Antenna TV will be airing a 24 hour marathon of The Facts of Life on Mother's Day starting at 5AM eastern.

The controversial Dope episode will be among them.

The controversial Dope episode will be among them.

Too bad I don't get Antenna TV! :(

Too bad I don't get Antenna TV! :(

But you would be seeing edited versions. :nonono:

But you would be seeing edited versions. :nonono:

And 90% Medicare commercials! :grrbald:

Thank God I don't have to endure that anymore at least with FOL! :)

And 90% Medicare commercials! :grrbald:

Thank God I don't have to endure that anymore at least with FOL! :)

Welcome to----"the group"! :bash:

:bighug:

Tumpy!

"1"

[knock]

"2, 3"

[knock, knock]

:lookaroun

"1"

[knock]

"2, 3"

[knock, knock]

:lookaroun

He won't understand that for a while.

Tumpy!
Nor that.

I think I remember someone saying Tumpy was a pig?

I think I remember someone saying Tumpy was a pig?

No, Tumpy is a 20 something year old pot head still going to Eastland.

No, Tumpy is a 20 something year old pot head still going to Eastland.

Yikes! I think i'd prefer the pig! :lol:

You guys really crack me up! (although i have to say i loved the 'Dope' episode hee hee!)

TUMPY was a great character (unlike STREET URCHIN, PRINCESS ALESSANDRA and MIKO wo were plain BORING!!!!!) and i would have loved to see her as a regular at 'Eastland' hanging around BLAIR and the gang ha ha!!!

No, Tumpy is a 20 something year old pot head still going to Eastland.
She was not 20 :lol: Atleast the character wasnt, she was prob 16.

He won't understand that for a while.

It wasn't for him, it was in response to TV Guy. ;)

She was not 20 :lol: Atleast the character wasnt, she was prob 16.


TUMPY was probably 17 (i think she was a senior) while BLAIR and SUE ANN were just 15, therefore for them it was a thrill to hang out with the older girls!:p:p:p

:cheers::cheers::cheers:

TUMPY was probably 17 (i think she was a senior) while BLAIR and SUE ANN were just 15, therefore for them it was a thrill to hang out with the older girls!:p:p:p

:cheers::cheers::cheers:

It's funny how years are so different just in those transitional, maturing teenage years when boys and girls are mentally and emotionally developing so much ("physically" notwithstanding, lol). I mean, you don't see 50-year-old cfr getting thrilled to hang out with guys who are 52 years old! :lol: :grr:

TUMPY was probably 17 (i think she was a senior) while BLAIR and SUE ANN were just 15, therefore for them it was a thrill to hang out with the older girls!:p:p:p

:cheers::cheers::cheers:

Tumpy reminded me of one of the so called perpetual college/university students who are for ever in school because Daddy is loaded and wants to keep their slacker kid out of the house.

The actress that played Tumpy was in a quasi adult movie called Satan's Cheerleaders in 1977 so the actress had to be at least 21 years old when Dope was filmed and she looked older than 21.

Tumpy reminded me of one of the so called perpetual college/university students who are for ever in school because Daddy is loaded and wants to keep their slacker kid out of the house.

The actress that played Tumpy was in a quasi adult movie called Satan's Cheerleaders in 1977 so the actress had to be at least 21 years old when Dope was filmed and she looked older than 21.
Satan's Cheerleaders is only rated R. Why would she need to be 21?

It's funny how years are so different just in those transitional, maturing teenage years when boys and girls are mentally and emotionally developing so much ("physically" notwithstanding, lol). I mean, you don't see 50-year-old cfr getting thrilled to hang out with guys who are 52 years old! :lol: :grr:


:brent:brent:brent Hey are you reading this cfr1970? (i believe it's directed to you)
:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Satan's Cheerleaders is only rated R. Why would she need to be 21?

She would have to be at least 18 in that movie. I think she was involved in a nude scene in that movie (I only saw previews, never the whole movie).

That poor season one just gets no love! I looked at tomorrows Antenna TV schedule of the FOL marathon to see if i'll catch some Lost Girls episodes throughout the day, and they're only being shown from 5am to 7am. So if you want season 1 episodes you better get up bright & early Sunday morning! :sleep2:

Season 2 starts at 7:30am and the seasons progress through the day till it ends at 5am Monday morning! Damn that's a helluva long marathon! I originally thought it ended at midnight Sunday!

I don't get up till 10am so when the TV pops on tomorrow i'll be greeted with season 2 episode "Free Spirit"....where I think we meet Mrs. G's irresponsible son...and it says Natalie takes a liking to him, but I don't remember that! :eek:

I don't get up till 10am so when the TV pops on tomorrow i'll be greeted with season 2 episode "Free Spirit"....where I think we meet Mrs. G's irresponsible son...and it says Natalie takes a liking to him, but I don't remember that! :eek:

It's not that kind of liking, lol.

But if they're gonna do a Mother's Day marathon I think they should do another show instead like "Mama's Family" or "The Brady Bunch" or even "Alice" (since we saw her son in pretty much every episode).

The Group should have had their own R-rated spinoff, if there had been a premium pay channel back then. Then they could have copied the tone of “Little Darlings” a lot more closely. Or maybe more like “Fast Times”.

It's not that kind of liking, lol.

But if they're gonna do a Mother's Day marathon I think they should do another show instead like "Mama's Family" or "The Brady Bunch" or even "Alice" (since we saw her son in pretty much every episode).

I want them to bring Mama's Family to Antenna TV....i'll be so happy because the complete series set for that is a freaking hundred bucks which I am not paying....Good Lord and Hells Bells! :mad:

The marathon is on and that had that episode "Free Spirit" and now the suicide one is playing, and I notice that Natalie has lost her pig tails already! She has her hair in barettes instead. Were the pigtails gone by season 2?! :confused:

I have to say it's so nice to see them all young again and in the cafeteria. The more I watch the more I find the later seasons to be puke::barf:

Ok, Natalie's pig tails are back for the Tootie gets drunk episode....along with the stifling grin she tries to hold back with every line. I mean, my God the girl looked like she was going to break out laughing in the dead girls room at the end of the suicide episode! Oh Mindy! Bad lol....BAD!

Oh and I just noticed Mrs. G is a lefty too! So Beverly Ann and Mrs. G are both sisters and lefties!

Ok, Natalie's pig tails are back for the Tootie gets drunk episode....along with the stifling grin she tries to hold back with every line. I mean, my God the girl looked like she was going to break out laughing in the dead girls room at the end of the suicide episode! Oh Mindy! Bad lol....BAD!

Oh and I just noticed Mrs. G is a lefty too! So Beverly Ann and Mrs. G are both sisters and lefties!

What we saw in Natalie was Mindy's real persona. Even today when Mindy speaks at public engagements, she still sounds and acts like the early days of Natalie. Of course we knew her story of how she got on the show.

What we saw in Natalie was Mindy's real persona. Even today when Mindy speaks at public engagements, she still sounds and acts like the early days of Natalie. Of course we knew her story of how she got on the show.

That's nice to know because I really like her character...the later seasons more than the early ones of course, but it's still nice to know that Mindy & Natalie are very similar to each other.

One thing i'm noticing with watching the marathon is how Natalie made her fake gasp after making a sarcastic remark or "unintended" insult towards someone in the early seasons too. (I only noticed it in the later seasons) She'll spew out the line, make the fake gasp as if to say "did I say that out loud?" and looks around lol.

Now I wonder if Mindy does it too? :lol:

One thing i'm noticing with watching the marathon is how Natalie made her fake gasp after making a sarcastic remark or "unintended" insult towards someone in the early seasons too. (I only noticed it in the later seasons) She'll spew out the line, make the fake gasp as if to say "did I say that out loud?" and looks around lol.

"Fake gasping"? What the hell? :lol:

I don't recall that at all.

"Fake gasping"? What the hell? :lol:

I don't recall that at all.

She does! She says a sarcastic line and lets out a little gasp, looks around quick and closes her mouth. I have to find a clip now for proof! :lol:

By the way cfr, I do not want you watching the FOL marathon on TV today. :nonono: You have been watching the show in order. I highly disapprove of you tuning into this haphazard marathon and I want you to turn it off.

But, I guess you're "allowed" to do what you want. ;)

I want them to bring Mama's Family to Antenna TV....i'll be so happy because the complete series set for that is a freaking hundred bucks which I am not paying....Good Lord and Hells Bells! :mad:

The marathon is on and that had that episode "Free Spirit" and now the suicide one is playing, and I notice that Natalie has lost her pig tails already! She has her hair in barettes instead. Were the pigtails gone by season 2?! :confused:

I have to say it's so nice to see them all young again and in the cafeteria. The more I watch the more I find the later seasons to be puke::barf:

Natalie in pigtails? :confused: Isnt Tootie the one who sported those? And of course Cindy wore double braids.

The marathon is on and that had that episode "Free Spirit" and now the suicide one is playing, and I notice that Natalie has lost her pig tails already! She has her hair in barettes instead. Were the pigtails gone by season 2?! :confused:


Did you catch Sex Symbol after that? The lost girls appear in it!

Natalie in pigtails? :confused: Isnt Tootie the one who sported those? And of course Cindy wore double braids.

Well, Cindy wore "braids".

We call Natalie's seemingly never-ending frustrating Eastland hairdo "pig tails" even though that's not really technically what they were. But they weren't ponytails. They were just kind of "rubber-banded tails", lol.

Did you catch Sex Symbol after that? The lost girls appear in it!

Stop encouraging him! I do not want him watching this marathon! :lol:

By the way cfr, I do not want you watching the FOL marathon on TV today. :nonono: You have been watching the show in order. I highly disapprove of you tuning into this haphazard marathon and I want you to turn it off.

But, I guess you're "allowed" to do what you want. ;)

I have it on the TV but i'm not sitting down and focusing on it. It's mainly on for the bird to have company....I'm certain one of these days i'm going to hear from his cage "I've just had another one of my brilliant ideas!" and I will run screaming from the house. :lol:

But I don't want to watch these edited versions so i'm not paying attention to them. I just popped in Graduation on the dvd though because I wanted to see this Alexandra person and to see how it could be perceived as a potential spin off.

I'm so glad I watched it though because it really was so good!!

I loved Blair with her tassle...."I can even make this ugly thing look good!" :lol::lol:

Watching this really makes me HATE the Over Our Heads seasons now! :eek:

“Graduation” is one of the best episodes. It’s funny and nostalgic. It makes the actual series finale look like a pile of puke by comparison.

I have it on the TV but i'm not sitting down and focusing on it. It's mainly on for the bird to have company....I'm certain one of these days i'm going to hear from his cage "I've just had another one of my brilliant ideas!" and I will run screaming from the house. :lol:

:lol::lol::lol::lol:


I'm so glad I watched it though because it really was so good!!

I loved Blair with her tassle...."I can even make this ugly thing look good!" :lol::lol:

Watching this really makes me HATE the Over Our Heads seasons now! :eek:

Yeah, the difference really is night and day. Glad you got to experience the difference.

I have it on the TV but i'm not sitting down and focusing on it. It's mainly on for the bird to have company....I'm certain one of these days i'm going to hear from his cage "I've just had another one of my brilliant ideas!" and I will run screaming from the house. :lol:

OMG when you said "for the bird to have company", before I even finished your sentence I already thought, "One of these days Bruce is gonna start piping up with 'I just had another one of my brilllliant ideas!' or 'There's gonna be troubbblllllee!' " :rofl:


I loved Blair with her tassle...."I can even make this ugly thing look good!" :lol::lol:

I find that line extremely offensive to graduation cap tassles because I do not think they are "ugly" at all. :singer:


Watching this really makes me HATE the Over Our Heads seasons now! :eek:

Well it wasn't my idea for you to pop that DVD in today!! :lol:

That poor season one just gets no love! I looked at tomorrows Antenna TV schedule of the FOL marathon to see if i'll catch some Lost Girls episodes throughout the day, and they're only being shown from 5am to 7am. So if you want season 1 episodes you better get up bright & early Sunday morning!

Season 2 starts at 7:30am and the seasons progress through the day till it ends at 5am Monday morning! Damn that's a helluva long marathon! I originally thought it ended at midnight Sunday!

I don't get up till 10am so when the TV pops on tomorrow i'll be greeted with season 2 episode "Free Spirit"....where I think we meet Mrs. G's irresponsible son...and it says Natalie takes a liking to him, but I don't remember that!




Hey cfr1970 that's not true that season 1 gets no love!:nonono::nonono

You know very well, that The pilot and season 1 are my favourites: it's got BLAIR as the star, and that's enough for me!party:party

But i'm surely glad to hear that you feel like puking when you compare the later seasons to the earlier ones!!!!puke:puke: (no PODS in there indeed or lousy imitation of 'Twilight zone'hee hee!).

And yes, 'Graduation' is also one of my favourite episodes from season 4 (in fact, now that i'm having a RERUN, i find it to be one of my favourite seasons after the first one)
It's a true tender moment between MRS G and her two older girls: i especially love the fact that BLAIR gets jealous when MRS G gives JO the rock with a speech, and then hands BLAIR a jumper saying she's knitted it herself (with no speech).:rofl::rofl::rofl:

The dialogues between them are fantastic!
Blair: "You went all that trouble for me? There must be some story!"
Mrs. G: "I thought the green matches your eyes."
Blair: "And?"
Mrs G: "And? I thought it'll keep you warm?"
Blair: "That's it? What about all your words of wisdom? What about my inner self?"
Mrs G: "Blair, you don't need me to tell you about your inner self?

And then, the magic words:
Mrs G: "i can't think of a girl at school who's grown as much as you. You're sensitive, and caring, and i feel lucky to have you as my friend!"
Wow! Wasn't that some speech!
In that moment you see both: MRS G and BLAIR get emotional, and you feel the strong bond between them....

See what i mean about the early seasons: BLAIR was REAL, and so was MRS G, and the writers that were replaced from season 7 onward did a LOUSY job between those two great characters!!!!!:soapbox::soapbox::soapbox:

I can really hardly wait until you start with BLAIR's season: The 'Lost girls' one!

:cheer::cheer:

PS: i always thought MRS G's son ALEX was really hot! (but not as hot as BEN):brent:brent:brent

OMG when you said "for the bird to have company", before I even finished your sentence I already thought, "One of these days Bruce is gonna start piping up with 'I just had another one of my brilllliant ideas!' or 'There's gonna be troubbblllllee!' " :rofl:

He comes out of his little box when the FOL theme song comes on lol (I don't keep him in a box! He has a cardboard box inside a buffet cabinet where he chews the whole thing up each day and then I make him a new one that he spends the next day chewing up...it's a whole process and complicated to explain....) but anyway....I think he likes the FOL opening. But he'll attack the TV if I play The Golden Girls. I'm serious too. He HATES that theme song for some reason. I don't know what the hell it is.

Maybe because years ago i'd leave the TV on all day to the Hallmark Channel where they played it endlessly and he's having PTSD flashbacks now when he hears it! But sometime I like to screw with him and play the theme song on You Tube just to see him go berserk. If I even start singing "Thank you for being a friend, he will literally fly at me to attack! No joke! He HATES it! :lol:

I find that line extremely offensive to graduation cap tassles because I do not think they are "ugly" at all. :singer:

I know. Today the PC brigade would march with signs saying "Tassels have feelings too!" :lol:


Well it wasn't my idea for you to pop that DVD in today!! :lol:

Actually it was! When I asked who Alexandra the BLAH princess was you said she was in Royal Pain and Graduation and I got curious. ...Or was that Retro? Well someone gave me that idea to watch it today!

But i'm glad I did because it must have been YEARS since i've seen Graduation because it felt new to me. And it was right before the 5th season where I started watching regularly this year so it's not TOO far out of order! :lol:

and then hands BLAIR a jumper saying she's knitted it herself

A "jumper," that's cute :lol:


PS: i always thought MRS G's son ALEX was really hot! (but not as hot as BEN):brent:brent:brent

Well, there are always pictures in the "FOL: The Guys in Their Lives" (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=390291) thread you can look at. :lol:

He comes out of his little box when the FOL theme song comes on lol (I don't keep him in a box! He has a cardboard box inside a buffet cabinet where he chews the whole thing up each day and then I make him a new one that he spends the next day chewing up...it's a whole process and complicated to explain....)

:lol:

What?? You make a new cardboard buffet box every day?? (whatever the hell that is, lol)


but anyway....I think he likes the FOL opening. But he'll attack the TV if I play The Golden Girls. I'm serious too. He HATES that theme song for some reason. I don't know what the hell it is.

Maybe because years ago i'd leave the TV on all day to the Hallmark Channel where they played it endlessly and he's having PTSD flashbacks now when he hears it! But sometime I like to screw with him and play the theme song on You Tube just to see him go berserk. If I even start singing "Thank you for being a friend, he will literally fly at me to attack! No joke! He HATES it! :lol:



That's hilarious!! :brent


Actually it was! When I asked who Alexandra the BLAH princess was you said she was in Royal Pain and Graduation and I got curious. ...Or was that Retro? Well someone gave me that idea to watch it today!

Well I didn't SUGGEST it, you asked what she was in!! :lol:


But i'm glad I did because it must have been YEARS since i've seen Graduation because it felt new to me. And it was right before the 5th season where I started watching regularly this year so it's not TOO far out of order! :lol:

Wait a minute, what the hell did you do with the cafeteria years??? You played season 1 just in the background, then you DIDN'T watch the most classic era of the show, and you jumped back in with EE?

(though come to think of it, I do remember you starting to post saying "I've started watching the EE years"---but why did you bail out on the biggest years??)

Well, Cindy wore "braids".

We call Natalie's seemingly never-ending frustrating Eastland hairdo "pig tails" even though that's not really technically what they were. But they weren't ponytails. They were just kind of "rubber-banded tails", lol.

Silly Eightsy! I SAID braids! :crazy:

:lol:

What?? You make a new cardboard buffet box every day?? (whatever the hell that is, lol)

No, the box is placed inside the buffet cabinet--he claimed that cabinet as his playpen a long time ago and chewed up the wood inside...it's a very long story...but to deter him from turning the entire cabinet into a heap of sawdust in my living room, I get a bunch of flat 11x8 boxes at Walmart for 62 cents each, put it together and place the box inside the cabinet where he'll spend all day chewing it to nothing...and in between chewing he takes naps in it....it sounds strange, but it keeps him occupied being a lonely single bird and there's no way in hell i'm getting him a second bird!! :eek:



Wait a minute, what the hell did you do with the cafeteria years??? You played season 1 just in the background, then you DIDN'T watch the most classic era of the show, and you jumped back in with EE?

(though come to think of it, I do remember you starting to post saying "I've started watching the EE years"---but why did you bail out on the biggest years??)

I grew up on the Eastland years and know almost all of them. So when they played a few months ago I kept those on in the background too...Remember how I said I saw Jan Brady there and went to have lunch? :lol:

Once season 5 came and EE I sat down daily to focus cause it was literally decades since I saw that era.

And yes, 'Graduation' is also one of my favourite episodes from season 4 (in fact, now that i'm having a RERUN, i find it to be one of my favourite seasons after the first one)
It's a true tender moment between MRS G and her two older girls: i especially love the fact that BLAIR gets jealous when MRS G gives JO the rock with a speech, and then hands BLAIR a jumper saying she's knitted it herself (with no speech).:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Graduation is a new favorite of mine now. When I watch an episode like Malibu and then the next day see Graduation, it's like 2 totally different shows. I think you said seasons 1-6 are your favorites and I now agree completely!

Season 7 has some good episodes, 8 is pretty good and 9 I just started so I can't compare that, but seeing some of the Eastland episodes on the marathon today made me see how much better it was compared to the Over Our Heads years....and no George, Kelly, Urchin, and Permpa...just our Core Four and Mrs. G!! :bighug:

Silly Eightsy! I SAID braids! :crazy:

You said "double braids". That's why I said "braids". ;)

Graduation is a new favorite of mine now.

Of course! You would be a bad fan if it wasn't, lol.


I think you said seasons 1-6 are your favorites

1 through 4 for many of us. ;)

You said "double braids". That's why I said "braids". ;)

Yes because she had two. Keep up silly! :D

1 through 4 for many of us. ;)

There are fans who don't like the Edna Edibles years?! :eek:

They're my favorite!!! :heart:

Yes because she had two. Keep up silly! :D

I know there are two braids, lol, but that's what I'd call them: two braids. I don't know that they're "double braids". That may be a fancier more complicated braiding style.

There are fans who don't like the Edna Edibles years?! :eek:

They're my favorite!!! :heart:

No no, it's not that we dislike them (I like them cfr!), it's just that they're not the same. We get wistful for Eastland.

Then when OOH comes along, we get smashed on "wistful", lol.

I know there are two braids, lol, but that's what I'd call them: two braids. I don't know that they're "double braids". That may be a fancier more complicated braiding style.

Double is the same as two but it’s all semantics at this point :crazy::lol:

Double is the same as two but it’s all semantics at this point :crazy::lol:

I dunno about that when it comes to hairstyles. I was Googling and there are such things as "double Dutch braids" and "double French braids". :crazy:

I just say "braids"! :lol: (same with Cindy Brady)

I dunno about that when it comes to hairstyles. I was Googling and there are such things as "double Dutch braids" and "double French braids". :crazy:

I just say "braids"! :lol: (same with Cindy Brady)

Or Cindy BRAIDy ;)

Or Cindy BRAIDy ;)

HA! I actually posted that first but went back and fixed it! :lol:

HA! I actually posted that first but went back and fixed it! :lol:

Haha told ya we were similar ;)

Haha told ya we were similar ;)

Good thing we're not both named "Lorsie" and "Lorsie Anne"! :rofl:

Good thing we're not both named "Lorsie" and "Lorsie Anne"! :rofl:

HAHAHAHA! We would certainly be cut by season two :lol:

alex was really handsome at the end when he was talking to mrs garrett i wasnt even concentrating on the scene i kept looking at his noticeable shall we say crotch region and how hot he is.

HAHAHAHA! We would certainly be cut by season two :lol:
Don't worry: we'd bring you back for guest appearances up through Season 8! :lol:

Im going to watch the rest of the night. It will give me a break from Martin and the Parkers



I was hoping they showed this episode but it wasn't listed.......Bought and Sold


The episode with Willis Jackson

Was Jo always irritable?:lol: I just remember her always being in a bad mood with annoyed face expressions

Was Jo always irritable?:lol: I just remember her always being in a bad mood with annoyed face expressions

Jo obviously spent many sleepless nights listening to Blair talking about her brilliant ideas. It'd make anyone crabby! ;)

Don't worry: we'd bring you back for guest appearances up through Season 8! :lol:

"up through"? I would hold you to that, as I interpret that to mean seasons 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, AND 7. ;)

Don't worry: we'd bring you back for guest appearances up through Season 8! :lol:

:rotflmao::clap:

I want them to bring Mama's Family to Antenna TV....i'll be so happy because the complete series set for that is a freaking hundred bucks which I am not paying....Good Lord and Hells Bells! :mad:


Try Walmart. I bought the complete collection set with the Eunice movie and a couple of Family sketches for like 40 bucks. That's what it's worth IMO. There's edited episodes on the complete collection set. They edited Cellmates, one of Mama's Family's best episodes, and cut out her song in Mama runs for Mayor. I believe there's more, but these two stand out. It's not worth a hundred or more for that set. I was very disappointed with the release. I'm hoping one day a studio with re-release Mama's Family unedited and add all the Family sketches. Now that, I would pay over a hundred for because it would be worth it.

I heard complaints that there were too many commercials and program interruptions on the Antenna TV marathon.

I heard complaints that there were too many commercials and program interruptions on the Antenna TV marathon.

I'm not surprise. The couple of times I've watched Facts of their channel I noticed they had up to 6 minutes of commercial breaks. They also cut into the closing credits to air the opening credits of the next episode.

Try Walmart. I bought the complete collection set with the Eunice movie and a couple of Family sketches for like 40 bucks. That's what it's worth IMO. There's edited episodes on the complete collection set. They edited Cellmates, one of Mama's Family's best episodes, and cut out her song in Mama runs for Mayor. I believe there's more, but these two stand out. It's not worth a hundred or more for that set. I was very disappointed with the release. I'm hoping one day a studio with re-release Mama's Family unedited and add all the Family sketches. Now that, I would pay over a hundred for because it would be worth it.

Yeah I did notice on the cover sticker it says "Broadcast Episodes" which sucks, but I haven't seen these episodes literally since the 1980's so I really want to have. I'll check Walmart---but not till all this virus mess is over with.

The only Walmart I go to now is the Neighborhood Market near me for groceries. I don't think I can deal with the big box stores during this crap. I just want to get in and out as it is. Seeing everyone walking around with masks doesn't enhance the shopping experience any! :lol:

And they seem to be purposely not selling things on their online store that they don't think are "essential" for us to buy. During all this, i've found Ebay to be the best place to get my dvd's.

Even Amazon for dvd's is like "will ship June such and such date"----because they don't think a damn dvd is "essential" so it goes to the back of the ordering pile. Screw that! :eek:

Ebay sellers get my dvds to my mailbox the same week! :lol:

Yeah I did notice on the cover sticker it says "Broadcast Episodes" which sucks, but I haven't seen these episodes literally since the 1980's so I really want to have. I'll check Walmart---but not till all this virus mess is over with.

Cellmates isn't even the broadcast version. It's the syndicated version. This is a pivotal episode for Mama and Eunice. Fans should be able to get that uncut.


Even Amazon for dvd's is like "will ship June such and such date"----because they don't think a damn dvd is "essential" so it goes to the back of the ordering pile. Screw that! :eek:

Ebay sellers get my dvds to my mailbox the same week! :lol:

I bought quite a few DVD collections over the last few weeks from Amazon. I noticed now the DVD sets are out of stock. I guess people are using their stimulus checks to buy entertainment :lol: I was just happy to finally get The Jeffersons. It's always been over a hundred bucks. When I saw it was 80, I bought that sucker right away.

Hold up cfr, I have some things to say as the biggest MF fan and resident expert around here. :singer:

First off, if you go to Walmart looking for MF, be careful. There were DVD releases of seasons 1 and 2 many years ago from Warner Brothers that were nothing but the regular syndicated shows, no original uncut shows, and no bonus features. Save your $ and don't shell out for those. That was so lazy, cheap, and uncaring for them to do that. What a slap in the face to fans.

A hundred bucks is pocket change for the initial box set release from Time Warner/Star Vista or all their individual seasons bought up together. You get TONS of bonus material (at least with the box set you do, since there's a whole extra "Bonus Features" disc alone, adding up to over 10 hours of bonus material---over 10 hours). Still, with individual seasons, you have the "Eunice" TV movie, a couple of "Family" sketches, and several interviews and a cast round table panel reunion.


Try Walmart. I bought the complete collection set with the Eunice movie and a couple of Family sketches for like 40 bucks.

You should have gotten more bonus features than just one teleplay and two sketches. I'm surprised you bought it in the first place because, IIRC, you don't even care to watch this show because you thought Mama was too strident.


That's what it's worth IMO.

Oh, it's priceless. It's just about the funniest sitcom ever. :)


There's edited episodes on the complete collection set. They edited Cellmates, one of Mama's Family's best episodes, and cut out her song in Mama runs for Mayor. I believe there's more, but these two stand out

They did not "edit" "Cellmates". The master videotape copies for "Cellmates" and "Mama's Boyfriend" could not be found, so they used the syndicated prints.

There are several musical cuts throughout the series, yes, but that is hardly a complaint from someone like me who had been waiting for years and years for this show to come to DVD (plus I still have my copies of all the episodes from USA so I have all the musical moments anyway).

I think one reason these musical edits don't bother me much is that because since I'm the highest level of super fandom you can be at for this show, I know every line of dialogue and inflection of the words in and out and front and back, so it's all ingrained in me anyway (like you with the entire FOL series).


It's not worth a hundred or more for that set.

Again, it's priceless. See above. What we MF fans got after years and years of waiting was a GOLD MINE of a release. :)


I was very disappointed with the release.

I don't know why. You should have been extremely disappointed in the Warner Brothers release, not the deluxe release that so much love and care went into from TL/SV. I'm a super fan and I was absolutely ELATED. So was my other great friend who loves and lives this show about as much as I do. We got the complete box set with the family album and the extra bonus features disc, and we freaking love it. To have all the "director's cut" prints of the NBC sketches with the extra minutes that hit the cutting room floor sewn back into the episodes, along with the Alistair Quince introductions and the original theme introductions with the original different footage, is a pure treasure, and worth millions alone. They're like "plays" now.


I'm hoping one day a studio with re-release Mama's Family unedited and add all the Family sketches. Now that, I would pay over a hundred for because it would be worth it.

I really doubt that'll happen. I believe the "Carol Burnett Show" people know the "Family" sketches are the most popular sketches from that show so that's why they haven't released a "Family" collection (which I would snap up in a heartbeat). They know everyone would buy it and then not put as much effort into buy the DVDs of the full variety show.

I still don't know why you even bought it since I thought you said you're not a fan of the show. :lol: You didn't like it if Mama yelled, but you don't mind if Maude does.

Hold up cfr, I have some things to say as the biggest MF fan and resident expert around here. :singer:

First off, if you go to Walmart looking for MF, be careful. There were DVD releases of seasons 1 and 2 many years ago that were nothing but the regular syndicated shows, no original uncut shows, and no bonus features. Save your $ and don't shell out for those.

A hundred bucks is pocket change for the initial box set release from Time Warner/Star Vista or all their individual seasons bought up together. You get TONS of bonus material (at least with the box set you do, since there's a whole extra "Bonus Features" disc alone). Still, with individual seasons, you have the "Eunice" TV movie, a couple of "Family" sketches, and several interviews and a cast round table panel reunion.


The one I bought is from Time Life. There's over 6 hours of bonus features but I'm not one who is big on bonus features like that tacky interview of Vicki and Mama. Although I did get a kick out of Vicki asking Mama, "how many children do you really have?" :lol:


I would think you would have gotten more bonus features than just one teleplay and two sketches. I'm surprised you bought it in the first place because, IIRC, you don't even care to watch this show because you thought Mama was too strident.

No, there's more. Like the reunion they did as a cast. We learned Dorothy and Ken were like boyfriend / girlfriend on the set. I watched that. I wanted the Family sketches though.



They did not "edit" "Cellmates". The master copies for "Cellmates" and "Mama's Boyfriend" could not be found, so they used the syndicated prints.

There are several musical cuts throughout the series, yes, but that is hardly a complaint from someone like me who had been waiting for years and years for this show to come to DVD (plus I still have my copies of all the episodes from USA so I have all the musical moments anyway).

I think one reason these musical edits don't bother me much is that because since I'm the highest level of super fandom you can be at for this show, I know every line of dialogue and inflection of the words in and out and front and back, so it's all ingrained in me anyway.

USA aired Mama's Family? I remember TBS airing the show. I didn't know USA did too.





I really doubt that'll happen. I believe the "Carol Burnett Show" people know the "Family" sketches are the most popular sketches from that show so that's why they haven't released a "Family" collection (which I would snap up in a heartbeat).

I still don't know why you even bought it since you're not a big fan of Mama. :lol:

Then they need to get their butts in gear and release the Family sketches :lol:

Also, I may not be a huge fan of Mama but the set was like 40 bucks! I can't pass up a deal man. I'm a DVD addict. If something's on sale, I grab it :D

The one I bought is from Time Life. There's over 6 hours of bonus features but I'm not one who is big on bonus features like that tacky interview of Vicki and Mama. Although I did get a kick out of Vicki asking Mama, "how many children do you really have?" :lol:

OMG how can you not be big on bonus features? That sounds crazy to me, lol. :crazy: Yeah the Vicki/Mama one is the only one I don't care for. But I treasure like gold the "real" interviews (I love them on DVDs of Carol's show too---so wonderful).

And "Eunice". My God, what a gold mine that is too.


USA aired Mama's Family? I remember TBS airing the show. I didn't know USA did too.

Yup, at some point for a couple or few years or so.


Also, I may not be a huge fan of Mama but the set was like 40 bucks! I can't pass up a deal man. I'm a DVD addict. If something's on sale, I grab it :D

AHA! That explains it. Didn't know. :lol:

OMG how can you not be big on bonus features? That sounds crazy to me, lol. :crazy: Yeah the Vicki/Mama one is the only one I don't care for. But I treasure like gold the "real" interviews (I love them on DVDs of Carol's show too---so wonderful).

And "Eunice". My God, what a gold mine that is too.




Yup, at some point for a couple or few years or so.




AHA! That explains it. Didn't know. :lol:


As long as I have the episodes in good quality, I don't care about interviews or documentaries. I just want the episodes of the shows I enjoy.

I watched Eunice many years ago on YouTube. It's not a favorite of mine but it's nice having. I don't like the sketch of Eunice breaking down over Mama's death. It's too sad for me.

I remember USA airing Major Dad, Wings, Gimme A Break, My Two Dads, and of course my personal favorite, The Facts of Life. They must have gotten Mama's Family after Facts stopped airing. I think I stopped watching USA when Facts stopped airing come to think of it.

I probably have spent $5,000 or more on my DVD collection. When DVD season sets first started coming out back in the early 2000's, sets were like 50 to 60 bucks. Just for a season! :eek: Thankfully they've come down in prices. But from Buffy to Dark Shadows, The Facts of Life to Maude, Melrose Place to Desperate Housewives, and so many, many more I just can't stop buying TV shows on DVD. I look at it as an investment since I no longer need cable or those streaming services.

As long as I have the episodes in good quality, I don't care about interviews or documentaries. I just want the episodes of the shows I enjoy.

That is so foreign to me. How can any fan NOT want cast and crew interviews??? I can't imagine not wanting everything you can have all about your favorite show, learning all about its origins, production, progress, characters, and relatinships. Wow.

But, to each his own!


I probably have spent $5,000 or more on my DVD collection.

Then how the hell do you have time to watch FOL every damn day???? :lol:

As long as I have the episodes in good quality, I don't care about interviews or documentaries. I just want the episodes of the shows I enjoy.

I watched Eunice many years ago on YouTube. It's not a favorite of mine but it's nice having. I don't like the sketch of Eunice breaking down over Mama's death. It's too sad for me.

I remember USA airing Major Dad, Wings, Gimme A Break, My Two Dads, and of course my personal favorite, The Facts of Life. They must have gotten Mama's Family after Facts stopped airing. I think I stopped watching USA when Facts stopped airing come to think of it.

I probably have spent $5,000 or more on my DVD collection. When DVD season sets first started coming out back in the early 2000's, sets were like 50 to 60 bucks. Just for a season! :eek: Thankfully they've come down in prices. But from Buffy to Dark Shadows, The Facts of Life to Maude, Melrose Place to Desperate Housewives, and so many, many more I just can't stop buying TV shows on DVD. I look at it as an investment since I no longer need cable or those streaming services.

That's what I will be doing the rest of the year, buying DVD's due to the pandemic

The only one I can get is the Warner Bros one because that one definitely has both Closed Captions and Subtitles which is great. The Time Life one apparently has nothing and I hate that company with a passion because they never caption anything. Like EVER and it's so wrong. :mad:

So this is the one i'm getting. I got the pic off an e bay listing of the back of the box and it shows both CC and Subtitles on it.

As for Bonus Features, I never bother with them since they're almost never captioned. (I've been watching my Friday the 13th set and was completely SHOCKED that ALL the bonus features and interviews were captioned. I nearly fell off the couch. Like every single bonus feature on all 8 discs are 100% captioned. I was in heaven!!)

Here's the one i'm getting:

The only one I can get is the Warner Bros one because that one definitely has both Closed Captions and Subtitles which is great. The Time Life one apparently has nothing and I hate that company with a passion because they never caption anything. Like EVER and it's so wrong. :mad:

So this is the one i'm getting. I got the pic off an e bay listing of the back of the box and it shows both CC and Subtitles on it.

Well, okay, then yes, of course you should get the Warner Brothers ones. I'm sorry Time Life doesn't CC anything, and that really is wrong. We should ALL e-mail them about that.

So, yes, get these and you'll enjoy the shows! :wave:

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:brentWell, okay, then yes, of course you should get the Warner Brothers ones. I'm sorry Time Life doesn't CC anything, and that really is wrong. We should ALL e-mail them about that.

So, yes, get these and you'll enjoy the shows! :wave:

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Is this the set you have? I'm guessing from the back image of the box this is just the episodes and no bonus features right? (which is fine with me)

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Is this the set you have? I'm guessing from the back image of the box this is just the episodes and no bonus features right? (which is fine with me)

No, I have the TimeLife/StarVista set that came later. Since you don't care about bonus features, this is a good match for you! :nod:

The only one I can get is the Warner Bros one because that one definitely has both Closed Captions and Subtitles which is great. The Time Life one apparently has nothing and I hate that company with a passion because they never caption anything. Like EVER and it's so wrong. :mad:

So this is the one i'm getting. I got the pic off an e bay listing of the back of the box and it shows both CC and Subtitles on it.

As for Bonus Features, I never bother with them since they're almost never captioned. (I've been watching my Friday the 13th set and was completely SHOCKED that ALL the bonus features and interviews were captioned. I nearly fell off the couch. Like every single bonus feature on all 8 discs are 100% captioned. I was in heaven!!)

Here's the one i'm getting:



That could be BLAIR and JO! (JO is the grumpy one with the curls, and BLAIR the smiley one with the long hair!):brent:brent:brent

Never heard of a fan not wanting extra features for DVD lol

Never heard of a fan not wanting extra features for DVD lol

If you're referring to me, it's because the bonus features are very rarely ever closed captioned. It's not that I don't "want" them, but more why bother with them since they're inaccessible to me? Therefore I just go for the main content which has to suffice until they make changes or the ADA rips them a new one for making their content inaccessible to all buyers. :lol:

If you're referring to me, it's because the bonus features are very rarely ever closed captioned. It's not that I don't "want" them, but more why bother with them since they're inaccessible to me? Therefore I just go for the main content which has to suffice until they make changes or the ADA rips them a new one for making their content inaccessible to all buyers. :lol:

Sometimes the bonus features are weak. I wasnt too impressed with Welcome Back Kotter features

If you're referring to me, it's because the bonus features are very rarely ever closed captioned. It's not that I don't "want" them, but more why bother with them since they're inaccessible to me? Therefore I just go for the main content which has to suffice until they make changes or the ADA rips them a new one for making their content inaccessible to all buyers. :lol:

If you don't mind me asking, why do you want subtitles? Do you have hearing problems, or just like a transcription of what's being said?

Sometimes the bonus features are weak. I wasnt too impressed with Welcome Back Kotter features

I just recently read a book by a writer/producer who said Gabe Kaplan made it hell for them on "Welcome Back, Kotter", so they eventually had him only do the teaser and tag scenes of the show so they wouldn't have to deal with him.

This same writer/producer was next on "Three's Company", and he said it was a very badly written show, "but at least it was consistently badly written", lol.

If you don't mind me asking, why do you want subtitles? Do you have hearing problems, or just like a transcription of what's being said?

Yes, I need the subtitles to understand what's being spoken or else the volume will have to be set at a level that will wake up an entire city block. :lol:

I just recently read a book by a writer/producer who said Gabe Kaplan made it hell for them on "Welcome Back, Kotter", so they eventually had him only do the teaser and tag scenes of the show so they wouldn't have to deal with him.

This same writer/producer was next on "Three's Company", and he said it was a very badly written show, "but at least it was consistently badly written", lol.

Those are the bonus facts I want, did you know facts lol