Facts of Life rift?

OP, I don't have an Instagram account and can't log in to see what you're talking about. Is there another way to post the photos?

Jo was the lesbian one, right?

Funny how they could never come out and say it. But she was the butch grease monkey.

Jesus, Kim, put a bra on. You're gonna roll over those things with your skates.

Here you go, R1.

Here you go, R1.

Maybe Mindy thought she’d get hairbrushed

Mindy, Kim, and Nancy McKeon look good.

Lisa seems like maybe the Maureen McCormack of the group.

Mindy & Eve Plumb are friends IRL.

I hope they are not fighting. These women were a significant part of my childhood.

Mindy's adorable. Always was.

Tootie looks like the "future Tootie" that they showed in an episode where all the girls and Beverly Ann were old in the future.

Good catch, Nancy Drew! Best guess is that Mindy and Lisa don't get along because of politics, right?

Nancy M. looks great.

Lisa has become more liberal in recent years.

I love Mindy and Nancy doesn't look half bad.

A DLer totally spoiled the cuteness of Cobra Kai's Tanner Buchanan saying he looks like Nancy McKeon and once you know that, that's all you see. And they were so right.

Here’s the pic Lisa posted from that night.

I don’t think the rift is between Lisa and Mindy bc Lisa left a message responding to Mindy’s post.

They all follow each other on Instagram though that doesn’t mean anything necessarily.

I hate to say it. But Mindy looks scary.

I am watching this on Hulu now. They’re remaking Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman?

This is one of the rare occasions in which the Black actress in a reunion actually looks older than her White costars. Nancy and Lisa both look great. Mindy does too, but in a quirky way.

Tootie looks pretty slutty in the above threesome pic for a born-again Christian. I wonder if mama Xian approves?

Nancy looks like a serial killer in that photo. Some scary eyes on a grim face there. What exactly did her bro die of?

Mindy looks like she is playing librarian dress-up for some new Nick show.

Lisa could be a judgemental bitch with ease when she wants to. I'm surprised she even showed up for ultra-liberal Lear's big day.

Lisa's blurb on her Instagram photo revealed that she did her first tequila shooter that night. She's loosening up.

Kim's having a slutty menopause moment. Looks like she did Housewives a few years too early. I think she'd be less dismissive of it now.

Is that the gay husband?

Lisa is SJP to Nancy’s KC. Always trying to guilt shame her to join in the reunions! Nancy has had enough.

No that’s Lisa’s new straight husband. Though there is a tiny bit of resemblance. Wonder if Lisa and Charlotte ever discussed dealing with gay husbands?

I've become quite the daddy hunter and I'd love a few hours with Lisa's guy. The new one, not Pastor Steve.

r1 just sign up for a fucking Instagram account. It takes one minute. Jesus Fucking Christ join the 21st Century,

I won't speak to Mindy Cohn until she accepts Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior.

[quote] just sign up for a fucking Instagram account. It takes one minute.

But why do they need my phone number just to view photos? I don't want them to call me.

FFS nobody is going to call you. Jesus.

Lisa wished each of the other girls a happy birthday on their day back in April and May this year. Kim and Nancy responded but Mindy did not!

The plot thickens like Lisa's waistline!

A post on washed up irrelevant cunts from the 80s, may as well be the Golden Girls.

R27, you're smart not to join. Don't let Zuckerburg's empire track you (even if you don't post anything).

If it's a showdown between Whelchel and anyone else, I'm team Whelchel. I've loved Lisa since the New Mickey Mouse Club and I never bought the religious shit.

[quote]Recently at the 100th birthday party for Normal Lear,

I prefer his brother, Odd Lear.

Kim is kind of a Bible thumper, as well, IIRC.

...but the kind who still gets her tits out, apparently.

Out and down, you mean.

R33 what does that mean exactly that you don't believe the religious s***? It's not like she wasn't herself talking proudly about how she was a fundamental Christian and all the horrible things she was doing as a result. I guess having both a gay husband and probably a gay son would tend to make somebody ultra-conservative loosen up a little bit over time.

Her "gay" son just got married to a woman. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

R38, What I meant (and did not explain very clearly) was that I never bought that she was heart and soul into it, more that it was something foisted upon her at a young age and it took her a while to unwind it all.

Now, if I find out she ever voted for Trump, then it's game over. Bitch can roast.

What happened to that hot assed brother of Lisa's?

Mondays with Mindy

R41 he's busy on Instagram pimping his stupid f****** religious podcast.

Mindy eats clam, right?

I watched Mindy's poddy with Nancy and everything is fine between them. In fact they visit each other and hangout.

If Mindy ate clam, she'd have been married and divorced three times by now, a la Rosie. It's proof positive that she's straight.

Looking at Lisa's Instagram it's clear there's no rift. Their pictures of them chummy from the recent live show and birthday posts that where they've interacted with each other and other so clearly they're all still somewhat friendly unless something just barely happened. More likely than not she was just putting in an appearance and didn't really have time to seek out everybody I imagine it events like this they're bombarded by people that want to talk to them.

[quote] poddy

What?

When Lisa commented on Instagram that she was sorry she missed seeing the other ladies there, a poster commented this:

Do they not approve of Lisa's new husband?

[quote]Lisa's blurb on her Instagram photo revealed that she did her first tequila shooter that night. She's loosening up.

Yeah, she is. Pretty funny story about how she got the nickname "Coco Mama" (which is what her grandkids call her) from her son-in-law:

Lisa was on Mindy's podcast about a year ago. Doesn't seem like there's a rift to me.

[quote] Do they not approve of Lisa's new husband?

Girls! What do we know about this young man?

He and Lisa seem quite happy together. He has a young son who they seem to have, part-time.

Mindy is tiresome and hangs with a lot of questionable self styled "A-gays".

I mean Lisa isn't gonna chill out and do mushrooms with you, but I like her energy better.

She does edibles, R55, so can mushrooms be far behind?

Does Lisa live in Nashville now? Anyone remember her old blog? Pastor Steve seemed dour and she always seemed to be trying to make the best of things. I hope she’s truly happy now.

Lisa was always the “Melissa Sue Anderson” of the group.

Nancy looks good. At some point in the 90s she got a nosejob and it worked well for her.

And I totally agree r55 - her choice of “friends” reflects poorly on her.

So Mindy has paid money to pull off THAT fucking look? Why doesn't she suck out her fat

In addition to consuming pot, Lisa has a nose ring.

She let the new husband read her slam book! After all four of us made a sacred pact that we would keep everything written in it a secret amongst ourselves!!!

When you're at any kind of function with Mindy and food is being served, you want to be far away as possible.

Starting to feel like it's Nancy and Lisa who are on the outs. It's Nancy who skips most of these things -- the other girls would attend the opening of an envelope. And when Nancy finally does show, the only person she doesn't socialize with is Lisa. Hmmm.

If I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt, I'd say they're holding off on group shots and reunions in order to maybe raise the demand for some kind of bigger, paid reunion. That's all I can think of.

'Pank me, Mama! 'Pank me!

OP- Looking at your photo I have to say that datalounge's favorite GREAT BIG FAT PERSON is not aging well. The DYKE is aging well as is TOOTIE.

R31 get your tongue in my ass

Was Pamela Segall not invited?

Girls! GIRLS!!

I thought Lisa and Nancy were close friends. Something must have happened if their not speaking now.

Maybe Lisa and Nancy figured out they look like the world's most perfect lesbian couple when pictured together.

Although it is a bit odd that they didn't all connect at the Lear celebration, I don't believe there's a rift between any of them. Remember when this photo set social media ablaze, several years ago? (taken during a stay at Nancy's ranch outside of Austin). And they all talk to each other on a group text (per Mindy's podcasts within the past year).

Every time I read this thread title I see something about a Face Lift.

I know this has nothing to do with the topic at hand, but....please take a moment to enjoy this recent discovery on YouTube! There is so much weirdly wonderful stuff going on here. I love all of it, in its 1981-glory.

R74- Poor elephant 😥

I can't believe any of you think Lisa's husband is attractive. Yuck!!

You're, right, R75....."Baby Tara" was just weird, and sad (and was not the "wonderful" to which I alluded). With the benefit of hindsight/a 21st century lens... it's also really shocking that Tara was even on the rink with all those skaters around! Not to mention lifting Kim Fields! Liability, anyone?!!

I don’t think anyone said that, r76?

Baby Tara is my new favorite DL character.

Nancy and Lisa really do look like the perfect lesbian couple when they're together.

Nancy wished a happy birthday to Charlotte Rae, Kim Fields and Mindy Cohn this year on Instagram! Skipped over Lisa Whelchel completely!

Isn't Charlotte Rae dead?

Lisa demanded to know what Philip died of and Nancy refuses to say, which means AIDS

Mindy is practically a gay man. She's gay man-adjacent. She can probably barely stand to be around Lisa.

Yes, Nancy wished dead Charlotte a happy birthday and ignored my birthday completely. I will pray for her.

Lisa could have taken 5 seconds to say hi to the other girls before leaving. Rude!

By the late 1980's the GIRLS were eating so much from the Kraft table every day on the set that the media started to refer to them as the

FATS Of Life

Then you obviously missed r24 and r53, r78.

R74 weren’t they scared of skating through piles of elephant shit?

When Lisa was on Survivor, I was surprised at how likable she was. I really liked her. And that was the food- and sleep-deprived version of her.

Nancy posted something about her late brother the other day and Lisa commented on it -- a heart and a broken heart. But I still think it's weird they all went to the event and never talked as a group.

Did Nancy like Lisa’s post???

Well??!?

Nancy did, in fact, like Lisa's post, as well as Mindy's post which was almost identical to Lisa's post.

Who else posted love to Nancy? Michael Damien, Todd Bridges, Questlove and Billy Stritch!

R93- All of the LESBIANS who've been in love with her since her first appearance as Jo in November 1980.

One of my favorite Facts Of Life scenes- The LESBIAN tries to steal Blair's watch and Jo comes to her rescue and the two of them almost rumble.

The LESBIAN looks like a prison matron from one of those 1940's movies.

Nancy still refers to Phillip as “my dude”. So uncouth!

R93 You’d think that cunt Linda Lavin could have posted something to Nancy when she was remembering her late brother.

In other news...Lisa has been cast in a film titled ROSWELL DELIRIUM, which is set in the 1980s. Also stars Anthony Michael Hall & Dee Wallace.

Mindy also just finished filming a supporting role in the new Kristin Wiig series for Apple tv. Kim is steadily employed at The Upshaws. That just leaves poor Nancy unemployed, though she likely had the biggest bank account to sit on after her successful years were done.

Both of those sound like massive flops. Actually the Dee Wallace film sounds like it will never even get released.

Mindy's project doesn't necessarily sound like a flop. Well, maybe it does sound like a flop, but with Kristin Wiig and the subject matter, it's a flop I would give a shot to, for sure.

Is Nancy still married to a man? At the Norman Lear thing, she was seated with Mindy on one side and Lisa Vidal, her costar from that Lifetime TV cop show, on the other. Lisa Vidal also played the lesbian partner of Dr. Weaver on ER.

Vidal and McKeon also seem very tight on Instagram.

That recurring cast for the Wiig show is strictly dinner theater. They must not be paying anything.

Nancy is indeed married to a man, for almost 20 years. Not that that means anything.

Dee Wallace is a medium/chaneller now.

I saw Mindy on both What Not to Wear and Celebrity Ghost Story several years ago. What's more I saw both those episodes more than once. I win!!

In related news, Annie Potts follows fellow Designing Women co-stars Scott Bakula, Judith Ivey and Sheryl Lee Ralph on Instagram - but not Jean Smart (who follows her).

Dear God - what is happening??!?

I've met and like Dee Wallace, but she's basically a female Eric Roberts now. If you have a check, they'll show up and say the lines in your shitty direct to VOD film.

I heard Felice Schacter was a cater waiter. Can anyone confirm?

I wonder about Nancy’s politics because her brother Phillip was a right wing nut job before he died.

Vicki "Mama" Lawrence doesn't follow Ken Berry. She's a bitch!

I have a question. Whose Normal Lear?

He's OUR Normal Lear, R113.

Based on her Twitter feed, Nancy is a Democrat.

R1, you don't have to have an instagram account to look at one photo. And on a PC/Mac you can look at dozens, hundreds without an account.

I thought Mindy looks great, in an alien sort of way.

R111, perhaps that's because he died four years ago.

r74, r77 I'm not seeing Mindy and Baby Tara in the same scenes together. Coincidence?

R109 she’s actually a Trumper cunt. And thinks because she “has an Ivy League degree” she knows better than everyone.

No one ever invites me to the reunions

Have any of you ever seen Lisa's ventriloquist act??

No, but I've seen Lauri Hendler's ping pong trick.

I just hope Jerry Lewis behaved himself at the skating rink and it was filmed early enough that he hadn't started drinking yet.

Otherwise I could totally see him belligerent, sweaty, in a disheveled half unbuttoned ruffled shirt calling Charlotte a "Eva Braun" and going on and on about "the fat one"...and I don't mean Baby Tara.

Here, R121

Nancy looks great but she has GOT to give up that eyeliner, she already has crazy eyes and the eyeliner just makes it worse.

There was the episode the very first season where Blair expresses disgust towards Cindy for acting like a lesbian (Cindy was a softer blonde version of Jo). Lisa Welchel is very convincing in the scene. Granted, she was 16 or so at the time. But, then again, she grew into an Evangelical Christian (or retained her roots thereof). I didn't watch the episode until much later in life when those Season 1 episodes became more accessible, but, back in the day, I adored Blair (in part because she reminded me of a girl I had a "crush" on). :(

I'll admit, I don't normally watch Survivor, but I did watch the season that she was on and I kind of felt sorry for her because her life was falling apart and she seemed kind of lost. There was something innately lonely about her.

I think what I'm learning is that people who are far-right religiously (or otherwise) lack a certain empathy or lack experience in life that enables them to empathise with those different from themselves and just cannot ever change/evolve.

It's ironic, though, because it's opposite of what their saviour, Jesus Christ, stood for.

Anyway, I've always loved Natalie and Tootie. Mindy looks like she'd be fun over a few drinks or edibles. Do we know who got her in the divorce? Brad or Angelina? I'd guess Angelina, because she has the kids mostly and Mindy seems like a fun aunt.

I would think Angelina got Mindy. Mindy is (or was) close with Angelina's gay brother, James Haven.

James Haven is NOT gay and I'm the dame to prove it!

Everyone is JEALOUS of Blair. Always has been the case. No one believed that porker Nat would be the first to get her v-card punched.

Team Blair from Day1Ep1 where she righteously called Cindy a big lecherous LEZ

I remember when Natalie lost her virginity. I was a pre-teen and I thought to myself- Her?? No way!

R129 it was comedy remember?

Yes, dear, a comedy, not science fiction.

Lisa busted out her ventriloquism skills on FOL a couple times. I think the most notable was a later-season episode (guest starring Jay Johnson from SOAP), in which Blair made little pony-tailed, leather-jacketed puppet named "JoJo", just to mess with Jo. (Lisa alluded to it during the Mondays with Mindy podcast/interview). Unfortunately, I can't find a clip of that. But here's the first time, using Jo as her "dummy": (go to 19:00)

Lisa & Arthur at Disneyland, 1977:

Funny

Hey, r75, don't despair! Tarra the Elephant's story has a Dollface ending :-)