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Nancy McKeon -- butch (possibly gay?) Jo -- Facts Of Life: 'Memba Her??!!

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Taylor

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Aug 26, 2009, 3:29:30 AM8/26/09
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Jo on 'Facts of Life': 'Memba Her?!
Posted Aug 26th 2009 12:46AM by TMZ Staff, NLSN TLVSN

Nancy McKeon is best known for playing tomboy Jo Polniaczek (alongside
Lisa Whelchel) on the '80s TV series "The Facts of Life." Guess what
she looks like now!


Filed under: TV, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!

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You Take the Good, You Take the Bad ...
Posted Aug 26th 2009 12:45AM by TMZ Staff, NLSN TLVSN

The 43-year-old resurfaced at some event, looking motherly.


Nancy's brother Philip played Linda Lavin's son on the '70s TV series
"Alice."

McKeon was in the running to play Monica on "Friends."

See Also
Bob on "Sesame Street": 'Memba Him?

1980s -- then:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/08/0819_memba_mckeon_launch_88048297.jpg

2009 -- now:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/08/0819_memba_mckeon_reveal_88048115_2.jpg

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Aw, she would have been a good Monica on 'Friends'.

'Family Guy' takes on 'The Facts Of Life':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6SAM4CpOYQ

looped "NO!":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTVR3OkJw28

Ian J. Ball

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Aug 26, 2009, 11:35:30 AM8/26/09
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In article
<2c95c55b-f943-4491...@p36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
Taylor <micr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Jo on 'Facts of Life': 'Memba Her?!
> Posted Aug 26th 2009 12:46AM by TMZ Staff, NLSN TLVSN
>
> Nancy McKeon is best known for playing tomboy Jo Polniaczek (alongside
> Lisa Whelchel) on the '80s TV series "The Facts of Life." Guess what
> she looks like now!

I'm sorry - I only know her as Sonny's Mom from "Sonny With a Chance"...

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"There's no business, like Cho business."
- Patrick Jane, "The Mentalist", 02/11/09

Christopher Helms

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Aug 26, 2009, 11:51:44 AM8/26/09
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On Aug 26, 2:29 am, Taylor <micros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jo on 'Facts of Life': 'Memba Her?!
> Posted Aug 26th 2009 12:46AM by TMZ Staff, NLSN TLVSN
>
> Nancy McKeon is best known for playing tomboy Jo Polniaczek (alongside
> Lisa Whelchel) on the '80s TV series "The Facts of Life." Guess what
> she looks like now!
>
> Filed under: TV, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
>
> ---
>
> You Take the Good, You Take the Bad ...
> Posted Aug 26th 2009 12:45AM by TMZ Staff, NLSN TLVSN
>
> The 43-year-old resurfaced at some event, looking motherly.
>
> Nancy's brother Philip played Linda Lavin's son on the '70s TV series
> "Alice."
>
> McKeon was in the running to play Monica on "Friends."
>
> See Also
> Bob on "Sesame Street": 'Memba Him?
>
> 1980s -- then:http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/08/0819_memba_mckeon_la...
>
> 2009 -- now:http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/08/0819_memba_mckeon_re...


She's aging nicely.

Anim8rFSK

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Aug 26, 2009, 12:20:12 PM8/26/09
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In article <ijball-NO_SPAM-7B8...@nntp.aioe.org>,

"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:

> In article
> <2c95c55b-f943-4491...@p36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
> Taylor <micr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Jo on 'Facts of Life': 'Memba Her?!
> > Posted Aug 26th 2009 12:46AM by TMZ Staff, NLSN TLVSN
> >
> > Nancy McKeon is best known for playing tomboy Jo Polniaczek (alongside
> > Lisa Whelchel) on the '80s TV series "The Facts of Life." Guess what
> > she looks like now!
>
> I'm sorry - I only know her as Sonny's Mom from "Sonny With a Chance"...

What?

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Will: "Invisible? I can't be! I can touch myself!"
--actual dialog from third season LAND OF THE LOST

Michael Black

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Aug 26, 2009, 12:39:01 PM8/26/09
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On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Ian J. Ball wrote:

> In article
> <2c95c55b-f943-4491...@p36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
> Taylor <micr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Jo on 'Facts of Life': 'Memba Her?!
>> Posted Aug 26th 2009 12:46AM by TMZ Staff, NLSN TLVSN
>>
>> Nancy McKeon is best known for playing tomboy Jo Polniaczek (alongside
>> Lisa Whelchel) on the '80s TV series "The Facts of Life." Guess what
>> she looks like now!
>
> I'm sorry - I only know her as Sonny's Mom from "Sonny With a Chance"...
>

She was in some made for tv movies around the time of "Facts of Life",
a period when they'd get all the big stars to do unrelated tv movies.
They were the small screen equivalent of "The Longest Day" or "It's a Mad,
Mad, Mad World", movies that were stuffed with stars (albeit the tv
variants had scaled down stars).

Michael

Her Majesty

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Aug 26, 2009, 3:08:01 PM8/26/09
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> She's aging nicely.

Very attractive! She was dating Michael J. Fox before he met his
soulmate...right?

Taylor

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Aug 26, 2009, 3:25:57 PM8/26/09
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On Aug 26, 11:35 am, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-NO_S...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> In article
> <2c95c55b-f943-4491-8215-cbf54af43...@p36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,

>
>  Taylor <micros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jo on 'Facts of Life': 'Memba Her?!
> > Posted Aug 26th 2009 12:46AM by TMZ Staff, NLSN TLVSN
>
> > Nancy McKeon is best known for playing tomboy Jo Polniaczek (alongside
> > Lisa Whelchel) on the '80s TV series "The Facts of Life." Guess what
> > she looks like now!
>
> I'm sorry - I only know her as Sonny's Mom from "Sonny With a Chance"...
>

lol You'tr either super young, or your parents locked up the TV
growing up.

Michael Black

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Aug 26, 2009, 3:59:23 PM8/26/09
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I don't remember that.

They did act together in a made for tv movie, taking place at a summer
camp. He's a counselor, she's a nurse, and there was attraction in the
movie.

Michael

earthage

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Aug 26, 2009, 4:15:33 PM8/26/09
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Didn't he broke up with McKeon to be with his wife Tracy Polla?
I seem to recall McKeon was left with a broken heart. McKeon was
just a teenager when they were dating, they met when they co-starred
on some high school tv-movie-of-the-week.

Ian J. Ball

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Aug 26, 2009, 5:10:59 PM8/26/09
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In article <ANIM8Rfsk-1DC2F...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:

> In article <ijball-NO_SPAM-7B8...@nntp.aioe.org>,
> "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <2c95c55b-f943-4491...@p36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
> > Taylor <micr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Jo on 'Facts of Life': 'Memba Her?!
> > > Posted Aug 26th 2009 12:46AM by TMZ Staff, NLSN TLVSN
> > >
> > > Nancy McKeon is best known for playing tomboy Jo Polniaczek (alongside
> > > Lisa Whelchel) on the '80s TV series "The Facts of Life." Guess what
> > > she looks like now!
> >
> > I'm sorry - I only know her as Sonny's Mom from "Sonny With a Chance"...
>
> What?

Fred = Disney, FAIL.

Her Majesty

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Sep 3, 2009, 2:49:59 PM9/3/09
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On Aug 26, 1:15 pm, earthage <earthage2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Her Majesty wrote:
> > > She's aging nicely.
>
> > Very attractive!  She was dating Michael J. Fox before he met his
> > soulmate...right?
>
> Didn't he broke up with McKeon to be with his wife Tracy Polla?

Yep.

wull

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Sep 3, 2009, 3:09:21 PM9/3/09
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"Her Majesty" <nichol...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e114f648-dfce-4695...@e11g2000yqo.googlegroups.com...

On Aug 26, 1:15 pm, earthage <earthage2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Her Majesty wrote:
> > > She's aging nicely.
>
> > Very attractive! She was dating Michael J. Fox before he met his
> > soulmate...right?
>
> Didn't he broke up with McKeon to be with his wife Tracy Polla?

Yep.


She also starred in a TV series in which she was a policewoman, and a good
one too. I think her brother was Alice's young son in the TV show "Alice".

Wull

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