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Facts of Life

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TV Series

The Resume

    (August 24, 1979-May 7, 1988)
    Premise: A group of girls live together in a boarding school under their housemother Edna Garrett
    Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Edna Garrett (1979-1986)
    Cloris Leachman as Beverly Ann Stickle (1986-1988)
    Lisa Whelchel as Blair Warner
    Mindy Cohn as Natalie Green
    Kim Fields as Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey
    Nancy McKeon as Jo Marie Bonner (1980-1988)
    MacKenzie Astin as Andy Moffat (1985-88)
    Theme song written by Alan Thicke

Why Facts of Life might be annoying:

    Its theme music makes those who listen wish Alan Thicke a slow and painful death.
    It was the hell spawn of 'Diff'rent Strokes' (1979).
    The ratings dropped when the adolescent actresses were finished with puberty.
    To increase ratings to puberty levels, the writers engineered a storyline that would make Blair the first of the girls to lose her virginity.
    However, Lisa Whelchel refused to do the storyline because she was a born-again Christian.
    The storyline was then given to Mindy Cohn (AKA the ugly one) and the ratings stunt failed.
    They stretched the suspension of disbelief to the limit by claiming all of the young females on the show were still virgins in their 20s.
    It has made-for-TV movies with idiotic titles like 'The Facts of Life Down Under (1982)' and 'The Facts of Life Goes to Paris (1987).'
    They thought they could get away with exploring 'serious' issues like rape.
    The final episode was a set-up for a spin-off that never materialized.
    Jo was so butch!
    Tootie was on roller skates the entire first season.

Why Facts of Life might not be annoying:

    It consistently ranked in the Top 30 rated programs for most of its initial run.
    They somehow convinced Cloris Leachman to replace Charlotte Rae.
    They gave Mindy Cohn her role after the producers visited her girls school and decided to base a character off of her.
    It is the longest running show with an all female lead cast.

Credit: Captain Howdy


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 19 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 97 Votes: 49.48% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 74 Votes: 55.41% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 37 Votes: 83.78% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 524 Votes: 49.81% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 52 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 59 Votes: 45.76% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 63 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 171 Votes: 65.50% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 92 Votes: 64.13% Annoying