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Cokies · 11-22-2000, 10:48 PM

I was just wondering if there are any fans out there who didnt watch the show in it's original run. (Because, you werent born yet, or way too young too understand, like me.)
See, Im just 15 and a sophmore in high school.
I actually remember watching it in elementary school on the USA network with 'Charles in Charge' and ' Major Dad'.
Not until Nick at Nite started showing them, did I really get into it.
Anyway, are there any of you the same?

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"It was just like Saturday Night Fever, except it was a Friday."

Jo_Po · 11-22-2000, 11:52 PM

Hey, I am a second generation FOL fan, I am 15 too, and I can remember seeing some eps on USA. But it wasn't until FOL came on Nick at Nite and I saw the marathon that I was hooked. =)
~Steph

LaverneShirley · 11-23-2000, 12:43 AM

I'm a second generation fan! I'm 13, but I never saw it on USA. Never even heard of it until I read a book called Don't Look Behind You. Even then I had no idea what it was. But after the marathon, I was hooked!

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"Well, Laverne is sort of childish"

"Childish? Childish? COming from a grown woman who throws tea parties for her stuffed cat!"

"Well at least I don't sew L's on everything I wear!"

"Well that would be pretty stupid considering your name's Shirley!"

JPolniaczek · 11-23-2000, 04:09 AM

Same with me! I am thirteen years old and never saw The Facts of Life or even heard of it until Nick at Nite's marathon because I am a total NAN junkie. I remember seeing commercials for the marathon almost a month before it aired and thinking it was really strange. They were all first season scenes in the commericals though. (but how was I to know this?) I watched the marathon and got completely hooked and now atch it every night and go into FOL withdrawl if I don't get my daily fix LOL JK.....I miss the 2nd to 4th season eps though : (

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Roy:Whats wrong my little cucumber?
Jo

on't call me vegetables Roy!
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FOL85NatandMrsGRock · 11-23-2000, 09:03 PM

Wow!! didnt know that there were so many others out there my age!! I'm 15 and a Frosh in high school, but i am a MAJOR Nick at Nite watcher and very prestigous about watching new shows that come to nick at nite that i never heard of, so i didnt bother to watch the marathon for the first run, but one night i was on the computer and i turned the tv on automatically to nick at nite and it was the marathon, the paint fight ep, i only got to see the paint fight but since i didnt know what the show was about or who the people were it didnt totally hook me, until after the marathon ended and i was on the computer again (surprise surprise!!) and i turned NaN on again, and it was the first episode of the teenage marriage 2 parter and it was right at the part where eddie was giving her the ring and i thought wow is she gonna marry him and then when i saw mrs. g give her whole romeo and juliette speil i was HOOKED!!! i had to watch teh second episode and i got to know the cahracters well, and so i LOVED that ep so much i stayed up until 1:00 in the morning to tape it so i could see the whole thing... (it was a saturday night) and then all of sunday i watched that episode over and over and over and over and over, i musta saw it like 20 times, NO JOKE!!! and i went online and looked it up and stuff, i never heard of it and i think i remember seeing an ep or two that was on usa but i was too little to even remember anything... but i got hooked and now i am a faithful watcher and never miss an episode, but i missed the first season eps and so im hoping htat people WILL vote for the first season eps that will be on this sunday especially the one where mrs. garrett teaches them sex ed!! i hear it is SOOO funny, and it sounds funny!! ok well gotta hit the road!! glad i am not the only "2nd Generation" kid out there!!

bye

The Obsolete Man · 11-23-2000, 09:31 PM

18, and didn't discover the show until Nick at Nite started airing them in September.

Real bummer, too. I hate the way N@N has chopped up the episodes. Stupid syndication. Used to be a time when they would show uncut episodes of every show. Now, it's just another network showing mangled I Love Lucy episodes and cut-up FOL.

Stupid Nick at Nite.

Oh, and what hooked me on the show? Blair. Hottest 80s TV Female, hands down.

Cokies · 11-24-2000, 12:17 AM

It's awesome that there's others like me. I actually was babysitting on the last night of the marathon and the kid went to sleep, so I was like, 'What's on t.v?' Turned it to Nick at Nite and said "Hey, I remember this show!" and the rest is history.

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"It was just like Saturday Night Fever, except it was a Friday."

highanddry · 11-24-2000, 03:13 AM

I'm 20, and I remember watching this show during its original run, but most of those episodes had Cloris Leechman in them and I really don't remember any details from those episodes. I remember liking it, and I was actually kind of excited when USA brought it back in the mid 90s. I'm a sucker for just about any 80s sitcom.

HuGeJoFaN · 11-24-2000, 11:41 AM

yOoOo! I am a huge FOL Fan! I am 14 years old and I started watching it on N@N. My mom was actually the one that got me into it. I watch Living Single and as you may know Kim Fields plays Regine (spelling?). My mom was watching it one night and asked me if I knew who that little girl was (tootie) and I said I had no idea and she said it was Regine from Living Single, after that I started watching it and I was hooked!
-EeVE-
Ps it is great to see that there are other 2nd generation fans, I thought i was the only one!

lovefol · 11-24-2000, 06:01 PM

iam also a second generation fan
see iam a major n@n watcher and when i heard
about this marathon i was disapointed because i WAS a huge i love lucy fan.and i thought a whole week of a show was stupid and i had never heard of this show before.
anyway i didnt watch n@n for 2 days and 1 day i got board and turned it on and i was hooked now i tape every single ep. by the way iam 11

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You take the good you take the bad you take them both and there you have the facts of life!!!

[This message has been edited by lovefol (edited 11-24-2000).]

Mustang Mimi 04 · 11-27-2000, 01:12 PM

I'm 18 and didn't start really getting into the episodes until recently while watching it on Nick at Night. I remember I did watch them before but I was so young that the only one I remember is an episode with some guy saying how he loves the name Tootie. I haven't seen it since then and really don't remember what the story line in that episode was. Oh and the other one I vaguely remember is the paint fight episode- does anyone know if it'll be on soon cause I'd really love to watch it again. Well gtg!

*Melissa* · 11-27-2000, 02:33 PM

I'm 18, and when FOL was on I was too young to understand it. I started watching it when NAN started the marathon, and when I saw the episodes with Jo, I just had to keep watching!

biggestJOfanintheworld · 11-27-2000, 05:43 PM

i'm 13 and i didn't get hooked until the last two nights of the marathon that nick at nite played. at first when i saw the commercials before the marathon started i thought this is gonna be another stupid show they put on. then one night i watched it and i got hooked.it's now my favorite show and i wouldn't miss it for anything.

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blair:i don't mean to be rude...
jo:i know you just can't help yourself.
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jo: your so spoiled, if you were milk, the date onthe carten would be b.c.

Polniaczek13 · 11-27-2000, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LaverneShirley:
I'm a second generation fan! I'm 13, but I never saw it on USA. Never even heard of it until I read a book called Don't Look Behind You. Even then I had no idea what it was. But after the marathon, I was hooked!

what does the book dont look behind you have anything to do with it? does it mention the FACTS in there? if so! hook me up with the book!J/K
JO

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Jo:Today will live in infamy.....
Blair: Jo, that was Pearl Harbor.
Jo: Then whats it doin in my speech

JohnMcMillin · 11-27-2000, 09:22 PM

I was born in 1979, when FOL was brand new. But I remember watching FOL with my older sister (who is the same age as Lisa Whelchel, 16 year gap between us) with her from way back when. Me and her would even dance to the theme song when I was little. She moved out, but I still watched the show until the very end. I was kinda saddened when I found out there was no more FOL

11-22-2000, 10:48 PM	#1
Cokies Head Goonie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 28, 2000 Location: Benicia, CA USA Posts: 1,719	2nd Generation. I was just wondering if there are any fans out there who didnt watch the show in it's original run. (Because, you werent born yet, or way too young too understand, like me.) See, Im just 15 and a sophmore in high school. I actually remember watching it in elementary school on the USA network with 'Charles in Charge' and ' Major Dad'. Not until Nick at Nite started showing them, did I really get into it. Anyway, are there any of you the same? -------------------------------------- "It was just like Saturday Night Fever, except it was a Friday."

11-23-2000, 04:09 AM	#4
JPolniaczek Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 02, 2000 Posts: 25	Same with me! I am thirteen years old and never saw The Facts of Life or even heard of it until Nick at Nite's marathon because I am a total NAN junkie. I remember seeing commercials for the marathon almost a month before it aired and thinking it was really strange. They were all first season scenes in the commericals though. (but how was I to know this?) I watched the marathon and got completely hooked and now atch it every night and go into FOL withdrawl if I don't get my daily fix LOL JK.....I miss the 2nd to 4th season eps though : ( ------------------ ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^* Roy:Whats wrong my little cucumber? Joon't call me vegetables Roy! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^*

11-22-2000, 11:52 PM	#2
Jo_Po Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 29, 2000 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 96	Hey, I am a second generation FOL fan, I am 15 too, and I can remember seeing some eps on USA. But it wasn't until FOL came on Nick at Nite and I saw the marathon that I was hooked. =) ~Steph

11-23-2000, 12:43 AM	#3
LaverneShirley Mission Doll Senior Member Join Date: Jul 26, 2000 Location: Liberty Twp, OH Posts: 1,552	I'm a second generation fan! I'm 13, but I never saw it on USA. Never even heard of it until I read a book called Don't Look Behind You. Even then I had no idea what it was. But after the marathon, I was hooked! ------------------ "Well, Laverne is sort of childish" "Childish? Childish? COming from a grown woman who throws tea parties for her stuffed cat!" "Well at least I don't sew L's on everything I wear!" "Well that would be pretty stupid considering your name's Shirley!"

11-23-2000, 09:03 PM	#5
FOL85NatandMrsGRock The Lovable Sarah Senior Member Join Date: Nov 07, 2000 Location: Wisconsin (Same Place Charlotte's From and where That 70's Show takes place!) .... Wish I was in Mayfield USA! Posts: 1,770	Wow!! didnt know that there were so many others out there my age!! I'm 15 and a Frosh in high school, but i am a MAJOR Nick at Nite watcher and very prestigous about watching new shows that come to nick at nite that i never heard of, so i didnt bother to watch the marathon for the first run, but one night i was on the computer and i turned the tv on automatically to nick at nite and it was the marathon, the paint fight ep, i only got to see the paint fight but since i didnt know what the show was about or who the people were it didnt totally hook me, until after the marathon ended and i was on the computer again (surprise surprise!!) and i turned NaN on again, and it was the first episode of the teenage marriage 2 parter and it was right at the part where eddie was giving her the ring and i thought wow is she gonna marry him and then when i saw mrs. g give her whole romeo and juliette speil i was HOOKED!!! i had to watch teh second episode and i got to know the cahracters well, and so i LOVED that ep so much i stayed up until 1:00 in the morning to tape it so i could see the whole thing... (it was a saturday night) and then all of sunday i watched that episode over and over and over and over and over, i musta saw it like 20 times, NO JOKE!!! and i went online and looked it up and stuff, i never heard of it and i think i remember seeing an ep or two that was on usa but i was too little to even remember anything... but i got hooked and now i am a faithful watcher and never miss an episode, but i missed the first season eps and so im hoping htat people WILL vote for the first season eps that will be on this sunday especially the one where mrs. garrett teaches them sex ed!! i hear it is SOOO funny, and it sounds funny!! ok well gotta hit the road!! glad i am not the only "2nd Generation" kid out there!! bye

11-23-2000, 09:31 PM	#6
The Obsolete Man Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 18, 2000 Location: Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, Earth Prime Posts: 567	18, and didn't discover the show until Nick at Nite started airing them in September. Real bummer, too. I hate the way N@N has chopped up the episodes. Stupid syndication. Used to be a time when they would show uncut episodes of every show. Now, it's just another network showing mangled I Love Lucy episodes and cut-up FOL. Stupid Nick at Nite. Oh, and what hooked me on the show? Blair. Hottest 80s TV Female, hands down.

11-24-2000, 12:17 AM	#7
Cokies Head Goonie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 28, 2000 Location: Benicia, CA USA Posts: 1,719	It's awesome that there's others like me. I actually was babysitting on the last night of the marathon and the kid went to sleep, so I was like, 'What's on t.v?' Turned it to Nick at Nite and said "Hey, I remember this show!" and the rest is history. -------------------------------------- "It was just like Saturday Night Fever, except it was a Friday."

11-24-2000, 03:13 AM	#8
highanddry Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 20, 2000 Posts: 31	I'm 20, and I remember watching this show during its original run, but most of those episodes had Cloris Leechman in them and I really don't remember any details from those episodes. I remember liking it, and I was actually kind of excited when USA brought it back in the mid 90s. I'm a sucker for just about any 80s sitcom.

11-24-2000, 11:41 AM	#9
HuGeJoFaN Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Nov 10, 2000 Location: Philadelphia, Pa, Usa Posts: 4	yOoOo! I am a huge FOL Fan! I am 14 years old and I started watching it on N@N. My mom was actually the one that got me into it. I watch Living Single and as you may know Kim Fields plays Regine (spelling?). My mom was watching it one night and asked me if I knew who that little girl was (tootie) and I said I had no idea and she said it was Regine from Living Single, after that I started watching it and I was hooked! -EeVE- Ps it is great to see that there are other 2nd generation fans, I thought i was the only one!

11-24-2000, 06:01 PM	#10
lovefol Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 16, 2000 Location: Greenville SC United States Posts: 165	iam also a second generation fan see iam a major n@n watcher and when i heard about this marathon i was disapointed because i WAS a huge i love lucy fan.and i thought a whole week of a show was stupid and i had never heard of this show before. anyway i didnt watch n@n for 2 days and 1 day i got board and turned it on and i was hooked now i tape every single ep. by the way iam 11 ------------------ You take the good you take the bad you take them both and there you have the facts of life!!! [This message has been edited by lovefol (edited 11-24-2000).]

11-27-2000, 01:12 PM	#11
Mustang Mimi 04 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 09, 2000 Posts: 122	I'm 18 and didn't start really getting into the episodes until recently while watching it on Nick at Night. I remember I did watch them before but I was so young that the only one I remember is an episode with some guy saying how he loves the name Tootie. I haven't seen it since then and really don't remember what the story line in that episode was. Oh and the other one I vaguely remember is the paint fight episode- does anyone know if it'll be on soon cause I'd really love to watch it again. Well gtg!

11-27-2000, 02:33 PM	#12
Melissa Slayer Faith Senior Member Join Date: Oct 24, 2000 Location: I'll let you know when I find out... Posts: 1,820	I'm 18, and when FOL was on I was too young to understand it. I started watching it when NAN started the marathon, and when I saw the episodes with Jo, I just had to keep watching!

11-27-2000, 05:43 PM	#13
biggestJOfanintheworld Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Nov 26, 2000 Location: Lillian,alabama united states Posts: 4	i'm 13 and i didn't get hooked until the last two nights of the marathon that nick at nite played. at first when i saw the commercials before the marathon started i thought this is gonna be another stupid show they put on. then one night i watched it and i got hooked.it's now my favorite show and i wouldn't miss it for anything. ------------------ blair:i don't mean to be rude... jo:i know you just can't help yourself. ------------------------ jo: your so spoiled, if you were milk, the date onthe carten would be b.c.

11-27-2000, 09:22 PM	#15
JohnMcMillin Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 29, 2000 Location: louisville, ky, USA Posts: 380	I was born in 1979, when FOL was brand new. But I remember watching FOL with my older sister (who is the same age as Lisa Whelchel, 16 year gap between us) with her from way back when. Me and her would even dance to the theme song when I was little. She moved out, but I still watched the show until the very end. I was kinda saddened when I found out there was no more FOL