The Facts of Life

For the final spot I could have gone with a sentimental favorite like Saved By The Bell or an oldie like The Brady Bunch. But I think we’re all better off learning about The Facts of Life through the exploits of girls living in a boarding school with their housemother.

Some might be surprised that the late Alan Thicke wrote the theme along with Al Burton and his then-wife Gloria Loring (parents to Robin Thicke) who performed it as well. Alan, best known as the dad in Growing Pains, had a successful career as a composer prior to acting, writing and singing the theme for Diff’rent Strokes as well. A parting gift to us all, Alan’s song laid out the ways we should take the good and take the bad! 

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