Almost 26 years ago, the nine year run of The Facts of Life ended. PaleyFest on Monday, the series casts , Natalie Green, Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Mindy Cohn, Nancy McKeon, Mrs. Edna GarrettBlair Warner and Jo Polniazcek, reunited. In the 1980s series, Kim Fields played Dorothy Tootsie Ramsey could not make it to the reunion.
"I don't think any of us realized how much impact at the time it had on people, the series, which tackled issues including sex and drug use. But we're getting the message now."
Cohn added, "I think we'd be laughed out of a pitch meeting." On the other hand, the group separated on either the show would it on air if it was done now. Although, Rae was more confident, she said it could be just as good as Modern Family.
The facts of Life casts kept the audience laughing in the 2 hour event, Tootie Ramsey and Kim Fields could not be there but recorded a video for their fans. Whechel was asked about kissing George Clooney for a scene, she said she forgot all about already and explained, "I am all for repressed memories, but why I repressed that one, I don't know.... I pulled it up on YouTube and it's Blair pretending to be his fiancee, and she comes in and lays one on him. I've since watched that several times," she laughed afterwards.
On some sets, the behind the scenes drama is a common incidence, it was not the case on the series. The truth is, the most one of kind thing to occur was obvioysly In the Facts of Life, stars Whelchel and McKeon decided to go trick or treating and wear someone's brother's underwear at the age of 18. McKeon joked, "How sad that this is our 'bad' thing!"