keating on TV's Family Ties.
The 'J' stands for Jackal.
His specialty was wet works, y'know, real black bag covert ops stuff. His military record is still highly classified, but I heard all sorts of innuendo when I dated Justine Bateman back in the 80s. He'd disappear off the set for two days and the next thing you know, Yuri Andropov drops dead from a heart attack or whatever.