While I won't be around to see the show, I do have some predictions on what the cast is up to these days:

Ann Romano: Still acting as the feminist agent of change in the capital of social progress, Indianapolis. Among her sage advice to fellow mothers: allow your horny handyman easy access to your apartment and teen-aged daughters any time of day or night. And, of course, she hasn't gotten laid since 1974.

Barbara Cooper: No doubt a MILF teaching 11th grade math to boys with erections under their desks.

Julie Cooper: Well, I was gonna say drugged out and depressed after living two more decades of being "the ugly sister," but judging from that photo up there, she roared back to be quite fetching. Then again, there is some conflicting evidence of that. So we'll go with drugged-out, divorced but doable-on-only a-few-beers real-estate broker.

Dwayne Schneider: Surprisingly not dead of lung cancer, chain-smoking Schneider is still doing what he does best — trying to catch 15-year-old girls in their bathrobes and, of course, unclogging other people's toilets. He was inducted into the Handyman Hall of Fame in 1998.

When did One Day at a Time Jump the Shark? If you ask me, starting on Day One for One Day. First, women's lib and comedy don't mix. Second, how can you have a show about women being on their own when Schneider did all the work and provided all the comedy?

Here's what others had to say about when the show started to tank:

"When Glen Scarpelli joined the cast. He thought he was Adrian Zmed, but he wasn't. He couldn't have carried Grease 2 like Zmed did. Schneider didn't need some bratty sidekick to screw up his chances to get some women. And you know that Schneider could get women with that tool belt. It implied that he had a big tool and knew how to use it."

"The first time Ms. Romano appeared sans bra. Man, would somebody buy that woman a bra? While the show was tolerable the first couple of seasons, if anyone can honestly say they are able to sit through an episode nowadays, well, can you say 'braindead'?"

"This show had so many Jump the Shark moments, I'm surprised it didn't turn into one giant piece of shark feces by about 1983. For one thing, it had way too many serious twists and turns for a sitcom. I don't watch sitcoms for any kind of social awareness or moral value. I watch them to laugh my ass off."

"I can't believe no one has mentioned the fact that Bonnie Franklin was the hammiest, most heavy-handed actress alive! Her sense of comic timing was non-existent, and her hideous, over-wide, oddly distorted mouth could frighten small children on Halloween."

"Who's stupid idea was it to make Bonnie Franklin portray an Italian?"

"Did you notice how Bonnie franklin couldn't address anyone without using the angry pre-fixes 'Damnit!' or 'Ahh!' Examples: 'Damnit, Julie!' or 'Damnit, Barbara!' or 'Ahh, Julie!' (while slapping her forehead), or 'Damnit, Schneider!' She was one angry clown-faced bitch!"

"The episode where the retarded guy was helping Schneider with the handyman stuff. There was a gas leak, and I remember hoping the place would blow up!"

"Ann Romano was the scariest chick on T.V. Never wore a bra, had yellow, shiny teeth and was impishly short. I always felt as if she smelled like dirty pantyhose."

"Whenever a friend of mine falls into the habit of yammering on about how awful their life is and how no one understands them, I always respond, "Quit your Ann Romano-ing!"

(Thanks, Karen, for the link)

In other news, today is the 25th anniversary of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team kicking the Russians in the balls, 4-3, in Lake Placid, N.Y. Congrats to the team as they celebrate their achievement of breaking the hearts of all the little Russian hockey fans that were watching.