Cast reunion on Hallmark 2/15

[Sxbc2010]

I didn't see this posted. Home and Family on Hallmark has a cast interview this Monday. I wonder if they're all apart of it

[TJ]

The Facts of Life Cast Reunites on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel on February 15 at 10am ET/PT (repeats on February 16 at 12pm ET/PT)

It's The Facts of Life reunion show! Mark Steines and Cristina Ferrare welcome actresses Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, and Geri Jewell;
Lisa cooks a delicious Mexican cornbread; decorator Ken Wingard and Kim make DIY blinged roller skates; Hollywood beauty specialist Kym Douglas and Lisa show you how to achieve her character Blair's fabulous hair; it's a prep school inspired fashion show from lifestyle expert Debbie Matenopoulos and men's fashion expert Lawrence Zarian; singer Gloria Loring performs The Facts of Life� theme song; DIY expert Tanya Memme shows you how to make a personalized DIY diary. There will be a few guest surprises along the way...

GEORGE CLOONEY SURPRISE CLIP
From 1985 - 87, future Oscar winner George Clooney starred on "The Facts of Life" as hunky handyman George Burnett. It's been decades since Clooney's seen his former co-stars, but the kind-hearted star never forgot his humble beginnings. George surprises Charlotte Rae, Kim Fields and Lisa Whelchel with a taped greeting in which he recalls his favorite backstage memory with Charlotte. And it's a doozy! https://youtu.be/RUJ_Cn9QxYU

TODD BRIDGES SURPRISE CLIP
The last two times Kim Fields saw her "Diff'rent Strokes" pal Todd Bridges were during dark days -- visiting Todd in prison, and at a memorial service for actress Dana Plato. So it's no wonder Kim screams in shock when Todd walks in to surprise Kim, Charlotte Rae and Lisa Whelchel. Todd, who now hosts a live Las Vegas game show, and Kim - now appearing on 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta', reminisce about a crazy fan who attacked Kim. https://youtu.be/CxaVAM5MQeg

CATCHPHRASES
Hallmark Channel's Home & Family quizzes "The Facts of Life" cast about the sitcom's catchphrases -- and gets Lisa Whelchel and Kim Fields to revisit their character's memorable lines: Blair's "I'm having another one of my brilliant ideas," and Tootie's "We're in truuuu-ble." https://youtu.be/lAPef0CrkDA

Photo Credit: Copyright 2016 Crown Media Family Networks/Photographer: Jeremy Lee

[jayman75]

Lisa posted a picture to Instagram (and likely other social media) with Geri Jewell, Gloria Loring, Kim, Charlotte and Lisa, plus two of Lisa's kids.

It looks like Todd Bridges (Willis from "Diff'rent Strokes") pops in as well.

Gloria Loring wrote "Charlotte Ray" several times on her social media. Come on, lady... "Rae!"

[jayman75]

There is a H&F video with Kim, Todd Bridges, Lisa and Charlotte on the couch... and Kim says "Natalie and Jo are here, too."

I'm assuming that means by video, not in the studio.

[Gemini_89]

Originally Posted by jayman75

There is a H&F video with Kim, Todd Bridges, Lisa and Charlotte on the couch... and Kim says "Natalie and Jo are here, too."

I'm assuming that means by video, not in the studio.

YAAAAAYYYYY!!! I love it how Kim is in character and called them Natalie and Jo! How cute!

[Gemini_89]

All of them look great!

[jayman75]

Lots of pictures and updates here:

http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/home-...uary-15th-2016

I have not found any video yet. Anyone?

[spunkygirl]

Molly Ringwald also taped a message for Charlotte to wish her a wonderful 90th Birthday(upcoming in a few months)

[jayman75]

Keep an eye here for full show video (although it's not up yet):

http://www.hallmarkchanneleverywhere...TVEMovieID=526

[CinD]

TFoL is one of my all time favorite shows, i also watch Home and Family literally every single day and seeing them all on the show was so awesome

They had Lisa in the kitchen for a cooking segment (Mexican cornbread), they also briefly showed her daughter and she's stunning

Everyone looked so good! It was a shame that Nancy and Natalie couldn't be there in studio, but nice of them to send messages, and i was shocked seeing that George sent one too

And the finale of Gloria Loring singing the iconic Facts of Life theme song was great, i'd never heard it performed live

Overall an awesome show for Facts fans!!

[80schild.com]

can someone upload this somewhere? people outside the US can't access the video. you must be logged in through your US cable provider...

[BigManMike]

Same here. I don't have cable so I can't see this either.

['80sSitcoms]

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WOW what a show! Molly Ringwald! George Clooney! Wow! I NEVER would have expected him to have partaken in this! How waesome he's not so "Hollywood" that he's forgotten his humble, goofy, awkward beginnings, lol. I love that. I'm not a GC fan per se (the only movie of his I've seen is O Brother, Where Art Thou, and that was on videotape in the 1990s at the rental of my mother, lol, and I never watched ER---I only saw he and Noah cross-over onto Friends during the first season), but I totally respect him for this. Way to go, George!

And Molly! So nice to hear Lisa and Kim acknowledge the "lost girls" (though Cindy didn't get any lines in flashbacks, nor did Nancy). Since Molly was crushed and then bitter after having been let go from the show, and didn't take part in "The Little Chill" (if she was even invited; I think she was, but thought herself "too big" for that back then? I think that's what I heard...) I think it was very sweet of her to take part in this by sending Charlotte a video birthday message. However, when she said she was glad to wish her a 90th birthday and said "and I hope to be able to wish you a happy 91st", I thought she was gonna say "and I hope to be able to wish you a happy 100th" or at least "95th", but 91?? That sounds like she doesn't have much faith in her! LOL...And I wish she had said something to "the girls" in the video, but maybe she didn't know this would have been shown at a "reunion"-type show (or maybe she did), or that some of the other girls would see it, but oh well. It was great to at least see her included. I just wish they had shown a clip of her playing one of her two "hit singles" on guitar, lol.

"Willis" showed up! I knew from the Instagram in this thread that he would, but I forgot by the time I watched my recording, and they tricked me into believing he wasn't going to be there by showing his video, lol. And then he walked in and I was like "Whoa!" and I love that Kim was so excited to see him. Tootie and Willis hung out some on Diff'rent Strokes, and Blair got Willis to be her Countess Calvet deliveryboy, so I loved seeing him with these FOL cast members he had interacted with before.

Gloria Loring had never met any of the FOL cast before! Whoa! And I knew there was an extra verse to the theme song, as I have a TV theme song book that has the full FOL song in it, but this is nice that others have now gotten to hear the "lost lyrics" as well.

So Molly was involved, but not the other lost girls; oh man that would have been so great to see them in video or, even better, on the couch! And by the way, how GREAT do Lisa and Kim look?? Amazing...

How about that intro with the song and clips of the stars and H&F hosts? That was great! And that guy Ken was such a roller-skate-Tootie fan, but he didn't even know her catchphrase! How embarrassing, lol...and they never did use that one a lot, it's more in memory than it was used on the show; I don't think it was ever said again after season 2, until possibly a use in a much later season?

Mindy's video message was sweet, but kind of bittersweet, now that we know Charlotte tried to "reach out to her" while on the show, but Mindy never really "took to her wing" so to speak (this is in a YouTube video where some guy goes on a Mindy Cohn trek and meets her backstage at a theater, and Charlotte at her home). But I like that Mindy took part and was sincere, and I love the special emphasis she pointed about her scene with Charlotte in season 5 when Natalie's father died and Mindy felt so connected with Charlotte as an actress and that spurned on her desire for acting.

I LOVED all the gushing and memories in the living room set! I was just sitting there on my couch soaking up every Eastland moment! And I loved what Lisa said about the testament of why Mrs. Garrett was so loved and so popular. She really hit the nail on the head! And Kim too, and I loved when host Mark Steines addressed Kim gazing lovingly at Charlotte and asked what she was thinking about that made her do that, and she talked about how it was just 9 years of memories flashing on her (although with Charlotte it was only 7 years and 2 episodes of memories, but who's counting, haha). And her talking about her famous hyseterical meltdown over Jermaine Jackson, the back story of that was great, and how Kim's mom and Charlotte both really worked with her on her climactic scene, and how Kim really loved this episode for being "out of character" for Tootie. I loved hearing her talk about the impact of that.

Oh, and how about Kim and that lady host almost getting into a fight over Todd Bridges not being dead? LOL...very awkward moment there, but luckily it blew over before they came to The Real Housewives of Peekskill blows, haha.

And "Jo" in the kitchen! What Skype fun with Nancy, such nice nostalgic sincerity, regardless of the garbled part where she was talking about something about the art directors and the beautiful set (which I wish we got to hear exactly what she said), I LOVE that she stole the Edna's Edibles open/close sign! hahaha! That's awesome! Like Lisa said, "Well, she was Jo!" LOL! And the others had no idea! lol

Which, after seeing Nancy, brings a subject: why did she have her nose done years ago? Her original nose was just fine, I don't see why she wanted to have any work don on it. Oh, well.

Oh and they said they made over the kitchen to resemble Edna's Edibles, but that was a really bad job as it was nothing close, lol. This Hallmark show's kitchen set lends itself more to the cafeteria and kitchen from seasons 2-4, so that's what they should have striven for.

And how about Cousin Geri's Sesame Street story? I never heard that either. It's "funny", and cute, but I can't help but feel so bad for all those kids who screamed "She killed Big Bird!!"---!---yikes! Poor things... It is hard to believe that they didn't rehearse with skates though, especially with someone with a disability, you'd think they'd wanna really get it down pat.

Man...what a show!!

[Gemini_89]

^^^Is it true that Mindy was weirded out about Charlotte giving her a book on Masturbation or something like that? I gotta find that clip......

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by Gemini_89

^^^Is it true that Mindy was weirded out about Charlotte giving her a book on Masturbation or something like that? I gotta find that clip......

Yes, that guy in that YouTube video asks Charlotte about that (and he really offends her in doing so), and then, in what I think is a very inappropriate moment, he asks Mindy's parents about it---