The Facts of Life | Brian and Sylvia | Season 2 Episode 16 Full Episode

The Facts of Life | Brian and Sylvia | Season 2 Episode 16 Full Episode | The Norman Lear Effect

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Tootie and Natalie (Kim Fields and Mandy Cohn) head to Buffalo to visit Tootie's uncle.
The Facts of Life From Season 2, Episode 16 'Brian and Sylvia' - Tootie's uncle Brian and aunt Sylvia are a mixed couple -- he's white and she's black. When Tootie and Natalie visit them in Buffalo, Sylvia receives a job offer in New York City.
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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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The Facts of Life | Brian and Sylvia | Season 2 Episode 16 Full Episode | The Norman Lear Effect
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@thenormanleareffect 5 ай бұрын

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@JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf 5 ай бұрын

Congratulations Mrs.Sarah Kennedy from Brooklyn new York 🇺🇸

@susanachavez9422 5 ай бұрын

Yes please, more episodes! Thanks very much for sharing all this!

@jazzyqueue 3 ай бұрын

“It’s Tootie!” “and Friend!” 😂

@lindaalvarez8855 5 ай бұрын

That episode was awesome. It only shows that true Love in marriage is about compromise for eachother!

@Tonyvideoguy 5 ай бұрын

I could tell this was a pilot for a possible series, since they spent so much time dealing with the secondary characters.

@QouteTheRavenNevermore 5 ай бұрын

This wasn't the pilot. The show came on in like 81 or 82 if I remember correctly. It was until the early 90's I think.

@Tonyvideoguy 5 ай бұрын

@@QouteTheRavenNevermore No, I meant the story about Tootie’s aunt and uncle. It was a pilot for a possible series, but never materialized.

@Asukenick 4 ай бұрын

@@TonyvideoguyThey did a couple of them.

@Bernie3000 4 ай бұрын

The back door pilot.

@scootergurl48 3 ай бұрын

Did the actor playing Brian also play Tom and Helen Willis's son in The Jeffersons?

@wardarcade7452 5 ай бұрын

Ethel could pop in to zing her son-in-law but she couldn't hang for another minute to say hello to her visiting granddaughter Tootie?

@nassauguy48 5 ай бұрын

Ja'Net DuBois had been hoping for a role in another series after Good Times was canceled.

@wardarcade7452 5 ай бұрын

@@nassauguy48 I get that. However, would it have killed them to have had Miss DuBois's character to take a moment to interact with her own granddaughter?

@EastSide-qc5oy 4 ай бұрын

Yeah it made no sense. Was it even acknowledged that Tootie was on her way during the mother’s visit? Not realistic.

@mferguson5215 3 ай бұрын

@@nassauguy48Did you know her?So, how would you know?

@aussieburn777 5 ай бұрын

Macgyver that was a nice surprise love seeing these actors before they were stars so young and acting so differently ......

@LauRa-re9un 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, he actually was much better in Mac Giver than here.

@aussieburn777 4 ай бұрын

Yeh he shoe horned right into that role and now iconic also liked him in Star Gate with silver hair woohoo!!

@AndrewMacLaine 2 ай бұрын

A lot of it comes down to direction. 80's sitcoms were acted out like stage plays in front of a live audience: big gestures, projecting the voice, cheating out/facing forward. MacGyver and SG called for more natural acting, which RDA was much more adept at doing.

@gregmeyer1805 Сағат бұрын

This episode was meant to begin a spinoff series which thankfully never occurred, or we wouldn't have had the amazing exploits of Angus MacGuyver!

@ritagreenlaw8923 5 ай бұрын

Richard Dean Anderson is on this episode of Fact of Life.

@tzm777 5 ай бұрын

I came to the comments to see if anyone else recognized the young ‘MacGyver’…!🤣

@verlinden80 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing that cuz all this time I was like I've seen him somewhere lol

@millenniumman75 5 ай бұрын

It was a spinoff attempt that did not pan out.

@annettelanham9897 4 ай бұрын

@@tzm777 Richard Dean Anderson will be in my dreams tonight.....

@heidibower2538 3 ай бұрын

@@annettelanham9897 He's a cutie.

@annegreenwood3624 4 ай бұрын

richard dean Anderson such a great actor love this show when tv was really good

@MichelleZapata-ju1jn 5 ай бұрын

New subscriber here. Thank you for bringing back my childhood memories❤

@DiffuserDudeAromatherapy 5 ай бұрын

If this episode was a back door pilot to a potential new series, I would have watched this new show. I liked it, and I dislike back door pilot episodes because the main cast takes a back seat. Lol. I see that WAS Richard Dean Anderson. Fun seeing actors “back when”.

@Asukenick 5 ай бұрын

Very few back door pilots are successful. Of course Facts of Life was a back door pilot of Different Strokes.

@hatednyc 5 ай бұрын

@@Asukenick Absolutely right.

@nassauguy48 5 ай бұрын

This was the first of many attempted (but failed) FOL spinoffs.

@Asukenick 5 ай бұрын

@@nassauguy48Plenty of 80s shows had them like Gimmie a Break and Who's the Boss.

@thomash.schwed3662 3 ай бұрын

@@nassauguy48If memory serves me correctly, the final attempt was actually the series finale, when Blair Warner returned to Eastland, by that time cash-strapped, to take over and introduce a new revenue stream by merging with Langley, thereby making Eastland co-ed. I, for one, would have been interested to see how that storyline would have turned out. And, frankly, I think that storyline made much more sense than what they ended up writing into the reunion film.

@maxgordon6701 4 ай бұрын

This looks like the same set they used for the apartment on One Day At A Time.

@thomash.schwed3662 3 ай бұрын

Indeed, it was. During this time (the late '70's and early '80's), Norman Lear's programs were videotaped at the same studios at Metromedia Square.

@maxgordon6701 3 ай бұрын

@@thomash.schwed3662 Thanks for the confirmation!

@ritagreenlaw8923 5 ай бұрын

Willona is on this episode of Fact of Life.

@kerrycavanaugh4268 5 ай бұрын

I thought it was Winona.

@professordavid2008 5 ай бұрын

This one surprised me! 😂

@millenniumman75 5 ай бұрын

7:15 - Ja'net Dubois wrote the lyrics to theme of The Jeffersons.

@shawnfitzgerald818 5 ай бұрын

and also MacGyver

@mikep5335 4 ай бұрын

It's a Good Times Reunion; since Kim Fields was on one episode of Good Times; and J'anet was ofcourse Willona Woods, one of the stars

@EphemeralProductions 2 ай бұрын

when mrs garrett says "come ONNNNNN!" hahaha~!

@shadow1674 5 ай бұрын

Please do more❤❤❤❤

@divalicious4888 Ай бұрын

7:16" You're moving on up, girl." Said the woman who sang the jeffersons theme song.

@flowerforsyte5671 2 ай бұрын

👍Thanks for these. Man! I miss the 80s.

@jamessatter7418 5 ай бұрын

An episode in Season 5 reveals that Sylvia and Brian got divorced.

@alaricabercrombie2692 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I remember that episode. Interestingly enough, it involved Natalie being in an interracial relationship with Tootie's cousin, herself. I remember Tootie saying that her family were relieved that Sylvia & Brian divorced without having any children; meaning, they weren't really, truly accepting of Sylvia being married to a white man.

@pennyroe3717 4 ай бұрын

That's the one day at a time. Apartment

@sistagirllondon 5 ай бұрын

I didn't know this was a pilot.

@alexcesar78 15 күн бұрын

Good times when watching TV was really enjoyable and worth it! I don't remember having seen this series here in Brazil. Fortunately we have KZfaq nowadays 🙌🏻

@Kanuck1818 5 ай бұрын

Wilona Woods!! 😊❤

@nassauguy48 5 ай бұрын

In a much later episode, Tootie mentioned that they had gotten divorced. Given the theme of this episode, I do not think it was because of the difference in race. Rather, it was the difference in their career paths.

@BennyB5555 4 ай бұрын

@nassauguy48 Yes, however, S5 E15 21:20 into that episode Tootie did say that her family was glad that there wasn’t any children. (assuming from mix marriage) It’s just a show but in my opinion their chemistry seems way off. Pretty corny actually. 🥴 Richard Dean Anderson especially. Good thing MacGyver worked out for him. lol

@elvickRULES 2 ай бұрын

@@BennyB5555they’re super cheesy and have no chemistry whatsoever

@shorty7363 3 ай бұрын

I've never seen this episode before... with the original MacGyver, Richard Dean Anderson. Thanks for the upload.💜

@kwynnmccallumbega4705 4 ай бұрын

Great show! Aloha from Hawaii 🌺🌴🌈🤙

@sudsysutherland359 28 күн бұрын

Oh my God it’s “MacGyver” 🤙 lol

@pamelagraham890 5 ай бұрын

is this the same set from One Day at a Time?

@millenniumman75 5 ай бұрын

No - this was a unique set. One Day at a Time was in its 6th season of 9 on CBS when this aired in the spring of 1981.

@Oohmyymiaa 5 ай бұрын

It looks very similar.....

@pamelagraham890 5 ай бұрын

@@millenniumman75 ty

@bigbubba29 5 ай бұрын

@@OohmyymiaaIt could be.

@thunderstruckgypsy9848 12 күн бұрын

Look! It's Willona and MacGyver in the One Day at a Time apartment!

@stacystoltz8722 5 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@syebethel 4 ай бұрын

Love how he's fishing for an excuse to not "go behind" his lady 😏

@joecab1 5 ай бұрын

Facts of Life sure had a lot of failed pilots: this one, Jo's family, the show's final episode...

@alaricabercrombie2692 5 ай бұрын

There was one more failed plot during the last season. Natalie moved to New York to share an apartment with a group of other young people. It was supposed to be a show similar to what "Friends" will be later.

@joecab1 5 ай бұрын

@@alaricabercrombie2692 oh right! glad you remembered that one

@alaricabercrombie2692 5 ай бұрын

@@joecab1 Sure, no problem. I almost forgot about that too, lol. 😄😁👍

@Asukenick 5 ай бұрын

There was also the military academy ones.

@alaricabercrombie2692 5 ай бұрын

@@Asukenick Oh yeah, of course! It was one of those early '80s episodes. I remember that. 😀👍

@pamelagraham890 5 ай бұрын

Is aunt Sylvia Tootie's mom's sister or her dad's sister? Wouldn't the mom be Tootie's grandma? Why didnt she stay to see Tootie?

@nassauguy48 4 ай бұрын

They never really said. But she had to be a much younger sibling!

@nomadicolours 3 ай бұрын

Richard Dean Anderson straight off of General Hospital? TV gods sure loved him. They are soooo BUBBLY jeeze.

@KristaBrewer-rq7mo 6 күн бұрын

Who was he on General Hospital?

@jonathanfleming5831 12 сағат бұрын

Richard Dean Anderson is awesome

@johnbrowneyes7534 5 ай бұрын

This pilot was very bland. No surprise it didn’t take off.

@michaelglickman1300 5 ай бұрын

Well, if it did, Anderson couldn't do MacGyver, now, could he?

@millenniumman75 5 ай бұрын

@lglickman1300 Eh - possible. MacGyver didn't start until 1985. In a late 1983 episode of Facts (when Natalie date's Tootie's cousin), Tootie revealed that Brian and Sylvia had divorced without having children. The show would likely have ended if they had gone through with the show. In the 1982-1983 season, he was on Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and then 1983-1984, was on yet another show.

@michaelglickman1300 5 ай бұрын

@@millenniumman75 Oh, I see.

@nassauguy48 5 ай бұрын

First of all, there were only three characters, unless they were planning on adding more. I suppose the theme would have been a dual one: an interracial couple dealing with very different career paths. I suppose something could have been done with that, but the plots would have run out quickly.

@millenniumman75 5 ай бұрын

@@nassauguy48 They would have pulled in Brian's father at some point and would have him clash with Ethel (Willona/Miss Ja'net). It would have been like the Willises from the Jeffersons had been put front and center instead of a supporting character couple. That's probably why it didn't take - they would have already had this on the Jeffersons. Ironically, it was Ja'net Dubois who wrote the theme song and sang it!

@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety 5 ай бұрын

This must've been a failed pilot.

@Asukenick 5 ай бұрын

There was a couple.

@Oohmyymiaa 5 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing....

@KristaBrewer-rq7mo 6 күн бұрын

Yea, another one was where they all went to some military dance And then there was the one with Jo's uncle that Megan Follows was on

@denizen9998 4 ай бұрын

Wow, it's MacGyver and Colonel O'Neal .

@stacystoltz8722 5 ай бұрын

🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 ❤🎉😃

@kriseley4974 24 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@rachellawrence4690 5 ай бұрын

I didn’t know this was a show, similar to The Facts Of Life?

@johndean4727 5 ай бұрын

it is facts of life.

@KristaBrewer-rq7mo 6 күн бұрын

This IS the Facts of Life

@DoctorJoanieTool 5 ай бұрын

Please air One Day at a time

@EastSide-qc5oy 4 ай бұрын

There are channels here that do

@moniquemorrow4181 Ай бұрын

70’s.And.80’s

@ghhtdesfh 4 ай бұрын

The yaks of life are on again.

@EphemeralProductions 2 ай бұрын

ah ! richard dean answerson! a few years before MacGyver :)

@user-th2gn8rl5j 5 ай бұрын

Mindy cohn

@stacystoltz8722 3 ай бұрын

🙏🏾🌹🔥🔥🔥🔥😃😎

@danielnascimento6300 5 ай бұрын

Back door pilot, no?

@kristinazubic9669 4 ай бұрын

Yep. FoL did several.

@nassauguy48 4 ай бұрын

@@kristinazubic9669 And they all fizzled!

@KristaBrewer-rq7mo 6 күн бұрын

Yea, another one was where they all went to some military dance And then there was the one with Jo's uncle that Megan Follows was on

@randomlibra Ай бұрын

Sylvia, every once in awhile, looked a lot like Zoe Saldana and/or Thandiwe Newton.

@Sammytolliver 4 ай бұрын

Also Richard dean anderson stars on the facts of life

@toadwar9300 4 ай бұрын

Nummers!!Numbers!!! Lmao soooo cheesy

@DrClawizdead 3 ай бұрын

IS that Richard Dean Anderson?

@shorty7363 3 ай бұрын

Yes

@kristinazubic9669 4 ай бұрын

Did Sylvia’s dad stay in NYC? His ex-wife would be running into him if this had made it to series. Imagine if he and “Grand Dragon Dad” got along.

@stephenwoehr6500 4 ай бұрын

Very early role of MacGyver.

@moniquemorrow4181 Ай бұрын

Kim.Fields.Is.My.Favorite

@darlenew1981 2 ай бұрын

It's Mindy Cohn, not Mandy Cohn

@mikep5335 4 ай бұрын

Some of the racially themed jokes haven't aged well...

@jimmystone2653 4 ай бұрын

lol this was bland and effortless 🤣🤣 MacGyver get back on MacGyver lol

@nassauguy48 4 ай бұрын

This was the first of MANY failed FOL spinoff attempts!

@pauldesigncomics2625 2 ай бұрын

Was this meant to be a possible spinoff?

@raquelh99 2 ай бұрын

No!

@Asukenick 2 ай бұрын

Yes

@KristaBrewer-rq7mo 6 күн бұрын

Yes (they had TONS of failed pilots. this one, the one was where they all went to some military dance, the one with Jo's uncle (that Megan Follows was on, TWO failed pilots in the very last episode

@KristaBrewer-rq7mo 6 күн бұрын

This is one of the very few episodes in the series that I DID NOT like! What was even the PURPOSE of it?!

@randiahonig 5 ай бұрын

Kinda cringy episode

@pepper1dancer 5 ай бұрын

Is it the writing or the actors that make this cringy?

@john-carlosynostroza 5 ай бұрын

The era....

@thomash.schwed3662 3 ай бұрын

@@john-carlosynostrozaOkay, millennial. (I'm sorry; I couldn't resist.)

@AndrewMacLaine 2 ай бұрын

Lol, it's both. It was normal back then, but re-watching this now makes me want to ask, "Why is everyone YELLING????"

@ericlopez9107 4 ай бұрын

Yeah.....MacGyver trying to do comedy...."Excuuuuse mee!!!"....no thanks!!

@krazydreamer Ай бұрын

The men on this episode are whiny little drama queens!

@mikep5335 4 ай бұрын

It's funny...Watching this I can just tell the network thinks it's interesting because it's about a racially mixed couple in their 20s; which was kind of novel in 1981.. Because NOW when you watch this it's like...there's nothing there... It's so banal and boring; theres nothing to it...

@travisjames3517 5 ай бұрын

The worst FOL episode.

@Asukenick 5 ай бұрын

There were at least 3 more bad ones cause they were back door pilots too.

@travisjames3517 5 ай бұрын

@@Asukenick There were seven all together.

@Asukenick 5 ай бұрын

@@travisjames3517 6

@bigbubba29 5 ай бұрын

@@AsukenickNone ever made it to a full series.

@KristaBrewer-rq7mo 6 күн бұрын

This was one of two or three episodes that I HATED. Another one that I can think off the bat is Natalie losing her virginity; I hated THAT episode too!

@mikep5335 4 ай бұрын

I think this is the lowest rated episode of FOL on IMDB

@pinkfreud62 4 ай бұрын

Boring episode. 😴

@mikep5335 4 ай бұрын

One of the worst episodes of Facts of Life

@Lisa-nh6nz 4 ай бұрын

Horrible acting

@kristinesharp6286 11 күн бұрын

Gosh this feels like indoctrination. No wonder the show didn’t pan out.

@CJ-dg3bm 4 ай бұрын

This girl is corny. Whyd they pick her?

@gylindanelson8724 4 ай бұрын

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@aepacker 3 ай бұрын

The Facts Of Life Subscribers: Ay Caramba

@AndriaaLeoLove 3 ай бұрын

“I just don’t think I can live in a city where they Walk when it says Don’t Walk.” 😮 😅. I live in NYC, and Don’t Walk when it says Don’t Walk but sometimes it is safer to Walk when It says Don’t Walk because many drivers are such in a rush and you just better cross fast before the cars with the green light start turning. But It is just not in me being from MI and All. Lol.