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TVFactFan · 05-26-2005, 09:25 PM

Facts of Life made it's debut on NBC in August of 1979. FOL aired twice in August and September of 79 and didn't air again until March of 1980. So the ratings must have been horrible for NBC to put the show on Hiatus that long. I always thought once FOL premeired, Charlotte Rae no longer appeared on Diffrent Strokes.

ThomasE · 06-28-2005, 07:44 PM

SOLOMON, "Facts" was on for a trail run in 1979. It was a four ep summer show from what I heard. There is more to it, but that is all I know for right now.

TVFactFan · 06-28-2005, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ThomasE

SOLOMON, "Facts" was on for a trail run in 1979. It was a four ep summer show from what I heard. There is more to it, but that is all I know for right now.

Ok that makes sense. And I see that FOL was added to the NBC schedule in the 2nd season of the 79-80 season. Premiered in March of 1980

Dean Winchester · 07-03-2005, 04:26 AM

yea, I've seen Mrs. G on a number of season 2 episodes, not sure what point she left for good for Facts though

PrettyinPink55 · 07-03-2005, 09:52 AM

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yea, I've seen Mrs. G on a number of season 2 episodes, not sure what point she left for good for Facts though

I'm glad she did though, otherwise we wouldn't have this brilliant show!

TVFactFan · 07-10-2005, 04:24 PM

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I'm glad she did though, otherwise we wouldn't have this brilliant show!

Well atleast Ms. Garrett was nice enough to return to Diffrent Strokes for Mr. Drummond's Wedding

PrettyinPink55 · 07-10-2005, 09:55 PM

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Well atleast Ms. Garrett was nice enough to return to Diffrent Strokes for Mr. Drummond's Wedding

True, True!

Brian Damage · 07-21-2005, 11:23 AM

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Well atleast Ms. Garrett was nice enough to return to Diffrent Strokes for Mr. Drummond's Wedding

Yeah, that was a nice touch.

maryfan5 · 07-26-2005, 04:43 PM

Interesting. I always noticed that Kim Fields looks so much younger in the first four episodes than the remaining nine in Season One.
(And in the Diffrent Strokes "pilot" she looks even tinier)

TVFactFan · 07-26-2005, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by maryfan5

Interesting. I always noticed that Kim Fields looks so much younger in the first four episodes than the remaining nine in Season One.
(And in the Diffrent Strokes "pilot" she looks even tinier)

Kim Fields wasn't in the Diffrent Strokes pilot, i think you mean the Facts of Life Pilot. And I think Kim looked younger in the first 4 eps because it was filmed in 1979, so it was like a year difference

shutupndance · 07-27-2005, 06:44 AM

I think maryfan meant the FOL pilot that aired as a Diff'rent Strokes episode with Mrs. G visiting the school with Kimberly. Tootie WAS in that one but Natalie and Cindy weren't. I heard that Tootie made several appearances on DS (not including the ones with the FOL girls) for the first few years of FOL.

maryfan5 · 07-27-2005, 03:19 PM

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I think maryfan meant the FOL pilot that aired as a Diff'rent Strokes episode with Mrs. G visiting the school with Kimberly. Tootie WAS in that one but Natalie and Cindy weren't. I heard that Tootie made several appearances on DS (not including the ones with the FOL girls) for the first few years of FOL.

Exactly! Thanks

Anyone see Kim's hilarious cameo on Lisa Kudrow's new HBO series "The Comeback?"

chrisjb717 · 08-03-2005, 09:12 PM

It appears that Mrs. G. was never officially written out of Diff'rent Strokes. Charlotte Rae's name appears in the credits through Episode 214 when Nedra Volz makes her first appearance as Housekeeper #2 - Adelaide Brubaker). No mention of Mrs. G. is made in this episode, however she is said to be away helping out at Kimberly's school (Eastland) in prior episodes. They never say that she has left for good. (Remember that in the "pilot" from DS, she is offered a job at Eastland but turns it down to remain with the Drummonds.) I guess they wanted to give a chance to come back to DS if FOL had flopped.

P.S. Has anyone else ever wondered why Kimberly didn't live at Eastland llike the rest of the girls? Even rich Blair Warner lived there after all.

TVFactFan · 08-03-2005, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisjb717

It appears that Mrs. G. was never officially written out of Diff'rent Strokes. Charlotte Rae's name appears in the credits through Episode 214 when Nedra Volz makes her first appearance as Housekeeper #2 - Adelaide Brubaker). No mention of Mrs. G. is made in this episode, however she is said to be away helping out at Kimberly's school (Eastland) in prior episodes. They never say that she has left for good. (Remember that in the "pilot" from DS, she is offered a job at Eastland but turns it down to remain with the Drummonds.) I guess they wanted to give a chance to come back to DS if FOL had flopped.

P.S. Has anyone else ever wondered why Kimberly didn't live at Eastland llike the rest of the girls? Even rich Blair Warner lived there after all.

I guess Mrs. Garret or Kimberly could have been a cast member on Facts of Life-lol

Natalie1969 · 03-12-2010, 12:38 PM

In one episode of DS called The Woman where Mr. D almost gets married again to the woman who wants to send the kids off to boarding school in other countries like her own kids Kimberly tells the woman that she is away at boarding school but that she visits often and talks to Mr. D everyday. Then in the episode "The Girls School" Kimberly needs Mrs. G's help cuz her housemother quit. This makes it sound like Kimberly lives at Eastland.

05-26-2005, 09:25 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,065	I just found out that Charlotte Rae was still appearing on Diffrent Strokes after Facts of Life made it's debut on NBC in August of 1979. FOL aired twice in August and September of 79 and didn't air again until March of 1980. So the ratings must have been horrible for NBC to put the show on Hiatus that long. I always thought once FOL premeired, Charlotte Rae no longer appeared on Diffrent Strokes.

06-28-2005, 07:44 PM	#2
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	SOLOMON, "Facts" was on for a trail run in 1979. It was a four ep summer show from what I heard. There is more to it, but that is all I know for right now.

07-03-2005, 04:26 AM	#4
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	yea, I've seen Mrs. G on a number of season 2 episodes, not sure what point she left for good for Facts though

07-26-2005, 04:43 PM	#9
maryfan5 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 23, 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 116	Interesting. I always noticed that Kim Fields looks so much younger in the first four episodes than the remaining nine in Season One. (And in the Diffrent Strokes "pilot" she looks even tinier)

07-27-2005, 06:44 AM	#11
shutupndance Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 23, 2005 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 29	I think maryfan meant the FOL pilot that aired as a Diff'rent Strokes episode with Mrs. G visiting the school with Kimberly. Tootie WAS in that one but Natalie and Cindy weren't. I heard that Tootie made several appearances on DS (not including the ones with the FOL girls) for the first few years of FOL.

08-03-2005, 09:12 PM	#13
chrisjb717 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 25, 2002 Location: Silver Spring, MD Posts: 11	It appears that Mrs. G. was never officially written out of Diff'rent Strokes. Charlotte Rae's name appears in the credits through Episode 214 when Nedra Volz makes her first appearance as Housekeeper #2 - Adelaide Brubaker). No mention of Mrs. G. is made in this episode, however she is said to be away helping out at Kimberly's school (Eastland) in prior episodes. They never say that she has left for good. (Remember that in the "pilot" from DS, she is offered a job at Eastland but turns it down to remain with the Drummonds.) I guess they wanted to give a chance to come back to DS if FOL had flopped. P.S. Has anyone else ever wondered why Kimberly didn't live at Eastland llike the rest of the girls? Even rich Blair Warner lived there after all.

03-12-2010, 12:38 PM	#15
Natalie1969 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 11, 2009 Location: MD Posts: 187	In one episode of DS called The Woman where Mr. D almost gets married again to the woman who wants to send the kids off to boarding school in other countries like her own kids Kimberly tells the woman that she is away at boarding school but that she visits often and talks to Mr. D everyday. Then in the episode "The Girls School" Kimberly needs Mrs. G's help cuz her housemother quit. This makes it sound like Kimberly lives at Eastland.