Facts of Life Reunion

[Gothampc]

Posted: 9/18/14 at 11:49am

I have to say, I think the girls are looking good. I always wonder if Molly Ringwald was glad she got cut from the show because she went on to be the 1980s sweetheart.
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[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/18/14 at 1:16pm

OMG Even cousin Geri!

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 9/18/14 at 2:03pm

Fun Fact: Geri Reischl was originally supposed to play Blair, but couldn't do it because she had a series of commercials in heavy rotation at the time and the producers didn't want someone so closely associated with a product.

You might also know Geri Reischl as "fake Jan" from the Brady Bunch Variety Hour.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 9/18/14 at 2:14pm

Sue Ann smokes pot, Mrs. Garrett sings the theme song, Helen Hunt is a burnout, and Molly Ringwald helps set up a stereo

[Gothampc]

Posted: 9/18/14 at 7:41pm

"Fun Fact: Geri Reischl was originally supposed to play Blair"

She actually did play Blair in the unaired pilot back when it was called Garrett's Girls. And it was General Mills who would not let her continue with the show when it was picked up as The Facts Of Life.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/19/14 at 1:08pm

Thank God for that! A boring Blair would have killed the show pretty early on.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 9/19/14 at 3:24pm

Tumpy?!