The Facts of Life Rough Housing (1979–1988) Online
- Original Title :
- Rough Housing
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Comedy / Family
- Year :
- 1979–1988
- Directror :
- Nick Havinga
- Cast :
- Charlotte Rae,John Lawlor,Jenny O'Hara
- Writer :
- Brad Rider,Brad Rider
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 30min
- Rating :
- 8.0/10
Cindy decides not to attend the Harvest Ball when Blair intimates that because of her tomboyishness she might be a lesbian.
Episode cast overview: | |||
Charlotte Rae | - | Edna Garrett | |
John Lawlor | - | Steven Bradley | |
Jenny O'Hara | - | Miss Emily Mahoney | |
Lisa Whelchel | - | Blair Warner | |
Felice Schachter | - | Nancy Olson | |
Julie Piekarski | - | Sue Ann Weaver | |
Kim Fields | - | Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey | |
Julie Anne Haddock | - | Cindy Webster | |
Molly Ringwald | - | Molly Parker | |
Mindy Cohn | - | Natalie Green | |
Conrad Bain | - | Philip Drummond | |
Gary Coleman | - | Arnold Jackson | |
Todd Bridges | - | Willis Jackson | |
Dana Plato | - | Kimberly Drummond |
The pilot "Rough Housing" may have been the very first children's program on network television to discuss gender confusion and sexual identity crises among youth; as well as anti-gay bullying among teenagers.
In her interview on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live Molly Ringwald has said she was "hurt" when she was let go from Facts of Life at the end of Season 1. "But then I got a movie with Paul Mazursky and Susan Sarandon," she said. "So I was like, 'Bye Tootie'".
According to the other cast members Lisa Welchel used to blow off rehearsal and would sit around reading while the other girls were reading their lines. Eventually they confronted her, she apologized (after getting really angry) and stopped doing it.
The only episode in the entire show in which the four main cast members of Arnold (1978) - Conrad Bain (Mr. Drummond), Dana Plato (Kimberly), Gary Coleman (Arnold) and Todd Bridges (Willis) - make a guest appearance together.
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