DiffrentStrokes-related stories
Posted Mar 2nd 2009 3:07PM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Celebrities, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Reality-Free, Mad Men

Do they cook? Not sure. Are they Jedi Knights? Errrrr, maybe? So what's the deal with
Celebrity Jedi Chefs? We wish we knew. In their own words, they're [mostly] TV actors who "do the same sorts of things that 'normal' Jedi do, but [they] also cook." There are 216 of them, and most have appeared on buzzy sci-fi shows, including
Heroes,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and
Battlestar Galactica.
We're not talking background players, either. Yeah, we're still stuck trying to figure out what Celebrity Jedi Chefs...
is exactly (and if the pictures, as suggested by the fashion, were all magically taken in 1993), but we needn't hear any more if it means we get to see pictures of Joan Holloway (among others, after the jump) weilding a saber.
Continue reading TV celebs wielding big sabers
Posted Feb 19th 2009 9:03AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free

If you're a fan of '70s and '80s TV, you've probably been having a bunch of a "wha the?" moments over the last year or so. When this particular little white-haired older lady shows up on a show, she doesn't look familiar, but then you hear the matronly but deep voice, and you realize who you've just seen on your screen.
It's Mrs. Garrett! Only by the time you realize it, she's gone, leaving you to wonder if you were imagining things.
Don't worry; you're not going insane. We've been seeing a lot of Charlotte Rae, who played Edna Garrett on
Diff'rent Strokes and
The Facts of Life, on TV lately, mostly playing tiny roles that involve maybe a few lines at the most. In fact, just last night, she played a suspect's mother on an episode of
Life.
Continue reading Mrs. Garrett is all over TV again ... and you probably don't know it
Posted Apr 18th 2008 10:58AM by Jay Black
Filed under: OpEd, TV 101, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free

There's no denying it: we're currently living in a utopia. Not a day goes by that I don't thank my lucky stars that I get to live in the greatest country on earth during the greatest time to be alive. I think even the harshest critic of the current world order would agree with me when I say that there's not a single problem anywhere in the world that anyone is dealing with.
But how did we get here? What was the spark that spurred us from barely cognizant man-apes into the enlightened, elegant creatures that we are today? Look no further than that great black monolith sitting in your living room: your TV. Five VERY SPECIAL EPISODES that saved society after the jump...
Continue reading TV 101: Five VERY SPECIAL EPISODES that saved society - VIDEOS