odessasteps Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Just waiting for the inevitable boy meets world talk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 How many Very Special Episodes did Facts Of Life have? I seem to recall them piling on the message pretty heavily early on (the girl who beats Blair in the student elections commits suicide; Blair fakes a school newspaper story about a girl at Eastland having an abortion, then finds out there was a girl who had one; etc. etc. etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Just waiting for the inevitable boy meets world talk It's far too good of a show to discuss in a thread about Blossom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Methinks thou doth protest too much, Mr. Flower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Most of my thoughts growing up on boy meets world are not suitable for work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WholeFnMachine Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Diff'rent Strokes had a bunch of very special episodes as well. Dudley gets diddled, Sam gets kidnapped, I'm pretty sure Kimberly had one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Kimberly CAME BACK to have a special episode dealing with bulimia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WholeFnMachine Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 That Family Ties episode after Alex's friend dies, that was all Michael J. Fox, that one still messes me up. 80s & 90s sitcoms knew how to bring the very special episodes all right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Family Ties had this one early on where a family friend tries to molest Mallory. Way too early in the shows run to pull that shit. Worst part is it did not seem like that sort of episode, just did it out of nowhere. I prefer the Different Strokes method. ANNOUNCE that shit so I can prepare myself. I felt kinda violated by the show,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Diff'rent Strokes had a bunch of very special episodes as well. Dudley gets diddled, Sam gets kidnapped, I'm pretty sure Kimberly had one too. Nancy Reagan dropped by... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Rembert Browne and Simmons covered a VS Punky Brewster where Punky turns down drugs, then leads a million-person JUST SAY NO march. Surreal stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Pretty sure that "Different Strokes" still gets the award for "Most Fucked Up Very Special Episode Ever" with the Dudley gets diddled by Gordon Jump episode. And all in with Six's hawtness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Didn't "Facts of Life" want to have Blair lose her virginity but the actress balked? The result was a very special episode where Natalie loses her virginity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Facts also did an episode where Tootie became a model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Considering Lisa Welchel's religious background, her not wanting to do that story wouldn't be surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Also, we cannot discuss "Very special" episodes and not talk about Roseanne. They had that shit on lock. Roseanne is so fucking good and I don't even love the lead.Roseanne is a show I never watched when t was on originally but caught in reruns and was stunned at how good it was. For most of its run, it was the most realistic sitcom of all-time and was flat out funny as hell. Do not watch the last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Facts of Life had the hilarious for all the wrong reasons episode where Tootie is overly obsessed with Jermaine Jackson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Me and a friend watched an episode of "Roseanne" where Dan proclaimed himself the "Drywall Master of the Universe," and to this very day that's still our code phrase for constipation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Also, we cannot discuss "Very special" episodes and not talk about Roseanne. They had that shit on lock. Roseanne is so fucking good and I don't even love the lead.Roseanne is a show I never watched when t was on originally but caught in reruns and was stunned at how good it was. For most of its run, it was the most realistic sitcom of all-time and was flat out funny as hell.Do not watch the last season.Hey, I did say "most" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Mr. Belvedere had a few VS episodes. One was similar to the Dudley/Gordon Jump ep of Diff'rent Strokes, where Wesley was molested by a camp counselor. The other big show dealt with Wesley's friend having to leave school because he had contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion and everyone turning their back on the poor kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I think the VS Roseanne episodes don't feel like that's what they are, because the show had such a grounded realism that, say, Jackie's asshole boyfriend beating her up wasn't out of place to feel "special." It was just a horrible part of real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Mr. Belevedere had the duper creepy one where the oldest son got seduced by divorcee while delivering pizza. Geez, is there such a thing as a VSE that doesn't revolve around creepy subject matter? Heck the first like 3 seasons of Beverly Hills 90210 were just hour long VSE but never advertised as such James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I think the VS Roseanne episodes don't feel like that's what they are, because the show had such a grounded realism that, say, Jackie's asshole boyfriend beating her up wasn't out of place to feel "special." It was just a horrible part of real life. Fowler and I don't always agree but when it comes to Spring Stampede and Roseanne we're best buds.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Probably the most disturbing one of them all is the unaired VSE Small Wonder where Vickie died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WholeFnMachine Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Now I cannot get the theme song from Mr. Belvedere out of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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