$175 Rent, utilities $15. Did she say $15? Rent. $175 for an apartment in Manhattan? 70's come back!!! I think. I don't know. ☺Too much wine.🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
Brenda pays $175 rent a month for a one bedroom apartment in New York in 1975. I suppose that was a lot of money back then. Rhoda is a caring and loving person. I wish I had relatives like Rhoda.
There was a recession in the 70s. I am too young to have experienced it but as I hear it, gas was scarce to say the least and the country, both today and the seventh decade of the 20th century is the blood of all western countries
@@cathycline2290 Took the words right out of my mouth too! I most definitely have one you can have and while I'm at it, I"ll raise you one and throw in a man!😀
Does anyone else here, recognize SID MELTON ( the Actor in this episode, who plays the Old-Man doing his laundry in the laundry room) ? In the 1950's he played the Character of TV's "CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT'S sidekick that of : Ichabod "Ickky" Mudd (Quotation: "That's Mudd with Two DD's") does anyone else here remember the man ? He lived until the age of 94, when he passed away on November 2nd in 2011. I love being able to recognize so many talented people from the past, and a great many of them, it would seem were employed throughout the making of "RHODA", which was a Spinoff of "THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW". We have much to be thankful to Producers, Directors, Writers and Television Archivists and Actors, for letting us share the "LOVE" that is evident in each of these "RHODA" Episodes... Thank you to all you guys and gals !!!
Can we talk about the WHITE ELEPHANT in the room? They changed the refrigerator they changed the curtains and they changed the oven a few times they even changed the couches a few times and they even changed the rugs and the coffee tables. HOW COME?
Did you see the expression on Rhoda ( Valerie Harpers) face when Brenda decided to go to the interview. That is real acting. Her facial expressions are so perfect she is not merely acting she is becoming the character. RIP Ms Harper.
Brenda shouldn't have quit her job. Even though tellers don't get paid much, it paid her bills. She could have saved alot money on food if she ate at her parents. As much as Ida loves to cook she could bring some food to Brenda, everyone knows she'd have loved to. I always liked Brenda, but boy can she eat alot, especially sweets. Yeesh! Rhoda gripes about her mom alot, but she acts like her mom toward Brenda in this. Rhoda has been in Brenda's situation of unemployment before, and bummed out, she just never hung out with Carlton. LOL. I thought Joe was nicer to Brenda than to Rhoda. Rhoda's wardrobe and that big apartment would take most of Rhoda and Joe's money...amazing their wages could pay for it.
Sidney Meltzer, known professionally as Sid Melton, was an American actor. He played the roles of incompetent carpenter Alf Monroe in the CBS sitcom Green Acres and Uncle Charlie Halper, proprietor of the Copa Club, in The Danny Thomas Show and its spin-offs. Wikipedia Born: May 22, 1917, Brooklyn, New York, United States Died: November 2, 2011, Burbank, California, United States
Whatever Happened To? Wes Stern? A new feature here at the Beach Compound (Thanks L) that is The Pre-Read takes a look at stars/celebrities who had at least a bit of fame, only to fall into obscurity. Now, obscurity is relative really. I mean, because a person doesn't appear on my television screen each week, or at the theater once a year doesn't mean they don't exist, it just means I am curious as to what they're dong now. This installment surrounds a television actor from the 1970s. Wes Stern was a young actor who had guest roles in a few television shows of the time. But his big break came when he appeared (with teen heartthrob Bobby Sherman) in an episode of The Partridge Family that really served as the launching pad for a proposed spinoff. That spinoff would become Getting Together. And the premise of the series, not unlike The Partridge Family episode where it originated, followed the exploits of Bobby Conway (Sherman) a musician/singer who had no talent for writing lyrics. In the set-up, Danny Partridge (Danny Bonaduce) teams Conway with a friend who is tone deaf. The friend is Lionel Poindexter (Stern) and hilarity ensues as the two decide to make a go of being a musical team in the rough and tumble music mecca that is Hollywood. I really don't remember much about the show to be honest, the one defining memory of Stern, I'm sorry to say, is a poster that my next door neighbor used to have hanging on her wall. Next to the poster of David Cassidy was a giant poster of Bobby Sherman and Wes Stern. The poster was a marketing tool for Getting Together and featured an image of both actors, but the sad thing about it was the poster was probably 95% Sherman, with Stern occupying a very small circle toward the bottom of the piece. The publicity image below was nothing similar to the Tiger Beat poster and I remember feeling kind of sorry for the guy who obviously wasn't the focus of the piece. As a kid I used to watch a lot of television, a lot of it reruns apparently. And one show that I remember though wasn't a huge fan of was That Girl with Marlo Thomas --stay with me here, this does connect in some weird way --. That Girl was a series with a bevy of plots and subplots, but the most obvious to me, and now that I think about it, probably the least strongest, was that Ann Marie (Thomas) was an aspiring actress. All she needed for her big break was a hit commercial or a small part on a television show. What she got, however, were background extra scenes that the family would gather around the television to watch, always culminating in her either being cut from a scene, or only partial visible. Now, back to Wes Stern. The reality of That Girl to me, was that anyone who had a small part on a television show, or a starring part on a commercial was set for life. I would find out later, that a scenario such as that was far from the truth. And Wes Stern is a prime example. I had thought of him, in passing, through my young television watching years wondering how in the heck someone who had their own television series not be super-duper famous. And if Getting Together was canceled, surely it would only be a matter of time before he chose another show to star in. It's almost embarrassing to realize how naive I was in my youth. But that's part of what the Hollywood mystique is right? It's that one big chance. It's that magic that can happen to just about anyone. Obviously the Entertainment Business is a business and things don't work in real life as they might on television. And that is true whether you're a young actress looking for her big break, or a tone deaf lyricist waiting for his. thepre-read.typepad.com
I like this show but also a bit annoying because everyone is in each other's business!!! The two sisters are on top each blabbing to each about dumb things. The is supposed to be a comedy I get it but I am not really a fan of sit-coms. With few exceptions. I can't stand the canned laughter either. Did not like the drunken doorman carlton either I thought he was a stupid ediot!!
Remember the big deal when four of them first appeared in public without all their face paint? Comedians were half jokingly yelling: PUT IT BACK ON, PLEASE!!! The boys definitely didn't look anywhere near what I'd expected.
Valerie's natural hair texture in this episode...like in the early days on MTM show...unfortunately her hair color was damaging to her hair, faded and brassy. Somehow, she still manages to be gorgeous
@@nonenoneonenonenone .....MTM admitted on Oprah she wore extensions in the early, long hair period. It was Fall of 1972 when Mary stopped dyeing her hair black and cut it into her chic bob. Maybe that was a wig. Joan Collins said without wigs she'd have none of her own hair left.
A painful reminder that my life in NY was far more Brenda than Rhoda. Especially when my big sister was around, and when she met her future husband. Sad how the show threw David Groh overboard, after exploiting him for his hotness. And actresses complain about not getting work after they turn 40. He never did anything as great after this, poor guy, and he was so hot. And talented.
Wait, didn't he go on to co-found the Foo Fighters? All the foo that's been fought in the last forty years has been fought by the Foo Fighters. I tell ya, whenever I need some foo fought, they're the first ones I call.
Brenda's rent seems cheap, but minimum wage was not much in 1975. I was age 14 then. In Kansas, when I had a job during 1982, minimum wage was only $3.35, and it didn't cover much. I remember during 1969, when I was age 9, dad thought a gallon of gas was high...it raised to 35 cents. That seems funny now days. Brenda sure eats alot.
I was 18 and living in Seaside, CA. My tiny little apt was $215 a month, plus utilities. My car insurance was $50 a month. After gas, it left me $25 a month for food. Thank God that Farmer Joe's was down the street with their $.10 a basket strawberries. I lived on strawberries, watermelon and iceberg lettuce. I even managed a Bic Mac once in a while. Those were the days. 😁
$175 back in 1975 is at least $1,750 today. She was in a studio apartment -- that's about right for the money. The dollar has been devalued by about 1000% over the past 45 years, in terms of essentials such as food or housing which reflect the true cost of living.
You also have to consider the fact that certain buildings had a rent control ceiling. Those apartments were rarely given up unless the renter died or bought a home outside the city.
175 dollars a month for rent but people are forgetting the minimum wage was about 5 dollars. Yeah, 5 freaking bucks Actually as I googled it, turns out that minimum wage was not 5 but 2 dollars in 1974. You heard that right folks. A big whopping 2 freakin bucks that went up to 2 dollars and 10 cents the following year. Lol
Brenda dating her 3rd cousin is creepy. Where did the writers get this idea???? Other than that I love Rhoda. I watched it during it's initial release & now again during my early retirement. Sadly Lorenzo & Valerie & Nancy & David & Harold had since died. 🙏 RIP to all.🎉😔🙏
In 1975, she needs $175 for rent? I lived in Ohio and it was $250 and the upper renovated old house apartment. Her phone was $25, my phone was $33 and no long distance. You could buy a plan for 30 calls, that's it. Heat and electric were half, they are 100 a month each nowadays and a water bill in Toledo is $100 for 5 dollars worth of water--double taxed on sewers which we all know is a rip off. I think Brenda had a cheap way to go. AND, to this day, you have to carry two jobs, there never has been full time jobs unless you were a cop or something like that.
M1k3y Westley Stereotyping again..........dear sweet innocent naive lil Westley. If you think that’s restricted only to West Virginia in the great big world........you’re in for a shock. Pick up a book, travel, leave your tri state area for a change. Maybe even make a big jump and get a passport! Innocent boy.
$175 Rent, utilities $15. Did she say $15? Rent. $175 for an apartment in Manhattan? 70's come back!!! I think. I don't know. ☺Too much wine.🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
$175.00 RENT
That was was in 70 or 71😁😁
I paid $175 mid seventies right in Boston. Those places are now $2000 for a studio.
@@g-girl9867 Yes. Outrageous!
Remember wages would have been much lower too. 😢
Brenda is just so lovable. She always makes me laugh
Brenda has a cute way. I love her honesty. Nothing phony about her
This was a top quality TV show and still is .Sadly Joe and Rhoda are no longer with us.They gave us such great entertainment .R.I.P David and Valerie
Julie is pretty good too. Never thought Rhoda should marry and I never liked Joe or the actor playing him.
Julie Kavner is the sole survivor. She outlived the full main cast, including Lorenzo Music as Carlton the doorman.
Brenda pays $175 rent a month for a one bedroom apartment in New York in 1975. I suppose that was a lot of money back then. Rhoda is a caring and loving person. I wish I had relatives like Rhoda.
It was dirt cheap. I paid $125 for an inexpensive apartment in Atlanta back then.
@Konga 5000 The building they show is on East 84th between 1st and 2nd so yeah, $175 is definitely lowballing it.
Me too.😊
@todd long Yes!
I remember my rent being $200 in the 80's.
Brenda, a bank teller, has no idea of how much interest her $200 would have accrued in nine years?
Only men know those things. Hence Joe to the rescue.
LOL, IKR! Now I know why she lost her job!🤣🤣🤣
There was a recession in the 70s. I am too young to have experienced it but as I hear it, gas was scarce to say the least and the country, both today and the seventh decade of the 20th century is the blood of all western countries
Exactly! LOL!
Yeah that's nuts! So is quitting a job unless you already have a new one.
Julie Kavner is a pretty great comedian.
u mean worry wart marge simpson iust luv her
She had great comedic timing.
I so agree!
Yes she is amazing! Love her.
I was born in 1966 and watching this in 2021 🍀🇮🇪💚
I was born in 1981 and watching this in 2023. 🇺🇲💜🪻
Rhoda & Brenda.....ideal sisters. Shame I never had a sister.
@Cheryl Young You took the words right out of my mouth! Yes, Mer Wise count your blessings sweetie. Honey l will even give you one of mine! lol
@@cathycline2290 Took the words right out of my mouth too! I most definitely have one you can have and while I'm at it, I"ll raise you one and throw in a man!😀
I have 2 older sisters, and they're fantastic! We're very close.
@@martyrose Marty, it must be YOU.
I had two. You didn't miss anything.
Unless you're a sister too.
They don't like brothers.
"Avoid disappointment, aim low."
I heard that as a kid and it has stuck with me! Now I know where I got that from. Carlton!
Hee hee! Maybe time to aim high 🤞
LOL
LOL
I knew low aimers..... See gorgeous big house...say... I wish I could (live there?)... Go to their garage sale.
Hahaha
True story.
Does anyone else here, recognize SID MELTON ( the Actor in this episode, who plays the Old-Man doing his laundry in the laundry room) ? In the 1950's he played the Character of TV's "CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT'S sidekick that of : Ichabod "Ickky" Mudd (Quotation: "That's Mudd with Two DD's") does anyone else here remember the man ? He lived until the age of 94, when he passed away on November 2nd in 2011. I love being able to recognize so many talented people from the past, and a great many of them, it would seem were employed throughout the making of "RHODA", which was a Spinoff of "THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW". We have much to be thankful to Producers, Directors, Writers and Television Archivists and Actors, for letting us share the "LOVE" that is evident in each of these "RHODA" Episodes... Thank you to all you guys and gals !!!
Mr94584 He said "hi Brenda" instead of Rhoda when leaving the Laundry Room.
Sid Melton from "Make Room For Daddy!"
@@reneebraxton1032 YES!!!! Thank You Renee for clearing the cob webbs out of my brain. I knew I had seen him on some other show.
renee braxton He also played Sophia Petrillo’s deceased husband Sal on the Golden Girls.
@@cathycline2290 Your welcome!
I know how she feels but I was laid off in the past. Her only mistake was quitting her first job without having another in line.
genius. 😂
@@MrMenefrego1 Glad somebody noticed! I credit my 10th grade woodshop teacher
Realistic story line. So many people do just that!!!
I had the honor interviewing her several times. Sweet. Compassionate. Sorely missed.
Brenda ?
Love Rhoda a great show ty for sharing love revisiting these awesome Rhoda episodes 😁🇨🇦🇨🇦
Theme song is atrocious!!!!
It's a take from the "Mary Tyler Moore Show.
You are soooooo right!!!!!!
@@zimjun7 You mean that "Love is all around" song? How so?
It's a song from 1908 without the lyrics...forgot the title.
Yep, off key children! So glad this did not stay long!
Carlton is funny 😂😂
Loved him.
Voice of an iconic cat and writer and co-producer of the show.
@@tonyarceneaux286 Always loved Carlton the doorman
Love this show
I am surprised that Ida has not shown up to help Brenda out.
''Avoid disappointment. Aim low.'' hahahaa I love that.
Good motto, huh.
Bizarre theme song. It sounds like Joe Raposo composed it in space lol
Love this humour and that outfit she wears in the outro is preeeetty coOL ♥️
Can we talk about the WHITE ELEPHANT in the room? They changed the refrigerator they changed the curtains and they changed the oven a few times they even changed the couches a few times and they even changed the rugs and the coffee tables. HOW COME?
Did you see the expression on Rhoda ( Valerie Harpers) face when Brenda decided to go to the interview. That is real acting. Her facial expressions are so perfect she is not merely acting she is becoming the character. RIP Ms Harper.
julies a better actress than voice over and a beatiful human being
Brenda shouldn't have quit her job. Even though tellers don't get paid much, it paid her bills. She could have saved alot money on food if she ate at her parents. As much as Ida loves to cook she could bring some food to Brenda, everyone knows she'd have loved to. I always liked Brenda, but boy can she eat alot, especially sweets. Yeesh! Rhoda gripes about her mom alot, but she acts like her mom toward Brenda in this. Rhoda has been in Brenda's situation of unemployment before, and bummed out, she just never hung out with Carlton. LOL. I thought Joe was nicer to Brenda than to Rhoda. Rhoda's wardrobe and that big apartment would take most of Rhoda and Joe's money...amazing their wages could pay for it.
The tiny tv. Big in the 70's!
renee braxton The 70’s ipad lol
Sidney Meltzer, known professionally as Sid Melton, was an American actor. He played the roles of incompetent carpenter Alf Monroe in the CBS sitcom Green Acres and Uncle Charlie Halper, proprietor of the Copa Club, in The Danny Thomas Show and its spin-offs. Wikipedia
Born: May 22, 1917, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: November 2, 2011, Burbank, California, United States
Whatever Happened To?
Wes Stern?
A new feature here at the Beach Compound (Thanks L) that is The Pre-Read takes a look at stars/celebrities who had at least a bit of fame, only to fall into obscurity.
Now, obscurity is relative really. I mean, because a person doesn't appear on my television screen each week, or at the theater once a year doesn't mean they don't exist, it just means I am curious as to what they're dong now.
This installment surrounds a television actor from the 1970s. Wes Stern was a young actor who had guest roles in a few television shows of the time. But his big break came when he appeared (with teen heartthrob Bobby Sherman) in an episode of The Partridge Family that really served as the launching pad for a proposed spinoff.
That spinoff would become Getting Together. And the premise of the series, not unlike The Partridge Family episode where it originated, followed the exploits of Bobby Conway (Sherman) a musician/singer who had no talent for writing lyrics. In the set-up, Danny Partridge (Danny Bonaduce) teams Conway with a friend who is tone deaf. The friend is Lionel Poindexter (Stern) and hilarity ensues as the two decide to make a go of being a musical team in the rough and tumble music mecca that is Hollywood.
I really don't remember much about the show to be honest, the one defining memory of Stern, I'm sorry to say, is a poster that my next door neighbor used to have hanging on her wall. Next to the poster of David Cassidy was a giant poster of Bobby Sherman and Wes Stern.
The poster was a marketing tool for Getting Together and featured an image of both actors, but the sad thing about it was the poster was probably 95% Sherman, with Stern occupying a very small circle toward the bottom of the piece.
The publicity image below was nothing similar to the Tiger Beat poster and I remember feeling kind of sorry for the guy who obviously wasn't the focus of the piece.
As a kid I used to watch a lot of television, a lot of it reruns apparently. And one show that I remember though wasn't a huge fan of was That Girl with Marlo Thomas --stay with me here, this does connect in some weird way --.
That Girl was a series with a bevy of plots and subplots, but the most obvious to me, and now that I think about it, probably the least strongest, was that Ann Marie (Thomas) was an aspiring actress. All she needed for her big break was a hit commercial or a small part on a television show. What she got, however, were background extra scenes that the family would gather around the television to watch, always culminating in her either being cut from a scene, or only partial visible.
Now, back to Wes Stern. The reality of That Girl to me, was that anyone who had a small part on a television show, or a starring part on a commercial was set for life. I would find out later, that a scenario such as that was far from the truth. And Wes Stern is a prime example.
I had thought of him, in passing, through my young television watching years wondering how in the heck someone who had their own television series not be super-duper famous. And if Getting Together was canceled, surely it would only be a matter of time before he chose another show to star in.
It's almost embarrassing to realize how naive I was in my youth. But that's part of what the Hollywood mystique is right? It's that one big chance. It's that magic that can happen to just about anyone.
Obviously the Entertainment Business is a business and things don't work in real life as they might on television. And that is true whether you're a young actress looking for her big break, or a tone deaf lyricist waiting for his.
thepre-read.typepad.com
Joe's awesome, and so damn handsome and sexy!
Ya think so!! Don't agree!
I have to agree with Sandra! Yes, Joe was handsome and sexy!!
I like this show but also a bit annoying because everyone is in each other's business!!! The two sisters are on top each blabbing to each about dumb things. The is supposed to be a comedy I get it but I am not really a fan of sit-coms. With few exceptions. I can't stand the canned laughter either. Did not like the drunken doorman carlton either I thought he was a stupid ediot!!
@@cathycline2290 Joe was definitely a cute white guy 👍
@@andreadesalvo3000 Hey ...agree, he is HOMELY......
Sid Melton, one of the great character actors, back then.
He was great on Make Room For Daddy.
Joe looks like the lead singer of Kiss without his makeup 😂
Remember the big deal when four of them first appeared in public without all their face paint? Comedians were half jokingly yelling: PUT IT BACK ON, PLEASE!!! The boys definitely didn't look anywhere near what I'd expected.
You mean Gene Simmons?
Paul Stanley.
Sounds just like Paul as well.
He looks like Tom Jones to me
i hate the la l la la la la la la laaa intro tune
Skip over it then. You can do that ya know.
Valerie's natural hair texture in this episode...like in the early days on MTM show...unfortunately her hair color was damaging to her hair, faded and brassy. Somehow, she still manages to be gorgeous
Come on, they wore wigs. Especially Nancy Walker. They couldn't have their real hair be perfect every day.
@@nonenoneonenonenone .....MTM admitted on Oprah she wore extensions in the early, long hair period. It was Fall of 1972 when Mary stopped dyeing her hair black and cut it into her chic bob. Maybe that was a wig. Joan Collins said without wigs she'd have none of her own hair left.
How can her hair be brassy? She's got dark hair, I assume her natural hair colour is dark brown....
@@glen7318 she doesn’t
Rest in ☮️ Valerie Harper.
I love Carlton.
It’s funny that you never see Carlton like on Home Improvement you never saw Tim”s neighbor Willson expect his eyes & nose.
Only on Law and Order we saw him without the fence.
For whatever reason the show dealing with unemployment was shown a week before she quit. Watch them in reverse makes more sense ‼️
17:48 Don't be a drag, just be a queen!
the door man sounds just like Garfield
Look up Lorenzo Music on IMDB. :)
He was Garfield
@@kidlitfanful music music music put another nickel in in the Nickelodeon and music music music!!! Yippee! That's all folks!!!!!
Billy Hawkins He was the original voice of Garfield.
And Peter Venkman for the first 2 seasons of The Real Ghostbusters
Her expenses a month, back in the 70’s, is less than just rent in 2020.
I worked for 0.35 cents an hour in 1972. In 1974 I got 50 cents per hour. My rent was $40.00 a month.
Am I the only person who misses the 70s ?
A painful reminder that my life in NY was far more Brenda than Rhoda. Especially when my big sister was around, and when she met her future husband. Sad how the show threw David Groh overboard, after exploiting him for his hotness. And actresses complain about not getting work after they turn 40. He never did anything as great after this, poor guy, and he was so hot. And talented.
Wait, didn't he go on to co-found the Foo Fighters? All the foo that's been fought in the last forty years has been fought by the Foo Fighters. I tell ya, whenever I need some foo fought, they're the first ones I call.
@@ericminch you are thinking of Dave Grohl not David Groh .. . David Groh ( Rhoda’s fame) was born in 1939 and died in 2008 . He was 68 .
Brenda's rent seems cheap, but minimum wage was not much in 1975. I was age 14 then. In Kansas, when I had a job during 1982, minimum wage was only $3.35, and it didn't cover much. I remember during 1969, when I was age 9, dad thought a gallon of gas was high...it raised to 35 cents. That seems funny now days. Brenda sure eats alot.
I was 18 and living in Seaside, CA. My tiny little apt was $215 a month, plus utilities. My car insurance was $50 a month. After gas, it left me $25 a month for food. Thank God that Farmer Joe's was down the street with their $.10 a basket strawberries. I lived on strawberries, watermelon and iceberg lettuce. I even managed a Bic Mac once in a while. Those were the days. 😁
I did not know Joe had passed. RIP GUYS I LOVED YOU BOTH.
No way. $175 for rent in Manhattan in 1975 is unheard of.
$175 back in 1975 is at least $1,750 today. She was in a studio apartment -- that's about right for the money. The dollar has been devalued by about 1000% over the past 45 years, in terms of essentials such as food or housing which reflect the true cost of living.
You also have to consider the fact that certain buildings had a rent control ceiling. Those apartments were rarely given up unless the renter died or bought a home outside the city.
I worry about Brenda like she was my own daughter
he is from Green Acres like alph or ralph the builders ! thanks
Great episode.
The la la la music is torture ugh
Hit your mute button or jump ahead one minute.
I always skip it.
Back when women didn’t wear bras. Even on television. And the REALITY of no implants! How women really look.
And before they celebrated being obese and dressing like men
Live-action Marge Simpson is just as good.
What’s so wrong with Lenny? He’s such a nice guy.
Lenny was a weirdo and a stalker. He got Carlton to let him up to Brenda's by lying in another episode. Ugh🤨
$25 for phone bill in 1975? That was a lot for those days. Unless you were making long distance calls, the phone bill was not usually so high!
Haha I love Rhoda's pep talk around 5:30
Lenny Character would have made a better husband than rhoda'husband
LOVE THIS SHOW 😂😂😂❤❤
I could have used one more really. Lol
Lorenzo Music as Garfield The Doorcat
Thanks captain obvious. And you forgot to say that Brenda is the voice of Marge from the Simpsons.
175 dollars a month for rent but people are forgetting the minimum wage was about 5 dollars. Yeah, 5 freaking bucks Actually as I googled it, turns out that minimum wage was not 5 but 2 dollars in 1974. You heard that right folks. A big whopping 2 freakin bucks that went up to 2 dollars and 10 cents the following year. Lol
Brenda dating her 3rd cousin is creepy. Where did the writers get this idea????
Other than that I love Rhoda. I watched it during it's initial release & now again during my early retirement.
Sadly Lorenzo & Valerie & Nancy & David & Harold had since died. 🙏 RIP to all.🎉😔🙏
Brenda is Marge Simpson as well as Patty and Selma
Never did care for Carlton....
Hey!.....Agree, he was an obnoxious asshole.....
🎃🎃
Happy October!
I would have married that guy!
That's a very hard decision to come to when you're not in love, or lust.
Just NO
I love brenda
Oh, brenda! What the heck? Hamstering junk food?
Erik, There wasn’t anyone like Rhoda 😃
Now I am wondering if this show should have been set in another town/city..
I want to move to New York, the Brenda's rent is cheap, I thought it was expensive to live in NY.
Haha it IS expensive ...that was 50 years ago
In 1975, she needs $175 for rent? I lived in Ohio and it was $250 and the upper renovated old house apartment. Her phone was $25, my phone was $33 and no long distance. You could buy a plan for 30 calls, that's it. Heat and electric were half, they are 100 a month each nowadays and a water bill in Toledo is $100 for 5 dollars worth of water--double taxed on sewers which we all know is a rip off. I think Brenda had a cheap way to go. AND, to this day, you have to carry two jobs, there never has been full time jobs unless you were a cop or something like that.
Well, that's Ohio for you. Lucky New York City residents were much better off, apparently.
Weird how they got Marge Simpson to work as a door person on this episode 😆
Carlton is wise
Brenda's rent ($175) in 1975 would be $822.58 today.
No way!! For a 1 bdrm in NYC??
With the same pay. Wages have not gone up. Many people sleep on that.
Brenda's unemployment foreshadows Marge. At least she doesn't have a slacker fat husband, a prankster son or even an SJW daughter.
Why does Rhonda wear scarves on her head like she is a cleaning lady? I never understood that.
It's a bohemian look. Very popular during the 70's. Boho.
Why Carlton sound like Garfield?
Omg rent &175.
Lenny's cute.
You're cute.
that was Wes Stern who was on a short-lived sitcom starring Bobby Sherman
Dude you’re a guy and he’s a guy smh 🤦🏻♂️ get therapy
She looked so much better before she put that scarf on her head. lol Imagine if people wore those like that these days!
+Emily Edwards She looks good in anything.
Emily Edwards It actually looked pretty good. Everything comes back in style down the road.........
Brenda is Marge from simpsons
after all the anti jewish crap going on i thought I'd visit some of my favorite people..... Rip VH NW HG LM DG
Honey in coffee, ??????
it's pretty good actually. It's more healthy than sugar. :)
$200+
should of called it rhodas sis
Joey S ---Should watch more than one episode dear. 🙄
Not "should of". Should've ... it means "should have". Do people really think that "should of" and "would of" and "could of" make sense?
REMEMBER ITS ONLY A TV SHOW ONLY A TV SHOW ONLY A TV SHOW🤣
Brenda/Lenny marrying?! There 3rd cousins, is this NY or West Virginia?! Lol
M1k3y Westley Stereotyping again..........dear sweet innocent naive lil Westley. If you think that’s restricted only to West Virginia in the great big world........you’re in for a shock. Pick up a book, travel, leave your tri state area for a change. Maybe even make a big jump and get a passport! Innocent boy.
3rd cousins really aren't that close biologically speaking.
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth are 3rd cousins - it's pretty distant.
FDR and Eleanor third cousins. I wouldn't have married Lenny on a bet
Brenda's options were pretty damn slim. She must have been the first tv lesbian, since she didn't jump Lenny's bone.
That is absolutely disgusting and a horrible thing to say.