We will not sing that theme song but we are here with television icon, Mindy Cohn. You Might Know Her From The Facts of Life, Violet Tendencies, Scooby Doo, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and A Nice Girl Like You. Mindy talked to us about her deep ties to the LGBTQ community, taking on the iconic voice role of Velma Dinkley in Scooby Doo, and, of course, Facts of Life talk (from her casting to the final seasons with Cloris Leachman). This one was chock-full of goodies! Happy New Year, bbs!

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Damian watched all of The Flight Attendant with Kaley Cuoco, Rosie Perez, and Ann Harada (!)

Ann Harada full episode of YMKHF

We both watched The Wilds

Sakina Jaffrey has a role in Soul (full YMKHF episode wiith Sakina) 

Annaleigh Ashford in The Undoing (full YMKHF with Annaleigh)

Mary Kay Place in The Prom, of course! (full YMKHF with Mary Kay)

Tracey Ullman is 10 years younger than her best friend, Meryl Streep

Mindy watches Real Housewives (Kim Fields was on Atlanta) and Survivor (Lisa Whelchel was on Phillippines)

Mindy has famous gay friends like Isaac Mizrahi (designer), Mickey Boardman (Editorial Director at Paper Magazine), Simon Doonan (Barney’s)

Violet Tendencies (Mindy’s first sex scene)

Charlotte Rae and Normal Lear discovered her at her real school, Westlake High School 

Natalie loses her virginity to her boyfriend ‘Snake’ (this was originally Blair’s storyline but Lisa Whelchel vetoed it because of her religion) on S9, ep16: “First Time”

Fabian and Bobby Rydell on The Facts of Life (ep 62: Pick Up Story)

Table Settings with Stockard Channing, Dinah Manoff and Eileen Heckart (Robert Klein played her dad) 

Loved Ruth Gordon, Geraldine Page, and Cloris Leachman

Was the voice of Velma Dinkley (!) from Scooby-Doo for 15 years

Worked with an all-star voiceover cast Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, and Grey DiLisle

Velma is a lesbian! 

In 2017 she came forward with the fact that she battled cancer for five years 

Bret and Josh Beekman 1802

Were Cloris Leachman and Charlotte best friends or rivals? Cloris came on when Charlotte left the show. Both were at Northwestern but were not friends there because Charlotte was younger

Marion Ross got the job, but Cloris called Norman Lear because she needed the gig! Marion was replaced before she even did an episode. 

Cloris is a class act and wrote all the girls letters as Beverly Ann Stickle stationary before joining the show

Mindy participated in Worst Cooks in America, What Not to Wear, Celebrity Ghost Stories, Long Island Medium

David Boreanz is a dick and doesn’t do coverage

Mindy bowed out of the first season of The Surreal Life and offered up Gabrielle Carteris in her stead 

Refuses to discuss whether or not she is godmother to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s kids. 

Fuck Marry Kill: Brian Setzer Orchestra (“Jump Jive an Wail”), Cherry Poppin Daddies (“Zoot Suit Riot”), Squirrel Nut Zippers (“Put a Lid On It”)

Mindy sang background vocals on Michael Jackson’s “PYT” and is good friends with Janet

Mindy Cohn was in an episode of Suddenly Susan with Brooke Shields, who was in The Other Guys with next week’s guest

Meryl Streep sings too much: Postcards from the Edge, Ricki and the Flash, Death Becomes Her, Mamma Mia, A Prairie Home Companion (not mentioned: Into the Woods eek)

Mandy Patinkin spit on Toni Collette in the Broadway production of The Wild Party and she slapped him. She said she’ll never do Broadway again :(