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The Beverly Ann years were The Facts of Life's best seasons

Sorry Charlotte Rae but Cloris Leachman in a crew cut was a big improvement.

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by Anonymousreply 131April 10, 2023 12:37 AM

Cloris and Charlotte were the same age, but Cloris looked decades younger.

by Anonymousreply 1April 18, 2021 9:09 PM

I enjoyed those seasons too.

by Anonymousreply 2April 18, 2021 9:46 PM

The Aussie girl who shows up in the last season was annoying.

by Anonymousreply 3April 18, 2021 9:56 PM

You're a fucking idiot, OP, and you're wrong. Very wrong.

by Anonymousreply 4April 18, 2021 11:05 PM

Could Cloris actually play the piano, as she appears to at the end of OP's credits?

by Anonymousreply 5April 18, 2021 11:08 PM

The frenetic '80s synth-pop gloss on the theme song was really, really special. Cloris should've worn a headband and some wacky geometric glasses to complete the effect.

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by Anonymousreply 6April 18, 2021 11:52 PM

Jo is such fucking butch in that opening.

by Anonymousreply 7April 18, 2021 11:55 PM

Just stop, OP. Mrs Garrett leaving was like when Steve Carrell left The Office. Just pointless after that.

by Anonymousreply 8April 18, 2021 11:55 PM

OP is dumber than a box of Edna's Edibles

by Anonymousreply 9April 18, 2021 11:57 PM

Sorry, but these discussions always TRIGGER me!

by Anonymousreply 10April 19, 2021 12:01 AM

Pippa was a cunt!

by Anonymousreply 11April 19, 2021 12:04 AM

Cloris could indeed play the piano, R5. She even paid tribute to her first piano teacher in her Oscar speech, in 1972.

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by Anonymousreply 12April 19, 2021 12:11 AM

R7- Joe was ALWAYS fuckin BUTCH.

by Anonymousreply 13April 19, 2021 12:14 AM

I hadn't thought about it before, but yeah. I'd have to agree.

by Anonymousreply 14April 19, 2021 12:21 AM

Cloris was a comedic gem and an incomparable actress. Charlotte Rae, on the other hand, mostly just pursed her lips and wimpered in a high pitch.

by Anonymousreply 15April 19, 2021 12:30 AM

Why does the typeface keep switching back and forth?

by Anonymousreply 16April 19, 2021 10:01 AM

One of the dumbest episodes of the Beverly Ann years was when Fabian and Bobby Rydell move in next door and they are all transported back to the early '60s. Badly acted and executed! *cringe*

by Anonymousreply 17April 19, 2021 10:18 AM

Nancy McKeon was the dykiest lez on TV until Ellen Degenerate came along. I'm sure every baby lezzie dreamt of Jo carpet-munching them before sleep. Clitoris Leachman could never come close to Mrs G.

by Anonymousreply 18April 19, 2021 10:21 AM

This show never learned, they kept trying to add another girl. First Kako then the "princess" then the Jo knockoff, then finally Pippa because of the late 80's Australia boom. No one wanted them.

by Anonymousreply 19April 19, 2021 10:23 AM

What year/s was/were the retarded girl on? I can't remember her name.

by Anonymousreply 20April 19, 2021 10:29 AM

The Pippa storyline was so contrived. Aussie teenage girl runs away from home and somehow ends up all the way in upstate New York. Then her father somehow finds her there, but in the end he allows her to remain and returns back home alone.

by Anonymousreply 21April 19, 2021 10:31 AM

If this epi aired today, BLM would surely burn down the entire country. Tootie shoulda been able to see Jermaine. I hope Mrs G is burning in hell for not letting our lil girl go.

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by Anonymousreply 22April 19, 2021 10:39 AM

Girls! Girls! OP is a fat ignorant whore!

by Anonymousreply 23April 19, 2021 10:59 AM

Kim/Tootie was freakish on Atlanta housewives. Holy Rolling. As corny as can be and a deserved target of bullying. They also outed her husband and had some real jokes with that one.

by Anonymousreply 24April 19, 2021 12:08 PM

R22 's clip reminded me of how much I hated this show.

by Anonymousreply 25April 19, 2021 12:29 PM

Edna's Edibles > Over Our Heads

Fact

by Anonymousreply 26April 19, 2021 12:36 PM

Kim FIelds was really a terrible actress. At least when young. I haven't seen any of her adult work. But on FOL she seemed to scream her lines a lot and act overdramatic.

by Anonymousreply 27April 19, 2021 12:38 PM

R27 Truth on a cunt. And what the fuck was she wearing on her head. Some kind of weird muslim cap?

by Anonymousreply 28April 19, 2021 12:40 PM

R17 couldn't be more wrong. That was one of the best episodes of the entire series, let alone the Beverly Ann years. There was also the reunion with the season 1 girls, The Facts of Life Down Under movie, the 10 Little Indians episode and Stacey Q as Cinnamon.

by Anonymousreply 29April 19, 2021 1:04 PM

I hate the reunion episode. Sue Ann was the same age as Blair. She would still be in college. Plus Jo knew all these girls. They had scenes together. Her acting like she doesn't know them was just lazy writing

by Anonymousreply 30April 19, 2021 1:28 PM

R30 I binge-watched FACTS OF LIFE on Roku and couldn't understand why Jo didn't remember the girls, and vice-versa. They all had several scenes together with Jo in Season 2. I suppose the audiences in 1986 wouldn't have remembered because there was not yet TV on video/DVD; you could only catch old episodes in reruns that was out of your control.

by Anonymousreply 31April 19, 2021 1:43 PM

OP is clearly on drugs. Wasn't there a "very special ep" about that on 'FoL' or I'm interchanging 80s sitcoms.

The only good thing about the Beverly Ann years was Mackenzie Astin, who was only a few years older than me. I had a huge crush on him...forget George Clooney as George.

by Anonymousreply 32April 19, 2021 2:15 PM

Her "no fruit cup" rule was a little strict.

by Anonymousreply 33April 19, 2021 2:26 PM

[quote]What year/s was/were the retarded girl on? I can't remember her name.

Late 70s.

Felice Schacter.

by Anonymousreply 34April 19, 2021 2:27 PM

Hear hear r32. I had such a teenage gay boner for Mackenzie.

by Anonymousreply 35April 19, 2021 2:45 PM

I don't think it's so much lazy writing. Chances are the person who wrote the episode in 1986 was not working on the show in 1980 and was probably just told by producers "these girls were only on the first season." Therefore it would make sense to them that Jo wouldn't know them.

by Anonymousreply 36April 19, 2021 2:48 PM

Paul Haggis actually wrote a good many of the Beverly Ann-era eps. This was well before 'Crash' and the sexual harassment allegations. Hopefully he didn't harass the girls...or Nancy McKeon!

by Anonymousreply 37April 19, 2021 2:56 PM

R37 McKeon was known to have labia of steel. She woulda crushed Haggis or any man with the power of her lips which were like the jaws of life. Ready to snap a man in half.

by Anonymousreply 38April 19, 2021 3:25 PM

R20 It was cerebral palsy and her name was cousin Geri ('80-84). You will need this information to enter gay Heaven.

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by Anonymousreply 39April 19, 2021 3:29 PM

Everyone knows the best seasons starred my future husband, MacKenzie Astin.

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by Anonymousreply 40April 19, 2021 3:38 PM

Cousin Geri was played by Geri Jewell. She was a stand-up comedienne, and after Norman Lear saw her act, and he wanted to add her to his show. There weren't many people with disabilities on TV at the time, so her appearance on the show would be cutting-edge in a way, and the show could educate people about her disability. Maybe if viewers got used to regularly watching a character with a disability, then they would be less awkward in real life when they met a person with a disability. Norman Lear was ahead of his time in promoting diversity and inclusiveness.

People laugh at the 80s sitcom's "very special episodes", but they were actually learning tools. Experiential learning can be triggered through literature (including TV shows). Viewers are sympathetic to characters they watch every week, and as the characters suffer through problems, the viewers suffer right along with them. This show tacked homophobia (pilot episode), attempted sexual assault, suicide, prostitution; those were pretty heavy topics for a show where the cast and viewers were children and teenagers. From watching the show, 80s latchkey kids learned why they should avoid making certain mistakes.

by Anonymousreply 41April 19, 2021 3:46 PM

R4 My sister and I HATED her! We used her name as short hand to skip a weak episode of any show.

"Is Good Times on?"

"Yeah, but forget it. It's a Pippa."

by Anonymousreply 42April 19, 2021 3:53 PM

I remember Tracey Ullman on Letterman. Circa 1986. She said "Have you seen Facts of Life this year David? Those girls have gotten so huge! They're gonna crash through the celling!"

by Anonymousreply 43April 19, 2021 3:57 PM

I never knew Norman Lear had anything to do with Facts of Life. His name isn't in the credits, is it?

by Anonymousreply 44April 19, 2021 3:59 PM

It was produced by his production company, r44.

by Anonymousreply 45April 19, 2021 4:03 PM

There was only one really good season

by Anonymousreply 46April 19, 2021 4:05 PM

Lear's Embassy Studios also produced 'Silver Spoons', hence the ep where Ricky Schroder dressed up like a girl and was slut-shamed by his friend Derek (played by DL fave Jason Bateman). Always ahead of his time, ol' Norman was...attempting to get audiences used to non-binary children all the way back in 1983!

by Anonymousreply 47April 19, 2021 4:08 PM

R47 O please. The 80s were the decade of the tranny. In movies, in TV shows, in music. Men dressing like women, and women like men was no big deal. Norman did nothing unusual. Motley Crue were one of the first to bring mainstream drag into music but after them everyone was doing it.

by Anonymousreply 48April 19, 2021 4:12 PM

R22 obviously didn't watch the episode. Mrs. Garrett did let Tootie see Jermaine Jackson. That's when she finally learned she was nothing special.

by Anonymousreply 49April 19, 2021 4:43 PM

I remember Mrs. Garrett's dramatic monologue about how Tootie's Jermaine hysteria reminded her of Beatlemania, with girls screaming and tearing at their hair.

by Anonymousreply 50April 19, 2021 4:45 PM

Patty Duke Astin should have played Andy's bio mom trying to regain custody from Wilona.

by Anonymousreply 51April 19, 2021 4:57 PM

Someone really needs to open a campy dispensary and call it Edna’s Edibles.

by Anonymousreply 52April 19, 2021 5:25 PM

“Over Our Heads: Edna Garrett’s Guide To The Kama Sutra”

by Anonymousreply 53April 19, 2021 5:55 PM

It’s fascinating how Facts of Life adapted and changed over time. What other sitcoms changed as much as this one?

Except for a few characters the show was completely different by its last season and had very little in common with the first few episodes.

by Anonymousreply 54April 19, 2021 7:13 PM

R54 Designing Women?

by Anonymousreply 55April 19, 2021 7:17 PM

Did Charlotte Rae even act again after she quit FOL? Cloris had a long career after the show ended.

by Anonymousreply 56April 19, 2021 10:57 PM

That's true R54. The show got shots of adrenaline just as things were starting to get tired.

by Anonymousreply 57April 20, 2021 12:34 AM

I think this was Charlotte’s final screen appearance.

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by Anonymousreply 58April 20, 2021 12:55 AM

I still can't believe RICKI AND THE FLASH was an actual movie.

by Anonymousreply 59April 20, 2021 12:58 AM

Charlotte also appeared in a pretty funny episode of King of Queens, where her character appeared in a play with Jerry Stiller's character.

by Anonymousreply 60April 20, 2021 4:27 AM

R60 She was great with Jerry Stiller. Tootie shoulda showed up in that weird cap she was wearing and had a breakdown about going to see Jermaine.

by Anonymousreply 61April 20, 2021 9:39 AM

Chubby OP loves the final season because that's when the fat chick (Natalie) lost her virginity.

by Anonymousreply 62April 20, 2021 11:04 AM

It's because Beverly Ann was warm and treated them like family. The other one made them call her Mrs Garrett even when they were all adults and business partners.

by Anonymousreply 63April 20, 2021 11:21 AM

Season 1 was clearly the best.

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by Anonymousreply 64April 20, 2021 11:22 AM

Agreed OP. I can't watch any episode prior to them running Enda's edibles. The Beverly Ann years are the best.

by Anonymousreply 65April 20, 2021 11:33 AM

Can someone link the the FOL Cast Meeting thread? I had it yesterday, but lost it.

by Anonymousreply 66April 20, 2021 1:04 PM

We never heard from Natalie's boyfriend again on the show after he Snaked her drain.

No mention of him in Big Apple Blues.

by Anonymousreply 67April 20, 2021 4:42 PM

Chloris was livid that "Fatalie" as she called Mindy's character, got to lose her virginity. She thought her character should've been the one.

by Anonymousreply 68April 20, 2021 6:15 PM

I’ve been watching Season 1. Surprisingly, Molly Ringwald was the weakest link, and that’s saying a lot. Terrible child actress with none of the charisma she had in the John Hughes films.

I wish they had kept John Lawlor who played the befuddled headmaster. But as far as the girls they got rid of all the right girls.

by Anonymousreply 69April 29, 2021 4:47 AM

What might have been.

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by Anonymousreply 70April 29, 2021 5:15 AM

^ That's great R70.

by Anonymousreply 71April 29, 2021 2:11 PM

R31, at the beginning of the reunion episode, Tootie greets the lost S1 girls along with Blair and Natalie, and says "You remember Jo!" The S1 girls do remember her, wave noncommittally, and then go off to catch up with the girls they're more familiar with. Jo is an outsider not so much because she doesn't know the S1 girls at all, but because Tootie, Blair, and Natalie have a much longer history with them.

I thought it was interesting that Felice Schachter, who was given almost nothing to do when she was a series regular, had one of the biggest storylines in the reunion as a pregnant bride-to-be (fade-to-commercial level scandalous at the time). Julie Piekarski also had a few good scenes, while Julie Anne Haddock was sidelined again.

by Anonymousreply 72April 29, 2021 4:07 PM

Interesting that Lisa didn’t skip the reunion episode because of that R72. She skipped Natalie losing her virginity episode because it promoted pre marital sex.

by Anonymousreply 73April 29, 2021 4:25 PM

OP = Nancy McKeon, grateful for Cloris because it meant she was no longer the dykiest female on the show.

by Anonymousreply 74April 29, 2021 4:28 PM

Julie Piekarski looks like total jailbait in that photo with John Lawlor.

by Anonymousreply 75April 29, 2021 4:30 PM

Felice Schachter had crazy eyes. I thought I read somewhere that she was also a Trump supporter but I could be wrong. Mindy called her a “soulmate” in one of the behind-the-scenes specials so it appears they remained good friends. Kim Fields also remained close with Julie Piekarski.

by Anonymousreply 76April 29, 2021 4:45 PM

The show more or less stopped doing the "very special episodes" and became more of a wacky 80s sitcom from 1985-1988

It was also very Golden Girls influenced those later seasons

by Anonymousreply 77April 29, 2021 5:56 PM

Was Facts of Life the first show with the premise of the four main characters being women friends with very different backgrounds and personalities-could you say it did have an influence on the Golden Girls or Designing Women?

by Anonymousreply 78April 29, 2021 6:25 PM

Speaking of Cloris and GG, how strange she was never asked to guest star...nor did any of Betty’s MTM costars make an appearance on the show. I suspect Bea put her big foot down?

by Anonymousreply 79April 29, 2021 6:47 PM

[quote] Julie Anne Haddock was sidelined again.

Seriously. She gets a line about not being able to eat pizza to set up an old clip.

by Anonymousreply 80April 29, 2021 9:21 PM

I guess as a fuck you to Molly Ringwald for not doing the reunion show was just saying that Molly was busy. They didn't even bother giving the audience an idea of what she was doing now. I always thought they should've said she was a movie star, which could've affected Tootie, who was struggling to be a Broadway star.

by Anonymousreply 81April 29, 2021 9:24 PM

Weird how LOGO skips most of the episodes in the final season.

by Anonymousreply 82April 29, 2021 9:40 PM

R72 was she finally marrying Roger?

by Anonymousreply 83April 29, 2021 10:18 PM
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by Anonymousreply 84April 30, 2021 12:46 AM

Yes, R83. They could've done another reunion episode. P.K. and the Kid would've bombed and Molly might've signed on to do the episode in a moment of weakness.

by Anonymousreply 85April 30, 2021 4:09 AM

Was Facts of Life meant to be a modern Little Women?

by Anonymousreply 86April 30, 2021 4:16 AM

OP = Stacey Q.

by Anonymousreply 87April 30, 2021 4:29 AM

I just watched the series finale episodes today on LOGO where they tried to spin off Blair as the new headmaster of Eastland with a new gaggle of girls (and boys.) It could have worked - they had a good cast - but the concept was pretty tired by that point and the coed kids made it feel more like Saved By The Bell than The Facts of Life. Lisa Whelchel was really gorgeous those final years.

by Anonymousreply 88April 30, 2021 5:09 AM

Yeah, R88 They had Juliette Lewis, Seth Green and I think nurse Anne from DOOL.

by Anonymousreply 89May 1, 2021 4:40 PM

From the IMDB trivia page:

[quote] In a Huffington Post article, Mindy Cohn lamented that she could not audition for Saint Elmo's Fire while she was on Facts of Life in 1985 because NBC would not let her out of her contract. She was up for Wendy Beamish, the role that went to Mare Winningham. She said she missed out on many opportunities because of Facts of Life's rigorous schedule for nine years.

by Anonymousreply 90May 1, 2021 6:18 PM

I feel her pain

by Anonymousreply 91May 1, 2021 6:39 PM

Where does Mindy Cohn get her money. Her parents must have invested well, before Covid she seemed to travel constantly with a gaggle of gays.

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by Anonymousreply 92May 1, 2021 7:10 PM

^oh God her first pic is with the execrable ex CEO of a company I worked for. The most unpleasant emperor has no clothes piece of shit late in life faggot I've ever had the displeasure of knowing.

by Anonymousreply 93May 1, 2021 7:34 PM

Mindy Cohn has the worst taste in gays. She's obviously a cunt.

by Anonymousreply 94May 1, 2021 7:34 PM

R93 I mean...YES. She’s friends with ALL of the social gays. Don’t ever like to use the F word no matter what (and I won’t), but they’re all such social climbing nasty fucks. I’ve always liked Mindy but i really do question any woman who is so tight with that crew — they’re usually nasty social climbing bitches themselves.

by Anonymousreply 95May 1, 2021 7:42 PM

R36, I think that's been very generous. Continuity wasn't seen as important back then as it is now(hello Golden Girls) but they could have done their homework, even if the episodes weren't readily available, which is unlikely.

by Anonymousreply 96May 1, 2021 8:19 PM

R90 Oh Mindy. Joel Schumacher was never going to cast a fatty in that movie.

by Anonymousreply 97May 1, 2021 8:33 PM

[quote] Where does Mindy Cohn get her money. Her parents must have invested well,

Wasn’t she a nanny to the Jolie-Pitt litter or something?

by Anonymousreply 98May 1, 2021 8:37 PM

The dead years

by Anonymousreply 99May 1, 2021 8:41 PM

R89 how unfortunate

by Anonymousreply 100May 1, 2021 8:42 PM

[quote] Where does Mindy Cohn get her money. Her parents must have invested well, before Covid she seemed to travel constantly with a gaggle of gays.

I think IMDB had her making 40k an episode around the 4th or 5th season of FOL. Some people don't even make that in a year still. That alone could've kept her comfortable, but then there's the money from syndication and she's done a lot of voiceover work over the years. Chips Ahoy, vibrators and Indigo Girls tickets are pretty low overhead.

by Anonymousreply 101May 2, 2021 1:04 AM

She sold more Countess Calvay than the other girls, and now lives like a queen.

by Anonymousreply 102May 2, 2021 12:53 PM

R90 Mindy did THE BOY WHO COULD FLY in 1986.

by Anonymousreply 103May 2, 2021 1:10 PM

Damn, if Mindy Cohn had gotten St. Elmo's Fire, she could've played two characters who lost their virginity.

by Anonymousreply 104May 2, 2021 1:15 PM

Let's be real, there's no way she was getting cast for St. Elmo's Fire. I love Mindy, but that was not going to happen.

by Anonymousreply 105May 2, 2021 3:49 PM

R105 why not?

by Anonymousreply 106May 2, 2021 3:51 PM

R96-it's already been answered that Jo and these girls weren't friends, and they did not act like they didn't know who she was-she just wasn' t part of their circle. As for lazy writing, I've always thought the continuity on FOL to be pretty strong. And as for the residual issue as it pertains to Mindy-Lisa Welchel has already tweeted a residual check from FoL as well as the envelope it came in. The postage was more than the residual check.

by Anonymousreply 107May 2, 2021 4:03 PM

Is Mindy dyke or faghag?

by Anonymousreply 108May 2, 2021 4:04 PM

I'm really trying to think of an episode I would consider a classic from the Beverly Ann years and I can't think of any besides, maybe, the episode where Andy loses Blair's sister and brings home Kay Como. There are some strong episodes in the "Over our Heads" years, (Doo-wah, George's HS reunion, Little Chill), but, other than LC, none that seem essential.

by Anonymousreply 109May 2, 2021 4:08 PM

R107 I'm pretty sure the residuals were much more than that at the start. Obviously, they lessen over the years/decades.

by Anonymousreply 110May 2, 2021 4:09 PM

I doubt, in 30 years, Jennifer Aniston will be getting a check for 38cents for her work in "Friends".

by Anonymousreply 111May 2, 2021 4:13 PM

Mindy seems to have amassed a lot of good showbiz connections from her years in Hollywood. Her best friend is Helen Hunt. There are pics of them on Mindy's instagram page eating dinner at each others houses from time to time.

She went on the road with Belinda Carlisle right after she wrapped up FOL. She was good friends with Johnny Depp in the late 80's, early 90's as well.

She's also goodmother to a couple of Angelina Jolie's kids.

I can imagine she's the type of friend whom everyone loves because she's very loyal to people, but you know also has a shit ton of dirt and stories.

by Anonymousreply 112May 2, 2021 4:22 PM

Helen Hunt got expelled from Eastland in Season 1 for smoking pot. I wonder if that’s how they met.

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by Anonymousreply 113May 2, 2021 4:31 PM

[quote]I can imagine she's the type of friend whom everyone loves because she's very loyal to people

She also seems like a fun person to be/have around. I can imagine her cracking up her friends with a story or joke.

by Anonymousreply 114May 2, 2021 4:37 PM

Also, I'm pretty sure Mindy's family had money; she was discovered when producers and Charlotte Rae were doing research at a rich all-girl private schools in L.A that she attended.

by Anonymousreply 115May 2, 2021 5:03 PM

[quote] Her best friend is Helen Hunt. There are pics of them on Mindy's instagram page eating dinner at each others houses from time to time.

Wonder what they ate for dessert.

by Anonymousreply 116May 2, 2021 5:08 PM

Who now has the most $$$ from this group? Not you, Justine.

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by Anonymousreply 117May 2, 2021 5:13 PM

[quote]Who now has the most $$$ from this group?

I can't decide between SJP, Jason Bateman, or Michael J. Fox. Is that JFK Jr. in the center-back there?

by Anonymousreply 118May 2, 2021 5:49 PM

R118 it’s obviously SJP by a long shot. Something few if any would have guessed back then.

by Anonymousreply 119May 2, 2021 6:53 PM

SJP has money problems which is why she keeps pushing for more SATC. Maybe she should hire Lisa W to play Samantha.

Jason has a lot of dough from his producing/directing gigs. And he isn’t sharing any with Justine to finance her art installation projects!

by Anonymousreply 120May 2, 2021 7:52 PM

The 3rd season episode where Jo writes an incorrect story that gets a teacher fired was on. Right there in her Journalism class was Cindy and Sue Ann. No wonder they acted like they didn't know her.

by Anonymousreply 121May 5, 2021 11:21 AM

They didn’t need to replace Mrs. G. By that time they were grown women and didn’t need a parental figure. They should have gone a more mature direction with the characters.

by Anonymousreply 122May 5, 2021 11:32 AM

Yeah, like they could've made Andy their sex toy.

by Anonymousreply 123May 5, 2021 2:00 PM

R109, I would say the essential episodes during the Beverly Ann years are “Golden Oldies” and “The First Time.” "Up from Down Under" was also a memorable episode, but not for a good reason.

by Anonymousreply 124May 9, 2021 2:23 AM

Tootie was cute in the early seasons and fucking annoying in the later seasons.

by Anonymousreply 125May 9, 2021 2:57 AM

Molly Ringwald revealed she was originally supposed to be one of the four girls carried over to Season 2...then they hired Nancy McKeon. If that had happened I wonder who John Hughes’ “it” girl would have been...

In Plead The Fifth, she also admits that Mindy Cohn wasn’t very nice to her originally. But then they ran into each other years later and she was fine.

At least she didn’t pretend to forget their names.

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by Anonymousreply 126May 9, 2021 2:41 PM

R126 maybe not so surprising about Mindy, considering the people she considers her “besties.”

by Anonymousreply 127May 9, 2021 2:49 PM

[quote] She said she missed out on many opportunities because of Facts of Life's rigorous schedule

There's a silver lining in every cloud!

by Anonymousreply 128January 31, 2022 6:30 AM

[quote] "OP = Stacey Q."

Speaking of which, Xennial @ R87...I just found this recently and love it!

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by Anonymousreply 129January 31, 2022 7:18 AM

I'm the complete opposite...I prefer the Mrs. Garrett years. The show was never quite the same without her, and those last couple seasons were hit or miss overall. I think the strongest years were season 2 through 6.

by Anonymousreply 130January 31, 2022 8:29 AM

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