The internet knows all. The character's name was Kathy, the actress's name was Melanie Watson, she has osteogenesis imperfecta, and she's now known as Melanie Bernhardt and runs an organization that trains shelter dogs to be service dogs for people with disabilities.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Hil R. - Feb 24, 2009 6:22:36 pm PST #1934 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
brenda m - Feb 24, 2009 6:26:56 pm PST #1935 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh yeah, I remember her.
Hil R. - Feb 24, 2009 6:29:41 pm PST #1936 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Arnold and Kathy: [link]
Why do I remember this? The show went off the air when I was four years old! I guess I watched reruns or something. I remember liking her because she would say snarky things back to the kids who were teasing her.
amych - Feb 24, 2009 6:34:22 pm PST #1937 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Hey, now that I see the face, I totally remember Kathy! I'm so glad she grew up cool!
Hil R. - Feb 24, 2009 6:44:53 pm PST #1938 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Wow. The internet really does have everything. Hulu has 5-minute mini episodes made from a bunch of Diff'rent Strokes episodes, including the first one with Kathy. [link] Somehow, her comebacks don't seem as witty now as they did when I was six. "Don't EVER call me handicapped. I'm handi-capable, turkey!"
WindSparrow - Feb 24, 2009 8:16:49 pm PST #1939 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
From CuteOverload: "Bedtime for Igor"
Beverly - Feb 24, 2009 9:04:51 pm PST #1940 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
sj, did you tell the parents, "I'll be happy to explain my disability to your sprog, immediately after you explain your lack of sensitivity and tact"? And that's the polite version.
Vortex, I'd give a lot to be a fly on the wall at that meeting. He deserves every coat of paint you strip off him. And you know I love to hear you employ your vocabulary.
I think the main thought that occurred to me catching up was, "Stupid people are stupid." I've found no real reason to revise that opinion.
Todd, I'm exceedingly glad you were able to evacuate successfully. I'm sorry about your neighbors, and I hope the detector retrofit is as simple and efficient as possible.
Laura - Feb 25, 2009 2:35:08 am PST #1941 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Loves on Beverly, not that that is news.
The first up close friend that the kids had that was in a wheelchair was Matt next door when he broke his neck. Being kids and knowing Matt they asked all kinds of questions. It was new to Matt too and he was incredibly patient with them.
Just found out my phone answering person won't be in today so I better get my show on the road here.
vw bug - Feb 25, 2009 3:38:24 am PST #1942 of 30000
Mostly lurking...
I have a newly found understanding and respect for the words, "This hurts me more than it hurts you," in regards to punishment.
sj - Feb 25, 2009 3:47:34 am PST #1943 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sj, did you tell the parents, "I'll be happy to explain my disability to your sprog, immediately after you explain your lack of sensitivity and tact"? And that's the polite version.
I usually just walk away, which apparently makes me the rude one.