I know I should put this on the "Full House" post, but Kari Michaelsen was on "Gimme a Break", so...

She plays Joey Gladstone's girlfriend in the episode "Joey, Stacie, and...oh yeah, Jesse". She plays Stacie (her hair is dyed as well).

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I've seen that episode so many times, and until recently I didn't realize Kari Michaelson was playing Joey's girlfriend in that episode. It was the episode where Kari's character (Stacey) is one of the back-up singers for Joey and Jesse's ad campaign. Stacey thought Jesse bossed Joey around too much and there were some problems. Anyway, Kari looked good with the very dark hair.

After seeing Kari on Diff'rent Strokes (about a year and half before Gimmie a Break premiered) as Kimberly's teenage pregnant friend, I was wondering if she's a natural blonde.

Yeah, I rarely remembered this episode until I saw it on DVD a while back. It's not one of the most popular ones of the series. However, Kari looks very different in it and her hair is still brunette as she dyed it in fall of 1986.

Oh wow, I remember that episode so well and I didn't make the connection until just now! That's one of my favorites!