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JohnMcMillin · 03-07-2001, 04:41 PM

Larry Sanders Show (Scott Thompson's character said something like "Going to Paris and falling in love is so cliche, I mean it happened to the Facts Of Life girls)

The Simpsons (didn't see this one, heard about it tho- can someone elaborate on it?)

Fresh Prince (there was an ongoing joke around the first season that Carlton's first crush was Tootie. Then Kim Fields herself guested on it in 1993)

faith27 · 03-07-2001, 04:47 PM

on "roseanne," dan (the husband) was watching tv w/ the family, and u could hear the FOL theme, and he said, "ya know, this was really like the 'friends' of the 70s." it was funny.

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Blair: Another brilliant idea just popped into my head.
Jo: Oh, don't scare it! It's a lonely place up there.

Franko1998 · 03-07-2001, 05:39 PM

On an episode of "The Golden Girls", Dorothy was upset about something, I forget exactly what, but Rose said, "Dorothy, are you upset because (insert whatever she was upset about)?", & Dorothy sarcastically responded, "No, Rose, I'm upset because they haven't rerun 'The Facts of Life Goes to Australia'."

factsfanatic · 03-07-2001, 05:57 PM

Another one on the Golden Girls that I saw recently was the episode where the girls hired an African American maid. She was not doing her job, and they had to fire her. Blanche said something along the lines of if it makes you feel any better Tootie was my favorite on The Facts of Life.

Meg07945 · 03-07-2001, 10:11 PM

The Nanny- 3 eps- episode named "The Facts of Lice"<~ more like a parody, Fran trying to suck up to rich people by telling them she went to school with Natalie and Blair, and when CC and Fran get stuck in the basement and Fran goes "This is just like the time Blair and Tootie got caught in that flood".

Charmed- something about the theme song

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~Meg~
*Opportunity does not knock, and then ring the doorbell, and then knock again, and then leave a note that says, "Sorry I missed you" and then call you on the phone.*
"I'm a Jersey Girl, in my Jersey world. Hit the tanning bed, still my skin turns red. I'm a lobster, wanna date a mobster. Scrunchie in my hair, playin' truth or dare. I'm so pretty, I hate New York City!"

FOL-FAN · 03-07-2001, 11:31 PM

"The Nanny", Fran saying she always wanted to go to Paris since the FOL girls went there.
"The King of Queens", Carry watched the FOL Marathon.

LaverneShirley · 03-10-2001, 06:40 PM

I don't know if this counts, but when they did a 90 sec. life story on George Clooney on the TV Guide channel, they said he was on FOL for a while, then showed a picture of Tootie and said "I guess Toot-ay liked his boot-ay." Then, when they did the recap they showed pictures while singing the FOL theme song

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"Well, Laverne is sort of childish" -Shirley

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

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

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

Love The Facts Of Life · 03-10-2001, 07:12 PM

I know this is'nt an exact quote but I was watching 227 the other day on the revenge of the 80s and one of the girls had won a race and was bragging about it and them someone said somthing and the little girl goes "or the agony of da mouth" sound familiar?except for Tottie said "or the agony fo da feet".

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Jo:I don't know you got to admit:Force has some good points.
Blair:Jo's hoping to attend the Chuck Norris School Of Law.

Blair:If I don't spend money soon,well I'll just pull all my hair out.
Jo:Good,we'll finally get to see what color the roots are.

larr118 · 03-11-2001, 06:27 PM

its not exactly a refrence,but i think cartman on south park is a mixture of all the FOL girls

03-12-2001, 11:01 PM

I was watching the Kids From Room 402 the other day and it had a FOL reference. The little boy character is talking to Mindy Cohn's character and he asks her to explain where babies come from. When she says no, he says something like "Who else will teach me the facts of life?", then there's a pause and her character raises an eyebrow.

ThomasE · 03-12-2001, 11:47 PM

On "Living Single", A date of one of the fellows said that she attended an all girls private school named "Eastland" then Regiene(aka Tootie/Kim Fields)says "Eastland? Never heard it." You get the irony.

FOL-FAN · 03-15-2001, 12:36 AM

Hey, guess what??? FOL was just mentioned in a Who wants to be a millonare kind of show here in Argentina!!! That's a first! They asked the names of the girls. And the woman answering even got them right. Must have been a closet fan. LOL

BardWar · 03-15-2001, 01:23 PM

This is not really a reference but it caught my attention this time around...
In A League of Their Own, when they all first get to Harvey Field to try out or whatever, Madonna's character has on a baseball shirt and it says 'Peekskill Parks' or something like that. It was kinda cool.

JoPol_wannabe · 03-15-2001, 02:17 PM

On an Episode of the Golden Girls Dorathy is upset and Rose replies somthing stupied and Dorathy says no Rose I'm upset because I missed the Facts of Life goes to Paris.

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Blair: No one look now but there are some classy guys beside us
Tootie & Nat: Where where
Blair: I’m never going out with you guys again
Tootie: I bet they like us there stopping
JO: Its a red light
Tootie: Um Blair I think you should see this
JO: What
Nat: Blair’s classy guys are mooning us

Pavan · 03-15-2001, 09:03 PM

Didn't Married...With Children have an episode when they were singing the theme?

03-07-2001, 04:41 PM	#1
JohnMcMillin Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 29, 2000 Location: louisville, ky, USA Posts: 380	Shows with FOL references... Larry Sanders Show (Scott Thompson's character said something like "Going to Paris and falling in love is so cliche, I mean it happened to the Facts Of Life girls) The Simpsons (didn't see this one, heard about it tho- can someone elaborate on it?) Fresh Prince (there was an ongoing joke around the first season that Carlton's first crush was Tootie. Then Kim Fields herself guested on it in 1993)

03-12-2001, 11:01 PM	#10
kristy77ct Guest Posts: n/a	I was watching the Kids From Room 402 the other day and it had a FOL reference. The little boy character is talking to Mindy Cohn's character and he asks her to explain where babies come from. When she says no, he says something like "Who else will teach me the facts of life?", then there's a pause and her character raises an eyebrow.
kristy77ct Guest Posts: n/a

03-07-2001, 04:47 PM	#2
faith27 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 21, 2001 Location: jersey Posts: 74	on "roseanne," dan (the husband) was watching tv w/ the family, and u could hear the FOL theme, and he said, "ya know, this was really like the 'friends' of the 70s." it was funny. ------------------ Blair: Another brilliant idea just popped into my head. Jo: Oh, don't scare it! It's a lonely place up there.

03-07-2001, 05:39 PM	#3
Franko1998 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 01, 2001 Location: IL, USA Posts: 76	On an episode of "The Golden Girls", Dorothy was upset about something, I forget exactly what, but Rose said, "Dorothy, are you upset because (insert whatever she was upset about)?", & Dorothy sarcastically responded, "No, Rose, I'm upset because they haven't rerun 'The Facts of Life Goes to Australia'."

03-07-2001, 05:57 PM	#4
factsfanatic Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 13, 2000 Location: SC Posts: 125	Another one on the Golden Girls that I saw recently was the episode where the girls hired an African American maid. She was not doing her job, and they had to fire her. Blanche said something along the lines of if it makes you feel any better Tootie was my favorite on The Facts of Life.

03-07-2001, 10:11 PM	#5
Meg07945 Olive!!! Senior Member Join Date: Jan 16, 2001 Location: New Jersey!! The Garden State!! Posts: 1,001	The Nanny- 3 eps- episode named "The Facts of Lice"<~ more like a parody, Fran trying to suck up to rich people by telling them she went to school with Natalie and Blair, and when CC and Fran get stuck in the basement and Fran goes "This is just like the time Blair and Tootie got caught in that flood". Charmed- something about the theme song ------------------ ~Meg~ Opportunity does not knock, and then ring the doorbell, and then knock again, and then leave a note that says, "Sorry I missed you" and then call you on the phone. "I'm a Jersey Girl, in my Jersey world. Hit the tanning bed, still my skin turns red. I'm a lobster, wanna date a mobster. Scrunchie in my hair, playin' truth or dare. I'm so pretty, I hate New York City!"

03-07-2001, 11:31 PM	#6
FOL-FAN Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 05, 2001 Posts: 434	"The Nanny", Fran saying she always wanted to go to Paris since the FOL girls went there. "The King of Queens", Carry watched the FOL Marathon.

03-10-2001, 06:40 PM	#7
LaverneShirley Mission Doll Senior Member Join Date: Jul 26, 2000 Location: Liberty Twp, OH Posts: 1,552	I don't know if this counts, but when they did a 90 sec. life story on George Clooney on the TV Guide channel, they said he was on FOL for a while, then showed a picture of Tootie and said "I guess Toot-ay liked his boot-ay." Then, when they did the recap they showed pictures while singing the FOL theme song ------------------ "Well, Laverne is sort of childish" -Shirley "Childish? Childish? Coming from a grown woman who throws tea parties for her stuffed cat!" -Laverne "Well at least I don't sew L's on everything I wear!" -Shirley "Well that would be pretty stupid considering your name's Shirley!" -Laverne

03-10-2001, 07:12 PM	#8
Love The Facts Of Life FlUtTeRfLy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 18, 2001 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,515	I know this is'nt an exact quote but I was watching 227 the other day on the revenge of the 80s and one of the girls had won a race and was bragging about it and them someone said somthing and the little girl goes "or the agony of da mouth" sound familiar?except for Tottie said "or the agony fo da feet". ------------------ Jo:I don't know you got to admit:Force has some good points. Blair:Jo's hoping to attend the Chuck Norris School Of Law. Blair:If I don't spend money soon,well I'll just pull all my hair out. Jo:Good,we'll finally get to see what color the roots are.

03-11-2001, 06:27 PM	#9
larr118 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 10, 2001 Location: Washingtonville,New York,U.S.A. Posts: 7	its not exactly a refrence,but i think cartman on south park is a mixture of all the FOL girls

03-12-2001, 11:47 PM	#11
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	On "Living Single", A date of one of the fellows said that she attended an all girls private school named "Eastland" then Regiene(aka Tootie/Kim Fields)says "Eastland? Never heard it." You get the irony.

03-15-2001, 12:36 AM	#12
FOL-FAN Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 05, 2001 Posts: 434	Hey, guess what??? FOL was just mentioned in a Who wants to be a millonare kind of show here in Argentina!!! That's a first! They asked the names of the girls. And the woman answering even got them right. Must have been a closet fan. LOL

03-15-2001, 01:23 PM	#13
BardWar Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 20, 2000 Location: Chicago Posts: 6	This is not really a reference but it caught my attention this time around... In A League of Their Own, when they all first get to Harvey Field to try out or whatever, Madonna's character has on a baseball shirt and it says 'Peekskill Parks' or something like that. It was kinda cool.

03-15-2001, 02:17 PM	#14
JoPol_wannabe Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 11, 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 3,036	On an Episode of the Golden Girls Dorathy is upset and Rose replies somthing stupied and Dorathy says no Rose I'm upset because I missed the Facts of Life goes to Paris. ------------------ Blair: No one look now but there are some classy guys beside us Tootie & Nat: Where where Blair: I’m never going out with you guys again Tootie: I bet they like us there stopping JO: Its a red light Tootie: Um Blair I think you should see this JO: What Nat: Blair’s classy guys are mooning us

03-15-2001, 09:03 PM	#15
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	Didn't Married...With Children have an episode when they were singing the theme?