interesting article I read about Facts Of Life on DVD (1 Viewer)

[Jon Baker]

There were quite a few major stars who started their careers with a guest appearance on FOL. If I remember correctly George Clooney joined the cast sometime after Charlotte Rae left the show.

I loved season 1 because there were more girls, plus with the show being tied in with Diffrent Strokes and Hello Larry we got to see Dana Plato and Kim Richards in a few episodes. However, I think the show matured once Nancy McKeon was brought into the cast.

Aside from all that, Facts of Life, provided quite a few 'life lessons' and controversial storylines which set it apart from most sitcoms which came out during the 80's.

 

[Roger_S]

Actually, Charlotte Rae was still there when George Clooney appeared. He appeared in the 1985-86 season...Charlotte left in 1986 so George appeared in Charlotte's last season. I think he was there when they were remodeling Edna's Edibles (which had burned down) into a shop called Over Our Heads (or something like that).

 

[MattSav]

I was on the fence about buying or renting this title, but I think I'm going to pick it up as it is under $30 bucks for the set. I only wish that the season finale of Diff'rent Strokes Season 1 was included as an extra. I guess I will be renting that disc first.

 

[Jay_B!]

season 1/2 is doing very well on Amazon, in the 200's, not bad for a 25 year old sitcom. In comparison, Diff'rent Strokes was never higher than #1100 when it was getting ready to come out. Hopefully this translates to sales and maybe we'll see season 3 by year end too

 

[MatthewA]

One thing I was thinking about last night:

When it comes time to release the two movies (in Paris and Australia)...what will Sony do with them? Will they handle them in the correct way as 2-hour movies, or will they released the cut-down 4-episode syndicated versions?

 

[Pavan_P]

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