This is an emotional episode as Rhoda talks about how she will be remembered after she dies. Valerie will be remembered as a talented actress who made people laugh. I will always remember her laugh. RIP Valerie Harper.
Watching this in September 2019 after your passing Rhoda.Thinking of you brings a smile and even a laugh out loud moment. You brought joy to a lot of your fans Valerie. RIP in that knowledge 😊
It would've been funny at the end if Joe had been the one who showed up to demolish the building. That alone could've extended this show another 2 and a half more seasons, making 7 full.
Would have been a really ool surprise ending but doubt the show would be extended because of a brief appearance of Joe...guess David Groh moved on to other stuff...
This episode was intended as a possible series, rather than season, finalé, with the tearing down of the Quincy House representing the ending of the series, and all the talk by Rhoda of everyone having their memories of times past refering to events in previous episodes.
this was the series finale... like rhoda said about the house being leveled and destroyed... "we have it in our memories"... rhoda morgenstern lasted a long time, back from my grade school to high school... but i still look for her on youtube.
the seasons of this sitcom seem to get better & better with time; what other series/serial might've done so too..? were productionists not following cleptoparasitic orders, then I wouldn't be marveling at this here outstanding entertainment...and I'm glad you mention its other contributors, because I'm convinced that most if not all of them had a hand at messing with their productionist's/s' bidding...sod marketeering corporateers! I'm certain UK'ers would've delighted regularly watching this series ;) 🍾🍾🍾
Still a great show...I never saw the reruns so this is the first time I’m seeing these episodes since the 70s...bing watching?...bring on the Italian heroes and bbq potato chips🤗😜
Valerie Harper said that she hoped that people would remember her when she was nice, thin and kind. Ms Harper I had a crush on you that lasted over 50 years. I remember you as beautiful inside and out, stylish and fashionable thin and normal weight, kind , giving, professional, generous, fighting and giving hope to others until the end. RIP Ms Harper my childhood crush. If I had been old enough I would have perused you to the Bronx! ❤
Watching this and listening to them talk about death, I found out a former boyfriend, the 2nd love of my life passed away at 56 in January, 2022. It is March 20th, 2022. Shock, devastation and unbelievable sadness. Wanted to watch Rhoda to take my mind off of things for awhile. Oh well, such is life.
I don't like this boyfriend character, he's a class A jerk! Brenda ought to dump him and find some one with a back bone. Oh, and I would snag at least one of those oil lamps before they demolished the place.
Gotta say it: when you're short on food and don't know when you'll get more, you DON'T OPEN UP FIVE JARS OF PEACHES! What you do is you open one jar, share out the contents among the five of you until that jar is empty, and then, if you're still hungry, or whenever you're hungry thereafter you open up ONE other jar, and so forth. Oh, and by the way, when you leave you CARRY THE FREAKING JARS back with you, instead of wasting valuable preserved peaches.
I usually like Brenda but in this episode she was selfish for eating that candy bar. She could easily go 2 days without a meal. Sometimes she had the appetite of a lumberjack. They hadn't even been gone from their homes that long.
This was a really good ep, the storyline had a bit of mystery. It was something different. I thought Brenda was really selfish in eating that entire big candy bar. She couldn't wait? They didn't know how long they'd be there or when the rain would stop. I have brothers who eat less. She sure eats alot. That candy bar looked like a one pounder, too. That would make me sick, to eat it all at once. Usually, if a building is going to be torn down, anything in it gets sold at auction. Everything was still there, even those peaches. Rhoda seemed surprised the electricity was off, a bldg. boarded up for years would have all the utilities shut off. They didn't seem concerned about something to drink.
Another written episode borrowed or recycled from another sit com. This is basically an episode from I Love Lucy, when Lucy, Ricky, Ethel and Fred are driving to California. Lucy takes the wheel because everyone is dead tired, and she's trying to make her way through the back roads of Pennsylvania or Ohio, & it is pitch black, and all 4 folks are starving. Lucy's misled by some old coot's sign that advertising food and lodging. When they arrive, there is nothing but the old coot who tries to sell them 2 year old wrapped sandwiches, living in an old shack
It's also similar to the I Love Lucy episode during the Europe trip when the foursome are stranded in a cabin on a snowy mountain in the Swiss Alps. At one point Lucy hides food from the group and they soon hear her munching it. A lot of sitcoms in the 70's copied Lucy's sitcom sometimes. And there was an episode of Bewitched that was an affectionate homage to the Lucy chocolate factory episode; Paul Lynde even spoke exact dialogue lines from it. Nothing's original. Everyone borrows. I like that episode cited above, where the Ricardos and Mertzes head for Hollywood and get stuck at that dump with old cheese sandwiches in wax paper, and beds near train tracks. I still remember the road signs they kept seeing at the start of the episode-- "50 Miles to Aunt Sally's Pecan Pralines", etc.... LOL
I was thinking Jack, he was at the end of everyone, was about to turn around and have one last look at his and his wife's special place. Everyone else would have been out of sight already.
Awww, man. 😥 Rhoda talking to her loved ones about how she wants to be remembered ... that moment made me get a bit wistful, because Valerie passed away last year, rest her soul. Pity the ending here is not intact. What can you do. Also, I hear that this was originally going to be the final episode of the series, and if that's true then it boggles my mind that they would not have somehow included Ron Silver as Gary in this one. Come on! For me, this series has mostly been about Rhoda, Brenda, Ida, Gary, and Carlton. I'm wondering if I even want to press on with the final season.
Eduardo Corrochio same same same .....really poingnant to hear Rhoda talk about memories so moving........and me too ida rhoda brenda gary and carlton were the main characters .... great show...
This reminds me of the classic Abbott and Costello movie Hold That Ghost. Jack gave some good advice to Ben. Ask questions. Say about 20 questions before you drive someone crazy or up the proverbial wall. Then no one will want to talk to you.
Fill in the blank quiz: "Someone left the cake out in the rain, I don't think that I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it, ._. I'.._ ne._. H._. _._. Rec._. _._._., oh __!. "
The quality noticeably deteriorated mid 4th season. The half-hearted pacing, the lower quality dialogue and absence of zingy one liners.. like they knew they were only fulfilling a contractual obligation and going through the motions.
I could see that Rhoda's green dress originally seen in some intros of the episodes of this season made her look kinda gaunt. Thankfully, this episode had a more conservative white shirt.
I watch this series every year or two. It's a nostalgia thing. And every time I watch it I'm always disappointed with Season 4. The resolution is bad, Rhoda's face is fuzzy and gray w no color. It's like they really wanted to cut corners the last year. EXCEPT this two part episode. It's the same quality as before, all the faces have color and life and the picture resolution is so much better. I don't know if anyone else has noticed this. I also think Valerie harper may have lost too much weight and fullness in her face. She looked better her natural weight. Same with Julie Kavner. But I still love this series. Never crazy about that Jack character tho. He's such a consistent bummer and negative nelly. I think they were trying to create a "Mary and Lou Grant" kind of vibe, but it doesn't really land in my opinion. Hello from New England!
Yes also I thought it was a unique type job description that brought in interesting characters and described Joe more (who had to actually be a lesser character to Rhoda, but not a foil)...and fit with Rhodas unique job and not a huge status fitting with her modern woman concept
Why are they eating those peaches?? How long have those peaches been there? Their car still works and the rain storm is over. Get in your car and find the nearest cafe. Gross
I really grew to love Gary. His character seemed to develop as a person through the series and close connection to the two women and I got very interested if it looked like him and Brenda (real fave) were getting closer
I wouldn't eat the peaches years old when I die everyone will be overjoyed my husband family etc hate me and don't care about me..... I have heart disease that's going to kill me....
Don't worry about them, some people are shallow idiots. Think about the ones who care. I left a nice guy whose family was mean to me, and he ended up suffering because of Them, but I'm sure they all blamed me. Anyway, I didn't have to be around those people ever again.
This is an emotional episode as Rhoda talks about how she will be remembered after she dies. Valerie will be remembered as a talented actress who made people laugh. I will always remember her laugh. RIP Valerie Harper.
Watching this in September 2019 after your passing Rhoda.Thinking of you brings a smile and even a laugh out loud moment. You brought joy to a lot of your fans Valerie. RIP in that knowledge 😊
Yes she was a beautiful person inside and out, and she touched a lot of people's lives, including mine.
Still miss her..80s a long time but she deserved to live as long as Miss Betty White!!
Funny how Rhoda talked about death and the memories she would leave behind. RIP Valerie Harper you gave us some find memories
We remember you for ALL those things Ms. Harper!!! RIP...💖
May the memories of you be a blessing to the family. Rest.
It would've been funny at the end if Joe had been the one who showed up to demolish the building. That alone could've extended this show another 2 and a half more seasons, making 7 full.
oh my gosh i wish they did that!
I was thinking the same thing, it even first looked like Joe from the back.
Would have been a really ool surprise ending but doubt the show would be extended because of a brief appearance of Joe...guess David Groh moved on to other stuff...
That's tight writing! Yes
Love that idea!
Strawberry Lip Smacker! Lip Smackers have been a beauty standby of mine since I was a teen (80s)
Their Mom cracks me up, so bossy, crabby, and fiesty, LOL
This episode was intended as a possible series, rather than season, finalé, with the tearing down of the Quincy House representing the ending of the series, and all the talk by Rhoda of everyone having their memories of times past refering to events in previous episodes.
Do you think it was reworked into Cheers? Seems very possible
Amazing show. About character, making the viewer laugh and think. Sophisticated comedy.
So true, Your memory's are something that can never be taken from You.
That place was great! Good show. Thank You Rhoda!!!
this was the series finale... like rhoda said about the house being leveled and destroyed... "we have it in our memories"... rhoda morgenstern lasted a long time, back from my grade school to high school... but i still look for her on youtube.
Did they know it was the last show while they were filming it?
There was a season 5
I cherish these 4 seasons. It was almost as if in the final dialogue, there would be yet another spin-off. Brenda ...she always had the best lines!
Craig Beasley 'Brenda Loves Ben and Gary' would've made a great spinoff if they had good creative writers.
"I hope people will remember the times I was kind and nice and thin"-Valerie Harper
😅
As Rhoda would say, "This is true!" Valerie & Julie made that show. And Nancy Walker as well! I loved Ida!
the seasons of this sitcom seem to get better & better with time; what other series/serial might've done so too..? were productionists not following cleptoparasitic orders, then I wouldn't be marveling at this here outstanding entertainment...and I'm glad you mention its other contributors, because I'm convinced that most if not all of them had a hand at messing with their productionist's/s' bidding...sod marketeering corporateers! I'm certain UK'ers would've delighted regularly watching this series ;) 🍾🍾🍾
clever!! how this show can deftly touch upon s o many aspects or other angles of life 🍸
I ask myself how thrillingly different a tone would be cast by any compilation of bloopers of its 🍸
Still a great show...I never saw the reruns so this is the first time I’m seeing these episodes since the 70s...bing watching?...bring on the Italian heroes and bbq potato chips🤗😜
me too
Rhoda / Valerie Harper 😍☀️🤩
I’m a lamp collector - I was almost screaming to TAKE THE FIXTURES!!!!
Even with memories I don't like physical change of places and things. :'(
That porch swing was pretty sturdy for being in an abanndoned, boarded up building.
A sitcom...
No more pot roast, no more bread pudding, no more pot roast, no more bread pudding... 😂
Valerie Harper said that she hoped that people would remember her when she was nice, thin and kind. Ms Harper I had a crush on you that lasted over 50 years. I remember you as beautiful inside and out, stylish and fashionable thin and normal weight, kind , giving, professional, generous, fighting and giving hope to others until the end. RIP Ms Harper my childhood crush. If I had been old enough I would have perused you to the Bronx! ❤
Watching this and listening to them talk about death, I found out a former boyfriend, the 2nd love of my life passed away at 56 in January, 2022. It is March 20th, 2022. Shock, devastation and unbelievable sadness. Wanted to watch Rhoda to take my mind off of things for awhile. Oh well, such is life.
Yes, being left behind, right Jack. I understand. Memories is all that is left.
We remember you kind and nice and funny and loving and thin and beautiful. RIP Valerie.
At least they got a place out of the storm!!! Hey!
At the end I guess they all assumed that they could
bail the car out of the mud easily. K.
rest in varlie harper we miss you
I don't like this boyfriend character, he's a class A jerk! Brenda ought to dump him and find some one with a back bone.
Oh, and I would snag at least one of those oil lamps before they demolished the place.
Lamps, tablecloths, you name it.
Gotta say it: when you're short on food and don't know when you'll get more, you DON'T OPEN UP FIVE JARS OF PEACHES! What you do is you open one jar, share out the contents among the five of you until that jar is empty, and then, if you're still hungry, or whenever you're hungry thereafter you open up ONE other jar, and so forth.
Oh, and by the way, when you leave you CARRY THE FREAKING JARS back with you, instead of wasting valuable preserved peaches.
The thumbnail made it seem like Rhoda and the gang started a cult 👹
They even made a joke about starting "a religious order"; same diff.
I usually like Brenda but in this episode she was selfish for eating that candy bar. She could easily go 2 days without a meal. Sometimes she had the appetite of a lumberjack. They hadn't even been gone from their homes that long.
It reminded me of a South Park episode.
“It’s only a been a few hours since you last ate.
Jesus Christ, are you people diabetic?”
It was Brenda candy bar from the gitgo
I keep asking myself,"where did Gary go?"
Well another poster said on another production which failed after 4 episodes...after that don't k ow...
@@eloiseockert6561 well I sort of meant that as a joke since people kept disappearing
He left for Saskatchewan to take up ice fishing! He said the fish there were warmer than those in Manhattan. Lol😅🤣😝😱
In reality he went on and was in a lot of movies. He would have played a good gangster as would Johnny.
Every time I hear the thunder sound effect, all I can think of is, "George!...Noooo!" Then George runs back to the house to get Harry.
???
This was a really good ep, the storyline had a bit of mystery. It was something different. I thought Brenda was really selfish in eating that entire big candy bar. She couldn't wait? They didn't know how long they'd be there or when the rain would stop. I have brothers who eat less. She sure eats alot. That candy bar looked like a one pounder, too. That would make me sick, to eat it all at once. Usually, if a building is going to be torn down, anything in it gets sold at auction. Everything was still there, even those peaches. Rhoda seemed surprised the electricity was off, a bldg. boarded up for years would have all the utilities shut off. They didn't seem concerned about something to drink.
Fate wrapped up in 20 minutes. thanks!❤
Another written episode borrowed or recycled from another sit com. This is basically an episode from I Love Lucy, when Lucy, Ricky, Ethel and Fred are driving to California. Lucy takes the wheel because everyone is dead tired, and she's trying to make her way through the back roads of Pennsylvania or Ohio, & it is pitch black, and all 4 folks are starving. Lucy's misled by some old coot's sign that advertising food and lodging. When they arrive, there is nothing but the old coot who tries to sell them 2 year old wrapped sandwiches, living in an old shack
A lot of episodes are recycled. So what? It's a good episode.
It's also similar to the I Love Lucy episode during the Europe trip when the foursome are stranded in a cabin on a snowy mountain in the Swiss Alps. At one point Lucy hides food from the group and they soon hear her munching it.
A lot of sitcoms in the 70's copied Lucy's sitcom sometimes. And there was an episode of Bewitched that was an affectionate homage to the Lucy chocolate factory episode; Paul Lynde even spoke exact dialogue lines from it.
Nothing's original. Everyone borrows.
I like that episode cited above, where the Ricardos and Mertzes head for Hollywood and get stuck at that dump with old cheese sandwiches in wax paper, and beds near train tracks. I still remember the road signs they kept seeing at the start of the episode-- "50 Miles to Aunt Sally's Pecan Pralines", etc.... LOL
Never ever say it couldn't get any worse. And never ask what next? It will and you dont want to know.
Valerie,We all will remember you ❤.
Brenda and her chocolate 🤣🥰
Ugh. Why was the ending cut short? :(
I was thinking Jack, he was at the end of everyone, was about to turn around and have one last look at his and his wife's special place. Everyone else would have been out of sight already.
Yes - it doesn't feel right without seeing Jack's backward glance of reconciliation ...
Nothing more to be said...
Jack took the little sign that said Quincy House.
Would've put money on Jack doing a slow lingering look back in the doorway and saying the last line to finish.
Was it cut??
Maybe. There did seem to be a rather abrupt cut to the end credits.
yes i was expecting that too
Awww, man. 😥 Rhoda talking to her loved ones about how she wants to be remembered ... that moment made me get a bit wistful, because Valerie passed away last year, rest her soul.
Pity the ending here is not intact. What can you do.
Also, I hear that this was originally going to be the final episode of the series, and if that's true then it boggles my mind that they would not have somehow included Ron Silver as Gary in this one. Come on! For me, this series has mostly been about Rhoda, Brenda, Ida, Gary, and Carlton.
I'm wondering if I even want to press on with the final season.
Eduardo Corrochio same same same .....really poingnant to hear Rhoda talk about memories so moving........and me too ida rhoda brenda gary and carlton were the main characters .... great show...
@@sueb6662 😊
Ron Silverman most likely moved on...
This reminds me of the classic Abbott and Costello movie Hold That Ghost. Jack gave some good advice to Ben. Ask questions. Say about 20 questions before you drive someone crazy or up the proverbial wall. Then no one will want to talk to you.
Fill in the blank quiz: "Someone left the cake out in the rain, I don't think that I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it, ._. I'.._ ne._. H._. _._. Rec._. _._._., oh __!. "
+Art Trombley And I'll never have that recipe again.. Oh nooooo Haha
***** I would like to inform You that You have won a Million Dollars for getting the quiz correct ! But You haven't. Lol good job.
Lol.. thank you.. :-)
I thought of it the second he said it.
@@cmtippens9209 same and I would have been but a young girl when that song was around!
Would have been interesting if the demo guy had been Joe. Many possibilities.
or..i was thinkink...if Rhoda had suddenly realised or related he thoughts about the down side to Joe's business
They cut the end off. If I remember right ,Jack takes the sign with him on the way off the porch.
well that is filling since he is into props
@@suzannelundberg385 But its not just a prop to Jack. It's sentimental. I feel bad for him.
The quality noticeably deteriorated mid 4th season. The half-hearted pacing, the lower quality dialogue and absence of zingy one liners.. like they knew they were only fulfilling a contractual obligation and going through the motions.
''You could either hang out with newborn infants...'' ROFL
This is what you call a "jumping the shark" point.
This should have been the last episode.
HILARIOUS 😂😂😂
This is as close to czekov that US, sitcom has come
Hey, that's true!
thanks
I could see that Rhoda's green dress originally seen in some intros of the episodes of this season made her look kinda gaunt. Thankfully, this episode had a more conservative white shirt.
I hope Benny is still around in Season Five.
I hope not. They should have kept Gary around instead of him.
WHT EVER HAPPENED TO RHODAS FATHER
Mystery. Lol. That was one of the errors in continuity they had; just left him hangin
he got a job on another tv show .
I watch this series every year or two. It's a nostalgia thing. And every time I watch it I'm always disappointed with Season 4. The resolution is bad, Rhoda's face is fuzzy and gray w no color. It's like they really wanted to cut corners the last year. EXCEPT this two part episode. It's the same quality as before, all the faces have color and life and the picture resolution is so much better. I don't know if anyone else has noticed this. I also think Valerie harper may have lost too much weight and fullness in her face. She looked better her natural weight. Same with Julie Kavner. But I still love this series. Never crazy about that Jack character tho. He's such a consistent bummer and negative nelly. I think they were trying to create a "Mary and Lou Grant" kind of vibe, but it doesn't really land in my opinion. Hello from New England!
Rhodas ex husband made a living tearing beautiful old buildings down to build tacky modern 70s structures....that are falling apart now...irony
Just a sitcom...
Yes also I thought it was a unique type job description that brought in interesting characters and described Joe more (who had to actually be a lesser character to Rhoda, but not a foil)...and fit with Rhodas unique job and not a huge status fitting with her modern woman concept
Why are they eating those peaches?? How long have those peaches been there? Their car still works and the rain storm is over. Get in your car and find the nearest cafe. Gross
Where’s Gary
I really grew to love Gary. His character seemed to develop as a person through the series and close connection to the two women and I got very interested if it looked like him and Brenda (real fave) were getting closer
I wouldn't eat the peaches years old when I die everyone will be overjoyed my husband family etc hate me and don't care about me..... I have heart disease that's going to kill me....
Don't worry about them, some people are shallow idiots. Think about the ones who care. I left a nice guy whose family was mean to me, and he ended up suffering because of Them, but I'm sure they all blamed me. Anyway, I didn't have to be around those people ever again.
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I know this is old but hang in there. God will provide better things for you!
Hey
LOL moments in this one
cue the sound effects...
How come no one was thirsty?
Who and when did they Eat the BLT and the carrots and celery?
AARON Burr, Ida, not RAYMOND Burr XD!
and then she calls the show "Ironsides" like the ship. hahaha.
@@WCWRULES4LYF - Well, he did do a show called Ironside; she just pluralized it.
Should had included Ron Solve in this one
Ron silver you mean?
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Cut off the end !!!!
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Rhoda looks hot with the bed hair.