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callmetootie · 08-19-2001, 11:00 AM

My dad told me that there was another FOL-type show in 1979, on CBS, that had the same exact plot and premise. Does anyone know what the title was?

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Andrew Carden

Sean Snow · 08-19-2001, 01:29 PM

I remember reading about it......I can't recall the title. I think it's somewhere on the FOL Online Site.

DinahTheDiningCar · 08-19-2001, 02:25 PM

I know it was called Social Studies, and it was like what would have happened if Blair had the Eastland spin-off at the end of the series.

callmetootie · 08-19-2001, 02:38 PM

Um, that was 1997. I'm talking about a 1979 CBS sitcom.

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Chrissy: Eat your salad before it gets cold!

Mr. Roper: Not tonight Helen.

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More Quotes!!!

Sophia: Silly wabbit, trix are for kids!

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Sean Snow · 08-19-2001, 03:48 PM

I looked up the two starring actresses according to TJ's FOL site, and it's called "Dorothy". The Plot:

Dorothy Banks was an effervescent and somewhat liberated former Broadway showgirl who took a job teaching music and drama at the Hannah Huntley School for Girls, a somewhat old-fashioned institution in Connecticut. While some of the faculty (like French teacher Miss Cathcart and biology instructor Mr. Landis) found Dorothy's methods a bit off-putting, her students, including Meredith, Frankie, Margo and Cissy, thought she was wonderful. And a neat singer and dancer to boot.

The Plot was from the imdb

DivisionCopJinny · 08-19-2001, 04:48 PM

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Originally posted by Sean Snow:
I looked up the two starring actresses according to TJ's FOL site, and it's called "Dorothy". The Plot:

Dorothy Banks was an effervescent and somewhat liberated former Broadway showgirl who took a job teaching music and drama at the Hannah Huntley School for Girls, a somewhat old-fashioned institution in Connecticut. While some of the faculty (like French teacher Miss Cathcart and biology instructor Mr. Landis) found Dorothy's methods a bit off-putting, her students, including Meredith, Frankie, Margo and Cissy, thought she was wonderful. And a neat singer and dancer to boot.

The Plot was from the imdb

Yup, I have a TV Guide clipping announcing the show in 1979:

"Charlotte Rae, the housekeeper on Diff'rent Strokes, becomes a housemother at a girls' school in this four-week trial series. Sound similar to CBS' Dorothy? Yep, and, like it's video sibling, Facts will return next semester only if it gets passing Nielsen marks."

I always thought that kinda funny, cuz FOL sure didn't get "passing Nielsen marks" but it still came back, and became immensly(sp) popular at that (lol as if we all didn't know that)

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Amy Joy

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08-19-2001, 11:00 AM	#1
callmetootie Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 06, 2001 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 4,768	My Dad Told Me This.... My dad told me that there was another FOL-type show in 1979, on CBS, that had the same exact plot and premise. Does anyone know what the title was? ------------------ Andrew Carden

08-19-2001, 01:29 PM	#2
Sean Snow moo Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,408	I remember reading about it......I can't recall the title. I think it's somewhere on the FOL Online Site.

08-19-2001, 02:25 PM	#3
DinahTheDiningCar Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 21, 2001 Posts: 155	I know it was called Social Studies, and it was like what would have happened if Blair had the Eastland spin-off at the end of the series.

08-19-2001, 02:38 PM	#4
callmetootie Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 06, 2001 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 4,768	Um, that was 1997. I'm talking about a 1979 CBS sitcom. ------------------ I Love FOL and Three's Company!!!!!!!!!!! Jo: There are people in thiw world that get shoved around, and there are people who do the shoving. Chrissy: Eat your salad before it gets cold! Mr. Roper: Not tonight Helen. This is Andrew Callmetootie Carden!!!!! The King Of The World!!!! More Quotes!!! Sophia: Silly wabbit, trix are for kids! Natalie: Hot stuff coming! E-mail The King [Me] At andrewnmatthew@cs.com!!!!!!! Thankgod that there was a Todd Fuller and a Sean Snow!

08-19-2001, 03:48 PM	#5
Sean Snow moo Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,408	I looked up the two starring actresses according to TJ's FOL site, and it's called "Dorothy". The Plot: Dorothy Banks was an effervescent and somewhat liberated former Broadway showgirl who took a job teaching music and drama at the Hannah Huntley School for Girls, a somewhat old-fashioned institution in Connecticut. While some of the faculty (like French teacher Miss Cathcart and biology instructor Mr. Landis) found Dorothy's methods a bit off-putting, her students, including Meredith, Frankie, Margo and Cissy, thought she was wonderful. And a neat singer and dancer to boot. The Plot was from the imdb