All 9 Season of Facts of Life to be released on DVD

[Bachu]

Many thanks. Not knowing the show like the back of my hand I do lose track. It made for some good gags. Hopefully Natalie will have more jobs.

I think Natalie and Tootie are my fav characters. I like Jo and Blair but they do use them too much with the same old friction. I do like Blair more than Jo.

I found an episode this season funny in which it was clear Blair isn't that religious compared to the actress who plays her.

I also like the mini scenes they film for the closing credits.

[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by Bachu

Many thanks. Not knowing the show like the back of my hand I do lose track. It made for some good gags. Hopefully Natalie will have more jobs.

I think Natalie and Tootie are my fav characters. I like Jo and Blair but they do use them too much with the same old friction. I do like Blair more than Jo.

I found an episode this season funny in which it was clear Blair isn't that religious compared to the actress who plays her.

I also like the mini scenes they film for the closing credits.

Yep: TOOTIE and NAT are definitely a cool team! But i'd say, overall the 'Core of 4' with MRS G is a great ensemble!!!!

[Bachu]

I impulse bought the complete series again but this time 'new' from Amazon rather than 'new' from ebay. For the most part, the bootleg set just looks like the packaging etc was done at another printers. It really is of a high standard. It is just a shame that the episodes are not.

Popped a couple of disks in and the picture quality is like night and day. Strangely, the bootleg set was sealed in plastic and had a glossey sticker on saying it contains all episodes and the 2 movies. The Amazon set was also sealed but had no sticker.

Part of me wonders if someone swapped all the correct disks from my original set for bootleg copies and then sold it as real??? I'll never know. Perhaps Shout produced some sets which were just rubbish picture quality wise for some reason.

[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by Bachu

I impulse bought the complete series again but this time 'new' from Amazon rather than 'new' from ebay. For the most part, the bootleg set just looks like the packaging etc was done at another printers. It really is of a high standard. It is just a shame that the episodes are not.

Popped a couple of disks in and the picture quality is like night and day. Strangely, the bootleg set was sealed in plastic and had a glossey sticker on saying it contains all episodes and the 2 movies. The Amazon set was also sealed but had no sticker.

Part of me wonders if someone swapped all the correct disks from my original set for bootleg copies and then sold it as real??? I'll never know. Perhaps Shout produced some sets which were just rubbish picture quality wise for some reason.

Wait a minute: are you saying the DVD box set on FOL you just bought from Amazon was just as crap/bad quality as the one from Ebay???? (holy crap!)

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by valentina warner

Wait a minute: are you saying the DVD box set on FOL you just bought from Amazon was just as crap/bad quality as the one from Ebay???? (holy crap!)

I think he is saying the opposite: the difference in picture quality between his bootleg set and the real set is like night and day. The boxes look similar, though.

[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I think he is saying the opposite: the difference in picture quality between his bootleg set and the real set is like night and day. The boxes look similar, though.

Does that mean we should stop buying from Ebay, then? (i bought all the FOL later seasons from Ebay, and the quality was good lol)

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by valentina warner

Does that mean we should stop buying from Ebay, then? (i bought all the FOL later seasons from Ebay, and the quality was good lol)

I've never had a problem with Ebay, and only one issue with Amazon.

[Bachu]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I think he is saying the opposite: the difference in picture quality between his bootleg set and the real set is like night and day. The boxes look similar, though.

Yes, that is what I am saying. I'll never know the truth.

Originally Posted by valentina warner

Does that mean we should stop buying from Ebay, then? (i bought all the FOL later seasons from Ebay, and the quality was good lol)

No. I have bought stuff from ebay before with no issues. The advantage with Amazon is I think they are easier to deal with if there are issues. I cannot get ebay to work on my PC. The pages freeze and I have to restart my browser. A family member made the order for me but won't give me the sellers details as they fear they will get bad feedback if I complain depsite me telling them you cannot get bad feedback as a buyer.

I have now watched the season 8 opener. It must have been jarring to see Mrs G gone from the credits and some other woman appear. At first I was not keen on Bev at all but by the end I had warmed to her. It felt strange that Mrs Gs last episode was essentially a flashback episode.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by Bachu

Yes, that is what I am saying. I'll never know the truth.



No. I have bought stuff from ebay before with no issues. The advantage with Amazon is I think they are easier to deal with if there are issues. I cannot get ebay to work on my PC. The pages freeze and I have to restart my browser. A family member made the order for me but won't give me the sellers details as they fear they will get bad feedback if I complain depsite me telling them you cannot get bad feedback as a buyer.

I have now watched the season 8 opener. It must have been jarring to see Mrs G gone from the credits and some other woman appear. At first I was not keen on Bev at all but by the end I had warmed to her. It felt strange that Mrs Gs last episode was essentially a flashback episode.

I loved that final Mrs. G two-parter. Only thing I didn't like is the Winnebago cliffhanger. I have no idea why that was even in there.

[Bachu]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I loved that final Mrs. G two-parter. Only thing I didn't like is the Winnebago cliffhanger. I have no idea why that was even in there.

I, on the otherhand, loved that scene and the moving Winnebago set.

[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by Bachu

Yes, that is what I am saying. I'll never know the truth.



No. I have bought stuff from ebay before with no issues. The advantage with Amazon is I think they are easier to deal with if there are issues. I cannot get ebay to work on my PC. The pages freeze and I have to restart my browser. A family member made the order for me but won't give me the sellers details as they fear they will get bad feedback if I complain depsite me telling them you cannot get bad feedback as a buyer.

I have now watched the season 8 opener. It must have been jarring to see Mrs G gone from the credits and some other woman appear. At first I was not keen on Bev at all but by the end I had warmed to her. It felt strange that Mrs Gs last episode was essentially a flashback episode.

What do you mean by Flashback episode, Bachu? They didn't show show any flashback memories at all lol (unless you're referring what MRS G said to BLAIR about 'not judging a book by its cover'?)

[Bachu]

Originally Posted by valentina warner

What do you mean by Flashback episode, Bachu? They didn't show show any flashback memories at all lol (unless you're referring what MRS G said to BLAIR about 'not judging a book by its cover'?)

This really.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p...isodeFlashback

From the moment the episode started, Mrs G had already left the series in the shows timeline and what we saw were flashbacks to how she came to leave.

[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by Bachu

This really.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p...isodeFlashback

From the moment the episode started, Mrs G had already left the series in the shows timeline and what we saw were flashbacks to how she came to leave.

Are you saying MRS G/CHARLOTTE wasn't on the episode at all???? (now i'm really confused lol!)

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by Bachu

I have now watched the season 8 opener. It must have been jarring to see Mrs G gone from the credits and some other woman appear. At first I was not keen on Bev at all but by the end I had warmed to her. It felt strange that Mrs Gs last episode was essentially a flashback episode.

Even though Out of Peekskill is the first one NBC aired of season 8, it's not the first one produced. The girls and Cloris filmed the TV movie Down Under first. I'm sure the writers had some idea how Cloris would be written into the show, but they started her off with the core four in Australia. Weird to have your first working experience with a new character be in an established format instead of their introduction episode.

I hope you end up enjoying season 8. It's my second favorite season. I love how strong the friendships are that year. I think the writing is just as great as any earlier season

Originally Posted by valentina warner

Are you saying MRS G/CHARLOTTE wasn't on the episode at all???? (now i'm really confused lol!)

What Bachu is saying is that Out of Peekskill starts off with Natalie telling the story of how Mrs. Garrett left Peeksill and them. It is a flashback episode, but not your normal run of the mill flashback episode that The Golden Girls does every few episodes so there's nothing original about the show. Out of Peekskill is Natalie telling a story of a recent event that we, the viewers, have not seen yet. However, it does have a few flashback scenes within the flashback. Remember the girls thinking back to times when Mrs. Garrett helped them? Technically, Out of Peekskill's plot is an entire flashback of how Mrs. Garrett got married and left to Africa with Bruce.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by Christopher

t is a flashback episode, but not your normal run of the mill flashback episode that The Golden Girls does every few episodes so there's nothing original about the show.

While not every few episodes, they do have several. I think they're cozy episodes. They feel like cuddling up and listening to your grandmother and great aunts reminisce about family stories. And it's nice to have the new material in the interstitials between vignettes or scenes stringing them together.

FOL should have done at least one clip episode utilizing a yearbook as the flashback device. They had the perfect opportunity! lol