That was followed by a second installment in December 2019, featuring a new reenactment of All in the Family and a classic episode of Good Times. The inaugural Live in Front of a Studio Audience special aired in May 2019, and recreated episodes of All in the Family and The Jeffersons. “I think Charlotte is toasting Ann Dowd right this very moment,” Cohn said. The legendary Norman Lear - whose Embassy Television produced the original runs of Diff’rent Strokes and Facts of Life - once again served as host and executive producer of Live in Front of a Studio Audience, alongside Jimmy Kimmel.Īt the end of the Facts of Life reenactment, Whelchel, Cohn and Fields joined Kimmel back on stage, where he asked them what they thought of their successors. ( A reenactment of Diff’rent Strokes followed.)

A spinoff of Diff’rent Strokes, the series transplanted the Drummonds’ housekeeper, Edna Garrett (originally played by the late Charlotte Rae), to upstate New York, where she served as housemother at Eastland, an all-girls boarding school. The original Facts of Life aired for nine seasons on NBC, between 19. Surprise guest stars, meanwhile, included former Arrested Development castmates Jason Bateman and Will Arnett as Tim Holifield and Dink Lockwood, respectively. Jon Stewart, whose role was being kept under wraps ahead of air, was revealed as the aforementioned Carl. Tuesday’s presentation - a reenactment of the Season 3 episode “Kids Can Be Cruel,” wherein a vengeful Natalie waged war on an insensitive Blair by arranging for brace-faced Carl Price to bid on a date with her superficial friend at an Eastland charity auction - starred Aniston as Blair Hahn as Jo Allison Tolman ( Fargo) as Natalie Gabrielle Union ( L.A.’s Finest) as Tootie and Ann Dowd ( The Handmaid’s Tale) as Mrs.

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