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['80sSitcoms]

***MAJOR ORIGINAL SCRIPT SPOILERS***

ACT I

Hey, what's with the cast list?? All the names are spelled right!

Did anyone else notice the Make-Up, Hair, and Wardrobe times don't match up with the other times?

"It's nice, but Eastland's scholastic program is more impressive than some trinket on a shelf" --- wow, what a clunker of a line! (and a trophy that large is obviously not a "trinket", with all due respect, Mr. Murray)

"You'd think that little 'E' makes their daughter Tracy Austin" --- I keep forgetting to Google that to see whoever this 1970s Tracy Austin person is. I guess some fast runner before our time!

HAHA they have Sue Ann and Cindy entering in "track clothes" instead of just "track shoes"!

And only Tootie says she's winning at checkers? Interesting---I'm so glad they added Nat's version of the line to show they can't even tell who's winning. That's a cute moment there.

Aww, they added in Mrs. Garrett's pride of my Cindy! "Well all riiiiiiight!"

"Mol"? "Mol"! Aww, they at first had Mrs. Garrett call Molly "Mol"---isn't that cute, Lorsie and Retrikins?

(CINDY DOES A BACK FLIP) --- wow, it's a good thing Julie Ann Haddock just happened to be a gymnast! haha (I'm sure they probably checked with her first, lol)

Interesting, here it's Eastland "ladies" humidify, but in the aired script it's "girls".

"There's a new girl at Schenectedy High who runs so fast no one's ever seen her face" --- I'm pretty sure that's not the aired line!

Ah, at first they had Mr. Bradley not even speak to Cindy saying Cindy hasn't run in competition, he just didn't respond to Cindy at all and spoke only to Sue Ann! I'm glad they changed it to have him deliver his line to Cindy instead.

Funny, they scratched out Tootie's "Yeah" and put "That's right" instead, but on the aired show she goes back to "Yeah", lol!

Hey, we learn about Sue Ann's summer plans! She'll be spending the summer in Wichita!

(and Nancy is being very good at wallpaper here---she hasn't even appeared on camera yet! It's the other 6 girls and the 2 adults! Poor Felice...in nearly every scene in the backdoor pilot, and they don't even give her a background appearance here yet...)

(GIRLS REACT AND CHANT, "CINDY, CINDY, CINDY,")
(shot of Blair enthused with others)

I always LOVED that chant!! The best thing Natalie Green ever did was to start "the Cindy chant"! There was nothing like being a little boy watching your favorite Eastland girl be chanted for by all the girls!

(and I just realized, I remember Nancy's there for the chant, but she wasn't there earlier...she must have really made a quiet, non-fussy entrance somewhere in here)

Bradley: (turning to Cindy) "Cindy it is." --- I much prefer the aired show, where he throws his hands up in defeat and says with a chuckle of "I give up!", "Alright, alright! Cindy it is!"

(all girls cheer)---that's right they all cheer! For CINDY!!

Oo, Blair had a cut line! --- "Hey, wait. I don't get excited about.....these things." (can't make out that missing word) Interesting...

Oo! A CUT SCENE!! WOW!!

Garrett: "Yeah, the President runs."

Molly: "And he fainted."

Interesting though they have Natalie say, "It's healthy", whereas you would think they would give that line to, maybe, Molly, for instance.

Sue Ann: "Yeah, let's all support Cindy!"

Cindy: "Hey, thanks, guys. I won't let you down. I'm gonna win." --- awwww! Oh man, I really wish these lines had been kept in!!

BUT---it's also a natural and great way to end the scene with "the Cindy chant" and Bradley's defeat!

(SHE STARTS THE "ROCKY" THEME. THE GIRLS JOIN IN. FINALLY, BLAIR ALSO JOINS IN)

hahahahaha!! That would have been so funny! (and so dated!!)

Ohhhhh, look, now we're in the school gym! So THAT'S why they all start running together!! Wow, I never actually really wondered why they all run together, but now seeing the cut scene, it makes perfect sense why they do!

Aha, they have Sue Ann remind them they all volunteered for the running program, as a "make-up" for the cut scene.

"Nancy" doesn't get a mention until page 13!! (and one line on page 14!)

Hey! Blair was supposed to get a stylish running suit, and she didn't! "Wardrobe!!" lol

"Roger gets excited at supermarket openings." Interesting! In the aired show they change it to "Roger gets excited in haircuts.", lol---the "haircuts" makes him sound weirder, but the "supermarket openings" makes him sound cornier, haha---I like that one!

It's too bad they didn't put there, "(NANCY REACTS)", haha.

(GARRETT, IN STUNNING TRACK SUIT) --- haha!

Oo, they made the girls really intense in the competition by adding "winning, winning!" to Mrs. Garrett's originally solo "winning".

Oo, they added "You know their schoolwork is suffering.", but they didn't keep that line. Interesting.

I wonder if Cindy's "How could I pass you on the right?!" became "Who could pass you on the right?!" because perhaps Julie Anne was really getting in the heat of the moment?

(CINDY PUSHES SUE ANN)

Get 'er, Cinds!! LOL

Blair: "Owww!!!!" LOL!!! I'm sorry Blair, no offense, but that just looks hilarious written out!

And interestingly, they don't have Blair falling dramatically to the sofa in a burst of domestic-violence-victimness like the aired show does---she just "stands"! lol

(THE GIRLS ARE GLARING) --- at first I thought that meant the background girls, and I was like, "Why are they glaring??" lol, then I realized that means Cindy and Sue Ann! So in the script, Bradley and Garrett pull the girls apart, Blair is hit, and the fighting stops. But in the aired version, those two blonde boxers are still going at it, right past the camera fade-out! Love it!!

['80sSitcoms]

(this intermission is dedicated as a moment of silence for Nancy Olson, who got ONE line in Act I...ONE)

['80sSitcoms]

ACT II

"What do you mean it sounds sexy?" --- they cut that out? But Felice sure didn't! lol

And if memory serves, I believe she says he is sick and depraved, but not that he is "degenerate".

(SHE HANGS UP PHONE WITH FORCE)

"with force"?? That's silly! At least, the way she delivers the farewell, she's not in a huff, she's cool and "la-de-da".

I wonder if the producers tried to smooth down Felice's ruffled "WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CHARACTER?!?" feathers by really building this up: "Nancy is VITAL to the plot! She is the GREEK CHORUS for the beginning of Act 2! Page 25 is AAAAAAAALLL NANCY! She is the ONLY ONE who speaks! For the ENTIRE PAGE!"



I always like that line where Molly confirms Sue Ann and Cindy "have been best friends all year!"

Oo! Another cut Blair line! But, unlike Nancy, when they cut Blair lines, there are still plenty of Blair lines! lol

"It serves you right. I told you you were too old to be running around like a kid."

"too old"?? She's, like, 15!

Nancy: "What's the difference? We're talking about Cindy!" -- I always picture Felice there thinking, "We're sure as hell not talking about Nancy!! " lol

"and she talked me into running" became "She's the one who got me into running!" Interesting...#MajorCindyGeek

Cindy gets "bored" at the mention of Roger, lol!

They have Cindy refer to Sue Ann as a "creep" in the script, but it's "jerk" on camera. "Jerk" does sound more like something coming from a tomboy.

Also, this is a VERY interesting scene on its own for the fact that, whereas in the previous scene we had Blair and Sue Ann and Tootie, 3 of the biggest players of season 1 in the same scene, where Blair and Sue Ann have been together through so many episodes, and Blair and Tootie have had some time together, but in the gym we have the VERY RARE combo of Cindy, Natalie, and Nancy---never again do we ever see a scene of these three together!

Molly's line "Tails, Cindy drops out" became the succinct, "Tails, Cindy does".

Also, this is very interesting, and something I never thought of before. Tootie and Molly come down the stairs as the negotiating spokesgirls. Molly and Tootie were seen to be friends in "The Return of Mr. Garrett" when Molly called Tootie over to communicate with Harvey, Molly's dead hamster. And here they are being co-negotiating spokesgirls. A nice little echo of their friendship.

Wow, they had Mrs. Garrett call them "guys" at first, instead of "girls"! lol...that does feel weird using "guys" on such a heavy female show, like if Rose walked in on "The Golden Girls" and said, "Hey, guys!" lol

I like how Cindy remarks on Mrs. Garrett's printmaking more than Sue Ann does.

(TO BRADLEY, INDICATING ANGRY GIRLS)

Bradley's "looking" to knock 5 seconds off becomes "hoping" to knock 5 seconds off.

Oh wow, cut dialogue all about trophies! Interesting! I like Mrs. Garrett's: "I don't know why they call these things 'loving cups'. This hasn't generated any love around here."

"Now neither one of you is standing next to somebody she hates" --- I much prefer the aired show, with the active stance of "has to" instead of the passive "is", along with the ending intensity of Blasting Garrett™ : "Now neither of you has to stand next to someone she hates!"

Oo! A cut Sue Ann line!

Cindy: "I never said I hated her."

Sue Ann: "No."

Hmm, interesting they cut that...

"When I heard you beat my record, I saw red"....seeing red became "I was jealous". That's right, Sue Ann's not a bull, she's a human, lol.

(HAND EXTENDED, GARBOESQUE) ---haha!

Awww, "End of Show"---sniff! lol...

WOO-HOO!! A semi-Cindy script!! THANK YOU "SANTA RETRO"!!! LOL

[Lorimar Television]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

***MAJOR ORIGINAL SCRIPT SPOILERS***

ACT I

Hey, what's with the cast list?? All the names are spelled right!
FINALLY
Did anyone else notice the Make-Up, Hair, and Wardrobe times don't match up with the other times?


"It's nice, but Eastland's scholastic program is more impressive than some trinket on a shelf" --- wow, what a clunker of a line! (and a trophy that large is obviously not a "trinket", with all due respect, Mr. Murray)

"You'd think that little 'E' makes their daughter Tracy Austin" --- I keep forgetting to Google that to see whoever this 1970s Tracy Austin person is. I guess some fast runner before our time!

HAHA they have Sue Ann and Cindy entering in "track clothes" instead of just "track shoes"!

And only Tootie says she's winning at checkers? Interesting---I'm so glad they added Nat's version of the line to show they can't even tell who's winning. That's a cute moment there.
Agreed.
Aww, they added in Mrs. Garrett's pride of my Cindy! "Well all riiiiiiight!"

"Mol"? "Mol"! Aww, they at first had Mrs. Garrett call Molly "Mol"---isn't that cute, Lorsie and Retrikins?
Sorry Retro, looks like Retrikins is sticking
(CINDY DOES A BACK FLIP) --- wow, it's a good thing Julie Ann Haddock just happened to be a gymnast! haha (I'm sure they probably checked with her first, lol)

Interesting, here it's Eastland "ladies" humidify, but in the aired script it's "girls".

"There's a new girl at Schenectedy High who runs so fast no one's ever seen her face" --- I'm pretty sure that's not the aired line!

Ah, at first they had Mr. Bradley not even speak to Cindy saying Cindy hasn't run in competition, he just didn't respond to Cindy at all and spoke only to Sue Ann! I'm glad they changed it to have him deliver his line to Cindy instead.

Funny, they scratched out Tootie's "Yeah" and put "That's right" instead, but on the aired show she goes back to "Yeah", lol! Ha good catch

Hey, we learn about Sue Ann's summer plans! She'll be spending the summer in Wichita! Then she returns to room with Cindy again while Blair is forced to work in the kitchen

(and Nancy is being very good at wallpaper here---she hasn't even appeared on camera yet! It's the other 6 girls and the 2 adults! Poor Felice...in nearly every scene in the backdoor pilot, and they don't even give her a background appearance here yet...)

(GIRLS REACT AND CHANT, "CINDY, CINDY, CINDY,")
(shot of Blair enthused with others)

I always LOVED that chant!! The best thing Natalie Green ever did was to start "the Cindy chant"! There was nothing like being a little boy watching your favorite Eastland girl be chanted for by all the girls!

(and I just realized, I remember Nancy's there for the chant, but she wasn't there earlier...she must have really made a quiet, non-fussy entrance somewhere in here)

Bradley: (turning to Cindy) "Cindy it is." --- I much prefer the aired show, where he throws his hands up in defeat and says with a chuckle of "I give up!", "Alright, alright! Cindy it is!"

(all girls cheer)---that's right they all cheer! For CINDY!!

Oo, Blair had a cut line! --- "Hey, wait. I don't get excited about.....these things." (can't make out that missing word) Interesting...

Oo! A CUT SCENE!! WOW!!

Garrett: "Yeah, the President runs."

Molly: "And he fainted."
Lmao
Interesting though they have Natalie say, "It's healthy", whereas you would think they would give that line to, maybe, Molly, for instance.

Sue Ann: "Yeah, let's all support Cindy!"

Cindy: "Hey, thanks, guys. I won't let you down. I'm gonna win." --- awwww! Oh man, I really wish these lines had been kept in!!

BUT---it's also a natural and great way to end the scene with "the Cindy chant" and Bradley's defeat!

(SHE STARTS THE "ROCKY" THEME. THE GIRLS JOIN IN. FINALLY, BLAIR ALSO JOINS IN)

hahahahaha!! That would have been so funny! (and so dated!!)
Lol it’s still parodied even today though
Ohhhhh, look, now we're in the school gym! So THAT'S why they all start running together!! Wow, I never actually really wondered why they all run together, but now seeing the cut scene, it makes perfect sense why they do!

Aha, they have Sue Ann remind them they all volunteered for the running program, as a "make-up" for the cut scene.

"Nancy" doesn't get a mention until page 13!! (and one line on page 14!)
Ugh poor Feliece
Hey! Blair was supposed to get a stylish running suit, and she didn't! "Wardrobe!!" lol


"Roger gets excited at supermarket openings." Interesting! In the aired show they change it to "Roger gets excited in haircuts.", lol---the "haircuts" makes him sound weirder, but the "supermarket openings" makes him sound cornier, haha---I like that one!
Maybe he gets free food. I’ve only been to one super market opening in my life though
It's too bad they didn't put there, "(NANCY REACTS)", haha.

(GARRETT, IN STUNNING TRACK SUIT) --- haha!

Oo, they made the girls really intense in the competition by adding "winning, winning!" to Mrs. Garrett's originally solo "winning".

Oo, they added "You know their schoolwork is suffering.", but they didn't keep that line. Interesting.

I wonder if Cindy's "How could I pass you on the right?!" became "Who could pass you on the right?!" because perhaps Julie Anne was really getting in the heat of the moment?

(CINDY PUSHES SUE ANN)

Get 'er, Cinds!! LOL
Deck her Sue Ann
Blair: "Owww!!!!" LOL!!! I'm sorry Blair, no offense, but that just looks hilarious written out!

And interestingly, they don't have Blair falling dramatically to the sofa in a burst of domestic-violence-victimness like the aired show does---she just "stands"! lol

(THE GIRLS ARE GLARING) --- at first I thought that meant the background girls, and I was like, "Why are they glaring??" lol, then I realized that means Cindy and Sue Ann! So in the script, Bradley and Garrett pull the girls apart, Blair is hit, and the fighting stops. But in the aired version, those two blonde boxers are still going at it, right past the camera fade-out! Love it!!

[Lorimar Television]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

(this intermission is dedicated as a moment of silence for Nancy Olson, who got ONE line in Act I...ONE)

[Lorimar Television]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

ACT II

"What do you mean it sounds sexy?" --- they cut that out? But Felice sure didn't! lol

And if memory serves, I believe she says he is sick and depraved, but not that he is "degenerate".

(SHE HANGS UP PHONE WITH FORCE)

"with force"?? That's silly! At least, the way she delivers the farewell, she's not in a huff, she's cool and "la-de-da".

I wonder if the producers tried to smooth down Felice's ruffled "WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CHARACTER?!?" feathers by really building this up: "Nancy is VITAL to the plot! She is the GREEK CHORUS for the beginning of Act 2! Page 25 is AAAAAAAALLL NANCY! She is the ONLY ONE who speaks! For the ENTIRE PAGE!"



I always like that line where Molly confirms Sue Ann and Cindy "have been best friends all year!"

Oo! Another cut Blair line! But, unlike Nancy, when they cut Blair lines, there are still plenty of Blair lines! lol

"It serves you right. I told you you were too old to be running around like a kid."

"too old"?? She's, like, 15!

Nancy: "What's the difference? We're talking about Cindy!" -- I always picture Felice there thinking, "We're sure as hell not talking about Nancy!! " lol
Too funny. Facts of facts podcast even mention how producers couldn’t even bother to come up a quick habit for Nancy to mention.
"and she talked me into running" became "She's the one who got me into running!" Interesting...#MajorCindyGeek

Cindy gets "bored" at the mention of Roger, lol!

They have Cindy refer to Sue Ann as a "creep" in the script, but it's "jerk" on camera. "Jerk" does sound more like something coming from a tomboy.

Also, this is a VERY interesting scene on its own for the fact that, whereas in the previous scene we had Blair and Sue Ann and Tootie, 3 of the biggest players of season 1 in the same scene, where Blair and Sue Ann have been together through so many episodes, and Blair and Tootie have had some time together, but in the gym we have the VERY RARE combo of Cindy, Natalie, and Nancy---never again do we ever see a scene of these three together!
Agreed, it was an interesting split.
Molly's line "Tails, Cindy drops out" became the succinct, "Tails, Cindy does".

Also, this is very interesting, and something I never thought of before. Tootie and Molly come down the stairs as the negotiating spokesgirls. Molly and Tootie were seen to be friends in "The Return of Mr. Garrett" when Molly called Tootie over to communicate with Harvey, Molly's dead hamster. And here they are being co-negotiating spokesgirls. A nice little echo of their friendship.

Wow, they had Mrs. Garrett call them "guys" at first, instead of "girls"! lol...that does feel weird using "guys" on such a heavy female show, like if Rose walked in on "The Golden Girls" and said, "Hey, guys!" lol

I like how Cindy remarks on Mrs. Garrett's printmaking more than Sue Ann does.

(TO BRADLEY, INDICATING ANGRY GIRLS)

Bradley's "looking" to knock 5 seconds off becomes "hoping" to knock 5 seconds off.

Oh wow, cut dialogue all about trophies! Interesting! I like Mrs. Garrett's: "I don't know why they call these things 'loving cups'. This hasn't generated any love around here."

"Now neither one of you is standing next to somebody she hates" --- I much prefer the aired show, with the active stance of "has to" instead of the passive "is", along with the ending intensity of Blasting Garrett™ : "Now neither of you has to stand next to someone she hates!"

Oo! A cut Sue Ann line!

Cindy: "I never said I hated her."

Sue Ann: "No."

Hmm, interesting they cut that...

"When I heard you beat my record, I saw red"....seeing red became "I was jealous". That's right, Sue Ann's not a bull, she's a human, lol.

(HAND EXTENDED, GARBOESQUE) ---haha!

Awww, "End of Show"---sniff! lol...

WOO-HOO!! A semi-Cindy script!! THANK YOU "SANTA RETRO"!!! LOL

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Hey, what's with the cast list?? All the names are spelled right!

I know! They're usually full of mistakes. It was shocking that they got the names spelled right!

Did anyone else notice the Make-Up, Hair, and Wardrobe times don't match up with the other times?

No, to be honest, I've been focused on the lines, "seeing" scenes and lines that never made it off the paper.

"You'd think that little 'E' makes their daughter Tracy Austin" --- I keep forgetting to Google that to see whoever this 1970s Tracy Austin person is. I guess some fast runner before our time!

She actually was a tennis player!

And only Tootie says she's winning at checkers? Interesting---I'm so glad they added Nat's version of the line to show they can't even tell who's winning. That's a cute moment there.

I agree: the broadcast version is better, there.

(CINDY DOES A BACK FLIP) --- wow, it's a good thing Julie Ann Haddock just happened to be a gymnast! haha (I'm sure they probably checked with her first, lol)

Bwahaha! I actually suspect she impressed the producers with her backflip, landed the part, and then they wrote it into the script.

Funny, they scratched out Tootie's "Yeah" and put "That's right" instead, but on the aired show she goes back to "Yeah", lol!

I suspect this one went through many revisions. Blue scripts, white scripts, pink scripts, yellow...

Hey, we learn about Sue Ann's summer plans! She'll be spending the summer in Wichita!

YES! A nice Sue Ann detail!

(and Nancy is being very good at wallpaper here---she hasn't even appeared on camera yet! It's the other 6 girls and the 2 adults! Poor Felice...in nearly every scene in the backdoor pilot, and they don't even give her a background appearance here yet...)

Yes, and so I suspect someone on the writing staff hated her.

(GIRLS REACT AND CHANT, "CINDY, CINDY, CINDY,")
(shot of Blair enthused with others)

I always LOVED that chant!! The best thing Natalie Green ever did was to start "the Cindy chant"! There was nothing like being a little boy watching your favorite Eastland girl be chanted for by all the girls!

(and I just realized, I remember Nancy's there for the chant, but she wasn't there earlier...she must have really made a quiet, non-fussy entrance somewhere in here)

Felice snuck in. It was the only way she was going to get any lines in this episode!

Oo! A CUT SCENE!! WOW!!

YEP!

Garrett: "Yeah, the President runs."

Molly: "And he fainted."

Interesting though they have Natalie say, "It's healthy", whereas you would think they would give that line to, maybe, Molly, for instance.

Sue Ann: "Yeah, let's all support Cindy!"

Cindy: "Hey, thanks, guys. I won't let you down. I'm gonna win." --- awwww! Oh man, I really wish these lines had been kept in!!

BUT---it's also a natural and great way to end the scene with "the Cindy chant" and Bradley's defeat!

(SHE STARTS THE "ROCKY" THEME. THE GIRLS JOIN IN. FINALLY, BLAIR ALSO JOINS IN)

hahahahaha!! That would have been so funny! (and so dated!!)

Ohhhhh, look, now we're in the school gym! So THAT'S why they all start running together!! Wow, I never actually really wondered why they all run together, but now seeing the cut scene, it makes perfect sense why they do!

Exactly. Another piece of the puzzle!

Aha, they have Sue Ann remind them they all volunteered for the running program, as a "make-up" for the cut scene.

"Nancy" doesn't get a mention until page 13!! (and one line on page 14!)

Hey! Blair was supposed to get a stylish running suit, and she didn't! "Wardrobe!!" lol

Yeah, it would have been nice to see Blair in a designer track suit!

"Roger gets excited at supermarket openings." Interesting! In the aired show they change it to "Roger gets excited in haircuts.", lol---the "haircuts" makes him sound weirder, but the "supermarket openings" makes him sound cornier, haha---I like that one!

The supermarket one makes sense. The haircut one... I have always wondered what it meant. It sounds creepy.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

ACT II

"What do you mean it sounds sexy?" --- they cut that out? But Felice sure didn't! lol

And if memory serves, I believe she says he is sick and depraved, but not that he is "degenerate".

(SHE HANGS UP PHONE WITH FORCE)

"with force"?? That's silly! At least, the way she delivers the farewell, she's not in a huff, she's cool and "la-de-da".

I wonder if the producers tried to smooth down Felice's ruffled "WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CHARACTER?!?" feathers by really building this up: "Nancy is VITAL to the plot! She is the GREEK CHORUS for the beginning of Act 2! Page 25 is AAAAAAAALLL NANCY! She is the ONLY ONE who speaks! For the ENTIRE PAGE!"

This might have been the episode where she went to the producers and said "where's my part?! Where's my character?! I get "fast finish" and "Roger gets excited at haircuts"?!

So they gave her back her previously-cut line, "What do you mean it sounds sexy?"

I always like that line where Molly confirms Sue Ann and Cindy "have been best friends all year!"

Not only is it cool that they've been best friends (and seemingly roommates), we later get this continuity in later seasons: we always see them together. In Season 2, 3, and 8, they are inseparable.

Nancy: "What's the difference? We're talking about Cindy!" -- I always picture Felice there thinking, "We're sure as hell not talking about Nancy!! " lol

Felice had to have been thinking just that.

Wow, they had Mrs. Garrett call them "guys" at first, instead of "girls"! lol...that does feel weird using "guys" on such a heavy female show, like if Rose walked in on "The Golden Girls" and said, "Hey, guys!" lol

I think FOL was an early prototype of The Golden Girls. As you say, "girls" makes more sense, here.

Oh wow, cut dialogue all about trophies! Interesting! I like Mrs. Garrett's: "I don't know why they call these things 'loving cups'. This hasn't generated any love around here."

It's a nice line. Too bad they couldn't keep it.

"Now neither one of you is standing next to somebody she hates" --- I much prefer the aired show, with the active stance of "has to" instead of the passive "is", along with the ending intensity of Blasting Garrett™ : "Now neither of you has to stand next to someone she hates!"

Yep: the broadcast line is so much stronger.

WOO-HOO!! A semi-Cindy script!! THANK YOU "SANTA RETRO"!!! LOL

You are so very welcome, '80s! I knew both you and Lorimar would enjoy this one! And I do, too! So much to love!

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by Lorimar

Too funny. Facts of facts podcast even mention how producers couldn’t even bother to come up a quick habit for Nancy to mention.

Yep! They noticed it, too. Dominick's theory, that Felice must have offended the writers somehow, is an intriguing one. Why else would they refuse to even give her character a nervous habit?

[Lorimar Television]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Yep! They noticed it, too. Dominick's theory, that Felice must have offended the writers somehow, is an intriguing one. Why else would they refuse to even give her character a nervous habit?

True reminds me of Family Matters with Judy, so many times they could've just referenced her, even before her character was living wallpaper. I remember one episode when Harriette's long lost father returns she says "I see Carl with Laura *long beat* and think how I never had that", I wonder if they muted her saying, "Or Carl with Judy", it was a really odd long pause, but why not mention her?

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

True reminds me of Family Matters with Judy, so many times they could've just referenced her, even before her character was living wallpaper. I remember one episode when Harriette's long lost father returns she says "I see Carl with Laura *long beat* and think how I never had that", I wonder if they muted her saying, "Or Carl with Judy", it was a really odd long pause, but why not mention her?

It's even worse with family members than it is with students at a school. At least with students, you can theorize they're on the other side of the campus most of the time. But that doesn't work in a house.

The Judy situation -- along with Chuck and Brendan... is just creepy.

[Lorimar Television]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

It's even worse with family members than it is with students at a school. At least with students, you can theorize they're on the other side of the campus most of the time. But that doesn't work in a house.

The Judy situation -- along with Chuck and Brendan... is just creepy.

True, Im just talking about when she was still on the show and was oddly not mentioned.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

True, Im just talking about when she was still on the show and was oddly not mentioned.

Yeah, that was strange, too.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

Sorry Retro, looks like Retrikins is sticking

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

Hey, we learn about Sue Ann's summer plans! She'll be spending the summer in Wichita! Then she returns to room with Cindy again while Blair is forced to work in the kitchen

Haha! Good point! Sue Ann gets to tell Cindy all about the exotic locale of "Wichita!" while Blair plots to go Chug-a-Lugging with Jo, lol.

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

I’ve only been to one super market opening in my life though

That's more than I've been to! lol

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

Deck her Sue Ann

Haha!

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

Facts of facts podcast even mention how producers couldn’t even bother to come up a quick habit for Nancy to mention.

Wow, everyone notices!

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

No, to be honest, I've been focused on the lines, "seeing" scenes and lines that never made it off the paper.

Well of course, but before you dive into the script, it's neat to glance over this first as an appetizer, and that stood out to me.

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

She actually was a tennis player!

Aha! Mystery solved!

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Yes, and so I suspect someone on the writing staff hated her.

It would be so interesting to see the "real story" of what happened with Felice and Nancy for "them" to become wallpaper...

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Felice snuck in. It was the only way she was going to get any lines in this episode!

Hahaha! Maybe she wasn't even in the episode, but forced her way into wardrobe, hair, and makeup and "slunk" onto the set!

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

The supermarket one makes sense. The haircut one... I have always wondered what it meant. It sounds creepy.

Yeah, I'd like some corny Roger, not creepy, lol. And I guess it's just supposed to mean he gets excited at anything.

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Why else would they refuse to even give her character a nervous habit?

Well, even though Nancy doesn't tell us her upset-coping habit (not nervous, upset, lol), if you think about it, it's in character for her the way she does it. She does start to ponder it, but then she snaps herself out of it because they're there for their friend, and she feels they need to get back on track with the matter at hand. That's "practical" Nancy for you, also caring more about her friends than herself (hey, maybe that's it---maybe the writers figure Nancy cares more about other girls speaking than herself, so that's why the writers skimped on giving her lines, haha).