Natalies- Big Apple Blues (when Natalie decides to live in a loft in New York's SoHo to pursue her writing career)

Blair's- Blair running Eastland

Jo and Blair- living in a dorm and experiencing college life

Stacy Q and George Clooney

Richard Dean Anderson and Rosanne Caton as an interracial couple.

Jo's Cousin (Donnelly Rhodes as a gas station owner with three kids)

Jo and Blair- living in a dorm and experiencing college life

I always loved how the two interacted!

I always felt Mindy Cohn had good enough comic timing that she would've been great carrying her own series. I would've loved a Natalie spinoff.

I would've loved Jo and Blair- living in a dorm and experiencing college life, though Natalies- Big Apple Blues (when Natalie decides to live in a loft in New York's SoHo to pursue her writing career) might've been fun and Blair's- Blair running Eastland had potential.

The rest you may never have known were supposed to be FOL spinoffs if you ask me, the episodes meant to set them up notwithstanding.

I centainly would rather have had the "Jo and Blair in college" spinoff than the latter half of FOL itself.

I would have liked to see Blair's spin off where she runs Eastland with a new group of kids. I wouldve liked the Blair & Jo spinoff but then what wouldve been of the FOL without them?

Jo and Blair experiencing college life.

Jo and Blair in College

Either Blair and Jo in college, or Blair takes over Eastland. Except that last episode didn't have quite the charm as the first FOL episode.

You're forgetting one spin-off idea that, at least I would have watched, and that is a spin-off with cousin Geri! It could be about the trial and tribulations of an MS stand-up comic. They could have titled it "Funny Girl." Would you have watched? :lol:

You're forgetting one spin-off idea that, at least I would have watched, and that is a spin-off with cousin Geri! It could be about the trial and tribulations of an MS stand-up comic. They could have titled it "Funny Girl." Would you have watched? :lol:


They did seem to push Geri for stardom, but I really don't think she would've had her own show. Besides Barbra Streisand probaly would sue over the name "Funny Girl."

You're forgetting one spin-off attempt, from the 3rd and 4th season episodes that took place at the Military academy, with Peter Frechette, David Aykroyd and John P Navin, Jr... sort of an all-male FOL.

I would've loved Jo and Blair- living in a dorm and experiencing college life, though Natalies- Big Apple Blues (when Natalie decides to live in a loft in New York's SoHo to pursue her writing career) might've been fun and Blair's- Blair running Eastland had potential.

The rest you may never have known were supposed to be FOL spinoffs if you ask me, the episodes meant to set them up notwithstanding.

Definitely BLAIR running "EASTLAND" which was the idea the writers had in mind, but LISA WHELCHEL refused to do it. I still think BLAIR had real potential with all she had learned from MRS. G in "the facts of life"; I also believed that, for the girl she just was when she just arrived ("vain" + "self centered"), she s the one who had done the most growing, so as "headmaster" to the new generation of teenage girls she would have been great!

I like the idea of Blair as headmaster but I didn't like any of the kids in those episodes. I found them all dull or obnoxious.

I like the idea of Blair as headmaster but I didn't like any of the kids in those episodes. I found them all dull or obnoxious.


You re absolutely right: the only one who was acceptable was JULIETTE LEWIS & that was the start of her acting career!

Definitely BLAIR running "EASTLAND" which was the idea the writers had in mind, but LISA WHELCHEL refused to do it. I still think BLAIR had real potential with all she had learned from MRS. G in "the facts of life"; I also believed that, for the girl she just was when she just arrived ("vain" + "self centered"), she s the one who had done the most growing, so as "headmaster" to the new generation of teenage girls she would have been great!
Blair was also headmaster to boys now, too, as Blair made it coeducational.

And Jo's Cousin had great potential. I was surprised they didn't reprise the roles for Jo and Rick's wedding. If you all remember, it was clearly mentioned that Uncle Sal's late wife was Charlie's sister.

The Jo/Blair combo for sure! That is simply magical. I wonder if Lisa and Nancy got together, just for a little sketch or something, and played different characters,would they have the same chemistry? Because the way these two interacted was just...unprecedented IMO.

The Jo/Blair combo for sure! That is simply magical. I wonder if Lisa and Nancy got together, just for a little sketch or something, and played different characters,would they have the same chemistry? Because the way these two interacted was just...unprecedented IMO.

From what i v seen LISA WHELCHEL & NANCY MCKEON are friends for life! (they v been kind of best friends since 1980 when season 2 started lol) so i m sure that whatever they do the chemistry will work!

Very true.

Is "None of the Above" an option? Because they were all abysmal.

Blair in charge of Eastland

Natalie in NYC



I think both should have had spinoffs. We would have seen both girls into the mid to late 1990s had each show taken off. Maybe even guest starring spots from the other girls on each show.



The other spin-offs looked and sounded terrible. It's better they didn't end FOL or replace Jo and Blair with two other girls after season 4, the show would not have lasted beyond season 5. This way we got 5 more seasons!

Don't forget the two spinoff attempts about Stone Military Academy-they looked promising.

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