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80smovies · 6 months

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#The Worst Witch #Tim Curry #Fairuza Balk #Diana Rigg #Charlotte Rae #Robert Young #Mary Pleshette Willis #Jill Murphy #VHS #80s

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retropopcult · 11 months

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The cast of Diff’rent Strokes, 1978

#Conrad Bain #Gary Coleman #Charlotte Rae #Dana Plato #Todd Bridges #Philip Drummond #Edna Garrett #Arnold Jackson #Kimberly Drummond #Willis Jackson #1970s #sitcom #TV show

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notforemmetophobes · 18 days

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Love Sick Love (2012) - M. Emmet Walsh

Yeah I know Walsh isn’t high on everyone’s ‘to do’ list but I’d do him in a heartbeat. Even today.

On a Side Note: Watching remind me of my crush on Charlotte Rae.

What? I had a thing for Mrs. Garrett.

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#love sick love #actor #Lindsay Rose Binder #dean kapica #m. emmet walsh #charlotte rae #american actor #sweaters #screenshots #movie #casual dress #sitting

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oldshowbiz · 11 months

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1980.

#Facts of Life #letters to the editor #cranks #bad reviews #can't joke about anything anymore #Charlotte Rae

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the-spooky-mind-of-spiderwish · 1 month

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#the facts of life #mindy cohn #julie anne haddock #john lawlor #felice schachter #julie piekarski #charlotte rae #lisa whelchel #molly ringwald #kim fields #70s

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mutant-enthusiast-08 · 1 year

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Well well well, I’ve finally finished the Facts of Life and man it really went out with a whimper didn’t it 😭.

As much as I enjoyed some parts of season 9, I definitely think I’d rather have the finale for Season 8 be the ending of the show since it fit so well. A bonus to that would be not having to see Jo and Rick get married which I did not enjoy.

Going into the show knowing that Jo was going to get married at the end, I already knew disappointment was in store but I thought it’d be better than this! Jo and Rick’s relationship isn’t fleshed out AT ALL and I have no idea why Jo likes this guy, we didn’t even see them get together, they just start dating out of the blue!!! Having Tootie and Jeff get married in that episode is would’ve made much more sense and I think I would’ve really liked that.

I also really didn’t enjoy them femming Jo up so much this season. As a sort of masc presenting person myself, it really grinds my gears when female masculinity is treated as a phase that you’ll eventually grow out of. More than that, I just don’t think it made sense for Jo as a character to start dressing this way all of a sudden. Also, knowing that Jo becomes a cop in the reunion movie makes absolutely no sense when looking at the person she’s become by season 9.

I didn’t have any big problems with Natalie or Tootie’s storylines this season, in fact I really enjoyed them and I think they made it through to the end of the show pretty in tact as characters.

I do wish Blair had been able to consistently keep some of the character development she gained over the years. They have so many instances of her being ignorant and stuck up when she’s really grown more than that by now. I know it’s for comedy but it still makes me a little sad.

Finally, Jo and Blair’s dynamic. The premiere of season 9 had me hopeful but sadly, it didn’t maintain. Oh how I long for the casual intimacy they had in seasons 5 and 6. Those girls were together every second back then!!! They’d enter the store together, hang out together, go to events together, study together, and we get very little of that this season. It’s back to the old pretending like we hate each other shtick, which, I guess I understand, it’s a sitcom and people eat that stuff up, but man, if character continuity mattered more, I think they’d be just as amiable as in their early college days.

All that said and grievances aside, I’m still so glad I found this show. It’s made me super happy over the past few months and I think that happiness will carry on even longer . Though I’m sad to think about what the later seasons could have been, I still have the episodes where it was in its prime to rewatch and that’s good enough for me 😌

P.S if I were in charge, I never would’ve moved to Over Our Heads, Edna’s Edibles was my favorite era of the show

#the facts of life #facts of life #tfol #edna garrett #jo polniaczek #blair warner #natalie green #tootie ramsey #dorothy ramsey #jo x blair #blair x jo #warnerczek #80s tv shows #my thoughts #Charlotte Rae #kim fields #mindy cohn #lisa whelchel #nancy mckeon

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polniaczek · 1 year

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THE FACTS OF LIFE (1979–1988) | 1.02 “Like Mother, Like Daughter"

#the facts of life #tfoledit #blair warner #edna garrett #lisa whelchel #charlotte rae #tvedit #like mother like daughter #mine #such a sweet scene for them #i wish they had kept blair's original backstory and not so great mom #it gives everything that comes after more meaning

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citizenscreen · 1 year

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Birthday remembrance - Charlotte Rae #botd

#charlotte rae

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positivebeatdigest · 1 year

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The Facts of Life on Tv Land Awards 2011

#youtube #the facts of life #kim fields #nancy mckeon #lisa whelchel #mindy cohn #charlotte rae #tvland

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worstwitchstudent · 2 years

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Miss. Hardbroom: At least she had something to push.

Miss. Cackle: ( ﾟ□ﾟ)

#constance hardbroom #miss. hardbroom #Diana Rigg #miss. cackle #amelia cackle #Charlotte Rae

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perfettamentechic · 2 years

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5 agosto … ricordiamo …

5 agosto … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2018: Charlotte Rae, nome d’arte di Charlotte Rae Lubotsky, attrice e cantante statunitense. È nota per aver interpretato Edna Garrett nelle sitcom Il mio amico Arnold. (n. 1926) 2015: George Cole, George Edward Cole, è stato un attore cinematografico e televisivo inglese. (n. 1925) 2014: Marilyn Burns, Marilyn Lynn Ann Burns, è stata un’attrice statunitense, nota per aver interpretato il…

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mediaomnivore · 2 months

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In addition to Tim Curry, The Worst Witch featured Charlotte Rae, famous for the facts of life. She also has a musical number.

#worst witch #the worst witch #charlotte rae #witches #witch #film #Youtube

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retrogoldenmemories · 3 months

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NBC via Getty images

#todd bridges #charlotte rae #dana plato #conrad bain #gary coleman #muhammed ali #diff'rent strokes

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adamwatchesmovies · 6 months

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Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)

If you know your internet memes, you’re probably aware of the best scene in Tom and Jerry: The Movie. It’s got you wondering if there are other hidden gems within its running time. Could this movie be so bad it’s good? I'm sorry to say it isn’t. This animated musical comedy is an ordeal. The plot is worthless, the animation ok at best, the songs horrid, characters bland, and as a big-screen adaptation of the classic cartoon characters, it’s a knife in the back. The movie is fun to talk about, however. If you and your friends are bad movie sadomasochists, it may be worth checking out.

After her father disappears during a Tibetan expedition, 8-year-old Robyn Starling (voiced by Anndi McAfee) - and her family’s fortune - are given to her abusive guardian “Aunt” Pristine Figg (voiced by Charlotte Rae). She conspires with her lawyer, Lickboot (voiced by Tony Jay), to keep all of that beautiful money for themselves. When Robyn runs away and bumps into Tom (voiced by Richard King) and Jerry (voiced by Dana Hill), she brings them back home and learns her father may still be alive somewhere.

Let’s begin with that title. This is hardly a “Tom and Jerry movie". For one, the cat and mouse are not the main characters. I wouldn't even call them important to this plot. Robyn is the protagonist. Without her, there is no story, no conflict, no villains. This means films like Tom and Jerry and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz - in which the titular duo are dumped in a plot they have little impact upon - are proudly upholding a tradition that began in 1992. It’s a shocker - almost as much as the scene in which the characters begin talking. They rarely - if ever - spoke in the cartoons. That was part of their appeal. It was all about these opponents trying to violently kill each other. Here, they sing a song about how good a pair of friends they are.

This movie wants to be ‘90s Disney so, so bad. To stretch its paper-thin plot (which is essentially ripped off from The Rescuers) we have one bad song after another. Each of these tunes is destined to be forgotten the second they end. That’s a relief. The rhymes and lyrics are so awful you’d curse yourself for remembering them if you did. However, this does bring us to the one - intentionally - good moment in the entire film: the villain’s song. (Money is Such) a Beautiful Word is exactly what you think it is. Minutes upon minutes of bad rhymes detailing how greedy Aunt Figg and Lickboot are. It’s pretty funny to see, but only if preceded by Tony Jay saying “We’ve got to have… money!”. The irony is that this blatant acknowledgment of greed is exactly what the executives must’ve told their lackeys when the film was green-lit.

There are obvious flaws in every scene. At one point, Robyn nearly drowns and is rescued by Captain Kiddie (voiced by Rip Taylor), the owner of a deserted amusement park whose right hand is always busy manipulating a puppet - an avatar for his split personality. Every sign points towards “child molester” but that wasn’t the intention, which is also pretty funny. When he's introduced, Aunt Figg and Lickboot desperately want Robyn back, so they're offering a $1 million reward to anyone who can find her and plaster her photo onto milk cartoons to spread the word. They do this on the same day she goes missing, which is impossible, but even the “we don’t care” team of director Phil Roman and writer Dennis Marks had to realize distributing these cartons would take a while, which is why Captain Kiddie explains to Robyn that she’s been out cold for 6 days. Anyone else would’ve called the police but evidently, he’s planning on chaining her up in his dungeon. Cut to a scene where he offers to pour Robyn a glass of milk. You can see where this is going. The carton has her picture on it, prompting his stupid bird to go ballistic and dollar signs to flash before his eyes. Here’s what I’m wondering. When did he buy that milk carton? Did he not recognize her before this very moment?

Another mistake in this train wreck is the character designs. They’re all over the place. When Tom and Jerry find themselves homeless (don’t ask), they meet a dog and his best friend, a flea. Both are dressed in real clothes and look like they come from a completely different movie. The next animals we meet are a gang of tough cats, who are also clothed and look as different from Puggsy and Frankie da Flea as. they do from Tom & Jerry. They also look nothing like Mrs. Figg’s dog, an ugly creature so fat it can’t even walk. It’s like a bunch of rejects from other animation studios were brought together to help fill space.

There’s a lot to complain about if you've seen Tom and Jerry: The Movie. This does make it sort of fun to tear apart, though to do so you’ll have to waste your time by watching the movie. I can’t say I’m sorry I sat through this mess - the “We’ve got to have… money” scene is funny enough that I will treasure it - but I doubt you would feel the same. (April 23, 2021)

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oldshowbiz · 6 months

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Comedian Charlotte Rae, fresh out of her stint in the 1950s Lil Abner musical, did impressions on The Ed Sullivan Show. On the same episode, a young Johnny Carson performed "a few good topical gags."

#charlotte rae #before they were stars #the ed sullivan show #lil abner

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folkloregirlfriend · 8 months

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one single thread of gold tied me to you

the sun is also a star, nicola yoon // zhenya katava and neus bermejo // orestes // call me maybe, carly rae jepsen // ? // invisible string, taylor swift // ? // jane eyre, charlotte brontë // timeless, taylor swift // we were girls together // your name, makoto shinkai // lover, taylor swift // ? // mastermind, taylor swift // i want to eat your pancreas, shin'ichirō ushijima // all of the girls you've loved before // this love, taylor swift // it's a miracle we ever met, hallie bateman // invisible string, taylor swift // friends, bts

for @siriuslynephilim 🩷💛

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