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  • @thenormanleareffect
    @thenormanleareffect  Рік тому +18

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    • @ebonyrushharrington2197
      @ebonyrushharrington2197 18 днів тому +1

      This is one of my favorite episodes, could of been an series (something)

  • @justmeiniowa
    @justmeiniowa Рік тому +91

    It's too bad this spin off never happened. Would have been interesting to see how they would update with the times.

    • @EphemeralProductions
      @EphemeralProductions Рік тому +10

      Yeah. But mayim got Blossom and Juliette got several other acting jobs thereafter. But i agree, it would have been cool to see a spinoff! They tried it a few times on FOL actually, and for some reason people never seemed to go for any of em.

    • @Thesmokingman64
      @Thesmokingman64 Рік тому +3

      I agree. It had potential.

    • @kellymcfalls1458
      @kellymcfalls1458 Рік тому +4

      @@EphemeralProductionsI didn’t like it the first season was my favorite

    • @EphemeralProductions
      @EphemeralProductions Рік тому +1

      @@kellymcfalls1458 lots of others seem to share your likes and views lol

    • @wildlifedocumentaryus
      @wildlifedocumentaryus Рік тому

      @@kellymcfalls1458 Expand your thinking! In my objective opinion, the first season and season 7 are the best! I know that you like originality, but every movie has new developments! The plot of the movie changed simply from the reviews of the audience at that time!

  • @74Spirit1
    @74Spirit1 Рік тому +17

    Aww. Pre Blossom, probably around the time Mayim Balik was probably playing little Bette Midler on "Beaches".

  • @ritagreenlaw8923
    @ritagreenlaw8923 Рік тому +86

    I love this episode with Myaim Bialik from Blossom and Juliet Lewis.

    • @nibsvkh
      @nibsvkh Рік тому +5

      Mayim

    • @johnta17
      @johnta17 Рік тому +1

      who is the girl on the left though?

    • @kizmetlogistics421
      @kizmetlogistics421 Рік тому +3

      @@johnta17 She's an awesome actress @MeredithScottLynn, she's played in alot but was amazing in Days of Our Lives for YEARS.

    • @AnansiTheSpider8
      @AnansiTheSpider8 11 місяців тому +1

      Six was probably Blossom's roommate in this episode. And instead of talking super fast, maybe Six walked in and out of the scene so fast we never saw her onscreen. LOL

    • @briandelaney4167
      @briandelaney4167 4 місяці тому

      Juliet Lewis plays the best wt.

  • @TNHFPRODUCTIONS987
    @TNHFPRODUCTIONS987 6 місяців тому +8

    This is when the show came full circle

    • @nassauguy48
      @nassauguy48 5 місяців тому

      And then jumped the shark!

  • @ricofresh22
    @ricofresh22 9 місяців тому +8

    I love Blair cuz she never backed down

  • @ritagreenlaw8923
    @ritagreenlaw8923 Рік тому +10

    Ashley Payne is Jan the nurse on Days Our Lives.

  • @goku20015
    @goku20015 Рік тому +44

    God Blair was gorgeous!!!!😍😍😍😍😍

    • @jaygee6738
      @jaygee6738 Рік тому +11

      she still is

    • @goku20015
      @goku20015 Рік тому +3

      @@jaygee6738 yes!!

    • @MikeLutton
      @MikeLutton Рік тому +2

      i wish her Blonde hair would of got soaked n wet in a episode

    • @ghostoferlock
      @ghostoferlock 5 місяців тому +2

      Yes.. I think some of us watched the show for her...

    • @goku20015
      @goku20015 5 місяців тому +1

      @@ghostoferlock before my time.. but I would have watched just for her.. and she still looks good

  • @pika23
    @pika23 Рік тому +24

    Mayim bialik next to Juliette Lewis!!

  • @zutalors960
    @zutalors960 Рік тому +7

    Wow, a couple of familiar faces in that clip!

  • @rhondalong152
    @rhondalong152 Рік тому +24

    Blaire was still the Headmistress in the movie years later, Tootie's daughter was starting at Eastland and Natalie had two boyfriends, both wanting to marry her. No Jo,though.

    • @robinorlowski2449
      @robinorlowski2449 Рік тому +6

      Actually Blair sold Eastland and now owned a hotel. After all of that work she gave up on the school. Disappointing.

    • @paulad.patterson4732
      @paulad.patterson4732 9 місяців тому +5

      Jo became a cop.

    • @nassauguy48
      @nassauguy48 5 місяців тому

      @@robinorlowski2449 She also did not use her law degree!

    • @nassauguy48
      @nassauguy48 5 місяців тому +2

      @@paulad.patterson4732 So why did Jo attend those expensive schools? She should have just gone to the police academy after graduating from public high school.

    • @robinorlowski2449
      @robinorlowski2449 5 місяців тому

      @@nassauguy48 she could have used it re school law

  • @johnpaulmakowski7464
    @johnpaulmakowski7464 29 днів тому

    I realize this is a sitcom and decades ago.
    but oh my goodness I love Miss Blair and her lovely hairstyle!! Wow!!
    with her stunning beauty and smile, lots of hair and makeup,
    she would have been perfect for hallmark shows!

  • @MarcusCiambelli
    @MarcusCiambelli Рік тому +19

    The staircase is much grander in this version of Eastland.

    • @nassauguy48
      @nassauguy48 Рік тому +2

      I wonder if this was the same set used in Season 1.

    • @robinorlowski2449
      @robinorlowski2449 Рік тому +2

      @@nassauguy48 it vaugely looks like it. Of course the technology for tv production improved since 1979. So even if they did skimp on other things, the set looked 'better'

    • @KristaBrewer-rq7mo
      @KristaBrewer-rq7mo 4 місяці тому +1

      @@nassauguy48 Obviously not since this one has a double staircase

    • @jaredjlinden
      @jaredjlinden 3 місяці тому

      It’s meant to mimic the style from the early sets (look at the woodwork/trim and doorway arches), but it’s bigger because the setup is different. In the original Eastland years, the school had multiple, smaller dorms/houses. Now, it seems like Eastland has a single dormitory for all the students.

  • @PaulJackson729
    @PaulJackson729 Рік тому +6

    The final episode of The Facts Of Life, and a teaser for a purposed spin off that didn't get picked up.

  • @misstee101
    @misstee101 Рік тому +25

    Mayim appeared on the Facts of Life? I don't believe it!

    • @SuperMarioBrosIII
      @SuperMarioBrosIII Рік тому +9

      @misstee101 not to mention Seth Green and Juliette Lewis.

    • @misstee101
      @misstee101 Рік тому +1

      @@SuperMarioBrosIII whoa!

    • @kekwayblaze3176
      @kekwayblaze3176 Рік тому +3

      Molly Ringwald and George Clooney had regular roles on the show at one time too.

    • @briandelaney4167
      @briandelaney4167 4 місяці тому

      Iyhink this ai. That dude talks like Kama Harris.

  • @SamuelJones-v8x
    @SamuelJones-v8x 3 місяці тому

    Blair Warner was a Head Temptress of Eastwood.... Sweet little blossom!!😄😄😄... FAST talking cracks me up!!....

  • @maximusprime3459
    @maximusprime3459 Рік тому +12

    Lisa/Blair still looks this good.

    • @TMC1982Part2
      @TMC1982Part2 Рік тому +7

      I always thought that Lisa Whelchel looked her best towards the very end of the series, with the long straight hair and the side-part bangs.

    • @robinorlowski2449
      @robinorlowski2449 Рік тому +6

      @@TMC1982Part2 yeah. I like this hairdo much better.

  • @dominickdirienzo8266
    @dominickdirienzo8266 Рік тому +3

    2:48, Sam Behrens who would later portray the role of Danny Waleska in Knots Landing.

    • @Breezy_Summer
      @Breezy_Summer 5 місяців тому

      He was so good looking in this episode, KL and years later on the soap opera Sunset Beach.

    • @KristaBrewer-rq7mo
      @KristaBrewer-rq7mo 4 місяці тому

      He played Bobbie's husband, Jake on General Hospital for years

  • @belkyhernandez8281
    @belkyhernandez8281 Рік тому +16

    This episode never made sense to me. Eastland being a run down school seemed very random.

    • @LBF522
      @LBF522 Рік тому +2

      I agree with the wealthy sending their daughters there and all.

    • @nassauguy48
      @nassauguy48 Рік тому +2

      In real life, any school that faces closing down forever loses its reputation even if it somehow manages to survive. Didn't Eastland, if it was so prestigious, have a large endowment? At any rate, if it had truly been an elite school, it would never have faced closing down.

    • @kellymcfalls1458
      @kellymcfalls1458 Рік тому +2

      @@nassauguy48Not every school facing closure looses their reputation even if it doesn’t close!

    • @nassauguy48
      @nassauguy48 5 місяців тому

      @@kellymcfalls1458 Well, it still doesn't look good! In academic speak, it is called having a "ghost" or "phantom" diploma.

  • @xrrrismickey
    @xrrrismickey Рік тому +9

    Loved this show but this is really when it jumped the shark. They had no planned ending and it just petered out into this.

    • @stephenholloway6893
      @stephenholloway6893 Рік тому +3

      The plan was to give the series another season but after Mindy and Nancy declined, NBC practically rushed the series into cancellation.

    • @SuperMarioBrosIII
      @SuperMarioBrosIII Рік тому +1

      @@stephenholloway6893 Sad but true!🤔🙄😔📺

    • @robinorlowski2449
      @robinorlowski2449 Рік тому +2

      @@stephenholloway6893 yeah if they left I can see why there would be a really quick cancellation.

    • @robinorlowski2449
      @robinorlowski2449 Рік тому

      But if Blair is running an entire school, it would be difficult for Mindy and Nancy to have roles. Natalie was supposed to be a writer and Jo wanted to be a teacher/social worker.

    • @travisjames3517
      @travisjames3517 Рік тому +1

      @@stephenholloway6893Cohn declined because she wanted a spinoff series and they did no. McKeon actually wanted out a lot earlier than Season 09.

  • @TheSickNeeds
    @TheSickNeeds 7 місяців тому +3

    Its really a shame that this and Natalies series didn't get made. Both were a lot better and made a lot more sense than many of the later season Facts of Life episodes.

    • @nassauguy48
      @nassauguy48 5 місяців тому

      For Lisa, it was simply a case of FOL maxing itself out in terms of audience appeal. It was time to move on. (And the writing and the backup cast were awful). Wow, for Mindy, a lot could have been done with her show. But, once again, the writing and the backup cast were mediocre. (I am referring to the pilot episodes for both). Just think, if Mindy's show had taken off, there conceivably could never have been a "Friends"! That theme would already have been taken!

    • @TheSickNeeds
      @TheSickNeeds 5 місяців тому +1

      @@nassauguy48 what are you comparing it to when you say the writing was mediocre? I'm not saying they weren't but against last few seasons of Facts of Life they were quite good and at least made sense. Facts of Live was in "what can we do now" mode for quite a while. Most shows don't go on that long and for good reason.

    • @TheSickNeeds
      @TheSickNeeds 5 місяців тому

      and no Friends wouldn't have been a bad thing. I found that 3/4 of the first season was great but after that it became a lot of nonsense.

  • @toadwar9300
    @toadwar9300 Рік тому +1

    Omgosh so many early stars in this one!

  • @kallen868
    @kallen868 Рік тому +6

    Lisa!💖😍

  • @travisjames3517
    @travisjames3517 Рік тому +5

    Why would Ashley be at a school that was financially collapsing if she had so much money?

    • @robinorlowski2449
      @robinorlowski2449 Рік тому +1

      tradition? Her mom etc had graduated from there. So even though it's now financially a mess, she still has to attend.

  • @3dartistguy
    @3dartistguy Рік тому +6

    the original set from the first year did not have a double staircase.

    • @Diostillrocks
      @Diostillrocks Рік тому +2

      That set was probably long gone and they needed to build a new one.

    • @3dartistguy
      @3dartistguy Рік тому +3

      @@Diostillrocks all they had to do was look at the first season episodes if they wanted to replicate the set accurately.

    • @maximusprime3459
      @maximusprime3459 Рік тому +2

      It was a new set for a potentially new show...why would they keep the old set?

    • @3dartistguy
      @3dartistguy Рік тому +1

      @@maximusprime3459 continuity?

    • @kellymcfalls1458
      @kellymcfalls1458 Рік тому +2

      @@maximusprime3459Because it was the SAME school?

  • @saveriodefazio4658
    @saveriodefazio4658 Рік тому +5

    This was gonna be the Spinoff

    • @KristaBrewer-rq7mo
      @KristaBrewer-rq7mo 4 місяці тому +1

      Yea, there was only gonna be about 10 of em (and for whatever reason, NONE of them worked out)

  • @IndieAnnieJones1
    @IndieAnnieJones1 Рік тому

    Wait how come I never saw this episode - Mayim Balik, Juliette Lewis, Seth Green????

  • @MrCraigblaze
    @MrCraigblaze Рік тому +3

    I think Blair bring the head mistress of Eastland was just too much to Take..And maybe that was the reason why the "Spinoff " Was canned !! Thanks for the the upload !! Lost of Future talent on this show..

    • @nassauguy48
      @nassauguy48 9 місяців тому

      A headmistress in her early 20s and with no background in education was simply not realistic.

  • @RoyalMasterpiece
    @RoyalMasterpiece Рік тому +4

    Ashley )synergy is the same actress in Legally Blonde. She is at Harvard and rejects Elle.

    • @howdoyouknowninakatz
      @howdoyouknowninakatz Рік тому +1

      I thought that was her - she has a lovely raspy voice.

    • @millenniumman75
      @millenniumman75 10 місяців тому

      Yes! The "ove-ester" lady. Anthony Perkins' son Osgood played "Dorky David" in Lrgally Blonde, too.

    • @aussieburn777
      @aussieburn777 10 місяців тому

      Yep she played a butch lezo in legally blonde

  • @carrieheffernan1685
    @carrieheffernan1685 Рік тому +21

    Blair Warner gave up on law school for this mess?

    • @belkyhernandez8281
      @belkyhernandez8281 Рік тому +8

      Makes no sense.

    • @xrrrismickey
      @xrrrismickey Рік тому +2

      Not even remotely possible.

    • @Diostillrocks
      @Diostillrocks Рік тому +1

      would you want Blair to be your lawyer? She was way too much of an airhead to be one.

    • @belkyhernandez8281
      @belkyhernandez8281 Рік тому +9

      @@Diostillrocks Blair was never an air head in the show. She had excellent grades all the way through and had a sharp legal mind.

    • @garycollins7750
      @garycollins7750 Рік тому +7

      @@belkyhernandez8281 in the later seasons she was a bit, once the show stopped focusing on “issues” Blair was written to be less of a snob.

  • @wisperrr.
    @wisperrr. Рік тому +3

    Blossom and The Facts Of Life are my favorite shows and Mayim and Blair are so slayyyyyyyyy

  • @ddbjg
    @ddbjg Рік тому +4

    she plays amy on the big bany

  • @sassyg9133
    @sassyg9133 Рік тому +4

    good lord I remember this

  • @len1991100
    @len1991100 3 місяці тому

    The end of the series, nice

  • @jaygee6738
    @jaygee6738 Рік тому

    wow.. a very young Juliette Lewis!! totally forgot that she was in this

  • @SlMONSAYS
    @SlMONSAYS Рік тому +8

    H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E casting is why this never went anywhere...it never stood a chance. With the exception of Lisa, this clip alone was painful to watch.

    • @nassauguy48
      @nassauguy48 Рік тому +3

      The writing was bad, and the acting even worse.

  • @travisjames3517
    @travisjames3517 Рік тому +4

    This series never would have worked. No way. The supporting cast is dreadful.

  • @stacystoltz8722
    @stacystoltz8722 Рік тому +1

    Nice

  • @Chapin-pc2kz
    @Chapin-pc2kz Рік тому +3

    Headmistress, huh? Honey, you're living in a dream world. No matter what they say, they never leave their wives.

    • @loyalhufflepuff8869
      @loyalhufflepuff8869 Рік тому

      I love The Nanny 🤣🫶🏽🫶🏽

    • @71789399
      @71789399 Рік тому

      A headmistress is in charge of a school. Like a principal.

  • @hhhggg4687
    @hhhggg4687 Рік тому +4

    Nope. Blair was supposed to be like the Mrs.Garrett character. Sort of like a den mother. But Blair was only 19 or 20 yrs old herself. Too young for a den mother

    • @johnfire3194
      @johnfire3194 Рік тому +7

      I think Blair would have been about 24 by this point in the series

    • @hhhggg4687
      @hhhggg4687 Рік тому +1

      @@johnfire3194 maybe.. still not old enough to be a den mother. She would have been more like a big sister.

    • @maximusprime3459
      @maximusprime3459 Рік тому

      Wow. My mom had me at age 22. She and I need to have a long talk about motherhood age limits...

    • @hhhggg4687
      @hhhggg4687 Рік тому +2

      @@maximusprime3459you were a newborn baby. Those kids are she's in charge of are teenagers. Shes only about 8 yrs older then them..

    • @kellymcfalls1458
      @kellymcfalls1458 Рік тому

      @@hhhggg468720 years older is NOT a big sister they are old enough to be a mother

  • @amitalati5741
    @amitalati5741 Рік тому

    Blossom !!!! Hi !!!!

  • @jonthomas8569
    @jonthomas8569 Рік тому +10

    This was a misguided attempt to keep the show going. It didn't work the first time when they had a large cast of characters running in and out of every scene. Keeping the focus smaller is what made them successful. It was time to give them a real sendoff at this point.

    • @maximusprime3459
      @maximusprime3459 Рік тому +1

      Once the show got going they prolly would've cut the cast down a bit like they did the first time. Its clear which ones stand out and which ones don't.

    • @EphemeralProductions
      @EphemeralProductions Рік тому +1

      Yeah they tried it two other times besides this with different characters and it failed every time.

    • @nassauguy48
      @nassauguy48 Рік тому

      If anything, it showed how Eastland had become nothing more than a diploma mill for the rich. These kids were STUPID.

    • @robinorlowski2449
      @robinorlowski2449 Рік тому

      @@EphemeralProductions maybe--maybe not. Differences in production styles. Fox network was also launched in 1986 which changed broadcast. The original show had started when there were only 3 networks. So they'd have to get used to a larger cast.

    • @kellymcfalls1458
      @kellymcfalls1458 Рік тому

      @@maximusprime3459the first season was my favorite

  • @jmiller297
    @jmiller297 4 місяці тому

    Vanna White had that same hair in like... 1989.

  • @nomadicolours
    @nomadicolours 9 місяців тому

    Woman family faces here. I never even knew this existed. Sam Bremen's (Jake) General Hospital & Juliet Lewis.

  • @ThatComicBookGuy21
    @ThatComicBookGuy21 5 місяців тому +3

    Blair looking extra 🔥

  • @jennifer_m.8613
    @jennifer_m.8613 Рік тому

    Who is thar Ashley Paine girl?

  • @ecay
    @ecay 5 місяців тому

    I watched the show growing up mostly because it's what was on TV. It wasn't a bad show but I don't remember this too bad they weren't able to pull the switch off and the spin-off or maybe this was just how they ended the show. I don't remember

  • @dougl945
    @dougl945 7 місяців тому +1

    Blair was too rich to work

  • @theresasmalls1129
    @theresasmalls1129 Рік тому +10

    ❤ for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life and has passed from death into life ❤

  • @nicoleackerman205
    @nicoleackerman205 5 місяців тому

    Ashley Payne was in Legally Blonde.

  • @JunkyardKid
    @JunkyardKid Рік тому

    IT'S BLOSSOM!!!

  • @beefy_thevampslayer
    @beefy_thevampslayer 8 місяців тому

    This is how Yellowjackets started 🐝⚽️🥩

  • @stacystoltz8722
    @stacystoltz8722 10 місяців тому +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤😂

  • @Kaboomboo
    @Kaboomboo 9 місяців тому

    The girl in the yellow shirt was in Legally Blonde, no?

  • @JunkyardKid
    @JunkyardKid Рік тому

    AND Mallory Knox?!?

  • @mikesternmike
    @mikesternmike 4 місяці тому

    I was buying all of that till you said Natalie had two boyfriends then it became greatly unrealistic

  • @kristinazubic9669
    @kristinazubic9669 Рік тому +1

    I wish this spinoff had happened.

    • @Asukenick
      @Asukenick Рік тому +1

      I doubt it would have done well.

    • @kristinazubic9669
      @kristinazubic9669 Рік тому +2

      @@Asukenick that’s why they didn’t do it. I would have liked to see it though.

    • @LBF522
      @LBF522 Рік тому +2

      @@kristinazubic9669 Same here. I hate it when some executive makes these decisions. Let the viewers decide.

    • @KristaBrewer-rq7mo
      @KristaBrewer-rq7mo 4 місяці тому +1

      NOOOOOOOOO

  • @CreationsbyRyan
    @CreationsbyRyan 7 місяців тому +1

    Such a disappointing ending to this series. There was hardly and of the other core 4 members in this finale

  • @blainehylton3296
    @blainehylton3296 2 місяці тому

    Before Juliet Lewis made it big

  • @rick90604whittier
    @rick90604whittier Рік тому

    Mayim!

  • @davidgivargidze7465
    @davidgivargidze7465 Рік тому +2

    J Joe Michael the boy wonder ill never forget they episode in titled less then perfect when Blair got her face scraed in n car accident j

  • @dougl945
    @dougl945 7 місяців тому

    Juliette Lewis

  • @stacystoltz8722
    @stacystoltz8722 Рік тому +1

    Facts life
    Wasa
    Cute show in
    70and80ontv

  • @kc0lif
    @kc0lif 9 місяців тому

    maliam balick.

  • @MikeLutton
    @MikeLutton Рік тому +1

    im sure there could of been a episode where Blair's Hair got Soaked and Wet Easily

  • @briandelaney4167
    @briandelaney4167 4 місяці тому

    Omg Mr Mitchell is the white make version of Kamala Harris. Talks in what could bees and might have beens. Total word salad.

  • @ratiod2289
    @ratiod2289 4 місяці тому

    Damn this was terrible.

  • @aepacker
    @aepacker 7 місяців тому +1

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