We all think Miss Mahoney had a god-awful perm in those first 4 episodes, but if you stop and notice, you'll see that she actually had 3 different hairstyles on the show.

All perms, sure, but different degrees of perms. :lol:

So, which is your favorite of Miss Mahoney's hairstyles?

1 - the "perm helmet" ("Rough Housing" - very matronly and 1800s-looking)

2 - the "light socket perm" (both "Like Mother, Like Daughter" and "The Return of Mr. Garrett" - very...well...just-stuck-her-finger-in-a-light-socket-looking)

3 - the "relaxed perm" ("I.Q." - more relaxed and manageable-looking)

1 - the "perm helmet" from "Rough Housing"

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2 - the "light socket perm" from "Like Mother, Like Daughter" and "The Return of Mr. Garret"

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3 - the "relaxed perm" from "I.Q."

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Such flattering photos! :lol:

Great poll!

After the "fright wig" looks in the first three episodes, the relaxed perm from "IQ" seems so reasonable. I mean, it's a decent look. It's such a shame that was Jenny's last episode, after getting the "cold shoulder" from Charlotte.

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My vote is #3, no contest. The "relaxed perm" from "I.Q." It's not 1800s matronly, it's not light sockety. I think it's the most presentable perm from the perm parade.

I think that's also her most attractive look period. Instead of 1800s Victorian dowdiness, they actually managed to dress her in a modern blouse (gasp!). And the fact that she's showing a little neck must have been absolutely scandalous for those 1979 airwaves!

I guess Mr. Bradley didn't tell her to "put on a top button and button it!" :lol:

Such flattering photos! :lol:

Well---that's pretty much as flattering as you can get! :lol:


Great poll!

Thanks, it's been brewing around in my head for a few weeks, so it feels good to finally get it immortalized in cyberspace! I can now go to bed tonight knowing I have contributed something worthwhile to human society for the day! :lol:

And after all, it is an election year! :lol:


After the "fright wig" looks in the first three episodes, the relaxed perm from "IQ" seems so reasonable. I mean, it's a decent look.

We're both in the same "perm party" for this poll! So far the runaway choice! :lol: :cheers:


It's such a shame that was Jenny's last episode, after getting the "cold shoulder" from Charlotte.

And the writers not helping Jenny's/Emily's case any. The first of many losses for the show.

My vote is #3, no contest. The "relaxed perm" from "I.Q." It's not 1800s matronly, it's not light sockety. I think it's the most presentable perm from the perm parade.

I think that's also her most attractive look period. Instead of 1800s Victorian dowdiness, they actually managed to dress her in a modern blouse (gasp!). And the fact that she's showing a little neck must have been absolutely scandalous for those 1979 airwaves!

I guess Mr. Bradley didn't tell her to "put on a top button and button it!" :lol:
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It looks like Jenny won some wardrobe battles in her final episode. The scandalous neck reveal never would have flown in those first three episodes: her neck had to be covered, all the way up to her hair!

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It looks like Jenny won some wardrobe battles in her final episode. The scandalous neck reveal never would have flown in those first three episodes: her neck had to be covered, all the way up to her hair!

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Yikes #2 is definitely the worst of them all, while #3 is the clear winner.

Thanks, it's been brewing around in my head for a few weeks, so it feels good to finally get it immortalized in cyberspace! I can now go to bed tonight knowing I have contributed something worthwhile to human society for the day! :lol:

And after all, it is an election year! :lol:

I'm so glad you created this poll. And since you have no qualms discussing characters' hair, and since you love Cindy, I've always wondered why you never participated in the Cindy Hair Poll. :(


And the writers not helping Jenny's/Emily's case any. The first of many losses for the show.

This show would have been very different, if Jenny had stayed on. We might have had an eventual romance between Bradley and Mahoney. We could have established a female rapport between Charlotte and Jenny... or even other Eastland staff. Imagine, for example, conversations between Howard and Jenny over the dinner plans.

Or imagine a scene showing Miss Mahoney informing Molly and Margo that the Core Four are in huge trouble, and that they are not to hang out with the troublemakers. After all, we know someone told them about the incident: Margo makes it clear she knows about their crime and punishment deal, as she gloats and calls them the "four stooges". Heck, maybe we could have even had Sue Ann, Cindy, and Nancy in that scene as well, if Miss Mahoney told the students about the Core Four's punishment in a classroom.

All of the Above but I think all 3 perm hairstyles look quite the same in differ variations.

Let us not forget Miss Mahoney's spook-tacular hairdo in the infamous and rarely-broadcast "An Eastland Halloween" episode. Due to complaints from viewers, it's rarely shown these days, and doesn't appear in most of the DVD collections.

Let us not forget Miss Mahoney's spook-tacular hairdo in the infamous and rarely-broadcast "An Eastland Halloween" episode. Due to complaints from viewers, it's rarely shown these days, and doesn't appear in most of the DVD collections.

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I vote 1. for the Rough Housing episode.

Let us not forget Miss Mahoney's spook-tacular hairdo in the infamous and rarely-broadcast "An Eastland Halloween" episode. Due to complaints from viewers, it's rarely shown these days, and doesn't appear in most of the DVD collections.

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All of the Above but I think all 3 perm hairstyles look quite the same in differ variations.

I vote 1. for the Rough Housing episode.

Oo, differing opinions! Can you guys scroll up and cast your ballots in the poll? Every hair vote counts! :wave:

The thing that always bugged me was how Eastland only seemed to have a hand full of students and faculty. It was supposed be a well to do ivy league school, but looked barren.

The thing that always bugged me was how Eastland only seemed to have a hand full of students and faculty. It was supposed be a well to do ivy league school, but looked barren.

Yeah, there definitely were episodes where it's like, "Where are other students?"

This is one reason I prefer Season 1 over Seasons 2-4: you will see at least 7 students in every episode, sometimes more. In Seasons 2-4, it's sometimes like there are tumbleweeds blowing through the school. The girls and Edna fill every role in the school.

But this is the Mahoney Perm thread.

3 - the "relaxed perm" from "I.Q."

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Wow! I forgot how attractive MISS MAHONEY looks on the 'i.q' episode (her last unfortunately): i cannot believe MR BRADLEY didn't fall for her then!!!:brent:brent:brent

Wow! I forgot how attractive MISS MAHONEY looks on the 'i.q' episode (her last unfortunately)

Right? We always protest over the horrible perm she had, but that's not fair to her; she really did look perfectly lovely in "I.Q."! Not the ideal hairstyle, but with the perm being relaxed, and a wardrobe update, she sure did look a whole lot better.

Now I'm doubly glad this thread is here, so Miss Mahoney can finally be seen to have been attractive in 1 episode! (poor Miss Mahoney! lol)

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Didn't we already vote????:wazzup:wazzup:wazzup

Didn't we already vote????:wazzup:wazzup:wazzup

Yes some of "we" have, but there are more posters here and SitcomsOnline users who pop in here now and then. There can sure be more than 5 votes! lol

Congratulations cfr for getting your Mahoney voter's registration today! patriot:

I picked the IQ one. She looks terrible in the other two and the IQ isn't much of an improvement either. Come to think of it, I liked her hair best here: :lol:

I picked the IQ one. She looks terrible in the other two and the IQ isn't much of an improvement either.

Are you kidding?? Compared to the other two she's got "the Rachel"! :lol:

At least for me, lol.

But yay, we agree! :clap:


Come to think of it, I liked her hair best her

She looks like Mrs. Garrett's sister!! :rofl:

Are you kidding?? Compared to the other two she's got "the Rachel"! :lol:

At least for me, lol.

But yay, we agree! :clap:




She looks like Mrs. Garrett's sister!! :rofl:




Yes, she does: MISS MAHONEY older version looks more like MRS G than BEVERLY ANN ever did!!!! (they should have had her play her sister instead!!!!):brent:brent:brent

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She looks like Mrs. Garrett's sister!! :rofl:

Mrs. Garrett would probably say "Bite your tongue!" to that. :lol:...but she actually does resemble her there.

Mrs. Garrett would probably say "Bite your tongue!" to that. :lol:...but she actually does resemble her there.

Haha! Too bad FOL was long over by then.

Poor Jenny O'Hara---she had decent hair just one year before they permed her for FOL!

(thanks to Lorimar Television for the alert!)

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Poor Jenny O'Hara---she had decent hair just one year before they permed her for FOL!

(thanks to Lorimar Television for the alert!)

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Poor Jenny O'Hara---she had decent hair just one year before they permed her for FOL!

(thanks to Lorimar Television for the alert!)

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Hey MISS MAHONEY looks great in there! (STEPHEN BRADLEY would probably drop MONICA and ask her to be his hot date instead!!!!):brent:brent:brent

Miss Mahoney was also on another show called Highcliffe Manor in 1979. She definitely was not a Friz-head here.
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/2275/LG262_Highcliffe_Manor_Jenny_O_Hara_Eugenie_Ross_Leming_Christian_Marlowe_Photo.jpg

Miss Mahoney was also on another show called Highcliffe Manor in 1979. She definitely was not a Friz-head here.

Holy cow, no, she's like a "drowned rat head" there!

In the one Lorsie alerted me to, yes, valentina, she looks SO much better there than at Eastland!

Holy cow, no, she's like a "drowned rat head" there!

In the one Lorsie alerted me to, yes, valentina, she looks SO much better there than at Eastland!

Miss Mahoney must have been caught in the storm that soaked Eastland in Flash Flood.

Miss Mahoney must have been caught in the storm that soaked Eastland in Flash Flood.

Maybe she got caught in the flood when was it was in a different place, then she taught at Eastland, then when she left before spring 1980 the same flood finally reached Eastland. ;)

Miss Mahoney was also on another show called Highcliffe Manor in 1979. She definitely was not a Friz-head here.
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/2275/LG262_Highcliffe_Manor_Jenny_O_Hara_Eugenie_Ross_Leming_Christian_Marlowe_Photo.jpg

Wow, that is an unflattering look! :lol:

Wow, that is an unflattering look! :lol:

Yikes. Mrs G must’ve lent her a smock

Yikes. Mrs G must’ve lent her a smock

The smock is bad... the hair... the hair is worse.

It looks as though they sawed chunks of her hair off with a dull hedge trimmer. Was this filmed after her FOL stint? if so, they might have decided to prune back that bird's nest perm, but... my god. It's actually even worse than the perm. :eek::lol:

The smock is bad... the hair... the hair is worse.

It looks as though they sawed chunks of her hair off with a dull hedge trimmer. Was this filmed after her FOL stint? if so, they might have decided to prune back that bird's nest perm, but... my god. It's actually even worse than the perm. :eek::lol:

Highcliffe Manor premiered in May 1979 so it was filmed before FOL.

Promos and Snippets of Highcliffe Manor. I can't see why such a quality TV show didn't last longer than 6 weeks.

Jennie O'Hara's character name is Rebecca.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApmzA9Bxyu8

Here is some of the TV intros of failed series during the turbulent of 1979 TV season. Both Highcliffe Manor and Coed Fever made it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfGZOmcR-nU&t=920s

I can remember some of these shows. In some cases, the songs used for the intros are much more memorable than the TV series.

Promos and Snippets of Highcliffe Manor. I can't see why such a quality TV show didn't last longer than 6 weeks.

Jennie O'Hara's character name is Rebecca.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApmzA9Bxyu8

Nice find, 80s Dude! Looking at the credits we see some very familiar names. It was produced by Alan Horn and taped at Metromedia. It aired on NBC. The final (aired) episode aired one day after "The Girls' School". There were two unaired episodes, so it didn't really even last six episodes.