This spin on the Watergate investigation with Woodward and Bernstein was the most hilarious episode of "The Facts of Life" I have ever seen. Yes, the one with Blair in the bunny suit. I watched this show on a semi regular basis back in the 1980's, but this was an episide I must have missed. I just saw it recently on a disk, and I couldn't stop laughing. Does anyone else have this ranked as their favorite episode of the series?

To tell you the truth: season 7 is my least favourite, and the SORE THROAT one was very absurd!!!!!

It's an alright episode. There are a lot of others that are funnier. I think Dear Me is probably the funniest episode of the series. I love Mrs. Garrett's facial expression when Tootie is reading the letter from her "boyfriend". Then her face again when Tootie tells her with her boyfriend in another state and her there, the only one delivering is the mailman :lol:

Here is another good episode: The Halloween episode, not sure what season, when all the girls thought Miss Garret was a suspect in some kind of homicide in town. The one when all the girls surrounded her and pointed broom handles at her.

Here is another good episode: The Halloween episode, not sure what season, when all the girls thought Miss Garret was a suspect in some kind of homicide in town. The one when all the girls surrounded her and pointed broom handles at her.

Not just broom handles but also baguettes! :lol:

I enjoyed "The Halloween Show" episode (season 5) when I was a kid during its original airing, and have watched it in many subsequent years. I feel it's held up pretty well, for a Halloween episode, although outside the Halloween genre, it would not have fared as well. In Halloween episodes, you can get by with doing things that are unforgivable in non-Halloween episodes, and in this one, Natalie literally frames Mrs. Garrett for murder. :lol:

But it is a funny episode.

this is sore throat Natalie is that stil Bothering you lol

The 'Halloween show' is definitely hilarious and MR LANZAROTI delivers a great performance! (season 5 is great overall!)

The Halloween episode is very good! My favorite of the entire series is probably Take My Finals, Please!

"AU, gimme back my watch" :lol::lol::lol:

The Halloween episode is very good! My favorite of the entire series is probably Take My Finals, Please!

"AU, gimme back my watch" :lol::lol::lol:




it's actually hard to pick a favourite one out of the entire season: that's why i usually pick one for every season, but 'Take My Finals, Please' is definitely one of the best from season 4!

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I believe that scene with the broom sticks was a clip that was in the opening credit title séquence in all of the épisodes that season. I love that formula when every character gets caught in an echo chamber and everyone believes something that is not true. And the punchline at the end of the episode is when they discover by acclamation that it is not true! Now sitcoms were not the only shows on television that had mémorable Halloween épisodes. In one of the early seasons of "Little House",the one with the Headless Horseman at the end scared the daylights out of me! Now "Dawson's Creek" is not a show that I really like. I Don't like 90's pop culture stuff, but that show had the greatest Halloween episode of all time! "The Scare" from the first season. The advertisement and publicity for the episode is what peaked my interest. Because,of course, there were alot of pop culture references from the 1970's and 1980's about iconic horror villains from that time. They went retro with that episode, and there was no way I was going to miss it!

I believe that scene with the broom sticks was a clip that was in the opening credit title séquence in all of the épisodes that season. I love that formula when every character gets caught in an echo chamber and everyone believes something that is not true. And the punchline at the end of the episode is when they discover by acclamation that it is not true! Now sitcoms were not the only shows on television that had mémorable Halloween épisodes. In one of the early seasons of "Little House",the one with the Headless Horseman at the end scared the daylights out of me!


I also remember being terrified by the Headless Horseman episode of Little House. That episode was hair-raising, for a kid! :eek:

It's an obvious favorite of mine (see avatar for reference, lol) of season 8. I did enjoy the parodies of The Twilight Zone, Watergate, and Clue, but I'm not sure it's my favorite episode of all of the episodes made. It was wacky, tongue-in-cheek, absurd, but memorable. I must admit that The Halloween Show was better done; the better suspense, irony, and double entendres made it more interesting to watch.

It's an obvious favorite of mine (see avatar for reference, lol) of season 8. I did enjoy the parodies of The Twilight Zone, Watergate, and Clue, but I'm not sure it's my favorite episode of all of the episodes made. It was wacky, tongue-in-cheek, absurd, but memorable. I must admit that The Halloween Show was better done; the better suspense, irony, and double entendres made it more interesting to watch.



I would have thought that 'seven little Indians' wss a favourite one for you since it's on your profile? (It's certainly my FAVOURITE episode of season 8!)
I loved how BEVERLY ANN plays MISS MARPLES trying to find the culprit, how TOOTIE acted like the victim of a horror movie, how BLAIR & NAT behaved like damsel in distress, and how JO acted like the damned hero trying to save everyone!!!!!

PS: i also loved how GEORGE says before dying "Why are you looking at me as if you're going to kill me? Must be the music!"

And finally, how much like ROD SERLING that guy looked!

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“The Candidate” is another fine episode from the superior season 7!

“The Candidate” is another fine episode from the superior season 7!




Season 7???? SUPERIOR???? (you must be one of the few ones with that opinion lol)

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I would have thought that 'seven little Indians' wss a favourite one for you since it's on your profile? (It's certainly my FAVOURITE episode of season 8!)
I loved how BEVERLY ANN plays MISS MARPLES trying to find the culprit, how TOOTIE acted like the victim of a horror movie, how BLAIR & NAT behaved like damsel in distress, and how JO acted like the damned hero trying to save everyone!!!!!

PS: i also loved how GEORGE says before dying "Why are you looking at me as if you're going to kill me? Must be the music!"

And finally, how much like ROD SERLING that guy looked!

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It used to be my favorite episode of season 8 when I was a teen, but looking back, it's so over-the-top, I think I have other favorites. I love "A Star is Torn" and "The Little Chill" better. "The Little Chill" is probably my favorite of season 8 because we get to see some of the "Lost Girls" again! I mean, what other show would bring back characters that "disappeared"? I can't think of another show that did this.

It used to be my favorite episode of season 8 when I was a teen, but looking back, it's so over-the-top, I think I have other favorites. I love "A Star is Torn" and "The Little Chill" better. "The Little Chill" is probably my favorite of season 8 because we get to see some of the "Lost Girls" again! I mean, what other show would bring back characters that "disappeared"? I can't think of another show that did this.

Yep its def my fav ep too

It used to be my favorite episode of season 8 when I was a teen, but looking back, it's so over-the-top, I think I have other favorites. I love "A Star is Torn" and "The Little Chill" better. "The Little Chill" is probably my favorite of season 8 because we get to see some of the "Lost Girls" again! I mean, what other show would bring back characters that "disappeared"? I can't think of another show that did this.



The little chill is also one of my favourite episodes, but i find A star is torn very BORING!!!!! (i don't think STACEY Q is a very good actress)

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It used to be my favorite episode of season 8 when I was a teen, but looking back, it's so over-the-top, I think I have other favorites. I love "A Star is Torn" and "The Little Chill" better. "The Little Chill" is probably my favorite of season 8 because we get to see some of the "Lost Girls" again! I mean, what other show would bring back characters that "disappeared"? I can't think of another show that did this.

YES! It's so, so rare to see anything like this on 1980s television. (By the time Diane Chambers was brought back to Cheers, it was already 1993. Same with Janice returning to Head of the Class: it was 1991. Same with Steve on Married with Children: that was 1992).

We do sometimes see family members return: Dana on DS and of course Mary Ingalls on LHOTP, but non-family? That was so, sooo rare in the 1980s.

The little chill is also one of my favourite episodes, but i find A star is torn very BORING!!!!! (i don't think STACEY Q is a very good actress)



Stacey is a fine singer, though, and those episodes are among the '80s-est '80s episodes to ever '80s, thanks to Stacey's songs, clothes, hair, and make-up. Both of those episodes are pure, unadulterated blasts from the past, like a jolt of liquid AquaNet. If you want a wave of nostalgia for the Pop Synth '80s, those episodes deliver!

YES! It's so, so rare to see anything like this on 1980s television. (By the time Diane Chambers was brought back to Cheers, it was already 1993. Same with Janice returning to Head of the Class: it was 1991. Same with Steve on Married with Children: that was 1992).

We do sometimes see family members return: Dana on DS and of course Mary Ingalls on LHOTP, but non-family? That was so, sooo rare in the 1980s.

On One Day At A Time original cast member David Kane (played by Richard Masur) was written out seven episodes into season 2 and returned for one in the season 6 finale.

(By the way, I didn't read this whole thread so I don't know who has a sore throat, but have they tried a lozenge?)

On One Day At A Time original cast member David Kane (played by Richard Masur) was written out seven episodes into season 2 and returned for one in the season 6 finale.

Thanks! I had no idea.

The little chill is also one of my favourite episodes, but i find A star is torn very BORING!!!!! (i don't think STACEY Q is a very good actress)

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I liked "A Star is Torn" because I love Stacy Q and her songs. I have to say though in Stacy Q's defense, the writers didn't a terrible job writing the Cinnamon character. She was a such a caricature of dumb blonde, and she had to play to that. So she was limited to what they wrote her, I don't think that's a reflection of her acting ability.

Also, now that I mentioned "A Star is Torn" and how we talked about Lisa's devoutness in previous topics, I find it ironic how Lisa Whelchel appears in this episode where the sound lyrics "you shot me with your white hot love" and "I explode when we connect" are sang, which we know all know are blatant nods about sexual intercourse. I guess she had no problem with people singing or talking about it, as long as no character "did it." :lol:

Also, now that I mentioned "A Star is Torn" and how we talked about Lisa's devoutness in previous topics, I find it ironic how Lisa Whelchel appears in this episode where the sound lyrics "you shot me with your white hot love" and "I explode when we connect" are sang, which we know all know are blatant nods about sexual intercourse. I guess she had no problem with people singing or talking about it, as long as no character "did it." :lol:

:lol: Good point about Lisa. Those lyrics are quite provocative.

Maybe Lisa didn't know of the lyrics before the episode. They wouldn't have been in the script.

I liked "A Star is Torn" because I love Stacy Q and her songs. I have to say though in Stacy Q's defense, the writers didn't a terrible job writing the Cinnamon character. She was a such a caricature of dumb blonde, and she had to play to that. So she was limited to what they wrote her, I don't think that's a reflection of her acting ability.

Also, now that I mentioned "A Star is Torn" and how we talked about Lisa's devoutness in previous topics, I find it ironic how Lisa Whelchel appears in this episode where the sound lyrics "you shot me with your white hot love" and "I explode when we connect" are sang, which we know all know are blatant nods about sexual intercourse. I guess she had no problem with people singing or talking about it, as long as no character "did it." :lol:




I reckon you're right about the writers: they seem to have a fixation on turning the blonds into dumb! (look what they did to LISA lol!).
STACEY Q was definitely a much better singer than an actress, and i was also a big fan of 'Two of hearts', but how the writers made her a caricature is unforgivable!

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