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Release Date:
24 August 1979 (USA) moreTagline:
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life...Plot:
A group of girls attending a boarding school experience the joys and the trials of adolescence under the guiding hand of housemother Edna Garrett... moreAwards:
Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(11 articles)
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One of my all time favorites. more (32 total)Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 5 of 106)| Lisa Whelchel | ... | Blair Warner (200 episodes, 1979-1988) | |
| Kim Fields | ... | Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey (200 episodes, 1979-1988) | |
| Mindy Cohn | ... | Natalie Green (200 episodes, 1979-1988) | |
| Nancy McKeon | ... | Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek / ... (186 episodes, 1980-1988) | |
| Charlotte Rae | ... | Edna Garrett (145 episodes, 1979-1986) |
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30 min (209 episodes)Country:
USALanguage:
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MonoFilming Locations:
Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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If the show had returned for a tenth season, the producers had planned for Blair to buy Eastland to save it from being closed down. However, those plans never came to fruition due to the series' cancellation. moreQuotes:
Blair Warner: I don't go to wing-dings, I go to cotillions!Jo Polniaczek: Well if that is a dance at the Hillcrest Country Club, then your cotillion and my wing-ding are the same thing.
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This show aired when I was just entering my teens, and I can't think of a better time to have had such a wonderful show to watch. It was as if someone had asked my little-girl imagination what it's dream show would be, and then made it just for me. I've enjoyed the re-runs on USA, but can't quite understand why they never show the earliest episodes from 1979. Observant fans will remember those as the ones with the girls living in the dorm, prior to working in the cafeteria. Those were my favorites, and it seems like they never show them. Please get a clue USA. That's when the show was at it's best!