Flopcast 482: The Backs of Life 5 - The Big Fight

<p>We're up to 1982 in our series of 80s-themed episodes, and it's time to review another Facts of Life backdoor pilot! This one looks eerily similar to a previous backdoor pilot, as the boys of Stone Academy get another shot at a spinoff series! But this time instead of a school dance, the plot involves a school boxing tournament. (Back in 1982, viewers probably thought they were watching Rocky III.) And the cast has been expanded to include a pretty nurse, a scary kid named Mongo (probably working for Ming the Merciless), a cameo by (then unknown) Crispin Glover, and 80s supernerd Eddie Deezen! (You know Eddie from Grease, Wargames, and a billion other things. He out-nerds us all.) Did it all work? Of course not. But it's magnificent. Also: 80s trivia with the ESO Network Board of Directors, and Happy Birthday to Tootie's real life mom. Next week: 1983. Of course.</p> <p><a href="https://flopcast.net/index.html" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Flopcast website!</a></p> <p><a href="https://esonetwork.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The ESO Network!</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Flopcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Flopcast on Facebook!</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_flopcast/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Flopcast on Instagram!</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/Flopcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Flopcast on Twitter!</a></p> <p><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-flopcast/id526877428?ign-mpt=uo%3D4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Please rate and review The Flopcast on Apple Podcasts!</a></p> <p>Email: info@flopcast.net</p> <p><a href="http://spongeawareness.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Our music is by The Sponge Awareness Foundation!</a></p> <p>This week's promos:<br /> <a href="https://earthstationdcu.libsyn.com/podcast" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Earth Station DCU!</a><br /> <a href="https://www.vaccines.gov/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Doctor Geek's (NEW!) vaccination PSA!</a><br /> <a href="http://f