50 minutes ago, Khan said:

None.  I think this is an awful, awful exercise and it needs to smothered with a pillow over its' face.

4 hours ago, dragonflies said:

Saw this and Lisa says this is why Nancy didn't participate

https://popculture.com/tv-shows/news/facts-of-life-live-nancy-mckeon-absence-explained/?fbclid=IwAR15c4Bd6tiI_XFsVWuXT2yXoPS3J6Ek_y4YL_6JraMFIBMb1plnG3yB1lk

Whelchel said that it wasn't that McKeon didn't want to participate, it's simply that she couldn't due to her recent life circumstances. "Nancy was home and they just recently moved and her kids just got into school, so it was difficult for her to make the trip out," Whelchel said of McKeon's absence.

 

Luckily, she keeps in touch with her former co-stars. "We have a little group thread we call the 'sisters thread,'" she said. She even joked with Bush when he asked how much each star relates to their characters. Bush asked: "How much is Nancy like Jo?" Whelchel dished, "She is as much like Jo as I am like Blair, which is very little!"

 

Nancy also participated in a terrible Lifetime Christmas movie that Kim Fields starred and produced a few years ago. All the other women had a small role in that too (though I think Nancy's scenes were all remote and not in actual scenes with the other FOL women). 

By all accounts, the FOL women still seem close and in contact with one another. I know they often refer to one another as "sisters."  

 

Edited December 10, 20214 yr by BetterForgotten

On 12/9/2021 at 7:06 PM, All My Shadows said:

No you cannot. Though there is zero physical resemblance, I think the late Bernie Mac would have made for a good Fred Sanford. Much of what made the character so hilarious was Redd’s unique cadence. I can imagine Bernie delivering Fred’s dialogue: “I could stick your face in some dough and make some gorilla cookies.”

Kim Wayans would be a good Esther.

14 hours ago, SFK said:

No you cannot. Though there is zero physical resemblance, I think the late Bernie Mac would have made for a good Fred Sanford. Much of what made the character so hilarious was Redd’s unique cadence. I can imagine Bernie delivering Fred’s dialogue: “I could stick your face in some dough and make some gorilla cookies.”

Kim Wayans would be a good Esther.

Yes, your explanation is better than mine. "Cadence" is exactly it. The only people who can duplicate that slow-moving crustiness aren't actors, they're the ones actually living that life. There are a couple of ma-maws and pa-paws that I've seen on TikTok who would be perfect. I'm so out of touch with who's who these days that I can't even begin to think of people who could play them or others from other shows.

Remember about 20 years ago there was The Rerun Show on, I think NBC? The cast was made up of a lot of SNL/MADtv types, and episodes were hit or miss, but I remember thinking it was hilarious (as a 12 year old). I recall them doing episodes of Facts, Strokes, Bewitched, Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, etc.

Monday with Mindy

I didn't know she had a podcast. She's interviewed all the girls recently. She had Eve Plumb on two months ago.

 

On 12/10/2021 at 7:23 AM, Forever8 said:

Which shows would you like them to tackle on next? 

They should do Lear shows that people haven't heard of, reframed for 2022. It would be interesting to see  them tackling something like The Dumplings or Glitter.