# What's the first thing you think of when I say the name "Morgan Fairchild"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054 "2014-08-31T16:19:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/21 "2014-08-31T17:37:15Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > (3) The one woman featured as the one woman in the one-and-only issue of the nudie magazine _One Woman_. [Cathy Lee Crosby](http://www.amazon.com/Cathy-Lee-Crosby-magazine-Spring/dp/B003VWHB0Q), issue #2. Not really a nudie magazine, ISTM. I also thought of the pathological liar character. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/22 "2014-08-31T17:46:59Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Shoulder pad on suits. Really big shoulder pads. She played football? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![orangeapples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@orangeapples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orangeapples)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/23 "2014-08-31T17:55:04Z")
The first thing I thought of when I read the thread title was similar to > [@Revtim](#): > > I think of the actress, whom I thought was very attractive. The second, and it was a very close second, would be along the lines of > [@Colibri](#): > > [John Lovitz’s “pathological liar” character.](https://screen.yahoo.com/jon-lovitz-snl-skits/jon-lovitz-tommy-flanagan-oliver-000000619.html) I remember the joke a lot better than I remember the actress herself. Although the latter half of **Colibri** ’s comment would not apply to me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/24 "2014-08-31T17:58:39Z")
A charming delicate actress from the 1980s. I look at a lot of old photos. I have more difficulty remembering whom Morgan Freeman is. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/25 "2014-08-31T18:04:03Z")
Some really old primetime soap opera I can’t remember the name of because I never watched but was tangentially aware of. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/26 "2014-08-31T18:08:46Z")
Her getting electrocuted in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/27 "2014-08-31T18:16:16Z")
Didn’t she play Chandler’s mom? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/28 "2014-08-31T18:17:26Z")
Chandler’s mom and Jon Lovitz. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/29 "2014-08-31T18:18:59Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > She played football? :eek: No. Women’s fashion in the 80s is known for large shoulder pads on business suits. I’m sure you could google some images. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/30 "2014-08-31T18:19:15Z")
Star Trek, TOS. Yes, she was an alien. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/31 "2014-08-31T18:21:38Z")
Mork and Mindy. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/32 "2014-08-31T18:23:09Z")
Blonde B-list starlet. Chandler Bing’s mom (and Kathleen Turner’s ex-wife). ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/33 "2014-08-31T18:40:43Z")
A character on Mr Rogers Neighborhood. Googling tells me that it’s actually Lady Elaine Fairchilde I’m thinking of. It also tells me that she looks a lot like Quentin Tarantino. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/34 "2014-08-31T18:54:43Z")
OK, so I guess the Jon Lovitz Pathological Liar bit with “My wife… Morgan Fairchild… whom I’ve slept with” isn’t as widely known as I thought it was. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/35 "2014-08-31T19:00:09Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > A character on Mr Rogers Neighborhood. > > Googling tells me that it’s actually Lady Elaine Fairchilde I’m thinking of. It also tells me that she looks a lot like Quentin Tarantino. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/36 "2014-08-31T19:05:55Z")
I just think of Morgan Fairchild when I hear the name, no role in particular. But I do get the reference to the joke, there was a missed opportunity there. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/37 "2014-08-31T19:06:10Z")
“My wife…Morgan Fairchild! Yeaaahhh…that’s it!” is what I think of. But I’m a little too young to remember when she was even a B-list celebrity. She was somebody who was on daytime game shows and made sitcom appearances playing vaguely veiled versions of herself who added nothing to the plot. One of those “famous for being famous” types. It’s been long enough since Friends’ first season that what was once a semi-stunt casting then is now just “the one who plays Chandler’s mom”. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/38 "2014-08-31T19:06:52Z")
I’m familiar with the SNL character. Forgot he claimed he slept with her. Yeah, that’s the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/39 "2014-08-31T19:14:35Z")
\*\*What’s the first thing you think of when I say the name “Morgan Fairchild”? \*\*The first thing I thought of was: Blond hair. This was followed immediately by the second thought: Jon Lovitz pronouncing the name. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054/40 "2014-08-31T19:38:08Z")
I think of Old Navy. > [@Acsenray](#): > > (2) “… My wife! … Whom I’ve slept with!” (Jon Lovitz as Tommy Flanagan). Chibs/the jazz pianist? Does he hang out with Bruce Dickinson (not that one)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of-when-i-say-the-name-morgan-fairchild/697054.md?page=3)