The Facts of Life, a spin-off of Different Strokes, was one of my favorite shows growing up. Seasons 1-3 of the DVD have been out for awhile now and I thought that Shout Factory had all but forgotten about our favorite 80s school girls. Well, 3 school girls and 1 really butch one. Jo could kick your ass. Blaire was a socialite and full of herself. Tootie was adorable, and black. Natalie was adorable, and fat. Mrs. Garret was Mrs. Garret. 

So with Seasons 1-3 out on DVD for awhile now, where are the rest of the DVDs. There were 9 Seasons. Get on it Shout Factory. Their recent reunion movie hasn't even seen a DVD release, but that might be because Disney owns it and they haven't released anything made for TV on DVD unless it has TWEEN written all over it.

So imagine my expression of joy when I discovered that not only was Season 4 finally being released on DVD, but it's also going to come packaged with the made for TV movie "The Facts of Life Goes to Paris" which sees our girls on an adventure in, you guessed it, Paris.

I love TVSHOWSONDVD.COM. They usually have good news about something old I used to love. And something new. And something blue. You reading this Mark?

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Facts of Life Season 4 on DVD

All of this Facts of Life news made me want to scour youtube for some episode clips, but what I found was even better: The Rerun Show.

The Rerun Show aired on NBC and VH1. The cast would perform skits from popular sitcoms and would reinterpret them which would result in some interesting scenarios. For example, in their production of Different Strokes, Mr. Drummond would be taking Kimbery Drummond's Playboy pics, alluding to when Dana Plato, the original Kimberly Drummond,  posed for Playboy in 1989. There's also the ingenious episode where Saved By the Bell is redone as a sci fi comedy.

Of course, my favorite is The Facts of Life episode "Shoplifting" redone. Make sure you watch both the original (available on DVD) and then the parody, but I think it's funny in whatever order. Take note of Paul Vogt's on spot portrayal of Mrs Garret. This same portrayal also followed him to "The Big Gay Sketch Show." The Rerun Show was a great series. I hope it gets to see it's own DVD release.