Mackenzie Astin

[umfan87]

ok i know most fans don't like the character of andy moffett but i actually really liked him and had a huge crush on him when i watched reruns of fol on nick at nite when i was 13 im 32 now almost 33 just wanted to know if any other fans liked andy he doesn't seem to get much love here.

[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by umfan87

ok i know most fans don't like the character of andy moffett but i actually really liked him and had a huge crush on him when i watched reruns of fol on nick at nite when i was 13 im 32 now almost 33 just wanted to know if any other fans liked andy he doesn't seem to get much love here.

Nothing personal with ANDY, but i think the fact that he arrived too 'late' to the show didn't help: by then, everyone was used to having the core of 4 living with their beloved red haired MRS G, so when that 11 year old boy appears 'out of the blues' he didn't seem to fit in with them. He was kind of an intruder to most FOL fan.....

[cfr1970]

I don't remember too much about him from the original run but season 6 started on Antenna TV so he should be coming up soon. I remember not caring for the character that much back then, but I didn't despise him like I did Beverly Ann.

As valentina says, he didn't quite fit in with them. A little boy with all those grown girls was weird. My opinion may change watching now so I may come back here to update. And if I bash poor little Andy or make fun of him, it's only for the character and not the actor.

He's Patty Duke's son and I love her so i'll never bash her kid. Only his character.

[RetroGuy2000]

I also love Patty Duke, so I have a bit of a soft spot for him. He also wrote the most amazing eulogy for Charlotte.

I never felt like he fit well with the rest of the cast. What woman in her 20s wants to hang out with a 12-year-old? It just made no sense.

[umfan87]

i love patty duke too i have her show on dvd as well and yes it's probably because i had a huge crush on mackenzie astin when i watched the reruns so that 's probably part of it but i also really liked him even if he was a pre-teen hanging around grown women and a grown man.

[umfan87]

no problem to each their own i love patty duke too !

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

I like Andy, he's funny and I think he is a great addition

[umfan87]

it's so great to find a fellow andy fan !

[80s Dude]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I also love Patty Duke, so I have a bit of a soft spot for him. He also wrote the most amazing eulogy for Charlotte.

I never felt like he fit well with the rest of the cast. What woman in her 20s wants to hang out with a 12-year-old? It just made no sense.

It got weird when the same girls still hung out with their younger classmates and worked together years after they graduated high school with their housemother. When I graduated high school (the same year Blair and Jo did), I waived by to my high school and moved onto college/university.

[cfr1970]

Originally Posted by 80s Dude

It got weird when the same girls still hung out with their younger classmates and worked together years after they graduated high school with their housemother. When I graduated high school (the same year Blair and Jo did), I waived by to my high school and moved onto college/university.

Normally yes, i'd say it's weird. But these people were like family to each other by the point of Edna's Edibles and very good friends. So I don't think it was weird they were all still together. It was a family.

Now, by the end of the series it was getting a little weird because they all were out of college and it was time to get out into the world and expand their horizons.

Natalie and Tootie did try and get an apartment at one point didn't they? And then there was Natalie moving down to the city in what looked like a spin off attempt.

[80s Dude]

Originally Posted by cfr1970

Normally yes, i'd say it's weird. But these people were like family to each other by the point of Edna's Edibles and very good friends. So I don't think it was weird they were all still together. It was a family.

Now, by the end of the series it was getting a little weird because they all were out of college and it was time to get out into the world and expand their horizons.

Natalie and Tootie did try and get an apartment at one point didn't they? And then there was Natalie moving down to the city in what looked like a spin off attempt.

The last season had all the girls going in their own directions.

[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I also love Patty Duke, so I have a bit of a soft spot for him. He also wrote the most amazing eulogy for Charlotte.

I never felt like he fit well with the rest of the cast. What woman in her 20s wants to hang out with a 12-year-old? It just made no sense.

TOOTIE was still a teenager when ANDY first appeared (remember he had a crush on her?)
And i hardly call someone in their 20 s a grown person: to me you have to be almost 30 years old to be considered fully adult (most 20 year old act like teens, studying and throwing parties)....

[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by cfr1970

Normally yes, i'd say it's weird. But these people were like family to each other by the point of Edna's Edibles and very good friends. So I don't think it was weird they were all still together. It was a family.

Now, by the end of the series it was getting a little weird because they all were out of college and it was time to get out into the world and expand their horizons.

Natalie and Tootie did try and get an apartment at one point didn't they? And then there was Natalie moving down to the city in what looked like a spin off attempt.

Exactly my point cfr1970: The core of 4 and MRS G had grown into a real family after almost 7 years together! (well beautifully said)

[cfr1970]

Originally Posted by valentina warner

Exactly my point cfr1970: The core of 4 and MRS G had grown into a real family after almost 7 years together! (well beautifully said)

It may seem to some that them staying together was convoluted and unrealistic, but it did make sense the way they did it.

The first time was with Edna Edibles and Blair & Jo were in the dorms originally. It was only when Jo lost her scholorship (too lazy to spellcheck it lol) did Mrs. G let her stay there.

Then Nat & Tootie wanted in because they were younger and didn't want the group to separate. So it make sense. Then Blair moved in...I skipped that episode so please tell me how she left the dorms and wound up at the house?! Did she have a falling out with Boots?

And then when Jo & Blair graduated college, it was already home for them and they were working the Over our Heads store. (Did they own it at that point with Mrs. G gone?!)

Anyway, they did work it so them sticking together was believable and not a stretch of the imagination like keeping Gilligan and the gang on that damn island for 15 freaking years. Now THAT was convoluted writing!

[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by cfr1970

It may seem to some that them staying together was convoluted and unrealistic, but it did make sense the way they did it.

The first time was with Edna Edibles and Blair & Jo were in the dorms originally. It was only when Jo lost her scholorship (too lazy to spellcheck it lol) did Mrs. G let her stay there.

Then Nat & Tootie wanted in because they were younger and didn't want the group to separate. So it make sense. Then Blair moved in...I skipped that episode so please tell me how she left the dorms and wound up at the house?! Did she have a falling out with Boots?

And then when Jo & Blair graduated college, it was already home for them and they were working the Over our Heads store. (Did they own it at that point with Mrs. G gone?!)





Anyway, they did work it so them sticking together was believable and not a stretch of the imagination like keeping Gilligan and the gang on that damn island for 15 freaking years. Now THAT was convoluted writing!

The main reason BLAIR decides to move in at 'EDNA's EDIBLES' is more than obvious: she was missing terribly her 'Peekskill family' (not having any brothers or sisters or even parents around in her early childhood must have been tough), MRS G was a mother to her and the 3 other girls soul sister.
She realizes soon enough, that 'BOOTSIE' is a fake and shallow person, and that the only people that matter are the ones she spent 7 years with, her 'Peekskill' family....