Ready or Not
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Ready or Not (French title: Premières fois) was a television program which aired on the Showtime Movie Channel and later on the Disney Channel and Global Television Network for 5 seasons and 65 episodes between January 1, 1993 and January 1, 1997. The program follows teenagers Amanda Zimm (Laura Bertram) and Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone (Lani Billard) throughout life's struggles. The show began as a short film and was titled "Thirty-Two Double A". Eventually the producers saw that the show had the ability to be really popular and turned it into a series. Throughout the show's 5 year run, the girls matured from the sixth grade to the ninth grade. The show ends when one of the main characters (Amanda Zimm) has to move to the west coast. Her best friend on the show, Busy Ramone, stays back.
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[edit] Cast
- Laura Bertram as Amanda Zimm
- Lani Billard as Elizabeth "Busy" Maria Teresa Carlita Ramone
- Gail Kerbel as Phyllis Zimm
- John Lefebvre as Leonard Zimm
- Diana Reis as Lucy Ramone
- Gerry Mendicino as Sam Ramone
- Joseph Griffin as Manny Ramone
- Fab Filippo as Dominick "Dom" Ramone
- Noah Plener as Frankie Ramone
- Amos Crawley as Bernie Sagittarius "Sag" Chearney
- Benjamin Plener as Michael 'Monkey Ears'
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1
- 101 - Thirty-Two Double A
- 102 - Smoke Screen
- 104 - Busy's Curse
- 103 - Model Perfect
- 105 - The Big Gulp
- 106 - Members Only
- 107 - The Worst Thing That Happened And The Best Thing That Didn't
- 108 - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
- 109 - Double Talk
- 110 - Black or White or Maybe Grey
- 111 - Origins of Man
- 112 - Wild Life
- 113 - Tricky Kisses
[edit] Season 2
- 201 - Beyond the Birds and the Bees
- 202 - First Date
- 203 - Family Therapy
- 204 - Poor Little Rich Girl
- 205 - A Little White Lie
- 206 - White Girls Can't Jump
- 207 - Break Up
- 208 - Amanda's Romance
- 209 - Dear Troy
- 210 - The New Deal
- 211 - Monkey See, Monkey Do
- 212 - Flunky
- 213 - Am I Perverted Or What?
[edit] Season 3
- 301 - My Buddy Buddy
- 302 - The Last Hurrah
- 303 - Tongue Tied
- 304 - Under One Roof
- 305 - Crossing The Line
- 306 - Three's A Crowd
- 307 - Crater Face
- 308 - Thin Ice
- 309 - Swear To God
- 310 - Just Friends
- 311 - Sweet Thirteen
- 312 - Sister, Sister
- 313 - Nothing In Common
[edit] Season 4
- 401 - First Day of Junior High
- 402 - The Grass is Greener
- 403 - Where Do I Belong?
- 404 - Glamour Girl
- 405 - I Do, I Don't
- 406 - The Girlfriend
- 407 - Prince Charming
- 408 - Family Album
- 409 - First Serious Party
- 410 - Heroes
- 411 - Warts And All
- 412 - Girls Night In
- 413 - What's Yours is Mine
[edit] Season 5
- 501 - Coming Home
- 502 - Your Fifteen Minutes Are Up
- 503 - Cross My Heart
- 504 - Your Own Money
- 505 - Let Me Make My Own Mistakes
- 506 - When A Kiss Is Just A Kiss
- 507 - Get A Life
- 508 - Saint Carla
- 509 - Graduation
- 510 - Second Generation
- 511 - All Or Nothing
- 512 - Great Is...Great
- 513 - Hello, Goodbye
[edit] Trivia
- Laura Bertram played an only Jewish child but in reality she was a Catholic Christian with two sisters
- Lani Billard played an Italian girl with 3 brothers, but in real life is an only child and Jewish.[1]
- Lani Billard currently resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is a flourishing singer-songwriter.
- Laura Bertram was a ceramics instructor at Camp Kilcoo in Canada.
- Lani Billard has said she loves visiting Canada's Wonderland.
- According to an interview Laura Bertram gave on www.laurabertram.net, she would love to have had a guest role in That 70's Show
- Billard appeared in 2003's Owning Mahowny, while Bertram will be seen in 2006's Solitaire.
- Ready or Not first aired on January 1, 1993 and aired the series finale on the same date in 1997.
- Laura Bertram also stared in several episodes in the Canadian television series Are You Afraid of the Dark?
- A song was recorded by Phoenix based rappers Trey Snow & Young Tighteyez entitled "Ready Or Not"
