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  • Mrs. Garrett's (Charlotte Rae) free-spirited son Alex (Tom Fitzsimmons) shows up for a surprise visit and Natalie (Mindy Cohn) is immediately smitten.
    From Season 2, Episode 15 'Free Spirit': Mrs. Garrett's son Alex visits her at Eastland. Natalie is impressed by his claims of having played on several recording sessions for popular musicians, but Blair doesn't trust him.
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    About The Facts of Life: At the Eastland School in Peekskill, New York, Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae) oversees the day-to-day lives of students who come from all walks of life. Under the care of this slightly nutty but always caring housemother is the beautiful, rich and spoiled Blair Warner (Lisa Whelchel); the witty, plump and impressionable Natalie Green (Mindy Cohn); Dorothy “Tootie” Ramsey (Kim Fields), the young and persistent campus gossip; and Joanna “Jo” Polniaczek (Nancy McKeon), a Bronx-born and bred streetwise kid whose tough exterior masks the brains and compassion she's hiding underneath. Whether it's the challenges posed by Eastland's academic and social scenes, the rise, fall and rebirth of the businesses they start and run together, or the comings and goings of new faces in school and town, including Edna's replacement (and sister) Beverly Ann Stickle (Cloris Leachman), the girls are always ready for a new challenge, and perceptive enough to learn from each new situation.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 35

  • @ethelhoose7624
    @ethelhoose7624 Рік тому +7

    Mrs Garrett was the best

  • @frankieclayton9303
    @frankieclayton9303 Рік тому +4

    Love watching

  • @thenormanleareffect
    @thenormanleareffect  2 роки тому +8

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  • @gaywizard2000
    @gaywizard2000 2 роки тому +10

    The pinnacle of the show probably! The son is so handsome in a 70s Greg Brady way! I'd kill to have one of those vending machines!

  • @domigriffin340
    @domigriffin340 2 роки тому +2

    Was it her son that bought that boutique for her or brother ??

  • @rodikalicharan7596
    @rodikalicharan7596 2 роки тому +1

    Why was he never in Different Strokes?

    • @travisjames3517
      @travisjames3517 Рік тому +1

      In that show Mrs. Garrett didn’t have sons.

  • @gaywizard2000
    @gaywizard2000 2 роки тому +2

    What happened with the table?

    • @tysonyates4147
      @tysonyates4147 2 місяці тому

      At the end it is revealed that Alex fixed the coffee table.

  • @bleuskye8124
    @bleuskye8124 2 роки тому +11

    Mrs. Garret was so funny.

  • @suestabile1262
    @suestabile1262 2 роки тому +11

    Another iconic show...
    Mrs. G.!👍

  • @frankieclayton9303
    @frankieclayton9303 Рік тому +5

    These TV shows talk morals values lessons they were enjoyable find laughable and they brought so many wonderful moments

  • @travisjames3517
    @travisjames3517 11 місяців тому +1

    That’s how cheap Eastland was. Can’t even afford a replacement table.

  • @frankieclayton9303
    @frankieclayton9303 Рік тому +4

    I'm so grateful for these TV shows

  • @Deephouse_Gent66
    @Deephouse_Gent66 9 місяців тому +1

    "Blair Warner is a rich WASP nerd." The studio audience couldn't decide whether to laugh or be shocked after that one.

  • @bfpierce
    @bfpierce 5 місяців тому +1

    Comes in of the road reeking of the blunt he just finished, eyeballing Tootie like there’s no tomorrow.

  • @robertdubs9466
    @robertdubs9466 2 роки тому +5

    Alex was never seen again after this episode, but he was briefly mentioned, in Brave New World, when Mrs. Garrett said to her other son, Raymond (Joel Brooks) that sit-down news was his brother's department, presumably talking about Alex. Shame we never could see Alex and Raymond together.

    • @robinorlowski9045
      @robinorlowski9045 2 роки тому +3

      they should have been added when Edna left. That would have been the better addition instead of Beverly. Oh and when they were trying to rebuild the shop---they could have just brought in Alex and had Edna exit then. He had the experience with building. Have him come and live in. It would have been much better. And then they could say "Mr Garrett"

    • @liana_jae_media9905
      @liana_jae_media9905 11 місяців тому

      Such a bummer. Not one episode had put both Edna’s son’s appear together or even after Beverly Ann adopted Andy in the Garrett family. Raymond on the other hand appeared in 2 episodes and the reunion movie; but no Alex.

  • @Royelsworth
    @Royelsworth Рік тому +5

    how many children does Mrs Garrett have

    • @Asukenick
      @Asukenick Рік тому +2

      2

    • @travisjames3517
      @travisjames3517 11 місяців тому

      Two, however, in the first episode of “Different Strokes” she made it clear that “she didn’t like boys.”

  • @samsticka
    @samsticka Рік тому +5

    What if Mrs. Garrett had a daughter and she was played by Gloria Loring who sang the show's theme song?

  • @samsticka
    @samsticka 4 місяці тому

    0:23 - Natalie takes Blair's Coke and has a sip of it. I bet if Jo had done that, she would've let out a loud belch.

  • @jackilynpyzocha662
    @jackilynpyzocha662 7 місяців тому

    Tom Fitzsimmons "The Paper Chase"

  • @heidimountain606
    @heidimountain606 2 роки тому +7

    This was the only time we saw Alex Garrett on the show, we saw his brother, Raymond Garrett on a couple of episodes plus The Facts of Life Reunion Movie in 2002.

    • @Asukenick
      @Asukenick 2 роки тому +3

      He was on twice and in the 2001 reunion movie.

    • @bradcrandall5086
      @bradcrandall5086 2 роки тому

      I don't remember him at all. Raymond yes but Alex? Not so much

    • @Asukenick
      @Asukenick 2 роки тому +3

      @@bradcrandall5086 Alex only appeared one, Raymond appeared twice.

    • @felix121984
      @felix121984 10 місяців тому

      ​@@AsukenickMrs Garret should have one daughter and actress Barrie Youngfellow could play her.

  • @samsticka
    @samsticka 2 роки тому +1

    He recorded with James Taylor?

  • @frozengamer3030
    @frozengamer3030 2 роки тому +5

    Sad that she passed away

  • @stacyn.
    @stacyn. 2 роки тому +2

    Cool Show.

  • @aepacker
    @aepacker Рік тому +2

    Wowers