Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes'
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A re-creation of classic episodes of "The Facts of Life" and "Diff'rent Strokes."A re-creation of classic episodes of "The Facts of Life" and "Diff'rent Strokes."A re-creation of classic episodes of "The Facts of Life" and "Diff'rent Strokes."
- Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total
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I thought it was a fun idea to use adults as the actors, but some of them failed. The girls on the Facts of Life , especially Kathryn Hahn and Jennifer Anniston did not carry of off. Anniston was bland and Hahn just missed Jo's . Ann Dowd was amazing.
I thought Kevin Hart was great. You could believe he was an 8 year old. And the scene on John Lithgow's lap was actually touching. I think The Facts of Life fared better. Who knees Will Arnett would look so good in shorts?
But really the whole thing felt like a 60's skit at a church fun event with amateur actors and a pot luck dinner.
I thought Kevin Hart was great. You could believe he was an 8 year old. And the scene on John Lithgow's lap was actually touching. I think The Facts of Life fared better. Who knees Will Arnett would look so good in shorts?
But really the whole thing felt like a 60's skit at a church fun event with amateur actors and a pot luck dinner.
First, if like to apologize to my neighbors whom I'm sure we woke up while laughing as we watched this at 10p on Hulu. Second, this was amazingly funny. The adult child actors all did a great job and it was good to see some of the original actors, though things got briefly awkward when one actress mentions her current project and Jimmy Kimmel cut her off by rambling about cereal (sorry but this wasn't the time or the place to promote other projects). But wow, this was awesome!
10cokely
Great remakes of timeless episodes. I enjoyed the all star cast Kevin, Jason, Snoop, Jennifer, Gabby, Ann, Allison, Kathy, Damon amd John. Next year, I would love to see Sanford & Son and What's Happening. Awesome job!!
While I did miss Nancy returning with her former cast mates, what I mean is I missed Jo.. the character. I usually enjoy Hahn's roles and characters but my God did she miss play Jo. It was overacted with weird random movements and oddly loud. It was not a fit unfortunately. Nancy was to smooth at slipping her insults in as Jo, Hahn seemed to playing a starving, angry orphan child or something. It was not Jo and It was disappointing to say the least. At least Lisa was there and looked almost exactly the same. I did Appreciate them using actors who would have been around to enjoy those shoes when they were young however the characters are best left to their original actors. The sets were on point though 👌🏻
I didn't take this as serious TV, nor should anyone. It was fun. The actors did a terrific job, and it was great entertainment. I can only speak for my house: we laughed from start to finish.
Did you know
- TriviaThe original episodes remade in this presentation of "Live in Front of a Studio Audience" were The Facts Of Life: "Kids Can Be Cruel" (Season 3 Episode 20/original airdate: March 17, 1982); and Diff'rent Strokes: "Willis' Privacy" (Season 1 Episode 16/original airdate: Feb 23, 1979).
- GoofsAt the end, Arnold (Kevin Hart) calls Willis 'Vern' by mistake, but quickly corrects himself.
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- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 2020 Special
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- 1h 1m(61 min)
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