The Facts Of Life (The Lady Who Came To Dinner S7/E20 Full Episode)

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Oh, but it was the show of very special episodes! It went way worse than sex talk. It went to kidnapping and child predators.

I would say "the very creepy episodes"

[80s Dude]

Originally Posted by FOL-FAN-ITA

I would say "the very creepy episodes"

Who would have guessed the Mr. Carlson from WRKP and the MagTag repair man was so creepy.

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

Originally Posted by 80s Dude

Who would have guessed the Mr. Carlson from WRKP and the MagTag repair man was so creepy.

I don't think he's fond of the bicycle man role

[DJM77]

Originally Posted by FOL-FAN-ITA

I don't think he's fond of the bicycle man role

I don't know how Gordon Jump felt about that particular role, but he died in 2003.

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

Originally Posted by DJM77

I don't know how Gordon Jump felt about that particular role, but he died in 2003.

Many people still have bad memories of his character . That episode was creepy

[80s Dude]

I don't know why Gordan Jump would do that role.

[MiracleHand]

Regarding the Strokes VSE two partners, I think of the Sam's Missing episode as a perfect way to write him out given he singlehandedly destroyed the series lol. Would've been like Facts bringing the VSEs back in season 9 and having an episode where Pippa gets sent back to Australia and the audience is supposed to root for her lol

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by 80s Dude

I don't know why Gordan Jump would do that role.

Maybe he thought it was a good gig, or "another job" to get.

[MiracleHand]

Originally Posted by James28

I don't care about Ms. Garrett's absence in this episode; Natalie's absence is a bigger deal. Any episode of The Facts of Life that Natalie is completely absent from is automatically the worst episode of The Facts of Life ever. There's no getting around it. If I had watched "The Lady Who Came to Dinner"'s original airing, I would completely avoid this episode in syndication, DVD, and streaming because of Natalie's absence. It's TFoL's version of that "Bored, She Hanged Herself" episode of the original Hawaii Five-O.

#Dealbreaker
#LostEpisode

It's not a personal favorite but even without Nat and Mrs. G it at least feels like a FOL episode which is more tthan I can say about a lot of season 9. It is explained that Natalie is traveling a lot in season 7 so I'm surprised she wasn't absent more than she was

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

Originally Posted by MiracleHand

Regarding the Strokes VSE two partners, I think of the Sam's Missing episode as a perfect way to write him out given he singlehandedly destroyed the series lol. Would've been like Facts bringing the VSEs back in season 9 and having an episode where Pippa gets sent back to Australia and the audience is supposed to root for her lol

I'm not a Sam fan, too . Unfortunately, Diff'rent Strokes had clearly run its course by the time of its two final seasons, the show's ratings were a disaster, the series wouldn't have continued anyway, with or without Sam and Maggie. Facts could have aired for another season, ratings were still good and we probably would have seen Charlotte Rae for a guest appearence, who knows

[MiracleHand]

Originally Posted by FOL-FAN-ITA

I'm not a Sam fan, too . Unfortunately, Diff'rent Strokes had clearly run its course by the time of its two final seasons, the show's ratings were a disaster, the series wouldn't have continued anyway, with or without Sam and Maggie. Facts could have aired for another season, ratings were still good and we probably would have seen Charlotte Rae for a guest appearence, who knows

DS suffered because it relied so much on Gary's cuteness and precociousness. That worked at age ten but not so much at 16. Sam was added in large part because Gary was tired of sitting on Mr. D's lap like a little boy.

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

Originally Posted by MiracleHand

DS suffered because it relied so much on Gary's cuteness and precociousness. That worked at age ten but not so much at 16. Sam was added in large part because Gary was tired of sitting on Mr. D's lap like a little boy.

It didn't work, Gary was Gary and Sam and was.....Sam . It should have ended with the wedding episode, the only thing I like of those later seasons was Pearl the housekeeper

[DJM77]

Originally Posted by FOL-FAN-ITA

Many people still have bad memories of his character . That episode was creepy

Good thing that I didn't see "The Bicycle Man" two parter until I was around 22 or 23. If it had showed up when I was watching Diff'rent Strokes regularly in syndication when I was 10 and 11 then I would've had nightmares for sure! Same thing goes for "The Hitchhiker's" and "Sam's Missing."

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by DJM77

Good thing that I didn't see "The Bicycle Man" two parter until I was around 22 or 23. If it had showed up when I was watching Diff'rent Strokes regularly in syndication when I was 10 and 11 then I would've had nightmares for sure! Same thing goes for "The Hitchhiker's" and "Sam's Missing."

I was eight when TBM aired, and it freaked me out almost as bad as that episode of Little House on the Prairie where there was a mime stalker rapist.

#NightmareFuel #ScarredForLife

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

Originally Posted by DJM77

Good thing that I didn't see "The Bicycle Man" two parter until I was around 22 or 23. If it had showed up when I was watching Diff'rent Strokes regularly in syndication when I was 10 and 11 then I would've had nightmares for sure! Same thing goes for "The Hitchhiker's" and "Sam's Missing."

I totally forgot "The Hitchhikers", the creepiest episode of DS