At 3:19, those books behind Brenda - all in a row with yellow spines - are Nancy Drew mysteries introduced in that style cover in 1962 by Grosset and Dunlap. I remember them well... read through them voraciously one summer when I was a kid.
@@gayledimitri5887 , I have often thought that if any actor ever deserved a spinoff, it was Julie Kavner. Why CBS did not create a Brenda pilot is one of the great mysteries of all time.
I always feel like my head is hot when I look at her with those pirate scarves on, especially when she wears them indoors. She had such glorious, glossy, thick hair - why cover it up?
She is just way too thin in this season and the pics with the green top. I dont know if she was ill ,dieting too much or anorexic. She looked great for the beauty contest on MTM. And later after this show. I got down too thin like this once and the thin face and bones were like hers. She wore her scarves beautifully no matter her size. Im like her. Hats and scarves just work for me well. Part of it is long hair. Just won't work with short hair.
Brenda and Michael's relationship was destined to fail. He lived in a whole other city, and had a very important job. Sometimes it is the things that we don't do in life that we end up regretting the most. They could have brought Michael back, somehow.
Joe is showing concern for Rhoda when she is sick. Aggressively, for sure, but kind-heartedly. What does Michael look like, asks Rhoda? Almost exactly like Tim Matheson, I would say. Check him out in the movie "Animal House", which would come out in 1978.
I had forgotten just how often we used the word "Terrific" back in the 1970s. Anyone else notice 'Sandy's' Frye boots? I remember going to the mall in 1978 to buy my first and last pair of Frye boots; they cost $70.00 bucks! (they are over $300.00 today) Also, the character 'Sandy' was in the '70s movie 'Car Wash' as the cashier. Wow, am I ever old!
but those Frye boots last for years and years. My mom bought me a pair then and I didn't even ask for them. She told me they better last me MANY years and they did. Frye is still great quality.
All shows and movies are not artistic. The elites are pushing agendas though those puppets. The agenda is divorce. The agenda got completed and the shows are over. Thats why are they all off tbe air. Sad , but true. ( Blackchild production and MAG BITTER TRUTH).
I’m Showing my age, but I’ve just started watching the show and knew I’d seen “ Sandy” from somewhere, then I realised it was Melanie Mayron who played Melissa in 30something, a real blast from the past!, 😊
WHAT A GUY!!!!! Cutest guy to be on Rhoda thus far (sorry Joe!). I think this may be my favorite episode. I am so jealous though. He's so cute and sweet!
I always wonder if Brenda is wearing a wig or if she really had an awful haircut. Her bangs are too short and the rest is so uneven. She is so pretty and sweet, she deserves a better hairstyle.
Jasmina Lipanj Oh my goodness are you young enough to be my Kid? 😘 It's a blanket crocheted with different colors of yarn. In the 70s it was a normal sight to see one folded,over a chair or sofa in every house where I grew up. Most of the color combinations were daring and bold bordering ugly at times. FUN!
I have 3--one was crocheted by my aunt (deceased), one by my grandma (also deceased), and one by a co-worker when I worked for Motorola (she's deceased now too). All are colors I picked out, and are large enough for a king-size bed. I love my afghans, and will treasure them always.
I have one NOT zig-zag (though I had a small one in greens and yellow when I was a kid; not such huge zig-zags, though). The one I have and love is granny squares with a black background and bright, various colors. I've loved it since I was a kid and was so surprised when my stepmother mailed it to me after my dad died. I didn't even know that it was still in existence - it was made by my great-aunt who died in 1984. A friend who crochets was looking at it and told me that it's incredibly complex and would be difficult to make because each colored square is four shades of one of each of 9 different colors (which make diagonal stripes of color). She told me how many different shades of the same type of yarn you'd need to make it, and that it would be quite difficult to find that many shades, at least here in Europe. That afghan is probably the only thing I have from the '70s and the only thing I would want from that ghastly era.
As someone who grew up in the 1970's... yes ! I was bullied, teased, and name called for years by family and friends due to my weight. It was oddly 'normal' behavior for back then to poke fun of someone's weight/ height/ body, but utterly shameful behavior now.
Cindy Sloan Actually, I never thought about it, but they really put Brenda through some pain, but she ends up looking great and succeeding towards the end of the series. Great characters, all of them
Shelley Oh I dunno about that. By 'story arc' do you mean a story arcing across one episode into another? Well there's quite a lot of that I think. It evolves in a linear fashion far more than I remember, watching it this time round. In fact watching them out of order isn't wise, for a start. Yeahhh they've could let this unfold a while. But then....the show would've become 'Brenda' rather than 'Rhoda'!!
@@Shamonwhitehurst252 Brenda looks a bit over weight here for sure but not terribly. I must agree that glorified obesity is not good and seeing it a lot these days.
Tim Matheson? Looks like him. I watched eps of Bonanza when he was a hired hand, and the show was new. If he and Brenda love each other and want a relationship, distance doesn't matter. The writers should have continued the twosome. When my husband and I were in the dating period of our relationship, I lived in Kansas, and his job transferred him to Hawaii. We were loyal to each other, and being physically apart did not ever weaken our love. We were both 21, and it was 1982. After a year, when he was transferred back to Kansas, we married, and have been happily married all this time. Many military people are away from their spouses or sweethearts, and alot of times it never hurts the marriage.
Tim Matheson was cute. God, I remember when he was a hired hand on Bonanza, and it was new.I wouldn't want a boyfriend who would call me his little chubbo. They should have had Brenda date him, and keep in touch while apart. She could have visited him in Washington, D.C. I am amazed Joe cares about Rhoda's cold. She sure got over it fast.They usually last a week.
I love that this episode mentions political topics of the seventies, with Rhoda's grilling the FBI guy about the Bureau's recent history of infiltrations and phone tappings, back when the Church Committee report was in the forefront of everyone's mind.
dianh71 ..... She actually mentioned that to someone in an episode one time. She said it was a twin box spring mattress on top of a wood platform. Back in the 70's when we couldn't afford furniture, like a couch, we would put a twin bed with no headboard longways against a wall, then put throw pillows against the wall like it was the back of the couch. HA, haven't thought about that in years. 😀
OMG! I never knew that people did that back then. See what you learn from complete strangers?! Thank you so much for clearing up the mystery for me. Every time I watched the show and saw the second bed, it bothered me to no end.
Joe and Rhoda were perfect Joe Aries Rhoda Leo both fire signs so compatible. Brenda Virgo Earth sign so down to Earth. Ida Taurus the Bull like a Bull in a China shop which she was. I bet the producers and writers never knew this. How they got this so right with the actors. And then they messed up letting Joe go. Gary and Benny were great they knew how the show worked. Did not like jack or sally. Valerie Harper what a Lovely Lady. Love this show.
I'm sure there was a reason, but I did whatch her show as kid but never thought about her clothes. But, now as a grown man I realize how pretty and beautiful she was.
At 3:19, those books behind Brenda - all in a row with yellow spines - are Nancy Drew mysteries introduced in that style cover in 1962 by Grosset and Dunlap. I remember them well... read through them voraciously one summer when I was a kid.
Yeah I had them all. I loved reading from a very early age.The Blue ones were the Hardy Boys. The Shows were good too with Pamela Sue Martin.
Figaro I'm hoping is your last name.
I have them
Julie Kavner was spin-off show material. She could've had her own hit series.
She could have! But instead she settled on being Marge Simpsons voice. I’m sure she never imagined her fame. 😍 her!
@@gayledimitri5887 , I have often thought that if any actor ever deserved a spinoff, it was Julie Kavner. Why CBS did not create a Brenda pilot is one of the great mysteries of all time.
Amazing hilarious actress
I always Loved those scarfs she wears on her head....Rhoda had beautiful facial contours..Those things look really good on her.
She's always fabulous! She was Mary's frumpy friend, but really, her style was amazing!
I always feel like my head is hot when I look at her with those pirate scarves on, especially when she wears them indoors. She had such glorious, glossy, thick hair - why cover it up?
I agree my mother use to where scarfs when I was younger my mom was as gorgeous as Valerie it reminds me of my mom watching this
@@FigaroHey ....just for a change....ya know.....
She is just way too thin in this season and the pics with the green top. I dont know if she was ill ,dieting too much or anorexic. She looked great for the beauty contest on MTM. And later after this show. I got down too thin like this once and the thin face and bones were like hers. She wore her scarves beautifully no matter her size. Im like her. Hats and scarves just work for me well. Part of it is long hair. Just won't work with short hair.
Brenda and Michael's relationship was destined to fail. He lived in a whole other city, and had a very important job. Sometimes it is the things that we don't do in life that we end up regretting the most. They could have brought Michael back, somehow.
Excellent episode: very poignant story, and it showcases Julie Kavner's dynamic dramatic range, alongside her comedic genius.
Joe is showing concern for Rhoda when she is sick. Aggressively, for sure, but kind-heartedly. What does Michael look like, asks Rhoda? Almost exactly like Tim Matheson, I would say. Check him out in the movie "Animal House", which would come out in 1978.
I adore this episode. The way Joe got increasingly upset at Rhoda for not staying put while she was sick. So funny and adorable😊
I had a big crush on Joe when I was young :))))) ps: I was born a decade after this show was filmed LOL
I felt so bad for Brenda . We have all been there at one time or another where you let the love of your life slip away.
Hahahahahahaha hahahahahahaha i have had a truckload full of them.
I had forgotten just how often we used the word "Terrific" back in the 1970s. Anyone else notice 'Sandy's' Frye boots? I remember going to the mall in 1978 to buy my first and last pair of Frye boots; they cost $70.00 bucks! (they are over $300.00 today) Also, the character 'Sandy' was in the '70s movie 'Car Wash' as the cashier. Wow, am I ever old!
Yep.
And in the 90s..."Fabulous"
You seem like an observant person up on your facts.
@@vanessapierce231 I'm just old! lol
but those Frye boots last for years and years. My mom bought me a pair then and I didn't even ask for them. She told me they better last me MANY years and they did. Frye is still great quality.
I remember saving up for my Frye boots and wearing them constantly
This is the first time I cried on this show. Our lovely, wonderful, funny, sweet Brenda finally got herself a great and cute guy.
Just watched this tonight,cried too.☺️
Have you seen the plastic surgery episode? Tear jerker😭
Would have been n8ce if they kept this story line going .... love Brenda great character
and he is never mentioned again!
I so wish they had put them together.
They should have followed up with this character, would have loved to have seen Brenda and him continue seeing each other!
Julie Kavner is a riveting actress and could easily have played the lead in a Neil Simon movie, I think.
Aaah…..HA!!! ( In reply to Marisol )
All shows and movies are not artistic. The elites are pushing agendas though those puppets. The agenda is divorce. The agenda got completed and the shows are over. Thats why are they all off tbe air. Sad , but true. ( Blackchild production and MAG BITTER TRUTH).
@@ursulasmith6402 It was about women's lib back then.
@@ursulasmith6402 how very one world order.
Finally Brenda meets someone good who she deserves.
If he was so good he would have stayed James.
nick lobo was adorable too, though. in a loserish sort of way :)))
I’m Showing my age, but I’ve just started watching the show and knew I’d seen “ Sandy” from somewhere, then I realised it was Melanie Mayron who played Melissa in 30something, a real blast from the past!, 😊
She was also in the movie"Playing for Time" about women in a concentration camp.
Excellent movie.
Thank you for remembering her name...all 8 could remember was Mayron!
I LOVE Valerie Harpers entire ensemble in this episode.
She was the epitome of what we call Bohemian..she was a classic beauty..
Love Brenda's classic Nancy Drew collection at 3:20!
Tim Matheson was always such a doll.
I saw him at the LA airport once... I was so nervous, I could say anything. He was more gorgeous in person.
@@kimbrown5024 Especially those light blue eyes of his!
@@kimbrown5024 which airport.
That was such a moving performance. I love this episode. Brenda should have gotten married to him.
But then it would have been a focus on the police show y I'd get a night gallery feeling.
I love this episode for Brenda :)
They should have explored this story line more with Brenda
ramboram03 One of the reasons why the show was cancelled was there were too many episodes focusing on Brenda (according to the producers).
That fringed black jacket is amazing.
Lewsome Lollies Harper said, and I quote, the producers said this show is called “Rhoda,” not “Brenda.”
@@travisjames3517 then the writers should have written more for Rhoda
Totally!
Tim Matheson also did the voice of young Johnny Quest from the animated series in 1964. He was in a few episodes in The West Wing.
WideTubeVision4 that's cool! My brothers loved Johnny quest and I always watched it with them and loved it😂
WideTubeVision4 he was Johnny quest???. Wow! Didn’t know this. How cool
He played Otter in Animal House as well.
WideTubeVision4 He’s been on episodes of the Virginian!! Talk about hot cowboys!!!
He was one of the kids on Yours Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda great movie I love it
Tim Matheson was such a cutie back in the day
Loud laugh at 10:02-10:03, is, I believe, Lorenzo Music in the audience. I read somewhere that he'd watch and laugh raucously.
It might be! Usually the laugh people mention is James Brooks but his laugh is different.
mightily interesting that the series of this show got better & better; few if any can rejoice such achievement 🍸🍸
Can we not all agree thatJulie Kavner was the real star of this show. She’s brilliant.
Julie Kavner is one of the smartest women in "show biz" - how many years has she been the voice of Marge Simpson?
Little chubo? Uh no he's got to go lol
You’ll be ok big Bertha
It's so funny to see all the young actors who had beginning roles on this show. Tim Matheson was cute but he got sexier as he aged. 😋
I was trying to figure out who he was! I had no idea! Thanks 😊
Did he play Jan on the Jan y Dean story.
@@vanessapierce231 I don’t think so.
So nice to see Brenda getting some action for once. too bad it could not last.
Yes I was thinking the same thing she is so likable
Judging from your photo you look like a sneaky one.
I’m in love with Michael omg!! Did he ever come back ???
Tim Matteson is terrific!!
Matheson
WHAT A GUY!!!!! Cutest guy to be on Rhoda thus far (sorry Joe!). I think this may be my favorite episode. I am so jealous though. He's so cute and sweet!
Joe is an annoying guy I don't like him
@edgy wedgy I feel the same way. They underplayed her looks and made fun of her weight for some odd reason but Brenda was gorgeous.
Brenda really likes him.....would have been cute to explore this story line with both of them liking each other
I agree Tim is way sexier than joes character
@@chrisstrickland473 don’t like him
Either kinda a jerk
For the first time I was in love with one of Brenda's boyfriends 😍
I actually had that same pair of purple overalls as Brenda back then. Too funny!
I always wonder if Brenda is wearing a wig or if she really had an awful haircut. Her bangs are too short and the rest is so uneven. She is so pretty and sweet, she deserves a better hairstyle.
It was the 70s. Lol.
I disagree with their decision to write Joe out...
The whole episode, I was thinking "What about Ginger? won't she be pissed when she finds out?" lmao
You have a strong moral backbone, or so it would appear.
I have a crush on Brenda. Everything she says is just right.
Any relationship for Brenda never followed through. This would have been a wonderful one. Always loved Tim Matheson.
Like a kid in this episode.Very charming. Did you like him in ' Fletch' though. He played a real
bad guy in that movie!
@@fernandoguevara8258 Hi, I never saw that movie.
I have that ugly afghan. It was crocheted by a neighbor for me when I was a kid. I'm looking at it right now 😃 It's now vintage I suppose.
Jasmina Lipanj Oh my goodness are you young enough to be my Kid? 😘 It's a blanket crocheted with different colors of yarn. In the 70s it was a normal sight to see one folded,over a chair or sofa in every house where I grew up. Most of the color combinations were daring and bold bordering ugly at times. FUN!
Willowtable he_ ugly is the eyes of the beholder....+++++
I have 3--one was crocheted by my aunt (deceased), one by my grandma (also deceased), and one by a co-worker when I worked for Motorola (she's deceased now too). All are colors I picked out, and are large enough for a king-size bed. I love my afghans, and will treasure them always.
That's right. I've got so much 70s retro stuff that's gone from Godawful to great in the span of a few decades.
I have one NOT zig-zag (though I had a small one in greens and yellow when I was a kid; not such huge zig-zags, though). The one I have and love is granny squares with a black background and bright, various colors. I've loved it since I was a kid and was so surprised when my stepmother mailed it to me after my dad died. I didn't even know that it was still in existence - it was made by my great-aunt who died in 1984. A friend who crochets was looking at it and told me that it's incredibly complex and would be difficult to make because each colored square is four shades of one of each of 9 different colors (which make diagonal stripes of color). She told me how many different shades of the same type of yarn you'd need to make it, and that it would be quite difficult to find that many shades, at least here in Europe.
That afghan is probably the only thing I have from the '70s and the only thing I would want from that ghastly era.
"Lil' chubbo" 😳 That's the great term of endearment Brenda recieved? 😦 The fat shaming was relentless in the 70's!
As someone who grew up in the 1970's... yes ! I was bullied, teased, and name called for years by family and friends due to my weight. It was oddly 'normal' behavior for back then to poke fun of someone's weight/ height/ body, but utterly shameful behavior now.
How is it 'fat shaming' if he's using it as a term of endearment?
Schmatzah with fringe. Who did the styling for Valerie Harper? Wow. Some of those outfits are so fabulous.
The guy with his face is the bowl: what a method actor.
Also, Brenda's hunter green leather duster in the Happy's seen...wow!!!
Look at Brenda..sidechickin it up! 😄
I love Rhoda with her head wrapped in a scarf. She's beautiful.....
Go Brenda, a G-man!!! She deserves the best!!!
that cutie pie is now 75, and he just made a movie about whiskey.
ah youth.
barman anthony charnotta is 86, and he looked really cute in some movies & shows.
Loved Brenda's green trench coat at the.end...she.looked good ..at the beg of episode she was frumpy
Those writers are sadistic when it comes to Brenda.
Cindy Sloan
Actually, I never thought about it, but they really put Brenda through some pain, but she ends up looking great and succeeding towards the end of the series. Great characters, all of them
😍 That FBI guy
Brenda drooled. Hahaha
Eric "Otter" Stratton is damn glad to meet you
Pre-law, pre-med, what's the difference...
Julie Kavner is sensational. Best actor in the show.
I love Julie but Valerie Harper will always be the best actor on the show.
I agree.
They were all great in their own way. :)
He is so handsome!
The Animal house guy!!!
Another storyline killed off for no reason.
Anita Luca they didn’t do story arcs back then. Too bad!!
Shelley Oh I dunno about that. By 'story arc' do you mean a story arcing across one episode into another? Well there's quite a lot of that I think.
It evolves in a linear fashion far more than I remember, watching it this time round. In fact watching them out of order isn't wise, for a start.
Yeahhh they've could let this unfold a while. But then....the show would've become 'Brenda' rather than 'Rhoda'!!
I agree
18:36 "The one in the bowl is happy." hahaha!!!
I was thinking the same thing lol
Forget the pretzels I'm not sure that's salt on them.
Hahahaha! Probably dandruff.....
Love Rhoda’s wardrobe.
Am I the only one surprised that Brenda is portrayed as Chubby?
Nope!
Yes… ridiculous! She’s adorable just as she is.
She was. She lost weight as the show progressed. You are used to these massive broads nowadays who glorify obesity
@@Shamonwhitehurst252 that's a lot of words for I'm single
@@Shamonwhitehurst252 Brenda looks a bit over weight here for sure but not terribly. I must agree that glorified obesity is not good and seeing it a lot these days.
They should had a done a Brenda spin-off
To be honest I got my heartbroken once and it actually felt as if someone ripped my heart thru my back
To me it felt like my guts got scooped out and thrown on the ground!!!!
Tim Matheson? Looks like him. I watched eps of Bonanza when he was a hired hand, and the show was new. If he and Brenda love each other and want a relationship, distance doesn't matter. The writers should have continued the twosome. When my husband and I were in the dating period of our relationship, I lived in Kansas, and his job transferred him to Hawaii. We were loyal to each other, and being physically apart did not ever weaken our love. We were both 21, and it was 1982. After a year, when he was transferred back to Kansas, we married, and have been happily married all this time. Many military people are away from their spouses or sweethearts, and alot of times it never hurts the marriage.
Beautiful story
I always thought that Lorenzo Music was the music! Silly me!
Her G Man. Makes me think of that old country song " white lightening".
Wasn’t Matheson in Animal House Movie??
Yes and so cute!!
Why do all their working-class guys sound like Fonzie?
Because not everyone is from where you are
I’m not feeling Brenda’s hair style here.. Her Buster Brown look was the Pitts! There’s so much more she could have done with her hair!!
Tim Matheson was cute. God, I remember when he was a hired hand on Bonanza, and it was new.I wouldn't want a boyfriend who would call me his little chubbo. They should have had Brenda date him, and keep in touch while apart. She could have visited him in Washington, D.C. I am amazed Joe cares about Rhoda's cold. She sure got over it fast.They usually last a week.
I remember when he was in “The Quest” with Kurt Russell !! 😊🐴
God, the intro music is hell!!!
What were they thinking?! Let's line up a bunch of kids and have them sing "la la la" out of tune"?
Worst TV theme song ever imo
I love it ❤Is happy & playful like the comedy😊
She coughed in her hand and then shook his. Oy vay 🙄
I love that this episode mentions political topics of the seventies, with Rhoda's grilling the FBI guy about the Bureau's recent history of infiltrations and phone tappings, back when the Church Committee report was in the forefront of everyone's mind.
BRENDA IS SO FUNNY 😂😂😂
i like this intro a lot better than the later ones.
Oh rreaaaalllyyyy
@@sueb6662 yeah really. Lol
I always liked Rhoda's style..or the people who styled her dress for the show
He is in Virgin River now.
Why does Joe act like a jerk when he’s trying to tell Rhoda to take care of her cold?
Because you get offended so easily little girl
I thought the same thing. Lol
What I never understood about Brenda's apartment was that she had two beds in a studio. Why not a futon or something?
dianh71 ..... She actually mentioned that to someone in an episode one time. She said it was a twin box spring mattress on top of a wood platform. Back in the 70's when we couldn't afford furniture, like a couch, we would put a twin bed with no headboard longways against a wall, then put throw pillows against the wall like it was the back of the couch. HA, haven't thought about that in years. 😀
OMG! I never knew that people did that back then. See what you learn from complete strangers?!
Thank you so much for clearing up the mystery for me. Every time I watched the show and saw the second bed, it bothered me to no end.
dianh71 ..... It was a 70's thing, 😀😀😀
And it worked.
Joe was hilarious !!! GBU all
A very young Tim Matheson!
I can’t believe they waited so long to change that lousy music! That probably cost them viewers. Lalalala all off key. Horrible.
Brenda and Benny make a better couple. They have the same personality. Michael more serious.
Carlton didn't announce him
Why did they keep benny?
I really liked this show. I know it was the style then, but I never liked the "head dresses" that Rhoda would wear! Lol
Brenda really slimmed down in later shows
Erik, There wasn’t anyone like Rhoda 😃
Melanie Mayron sure had some jacked-up teeth. Good grief
They should have a spin off with Brenda
little chubbo?? how is that cute
I dont think they are right for each other. I liked Benny.
Boy, they really didn’t wear bras in the 70’s - even on television!
Joe and Rhoda were perfect Joe Aries Rhoda Leo both fire signs so compatible. Brenda Virgo Earth sign so down to Earth.
Ida Taurus the Bull like a Bull in a China shop which she was. I bet the producers and writers never knew this. How they got this so right with the actors. And then they messed up letting Joe go. Gary and Benny were great they knew how the show worked. Did not like jack or sally. Valerie Harper what a Lovely Lady. Love this show.
I am an Aries Taurus with a Leo personality. I could lick them all. Most importantly, I'm a real Jewish person. Shalom.
In the first season opener Rhoda says she was born in December so she’s not a Leo
@@jerseytomato100 Valerie Harper was born 22nd August 1939 she is absolutely a Leo. And she was wasn't she
12.5
Still has them...
Whats with the head garb.
Its what we did in the 70s, it came in handy for bad hair days, and I had a lot of them since there were not a lot of products like there are now
Read Valerie Harper's book and learn more about her. Valerie Harper explains how she wanted the Rhoda character to be like.
I'm sure there was a reason, but I did whatch her show as kid but never thought about her clothes. But, now as a grown man I realize how pretty and beautiful she was.
Willona on Good Times wore head scarves too
I hate to say it but Rhoda played sick way better in that Mary Tyler Moore episode...
Tyler and us know who some of them dothemselfsindomelaters are in the Bible lol. A few got punch
Julie Kavner was always good.
❤️
I dont like Brenda or Rhoda's hair this episode. I never like Sandy's. Later their hair looks great.
Brenda looks different here.
She finally doesn't have overalls on
So cute, they'd make a nice couple. Never liked Gary or Benny. Too bad.