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'80sSitcoms · 10-03-2018, 09:46 AM

It's October! The season of Halloween is upon us at Eastland!

Let's imagine we're at the dorm for Halloween in 1979. Just picture all those wonderful kitschy, nostalgic "old school" Halloween decorations all over the dorm, the kind they used to put up in your school classrooms and hallways (particularly the 1980s, and if teachers held onto them year after year, some of those may have indeed come from the '70s, lol).

Mrs. Garrett could have a stand by the front door with a huge bowl full of candy to hand out to neighborhood (or, "closest area around the campus, lol) trick-or-treaters.

Maybe the girls could "put on" a haunted house in the dorm for kids to come through.

What do you think would be some fun Halloween costumes for our girls to wear? Here are some options:

Nancy - black cat
Blair - witch (she would go in the traditional black witch's garb with the pointed hat, but would make a statement by being a beautiful witch, lol)
Sue Ann - a genuine Kansas City scarecrow
Cindy - Frankenstein's Monster
Molly - ghost ("The Ghost of Women's Mistreatment Past"? lol)
Natalie - clown
Tootie - bat (when skating, she could hold out her wings and look like she's "gliding", lol)

Happy Halloween!

'80sSitcoms · 10-03-2018, 11:25 AM

We could also "Halloween-up" the characters' names:

Nancy Olson - Trancey Coldson
Blair Warner - Scare Mourner
Sue Ann Weaver - Sue Ann Cleaver
Cindy Webster - Sindy Webster
Nina Branch - Screama Branch
Molly Parker - Maul-y Darker
Natalie Green - Batalie Fiend
Tootie Ramsey - Boo-tie Damned-sey

"Webster and "Branch" are already good for cobwebs and branches of spooky gnarled trees.

And the adults:

Edna Garrett - Deadna Scare-ett
Stephen Bradley - S'Demon Madley
Emily Mahoney - Grim-ily Ma-moan-ey
Monica Warner - Moan-ica Mourner
Justin Branch - Gustin Branch*
Harrison Ramsey - Scare-ison Damned-sey
Dr. Jeff Parker - Dr. Death Darker
Angela - Damn-gela

*(like a gustin' wind, lol)

Lorimar Television · 10-04-2018, 01:12 AM

Nice ideas. I would guess Molly would go as someone like Susan B Anthony. I could see Cindy as a 70s female athlete. Blair I think would go more for a Glinda the good witch costume. I think Tootie would go as a roller disco person. Nancy as her fav thing in the world- a phone. I agree with your idea for Sue Ann, or possibly a farmer. Natalie as a clown would make sense, or maybe a magic marker.

'80sSitcoms · 10-04-2018, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

Nice ideas. I would guess Molly would go as someone like Susan B Anthony.

Hahaha!

Or maybe Joan Baez, lol.

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Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

I could see Cindy as a 70s female athlete. Blair I think would go more for a Glinda the good witch costume. I think Tootie would go as a roller disco person. Nancy as her fav thing in the world- a phone. I agree with your idea for Sue Ann, or possibly a farmer. Natalie as a clown would make sense, or maybe a magic marker.

"magic marker", haha!

Those are good ideas too, I was just keeping my ideas in the vein of traditionally "classic" Halloween costumes, which I generally prefer.

RetroGuy2000 · 10-04-2018, 01:39 PM

What a funny thread!

'80Sitcoms' suggestions for the girls' costumes are great, but I agree with Lorimar that Molly's costume should be Susan B. Anthony (or maybe The Ghost of Susan B. Anthony, if something more spooky is needed?). 1979 was a big year for SBA -- the first coins were struck that year, so she was a hot topic in feminism in 1979; it's just perfect!

I think Natalie should have been a pumpkin, embracing her plumpness.

'80sSitcoms · 10-04-2018, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

What a funny thread!

'80Sitcoms' suggestions for the girls' costumes are great, but I agree with Lorimar that Molly's costume should be Susan B. Anthony (or maybe The Ghost of Susan B. Anthony, if something more spooky is needed?). 1979 was a big year for SBA -- the first coins were struck that year, so she was a hot topic in feminism in 1979; it's just perfect!

I think Natalie should have been a pumpkin, embracing her plumpness.

Oh, of course! Natalie as a

- that's great!

And I do love the idea of Molly as Susan B. Anthony, even though it's not "Halloweeny", lol.

'80sSitcoms · 10-04-2018, 01:56 PM

It's time for a 1979 FOL Halloween Mad Lib!

I need these words filled in, please (take however many you like, just be sure you keep the corresponding number in your reply!) :

(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(common room item/s)
(common room item/s)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(Halloween costume)
(Halloween costume)
(Halloween costume)
(Halloween costume)
(Halloween costume)
(Halloween costume)
(Halloween costume)
(Halloween costume)
(Halloween costume)
(Halloween costume)
(phrase)
(number)
(nouns)
(nouns)
(Eastland location)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(color)
(fragrant noun)
(food)
(Eastland girl)
(Eastland girl)
(body part)
(animal)
(Eastland girl)
(food)
(food)
(liquid)
(adj)
(common room object)
(adj)
(common room set piece)
(adj)
(deceased person)
(verb [past tense])
(common room set piece)
(character from film)
(object)
(verb [present tense])
(public establishment)
(adj)
(verb [past tense])
(Eastland girl)
(profession)
(noun)
(plural noun)
(verb)
(Eastland girl)
(food)
(drink)
(Eastland location)
(holiday)

RetroGuy2000 · 10-04-2018, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

It's time for a 1979 FOL Halloween Mad Lib!

Fun!

chubby
"strange"
snobby
phone
umbrella
invisible
liberated
athletic
scarecrow
good witch
ghost of Susan B. Anthony
pumpkin
Peter Fonda
black cat
bat
zombie headmaster
Bride of Frankenstein
delivery boy
"we are in troublllle!"
10, 12
girls
magic markers
Mr. Bradley's office
mysterious
happy
dejected
harvest gold
mystery meat
cinnamon buns
Nancy
Sue Ann
pigtails
Chestnut
Blair
green pepper
pie
cheese dip
smart
globe
(adj)
grandfather clock
square
Natalie's grandfather
skinny-dipped
piano
Angel from Little Darlings
globe
smoke
The Chug-A-Lug Bar
(adj)
went
Alexandra
lawyer
woman
women
rollerskated
Tootie
rolls
soda
the stable
Christmas

...Hope I did this right!

'80sSitcoms · 10-04-2018, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Fun!

...Hope I did this right!

Haha, I hope you did too! We'll see!

(and what a trooper! I had no idea I had 61 needed words until I hit "Submit'!

)

Now to fill in the blanks in our little Halloween story...

'80sSitcoms · 10-04-2018, 02:37 PM

Oh no! I need 2 more adjectives, for #s 40 and 50! Help!

(also, a replacement Eastland girl for #52, please---it needs to be one of "our girls" on the show in 1979

)

RetroGuy2000 · 10-04-2018, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Oh no! I need 2 more adjectives, for #s 40 and 50! Help!

(also, a replacement Eastland girl for #52, please---it needs to be one of "our girls" on the show in 1979

)

Oh, sorry. When you said, "take however many you like", I thought you meant I didn't have to fill out every item. I just misunderstood.

40. matronly
50. spooky
52. Nina

...better?

'80sSitcoms · 10-04-2018, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Oh, sorry. When you said, "[SIZE=2]take however many you like", I thought you meant I didn't have to fill out every item. I just misunderstood.

Oh, no I did mean that, but when you left just 2 out of 61, I thought you just overlooked them, lol.

'80sSitcoms · 10-04-2018, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

52. Nina

...better?

Actually no, lol. I'm sorry, when I said "(Eastland girl)" in my list, I meant one of the regular cast. Sorry I wasn't more specific, but, I also just assumed whoever played would pick from our roster of main girls, lol.

RetroGuy2000 · 10-04-2018, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Actually no, lol. I'm sorry, when I said "(Eastland girl)" in my list, I meant one of the regular cast. Sorry I wasn't more specific, but, I also just assumed whoever played would pick from our roster of main girls, lol.

You don't consider Nina one of our girls?

*sniffles*

Well, then... 52. Natalie.

'80sSitcoms · 10-04-2018, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

You don't consider Nina one of our girls?

*sniffles*

Well, then... 52. Natalie.

lol, I do, but the story was already written, and the only girls are our main 7, lol.

10-03-2018, 09:46 AM	#1
'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	Halloween at the dorm It's October! The season of Halloween is upon us at Eastland! Let's imagine we're at the dorm for Halloween in 1979. Just picture all those wonderful kitschy, nostalgic "old school" Halloween decorations all over the dorm, the kind they used to put up in your school classrooms and hallways (particularly the 1980s, and if teachers held onto them year after year, some of those may have indeed come from the '70s, lol). Mrs. Garrett could have a stand by the front door with a huge bowl full of candy to hand out to neighborhood (or, "closest area around the campus, lol) trick-or-treaters. Maybe the girls could "put on" a haunted house in the dorm for kids to come through. What do you think would be some fun Halloween costumes for our girls to wear? Here are some options: Nancy - black cat Blair - witch (she would go in the traditional black witch's garb with the pointed hat, but would make a statement by being a beautiful witch, lol) Sue Ann - a genuine Kansas City scarecrow Cindy - Frankenstein's Monster Molly - ghost ("The Ghost of Women's Mistreatment Past"? lol) Natalie - clown Tootie - bat (when skating, she could hold out her wings and look like she's "gliding", lol) Happy Halloween!

10-03-2018, 11:25 AM	#2
'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	We could also "Halloween-up" the characters' names: Nancy Olson - Trancey Coldson Blair Warner - Scare Mourner Sue Ann Weaver - Sue Ann Cleaver Cindy Webster - Sindy Webster Nina Branch - Screama Branch Molly Parker - Maul-y Darker Natalie Green - Batalie Fiend Tootie Ramsey - Boo-tie Damned-sey "Webster and "Branch" are already good for cobwebs and branches of spooky gnarled trees. And the adults: Edna Garrett - Deadna Scare-ett Stephen Bradley - S'Demon Madley Emily Mahoney - Grim-ily Ma-moan-ey Monica Warner - Moan-ica Mourner Justin Branch - Gustin Branch* Harrison Ramsey - Scare-ison Damned-sey Dr. Jeff Parker - Dr. Death Darker Angela - Damn-gela *(like a gustin' wind, lol)
	Last edited by '80sSitcoms; 09-13-2021 at 12:31 PM.

10-04-2018, 01:12 AM	#3
Lorimar Television Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 06, 2007 Posts: 7,034	Nice ideas. I would guess Molly would go as someone like Susan B Anthony. I could see Cindy as a 70s female athlete. Blair I think would go more for a Glinda the good witch costume. I think Tootie would go as a roller disco person. Nancy as her fav thing in the world- a phone. I agree with your idea for Sue Ann, or possibly a farmer. Natalie as a clown would make sense, or maybe a magic marker.
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10-04-2018, 01:56 PM	#7
'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	It's time for a 1979 FOL Halloween Mad Lib! I need these words filled in, please (take however many you like, just be sure you keep the corresponding number in your reply!) : (adj) (adj) (adj) (common room item/s) (common room item/s) (adj) (adj) (adj) (Halloween costume) (Halloween costume) (Halloween costume) (Halloween costume) (Halloween costume) (Halloween costume) (Halloween costume) (Halloween costume) (Halloween costume) (Halloween costume) (phrase) (number) (nouns) (nouns) (Eastland location) (adj) (adj) (adj) (color) (fragrant noun) (food) (Eastland girl) (Eastland girl) (body part) (animal) (Eastland girl) (food) (food) (liquid) (adj) (common room object) (adj) (common room set piece) (adj) (deceased person) (verb [past tense]) (common room set piece) (character from film) (object) (verb [present tense]) (public establishment) (adj) (verb [past tense]) (Eastland girl) (profession) (noun) (plural noun) (verb) (Eastland girl) (food) (drink) (Eastland location) (holiday)

10-04-2018, 02:37 PM	#10
'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	Oh no! I need 2 more adjectives, for #s 40 and 50! Help! (also, a replacement Eastland girl for #52, please---it needs to be one of "our girls" on the show in 1979 )
	Last edited by '80sSitcoms; 10-04-2018 at 03:16 PM.

10-04-2018, 01:39 PM	#5
RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	What a funny thread! '80Sitcoms' suggestions for the girls' costumes are great, but I agree with Lorimar that Molly's costume should be Susan B. Anthony (or maybe The Ghost of Susan B. Anthony, if something more spooky is needed?). 1979 was a big year for SBA -- the first coins were struck that year, so she was a hot topic in feminism in 1979; it's just perfect! I think Natalie should have been a pumpkin, embracing her plumpness.
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