November at Eastland

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Happy November! An autumnal month of fall leaves, fall colors, fall fireplaces, fall fashions, and fall feasts!

Mrs. Garrett and the girls have weeks to prepare this year's dorm Thanksgiving feast! Yum, yum!

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[RetroGuy2000]

Imagine what a Thanksgiving episode at Eastland could have looked like, every student gathered at a long table (maybe in the dorm commons room, since the Tiny Cafeteria would have been too small), each plate with some cranberry sauce, stuffing, turkey, and corn on it. What else would the cook have served? Pumpkin pie for dessert, but that goes without saying.

Outside, the leaves would have been falling from the trees, revealing the cheap backdrop. Mr. Bradley and Miss Mahoney would have come by to wish the girls a happy Thanksgiving. And Mrs. Garrett would have invited her friends, the Drummonds, for a crossover visit, which would have been WAY better than a Hello Larry Thanksgiving crossover. Sorry Ruthie!

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Imagine what a Thanksgiving episode at Eastland could have looked like, every student gathered at a long table (maybe in the dorm common room, since the Tiny Cafeteria would have been too small), each plate with some cranberry sauce, stuffing, turkey, and corn on it. What else would the cook have served? Pumpkin pie for dessert, but that goes without saying.

Outside, the leaves would have been falling from the trees, revealing the cheap backdrop. Mr. Bradley and Miss Mahoney would have come by to wish the girls a happy Thanksgiving. And Mrs. Garrett would have invited her friends, the Drummonds, for a crossover visit, which would have been WAY better than a Hello Larry Thanksgiving crossover. Sorry Ruthie!

Oh, definitely! And yes, feasting it up in the common room!

But I wouldn't want the Drummonds there. I want it all for Garrett and her girls! But if we could go back in time for an actual episode, definitely a DS/FOL crossover instead of Hello (Goodbye!) Larry! lol

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Mrs. Garrett: "Okay gang, let's get this place decorated for fall! Molly! Natalie! Hang up the banner!"

Molly & Natalie: "Okay, Mrs. Garrett!"

Mrs. Garrett: "Sue Ann! Get the corn stalks!"

Sue Ann: "Got it! Fresh from Kansas City, Kansas!"

Mrs. Garrett: "Blair, help me cut these streamers!"

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[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Oh, definitely! And yes, feasting it up in the common room!

But I wouldn't want the Drummonds there. I want it all for Garrett and her girls! But if we could go back in time for an actual episode, definitely a DS/FOL crossover instead of Hello (Goodbye!) Larry! lol

Goodbye Larry! Hahaha!

I would do a two-part Thanksgiving crossover where Mr. Drummond gets a call from Mrs. Garrett. She invites him up to the school, and he happily accepts. Then the Drummond family heads up to Eastland, while the girls busily prepare for the day with streamers and banners, just as in your photo.

Mrs. Garrett stresses about the turkey being done on time. She's not sure if there will be time to stuff the turkey with Stuffin' brand stuffing!

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^---fun stuff(in')!

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

while the girls busily prepare for the day with streamers and banners, just as in your photo.

Well, most of the girls...Blair!

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[RetroGuy2000]

There! Now Sue Ann has finished painting the banner!

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Well, most of the girls...Blair!

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Oh, Mrs. Garrett! Polishing gourds is so passe!

(Also, Mrs. Garrett misspelled "nails"!)

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Oh, Mrs. Garrett! Polishing gourds is so passe!

(Also, Mrs. Garrett misspelled "nails"!)

It's just her Mrs. Garrett accent!

And great banner! (you even have it so realistic with part of the second "G" hidden behind Sue Ann blocking it in the foreground--I don't know how you did that!)

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Ooooo, that Blair! Being the loaf of the dorm and now acting all goody-goody to try and get my Cindy in trouble!

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[RetroGuy2000]

Blair, you didn't even help with the banner! Get off your high horse! Chestnut isn't even in this episode!

Back in the kitchen, Mrs. Garrett is preparing the turkey and stuffing, using her favorite brand of stuffing mix...

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^---hahaha, the annual posting of that pic!

(be sure to note my note about your banner above; I edited it)

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

It's just her Mrs. Garrett accent!

And great banner! (you even have it so realistic with part of the second "G" hidden behind Sue Ann blocking it in the foreground--I don't know how you did that!)

Oh, I didn't do anything. I just took an "after" photo once Sue Ann finished painting the banner!

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