I wonder what Blair’s Eastland spinoff would have been called... - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TV Guy · 06-15-2020, 12:23 PM

...had it been picked up. Logically, they probably would have called it “Facts of Life: The Next Generation” or something like that so they would have had the option of rolling it into the regular syndication package if it didn’t last, or having a separate syndication package if it had.

Facts of Life: The New Class

Eastland

Facts of Life: The New Adventures of Blair

Blair!: The All New Facts Of Life

The Girls School

Blair’s Bairns

RetroGuy2000 · 06-15-2020, 12:36 PM

Good question.

"The Girls' School" wouldn't have worked anymore, since there were now boys at Eastland. "Blair!: The All New Facts Of Life" definitely has that cheesy '80s vibe!

'80sSitcoms · 06-15-2020, 12:42 PM

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Blair!: The All New Facts Of Life" definitely has that cheesy '80s vibe!

Haha, it does!

Personaly, I'd prefer:

Maybe it would have been, "Eastland: Blair's Facts of Life".

TV Guy · 06-15-2020, 12:55 PM

Ha - you’re right about The Girls School.

I thought of two more.

The Facts of Life: A New Beginning (remember Little House?)

FOL: Peekskill

RetroGuy2000 · 06-15-2020, 01:10 PM

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The Facts of Life: A New Beginning

Only if they blow up the town in the final episode. When little Mayim Biyalik has to push the TNT plunger to destroy the dorm, there won't be a dry eye in the house.

TV Guy · 06-15-2020, 01:25 PM

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Only if they blow up the town in the final episode. When little Mayim Biyalik has to push the TNT plunger to destroy the dorm, there won't be a dry eye in the house.

Evil Mr Bradley returns to Eastland with proof that he owns the land under the buildings! The school is welcome to stay, but they all must work for him now. But Blair has other ideas.

Do you think Mayim and co will march out of Eastland singing “Onward Christian Soldiers”, as the descendants of Romeo and Juliet from “Flash Flood” overrun the place?

RetroGuy2000 · 06-15-2020, 02:13 PM

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Evil Mr Bradley returns to Eastland with proof that he owns the land under the buildings! The school is welcome to stay, but they all must work for him now. But Blair has other ideas.

I love where this is going, but I think the evil landlord should be Mr. Crocker, the OG Evil Headmaster, from "The Girls' School" days. He had a maniacal grin that would be perfect for this episode!

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Do you think Mayim and co will march out of Eastland singing “Onward Christian Soldiers”, as the descendants of Romeo and Juliet from “Flash Flood” overrun the place?

Yes. Yes. Yes! All of that must happen. But we'll have to disguise the lyrics, so it won't be so obvious as a "LH: Last Farewell" rip-off. How about:

Onward, Eastland students
Permppa was a bore
Now the garb of Eastland's
Shoved into a drawer.

...Obviously, this is still a work in progress. But I feel like we have a good portion of the, ahem, "plot".

valentina warner · 06-15-2020, 03:38 PM

I vote for Blair: The All New Facts of life!

Lorimar Television · 06-15-2020, 06:14 PM

TGS and FOL s1 would probably be the Good Morning Miss Bliss equivalent

RetroGuy2000 · 06-15-2020, 06:48 PM

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TGS and FOL s1 would probably be the Good Morning Miss Bliss equivalent

Are you suggesting Good Morning, Miss Warner?

TV Guy · 06-15-2020, 07:04 PM

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Are you suggesting Good Morning, Miss Warner?

Welcome Back, Blair?

Lorimar Television · 06-15-2020, 08:46 PM

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Are you suggesting Good Morning, Miss Warner?

Haha maybe Good Morning Mrs Garrett

'80sSitcoms · 06-15-2020, 11:17 PM

Speaking of "Good Morning, Miss Bliss", I just finished re-watching a Disney Haley Mills movie a few minutes ago. 1964's "The Moon-Spinners", partly filmed in Crete, Greece.

TV Guy · 06-16-2020, 06:01 AM

Ah - The Moonspinners - Disney’s homage to Hitchcock. A little pokey but not bad at all. And the Crete scenery is stunning. This one was run fairly often as part of the Disney anthology series in the 60s-80s, and they always used the windmill scene as part of the promos for it.

'80sSitcoms · 06-16-2020, 10:35 AM

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Ah - The Moonspinners - Disney’s homage to Hitchcock. A little pokey but not bad at all. And the Crete scenery is stunning. This one was run fairly often as part of the Disney anthology series in the 60s-80s, and they always used the windmill scene as part of the promos for it.

Yeah, I believe Leonard Maltin highlights the windmill scene in "The Disney Films", and that is a really cool scene. And I just love Haley in those old Disney films.

Yeah, it's kind of a "light travel fare" movie. The villain really is despicable though. And I myself love Greek mythology, so it's cool to see authentic Crete and an actual temple of Apollo. 👍 (I like the title song, too---even though the film's title doesn't have anything to do with the premise, lol)

06-15-2020, 12:23 PM	#1
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	I wonder what Blair’s Eastland spinoff would have been called... ...had it been picked up. Logically, they probably would have called it “Facts of Life: The Next Generation” or something like that so they would have had the option of rolling it into the regular syndication package if it didn’t last, or having a separate syndication package if it had. Facts of Life: The New Class Eastland Facts of Life: The New Adventures of Blair Blair!: The All New Facts Of Life The Girls School Blair’s Bairns

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RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	Good question. "The Girls' School" wouldn't have worked anymore, since there were now boys at Eastland. "Blair!: The All New Facts Of Life" definitely has that cheesy '80s vibe!
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Lorimar Television Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 06, 2007 Posts: 7,034	TGS and FOL s1 would probably be the Good Morning Miss Bliss equivalent
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06-15-2020, 12:55 PM	#4
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	Ha - you’re right about The Girls School. I thought of two more. The Facts of Life: A New Beginning (remember Little House?) FOL: Peekskill

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valentina warner Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 31, 2020 Location: The Uk Posts: 3,154	I vote for Blair: The All New Facts of life!

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'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	Speaking of "Good Morning, Miss Bliss", I just finished re-watching a Disney Haley Mills movie a few minutes ago. 1964's "The Moon-Spinners", partly filmed in Crete, Greece.

06-16-2020, 06:01 AM	#14
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	Ah - The Moonspinners - Disney’s homage to Hitchcock. A little pokey but not bad at all. And the Crete scenery is stunning. This one was run fairly often as part of the Disney anthology series in the 60s-80s, and they always used the windmill scene as part of the promos for it.