The Facts of Life | Blair The Rebel | The Norman Lear Effect

Blair (Lisa Whelchel) goes through a rebellious phase when she breaks up with her boyfriend.
From Season 6, Episode 15 'Working It Out' - Mrs. Garrett worries about Blair's constant dating.
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About The Facts of Life: At the Eastland School in Peekskill, New York, Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae) oversees the day-to-day lives of students who come from all walks of life. Under the care of this slightly nutty but always caring housemother is the beautiful, rich and spoiled Blair Warner (Lisa Whelchel); the witty, plump and impressionable Natalie Green (Mindy Cohn); Dorothy “Tootie” Ramsey (Kim Fields), the young and persistent campus gossip; and Joanna “Jo” Polniaczek (Nancy McKeon), a Bronx-born and bred streetwise kid whose tough exterior masks the brains and compassion she's hiding underneath. Whether it's the challenges posed by Eastland's academic and social scenes, the rise, fall and rebirth of the businesses they start and run together, or the comings and goings of new faces in school and town, including Edna's replacement (and sister) Beverly Ann Stickle (Cloris Leachman), the girls are always ready for a new challenge, and perceptive enough to learn from each new situation.
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[@PinkSunglasses50]

Jo telling Blair HEY the look on her face like stfu and show Mrs G respect right now

[@spikefivefivefive]

Yet Blair was 100% right.

[@TheloniousJackson]

@@spikefivefivefivereally??

[@JamesJones-zq7pc]

​@@TheloniousJacksonBlair was right BUT she was wrong for being cocky and disrespectful towards Mrs Garrett

[@TheloniousJackson]

@@JamesJones-zq7pc when you live under someone’s roof you must abide by the rules!

[@JamesJones-zq7pc]

@@TheloniousJackson I agree with you 100% but Blair was 20 years old. She too old to be grounded.

[@jonathanmyers2867]

Wow! Lisa Whelchel is looking very beautiful and gorgeous in the 80's! 😍😍😍😍❤❤❤❤

[@yans.3908]

she still does...

[@victorbrown1316]

RIP Charlotte Rae 🕯️🕯️.

[@jasperwellington11]

Amen 🙏

[@nicoleackerman205]

Them still living with Mrs.Garret is the funniest thing about this show.

[@cgnlb]

Well now I have to go find the episode and watch the rest of it😂❤❤❤

[@battlegirldeb]

All of This show is on Tubi for free.

[@katrinaholden8183]

Welp it's on Tubi 😊

[@letrou1]

I haven't seen this scene since it aired, but I remember how shocked I was at the time. "You're my landlady!"

[@goodfay]

Damn

[@millenniumman75]

Blair had a different hairdo every episode this season lol. This was the episode where her opening credit was taken. She mastered the mullet in 1985.

[@MikeLutton]

i loved Blairs hair i think it would of been cool if her Hair got Soaked n Wet somehow in a episode,

[@MikeLutton]

im sure there could of easily been a episode where Blair's Hair got Soaked and Wet haha for entire show

[@millenniumman75]

@@MikeLutton It should have been this episode. Mrs. Garrett should have turned on the garden hose or maybe the kitchen faucet. Blair needed cooling off.

[@felix121984]

Jo sense of humor here so captivating 😂 !

[@thenormanleareffect]

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[@jaybell6190]

Can you put up this full episode please. Thanks

[@pensiveczar2239]

This is what college-aged looked like in 1985. Nowadays, the same age group looks like 12 year old pixies.

[@sicilianotoronto]

lmfao, yup!

[@rachelayvaz1579]

Ooooo Blair got me stressed in the episode

[@nealwhaley63]

Grounding someone college age is ridiculous. Blair is an adult, let her suffer the consequences of her actions.

[@pinkfreud62]

What's up with Ms Garrett and her deal with Tootie's outfit? Provocative? Far from it. Clashing and tacky? Yea, but that was the style in the 80's. Maybe not for a uniformed school, but it sure wasn't provocative.

[@pennyquicksall6857]

I love Joe she is my favorite

[@Torrey33327]

Jo...like Jo March from Little Women.

[@mkshffr4936]

Jo and Blair were the perfect team.

[@johnpastore7685]

Jo

[@samsticka]

0:28 - That killed Natalie and Tootie's appetites.

[@michaelro948]

I believe Blair is an adult so she does not need to be treated like a child

[@yans.3908]

Yeah. But 40 years ago for some people it was still appropriate and tolerate to try to rull over someone that old...

[@StevenAndTraceyJiles]

She should move out if she can't abide by the house rules

[@TheloniousJackson]

@@StevenAndTraceyJilesexactly

[@lady_of_the_funk]

If she was of legal age and in college, then Mrs. Garrett was outta pocket.

[@TheSjuris]

And Blair would be without a room.

[@lady_of_the_funk]

@@TheSjuris Blair was stupid for living there anyway. If she was of age, she should have been living on campus somewhere.

[@TheSjuris]

@@lady_of_the_funk not everyone needs to live on campus. She and Jo attend the same college.

[@lady_of_the_funk]

@@TheSjuris What’s your point? If she can live in a room with Mrs. Garrett, then a dorm room would not be all that far off. The fact that Jo went to her college had no bearings on her decisions.

[@kristinesharp6286]

@@TheSjuris Mrs Garrett can start the eviction process then.

[@tagapril42]

This is actually Season 6, Episode 3

[@Asukenick]

This was the 15th episode to air but the 3rd taped.

[@millenniumman75]

....and where Lisa's opening credit shot (with other shots) were taken.

[@3dartistguy]

mrs garrett is going overboard

[@JamesJones-zq7pc]

The grounding part was overboard but in this episode Blair was being cocky, irresponsible and disrespectful

[@kristinesharp6286]

@@JamesJones-zq7pc she is an adult.

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

@@kristinesharp6286 SO??? you think you can rude and disrespectful just because you're an adult? (that actually makes you more of a CHILD than an adult)

[@kristinesharp6286]

@@KristaBrewer-rq7mo yes I agree, Mrs Garrett was acting like a child. You want respect you give respect.

[@billybassman21]

In real life the lady that plays Blair wrote a book how to discipline children that advocated corporal punishment.

[@toffeenut1336]

Good, it should

[@josephclegg3562]

She was also a born-again Christian.

[@samsticka]

Lisa Whelchel.

[@justcallmejessz3712]

I always found it silly that her character was the boy crazy, always had a date, girly girl. But she had the writers cut her from the whole episode when Natalie loses her v¡rginity.

[@samsticka]

@@justcallmejessz3712 That storyline was originally written for her, but she claimed it went against her Christian beliefs so they gave it to Natalie instead.

[@samsticka]

Mrs. Garrett at 1:36 - "Not that you won't be offered plenty of rides." What did she mean by that?

[@johnfd0210]

If you have to ask, you aren't old enough to be told.

[@samsticka]

@@johnfd0210 I’m 39. I’m pretty sure I’m more than old enough.

[@torismith1026]

Hi, I see the above hasn't answered you yet. I think Mrs. Garrett meant that because Tootie was dressing provocatively, she may have been offered rides by interested oldern individuals who wanted to give her a ride and recieve more then that, potentially.@@samsticka

[@YuGiOhDude-py7su]

I remember this episode!

[@samsticka]

This rebellious behavior is expected from Jo, but not Blair.

[@Defensewhiz]

Blair had just gone through a breakup an episode or two prior to this episode so she was kind of rebelling due to her feelings about that

[@felix121984]

I like that season of Jo. They gave her an emotional make over. That season she played the logical one.

[@chrispnw2547]

Ms. Garrett is one to talk, she called poor Joan Collins the B-Word. 🙊

[@justingandara9289]

BLAIR SHOWED MRS. GARRETT SOME SASS, LIKE SHE TOLD HER SHE CAN'T PUNISH HER BECAUSE SHE'S NOT HER MOTHER

[@millenniumman75]

Blair was being a brat! lol

[@justingandara9289]

@@millenniumman75 NO, I DON'T THINK SO

[@millenniumman75]

@@justingandara9289 She admitted it in the last scene

[@justingandara9289]

@@millenniumman75 YEAH, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE'S A BRAT

[@QueenofVHS]

STOP TALKING IN ALL CAPS

[@justmeiniowa]

This was episode 3 not episode 15

[@eichy815]

I think Blair was wrong to talk back to Mrs. Garrett like that, but Mrs. Garrett shouldn't have treated Blair like a child. If Mrs. Garrett had expressed to Blair how genuinely worried she'd been about Blair's safety, I suspect Blair would have taken Mrs. Garrett more seriously during this whole scene.

[@lataushahowse7611]

Which Season & Episode is this if anyone knows please

[@samsticka]

The daughters Mrs. Garrett wishes she had.

[@mikesternmike]

I got to agree with Warner Mrs G overstepping her bounds

[@msdsmotivationalmoment2942]

What season and episode was this?

[@pensiveczar2239]

This is when Lisa Whelchel lost a significant amount of weight. She had been overweight in the previous season, but when the show returned from summer hiatus, she appeared to be very slim.

[@michaelgarcia8602]

It a Story & a 📺 tv show . But one thing I will say is respect is a 2 way streets.

[@josephclegg3562]

Blair Warner Family Parents David Warner Jr(father) Monica Hoffdale Warner(mother) Siblings Meg Warner(paternal half-sister) Bailey Hoffdale Warner(sister) Spouse(s) Tad Warner Other relatives David Warner Sr(paternal grandfather)deceased Geri Warner(cousin) Carlton Blair(maternal grandfather)deceased

[@Defensewhiz]

Geri's last name was Tyler. She was Blair's cousin on Monica's side of the family

[@kristinesharp6286]

I praise the Lord often that hair styles have changed for this time.

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

Yes, I'm sure you DO (like there aren't more REAL reasons to praise the Lord) 🙄

[@kristinesharp6286]

@@KristaBrewer-rq7mo can’t have too many reason to praise the Lord.

[@muthaafrika6137]

That's kinda silly blairs adult

[@wisperrr.]

i am in love with lisa whelchel

[@muthaafrika6137]

Ah to be FREE to do whatever you wish

[@Keviva007]

Tottie’s skirt is not even short.

[@kc0lif]

Blair getting sassy.

[@pinkfreud62]

I'm with Blair! Ms. Garrett getting too power hungry, lol

[@fullhouselover519]

Tootie is so annoying in this scene.

[@arielg7000]

😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kristinesharp6286]

The entire premise is dumb. A non related adult sleeping in a room with another non related adult and two non related minors. All in someone else’s house. The suspension of disbelief a bit much.

[@susnorth40]

😂

[@Filmation77]

Aren't these women in their 20's ????

[@kristinesharp6286]

The only one being bad was Tootie.

[@eliranpinhasov5940]

Good bad girl!✡️🕎🇮🇱

[@cameronpickard7456]

blair was the breast

[@tiekbane]

Second lamest show in tv history next to Diffrent Strokes.

[@rachelayvaz1579]

Lame? This is the best show ever!

[@mixboy79]

Gurl bye

[@ThePumpin1]

You don't have to watch it.

[@darwinbowman8512]

Sir...... the facts of life and different strokes are phenomenal shows.

[@clamshell6863]

FOL is better than Diff'rent Strokes. I always loathed Gary Coleman.