I watch the Golden Girls nightly

A Golden Girls thread? How refreshing!

Barbara Thorndyke was fabulous, too!

This is the lamest Golden Girls thread in DL history.

Heretic.

Babs Thorndyke was a dummy

And of course Blanche knows what a metaphor is.

Herb Edelman made that show.

Yes, I find that shit very soothing too. Watch it nightly on Hallmark Channel.

R7 = Louise Sorel

Edelman? He's Jewish, isn't he?

Barbara, you can tell by powder blue tuxedo.

R9: I preferred to call her my Vivvy Wivvy.

R11: He can't come to the club. It's restricted.

Riddle me this, Barbara - whose rules are they? Huh?

Sophia got the most laughs.

I go down to the women's bar and watch it with all my Lebanese friends.

[quote] Sophia got the most laughs.

No. Coco did!

Dorothy had the best lines.

[quote] Dorothy had the best lines.

No. Coco did!

It was impossible to like the character that Getty played. Is that her fault of the fault of the writers.

Cable edits out some good lines. Hulu and DVD being back the full episodes.

[quote] Is that her fault of the fault of the writers.

[quote] Hulu and DVD being back the full episodes.

R14: It's the club's policy, not mine. I tolerate it because of the great breakfast served and the free parking.

You’re the daughter of a whore, Barbara!

You promise me green card!

I find it soothing too. After a stressful day in these times we're living in, a GG episode can take me right out of it and offer some laughs.

OP , YOU GO GUUURL !!!

R26: I beg your pardon?

Oh yeah, OP, I know you. You're the one with nothing going on in your bedroom.

OP, would you like a signed copy of my latest novel, "So Flaming the Homo in Sunny Orlando"?

You're not Barbara Thorndyke, R29 and you never will be.

So you say it's soothing? I'm going to give an episode or two a try then.

R29: I've grown so much as a writer since then.

Sal vis mihi factum est?

R33: Fake Barbara!

Who was the actor who played Norman? If you to 1:04 in this clip of Bea's Emmy win, he's sitting next to Estelle.

Just how many bedrooms did blanches house have? Four? Five? I noticed only one bedroom off the living room. Did any share bathrooms?

R7 I agree he was very underrated. It’s hard to play the loveable loser.

And I loved Rue’s Emmy speech.

Are you my long lost twin, OP? I watch it nightly too; all seasons burned onto my laptop. I watch, then listen, until I fall asleep after two or three episodes. After S7E7, I start over again from S1E1 and go through the episodes nightly for several weeks. This has been going on for about five years at least.

I love those few seconds of opening music, the violins, and the image of the house. So "soothing," just as you say. Like a sleeping pill.

I remember the show from when I was a kid, but didn't understand or appreciate it then.

I agree about the talent of White, McClanahan and Arthur and that Getty was the weakest link. But that weak link was still pretty strong because they gave her such good quips and she delivered those well. She did less well when the Sophia character had a strong storyline.

Now that I have practically every show memorized I notice the costumes and props more closely. The yellow kitchen curtains, the Matisse print on the living room wall next to the kitchen door, the surreal backdrop behind the lanai.

Why do you stop at S7E7, R38? I know the second half of the last season isn't great, but at that point, shouldn't you just continue to the end?

^ Oops, Yes I do go to the end.

I must go now. Norman is waiting for me in bed, as well as a dashing young Moroccan.

I agree, OP, very soothing. I also find Getty to generally be the weak link, but considering that I've been watching the show on a pretty regular basis since its original run, I've gone through phases where I prefer one actress/character more than others. I went a long time with Mcclanahan was my favorite and I still think she is the strongest technical actress of the four, but lately Dorothy/Bea has gone back to being my favorite. I think Sophia has always been the one that I've liked the least, as her comedy is the easiest (jokiest) and her delivery and timing are not quite as sharp as the others, but lately I've found myself liking her character more and don't think she's as weak a link as I used to think she was.

I watch GG nightly too. Betty White was always my favorite. As an adult I like Dorothy more now.

Dorothy was the glee keeping it together. But every one of them was funny.

At first, Bea playing Dorothy was my favorite as she was the obvious "glue" to the group and her deadpan humor and deep voice was very funny. I felt the Blanche character was too easy: everybody loves the sexpot. But the more I watched I realized how talented and funny Rue was playing that character. Her tone of voice and body movements are pitch perfect. I learned later that she rehearsed quite a lot to make that happen. And when I used to think the ninny Rose character was boring, I realized how much Betty White brought to that role: that blank cheerful stare and nonchalant delivery of surprising and absurd St. Olaf stories. She really was a versatile actress, considering the other TV character she's best known for is Sue Ann Nivens.

Estelle Getty improved as the series went along. Just sayin'

Estelle was really hit and miss. She wasn't as consistently on the mark as the other three. She wasn't terrible, though. For a TV sitcom she was good, but she was on the set with actresses who were great.

I loved Estelle and thought all four actresses were brilliant. I cannot imagine anyone else playing Sophia.

Rue always gasping for air between words annoyed the shit out of me.

Rue was probably the best all around actress, but - and I’ve probably noticed this only on like the 10th viewing - but Betty was always totally in character even when she was barely in the frame or in an episode where she had maybe five/six lines (common in the later seasons)...

Yes Estelle Getty was so weak that she had the highest Q rating in the history of television, including the incomparable Lucille Ball. There really are some bozos here.

Norman Lear is still alive.

She learned it from Mammy Watkins, r50.

"Then... who... gave... him... THIS... one?"

I have the entire series on disc.

Every once in a while I'll put on a disc and watch a few episodes.

It's so weird because I know most of the lines.

Will there ever be another Dorothy Zbornak?

[quote] Dorothy was the glee keeping it together.

R41: You are not me and will never have my lovers.

R50: It's called an orgasm, dear. I've been getting multiple ones from Norman all weekend.

Golden girls is and has always been my anti depressant. I usually keep it on 24-7 on the background. That music between the opening theme and the opening scene is my happiness

I think Estelle got better as the series went on. Some her delivery in the last two seasons were hilarious.

Actually I thought Estelle got worse as time went on. By season 6 or 7, she just seemed to be going through the motions. They all were to an extent, but she was the worst at covering that up.

I agree r62. She was always the most hit or miss (and when she did hit I agree she was the best) , but the ratio of misses got worse after the first I’d say two and a half seasons. I think that had to do with the writers changing her character as much as anything into something way too cloying. That and the fact that too many story lines focused on her.

All that said I actually preferred Rose more in the later seasons when she was more of a supporting character - and more dimwitted slash sassy and less sappy. I think it suited Betty’s talents better.

I want the Golden Girls in me, quite deeply.

Rue said that Estelle constantly needed help with her line readings. She tended to emphasize the wrong wrong in a line of dialogue. None of it was as intuitive to her as it was to the other ladies. Estelle's need to be coached all the time apparently worked Bea's last nerve.

R65, well Bea had dabbled in dramatics since an early age.

Getty was my favorite. I think her lines were more difficult. She had to deliver one liners a lot and her character wasn't given as much nuance as the others. She couldn't rely on any range of tone or subtlety. I think she did a great job with it. I thought it worked with her being the oldest that she was pretty deadpan in her delivery and her personality was up for whatever might get her by. She had a way of giving understanding while elbowing her way through.

The Mortimer Club had the most delicious Monday morning breakfast and I really needed it after my weekend escapades with Norman. He certainly has given me inspiration for my next novel on which I am currently working entitled "Young Man, Older Woman".

Listen, Thorny, a little of that goes a very long way.

Hang it up, already!

Thank you r69.

R69: I beg your pardon?

Barbara, I need to tell you something before I die: I am your biological mother.

I adore Barbara T. She inspired me to go to Morocco and let a young Moroccan guy took advantage of me;)

Barbara, we must do lunch before I head back to Minneapolis. What day works for you?

Hello Madge!

Face it, Barbara. R69 is limited.

All of these Barbara posts in this thread are like a stunning Moroccan broach on a plaid outfit.

I would love to see the character of Barbara Thorndyke on an episode of SVU, I could totally see her murdering her young lover after seeing his lack of foreskin and realizing...

Lol R79

I have been feeling a bit blue lately. I'm going to go to the gym then come watch some of my Girls til it's bedtime

Of course. I should have known.

OP, I do the same and think the same about the Brazilian HotBoys.com.

I was just having the most delightful conversation with Rose and Madge here.

OP, I used to do the same thing at night with "Roseanne"... until Barr fucked it up for me :( Now I play old Stern Sagas, Ellen, Alf, or indeed The Golden Girls.

It has to be dated shows and thus anxiety-free. The present world makes me so anxious I can barely watch anything current.

I love it that anywhere I go, I'm guaranteed to be the only person in the room who would get the "No, I'm upset because Phyllis George left the morning news" joke.

I am stunned by some of these comments

I know if I had a problem I would want to confide in someone like me.

[quote] a stunning Moroccan broach

Oh, dear.

It's very amusing how several people here are suddenly pretending to be me. They are...limited.

Did Miss Thorndyke ever hook up with Dirk?

No, but Norman did.

I would never date Dirk. He was not particularly bright, and I have no time for someone whose mind is devoid of all ideas and thoughts.

This thread is writhing around like a salted slug.

It’s so telling about DL how obsessed they are with this uber cunt.

R94=Madge

Why would a minister be presiding over a funeral for Mr. Pincus? Pincus, that's Jewish isn't it?

R93: Let's not make a fuss. We can always go to another DataLounge thread.

Barbara, there are very few threads that serve a great breakfast and offer free parking. Please keep that in mind before moving to another thread.

I'm streaming a season one episode, (Break In)and I swear there's a scene that wasn't included in the TV broadcast, (or else it was edited out of the reruns). Do any of you diehards recall the scene with Rose running away from a man who she thought was going to assault her in a parking garage?

Yes. It turned out to be the parking lot attendant or something innocuous like that.

It's the episode where Rose buys a gun and it WAS broadcast and it IS on the box set.

I think we need to develop a recipe for Pancakes Barbara Thorndyke. Something they'd serve at the Mortimer Club, of course.

I watch the Golden Girls in a nightie.

Thanks, R100, I guess it was just cut from the reruns.

In the original script the security guard grabbed Rose's big tits and she developed selective amnesia.

I've seen that scene where Rose runs from the parking attendant in the reruns on Hallmark. I remember it because they cut away just as the guy is about to grab Rose, so it's a real cliffhanger!

I fucking hate that episode.

Some of those early shows I really wanted to slap the shit out of Rose. And Dorothy wasn’t very likable initially either.

Sophia really was the best thing about many of those early episodes.

Season One was a little tame compared to seasons 3 through 5.

Although Sophia had a good line after trigger-happy Rose shoots at what she thinks is an intruder (Blanche and her date):

(Paraphrasing) Sophia: "I live through a stroke, heart surgery, and two wars. One day I'll belch and Stable Mabel here will blow my head off."

Which is episode is the clip from the opening credits where Blanche is in a red blazer and hides her hand in her sleeve? I've seen each episode like 8000 times and can't remember which one that is from.

Someone on the writing staff must've been a soap fan. I think there were two shout outs to Another World, and a mention of Y&R and even Ryan's Hope.

[quote]I've seen that scene where Rose runs from the parking attendant in the reruns on Hallmark.

Bobby Hill did it better.

Sophia used to fart alot.

[quote]Which is episode is the clip from the opening credits where Blanche is in a red blazer and hides her hand in her sleeve? I've seen each episode like 8000 times and can't remember which one that is from.

I've always wondered this too, I looked it up and this is the explanation on the Golden Girls wiki:

[quote][italic]A deleted scene from this episode was notably included in the series' opening credit sequence. The short scene shows Blanche pulling her arm into the sleeve of her red jacket as Dorothy and Rose gasp. No dialogue is heard during the credits, but it appears Blanche is telling a story of a dog biting someone's hand off (perhaps after the girls are talking about the dog in the kitchen for protection.)[/italic]

While I couldn't find a clip of that scene I did find a cut scene from season 5's [italic]"Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom-Tom"[/italic], the only reason I mention this scene is because I noticed the YouTube channel belongs to a Datalounger.

Thanks for the info R112.

I watch it daily

I get scared at night

Isn't OP's statement true for most DLers?

[quote]a stunning Moroccan broach -- Oh, dear.

Haha, this was me. Even as I was typing "broach" I was thinking something didn't seem right about it...

Face it. r116 is limited.

Go to hell, r117, hmmmm?

^I beg your pardon? Obviously, you are not a member of Miami's literary intelligentsia.

I guess it would have helped if I had mentioned that the red jacket scene was from season 1's "break in"

What’s with the exclamation mark on the front door?

Why are you creatures ignoring me? That's not very nice. I think I once saw Jack and Janet give this treatment to Chrissy on an episode of Three's Company.

[quote] I watch the Golden Girls nightly

You are the saddest, fattest person in human existence.

Not the saddest and fattest, Jeremy @r123.

Oh that was good r124.

Alas! I had to wipe my laptop and all my Golden Girls episodes were lost! How will I get to sleep tonight?

I want you to be there with me when I go!

OP, Estelle Getty made that program. That dingbat character Betty White portrayed makes it difficult to watch to this day. And I see many gay guys identify with Rose Nylund. Well, I wouldn't admit that in public.

Yes, cuntbag OP, that's why Sophia was the favorite character of most people and she got the best lines.

R129 grazie. May all your children be born naked.

R128