She's wearing a wig and has on tons of makeup, good lighting, etc. I have seen her in other things and she looks GREAT but she most certainly has aged. She's just aged well.
Trina R. That's not idea of these "Live" productions. Having the original cast members playing their roles. The idea is to have other actors recreate the original script. But this was just awful. The whole casting was all wrong. 😮😮
@@der22672 I agree with you, other than seeing Lisa looking so close to her original character, and if she agreed to it, she should of played Blair. Marla Gibbs played Florence in the remake of the Jeffersons. John Stewart was horrible. All of the characters should of been younger actors. I still enjoyed the program.
And the fact that in real life she was NOTHING like her character added to her charm. For her to don the Eastland uniform was classic nostalgia. Too bad Mindy and Kim didn't do the same.. it would have been a hoot. Of course, the biggest white elephant was.. Where's Jo (Nancy McKeon)??? lol
@@krisrobin750 I'm gay and I think she's entitled to her believes and opinions, it doesn't change the fact that I loved her on that show and love seeing her in this new one.
This was such a treat! Having Lisa Whelchel sing the theme song was a fun idea, and I love how game she was to rock the original Eastland uniform! She's a real trooper and a great sport! Love it!
Lisa, omg! She is ageless!! I honestly thought it was some kind of old episode! I thought “I don’t remember Blair singing in the dining room at Eastland????” And how wonderful is it that Kim and Mindy were there?! Ohhh how I wish I could see this whole thing!
She HAS changed and she HAS aged. They made her look really young here, but she doesn't actually look like a teenager in real life. At all. That said, she DOES look great and is a beautiful woman.
I thought I was looking at the 80’s but I realised is really is 21st century that really gave me a goosebumps brought alive back from the 80’s! Amazing.
She hasn't aged one damn day! Absolutely amazing! She had all of Blair's mannerisms still touching chairs, pushing kitchen door open...just absorbing it all. Makes me so happy to watch this.
I love Lisa Welch. I grew up, watching her on the facts of life. I was a huge fan of that show . I’m not sure if many people know that she was on survivor but I’m watching old episodes of Survivor and on season 25 she is one of the contestants and she does very well & out of all the players on the season only one person recognised her but did not tell anyone instead her & the other person formed a bond together. If you’ve never seen season 25, with Lisa Welch on it, it’s on Paramount.
I said OMG I couldn’t believe what I was seeing when Lisa came out. She is just as gorgeous as ever as she was back then. I told myself damn, why can’t I look timeless like Lisa.
Lisa look just as fabulous as she did when I picked up the July 10-16 1982 Tv Guide at my newsstand as a teenager. I still have that minty TV Guide. She looks amazing!
Disclaimer: I didn't watch this show. I did watch the original show years ago. In the "Mary Ann or Ginger"-esque hypothetical of "Jo or Blair", I historically would have said Jo, but this performance may have swayed me. I have read how warm, genuine and humble Lisa Whelchel is, and her ability to not take herself too seriously is on full display here. I commend her, and she has my praise.
@@adamp6320 ...hmm she must have Nancy syndrome ...the skater Nancy Kerrigan thinks she's too good to be around fans and was a sore loser at the olympics
Facts of Life. Classic. She's singing live. I'm glad i was a kid in the 80s. The backup singers are on point. This makes me happy. Thanks for my childhood, Norman.
It was so cool seeing Mindy Cohn! She's been doing a lot of VO work, including Velma Dinkley in the amazing "Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated" and she sounds like the same young kid from the 80's. She still has that adorable smile!
I am a 52 year old gay man and I will be an Eastland girl til I die!!! I had more good times watching this than in my school life. Oh btw... I got beer.
@@davidshore3523 technically up wasn't an original cast member. She came on season 2 but still a main cast member. To bad they didn't include the rest of the original cast Molly, Nancy, and Sue Ann
sounds like the audience literally gasped when they first saw lisa whelchel ! couldn't believe how great, young she looked and in the same uniform from decades earlier!.. awesome!..
I was saying the same thing!! The audience literally gasped!! As did I. She looks unfriggenbelievable!!!! She's full of love and light. All the girls looked great!!
OMG! She looks incredible! I grew up watching that show and she was always my favorite. She was such a beautiful teenager and she's hardly aged a day. Awesome!
OMG! Beautiful Blair! forever! It looks like she just stepped out of a time portal! & She's a grandma!! Go Eastland School! XOXO Thanks for the good memories! We needed this especially now! 👏🏻👏🏻🙂🥰
Lisa Whelchel forever. AND she said she was having trouble with the earpieces and monitors. I screamed when she appeared NGL. She is a TRUE professional and timeless beauty. Forever crush. 💕
Lisa was absolutely great. I could not believe how young she looked! Amazing. The years have been so kind to her. It was wonderful to see Mindy and Kim with her. But sorry that Nancy McKeon wasn't there. Kudos to Lisa again, great job.
Nancy was my favorite on the show. Not sure if she’s done anything public since the death of her brother Phillip (best remembered from “Alice”) two years ago.
@@mediachristiantv7472 And nancy could really bring the drama. Very underrated actress. Check out her movie Strange Voices from 87 with valerie harper where she plays a college student afflicted with schizophrenia.
A number of years ago, I watched Lisa on Celebrity Survivor. She was so sweet and thoughtful and really played the game ethically. I was also surprised at how good she looked considering the women can't wear any make-up on the show. After that, she co-hosted Jeff Probst's talk show for a little while and I wondered why she wasn't acting more or doing more co-hosting jobs, given her good looks, personality and likability. Fast-forward to this live show, and I'm stunned to see her still looking so good!
@@deborahblackvideoediting8697 the Hallmark movie was called for better or worse. Lisa whelchel and kim fields were great in the movie. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Kim is older than Charlotte was when she was hired for Different Strokes, so she's older than Mrs. Garrett. Even more depressing, Kim was actually a couple years younger than Tootie who was already the youngest.
This is an amazing full circle event. I grew up with this show and it inspired so much of my life!! These ladies and this show are absolutely timeless!~
All the Facts of Life girls now women look amazing. Both Julies, Felice, Nancy, Molly, Lisa, Mindy, Kim all of them. Most of them are in their early 60s and haven't aged a day.
I honestly thought I was looking at an episode from the 80s. Lisa has not aged a day. Wow, she looks amazing. Wonderful.
Me too!
I thought the same thing until I saw mindy cohn and then I realized it was modern day
So does Kim Fields!
@@danielcorreard3746 Mindy Cohn has had some atrocious plastic surgery done. Yikes!
She's wearing a wig and has on tons of makeup, good lighting, etc. I have seen her in other things and she looks GREAT but she most certainly has aged. She's just aged well.
She literally looks like she just stepped out of a portal from 1981. It was so wonderful to see the others, too!
she did, thanks Doctor Strange!!!
Crazy how Lisa looks Soo much like she did almost 40 years ago wearing the Eastland uniform again!
It is eerie!
She is 58 years old
@@LovesDavidCassidy exactly! And she was a teenager when she first started facts of Life, so she's aged really really well!
Probably knows a great embalmer!!!
Makeup
I am not the first to say this but it needs to be said again.
Lisa has hardly aged at all.
I’ve seen Mindy around the Seattle area. Nice woman keeps to herself but always acknowledges people.
Lisa Whelchel was my favorite actress on the Facts of Life.
Lisa Whelchel's facts of life must include how to remain ageless. Incredible.
She's a grandma too!
I agree. She looks almost as young as when she starred on the show in the early 1980s (she was in her late teens then).
Lisa whelchel is a born again christian. That's the secret to her not aging. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 Oh, so she was born again on the Lazarus Pit. Got it.
I thought it was a reboot from the 80's... she looks incredible....
Man. What does Lisa Whelchel do to stay forever young? She seriously hasn't aged in 40 years.
Good living, staying away from Hollywood excesses, take your pick.
Agree. She looks amazing.
That's called loving the Lord.
Clean living, a positive attitude and I'm sure genetics has a lot to do with it :)
Tons of makeup, hair color, team of stylists, good lighting. She doesn't look like that when she wakes up in the morning.
Lisa was great and she was so happy to sing the theme song. Her smile lights up a room. Great job
It was cringe worthy! 😂
It's amazing she looks the same and has that same great smile.
So cringy
@@jonahmosher3314 It was not.
She has a special glow
Kudos to Lisa Whelchel! She looked great and even sang! She literally could have played the role of Blair for the live show!
I wish she would of, but maybe she didn’t want to reprise her role for this special.
Trina R. That's not idea of these "Live" productions. Having the original cast members playing their roles. The idea is to have other actors recreate the original script. But this was just awful. The whole casting was all wrong. 😮😮
@@der22672 I agree with you, other than seeing Lisa looking so close to her original character, and if she agreed to it, she should of played Blair. Marla Gibbs played Florence in the remake of the Jeffersons. John Stewart was horrible. All of the characters should of been younger actors. I still enjoyed the program.
@@der22672 Dink was the worst!! Gabrielle Union was really good and Ann Dowd was pretty good as well
She should have!
Blair looks exactly the same!
This is a WONDERFUL full circle moment! Lisa is TIMELESS!
It is...I just wish Charlotte Rae was still with us. She was a great part of the ensemble.
And the fact that in real life she was NOTHING like her character added to her charm. For her to don the Eastland uniform was classic nostalgia. Too bad Mindy and Kim didn't do the same.. it would have been a hoot. Of course, the biggest white elephant was.. Where's Jo (Nancy McKeon)??? lol
How do you feel about the fact she used to be anti-gay and push conversion therapy?
@@krisrobin750 and I suppose you popped out of the womb perfect? People live, learn and hopefully change. As should we all.
@@krisrobin750 I'm gay and I think she's entitled to her believes and opinions, it doesn't change the fact that I loved her on that show and love seeing her in this new one.
Wow, i just came across this today, and Lisa is still so beautiful❤
Holy Smokes!!! Lisa has not aged one bit! Still as beautiful as ever!
@Laurie true it's as if she's aged backwords!🤔
But she has. Look at close up pics of her. We all
Age nobody is safe from it
@@tinkerbella4605 Of course she has in numbers. It's a figure of speech.
She literally hasn't aged at all in over 40 years. That is crazy
I don't know if she is still single but if she is it is most likely by choice
Jesus!! time stood still for lisa she has not aged!!
Lisa Welchel looks AMAZING! She also looks completely normal, and natural! Absolutely gorgeous, stunning. Yay!!
it's almost like she struck a deal with the devil to stay young looking wow she hasn't aged a bit.
She’s absolutely had stuff done - she’s just been very conservative with what she’s had - this is why she doesn’t look like a fake mannequin 😂
So much for time travel being "impossible." They clearly teleported 1980s-era Lisa Whelchel directly into the present day.
This was such a treat! Having Lisa Whelchel sing the theme song was a fun idea, and I love how game she was to rock the original Eastland uniform! She's a real trooper and a great sport! Love it!
Thank you Lisa Whelchel for singing the Facts of Life theme song.you had honey in your voice.sounds so sweet.and it brought back memories!
Wow - seeing the three of them together made me smile. We need a reunion movie! Lisa has not changed in 40 years!
They were all in a Christmas movie together last year. That's kind of close.
They did a reunion movie back in 2001 called The Facts of Life Reunion.
@@Lauren-zc2kk So every 20 years we get a new team up. We have all seen Blair is in for it and will still look near identical. : )
I love her squeal of delight when Kim Fields joins them and the sister hug
@@Lauren-zc2kk I think it's time for another one.
Man, Lisa is lookin so good!!!!
When I was a kid I had such a crush on “Blair.” The crush is back, she looks fantastic!!!
Yeah we don't need to hear about your old man sex fantasies. Yuck.
I always liked Jo!
You and me both!
I did also have s crush on "Blair" definitely have one now!
Same
Ok. So I cried like a baby last night when they came out !! The wonderful memories wow 🥰
I did too man...most of the 80s themes do it for me!!
So did I and come back on Instagram! We miss you!
Me too!! I just love this show so much!
Me too!
Omg my favorite character Blair! She took care of her self! Looks amazing at 58!
Lisa, omg! She is ageless!! I honestly thought it was some kind of old episode! I thought “I don’t remember Blair singing in the dining room at Eastland????” And how wonderful is it that Kim and Mindy were there?! Ohhh how I wish I could see this whole thing!
Disney+ has the full episodes
I wish Nancy McKeon would've made an appearance
She was busy with her family in Texas. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 Yeah, right, LOL!
She never appears in anything about FOL.
@@Catlover1974 Check out clips from The Drew Barrymore show. Nancy showed up for Drew’s birthday to reunite with the cast. 😉
@@stacyc4287 yeah but no Kim as Tootie
That is downright eerie -- she hasn't changed a bit in 40 years.
She has, just a bit. Her Instagram shows her real life pics. No makeup, her hair is real, and just a bit of wrinkles. She won the genetics lottery.
She got those good genes!!
I thought the same thing!
@@416Danny That's all it could be. I was shocked
She HAS changed and she HAS aged. They made her look really young here, but she doesn't actually look like a teenager in real life. At all. That said, she DOES look great and is a beautiful woman.
Whelchel looks remarkable! You can even hear the audience gasp! Good for her!👍👍🎀
I thought I was looking at the 80’s but I realised is really is 21st century that really gave me a goosebumps brought alive back from the 80’s! Amazing.
She's nearly 60, & she still looks EXACTLY the same! And, she's STILL got the BEST HAIR on television; eat your heart out Jennifer Aniston.
100%
No lies told
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Lisa sounded horrible though! I was so embarrassed!
@@lisacrawford4501 oooh I don’t agree but to each their own right 🖖🏽
Darling Natalie too! Wow, Lisa looked exactly the same. I am all smiles right now.
She hasn't aged one damn day! Absolutely amazing! She had all of Blair's mannerisms still touching chairs, pushing kitchen door open...just absorbing it all. Makes me so happy to watch this.
And she's a grandma!!
@@alkumpula8281 Shocking, isn't it?
Look up close-up pictures of her she’s aged just like everyone else. You guys a gas in her head up she looks older.
How does Lisa look the same. Love this!
Did Lisa Whelchel arrive in a DeLorean from 1985? She looks exactly the same as she did in the 80's!
I love Lisa Welch. I grew up, watching her on the facts of life. I was a huge fan of that show . I’m not sure if many people know that she was on survivor but I’m watching old episodes of Survivor and on season 25 she is one of the contestants and she does very well & out of all the players on the season only one person recognised her but did not tell anyone instead her & the other person formed a bond together. If you’ve never seen season 25, with Lisa Welch on it, it’s on Paramount.
I said OMG I couldn’t believe what I was seeing when Lisa came out. She is just as gorgeous as ever as she was back then. I told myself damn, why can’t I look timeless like Lisa.
Lisa look just as fabulous as she did when I picked up the July 10-16 1982 Tv Guide at my newsstand as a teenager. I still have that minty TV Guide. She looks amazing!
She did amazing and looks beautiful. That hair!
THIS WAS A MOMENT! brought me right back to my childhood -and Lisa Welchel does NOT AGE
Disclaimer: I didn't watch this show. I did watch the original show years ago. In the "Mary Ann or Ginger"-esque hypothetical of "Jo or Blair", I historically would have said Jo, but this performance may have swayed me. I have read how warm, genuine and humble Lisa Whelchel is, and her ability to not take herself too seriously is on full display here. I commend her, and she has my praise.
In the first season she was breathtakingly beautiful
Where was Nancy mckeon?
@@username-zj9id she's always been too good for Facts and didn't do the reunion movie either.
@@adamp6320 oh wow that stinks. She was my favorite at the time lol
@@adamp6320 ...hmm she must have Nancy syndrome ...the skater Nancy Kerrigan thinks she's too good to be around fans and was a sore loser at the olympics
I was sooo shocked how she hasn’t changed at all! What a pretty woman.
Geez can you making bring a horn ball any more obvious.
@@danceswithcomicbooks7733 How about not being a douchebag? He called her pretty, just like every other comment on the video.
@@ry.the.stunner nope all the horn balls are out. Sorry but it's obvious.
Lisa did a great job singing the theme song facts of life . Still looks Exactly like she looked 40 years ago. Beautiful!!! Awesome job Lisa!!!
LOVE HER!! So Sweet and Genuine..AND, She is STILL Gorgeous!!! Love all those girls, grew up with them
I still can't get over how SENSATIONAL #LisaWhelchel looks - at 58! #Icon
I know, Lisa looks amazing :)
Facts of Life. Classic. She's singing live. I'm glad i was a kid in the 80s. The backup singers are on point. This makes me happy. Thanks for my childhood, Norman.
She looks fabulous
I was 12 when this showed began and I had an instant crush on Lisa and OMG, I still do! Such a lovely woman.
This makes we want to cry! I loved this show and watched all of them. Thanks ladies!
OMG....Lisa Welchel looks exactly the same...Talk about ageing GRACEFULLY !!! We are the same age and I wish I could pull that off ❤❤
It was so cool seeing Mindy Cohn! She's been doing a lot of VO work, including Velma Dinkley in the amazing "Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated" and she sounds like the same young kid from the 80's. She still has that adorable smile!
She was the best Velma out of all of them.
I am a 52 year old gay man and I will be an Eastland girl til I die!!! I had more good times watching this than in my school life.
Oh btw... I got beer.
@MD B but never ask Jo where she got the beer😁
Here's ta those that wish me well, all the rest can go dah....Jersey
lol!
You're not a girl.
I'm a 52 year old straight man. I never was and never will be an Eastland girl, but I watched the show.
my God she looks the same! good for her! she can light up a room with that smile.
I did just love Nancy as Jo
The original ladies are still looking GOOD! You go girls.
What happened to the other original ladies?
The 3 of 4 ladies. Nancy Mckeon must think shes too good to even show up just for a cameo
Says a lot about the other 3
@@davidshore3523 Nancy had deaths in her family recently. Lisa mentioned she was with family and had recently moved.
@@davidshore3523 technically up wasn't an original cast member. She came on season 2 but still a main cast member. To bad they didn't include the rest of the original cast Molly, Nancy, and Sue Ann
@@JamesJones-zq7pc i agree. I think since Nancy couldnt be there at least one from season one besides the 3 would have worked
I was smiling throughout the entire song.
LOVED IT!!!
Me too
I have become obsessed with this video and Lisa's unchanged appearance.
Lisa whelchel uses oil of olay on her skin. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 Whatever she does, it's working.
I had the privilege and honor to meet her once! She was just incredibly gracious and as beautiful as always 💖 is at a really special moment!
Ok Blair is timeless literally 😍
sounds like the audience literally gasped when they first saw lisa whelchel ! couldn't believe how great, young she looked and in the same uniform from decades earlier!.. awesome!..
I was saying the same thing!! The audience literally gasped!! As did I. She looks unfriggenbelievable!!!! She's full of love and light. All the girls looked great!!
I love watching Lisa on Collectors Call! she hasn't changed a bit!!
I always had a crush on Blair and still do.
She now hosts a collectables/nostalgia show on MeTV.
I had a big crush on her when I was a kid. She still looks beautiful and I don't think I lost that crush...
I had a HUGE crush on Lisa Whelchel and she looks like she hasn’t aged a day!
She’s still gorgeous!
She has. It's the sitcom lights. She'll be 60 in may.
Lisa looks good!
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH....❤❤❤❤
Lisa Whelchel looks exactly the same!!! I literally was so confused on how they got her to sing looking the same as she did 40 sumthin years ago!!!
Y’all forget Lisa was a Mouseketeer. Disney don’t age
Sue Ann from season 1 was on the new Mouseketeers too I think.
@@blup1sx991yes!
They look good!
You could hear the shock of the audience when Lisa first came out.
Awesome! I wish Kim Fields had her rolling skates on and rolling on the set!
That was only season one. Then a new director came in and completely revamped the show..
@@yanghao8351 I guess you didn’t watch the show geez 🙄
They had her do that just in the thirteen episodes from season 1 because she was so short and two years younger than the other girls.
That was only in the first season because she was so much younger and thus, shorter than the other girls.
I have loved Blair since I can remember. Born in 1980 and watching since I was 2 or 3 years old. What a beauty.😍
OMG! She looks incredible! I grew up watching that show and she was always my favorite. She was such a beautiful teenager and she's hardly aged a day. Awesome!
I had a HUGE crush on Lisa, and 40 years later, nothing has changed! WOW!
OMG! Beautiful Blair! forever! It looks like she just stepped out of a time portal! & She's a grandma!! Go Eastland School! XOXO Thanks for the good memories! We needed this especially now! 👏🏻👏🏻🙂🥰
Lisa Whelchel forever. AND she said she was having trouble with the earpieces and monitors. I screamed when she appeared NGL. She is a TRUE professional and timeless beauty. Forever crush. 💕
This made my heart feel so big
Good God I thought that was her way back in the day. She literally has not aged whatsoever!!
Goosebumps and chills- love it!
That was adorable!!!!
Lisa is all the talk right now. like a comet, her fame has returned, with her beautiful looks, and gracious personality
Lisa was absolutely great. I could not believe how young she looked! Amazing. The years have been so kind to her. It was wonderful to see Mindy and Kim with her. But sorry that Nancy McKeon wasn't there. Kudos to Lisa again, great job.
Nancy was my favorite on the show. Not sure if she’s done anything public since the death of her brother Phillip (best remembered from “Alice”) two years ago.
@@mediachristiantv7472 And nancy could really bring the drama. Very underrated actress. Check out her movie Strange Voices from 87 with valerie harper where she plays a college student afflicted with schizophrenia.
Wow! She really pulled that off. It’s amazing.
A number of years ago, I watched Lisa on Celebrity Survivor. She was so sweet and thoughtful and really played the game ethically. I was also surprised at how good she looked considering the women can't wear any make-up on the show. After that, she co-hosted Jeff Probst's talk show for a little while and I wondered why she wasn't acting more or doing more co-hosting jobs, given her good looks, personality and likability. Fast-forward to this live show, and I'm stunned to see her still looking so good!
She’s starred in a few Hallmark movies over the years, so she’s still acting occasionally.
Lisa whelchel and her facts of life buddy, Kim fields starred in a Hallmark movie together a few years ago. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 - Oh, I would have loved to have seen that! Thanks for letting me know about it.
@@deborahblackvideoediting8697 the Hallmark movie was called for better or worse. Lisa whelchel and kim fields were great in the movie. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
This woman hasn't aged at all. She looks GREAT!!!
OMG Lisa looks incredible. I just love her. A very good person.
OMG!!!! Lisa hasn't aged a BIT! Just amazing to see them together again...but WOW!!!
When you realize that Lisa is 5 years older that Charlotte Rae was when the show first started 😱
And looks the same as from the last episode. She been in a Tardis for this time?
😮
Dam, time flies
@@erichanson426 And the Facts Of Life hour long series finale was technically a working spinoff for Blair as I recall! 🤔
Kim is older than Charlotte was when she was hired for Different Strokes, so she's older than Mrs. Garrett. Even more depressing, Kim was actually a couple years younger than Tootie who was already the youngest.
Holy geez....watched this show often. Lisa hasn't aged a day....amazing!
I remember watching this, my jaw dropping as Lisa came on the screen .
I'm 67 and I enjoyed this song..love those Golden girls..
Mimi, you also look like you found the fountain of youth, too. You look much younger than 67. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Fun fact - Charlotte Rae (Mrs. Garrett) was 53 years old during the first season of The Facts of Life. Lisa Whelchel (Blair) was 58 in this video.
One of my favorite shows as a kid.
Lisa was and is still, my favorite "Facts" girl!
She still looks great in her school uniform.
It still fits 40 years later!
This is an amazing full circle event. I grew up with this show and it inspired so much of my life!! These ladies and this show are absolutely timeless!~
What a great voice Lisa has, wish I would have known about this reunion beforehand, I missed it.
Make it come back with the original cast! This show could be so relevant now!!!!
All the Facts of Life girls now women look amazing. Both Julies, Felice, Nancy, Molly, Lisa, Mindy, Kim all of them. Most of them are in their early 60s and haven't aged a day.
Clearly Lisa Whelchel has been living right. She was amazing.