Here's the trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gPJQWFGJO0). This was Felice's biggest film role; she played Bernadette, the love interest of Scott Baio.

OMG Willie Aames was in it too? Guess thats why they were cast as buds on Charles in Charge. Interesting seeing her in glasses for the movie. No Facts girl ever wore glasses.

OMG Willie Aames was in it too? Guess thats why they were cast as buds on Charles in Charge.

I'm sure that is why. At the time, Hollywood was so small. Everyone seemed to know each other and work together on something.

Interesting seeing her in glasses for the movie. No Facts girl ever wore glasses.

Well, other than Mrs. G (and Beverly Ann), sure... :lol:

https://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/f7b5ac40-e9a3-4f80-8d87-9d01626b9c86/6902a671-a4e4-4380-822a-62803f8535fd.jpg

I'm sure that is why. At the time, Hollywood was so small. Everyone seemed to know each other and work together on something.



Well, other than Mrs. G (and Beverly Ann), sure... :lol:

https://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/f7b5ac40-e9a3-4f80-8d87-9d01626b9c86/6902a671-a4e4-4380-822a-62803f8535fd.jpg

Haha they're facts women though ;)

Haha they're facts women though ;)
According to Molly, they're all women! :lol:

According to Molly, they're all women! :lol:

touche

No Facts girl ever wore glasses.
Hey now, Blair wore glasses in LM,LD! For 2 seconds! :lol:

And don't forget "Adequate Brenda" with her rocks! :lol:

Oh Lorsie, how quickly we forget! ;)

Hey now, Blair wore glasses in LM,LD! For 2 seconds! :lol:

And don't forget "Adequate Brenda" with her rocks! :lol:

Oh Lorsie, how quickly we forget! ;)

HAHA! True, she did put them on! I meant the main girls, of course season 1 girls are included. ;)

By the way, you guys did know a "Zapped!" film poster is in a "Facts of Life" episode, right? The drive-in show in season 6---it's in the concessions area.

By the way, you guys did know a "Zapped!" film poster is in a "Facts of Life" episode, right? The drive-in show in season 6---it's in the concessions area.

WOW! Nice reference to their former star. Was Felice on the poster? I wonder if any of Molly's movies were ever seen?

WOW! Nice reference to their former star. Was Felice on the poster? I wonder if any of Molly's movies were ever seen?
I don't think Felice was on the poster; we see the bottom half, not sure if we ever see the whole thing.

No, we've never noticed anything about Molly's movies ("we" being you and me, as we've been binging these seasons recently, lol). But man, that would have been so cool if they had gone to the drive-in to see one of her movies!

I was surprised they got to show actual footage from "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"!

That reminds me of a really funny line from "Designing Women" that doesn't make sense, but it's still funny:

Bed-ridden Anthony: "It's like that movie, 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?' --- and I'm Jane!" :lol:

Hey now, Blair wore glasses in LM,LD! For 2 seconds! :lol:

And don't forget "Adequate Brenda" with her rocks! :lol:

Oh Lorsie, how quickly we forget! ;)

"Adequate." :lol:

By the way, you guys did know a "Zapped!" film poster is in a "Facts of Life" episode, right? The drive-in show in season 6---it's in the concessions area.

Cool find, '80s!

Can we get a screenshot?

"Adequate." :lol:

:lol:

Cool find, '80s!

Can we get a screenshot?

Yes you can!

I hope it's "adequate"! :lol:

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Yes you can!

I hope it's "adequate"! :lol:

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Nice spotting!

There are also closer shots of the lower half when they have close-ups on characters speaking in front of it!

Hey now, Blair wore glasses in LM,LD! For 2 seconds! :lol:


Blair also wore them in Rumor Has It to look smart in law school.


I've never heard of Zapped. After searching for it, I read it wasn't much of a hit in theaters. That's probably why it's unknown. I can't even remember this movie airing in cable reruns in the 90's. It's weird because Charles in Charge was a bit hit in syndication growing up. I would have thought a movie with him and Buddy would be too. I'm surprise since Felice has 3rd billing on the movie artwork poster that she didn't get mentioned in the trailer as one of the stars in the movie. I guess they were going for the stars that actually had recognition to their name with viewers. It's a shame she didn't star in something with Helen Slater since they could have passed for sisters IMO. Felice always reminded me of her. I could have seen them play siblings and believe it from their resemblance towards each other.

Blair also wore them in Rumor Has It to look smart in law school.

You’re right! I forgot about that.

I've never heard of Zapped. After searching for it, I read it wasn't much of a hit in theaters. That's probably why it's unknown. I can't even remember this movie airing in cable reruns in the 90's.
I never heard of it either until I came to this board.


I'm surprised since Felice has 3rd billing on the movie artwork poster that she didn't get mentioned in the trailer as one of the stars in the movie. I guess they were going for the stars that actually had recognition to their name with viewers.
Yeah, it's hard to promote without "names", so I wouldn't be surprised that she wasn't mentioned in the trailer by name.


You’re right! I forgot about that.
Me too, but I wouldn't have known because I don't plan on watching that episode. I might be done with my binging, I dunno if I'm gonna watch any season 9 or not.

Yes you can!

I hope it's "adequate"! :lol:

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Nice find! More than adequate to be able to match this screenshot up with the full-sized poster:

https://images3.static-bluray.com/products/20/13656_2_large.jpg

Nice find! More than adequate to be able to match this screenshot up with the full-sized poster:
Whoa, Heather Thomas was in this! (TV's "The Fall Guy") And Scatman Crothers! (the voice of Scat Cat, the cat bandleader in Disney's "The Aristocats")

And look at President George Washington! His eyes are agog! :lol:

I've never heard of Zapped. After searching for it, I read it wasn't much of a hit in theaters. That's probably why it's unknown.

Zapped hit #1 in theaters (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=zapped.htm) for the first week of September 1982, but had a huge drop-off in audience after that. It wasn't anything more than a T and A sex comedy, the type that was very popular in the 1980s. Despite the drop-off in audience, it was Embassy Pictures' 6th biggest film of all time (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/studio/chart/?studio=embassy.htm). Embassy Pictures was the film division of Norman Lear's production company, but was never a major film studio; they didn't have the budget or big-name stars of the big Hollywood studios; instead, they mostly relied on TV talent, and brought those names to film.


I can't even remember this movie airing in cable reruns in the 90's.

I don't think they could have run it during the daytime, without serious editing. It likely aired in late-night slots for a while, but by the 1990s, when cable TV would have aired it, it was already very dated, with early 1980s haircuts and clothes.

It's a shame she didn't star in something with Helen Slater since they could have passed for sisters IMO. Felice always reminded me of her. I could have seen them play siblings and believe it from their resemblance towards each other.

I can definitely see what you're saying, with some of Helen Slater's photos. Well spotted.

https://d9nvuahg4xykp.cloudfront.net/-169367735792320454/-5853917873624750385.jpg

Whoa, Heather Thomas was in this! (TV's "The Fall Guy") And Scatman Crothers! (the voice of Scat Cat, the cat bandleader in Disney's "The Aristocats")

And Greg Bradford, "Steve" in the first season of FOL. :lol:

Embassy Pictures films were chock-full of TV stars.

Must have been cool for Felice and Greg to work together again after FOL.


And look at President George Washington! His eyes are agog! :lol:

Yeah, even ole George can't look away... :lol:

Me too, but I wouldn't have known because I don't plan on watching that episode. I might be done with my binging, I dunno if I'm gonna watch any season 9 or not.

Awww

And Greg Bradford, "Steve" in the first season of FOL. :lol:
Steve??? :eek: WOW! Who knew?? (well, Retro did, lol)


Must have been cool for Felice and Greg to work together again after FOL.
Well, not so much "to work together again" as "to both have occupied the same production space again, this time maybe at the same time in places", lol.

Back to the glasses thing, I swear Tootie wore glasses in at least one scene in a show near the end of season 8. Christopher knows season 8 so well, maybe he can recall. I'd have to do some research, but I swear I remember seeing her in medium-size-ish small gold circlet frames.

Natalie did don glasses for her "disguise" to sneak into Tootie's sorority pledge party ("NOTD", I so remember that line from the original viewing when I was a child, haha).

And then there are sunglasses, which several of the characters wore at some time.

Steve??? :eek: WOW!


I know, right?


Well, not so much "to work together again" as "to both have occupied the same production space again, this time maybe at the same time in places", lol.

Haha! Well, they didn't share any lines together on FOL, that's true.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1hD-cDRRsL._SY550_.jpg

^---Look! She's refusing to sit side-by-side with him so Roger won't get jealous! :lol:

I know, right?



Haha! Well, they didn't share any lines together on FOL, that's true.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1hD-cDRRsL._SY550_.jpg

Haha nice picture.

Haha nice picture.
He could totally go as He-Man for Halloween! :lol:

"I HAVE THE POWEEERRRRRR!---(to appear on The Facts of Life twice)"

lol

He could totally go as He-Man for Halloween! :lol:

He definitely could have!


"I HAVE THE POWEEERRRRRR!---(to appear on The Facts of Life twice)"

lol

Weirdly enough, IMDB.com lists him in three episodes (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103029/): "Dieting", "The Facts of Love", and "Running". Now, clearly he wasn't in "Running", but I suppose it's possible he could have been cut from a scene. And with fitness/gymnastics being a theme of the episode, his character would have fit in fairly well in the episode. Hmmm....

He definitely could have!



Weirdly enough, IMDB.com lists him in three episodes (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103029/): "Dieting", "The Facts of Love", and "Running". Now, clearly he wasn't in "Running", but I suppose it's possible he could have been cut from a scene. And with fitness/gymnastics being a theme of the episode, his character would have fit in fairly well in the episode. Hmmm....

Well he wasn't in the script...

Well he wasn't in the script...

True. But the scripts were always a work in progress.

True. But the scripts were always a work in progress.

Yeah good point.

Much like us ourselves, Lorsie! :lol:

But yeah Retro, that's very interesting! Maybe Cindy would have been spurred on to leave that Sue Ann in the dust if she thought winning might bring a smile to Steve's He-Man face! :lol:

Much like us ourselves, Lorsie! :lol:

But yeah Retro, that's very interesting! Maybe Cindy would have been spurred on to leave that Sue Ann in the dust if she thought winning might bring a smile to Steve's He-Man face! :lol:

Haha she did have a crush on him

Haha she did have a crush on him
I loved that friendly little rivalry she and Natalie had over him! :D

I loved that friendly little rivalry she and Natalie had over him! :D

No wonder Cindy thought Nat was easy in Sex Symbol. First Greg, then Neil?

No wonder Cindy thought Nat was easy in Sex Symbol. First Greg, then Neil?

Well, you have to take their dialogue with a large grain of salt. The writers of that episode never wrote for the Lost Girls when the show was in its organic first season.

Back to the glasses thing, I swear Tootie wore glasses in at least one scene in a show near the end of season 8. Christopher knows season 8 so well, maybe he can recall. I'd have to do some research, but I swear I remember seeing her in medium-size-ish small gold circlet frames.



The only scene I remember Tootie wearing glasses is Beginning of The End where she's on the couch reading the paper to help Jo find an apartment.

The only scene I remember Tootie wearing glasses is Beginning of The End where she's on the couch reading the paper to help Jo find an apartment.

Ah, I do believe that's it---thanks!

The only scene I remember Tootie wearing glasses is Beginning of The End where she's on the couch reading the paper to help Jo find an apartment.

I think you're right

Nice find! More than adequate to be able to match this screenshot up with the full-sized poster:

https://images3.static-bluray.com/products/20/13656_2_large.jpg

I wonder if that is Felice on the right in the movie poster? After all Felice certainly was willing to pose in photos that Linda Marsh and Margie Peters would not approve of.

I wonder if that is Felice on the right in the movie poster? After all Felice certainly was willing to pose in photos that Linda Marsh and Margie Peters would not approve of.

Pretty sure that is Heather Thomas, who wore tiny skirts, bikinis, and tight sweaters throughout Zapped.

Pretty sure that is Heather Thomas, who wore tiny skirts, bikinis, and tight sweaters throughout Zapped.

And on "The Fall Guy"!

And on "The Fall Guy"!

You know, I had almost completely forgotten that show. The one thing I remember really well was the theme song.

You know, I had almost completely forgotten that show. The one thing I remember really well was the theme song.

Yes, "The Unknown Stuntman". There's a full version of the song. That's such an iconic theme song to me. Really takes me back to being a very little boy.

I have memories of our family watching reruns of that on Saturday afternoons. popcorn: :so