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:p

Wait a minute---there was no "Neighbor Kid" in "Dope"! :lol:

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Wait a minute---there was no "Neighbor Kid" in "Dope"! :lol:

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LOL stupid Imdb!

LOL stupid Imdb!

LOL! Maybe stupid IMDB can aim to be a dog catcher in Paramus, New Jersey! :lol:

By the way, regarding TLC, it seems highly unlikely that all of those girls really had crushes on Roger back in 1980. In fact, it could be argued that they indeed thought him strange and/or boring.

By the way, regarding TLC, it seems highly unlikely that all of those girls really had crushes on Roger back in 1980. In fact, it could be argued that they indeed thought him strange and/or boring.

Well they could’ve gotten one on him anytime between 1980 and 1983

Well they could’ve gotten one on him anytime between 1980 and 1983

Hmm, that's true, but they keep reminiscing about that "golden year" at Eastland. But that is a theory. But, I don't like that they had EVERY girl confessing she had a crush on him. All those girls with their different personalities? That would have to be one majorly hot guy. :lol: (which he definitely did not come across as in season 1)

Hmm, that's true, but they keep reminiscing about that "golden year" at Eastland. But that is a theory. But, I don't like that they had EVERY girl confessing she had a crush on him. All those girls with their different personalities? That would have to be one majorly hot guy. :lol: (which he definitely did not come across as in season 1)

Well Nancy was unbelievably jealous accusing Natalie AND Sue Ann of being after him. They might have acted that way to get Nancy off their case.

It's "The Facts of Feathered Life"!

Where "Running" becomes "Flying":

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"I'll call it, 'Beakies Foreverrrrr!' "

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Hahahaha!

The macaw is even wearing the Eastland track suit colors! :lol:

By the way, regarding TLC, it seems highly unlikely that all of those girls really had crushes on Roger back in 1980. In fact, it could be argued that they indeed thought him strange and/or boring.

Well, Jo didn't have a crush on him, so far as we know. :lol:

Wait a minute---there was no "Neighbor Kid" in "Dope"! :lol:

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Nor were there "Neighbor Kids" in most of these episodes. And yet, he's credited as appearing in six episodes.

Methinks someone has been padding his IMDB profile... :eek:

Nor were there "Neighbor Kids" in most of these episodes. And yet, he's credited as appearing in six episodes.

Methinks someone has been padding his IMDB profile... :eek:

I smell a conspiracy ;)

Well Nancy was unbelievably jealous accusing Natalie AND Sue Ann of being after him. They might have acted that way to get Nancy off their case.

Aren't you talking about misunderstandings? Like when Sue Ann wishes it were Roger on the phone and Nancy goes, "YOU'RE after Roger TOO???" but it's really something about Natalie's birth mother.

Hahahaha!

The macaw is even wearing the Eastland track suit colors! :lol:

Ha! He/She is! :lol:

Nor were there "Neighbor Kids" in most of these episodes. And yet, he's credited as appearing in six episodes.

Methinks someone has been padding his IMDB profile... :eek:
hahahaha, wow!!

I smell a conspiracy ;)

I smell okapi feet! They must be marking their territories! :rofl:

Aren't you talking about misunderstandings? Like when Sue Ann wishes it were Roger on the phone and Nancy goes, "YOU'RE after Roger TOO???" but it's really something about Natalie's birth mother.

Yes I am, but its proof that Nancy would go insane if anyone so much as looked at Roger.

Yes I am, but its proof that Nancy would go insane if anyone so much as looked at Roger.

haha, true---that "would not pass unnoticed"!

[Nancy shoves globe into nearest person]

:lol:

haha, true---that "would not pass unnoticed"!

[Nancy shoves globe into nearest person]

:lol:

:lol:

Some of you guys won't believe this, but when watching season 9, I skipped most of the episodes but made it a point to watch "Big Apple Blues" of Natalie moving into that apartment in SoHo with that eclectic cast of characters---I even skipped ahead some episodes to watch it! :lol: It's probably my 3rd favorite of the FOL spin-off attempts---and, IMO, vastly more entertaining than the Stone Academy bore-fest episodes which air in the classic fan-favorite era of the show (especially the boxing one, ugh). I love the "field trip feel" it has of getting up into NY in the heart of the city and seeing what it's like there (kind of like "Fame" meets "ER" meets "The Facts of Life", lol). I think my favorite spin-off attempt is "Brian & Sylvia", followed by "Jo's Cousin", then BAB.

Also, one good thing about these later seasons is seeing Kim's evolution of attitude coming through Tootie---it's such a great character touch, and often quite funny!

Some of you guys won't believe this, but when watching season 9, I skipped most of the episodes but made it a point to watch "Big Apple Blues" of Natalie moving into that apartment in SoHo with that eclectic cast of characters---I even skipped ahead some episodes to watch it! :lol: It's probably my 3rd favorite of the FOL spin-off attempts---and, IMO, vastly more entertaining than the Stone Academy bore-fest episodes which air in the classic fan-favorite era of the show (especially the boxing one, ugh). I love the "field trip feel" it has of getting up into NY in the heart of the city and seeing what it's like there (kind of like "Fame" meets "ER" meets "The Facts of Life", lol). I think my favorite spin-off attempt is "Brian & Sylvia", followed by "Jo's Cousin", then BAB.

Also, one good thing about these later seasons is seeing Kim's evolution of attitude coming through Tootie---it's such a great character touch, and often quite funny!
Actually now that you mention it... it probably is the best of the spin off attempts.

Well, to each his own.

Well, to each his own.

:lol:

Well, to each his own.
To me, not a military boxing episode. ;)

To me, not a military boxing episode. ;)

Oh, no argument there: that wasn't good.

But there is something so infuriating about the producers wasting one of the last episodes of the show on something so frivolous, so inept, as an episode with Natalie and Tootie surrounding themselves with lunatics in New York, not even stopping by to say hi to Sue Ann, Cindy, Molly, and Nancy while they were in NYC, and instead becoming chummy with David Spade, who Natalie doesn't even like! Grrrrr! :mad:

Oh, no argument there: that wasn't good.

But there is something so infuriating about the producers wasting one of the last episodes of the show on something so frivolous, so inept, as an episode with Natalie and Tootie surrounding themselves with lunatics in New York, not even stopping by to say hi to Sue Ann, Cindy, Molly, and Nancy while they were in NYC, and instead becoming chummy with David Spade, who Natalie doesn't even like! Grrrrr! :mad:
Well, she likes him in the end, if that helps! lol

Oh, another thought I'd had lately. You know, Retro, how you lamet the fact that with Sue Ann gone at the start of season 2, that eliminates "the conservative" from the cast? Well, Blair seems to actually kind of "become" Sue Ann in the conservative sense once she gets into college.

Also, Lisa, if you were so highfalutin' too moralistic to even appear in "The Last Time" (which I still do not understand why she did not choose to OPPOSE it in her character---even though the episode "shows young girls sex before marriage is okay", at least those young girls would see one of them does NOT value that. Why would she throw away that opportunity? [sigh]...), not only did you appear in the episode where Tootie starts to have sex, in a car, but you appeared in the reunion TLC episode with the Lost Girl where Nancy is pregnant with a baby out of wedlock! Why did she agree to appear in that show? Or did she have a problem with the script at all?

Funny how it's always only the TFT script. Hm.

(don't worry, Lisa---I may really disagree with you and have issues with this, but if you ever visit my home for an interview, I respect you enough to keep my shoes on the entire time! lol*)

*[unlike one guy who interviewed her in his home much-too-casually-barefoot...had to say that because anyone who reads my parenthetical without knowing this might think it otherwise sounds odd :lol:]

How COULD you, Eights? Take away Sue Ann's identity? Just pass it to Blair like she doesn't matter. :nonono::nonono:

How COULD you, Eights? Take away Sue Ann's identity? Just pass it to Blair like she doesn't matter. :nonono::nonono:
No! I'm not taking it away, I'm just saying Blair seemed to acquire that aspect in a sense, like how Tootie and Natalie acquired aspects of Molly, and Jo acquired aspects of Cindy and Molly! See? :D

No! I'm not taking it away, I'm just saying Blair seemed to acquire that aspect in a sense, like how Tootie and Natalie acquired aspects of Molly, and Jo acquired aspects of Cindy and Molly! See? :D

And who got Nancy, Eights? Huh? WHO???

Well, she likes him in the end, if that helps! lol

Oh, another thought I'd had lately. You know, Retro, how you lamet the fact that with Sue Ann gone at the start of season 2, that eliminates "the conservative" from the cast? Well, Blair seems to actually kind of "become" Sue Ann in the conservative sense once she gets into college.

I see your point, and I somewhat agree, in the sense that Blair becomes this elite, somewhat conservative Alex P. Keaton-type greed-is-good character, to some extent.

However, Sue Ann was never a David Stockman-esque trickle-down-theory Republican who believed wealth would eventually reach the lower class, if you just keep giving it to the rich. Sue Ann's moral code prevented her from "looking out for number one", as she claims Blair is doing in "Emily Dickinson". Instead, Sue Ann believed morality began with the family: parents setting the example for their children by staying together.

Sue Ann's Midwestern family values share some characteristics with modern conservatism, and she even goes overboard with mocking two people who don't share her sense of morality (Home Run Helen and Natalie), but I believe these were temporary lapses in judgement, and not the on-going snobbery of Blair.


Also, Lisa, if you were so highfalutin' too moralistic to even appear in "The Last Time" (which I still do not understand why she did not choose to OPPOSE it in her character---even though the episode "shows young girls sex before marriage is okay", at least those young girls would see one of them does NOT value that. Why would she throw away that opportunity? [sigh]...), not only did you appear in the episode where Tootie starts to have sex, in a car, but you appeared in the reunion TLC episode with the Lost Girl where Nancy is pregnant with a baby out of wedlock! Why did she agree to appear in that show? Or did she have a problem with the script at all?

Funny how it's always only the TFT script. Hm.

More great points, '80s! I also do not understand any of this.


(don't worry, Lisa---I may really disagree with you and have issues with this, but if you ever visit my home for an interview, I respect you enough to keep my shoes on the entire time! lol*)


:lol:

And who got Nancy, Eights? Huh? WHO???

Tootie got the Donna Summer records, according to "Who Am I?". She also got the invisible boyfriend, in "Dear Me". She also inherited Nancy's love for acting.

Blair got Nancy's love for Baryshnikov, as well as Nancy's love of early '80s fashions and at least some of her phone habits, according to the number of calls she expected to get in "Sex Symbol".

Natalie got the blue Eastland sweater.

Very good points, Retro.

I see your point, and I somewhat agree, in the sense that Blair becomes this elite, somewhat conservative Alex P. Keaton-type greed-is-good character, to some extent.

However, Sue Ann was never a David Stockman-esque trickle-down-theory Republican who believed wealth would eventually reach the lower class, if you just keep giving it to the rich. Sue Ann's moral code prevented her from "looking out for number one", as she claims Blair is doing in "Emily Dickinson". Instead, Sue Ann believed morality began with the family: parents setting the example for their children by staying together.

Sue Ann's Midwestern family values share some characteristics with modern conservatism, and she even goes overboard with mocking two people who don't share her sense of morality (Home Run Helen and Natalie), but I believe these were temporary lapses in judgement, and not the on-going snobbery of Blair.

Yeah, I was thinking more in the family values way. Blair is much more of a prude as the years go on than she was in earlier seasons. I mean jeez, she is HORRIFIED at Cliff dancing in a strip club, even after he explains he's doing it to pay his way through medical school. And even though Lisa doesn't appear in "The Last Time", you just sense that Blair is a "sex is AFTER marriage"-type character by this point (which is baffling, then, that Blair is the one they wanted to have lose her virginity. :confused: You'd think if it'd be anyone, it'd be "their precious Jo", who was groomed to be the grounding center of the show).

Tootie got the Donna Summer records, according to "Who Am I?"

Did she? I thought I remembered DS being mentioned in Alex's episode (Mrs. Garrett's Alex, not pineapple airhead Alex), but I don't recall it from WAI.

She inherited Nancy's love for acting.

Yes! Nancy's first detail, and they gave it to Tootie.

Blair got at least some of her phone habits, according to the number of calls she expected to get in "Sex Symbol".

She doesn't seem to "live" on the phone as Nancy did though. She just gets lots of calls because she's one of the most beautiful and popular girls in school.

Tootie got the Donna Summer records, according to "Who Am I?". She also got the invisible boyfriend, in "Dear Me". She also inherited Nancy's love for acting.

Blair got Nancy's love for Baryshnikov, as well as Nancy's love of early '80s fashions and at least some of her phone habits, according to the number of calls she expected to get in "Sex Symbol".

Natalie got the blue Eastland sweater.

Haha yes, Nancy even appeared in and mentioned Roger in "Dear Me".

She doesn't seem to "live" on the phone as Nancy did though. She just gets lots of calls because she's one of the most beautiful and popular girls in school.

As the theme song says, 'When the books are what you're there about but the phone is what you care about, the time is right to learn the facts of life!"

Did she? I thought I remembered DS being mentioned in Alex's episode (Mrs. Garrett's Alex, not pineapple airhead Alex), but I don't recall it from WAI.

Isn't that a Donna Summer song Carl and Tootie dance to, in the dance contest? They knew their moves, as if they had rehearsed to the song many times.


Yes! Nancy's first detail, and they gave it to Tootie.


Yeah, I often wonder what it must have been like for Felice, watching her acting attribute being given to Tootie instead of her.


She doesn't seem to "live" on the phone as Nancy did though. She just gets lots of calls because she's one of the most beautiful and popular girls in school.

True, she doesn't spend every waking minute on the phone... she's too busy in front of the mirror! :lol:

Haha yes, Nancy even appeared in and mentioned Roger in "Dear Me".

Yep! :)

As the theme song says, 'When the books are what you're there about but the phone is what you care about, the time is right to learn the facts of life!"

:lol:

Isn't that a Donna Summer song Carl and Tootie dance to, in the dance contest? They knew their moves, as if they had rehearsed to the song many times.
You mean that was a real song?? :rofl: I thought it was just some cheesy electronic 1980 music they got composed for that scene! :lol:


Yeah, I often wonder what it must have been like for Felice, watching her acting attribute being given to Tootie instead of her.
And egging her on, no less!

You mean that was a real song?? :rofl: I thought it was just some cheesy electronic 1980 music they got composed for that scene! :lol:



That's definitely possible. It's certainly Donna Summer-esque.


And egging her on, no less!

Exactly. "The play really needs you!"

"...But I, meanwhile, will just sit here in the audience as I encourage you to act in the play!"

Hey Retro, here's Julie graduating, if you'd like to use this her from this photo to doctor her into "Graduation Part 2" by coloring her cap and gown "Eastland crimson" (or whatever it is, lol). Don't know if a photo exists online of Felice graduating.

I know you did a B&W version before somewhere around here, but thought I'd share this if it comes in handy.

Hey Retro, here's Julie graduating, if you'd like to use this her from this photo to doctor her into "Graduation Part 2" by coloring her cap and gown "Eastland crimson" (or whatever it is, lol). Don't know if a photo exists online of Felice graduating.

I know you did a B&W version before somewhere around here, but thought I'd share this if it comes in handy.

Thanks for thinking of me... and Sue Ann, too! After all, now she can graduate in glorious technicolor! :lol:

now she can graduate in glorious technicolor! :lol:

:lol:

Blair: "The biggest thing to ever hit Kansas City was Technicolor. :snob: "

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Blair: "The biggest thing to ever hit Kansas City was Technicolor. :snob: "

:lol:

Here's my own little ret-conned tribute, lol:

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Nice! But would Sue Ann really say "me" when it's "I"?

Here's my own little ret-conned tribute, lol:

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Sue Ann with gramatical errors? This isnt GS Sue Ann, Eights! :lol:

Nice! But would Sue Ann really say "me" when it's "I"?

I doubt it, but I thought I'd bring out a little "Kansas City, Kansas" in her. ;) (she's so excited and all caught up in the rush of the moment, haha)

Hey, guys---there were TWO "Facts of Life" characters named "_____ Ann".

Sue Ann and Beverly Ann!

I never noticed that before. :lol: :crazy:

Haha you bumped this to point out something you just made a haiku with?

But hey maybe cfr can post in here instead of starting new threads every ep he watches, that was my intent of this thread originally. :lol:

Haha you bumped this to point out something you just made a haiku with?

NO! I'm not THAT vain! :lol:

You can look at the time stamps and see I posted this first! I was then inspired for the middle-of-the-night poetry! :lol:


But hey maybe cfr can post in here instead of starting new threads every ep he watches, that was my intent of this thread originally. :lol:

Aw, but cfr loves doing his daily threads. :) And when I binged the show a couple of years ago I made my season 1 "play-by-play" commentary thread.

But this thread is great because it encompasses everything! :nod:

NO! I'm not THAT vain! :lol:

You can look at the time stamps and see I posted this first! I was then inspired for the middle-of-the-night poetry! :lol:




Aw, but cfr loves doing his daily threads. :) And when I binged the show a couple of years ago I made my season 1 "play-by-play" commentary thread.

But this thread is great because it encompasses everything! :nod:

Haha well its totally up to him, I just thought since I made it and its back why not mention it? I wont be upset either way! :)

Hey, guys---there were TWO "Facts of Life" characters named "_____ Ann".

Sue Ann and Beverly Ann!

I never noticed that before. :lol: :crazy:

Let's not forget an actress named Julie Anne.

Haha well its totally up to him, I just thought since I made it and its back why not mention it? I wont be upset either way! :)

I didn't know this thread existed until now. If it's the more appropriate place i'll post my viewing in here from now on. I don't mind either way, and I do think it's better since it's all in one place.

And with my daily posting, it's sure not to get lost again and always be bumped up. :lol::lol::lol:

Let's not forget an actress named Julie Anne.

And a hairdresser named Jo Ann Stafford-Chaney. And an actress in two episodes named Kelly Ann Conn. And Penelope Ann Miller (from American Crime) and JoAnn Willett (from Just the Ten of Us), who both did an episode.

I didn't know this thread existed until now. If it's the more appropriate place i'll post my viewing in here from now on. I don't mind either way, and I do think it's better since it's all in one place.

And with my daily posting, it's sure not to get lost again and always be bumped up. :lol::lol::lol:

Well, whatever you wanna do, cfr. :wave:

You could do your thoughts here, or you could even make your own "Re-watching season 8", "9", "1", threads, etc. But yes, this thread is always here for any viewing thoughts if you'd like to use it.

Well, whatever you wanna do, cfr. :wave:

You could do your thoughts here, or you could even make your own "Re-watching season 8", "9", "1", threads, etc. But yes, this thread is always here for any viewing thoughts if you'd like to use it.

That's also a good idea 80's! Why didn't I think of that?! :lol:

A Season 8, 9, 1 thread would be good too. I was making my own threads because I never saw a general discussion thread, but having them all in one nice little thread is a much better idea.

OOH!! I even have a nice catchy title for the new thread! Oh it's SO good too!! :happyface:woohoo::woohoo:

That's also a good idea 80's! Why didn't I think of that?! :lol:

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OOH!! I even have a nice catchy title for the new thread! Oh it's SO good too!! :happyface:woohoo::woohoo:

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