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

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

But this is a boarding school: the other girls should be there for breakfast and dinner, as well.

Should they? We never see any indication that the cafeteria prepares supper for the girls. Perhaps not breakfast either.

I mean, of course, logically it would make sense Mrs. Garrett prepares those meals as well. It just seems the meals they're ever making are pretty much just for lunchtime (I guess because, again, no girls are there in the morning nor in the evening, lol).

Anyway, I still like it the way it is. There wouldn't be that special isolated, unconventional family intimacy if "10, 12 girls" were shown sitting at tables in the cafeteria eating. They couldn't have done the same show that way.

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

There are only a few students who live off-campus.

Are there any? I can't recall any mentioned as specifically living off campus.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Should they? We never see any indication that the cafeteria prepares supper for the girls.

I'm pretty sure we do. In "Give and Take", Mrs. Garrett says she's warming biscuits for the girls' dinner, and the kitchen window shows it's already dark outside. It's clearly evening hours.

Perhaps not breakfast either.

I think that's unlikely as well. We see the girls prepare breakfast in "Give and Take", including grapefruit halves (with cherries in the middle), oatmeal, eggs, toast, bacon, and juice.

Are there any? I can't recall any mentioned as specifically living off campus.

According to Tootie in "Brave New World, part 2", Mary Jane Rhinegold lives off-campus; that's how they're able to get Mr. Parker's permission for Natalie and Tootie to live off-campus with Mrs. Garrett.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I'm pretty sure we do. In "Give and Take", Mrs. Garrett says she's warming biscuits for the girls' dinner, and the kitchen window shows it's already dark outside. It's clearly evening hours.

"buns". You remember, the bun warmer? "He who (something-something) has cold buns"? I didn't think they mentioned any evening time meal though. Maybe they do, but I can't think of a line with one. As far as I recall she just says "So does cooking for hundreds of girls on equipment that's out(something), outdated, and just plain out!" (angry Edna!)

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I think that's unlikely as well. We see the girls prepare breakfast in "Give and Take", including grapefruit halves (with cherries in the middle), oatmeal, eggs, toast, bacon, and juice.

Ah, true. So I guess we're just never shown scenes at breakfast time when the girls are actually there, lol. Same with supper.

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

According to Tootie in "Brave New World, part 2", Mary Jane Rhinegold lives off-campus; that's how they're able to get Mr. Parker's permission for Natalie and Tootie to live off-campus with Mrs. Garrett.

Ah. Perhaps she lived with her grandmother whom she helped take care of?

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

"buns". You remember, the bun warmer? "He who (something-something) has cold buns"?

Not in "Give and Take": Mrs. Garrett calls them biscuits. "Oh, these biscuits are never going to defrost on their own". This is right before she discovers the burnt log in her oven (which is the roast being prepared for dinner).

Ah, true. So I guess we're just never shown scenes at breakfast time when the girls are actually there, lol. Same with supper.

I don't think that's true: we do see some evening-hour dinners, for example in "Cousin Geri" We see Howard order the girls into the kitchen to prepare the dinner, and then later we see all the tables filled with girls gathered for dinner.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Not in "Give and Take": Mrs. Garrett calls them biscuits. "Oh, these biscuits are never going to defrost on their own". This is right before she discovers the burnt log in her oven (which is the roast being prepared for dinner).

Oh, I thought you meant the famous bun warmer scene.

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I don't think that's true: we do see some evening-hour dinners, for example in "Cousin Geri". We see Howard order the girls into the kitchen to prepare the dinner, and then later we see all the tables filled with girls gathered for dinner.

Ah, a special event, yes.

[80s Dude]

Did someone say buns?

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Originally Posted by 80s Dude

Did someone say buns?