Tootie's Tantrum

I wonder if Kim Fields just laughed and laughed backstage about having to pretend to be obsessed with *Jermaine* Jackson.

More likely she was laughed at backstage for the mushroom cut.

I always laughed at Mrs. Garrett's Beatles story and how she was scared. So lame

I saw the thread title and came ready to recommend Gas-X.

Well, it's no Jessie's Jitters from 'Saved By The Bell'

Or Tiffani's roid rage.

R3 why was she scared of them?

R6 why are they having an intervention in a full diner?

Someone should have slapped her.

I'M SO EXCITED!! I'M SO EXCITED!! I'M SO... scared.

r6, why is the guy in the pink t-shirt giving a quick ass grope to the guy in the leather jacket at 1:23? Isn't that kind of an inopportune moment?

She was scared of the frenzied reactions of the people in the crowd for the Beatles, R7.

R8 : I guess interventions make them hungry.

R11 : That's a very good question. Your guess is as good as mine.

Tootie was in love with Michael Jackson but the couldn't get him for the show, so they had to switch her obsession. Good thing Tootie's mother wasn't around, unlike Mrs Garrett who let her go, Tootie's mother would've burned her with an iron.

LOL You are so wrong r14. Chip Fields was one of the most underrated actresses of the 70s & 80s.

Kim reportedly is becoming Real Housewife of Atlanta!

People forget Jermaine had a solid Solo career in the 80s. Hit video starring Iman

Janet Jackson was my real secret crush...

Damn, what's up with that hair?

Tootie's hair is a tribute to mushroom-headed cocks everywhere!

Toots should have shanked that old bag with a turkey or chicken bone.

I liked Kim Fields best when she was on "Living Single". She was great as Regine Hunter. "Do you love Regine? Would you die for Regine? If you did die, would Regine be taken care of financially?"

I can only imagine what Chip Fields must have said to her to get her emotionally worked up for that scene.

Nice bowl cut...

Now this is how you deal with an unruly child!

And to think, when I was 10, this was...compelling tv.

I had never never seen the Roid Rage episode - that was something.

Jessie's one week addiction of caffeine pills made for a very gritty and harrowing episode. In retrospect, Zach really was a sociopath and a horrible human being (not due to the pill episode, but just in general).

** Not a tantrum related post **

El Debarge makes his long awaited appearance.

I forget, who was the kid taking video? Was he just another "cute kid inserted into a dying '80s sitcom" genre?

Lol, R25.

She's better than G. Give her a retroactive Emmy.

This is how you handle an out of control child. Mrs Garrett should have taken note.

I've been rewatching 'The Facts of Life' on Roku TV, and several of the eps were written by Paul Haggis. I'm up to Season 6 and the acting--and writing--has improved immensely. Charlotte Rae's hair gets redder and redder, too.

The kid taking the video is Andy played by MacKenzie Astin, son of DL icon Patty Duke.

Anti-LGBT Kim Fields (who is just like her mom) gets another DL thread making her all young & innocent.

At around 2:00 in the video below, she is saying "the King belongs with the Queen & not the court jester" (no women were court jesters) & goes off on "alternative lifestyles" like when she pops up & guest hosts the 700 Club with Rat Robertson. "Alternative lifestyles" means us in religious right speak. Notice her body language when she says the words. at 2:14.

[quote]In retrospect, Zach really was a sociopath and a horrible human being (not due to the pill episode, but just in general).

This is why I enjoy "Zack Morris Is Trash" so much.

Jermaine had hit after hit, like this duet with temptress Pia Zadora!

Part of his secret was realizing an aesthetic that would appeal to young people, such as showing tough bikers in whites and beiges wearing nun's habits.

r36 Wow I never knew Pia was a rock idol and music video star.. how great!

I'm in love with R36 for digging up that video.

Fuck Kim Fields

R39 = Phaedra Parks

What would be the modern equivalent in a Facts Of Life reboot?

"Tootie, for the last time - I said NO! You cannot go to the Cardi B concert. And stop dancing around the house singing about your wet ass pussy!"

R12 why was Mrs. G going to see the Beatles anyway? Wasn’t she a little fucking old?

That is why children should be not seen and not heard.

Tootie would be a natural BLM protestor.

That haircut is a CRIME.

Jermaine would have put Tootie on Booty Duty

Should have slapped that bitch upside the head into the middle of next week. And done it again when she was on set.