Can we have a "Personal Vendetta" sticky?
 

That way, anytime some of the usual suspects want to duke it out, they can just post directly into the Personal Vendetta thread.

We can have the Lingo v CG, IPU v exute, and all the other running feuds focused in one glorious section.

Do you know how hard it is to threadjack a religion/sports fusion thread and turn it into a legitimate Golden Girls thread? I worked really hard for that and it was taken away by some petty squabbling. Enough is enough.

I would like to issue a warning to all who read this. Do NOT google images of Betty White or Bea Arthur unless your safe search is turned ON. I can't sufficiently describe the horror that awaits if you neglect my counsel.

Prude.

On utefans, when a squabble breaks out, moderators can recategorize the thread under "pissing and moaning." And members have the option of deselecting that category altogether.

Yes, well, Utefans lets me post a whopping one time a day... so a lot of good that does me.

I am not opposed to the running personal vendettas. In fact, they are entertaining.

I would just prefer they all be in one thread.

Maybe we could call the thread "Fight Club."

I just want to be be sure that future threads are safe from distraction, because I have a few great ideas I have been working on to include The Facts of Life and What's Happening, but I don't want infighting to ruin them.

I'll fake a fight with you if we can make up at Phillippe's afterwards.

I'll go first:

I'd like Triplet Daddy right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there in the O.C., with all the other rich people, and I want him brought right here with a big ribbon on his head. And, I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no good, rotten, floor-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed, sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Where's the Tylenol?

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Gross. You two need to keep your relationship off this board.

Hey, if you don't like it, tough. You take the good, you take the bad.

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See, that is low.

I am not overweight. If anything, I am on the thin side.

whoa! havenot seen all these words march in "one" post ,Congratulations!

Good old Clark W. Griswold. What a man.

Jo, Blair, Tootie...what was the fat gal's name?

Natalie.

Natalie Green.

(also Blair Warner, Tootie Ramsey, Jo Polniaczek, and Edna Garrett)

You know, it's just a little creepy that you know their last names, but thanks for giving me Natalie -- it was really bothering me and I didn't want to google it.

Frickin' Mrs Garrett...a fine lady indeed.

More blow your mind FOL trivia:

Molly Ringwald got her start on that show, playing a girl named....Molly.

Natalie majored in journalism.

Blair was in business (as heiress to Warner textiles)

Tootie was into acting.

Jo was into criminology/law enforcement.

Edna doled out free advice and then started her health food store, Edna's Edibles, when the gang graduated and somehow all went to the same college and George Clooney started hanging out every now and then. Edna quit to join the peace corps and her sister, Beverly Ann, shows up to run things.

Blair also had a retarded cousin, Geri, that caused her shame, until Geri showed up and started busting MAD caps and clowning on everyone. Then all of a sudden, Blair wanted in on the Geri Train.

Boy that sure was fun to watch Jo and Blair clash. Jo was a rough, tomboy type while Blair was a prissy aristocrat. While they often found inadequacies in the other, I thought it interesting that they seemed to come together in the end. The lesson being that differences are superficial and we're all alot more alike than initially thought.

Does this surpise you at all? The entire tone of this series is set perfectly at the start of each show, particular in the bridge of the Theme song:

When the world never seems
To be living up to your dreams
And suddenly your finding out
The Facts of Life are all about you.

It takes a lot to get 'em right
When you're learning the Facts of Life

That's a very astute point. I must admit that I was always on my seats edge, hoping the girls would be able to work out their differences when they seemed insurmountable.

What is amazing is that they were able to resolve conflict amicably, but also find time to do all that janitorial work around the kitchen.

That was a big kitchen!

I remember as a kid, I couldn't figure out if Blair was hot or not...some days she looked smokin' and other days I would rather have had Kimberly Drummond in a heartbeat. At the end of the story, Kimberly > Blair.

I just noticed something....

Tootie bares a striking resemblance to Little Mac's trainer. (Doc something?)

Kimberly ended up knocking of a liquor store in Vegas then ODed on either coke or heroine. And Blair went on to marry an evangelical preacher.

Doc looks like the dude in the first Die Hard--the cop in the parking lot eating all the donuts in his car.

Blair was always hot, what do you mean? Rich, snobby, feathered hair...she had it all.

Kimberly was not hot, except that she lived with black dudes...Dana Plato robbing video stores and doing soft porn WAS hot.

Based on looks alone, I still have to give the nod to Kimberly. That said however, something tells me Blair was absolutely wild in the sack.

Despite the fact that I have no idea what that statement was supposed to mean, I laughed so hard I have tears rolling down my face. Thanks for that.

I would give the nod to Kimberly if we were going strictly off Theme Song.

The theme to Diff'rent Strokes was head and shoulders above the theme to The Facts of Life.

Phil Drummond did such a good job raising those kids.

He slipped up a few times.....his kids tried cigarettes, Willis and Janet Jackson were tempted to go all the way, and Arnold and Dudley hung out in a bike shop with a pedophile named Gordon Jump.

Had there been a mother in the home, these things wouldn't have happened. By the time he married the one Golden Girl who brought along her annoying kid, it was too late.

Her name was Maggy and her red head kid was named Sam. He had a bowl cut, if I recall correctly.

Maggy was a Designing Woman, not a Golden Girl.

Mr. D was a crap dad. Kimberly went to France and became a bulimic. None of the boys were man enough to take The Gooch. Kimberly's hair turned green once. Arnold used to dress up like Mr. T. The boys got kidnapped once in a Christmas episode.

There's a difference?

You know what, I don't care what anyone says, Willie Tanner would beat the every loving crap out of Mr. Drummond.

Also, if you want to start personal vendetta with me, attack the TV show ALF.

I am a friend to Gordon Shumway, so it looks like you and I are at an impasse.

Also, Benji Gregory lived his ALF years in Thousand Oaks, so I cannot knock a hometown boy.

Good to see that you are a friend of Gordon Schumway. I just think this world doesn't have enough family sitcoms written by a heroin addict.

IMO, Gordon Shumway is a demigod. ALF is one of my favorite shows ever.

I wont w.a.s.t.e. a lot of your time discussing Gordon Shumway, because, by extolling the virtues of Alien Life Form, you are basically stating the complete obvious.

Other 80s faves of mine, in no order:

Mid to Late 80s
1. Cosby (pre Raven Simone....once she arrived in the Huxtable household, I couldnt care less)
2. Family Ties (pre-Brian Bonsall....once he arrived in the Keaton houshold, I couldnt care less)
3. Cheers (both with Diane and Rebecca, but for different reasons)
4. Moonlighting (Cybil was hot, Bruce Willis still had hair)
5. LA Law (this show made me want to go to law school because Corbin Bernson was always sleeping with the hot women in his firm)

Mid 80s
1. Diff'rent Strokes (black dudes living with hot white "sister," slavery and racism overtones, Janet Jackson, and Gordon Jump as a pedophile. Plus, one of the greatest TV theme songs of all time)
2. Facts of Life (lesbian overtones, pleated miniskirts, and lots of Edna)

Early 80s
1. Love Boat (if you needed a weekly fix of Carol Channing or Charo, this was the place)
2. Fantasy Island (Tattoo, a red golf cart with red and white striped canopy, free leis and drinks=winning combo)
3. Manimal (short lived crime fighter about a dude who changed into a panther, a snake, and I think some sort of wolf)
4. All in the Family (even as a young kid, I knew I was watching something important on TV when this was on)
5. The Jeffersons (as a spin-off of AITF, it was my first exposure to black culture and also laid a solid foundation for my future love of Diff'rent Strokes)

What others am I forgetting?

Shows that were popular, but that I never cared about:

1. Dukes of Hazzard
2. A Team
3. Simon and Simon
4. Scarecrow and Mrs King
5. Night Court

Webster - Another show about an adopted African-American little person. Emmanual Lewis sure seems a lot more well-adjusted than Gary Coleman.

Small Wonder - A pre-pubescent robot integrating in the family? Brilliant!

Silver Spoons - A kid finding his zillionaire long-lost father who is often more immature than his son makes for some great comedy and even better life lessons.

My Two-Dads - A girl's mother dies and she moves in with her father whom she has never met. Her pops takes himself too seriously, but he's balanced out by his wacky roommate with a great mullet and purple couch.

Who's the Boss? - An Italian boxer finds work as a housekeeper for an uptight female New England executive. Her mother, a sex-starved senior citizen, laid the groundwork for Golden Girls. As Tony's daughter became more feminine throughout the course of the series, so did Angela's son.

Perfect Strangers - Cousin Larry meets Balki as he conquers Chicago.

Growing Pains - Launched the career of Kirk Cameron.

The best thing about these sitcoms is that they always implored the viewer to continue viewing after the commercial break. I miss that.

For me, a few of shows were:

Charlie's Angels - I've mentioned this before (and I may be breaking rule #67 of this board), but this show launched puberty for males about my age.

Three's Company - Chrissy Snow. 'Nuff said.

Miami Vice (post mission) - Crockett drove some cool cars, especially the white '85 Testarossa, and Tubbs was the epitome of cool. And babes in bikinis were there before Baywatch was an idea.

Welcome Back Kotter - who didn't want to be a sweathog?

WKRP in Cincinnatti - Sure, Jennifer was stacked, but Baily - wow. Les Nessman is the greatest radio newsman ever. Being married to the station's majority owner allowed Mr. Carlson to apparently skip the background check.

All in the Family - concur with your comments.

What's Happening? - Raj, Dwayne and Rerun and their adventures. The mouthy little Dee always had great comebacks. Big Shirley was to be respected because she didn't allow any ne'er do wells to cause trouble at Rob's Place.

Brady Bunch - Jan was unintentionally correct: Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.

Was never really a fan of but would watch:

M*A*S*H
Sanford and Son (Very cool theme song)
Mork and Mindy