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You take the good, you take the bad and there you have the Facts of Life t-shirt!  I loved watching reruns of this 80s TV show during the summer when it ran in the afternoons, and now that its summer again, I’m missing them.  Although it is not currently airing, it still jogs good memories for me.  If you are humming the theme song already like me, then this tee is for you too.

Over 200 episodes aired during the TV show’s nine season run from 1979 to 1988.  The series, represented here by this t-shirt, follows a young group of girls, including chubby funny girl Natalie Green (Mindy Cohn), young busybody Tootie Ramsey (Kim Fields), rich blonde Blair Warner (Lisa Whelchel) and tomboy Joe Polniaczek (Nancy McKeon), as they attend Eastland Academy, an all girl boarding school.  They are overseen by red-headed housemother Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae) until the girls graduate.  At that time, they decide to work for Mrs. Garrett at her new store, Edna’s Edibles and eventually the Over Our Heads gift shop, where additional characters begin to make regular appearances.  Such familiar faces include Cloris Leachman and none other than George Clooney!

If these 80s leading ladies left you wishing that you could have gone away to school and become one of Mrs. Garrett’s girls, then this Facts of Life shirt may help fill that desire.  At least there’s no homework.

Artist: Wayward Tees   Category: TV