Trivia: Johnny Lawrence's nickname for Mitch, "Penis Breath," is what Elliot angrily calls his older brother, Michael, in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, after Elliot tells his family about finding a strange creature in the backyard, and Michael jokes about it being an elf or a leprechaun.
Trivia: Two famous real-life singers who have made brief appearances as themselves on this show: Dee Snider (lead singer of Twisted Sister) and Carrie Underwood.
Trivia: While all the towns and street names were all real for the valley, the addresses shown on applications and other papers were fake (example: Johnny's address listed on Saticoy St showed 4 digits whereas Saticoy St is all 5 digits throughout the valley). Robbie's address had a street name that does not really exist.
Trivia: The red Pontiac is the very same one used by Johnny in The Karate Kid.
Answer: Because despite whatever unresolved issues there are between them, he still cares about his son, and probably hopes for reconciliation one day.
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