I just stumbled upon this podcast of reviewing of Season 1 and 2 of the Facts of Life.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-45-the-facts-of-life-revisited/id1475619122?i=1000475806970

My review of the reviewers is that this is yet another lazy attempt of reviewing the show without researching it. They got so many things wrong. Like not remembering characters names or who the guest stars were.

Thanks! *listens*

Yeah, I listened to it all and it was okay. They said Sue Ann was 12 and that Cousin Geri was mentally handicapped but then later corrected it. Those were the errors I caught.

They really slammed Molly’s acting ability hard. Like they said that she was reading cue cards while delivering lines. I’m not sure if that’s true. But they kinda just were like shocked how Molly became such a big film actress in the mid ‘80s, especially given how poor her acting ability was.

Yeah, I definitely don't think Molly was reading cue cards; her line delivery was sometimes clunky because the writing needed polished. Molly had already done major plays in San Francisco.

These guys made a lot of mistakes, and I didn't even keep track of most of them. They claimed Molly was the "one girl brought back after Season One" because they only watched five Season Two episodes, so they missed "Gossip" and the other Lost Girls episodes.

Still, I enjoyed the listen. They did a good review of "Cousin Geri", and they were right that the episode was groundbreaking for its time.

Brian chose Nancy as the one Lost Girl he would have kept; Christina would have kept Sue Ann (although she called her Sue Ellen at that point).

One random thing I enjoyed was Christina's amazing Rhode Island accent. It sounded a little bit Boston-y, a little New England-y, and maybe a little Canadian? "About" definitely sounded Canadian, but "short" sounded like a Boston accent: "sho-at".

One random thing I enjoyed was Christina's amazing Rhode Island accent. It sounded a little bit Boston-y, a little New England-y, and maybe a little Canadian? "About" definitely sounded Canadian, but "short" sounded like a Boston accent: "sho-at".

Haha New England does have pretty interesting accents!

Yeah, I definitely don't think Molly was reading cue cards; her line delivery was sometimes clunky because the writing needed polished. Molly had already done major plays in San Francisco.

These guys made a lot of mistakes, and I didn't even keep track of most of them. They claimed Molly was the "one girl brought back after Season One" because they only watched five Season Two episodes, so they missed "Gossip" and the other Lost Girls episodes.

Still, I enjoyed the listen. They did a good review of "Cousin Geri", and they were right that the episode was groundbreaking for its time.

Brian chose Nancy as the one Lost Girl he would have kept; Christina would have kept Sue Ann (although she called her Sue Ellen at that point).

One random thing I enjoyed was Christina's amazing Rhode Island accent. It sounded a little bit Boston-y, a little New England-y, and maybe a little Canadian? "About" definitely sounded Canadian, but "short" sounded like a Boston accent: "sho-at".

I think Molly sometimes had trouble of delivering lines because of her lisp and the gaps in her teeth. The braces that she had in The Tempest fixed that. Even today, Molly gets the most work of all the girls in the show with her roles in Riverdale and the Kissing Booth movies.

In the end, they said they wouldn't keep any of the girls who were featured in the IQ episode and those are the girls who they said they would keep.

Haha New England does have pretty interesting accents!

I love them!

I think Molly sometimes had trouble of delivering lines because of her lisp and the gaps in her teeth.

That could be. The writers didn't do her any favors, though, with some truly clunky lines. I'm looking at you, "The media pays nauseating amounts of money to the stars they think will get the audience 'excited'!"


In the end, they said they wouldn't keep any of the girls who were featured in the IQ episode and those are the girls who they said they would keep.

Yes... They seemed... confused.