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- From: AVRK90@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Kevin Cox)
- Subject: Re: Eight is Enough question
- Organization: Motorola
- Date: 20 Dec 1992 23:53:39 MST
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- From: tovah@panix.com (Tovah Hollander)
- Subject: Re: Eight is Enough question
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.020522.10486@panix.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 02:05:22 GMT
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- >> Diana Hyland did die of cancer sometime during the 1st season. I remember
- >>the family dealing with it even after Tom met and started dating Abby. The
- >>other notable incident is that she was dating John Travolta when she died.
- >
- >I remember reading a semi-funny, semi-poignant article from around the
- >time of the second season about the *real* mother of the clan (her name
- >was also Joan), continuing to watch the show with her family but having
- >to put up with this stranger named Abby now married to her "husband" --
- >she found it quite distressing and kind of wished that they had just
- >re-cast "Joan" when Hyland died.
- >
- >*NOT* that I would dream of admitting that I watched this show with
- >*ANY* sort of regularity or interest or anything, but I'm curious: Does
- >anyone else remember the acrostic mnemonic which Nicholas used to remember
- >all of their names? (Hint: It begins "Dumb Martians...")
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- Good question! Nicholas was noodles, that's the only one I remember!
- Anyone else??
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- Kevin
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