Which one...

Blair being headmistress.... all the rest sucked.

Blair being headmistress.... all the rest sucked.

alright I think I just said the same thing as Jeff like by mistake or something..um...yea.

Natalie in the city...i liked that episode, it was dumb that blair took over the school at the end

I'm not sure if anyone is aware that they were about to make the
"Blair takes over Eastland" episode into an actual spinoff in 1988,
and they were even about to call it "The Facts Of Life: The Next Generation" or even "The Lisa Whelchel Show" or other possible titles. They had begun filming a few episodes but it stopped even before it aired. I think the idea would have been okay, but
I really thought those kids in that episode were HARDLY compelling as the original FOL girls, even though the idea of making Eastland co-ed was kind of a cool idea. But I think the BEST reason why they should have made it was--LISA would have been on it and it would have been GREAT!! But on the other hand, seeing that Blair was now in this responsible leadership position (proof of having grown up and matured), would anyone be able to relate to a RESPONSIBLE Blair??
:confused: (Plus, NO JO!!:( ) I thought some of the new kids were kind of brain-dead in their acting, and some just of them just didn't have that spark like in the first season. But dang it, LISA JUST NEEDS TO COME BACK TO PRIME TIME!!!!

Blair being the head mistress at Eastland.

"Blair, Warrior Headmistress"

Originally posted by Tad Warner
I'm not sure if anyone is aware that they were about to make the
"Blair takes over Eastland" episode into an actual spinoff in 1988,
and they were even about to call it "The Facts Of Life: The Next Generation" or even "The Lisa Whelchel Show" or other possible titles. They had begun filming a few episodes but it stopped even before it aired.

Where did you hear that they had already filmed episodes? I don't think that was possible, they wouldn't have done any episodes without being given the 'green light' to do them. When would they have been filmed? As you know, Lisa got married that summer so she didn't have alot of time I'm sure as she prepared for it.

I got the information (or MIS-information) from a fan club run by her stepfather in Florida, but I'm not sure if he had the facts straight (no pun intended). This was back in the spring of '88, and there were brief mentions of it in both TV Guide and USA Today then, there probably was no filming, I'm not sure what the story was, other than it was probably in the talking/stage. She probably got married when she found out that the future spinoff wasn't going to happen.

Of the options that you gave, I would
choose "none" of them. I would have rather seen a spin-off of "Jo's cousin".
To me, that would have made a good and
interesting show.

I vote none...
There was nothing that was spin-off worthy in any FOL episodes. I especially think that Blair as Head mistress of Eastland, would have never worked. If that was a spinoff then they would have had all these new young girls as the main characters, who would have all sucked and not even come close to comparing to Jo, Tootie, Blair, and Natalie. It's just like Saved By The Bell: The new class.....a horrible spin-off, that clearly was not as good as the origonal. Aside from FOL being a spin-off of Different Strokes, all spin-offs usualy suck, and last a season...

I go with Karli and Jeff, Blair being head Mistress. All the rest did suck!:D :lol:

You know what I thought one of the silliest things on the show was? Remember the "Natalie's boxing boyfriend" episode that took place off-campus? It was one of those episodes where it takes place at a boys' school, it revolved all around these guys getting ready for a match in the ring, and then when Natalie comes into the scene about halfway through the episode, the t.v. audience offscreen (the people watching the taping live) all start applauding wildly!:confused: Now, I'm thinking, this is the Facts if Life, and yes, when the cast members are introduced, everyone applauds, but when one of the main characters happens to appear on an episode OF HER OWN SHOW, did it make sense--even though the episode was about things not pertaining to Eastland? Why would the live-taping audience start applauding halfway through the episode at Natalie's entrance when they've SEEN Natalie before early in the episode?? But it makes sense if the audience were told beforehand that this was a "spinoff episode" that they were working on, and Natalie is one of its "special guest stars..." I don't know, it seems all through the history of the show, the producers were trying to make lightning strike twice--since FOL was a successful spinoff of Diff'rent Strokes, a successful show, why not try to make spinoffs of a successful spinoff... I didn't know until recently that this episode was intended to be a spinoff.