030 - S3E1 “Growing Pains” with Matthew Arter

Gulp and Gasp

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The AYDS Diet Plan

Uploaded by Daniel Bothma on 2014-07-11.

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Matthew’s Favorite Toy: 2-XL by Mego

1978 Mego 2-XL Robot Commercial

It's everyone's favourite 8 track robot.

A later version by Tiger, which used a cassette tape:

"A peanut is neither A pea nor A nut." "Pretty nifty buttON pushing!"

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Superman 2: Director’s Cut

We discuss this in the Extras… here is one of the ‘restored’ scenes (it’s actually screen test footage … and it has some SERIOUS continuity problems with Christopher Reeve’s hair and glasses). I think it’s pretty awful. So please watch it.

In this scene composed of screen tests (evidenced by the changing styles of both Clark's hair and glasses) we see Lois Lane craftily exposes Clark Kent's secret.

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Willie Tyler and Lester!

An appearance on Lola Falana’s variety show in the 1970s:

Lola Falana

A later appearance on David Letterman:

This video is about Willie Tyler & Lester (Letterman Show)

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“Hello, Larry” Crossover Episode!

In an effort to bolster the fledgling ratings for “Hello, Larry,” NBC decided to connect it to its lead-in show, “Diff’rent Strokes” … even though the shows were not at all related in their creation. They had Philip Drummond purchase the radio station where his war buddy Larry works, and thus we had reason for the DF cast to visit HL. Which they did 3 times, including this episode which included Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Garrett. (As we discuss on the show, “Hello Larry” would be canceled after 1 season, giving way for “The Facts Of Life” to take over its slot and build on the audience already watching NBC that night, thanks to DF and the 8:00-9:00 show: “Real People.”

PERTINENT TO THE FACTS OF LIFE CINEMATIC UNIVERSE (FOLCU):

When Mr. Drummond offers to bring Mrs. Garrett to Portland, OR, she happily explains to Arnold that Portland is near Seattle, and “it will give me a chance to visit my sister Beverly; she’s only an hour away!” GOOD WORK, FACTS OF LIFE WRITERS!

March 30, 1979 In the first of three crossovers with the series Hello, Larry, Mr. Drummond's company buys the radio station where his old war buddy Larry Alder (McLean Stevenson) works, so he and his family travel to Portland, Oregon to visit Larry and his two daughters (Kim Richards, Donna Wilkes).