‘The Facts of Life’ are all about me
November 18, 2008 – 5:43 pmDo you ever wonder how it is possible that you can retain so much useless pop-culture knowledge in your brain, but you can’t remember to put a cover sheet on your TPS reports? Yeah, I don’t understand how our little brains work, either.
For some unknown reason, a dear friend and I began talking about ’80s sitcoms last night, and I mentioned how much I loved “the Facts of Life.” He was trying to remember Blair’s last name and blurted out “Underwood!”
“Oh my god!” I laughed so hard I almost peed. “It’s Blair Warner! Blair Underwood is that hot black guy Miranda hooked up with on ‘Sex and the City.’”
I then proceeded to rattle off the rest of the cast. “Charlotte Rae played Mrs. Garrett; Kim Fields was Tootie; Lisa Whelchel was Blair.” I paused. “And Nancy McKeon as Jo.” Then I got stuck and I couldn’t for the life of me remember who played Natalie. (I eventually had him look it up on my phone and tell me her initials. As soon as he said M.C., I shouted “MINDY COHN!”)
Now for the best part: My friend said, “Do you think you could sing…,” but before he could finish his sentence, I had already launched into my best rendition of the theme song. “You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life, the facts of life.” And I didn’t stop there. Oh no. I kept on going and going. This was my favorite part: “When the world never seems to be living up to your dreams, and suddenly you’re finding out the facts of life are all about you – you-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooooooh.”
At this point, he was laughing so hard that he almost peed himself. He had no idea that I was such a fan of the show. Dang. I used to love that show. Heck, I didn’t even know what a bong was until Mrs. Garrett told me on that infamous episode.
Wow. Look at all the fun you can have by learning “the Facts of Life!”
Now, go ahead and tell me some of your favorite ’80s sitcoms. I know that you must have at least one dirty little secret you can share with the rest of us.
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