I rarely watch the show, the last time i watched it was the season where Amber Riley won, but i may watch this season. You go girl!

http://www.etonline.com/news/183127_kim_fields_confirmed_for_dancing_with_the_stars_season_22/

I won't. I'd rather watch Tootie dance with Carl, lol. ;) "Dancing With the Eastland Students!" :lol:

It would be cool if any of the Facts Girls showed up to watch her dance, maybe even a shout-out! Exciting!

Lisa just gave Kim her support on Twitter. Is it me or does Kim already look like she's loosing weight?

I missed Kim's segment, but i just heard that Mindy Cohn was in the audience rooting for Kim! :happyface :happyface :happyface :happyface :cool: :cool: :cool:

She did pretty good for the first night. :cool: :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TJ4yXcfRj8

She did pretty good for the first night. :cool: :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TJ4yXcfRj8i thought so too

Kim said she would be portraying Tootie with possibly roller skates next week on Dancing With The Stars (April 4). Maybe some of the cast from FOL will be there.

Kim said she would be portraying Tootie with possibly roller skates next week on Dancing With The Stars (April 4). Maybe some of the cast from FOL will be there.

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Julie Piekarski Probst (who played Sue Ann from Season 1) showed up yesterday to cheer on Kim.

While that's neat, Sue Ann was my least favorite of the lost girls. I hope Julie Ann Haddock shows up since Cindy was my favorite.

Kim has teased (on her Instagram and Twitter accounts) that this week will be tied to FOL. It will be interesting to see what she does with it!

Charlotte Rae came to see Kim tonight while she did her Facts of Life tribute! Kim looked great.

http://zap2it.com/2016/04/dancing-with-the-stars-kim-fields-charlotte-rae-facts-of-life-dance/

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This was awesome. Truly awesome. As a fan of the lost girls, it was great seeing Julie Pie in the audience with Charlotte Rae, cheering Kim on. Kim and Julie shared a bunch of backstage photos on their Faceook pages. I'm really glad Julie got on DWTS, if even just as a featured audience member.

Also, it's awesome that they used a recreation of the First Season dorm set!

Oh, and '80sSitcoms, I suspect the longer Kim stays on, the more likely it is that we will see more FOL class/castmates: Julie Anne, Felice, Nancy, Lisa... heck, we could even possibly see Molly. Who knows?

I do know that Kim and Julie Pie have remained close all these years, so it was cool seeing Julie cheering from the front row. With Mrs. G!

Kim Fields Reunites With Mrs Garrett For Facts of Life Dance On DWTS (http://www.inquisitr.com/2963277/kim-fields-reunites-with-mrs-garrett-for-facts-of-life-dance-on-dwts/)

Kim Fields channeled her inner Tootie on Dancing with the Stars. The actress and Real Housewives of Atlanta star returned to her sitcom roots for her Most Memorable Year dance, which paid tribute to her classic ’80s sitcom, The Facts of Life. And Kim was even joined by an iconic Facts of Life star, who cheered her on from the audience.

To preface her dance, Kim Fields told a story of her bus trip from Harlem to Hollywood in 1976 when she was just 7 years old. That’s when she landed a life-changing acting role in a Mrs. Butterworth maple syrup commercial. Kim even beat out Janet Jackson for the role! The syrup ad led to Fields’ roles on Good Times and then NBC’s The Facts of Life.

Ahead of her dance, Kim told People that she knew the idea of a Facts of Life foxtrot would be unconventional, but she considered the dance to be “a big thank you note to the fans.”

“The idea of foxtrotting to the Facts of Life theme song sounds like complete oil and water and yet it works incredibly well. [Pro partner] Sasha [Farber] is an incredible choreographer and visionary and he’s doing everything he can to make sure I’m connecting with what my story is and revisiting my childhood.”

While it wasn’t a total surprise to see Kim Fields don a bedazzled Eastland School uniform for her Facts of Life tribute, fans were surprised to see her former co-star, Charlotte Rae, in the audience. The 89-year-old Rae, who played housemother Edna Garrett on the classic sitcom, reflected on working with a pint-sized Kim Fields when she was a child star on the classic sitcom.

Eagle-eyed viewers (and diehard Facts fans) may have noticed another Facts of Life alum in the audience. Actress Julie Piekarski, who played Eastland alum on early seasons of The Facts of Life, turned up to cheer on her lifelong pal Kim Fields.

Look for these two girls (and a few other surprises) tonight on #DWTS! Been pals ever since '79. I'm so thrilled Julie will be at the show cheering on #TeamKimsha! @dancingabc @sashafarber1 #factsoflife #blessedlife

Kim Fields’ return as Tootie earned her plenty of praise from the Dancing With the Stars judges and a respectable 22 points. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba even marveled over the fact that Fields looks exactly the same as she did when she played Tootie on TV more than 35 years ago.

The DWTS ballroom is not the first time Kim has reunited with her beloved Mrs. Garrett— er, co-star Charlotte Rae —this year. In February, Fields and Rae were part of a Facts of Life reunion on Hallmark Channel’s lifestyle show Home & Family. The actresses reunited with former co-star Lisa Whelchel to talk about their iconic 1970-1988 NBC sitcom.

In addition, Mindy Cohn (Natalie on the series) appeared via a video message, as did — wait for it! — George Clooney, who played dimwitted handyman George on the show, and Molly Ringwald, who got her start playing an Eastland School classmate on the first season of the sitcom in 1979. In a separate segment, Kim Fields joined Ken Wingard to make bedazzled roller skates in honor of her Facts of Life character.

Kim Fields may have moved on to reality TV with her stint on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, but her Tootie character lives on—at least through dance.

Pretty cool article, and great photos of old friends.

I'm really glad Julie got on DWTS, if even just as a featured audience member.

It's good to know she was supportive of Kim and cheering her on, and not jealous of Kim like Sue Ann was of Cindy in 1980. Otherwise, this could have been a 36-year-later sequel to "Running" called "Dancing". ;-)


Also, it's awesome that they used a recreation of the First Season dorm set!

They did?? Oh man, I'm gonna have to look this up...

Oh wow, they did! (I mean I believed you, but I just had to see it, lol)


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What looks really surreal is I put this pic in Windows Paint and edited out the audience to make it look "real", and it's very surreal seeing grown-up Tootie dancing alone with a guy in the common room---it looks like Tootie Ramsey's been a student at Eastland for over 36 years! :lol: (I wanted to share that version here, but I can't just copy & paste an image; looks like you have to have a URL from an internet page).

Oh, and '80sSitcoms, I suspect the longer Kim stays on, the more likely it is that we will see more FOL class/castmates: Julie Anne, Felice, Nancy, Lisa... heck, we could even possibly see Molly. Who knows?

Oh, to hope...lol...I have to say I was utterly STUNNED weeks ago when both George Clooney and Molly Ringwald appeared on Hallmark's "Home & Family" special 2-hour celebration of FOL to honor Charlotte. I would NEVER have seen that coming.


Pretty cool article, and great photos of old friends.

That is a nice little article (considering it was a 2-hour celebration), but they didn't mention Geri "Cousin Geri" Jewell being there and, even more glaringly, they omitted Nancy McKeon's participation! (via video message)

Oh wow, look at all these photos out there of Tootie cuttin' a rug in the common room! :)

http://az801229.vo.msecnd.net/wetpaint/2016/04/sasha-farber-kim-fields-dancing-with-the-stars-750x522.jpg

http://www.ew.com/sites/default/files/i/2016/04/04/screen-shot-2016-04-04-at-9.07.09-pm.jpg

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http://cdn.video.abc.com/abcvideo/video_fep/cms_auto/abc/dancing-with-the-stars/dancing-with-the-stars_video_2889450_579x325_1459817050024.jpg

It's good to know she was supportive of Kim and cheering her on, and not jealous of Kim like Sue Ann was of Cindy in 1980. Otherwise, this could have been a 36-year-later sequel to "Running" called "Dancing". ;-)

Ha! That's funny!



They did?? Oh man, I'm gonna have to look this up...

Oh wow, they did! (I mean I believed you, but I just had to see it, lol)


What looks really surreal is I put this pic in Windows Paint and edited out the audience to make it look "real", and it's very surreal seeing grown-up Tootie dancing alone with a guy in the common room---it looks like Tootie Ramsey's been a student at Eastland for over 36 years! :lol: (I wanted to share that version here, but I can't just copy & paste an image; looks like you have to have a URL from an internet page).

I want to see your image!

Click the "Attach Image" button, rather than the "Insert Image" button. The first one gives you an option to upload an image from your computer. The second one does not.


Oh, to hope...lol...I have to say I was utterly STUNNED weeks ago when both George Clooney and Molly Ringwald appeared on Hallmark's "Home & Family" special 2-hour celebration of FOL to honor Charlotte. I would NEVER have seen that coming.

I never did see the Molly clip, just the George clip. But it's cool that Molly did that appearance. It seems like she's finally willing to talk about her FOL year.


That is a nice little article (considering it was a 2-hour celebration), but they didn't mention Geri "Cousin Geri" Jewell being there and, even more glaringly, they omitted Nancy McKeon's participation! (via video message)

I've never found the complete video; only snippets. And yes, I thought it was odd that Geri was there, but didn't seem to be interviewed.

Cool backstage photos of the cast:

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I wish Kim would keep that black hair, she looks so much more youthful and prettier like that!

I want to see your image!

Click the "Attach Image" button, rather than the "Insert Image" button. The first one gives you an option to upload an image from your computer. The second one does not.

Ah, "Manage Attachments" below the reply window, thanks. :) Here it is.


I never did see the Molly clip, just the George clip. But it's cool that Molly did that appearance. It seems like she's finally willing to talk about her FOL year.

Yes, Molly and George's participation still STUN me. Molly (ostensibly) would not "demean" herself to appearing on the common television screen for a return appearance as Molly Parker, yet A-list Oscar-winner George Clooney appears on a little fluffy daytime home show. Amazing! (although one thing Molly said to Charlotte seemed to be morbidly inappropriate, lol)

I've never found the complete video; only snippets. And yes, I thought it was odd that Geri was there, but didn't seem to be interviewed.

Well, maybe they'll re-run it again (and Geri took part in the first group interview and then had her own interview later on). I recorded it and watched it all the way through once, then had it on "play" several more times while doing things around my place, and re-watching favorite segments. :-)

And I said Nancy McKeon did a "video message", but actually it was much more than that; she took part in the entire kitchen segment (which did not, as the hosts say, look made over to honor Edna's Edibles) via live video feed.

Here it is.

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I just love the fact that they used the common room of the Dorm Set, giving a little love to the First Season. They did a really good job.


Yes, Molly and George's participation still STUN me. Molly (ostensibly) would not "demean" herself to appearing on the common television screen for a return appearance as Molly Parker, yet A-list Oscar-winner George Clooney appears on a little fluffy daytime home show. Amazing!

GC is definitely an A-lister, so it's absolutely cool that he did that video message for Charlotte. Molly was still hurt in 1986 when she did the interview about her worst gig being a recurring guest on TFOL, so I can understand why she wouldn't deign to appear that year on a sitcom she'd been "let go" from years earlier.

It's awesome that she now, finally, seems willing to talk about the show.


(although one thing Molly said to Charlotte seemed to be morbidly inappropriate, lol)

Argh! I must find that clip!


Well, maybe they'll re-run it again (and Geri took part in the first group interview and then had her own interview later on). I recorded it and watched it all the way through once, then had it on "play" several more times while doing things around my place, and re-watching favorite segments. :-)

...as any dedicated FOL fan would... :)


And I said Nancy McKeon did a "video message", but actually it was much more than that; she took part in the entire kitchen segment (which did not, as the hosts say, look made over to honor Edna's Edibles) via live video feed.

Need to find this clip as well...

I just love the fact that they used the common room of the Dorm Set, giving a little love to the First Season. They did a really good job.

I'm surprised they went with that set, though I too am tickled over it. I think most people in my age range think of the cafeteria when they think of FOL, but I guess they thought a dorm common room looked a little more "fun" to dance in than a cafeteria with tables and chairs scooted out of the way, lol.


GC is definitely an A-lister, so it's absolutely cool that he did that video message for Charlotte. Molly was still hurt in 1986 when she did the interview about her worst gig being a recurring guest on TFOL, so I can understand why she wouldn't deign to appear that year on a sitcom she'd been "let go" from years earlier.

It's awesome that she now, finally, seems willing to talk about the show.

Yes, finally! Please Molly, give us a new book about your time on "Facts" instead of beauty tips! lol

And good point, I forgot that bitter interview was from the same year they did "The Little Chill" (which I saw in its entirety for the first time recently thanks to DVD; the Molly Parker part feels really uneven and falls flat, thanks to the circumstances of Molly Ringwald's non-appearance being so specific and dated and supposedly an "in joke" that only works in 1986).


Argh! I must find that clip!

Well just in case you don't, I'll go on and tell you. In closing says something to the effect of: "I'm so glad to be able to wish you a Happy 90th Birthday, and I hope I'll be able to wish you a Happy 91st". A year? She's not guaranteeing Charlotte will make it at least one more year?? Yikes! LOL...saying she'd hope to be able to wish her a Happy 100th would have been lovely, even 95th I could see that, but the very next #?? Come on Mols, have a little tact! lol I could imagine Charlotte thinking "Boy, ya sure don't have much in faith me do ya??" lol


Need to find this clip as well...

Yeah, the whole show is really good---and it's the full 2 hours! I thought maybe it would just be a segment or something, but the full 2 hours devoted to Charlotte and the show...AMAZING.

And Nancy shows us something she stole from the set in 1985---the Enda's Edibles sign! :lol: That's way too cool! And Kim was amazed she stole it, and Lisa said "Well she was Jo!" :lol: And Nancy was funny pretending how she could smell the food they were cooking, lol (they were making Lisa's Mexican cornbread, which Charlotte LOVES).

And here's another photo I fixed to make look "real" (no studio rafters overhead), the dance pic with the view of the front door:

I'm surprised they went with that set, though I too am tickled over it. I think most people in my age range think of the cafeteria when they think of FOL, but I guess they thought a dorm common room looked a little more "fun" to dance in than a cafeteria with tables and chairs scooted out of the way, lol.

I definitely never expected the dorm commons room, that's for sure. I would have expected the cafeteria or even the girls' room above the cafeteria. So this was a great, loving touch. Wonderful. And made even better by the presence of Julie Pie and Charlotte. It definitely felt Eastland-ish.



Yes, finally! Please Molly, give us a new book about your time on "Facts" instead of beauty tips! lol

Yes! I want to hear about the huge Molly/Mindy blow-up that happened on-set!

I forgot that bitter interview was from the same year they did "The Little Chill" (which I saw in its entirety for the first time recently thanks to DVD; the Molly Parker part feels really uneven and falls flat, thanks to the circumstances of Molly Ringwald's non-appearance being so specific and dated and supposedly an "in joke" that only works in 1986).

You never saw the episode before? Or you never saw the line about Molly that they usually cut in syndication?



Well just in case you don't, I'll go on and tell you. In closing says something to the effect of: "I'm so glad to be able to wish you a Happy 90th Birthday, and I hope I'll be able to wish you a Happy 91st". A year? She's not guaranteeing Charlotte will make it at least one more year?? Yikes! LOL...saying she'd hope to be able to wish her a Happy 100th would have been lovely, even 95th I could see that, but the very next #?? Come on Mols, have a little tact! lol I could imagine Charlotte thinking "Boy, ya sure don't have much in faith me do ya??" lol

Heh. Sure hope Charlotte didn't take it that way.



Yeah, the whole show is really good---and it's the full 2 hours! I thought maybe it would just be a segment or something, but the full 2 hours devoted to Charlotte and the show...AMAZING.

And Nancy shows us something she stole from the set in 1985---the Enda's Edibles sign! :lol: That's way too cool! And Kim was amazed she stole it, and Lisa said "Well she was Jo!" :lol: And Nancy was funny pretending how she could smell the food they were cooking, lol (they were making Lisa's Mexican cornbread, which Charlotte LOVES).

That sounds so funny. Must find more clips. And so cool about the EE sign... but wasn't that "burned" during the "fire"? Did she have a burned sign, or the original?


And here's another photo I fixed to make look "real" (no studio rafters overhead), the dance pic with the view of the front door:

Nice!

Yes! I want to hear about the huge Molly/Mindy blow-up that happened on-set!

haha! ;)


You never saw the episode before? Or you never saw the line about Molly that they usually cut in syndication?

I had seen it on YouTube (and perhaps in its original broadcast, but I was so young then), and someone in the comments detailed the cut part about Molly. If Tootie's lines about Molly were supposed to be an inside joke to her fame and why she couldn't make it, it just didn't work with her saying Molly's mom "wouldn't tell her why she can't make it, she's just busy" (huh?)...they should have just written a believable excuse, or maybe read a letter from her that she gave to Cindy to read to the gang. :)


Heh. Sure hope Charlotte didn't take it that way.

I hope not too, but yeah, that's the first thing that struck me, lol. And the hosts asked Char, Lisa, and Kim if they missed Molly when she was cut from the show and they affirmed they did, and Lisa said "And not just Molly, but all the other girls: Felice, Julie, everybody."


That sounds so funny. Must find more clips. And so cool about the EE sign... but wasn't that "burned" during the "fire"? Did she have a burned sign, or the original?

Yes, it was the burned sign! :lol: Nancy said she just LOVED that EE set, and the designers did such a fantastic job (who knew Nancy loved that set so much? Interesting)...and she said "and I have something!" and held up the burned sign. :lol: Kim was flabbergasted and asked "How'd you get that??" and she said "I stole it!" :lol:

I'm gonna post a link to more vids of this in another thread...(featuring the clips of Molly, George, and Nancy!)

I need to find the missing clips! Argh!

I need to find the missing clips! Argh!

I put what I found on page 2 in the "Cast Reunion on Hallmark 2/15 (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=346334&page=2)" thread :-)

I put what I found on page 2 in the "Cast Reunion on Hallmark 2/15 (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=346334&page=2)" thread :-)

Yes, and thank you. But I'm still missing the most important (for me) clip: Molly and Mrs. G's reunion. Would love to see Nancy's and Geri's clips, too... I'll find them, sooner or later!

Yes, and thank you. But I'm still missing the most important (for me) clip: Molly and Mrs. G's reunion.

No you aren't, it's on that page! lol :-) It's a pre-taped video message from Molly. See?? lol ;)

No, I've already been to that link repeatedly. It doesn't work for me. The link is here (http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/home-and-family/videos/molly-ringwald-sends-her-best-wishes-home-famiy). When I click there, the description is "Molly Ringwald sends her best wishes". But the 8-minute video that plays is just of Lisa, Kim, and Charlotte. Then an ad plays, and a thumbnail of Molly comes up, but it doesn't play. If I hit the 'play' button, it circles back around to the video of Lisa, Kim and Charlotte.

Oh, sorry...I thought you were just missing seeing the video on that page. Well, this isn't someone trying to look up just anything, this is a "Facts of Life" season 1 relation---have you emailed Hallmark??

Mrs. Garett (Charlotte)was there. Kim is amazing, she can really dance.

I wish Kim would keep the black hair too. Black people don't look good with blond hair.

I wish Kim would keep the black hair too. Black people don't look good with blond hair.

While i agree, most black people don't look good with blonde hair, there are exceptions like Beyonce, Ciara, T-Boz. There are a lot of white women who don't look good with blonde hair either. Blonde hair is ok sometimes but it is really over-rated....

Kim Fields Reunites With Mrs Garrett For Facts of Life Dance On DWTS (http://www.inquisitr.com/2963277/kim-fields-reunites-with-mrs-garrett-for-facts-of-life-dance-on-dwts/)



Pretty cool article, and great photos of old friends.

Molly actually wished Kim luck via videotape?

Molly actually wished Kim luck via videotape?

No no, that was a separate thing: Molly wished Charlotte Rae a happy 90th birthday on Charlotte's 90th birthday Hallmark special. It just came into this thread too, lol.

No no, that was a separate thing: Molly wished Charlotte Rae a happy 90th birthday on Charlotte's 90th birthday Hallmark special. It just came into this thread too, lol.

Any videotape of Molly wishing Mrs. R a happy 90th birthday?

Any videotape of Molly wishing Mrs. R a happy 90th birthday?

I'm afraid not, but I bumped one of the threads for you about the special.

There's another thread you can search for called "Cast reunion on Hallmark 2/15", but I'm afraid to post a new post there because then people will think it's coming up in a couple of weeks, but this was from years ago.

I was expecting the phone to ring and Nancy come running down the stairs and talk to Roger when Kim was doing her FOL dance on DWTS.

I was expecting the phone to ring and Nancy come running down the stairs and talk to Roger when Kim was doing her FOL dance on DWTS.

Haha! That would have been so cool! They could even have used that as a starter for the dance routine: the phone rings, and Nancy comes down the stairs, answering the phone and talking with Roger. Blair sits on the couch, brushing her hair, primping in a hand-mirror, etc. Then Tootie/Kim and her partner begin the dance, as the music starts up!

Haha! That would have been so cool! They could even have used that as a starter for the dance routine: the phone rings, and Nancy comes down the stairs, answering the phone and talking with Roger. Blair sits on the couch, brushing her hair, primping in a hand-mirror, etc. Then Tootie/Kim and her partner begin the dance, as the music starts up!

And we had to have Molly there and announce how the outfits the women dancers wear were anti-women and too much of a flesh show.

And we had to have Molly there and announce how the outfits the women dancers wear were anti-women and too much of a flesh show.

Haha! I would have loved that!