‘The Facts of Life’ TV Stars Reunite to promote release of first two seasons on DVD

May 9th, 2006

The Facts of Life on DVD

The comedy sitcom called “The Facts of Life” was on air from 1979 through 1988. The show was about an all girl boarding school and dealing with every day life problems. The show had many changes over the years from cast member changes, to location. At one point they operated a bakery together.

The first year there was a cast of seven school girl characters. To improve on ratings the show was narrowed down to 4 girls, Blair, Jo, Natalie, and Tutti. Mrs. Garrett was a spin off character from the other popular 80’s show, Different Strokes.

In later season’s George Clooney was a regular cast member of the show. Molly Ringwald was in the first season of the show and was cut early on, she is well known for teen movies in the 80’s.

On the NBC’s Today Show they had Lisa Whelchel (Blair), Nancy McKeon (Jo), and Mindy Cohn (Natalie) shared clips of the shows and reminisced about the 80’s. They showed a younger George Clooney with big hair. They will also be on this evening show of Entertainment Tonight.

It is hard to believe that these shows are over 20 years old. The DVD of the season one and two are being released to DVD today.