How Esther Rolle Got Her Spin Off

Wow, Bea was racist?

And who is Connie?

^^ Conrad Bain, who played Arthur.

How awkward.

[quote]Bill Macey

Ah yes, Bill Macey, the lesser-known twin brother of actor Bill Macy.

Wow, talk about ratched. I just assume everyone is racist to some extent, some are more polite about it than others, you can't legislate how people feel. But that was a nasty scenario... Very disappointing, but life is disappointing. We all have to make a more concerted effort to allow the better angels of our nature to shine through, to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln...

First time ever hearing Bea Arthur was a racist. I knew she was a drunk and temperament but never a racist.

Also, I remember on RuPaul’s VH1 TV show reunited Bea and Esther and they both chatted with each other like ole friends. We’re they faking it for the cameras?

You guys cannot seriously be this stupid.

The OP's post is unsourced and riddled with basic spelling errors. You think it's real? Come the fuck on, people.

*Were they faking it for the cameras. Damn iPhone’s autocorrect

Bea would openly criticize Esther's acting abilities, saying she didn't know how to play comedy.

"She don't do windows and she don't do comedy."

Now you know why you never saw any blacks on The Golden Girls aside from when Bea demanded Rue & Betty appear in blackface to mock guest stars.

r10.

Remember us?

Esther Rolle was the best part of Maude. I saw her some years later onstage in Chicago in a a play based on King Lear, in which she played a Caribbean mother. It was called Dame Lorraine. She was devastating—one of the ten greatest performances I’ve ever seen.

Very funny, OP. No, not really. Bea Arthur was a drunk, but OP's story is waaaay too stupid to be real.

F&F for OP

As a gayling watching the show with my parents I always preferred Mrs. Nell Naugatuck. I thought she came out of Mary Poppins or something like that.

[quote]Remember us?

A maid, a loon and an object for sex

I distinctly remember Bea and Esther did a George Schlosser comedy/variety/feminist show called "The Shape of Things" and sang an ode to men's butts called "Buns."

Was Esther thinking about her co-star John Amos when she was singing about men's butts?

So R1 is one of those newbie-headed "supportive" cunts who has to jump in and ask about (1.) the point of the thread and (2.) the meaning of a name appearing in the third sentence of the OP's post.

R1 is what would be called, by the assembled casts and crews of "Maude," "Good Times," "What's Happening!!", "The Billy Graham Crusade Show," "Louis Farrakhan Live," "60 Minutes" and "The View," as a cunt.

How could I have lived this long and never previously heard that Bea Arthur was virulently racist?

[QUOTE] "Louis Farrakhan Live"

How does one get booked on this show? Asking for a friend.

I kinda like how Bea called Adreinne "titty" to let her know exactly why she was on the show.

Bea also openly criticized Adrienne Barbeau's acting talents, saying she much preferred Marcia Rodd who played the part in the pilot.

Adrienne Barbeau published an autobiography in 2007 and a shorter memoir in 2017.

Amazon lists no upcoming biography.

OP is a liar (as if that weren't already clear).

Fuck OP for turning Bea into robbing Ravi’s.

OP is obviously a joke, but R9 is accurate. That quote is on video during Bea's interview with the Museum of Broadcasting or something like that. I've seen it.

Of Barbeau, Bea said "Well, she tried. The other girl from the pilot was much better as my daughter." Bea was talking about Marcia Rodd.

Bea didn't like Esther. Was she threatened by Esther's talent?

Bea was a role-model hero to a lot of young people and especially gaylings, but she really was a monster.

When Rufus Wainright met her, he admitted that she was his idol in youth, thinking of her as his kind of fairy godmother.

And Bea replied, "I'm not your fucking godmother."

I can believe every word of this!

For some reason OP thinks they are funny. There’s nothing clever or funny about this stupidity at all, this idiot is just wasting peoples time. The most annoying thing in the world is people who think they are funny and aren’t.

[quote] The OP's post is unsourced and riddled with basic spelling errors.

He sourced to Adrienne Barbeau's autobiography.

And not sure what spelling errors has to do with anything.

I can't believe all of the gullible ninnies who thought OP's post was real. Get governesses, the lot of you.

I knew OP's post was bs, but calling Adrienne Barbeau by "Titty" was pretty funny.

She didn’t come across as warm and cuddly. Nor did she have to. But I would have kept my distance from her.

Very funny post OP. Bea calling Adrienne "Titty"? LOL. Adrienne always had nice things to say about Bea so I'm pretty sure she didn't call her that. There's a very funny Maude episode where a couple of swingers want to have sex with Maude and Walter. Then the man starts hitting on Carol and Maude says "You don't want Carol. You should see her first thing in the morning, completely flat-chested!" I thought that was hilarious.

Wow way to troll, OP. This is lying garbage done very poorly.

I thought the fake "Bea Arthur was racist" thread dated back to last year. It's only from May? This summer has gone on FOREVER.

I wish it would end already.

R38, there's still almost a month and a half until Labor Day.