View Full Version : Live chat with Julie Piekarski, a.k.a. "Sue Ann Weaver", 3/12/2019!


'80sSitcoms
03-12-2019, 05:10 PM
Wanna chat with "Sue Ann" from Eastland? Well, now's your chance! Check it out! :cheer:

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MA
03-12-2019, 05:17 PM
Are you going to do it?

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 06:31 PM
Wanna chat with "Sue Ann" from Eastland? Well, now's your chance! Check it out! :cheer:

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OMG!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

This is GREAT!!!!! pickle::mangoparty::triplets

RetroGuy2000
03-12-2019, 08:09 PM
Wow!

Not sure I can make it, but I have soooo many questions! I hope somebody will ask some of them:

1. Who was the last Lost Girl to leave FOL?
2. Did she take something from the set of FOL when she left?
3. Does she still have her scripts or other memorabilia?
4. Is she aware of the Lost Girls fan base on YouTube? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y72fTKZTWk4
5. We know Julie was close to Kim and Lisa during her time on FOL. Who were Julie Anne Haddock and Molly Ringwald close to?
6. Is she going to appear on Lisa's collecting show with her collection of Hollywood memorabilia?
7. Why didn't she appear in "Graduation"? Did the producers just not ask her, or was she busy with UCLA?
8. TBD
9. TBD
10. TBD

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 09:06 PM
Julie was closest to Todd in MMC

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 09:12 PM
OMG Julie is wearing one of Charlotte's scarves

RetroGuy2000
03-12-2019, 09:24 PM
Where?

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 09:28 PM
Where?

You have to join this https://www.facebook.com/groups/23942709787/10156965237124788/?comment_id=10156965262569788&notif_id=1552440421890516&notif_t=group_comment_reply

RetroGuy2000
03-12-2019, 09:34 PM
Oh, I thought it was tomorrow... OP said 3/13.

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 09:37 PM
Oh, I thought it was tomorrow... OP said 3/13.

Yeah it was posted 15 hours prior to the op though

RetroGuy2000
03-12-2019, 09:39 PM
Are you asking her questions? What is she saying?

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 09:43 PM
Are you asking her questions? What is she saying?

No I’m kinda multitasking but I’m listening. She was talking about being on threes company

RetroGuy2000
03-12-2019, 09:51 PM
Unfortunately, my 'join' wasn't approved, so I can't see anything.

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 10:06 PM
Julie was asked out by Tom Cruise but turned him down because he seemed full of himself

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 10:09 PM
Unfortunately, my 'join' wasn't approved, so I can't see anything.

Aww sorry Retro, I requested just before it started.

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 10:15 PM
Julie said she believes her agent was contacted by producers about TLC and asked if she would be interested in a reunion ep and she said, "You have to ask?"

Julie dated Nancy McKeon's brother

Julie Anne came up to Julie once and they recognized each other right away. They texted a bit after.

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 10:17 PM
She and Lisa are in touch and tried to get together recently, but their traveling schedules didn't allow it. Unfortunately Julie and her husband are now divorced. The live stream just finished.

RetroGuy2000
03-12-2019, 10:34 PM
Julie was asked out by Tom Cruise but turned him down because he seemed full of himself

Yeah, that's when he was still Tom Mapother. There are photos of him and Julie and others in class.

RetroGuy2000
03-12-2019, 10:36 PM
Julie said she believes her agent was contacted by producers about TLC and asked if she would be interested in a reunion ep and she said, "You have to ask?"

:lol: That's very funny!


Julie dated Nancy McKeon's brother

Wow! Julie dated Phillip?! I did not know that.


Julie Anne came up to Julie once and they recognized each other right away. They texted a bit after.

Awesome! :)

Thanks so much for sharing this juicy info, Lorimar!

RetroGuy2000
03-12-2019, 10:40 PM
She and Lisa are in touch and tried to get together recently, but their traveling schedules didn't allow it. Unfortunately Julie and her husband are now divorced. The live stream just finished.

Yeah, I knew about the divorce.

Too bad we didn't get a Julie/Lisa reunion.

*sniff* Charlotte's scarf...

'80sSitcoms
03-12-2019, 10:44 PM
:lol: That's very funny!
That's your reaction?? lol...I thought you would be so full of warmth and love upon learning that! Retro ---> :loveya:

And my apologies, guys---I thought that was posted on the morning of the 12th according to where I was looking in my feed, UGH---sorry to have mislead you! :(

But wow Lorsie, I'm so glad you got to go!

RetroGuy2000
03-12-2019, 10:49 PM
That's your reaction?? lol...I thought you would be so full of warmth and love upon learning that! Retro ---> :loveya:

I'm too full of emotion to describe all the feels. "Elation" is one of the feelings, but the rest is a huge mixture.


And my apologies, guys---I thought that was posted on the morning of the 12th according to where I was looking in my feed, UGH---sorry to have mislead you! :(

No worries, '80s! Lorsie got to go, and we got more info than we had before. So your information was wonderful and timely!

And, if I ever get approved, I'll see if I can't download the post-live video. And if not... we still have more info than we had before, thanks to your post, and to Lorimar's transcript!


But wow Lorsie, I'm so glad you got to go!

Me too! :)

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 10:58 PM
I think it will still be up if you join. It allows me to replay it. Glad I could pass along what she said. She said she wants to do another one soon.

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 10:58 PM
Yeah, that's when he was still Tom Mapother. There are photos of him and Julie and others in class.

Mapother? So Cruise is a stage name? :eek::lol:

'80sSitcoms
03-12-2019, 10:59 PM
No worries, '80s! Lorsie got to go, and we got more info than we had before. So your information was wonderful and timely!
Well, that's sweet of you. It's still an epic fail though to publish this headline with such fanfare only to find out it's wrong!

Oh, well...at least I didn't ruin a teacher's career!!! #silverlining

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 11:00 PM
But wow Lorsie, I'm so glad you got to go!

But it was all thanks to you for posting the info, otherwise I never would’ve known! Three cheers for Eights!

'80sSitcoms
03-12-2019, 11:02 PM
But it was all thanks to you for posting the info, otherwise I never would’ve known! Three cheers for Eights!
Thanks, I'm so glad at least you got to "go", being as big a Sue Ann fan as you are!

I'm SHOCKED though that I knew about this before YOU did---you, who spends all your time "following" her in Mrs. Garrett's yellow Volkswagen Bug! :rofl:

Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 11:04 PM
Thanks, I'm so glad at least you got to "go", being as big a Sue Ann fan as you are!

I'm SHOCKED though that I knew about this before YOU did---you, who spends all your time "following" her in Mrs. Garrett's yellow Volkswagen Bug! :rofl:

:lol:

RetroGuy2000
03-12-2019, 11:09 PM
Well, that's sweet of you. It's still an epic fail though to publish this headline with such fanfare only to find out it's wrong!

Oh, well...at least I didn't ruin a teacher's career!!! #silverlining

Haha! Yeah, when you could have printed, "Julie Piekarski Busted in Cocaine Raid!!", but instead just got a date wrong, it puts things in perspective! :lol:

Seriously, though, the info you provided was great: we got so much new info!

RetroGuy2000
03-12-2019, 11:15 PM
Mapother? So Cruise is a stage name? :eek::lol:

Yes. I think about half of Hollywood takes stage names, though. After all, we don't talk about Charlotte Lubotsky or Patricia O'Hara, or Bernice Frankel, or... ;)

'80sSitcoms
03-12-2019, 11:17 PM
And the chat was a success! :cheer:


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Lorimar Television
03-12-2019, 11:40 PM
And the chat was a success! :cheer:


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Woohoo :clap:

RetroGuy2000
03-14-2019, 01:27 AM
Still waiting for authorization...

'80sSitcoms
03-14-2019, 03:39 PM
Still waiting for authorization...

Wait no more!

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Lorimar Television
03-14-2019, 04:49 PM
Wait no more!

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:lol:

'80sSitcoms
03-14-2019, 06:33 PM
You can't see it behind Molly's word balloon, but upon Molly's approval, that's Mrs. Garrett authorizing Retro's access on the dorm's laptop. :lol:

RetroGuy2000
03-14-2019, 08:45 PM
You can't see it behind Molly's word balloon, but upon Molly's approval, that's Mrs. Garrett authorizing Retro's access on the dorm's laptop. :lol:
:lol:

Mrs. G, please try again! It didn't go through!

Lorimar Television
03-14-2019, 09:03 PM
You can't see it behind Molly's word balloon, but upon Molly's approval, that's Mrs. Garrett authorizing Retro's access on the dorm's laptop. :lol:

Wow a laptop? Who knew Eastland was so advanced with technology? ;)

'80sSitcoms
03-14-2019, 09:06 PM
:lol:

Mrs. G, please try again! It didn't go through!

:rofl:

"Oohhhh, deeearrrrrr! I told Mr. Bradley to get us a typewriter!"

:lol:

'80sSitcoms
03-14-2019, 09:07 PM
Wow a laptop? Who knew Eastland was so advanced with technology? ;)
Hahaha, yeah, this ain't your granddad's 1980---this is the 2018 1980! :lol: :crazy:

Lorimar Television
03-14-2019, 09:13 PM
Hahaha, yeah, this ain't your granddad's 1980---this is the 2018 1980! :lol: :crazy:

Well my dad's 1980 works too :lol::p

RetroGuy2000
03-14-2019, 09:33 PM
:rofl:

"Oohhhh, deeearrrrrr! I told Mr. Bradley to get us a typewriter!"

:lol:

Haha! That sure sounds like something Mrs. G would say!

Lorimar Television
03-14-2019, 09:41 PM
Haha! That sure sounds like something Mrs. G would say!

Haha why did I hear it in Brits Mrs G impression? :lol:

RetroGuy2000
03-14-2019, 09:43 PM
Haha why did I hear it in Brits Mrs G impression? :lol:

You have been listening to too much "Facts of Facts" podcast, young man! :lol:

(Her Mrs. G is pretty funny).

'80sSitcoms
03-14-2019, 09:48 PM
Haha! That sure sounds like something Mrs. G would say!
Thanks, I was channeling season 1 befuddled-and-baffled Mrs. G! :lol:

Lorimar Television
03-14-2019, 09:52 PM
You have been listening to too much "Facts of Facts" podcast, young man! :lol:

(Her Mrs. G is pretty funny).

Lol!

RetroGuy2000
03-14-2019, 10:08 PM
Wait no more!

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Lorimar Television
03-14-2019, 10:15 PM
:brent Nancy's thought bubble!!!!

'80sSitcoms
03-14-2019, 11:26 PM
Ahhhhhh,hahahahahaha! :rofl:

Of course Molly would be the "technical expert" there, lol...and yes, Nancy's sad thought matches her expression exactly!

RetroGuy2000
03-14-2019, 11:58 PM
Glad you guys enjoyed that one. I cracked myself up, actually.

Lorimar Television
03-15-2019, 12:07 AM
Glad you guys enjoyed that one. I cracked myself up, actually.

Haha you're such a Natalie ;)

RetroGuy2000
03-15-2019, 12:19 AM
Haha you're such a Natalie ;)
Haha, true.

Speaking of Natalie, I couldn't resist adding in a line for her, too.

'80sSitcoms
03-15-2019, 12:26 AM
Haha, now everyone in the scene BUT Nancy DOES get a line!! :rofl:

(and so character-specific, too! I love it! :clap: I can honestly hear those 3 lines in those 3 characters' voices!)

RetroGuy2000
03-15-2019, 12:39 AM
Haha, now everyone in the scene BUT Nancy DOES get a line!! :rofl:

Yep! :lol:


(and so character-specific, too! I love it! :clap: I can honestly hear those 3 lines in those 3 characters' voices!)
Why thanks! I can, too.

'80sSitcoms
03-15-2019, 12:41 AM
Why thanks! I can, too.
In my head, I hear Mrs. Garrett starting her line pitched up high: "Surrrrre she can!" lol

RetroGuy2000
03-15-2019, 12:53 AM
In my head, I hear Mrs. Garrett starting her line pitched up high: "Surrrrre she can!" lol

"Surrrrre she can! If she puts her miiiind to it! :lol:

'80sSitcoms
03-15-2019, 12:58 AM
"Surrrrre she can! If she puts her miiiind to it! :lol:
EXACTLY!!!

:rofl:

Lorimar Television
03-15-2019, 01:29 AM
"Surrrrre she can! If she puts her miiiind to it! :lol:

LOL! Love the additions Retro!

RetroGuy2000
03-15-2019, 08:35 PM
Thank you, thank you! I'll be here all night.

Lorimar Television
03-15-2019, 08:44 PM
Thank you, thank you! I'll be here all night.

:lol: That’s longer than Felice was there... :(

RetroGuy2000
03-15-2019, 10:22 PM
:lol: That’s longer than Feliece was there... :(

She was there all year... just with almost no lines.

Lorimar Television
03-15-2019, 10:35 PM
She was there all year... just with almost no lines.

Well technically not all year... only the beginning of 1980

'80sSitcoms
03-16-2019, 12:11 AM
Well technically not all year... only the beginning of 1980
Well, I think he meant "all year" as in season 1, the show's first year.

Lorimar Television
03-16-2019, 12:21 AM
Well, I think he meant "all year" as in season 1, the show's first year.

Haha I know just busting chops. 13 episodes though isn’t really a full season

'80sSitcoms
03-16-2019, 12:34 AM
Haha I know just busting chops.
Don't tell that to Gentle Heart Lamb! :rofl:


13 episodes though isn’t really a full season
Well it is if that's all there is, lol. ;) I mean sure we like to think of a "full" season as 24-or-so episodes, but you're stuck with whatever the network does. "Mr. Belvedere" 's first season is 7 episodes! And "Free Spirit" was canceled after 13 episodes, so that's it's first season and its only season! lol :(


(although, "Free Spirit" did have a final 14th episode that aired only in Australia---but now it's on YouTube!)

Lorimar Television
03-16-2019, 12:55 AM
Don't tell that to Gentle Heart Lamb! :rofl:



Well it is if that's all there is, lol. ;) I mean sure we like to think of a "full" season as 24-or-so episodes, but you're stuck with whatever the network does. "Mr. Belvedere" 's first season is 7 episodes! And "Free Spirit" was canceled after 13 episodes, so that's it's first season and its only season! lol :(


(although, "Free Spirit" did have a final 14th episode that aired only in Australia---but now it's on YouTube!)

Haha oops....

Yeah I know, but a season under 22 episode isn't really considered a full order. Anything less than 10 is a mid season replacement or test run.

'80sSitcoms
03-16-2019, 10:58 PM
Yeah I know, but a season under 22 episode isn't really considered a full order. Anything less than 10 is a mid season replacement or test run.

Yup, but whether it's 2 episodes or 22, a season is a season! :crazy:

Lorimar Television
03-16-2019, 11:54 PM
Yup, but whether it's 2 episodes or 22, a season is a season! :crazy:

It is, but still not a full order :lol::D

'80sSitcoms
03-17-2019, 02:00 AM
You said "order"!

:bash:

:stooges:

Lorimar Television
03-17-2019, 02:17 AM
You said "order"!

:bash:

:stooges:

Don't make me hold you in contempt Mr. Sitcoms!

'80sSitcoms
03-18-2019, 09:33 AM
Don't make me hold you in contempt Mr. Sitcoms!
:rofl:

Hey now, who are you to "judge" me?? Do you have your arms folded over after reading Molly's body language book? :lol:

Lorimar Television
03-18-2019, 04:45 PM
:rofl:

Hey now, who are you to "judge" me?? Do you have your arms folded over after reading Molly's body language book? :lol:

Yes I do :p

'80sSitcoms
03-18-2019, 05:03 PM
Yes I do :p

:rofl:

Look out Judge Judy, here's Judge Lorsie! :lol:

Lorsie: :bash:

Bad guys: :(

Society: party:

Lorimar Television
03-18-2019, 06:15 PM
:rofl:

Look out Judge Judy, here's Judge Lorsie! :lol:

Lorsie: :bash:

Bad guys: :(

Society: party:
:rofl:

RetroGuy2000
03-18-2019, 09:36 PM
Haha I know just busting chops. 13 episodes though isn’t really a full season

Times are changing. In the 1950s, 39 episodes were a full season. 22 would have been a partial season. 26 became the standard in the 1960s. Then The WB and UPN moved to 22-episode seasons in the 1990s. Now, Game of Thrones is doing a 6-episode season. :lol:

Lorimar Television
03-18-2019, 10:20 PM
Times are changing. In the 1950s, 39 episodes were a full season. 22 would have been a partial season. 26 became the standard in the 1960s. Then The WB and UPN moved to 22-episode seasons in the 1990s. Now, Game of Thrones is doing a 6-episode season. :lol:

Yep! 13 episode seasons were very rare in the 80s

'80sSitcoms
03-18-2019, 10:37 PM
Yep! 13 episode seasons were very rare in the 80s
Not necessarily!

1980s TV shows with 13-episode seasons:

"The Facts of Life" *

"The Wuzzles"

"Free Spirit"

and there are more! (and poor W and FS, those were 13-episode series!)

*(despite it starting in '79, lol)

Lorimar Television
03-18-2019, 10:42 PM
Not necessarily!

1980s TV shows with 13-episode seasons:

"The Facts of Life" *

"The Wuzzles"

"Free Spirit"

and there are more! (and poor W and FS, those were 13-episode series!)

*(despite it starting in '79, lol)

Haha I guess they gave 13 eps to series they didn't think would make it.

'80sSitcoms
03-18-2019, 10:46 PM
Well, that was common back then, to greenlight 13 episodes and then see if they would okay a full season (or, if a show were a mid-season replacement).

RetroGuy2000
03-18-2019, 11:38 PM
Not necessarily!

1980s TV shows with 13-episode seasons:

"The Facts of Life" *

"The Wuzzles"

"Free Spirit"

and there are more! (and poor W and FS, those were 13-episode series!)

*(despite it starting in '79, lol)

AND Dungeons and Dragons. The first season was 13 episodes, the second season was 8 episodes, and the third was just 6 episodes.

'80sSitcoms
03-18-2019, 11:46 PM
AND Dungeons and Dragons. The first season was 13 episodes, the second season was 8 episodes, and the third was just 6 episodes.

True, and the second season had the BEST episode IMO---Diana's shining turn in "Child of the Stargazer"! :loveya:

Lorimar Television
03-19-2019, 12:41 AM
True, and the second season had the BEST episode IMO---Diana's shining turn in "Child of the Stargazer"! :loveya:

I can’t say I’ve ever heard of this show :lol:

80s Dude
03-02-2020, 09:00 AM
I never knew that Julie Pie dated Philip McKeon. I know of the photo of them together, but didn't know they were romantically involved. Must have been awkward to date the brother of the girl who replaced you on the job and reduced you to part time status.

RetroGuy2000
03-02-2020, 11:46 AM
I never knew that Julie Pie dated Philip McKeon. I know of the photo of them together, but didn't know they were romantically involved. Must have been awkward to date the brother of the girl who replaced you on the job and reduced you to part time status.

During the PaleyFest interview, Nancy, Lisa, and Mindy were asked by an interviewer if it was "awkward" to work with the Lost Girls after they were cut from the show. Lisa said no; that she had previously worked with Julie Pie on the NMMC. Nancy said, "No, but maybe we're not the people to be asked."

If there's anyone who could just move on and just be a good friend, I believe it would be Julie Pie. We all know Molly was upset, but Julie "has a great head on her shoulders", according to Mindy.

'80sSitcoms
03-02-2020, 11:51 AM
During the PaleyFest interview, Nancy, Lisa, and Mindy were asked by an interviewer if it was "awkward" to work with the Lost Girls after they were cut from the show. Lisa said no; that she had previously worked with Julie Pie on the NMMC. Nancy said, "No, but maybe we're not the people to be asked."

Maybe they have been asked, in the new documentary!

RetroGuy2000
03-02-2020, 12:00 PM
Maybe they have been asked, in the new documentary!

That would be nice. I hope it's not just the same old interviews. We don't need to know why Tootie was on roller skates, how Mindy was brought in to the show, how the character of Blair became a snob, or how Nancy McKeon "saved the show". :lol: