09 December 2006

you take the good, you take the bad

you take 'em both and there you have the facts of life... on dvd! in a box set! the first two seasons! which is particularly cool, because it even has two featurettes about the show. i got it on sale (shut up, i can hear you snickering) and have been having a factsathon. snackathon, factsathon - what's next? derek should probably get back to seattle before i have a thon of a different color. it's just my obsessive side taking over. the facts of life rocks!

and yes, we can all hear you singing the song. which version are you singing? i'm guessing it's probably the latter version that's got more production value. charlotte rae is cute and all, but we all know the second version better than the first. there's a time you gotta go and show, you're growin' now, ya know about the facts of life. you're feeling it with me here, aren't you?

i refuse to be shamed by my guilty pleasure purchase. i might even cry at an episode ortwo. oh, how grand that these girls can come to their senses in the span of only twenty two minutes! oh, how nice to have a show that talks about feminism and young girls! oh boy, did you ever notice that really short shorts with gold piping were like, no big deal back then, even thought they are so totally bordering on pornographic? the facts of life has it all - sex, drugs, issues, controversy. woofrikkinhoooo!!! this dribbly crap is still cool after twenty-odd years. the people that would disagree with me are probably the same ones sitting home watching reruns of st. elsewhere or benson. not that i should make fun; derek really had a thing for missy gold.

never being a missy gold in all her eighties glory kind of girl, i had to watch the facts of life to figure out my corresponding tv personality type. now i know that i might appear to be a jo upon first meeting, but i'm really more of a natalie. there was a time when i was maybe a molly as well. (remember cindy, nancy, sue ann and molly?) mary is maybe a sue ann, but probably a mrs. garrett. but only the kind of mrs. garrett up until edna's edible burned down. after that it was all kind of crap, and clooney did nothing for me with his cheesey mullet. woo buddy, i'm cracking myself up here just thinking about this show. i heart eighties television!

i'm definitely a natalie. which one are you?


girly things i overspent on this week:
pore scrub
smelly candles
more underpants
foofoo tea

3 comments:

Mary said...

I would need to see the show again to be sure who I am. Back in The Day, I wanted to be some sort of Blaire-Tutti hybrid: pretty hair without the bitchitude. Now-a-days I'm definitely turning into Mrs. Garrett in the Edna Edibles days. I should dye my hair red in an effort to complete the transformation.

I asked Tim about The Facts Of Life. They didn't have it in England. What a damn shame.

lizgwiz said...

I now have that song stuck firmly in my head. Thanks so much. Sadly, I think I'm probably a Mrs. Garrett, only with cats instead of girls.

georgeious said...

with all these mrs. garretts around, i should be getting some right fancy baked goods in the mail sooner or later, eh?

let's all make edna squeaks in unison.