Extra content available exclusively at facethefactspod.com!
From the Digital Cutting Room Floor:
Jeff Jones Stand-Up!
Jeff as Barf from “Spaceballs” at my Halloween Party in 2010
A great 2016 interview with Geri Jewell talking about doing “The Facts Of Life.”
For Jeff Jones: Some classic Little Caesar’s commercials from the 1980s.
THE COFFEE CONUNDRUM:
Jeff pointed out that there was an overabundance of coffee at Eastland School. In addition to the coffee VENDING MACHINE in the parlor / rec room…
… Jeff noticed this MASSIVE coffee maker/percolator in the background of the set.
This coffee maker first appeared in S2 E3 “Double Standard” … and it would remain there through the end of season 4 for the entire time the series takes place in the Eastland cafeteria.
SO WHY DOES MRS. GARRETT NEED TO GO INTO THE KITCHEN TO GET GERI A CUP OF COFFEE?!?
Geri Jewell doing some of her stand-up in 1982 for a special called “I Love Liberty” … a Norman-Lear-produced salute to patriotism for Washington’s Birthday. Check out the INSANE list of celebrities who appeared on this show at IMdB!
From 2014: Some of Geri Jewell’s more recent stand-up. Here she even jokes about how she got her role on HBO’s “Deadwood.”
SPEAKING OF WHICH! We never did get to mention her work on HBO’s “Deadwood” (23 episodes from 2004-2006)… BTW, her character’s name was ‘Jewel.’