Tootie’s full name was actually “Dorothy Ramsey,” but she was rarely called by her first name on the show. Tootie was one of the original four main characters on the show, which premiered in 1979.
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Info: (800) 838-3006, brownpapertickets.“Tootie” is the nickname of the character Dorothy Ramsey, played by actress Kim Fields, on the popular TV series “The Facts of Life.” Here are some Tootie facts: What: “The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode,” a drag parody What’s the key to effectively playing Mrs. I guess that means I’m a chubby black girl. But I had that performer side that I knew deep down. I was very studious like Natalie, I had to get good grades. Growing up, I was probably Tootie and Natalie combined. She seemed interested, but none of them has come to see it. One of my friends had dinner with Kim Fields and told her about it. One of the cast members introduced them, but it just didn’t seem like she had any time for him. My partner did a Broadway show a few years ago, and she came to see it. I know that Charlotte Rae knows about it. Have you heard from any of the original cast members about the parody? You satisfied all of our fantasies.” Probably the other one is the cameo of Geri Jewell. That’s probably one of them: “I can’t believe you did that. It’s probably the Blair/Jo getting together, at least for a brief moment. What’s the most unexpected reaction you’ve gotten from a “Facts of Life” fan about your parody?
In this one, she’s not out, but she definitely has a thing for Blair which fuels the animosity. Jo is a full lesbian, but kind of doesn’t know it. In my version, I kind of play with all of the characters just a little bit, especially Blair.Ī common belief among some LGBT viewers is that one or more of the girls was a lesbian. Lesbians love it because they have that whole Blair/Jo fantasy. Of all of them, this one has the most widespread appeal within the gay community or outside of it. Why did you think this parody would appeal to an LGBT audience? They pushed the envelope, but still did it with the innocence you don’t see on TV today. They would do a show on rape and drugs, when people weren’t talking about it. They had the first person with a disability on the show (Geri Jewell), which was pretty groundbreaking. What was it about the show that set it apart from other sitcoms of the era? Garrett, recently chatted with Desert Outlook about the sitcom’s impact, two cast members’ reactions to the parody, and his favorite Eastland girls. It premiered in 2004 in Provincetown, Mass. Presented at the Palm Springs Woman’s Club through March 30, “The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode” explores what happens when the girls (played by actors in drag) become prostitutes to get their supervisor and dietitian, Edna Garrett, out of financial trouble. It was their unexpected humanity, in part, that inspired longtime fan and playwright Jamie Morris of Las Vegas to write a parody of the TV show for the stage.
Fans of the 1980s sitcom “The Facts of Life” will understand the question as: Which character did you most identify with?Īs portrayed by Lisa Whelchel, Nancy McKeon, Mindy Cohn and Kim Fields, the four students at the fictional Eastland School for Girls were so distinctly likeable but flawed that viewers could easily relate to as least one of them.
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