The scene during which Blanche and Dorothy have to pretend to be lesbians for the TV spot is, frankly, one of the greatest sitcom moments of all time. “I don’t really know, but…I’ll ask her tomorrow, when I visit her at…THE HOME.”
And when Sophia cries out "My baby is gone!" 4 decades later, I still get a tear in my eye. She manages to convey the pure grief of a parent losing their child so perfect.
"My baby is gone!" Those words broke my heart. Brilliant acting. You could see that this woman dug deep to bring us to understand the grief of her character. No one can be taught to do that. It's all pure talent💕
@@nicolenewsome4863 : I'm certain. . .that I could NOT. . .survive the death of a child of mine.💔💔💔For all the challenges and atrocities I've conquered --hydrocephalus, repeated RAPE, 2 life-altering car accidents--my potential child/children's deaths would have me wearing, a Straight Jacket🤯🤯.
There is absolutely NO WAY 4 women other than these 4 could play those characters🤷🏽. The sarcasms of Dorothy, the femininity of Blanche, the behaviors of only an 80 year old Sophia could get away with & the naiveté of Betty White is what made them the Golden Girls. And no one else could EVER do it better. RIP in the Heavens above ladies & you all will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN👵👱👩👸
Blanche casually announcing over the loud speakers about how she's not ashamed of being sexually active and also being safe about it is the feminist body/age positivity we all deserve! You go girl!
The “I get the rose” scene perfectly shows who Rose is as a character. She uses positivity and humor to go through life because she understands that is the only way to overcome the difficult obstacles you may encounter. I always cry watching that scene. Betty did a perfect job acting how Rose wasn’t crazy or dumb, but grieving and needed to move on.
@@deep9203 "WELL I'LL BET!" "NOW YOU TELL ME IF YOU HAD TO PICK BETWEEN ME & ROSE WHO WOULD YOU PICK!?! WHO!?! "BLANCHE, PLEASSSEEEE, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What's your source for that information? It sounds completely scripted b/c they have a whole conversation about it. The 3 of them are not going to improvise an entire scene. And that's not genuine laughter when Bea asked if they fired a herring out of a cannon, so IDK what laughter you are talking about. Nothing seemed spontaneous or unexpected. I think you're probably just repeating an urban legend.
@@DonnaBrooks You can clearly hear and see glimpses of her laughing as Rose talks. In fact there's two moments where she bursts out laughing. Plus, Dorothy asking "Did they ever shoot a herring out of a canon?" could have easily been improvised based off of the story Rose was telling thus far. It's like listening to someone tell a story, then asking them a question about it as they're going on. Though I don't know for sure I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility of it being improvised.
@@DonnaBrooks if you do some research, you'll see that part of the scene was off the script. When Dorothy and blanche laughed, it's called "breaking character." So you're partly right...some of that scene is scripted. But also Rose did improvise the Herring story.
'what kind of pain and embarrassment has this lifestyle caused your mother?" 'I really don't know but, I'll ask her tomorrow when I visit her at --- the home' that was hysterical, Sofia trolling cut-off at the knees hehe
The “Get the Rose” segment just hit me harder than ever, so poignant a moment delivered by the amazing Betty White, making us realize how brilliant an actress she was, capable of such dramatic moments like this, an amazing talent. When some live to that age we accept that they were lucky to have a long life, but oddly with Betty, so active and vibrant, it left us wanting more and at almost 100, saying “gone too soon”.
Hats off for Betty White, for keeping on straight face during The Great Herring War. Bea and Rue were totally broke out the character,and couldn't keep on but laughing.
@@tookitogo That's what I was thinking. That laughter was completely off script. They simply couldn't help themselves and I was right there with them. I've got tears in my eyes just imagining a herring flying out of a cannon. It ranks right up there with the Knights of Nih skit.
I grew up in a household that consisted of my mom, my grandmother, my sister and me (I'm male). So naturally, we watched this show. And it was the funniest thing I had ever seen. Now, almost 40 years later, it's still my all time favorite sit-com. Thank you for posting this :)
The condoms scene is a big part of why I love Blanche. If people aren't minding their own business as they should be, why should they struggle to be discreet about a perfectly natural thing as being sexually active? She was very self-liberated.
I thought the same thing, especially the "speech into the microphone"..about being young and doing the right thing ... thanks for mentioning this...a great scene!
I grew up watching this show with my mother and grandmother and I always loved this scene! Then my mother used it later on. When I was a teen, I had a boyfriend and we were talking about "going all the way." I told my mother cuz I was nervous and wanted advice. We had a sensible conversation. But then I asked my mom to buy the condoms for me at the drugstore. My mother told me that unless I was brave enough to go into the store and announce my need for condoms like Blanche did, then I wasn't mature and brave enough to handle having sex yet. She was right. My BF and I waited a whole year more, and it's good we did.
Just saying, Bea Arthur would’ve been a great evil step-mother in Cinderella. Tall, the facial expressions, the way she delivers her lines. May her, Estelle, and Rue Rest In Peace.
18:19 Betty was actually a widow in real life when she filmed this, so in a way maybe she put more emotion into this scene than usual. this scene always makes me tear up!
I always think this too. Like how she probably was so filled with sadness and knew this scene all too well. 😔 My first thought when she passed was ooh she gets to be with the her husband. So I smiled and was happy for her.
Sophia's scene where she mourns over the death of her son is powerful. There weren't many scenes where she showed her vulnerability, and this is one of the best. I was weeping right along with her.
In the "I get the rose" scene, I'm sure when Rose said "I love you, Charlie. I miss you," Betty White was thinking about her late husband, Allen Ludden. Makes me cry every time I watch it.
"You'll always be my sisters....always'. And now they're all together again. RIP Betty, Bea, Rue and Estelle xoxo. Thank you for giving us these wonderful memories.
That was so beautiful and heartfelt. You can tell that Bea broke character and that she REALLY meant it! It makes me laugh at all of the know nothing know-it-alls who think that Bea hated Betty in real life. That wasn't true at ALL. Like sisters, you do sometimes get angry or annoyed with each other, but at the end of the day, you still can love and depend on each other.
@@leahartlee29 they admitted they didn't get along. But, 3 actresses of their caliber would surely have creative differences. Whatever. They were great together.
what a sweet thought. I know i hope he Bible is true.It is time we all start living it-if we say we bleieve it . Time as we know it is short. hungry -homeless is growing -ice melting temps changing . this one is real
Sophia breaking down about her son, Dorothy leaving in the final episode, Rose selling her house talking to her dead husband on her birthday. We tend to forget that this was more than just a comedy.
I hadn't watched the show faithfully when it was 1st on so when it came on Hallmark Channel I finally got to see the last season and that great finale. I'm telling you, when Dorothy started to lose it and called the the girls her angels I was sobbing! What a finish to an unbelievably great show. I'm glad it's on in reruns now so I can catch up with what I missed when it 1st came out.
21:05 A popular cake in Sweden (especially for birthdays) is a princess cake. Usually covered in green marzipan it's traditionally adorned with a single rosebud made of pink marzipan. It's sort of considered a privilege to get the rose, so it's usually reserved for the guest of honor. I wonder if the writers had that in mind.
This show was so progressive for its time. Im in my 20s and I can't get enough. I know it may sound silly but it makes me less scared about getting older. Thank you for the uploads ☺️ xx
My brother was also different, in his way. He passed away in 2013. Seeing Sophia break down and say "my baby is gone" is like watching my mom all over again on that day. It hit me hard. No parent should have to live to bury their child. This show was great and so ahead of its time. It tackled all sorts of serious topics without ever getting preachy. A lot of the very best 80s and 90s sitcoms had that in common, but few did it better than Golden Girls.
The scene with Betty White and her birthday just gives me chills. She was such an incredible actress. To be able to pull off a scene by yourself, imagining it with another person, my god, she was the best. A class act, The most beautiful rose in the room.
These ladies were so ahead of their time! As well broke barriers in the industry, it will be a sad day when Betty White goes. Hopefully, she lives past 100, wonderful job!
I saw an interview with Bea Arthur where she said when she first met the mostly young, male writers, she thought to herself, "I've got food in my refrigerator older than these guys". But she said those young men never ceased to amaze her.
Oh my God, Bea Arthur’s expression on her face when the host of that morning show says today we talk to four lesbians. Then she says “ Rose we can’t kill you here because there are cameras.“ I don’t know who wrote these lines for them but kudos for writing hilarious lines like these
Yeah those are the best scenes, I totally cracked up😂😂 haven’t seen this since my childhood, I had totally forgotten how progressive they were for that time❤️
Okay...who else is gonna start using Magenta to describe the emotion of not knowing how to feel. I forgot all about that scene but it spoke to me on a spiritual level!
I've used that since I was a girl and watched eith my gram. Best ever line, best ever show, best ever memories. I miss you gram. Thanks for the memories from a classy generation. We miss you and we need you.
Yes, I always have . My mother and I would watch together. Betty White was two years older so they were the same generation. Sometimes I’ll watch just for comfort and joy.
Never had an opportunity to see this sitcom (never aired in India), but had heard a lot about it through pop culture references. Thanks for the uploads. It's such a clever show with a sparkling script. The actors are so on point with their timing. That Betty White scene "I get the rose" is just heartbreaking and hopeful in equal measure. Thanks again.
I wish Blanche would have let Dorothy stand up for Blanche’s daughter and tell that boyfriend to go to Hell! Or really Blanche should have said it herself.
@@StayGoldenGirls Exactly. One of the social topics they tackled so effectively. And, one of the instances - peppered throughout the series - that reminded most of us in the know that Bea and Estelle were Jewish. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
This show will forever be golden. The more you live your own experiences in life and come back to watch through the years, it only becomes more and more relatable. Such a treasure.
thats what made this show so progressive. Golden Girls talked about social and political issues that many other shows in that time period, were afraid to talk about. I think thats what makes it so timeless because as we progress as a society, the more it becomes relatable. I always thought that the Golden Girls was more than a sitcom from the 80s, it was a blueprint.
That’s so true. I’ve noticed over the years my choice of a favorite character has changed. It’s Dorothy now and if God blesses me a long life it’ll probably be Sophia. ❤
The “You’ll Always Be My Sisters” scene really is a tear jerker. But in lue of the legendary Betty Whites’ passing we can all rejoice as they are all reunited as the golden girls we all knew and grew to love
Rest in Peace to all of these ladies. This show was a trail blazer. I loved it as a kid. I love it now as a grown woman. Thank you ladies for being a friend. Rest in Peace.
I’m honored to have shared existence in the same lifespan as these dynamic women! I’ll forever be a fan of their body of work and this amazing television series!✨
I have been watching the Golden Girls since I was 19, now 56, every situation they went through is as relatable today, as it was back then, loved the show 🤗
What I really love about watching the golden girls on RUclips is the number of older people who actually grew up with the show. I certainly didn't because I'm too young, I'm only 21, so I never waited for the episodes to come out. I only found out about the show 6 years ago when I was watching the amazing world of gumball.
I've never seen the 'I get a Rose' moment, truly heartbreaking and heart-warming at the same time. Betty White really is an amazing actresses and golden girls really were something special 🌹
It's not a funny one, but Dorothy confronting the doctor at the restaurant in "Sick and Tired" is KILLER and it makes me choke up every time. It's perfect.
"I get the rose" that scene never hit me like this before. I lost my first husband in 2006, and now I just cry. It is amazing what becomes relatable after you have lived it.
#10 "I Get the Rose" always makes me cry. My opinion is that she wasn't acting and that she was expressing the very real feeling and sadness of missing her true love Allen Ludden. When she says "Charlie, I love you. I miss you." I can't help but cry. He had passed away on June 9, 1981 and this particular scene aired on December 13, 1986. What warms my heart even through tears is that they are together again. By the way, their Password was love.
So happy that I got access to Hulu recently! Now I can binge this show whenever! I like popping this on when I need to sleep and I can always sleep happy.
Makes me sad knowing all these legends have left us now but the memories and laughs in these episodes will last forever. ❤️thank you girls for the laughs and being a friend to everyone of us.
Watching Rose talk to Charlie brought tears to my eyes especially since I read that when Betty - as Rose - talked to Charlie she was - in a way - talking to her late husband Allen Ludden
Number 5 is my favorite. When I became sexually active when I was 20 I was embarrassed at first but what Blanche said made me realize I have nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed of because I’m protecting myself and the other person.
@Barbie Blues That was rude in addition Blanche was totally right. Using protection is socially and morally responsible and it's a good lesson she picked up.
"My Brother, My Father" is one of my all time favorite episodes! Especially when Blanche, dressed as a nun, blurts out "Oh Jesus!" and quickly recovers with "Please protect us and watch over us in this our hour of need". 😂😂😂
I watched this show , I had no idea what an impact the show would make! The acting was iconic and very good! RIP Golden Girls! You will live with us forever!
My moms favorite scene is the one where Blanche talks about her bosoms singing in the moonlight. Now every time I see that scene I hear my mom saying the line too. 😂
When I tell you I CRIED on that episode when they were buying condoms😂🤣 Especially when the gentleman asks her if she just got out of prison💀 This has to be in the top five funniest moments in TV history. So damn funny this show was.
The best scene though will always be when Sophia and Blanche are competing for the same man (Cesar Romero) and Sophia is about to go out with him. Blanche is trying to show her butt and seduce the man before Sophia leaves and says ‘if you need me I’ll be taking a hot, steamy bath with just enough water to cover my purky bosom’ and Sophia replied ‘So you’re only gonna sit in an inch of water?’ I die every time. Also when Blanche sits down on the couch after Dorothy took Sophia shoe shopping I think and she has the ballon on the metal stick. Blanche sits down and says ‘now your honery, crotchety, and even downright mean, but that’s part of your charm…’ and Sophia replies ‘Thank you, you bedhopping relic.’ And Blanche gets the saltiest look on her face and takes a pin she was holding and pops the balloon. I die because none of the actresses jump or even look when the balloon is popped, not even Blanche who does it while looking at the camera! We all need a little more Sophia and Blanche moments in our lives to help brighten things up. When those two get together in the words of Sophia ‘Fasten your seatbelt slutpuppy!’
I’m 42 now but I loved The Golden Girls growing up. Every summer I would go visit my Great Grandma in Los Angeles and we would always watch together. And play cards.
11:30 I cried like a baby. I'm not gay but I've had so many friends who were afraid to come out. This touched my heart to all my amazing friends ❤ Thank you golden girls for talking out during a prejudice era and not afraid to talk out loud about it.
God, the "My baby is gone" end of the episode always makes me burst into rivers of tears. My mom opened up about the fear she felt after noticing I might not be str8 as a kid, when I came out to her, and she said something so uncanny and similar to what Dorothy's mom said. Amazing writers, and acting by Estelle. Perfect strike to a gay man's heart, just like that f*cking corner of the bed frame or nightstand to the pinky toe.
The part where Dorothy keeps coming back to hug the girls, honestly I wish my best friend would walk in like that well if I should say so my late best friend. It’s been almost 6 years and it still hurts I’m fine and living life BUT The Golden Girls give me so much joy. Rest well Girls YOU ALL MAKE THIS VOID BEARABLE.❤
Thank you for these. More please!
More to come!
Who wants to play..NAME THAT EPISODE.......Which episode Sophia says........”BEAT IT YOU 50 YEAR OLD MATTRESS”😂😂😂
@@bkk53 It was in Season 4, Episode 1 "Yes We Have No Havanas" (Blanche and Sophia are caught in a love triangle)
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The scene during which Blanche and Dorothy have to pretend to be lesbians for the TV spot is, frankly, one of the greatest sitcom moments of all time. “I don’t really know, but…I’ll ask her tomorrow, when I visit her at…THE HOME.”
Brilliance
The first time I saw that. I almost choked on my food. This was by far one of the funniest things I have seen! 😂😂😂
What’s funny is a similar skit was done on Hot in Cleveland. And Betty white was in that as well, lol.
My favorite part was
Blanche: Every man I know is watching this show!
Rose: Every man you know? Hey, we could beat “The Price is Right!”
I liked “image consultants”
The "I Get the Rose" scene hits so different now. Rest in eternal love and peace Ms. White ❤
Sure does
The last of the Golden girls 😘👩🦳👵👩🦳👵😘
I was thinking the same thing as I watched it. RIP Betty White
I always got them
I reckon She got a standing ovation in heaven!
The "magenta" bit is absolutely amazing and perfectly delivered by Rue
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I want to for ever use that💓💓-this can be magenta!😂
@@StayGoldenGirlsthey have no magenta hearts 😢
@breezy_sourgurl that's because the color magenta doesn't exist. Our eyes trick us into believing the color is there
When I was in Paris recently, I noticed there's a Metro station named 'Magenta'.
"I will ask her tomorrow, when I visit her at the hOmE." That get me all the time. Never gets old. 🤣😁🤣
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"Shady pines Ma, shady pines"
NO MORE Questions😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂, Dorothy the lesbian, Blanche the lesbian 😂😂😂😂😂,omg
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The older I get the more I find myself needing Dorothy in my life.
I understand this.
Especially with grammar (for me). Lol I ended my sentence with a preposition. Lmao
Haha pretty much
Amen, brother!!!
So much truth! 🤣❤
The 'My Baby is Gone' scene just proved how great of a grief counsellor Rose was.
Agreed
even if she had the highest suicide rate in the office
@@fruitloops64😂😂😂😂
And when Sophia cries out "My baby is gone!" 4 decades later, I still get a tear in my eye. She manages to convey the pure grief of a parent losing their child so perfect.
I cry every time.
"My baby is gone!" Those words broke my heart. Brilliant acting. You could see that this woman dug deep to bring us to understand the grief of her character. No one can be taught to do that. It's all pure talent💕
I hear that
No parent wants to bury their children or child before they die.
Me too !! 😢😣
@@nicolenewsome4863 : I'm certain. . .that I could NOT. . .survive the death of a child of mine.💔💔💔For all the challenges and atrocities I've conquered --hydrocephalus, repeated RAPE, 2 life-altering car accidents--my potential child/children's deaths would have me wearing, a Straight Jacket🤯🤯.
Estelle was so lovely and at times a very talented actress. I love her!
There is absolutely NO WAY 4 women other than these 4 could play those characters🤷🏽. The sarcasms of Dorothy, the femininity of Blanche, the behaviors of only an 80 year old Sophia could get away with & the naiveté of Betty White is what made them the Golden Girls. And no one else could EVER do it better. RIP in the Heavens above ladies & you all will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN👵👱👩👸
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Blanche casually announcing over the loud speakers about how she's not ashamed of being sexually active and also being safe about it is the feminist body/age positivity we all deserve! You go girl!
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That's just nasty.
@@lesdelawder9379 get a life, god boy
YES! So ahead of it’s time and true as ever!
@@lesdelawder9379you’re so weird lol. You like it when people spread diseases?
I’m hope you don’t but that’s what you’re comment makes you sound like.
The “I get the rose” scene perfectly shows who Rose is as a character. She uses positivity and humor to go through life because she understands that is the only way to overcome the difficult obstacles you may encounter. I always cry watching that scene. Betty did a perfect job acting how Rose wasn’t crazy or dumb, but grieving and needed to move on.
Absolutely! Well said
It was so well acted
Betty may have drew on her own experience of her husband Allen and his death . Did he not pass before she did Golden Girls?
@@desertrose1226 He passed away on June 9th 1981.
Exactly. She honestly had many moments where she was a voice of reason
I love the way Blanche says “lesbian” three times then gets insulted when the woman is attracted to Rose, not her. Pure gold!!
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"To think someone would prefer Rose over me, that's ridiculous!" 🤣🤣🤣
Purebred hilarious
It's all about Blanche!!! Loved her
@@deep9203 "WELL I'LL BET!"
"NOW YOU TELL ME IF YOU HAD TO PICK BETWEEN ME & ROSE WHO WOULD YOU PICK!?! WHO!?!
"BLANCHE, PLEASSSEEEE, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Great Herring War wasn't even scripted. Betty improvised it and that's why Bea Arthur's reaction is unexpected. It's genuine laughter.
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What's your source for that information? It sounds completely scripted b/c they have a whole conversation about it. The 3 of them are not going to improvise an entire scene. And that's not genuine laughter when Bea asked if they fired a herring out of a cannon, so IDK what laughter you are talking about. Nothing seemed spontaneous or unexpected. I think you're probably just repeating an urban legend.
@@DonnaBrooks You can clearly hear and see glimpses of her laughing as Rose talks. In fact there's two moments where she bursts out laughing. Plus, Dorothy asking "Did they ever shoot a herring out of a canon?" could have easily been improvised based off of the story Rose was telling thus far. It's like listening to someone tell a story, then asking them a question about it as they're going on. Though I don't know for sure I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility of it being improvised.
@@DonnaBrooks if you do some research, you'll see that part of the scene was off the script. When Dorothy and blanche laughed, it's called "breaking character." So you're partly right...some of that scene is scripted. But also Rose did improvise the Herring story.
My understanding from people who released the scripts and people who worked on the show who did panels at the convention that it was in fact scripted
'what kind of pain and embarrassment has this lifestyle caused your mother?"
'I really don't know but, I'll ask her tomorrow when I visit her at --- the home' that was hysterical, Sofia trolling cut-off at the knees hehe
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Every time Dorothy hints at shadey pines, when Sophia plays up, she shuts up straight away.
@@JohnLee-pt5jz basically Kryptonite to Sophia hehe
Another one of my top 10!
there so funny 🤣🤣
I know the "I get the rose" scene was just a small scene, but Betty deserved an Emmy for that scene.
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She truly did
It always makes me tear up
She did!
That was such a sweet, sad scene. 🥺🥺🥺😢😢😢
The “Get the Rose” segment just hit me harder than ever, so poignant a moment delivered by the amazing Betty White, making us realize how brilliant an actress she was, capable of such dramatic moments like this, an amazing talent. When some live to that age we accept that they were lucky to have a long life, but oddly with Betty, so active and vibrant, it left us wanting more and at almost 100, saying “gone too soon”.
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I so agree!
So, so true. 🥺😥😭💔
Couldn't help but tear up at this scene. It breaks my heart knowing that we lost a true Golden Girl. I wish I had some cheesecake...
I think when Rose was saying goodbye to her home and old home, I think it was truly her saying a sweet tribute to Allan Ludden as Betty White
This show is no longer golden, it's platinum! 🤣
It's funnier every year! 🤣
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Anytime when I feel blue, sad, upset....I just have to watch these Ladies and life looks better.
I agree! 💯
Platinum bullshit
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Four actresses at their best with unbeatable scripts. The all-time best sitcom ever!
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Yes... Keep it Golden
Yes. Their comedic timing was amazing!
Their unscripted moments, even better!
Hats off for Betty White, for keeping on straight face during The Great Herring War. Bea and Rue were totally broke out the character,and couldn't keep on but laughing.
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I agree Betty was brilliant, but how do we know the other two weren't supposed to be laughing?
@@IamTwirling4Joy Because they were burying their faces, rather than the heads-up laughs of the scripted laughs.
I was just thinking, I have NO idea how she kept a straight face…. I guess it’s because I’m not a once-in-creation comedic genius. RIP Betty 💖
@@tookitogo That's what I was thinking. That laughter was completely off script. They simply couldn't help themselves and I was right there with them. I've got tears in my eyes just imagining a herring flying out of a cannon. It ranks right up there with the Knights of Nih skit.
I grew up in a household that consisted of my mom, my grandmother, my sister and me (I'm male). So naturally, we watched this show. And it was the funniest thing I had ever seen. Now, almost 40 years later, it's still my all time favorite sit-com. Thank you for posting this :)
Thanks so much for sharing!
I grew up watching with my mom too!! I still watch and pretend we still watch it together
Love that families shared this show
I still watch it and it's hilarious 😂
The condoms scene is a big part of why I love Blanche. If people aren't minding their own business as they should be, why should they struggle to be discreet about a perfectly natural thing as being sexually active? She was very self-liberated.
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I thought the same thing, especially the "speech into the microphone"..about being young and doing the right thing ... thanks for mentioning this...a great scene!
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I grew up watching this show with my mother and grandmother and I always loved this scene! Then my mother used it later on. When I was a teen, I had a boyfriend and we were talking about "going all the way." I told my mother cuz I was nervous and wanted advice. We had a sensible conversation. But then I asked my mom to buy the condoms for me at the drugstore. My mother told me that unless I was brave enough to go into the store and announce my need for condoms like Blanche did, then I wasn't mature and brave enough to handle having sex yet. She was right. My BF and I waited a whole year more, and it's good we did.
Thank you so.much for sharing!
Just saying, Bea Arthur would’ve been a great evil step-mother in Cinderella. Tall, the facial expressions, the way she delivers her lines. May her, Estelle, and Rue Rest In Peace.
I hear that!
Dorothy would make a great Cruella Deville
Interesting observation, since Bea was actually offered the role of Ursula in the Little Mermaid.
Maybe that’s because she resembles the grandmother from Disney’s cinderella?
@@gojewla She really does!!
The ominous doom with which Dorothy says "THE HOME" is what I live for
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The way she lowers her voice
"I'll ask her tomorrow when I visit her at... THE HoooooooME" 🤣
My mother uses that on my Grandma and I love her for it 😂🙏🏻
Funniest part of video
I almost burst out laughing at work
18:19 Betty was actually a widow in real life when she filmed this, so in a way maybe she put more emotion into this scene than usual. this scene always makes me tear up!
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I always think this too. Like how she probably was so filled with sadness and knew this scene all too well. 😔
My first thought when she passed was ooh she gets to be with the her husband. So I smiled and was happy for her.
Sophia's scene where she mourns over the death of her son is powerful. There weren't many scenes where she showed her vulnerability, and this is one of the best. I was weeping right along with her.
I feel you so hard
I spent the first five minutes of this video laughing and then that hits you like a brick. So ahead of its time.
It is a roller coaster!
In the "I get the rose" scene, I'm sure when Rose said "I love you, Charlie. I miss you," Betty White was thinking about her late husband, Allen Ludden. Makes me cry every time I watch it.
Mhmm
And now she's with him again 😭
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That’s what I kind of thought too🥺
I was thinking the same thing🤎
"You'll always be my sisters....always'. And now they're all together again. RIP Betty, Bea, Rue and Estelle xoxo. Thank you for giving us these wonderful memories.
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That was so beautiful and heartfelt. You can tell that Bea broke character and that she REALLY meant it! It makes me laugh at all of the know nothing know-it-alls who think that Bea hated Betty in real life. That wasn't true at ALL. Like sisters, you do sometimes get angry or annoyed with each other, but at the end of the day, you still can love and depend on each other.
@@leahartlee29 they admitted they didn't get along. But, 3 actresses of their caliber would surely have creative differences. Whatever. They were great together.
They'll always be my sisters too! 💖
what a sweet thought. I know i hope he Bible is true.It is time we all start living it-if we say we bleieve it . Time as we know it is short. hungry -homeless is growing -ice melting temps changing . this one is real
Sophia breaking down about her son, Dorothy leaving in the final episode, Rose selling her house talking to her dead husband on her birthday.
We tend to forget that this was more than just a comedy.
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I'm sitting here in tears after getting to the "my baby is gone." It gets me every single time. Sophia is absolutely heartbroken.
Oh, I'd forgotten how hilarious this show was. Caught myself laughing so hard I almost fell off the bed!
They tackled many taboo subjects too. AIDS, homelessness, depression , and so much more. All with their trademark humour. 💖
I hadn't watched the show faithfully when it was 1st on so when it came on Hallmark Channel I finally got to see the last season and that great finale. I'm telling you, when Dorothy started to lose it and called the the girls her angels I was sobbing! What a finish to an unbelievably great show. I'm glad it's on in reruns now so I can catch up with what I missed when it 1st came out.
The Great Herring War...superb! That laughter is genuine and Betty White kept a perfectly straight face. Absolutely masterful acting from all three.
It was a great scene
The Needy Sexy People Foundation needs to be a thing.
YES please
You are a genius!
I'd join!🤣
That's my very favorite scene ever! 🤣😭😂😁
Am a needy sexy person. Where do i join
21:05 A popular cake in Sweden (especially for birthdays) is a princess cake. Usually covered in green marzipan it's traditionally adorned with a single rosebud made of pink marzipan. It's sort of considered a privilege to get the rose, so it's usually reserved for the guest of honor. I wonder if the writers had that in mind.
Oh far out thank you for sharing
I think so!!
"The Golden Girls" remains one of the best Sit-Coms ever made.
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The Golden Girls comedy was non-stop and timeless. It still is.
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Oh my God, I still can’t watch The Great Herring War without losing it. Keeping the actress’s natural reaction in the scene was absolute genius.
Agreed
How about Estelle absolutely CACKLING in the background of the scene? 😂😂😂
I never that those were their actual reactions. I would be laying on the floor crying laughing
@@maxdag1290 Hilarious
Absolutely! I lose it time and again. It was genius.
"Tell me, Rose.....(genuinely chuckles)...... did they ever shoot a herring out of a cannon?"
So so so good.
Wats a herring?
@@suburbcinderella its a small fish that is absolutely delicious
I have seen this so many times and I just saw it again and absolutely cracked up!
"Only once..."
This show was so progressive for its time. Im in my 20s and I can't get enough. I know it may sound silly but it makes me less scared about getting older. Thank you for the uploads ☺️ xx
That isn't silly. I totally hear you on that.
@@StayGoldenGirls This is the way to grow old.
I know I will be vibrant and sassy when I get older.
There's so much you think is behind you when you get older...
But your life will always be before you. Not behind.
It's right for its time.
My brother was also different, in his way. He passed away in 2013. Seeing Sophia break down and say "my baby is gone" is like watching my mom all over again on that day. It hit me hard. No parent should have to live to bury their child.
This show was great and so ahead of its time. It tackled all sorts of serious topics without ever getting preachy. A lot of the very best 80s and 90s sitcoms had that in common, but few did it better than Golden Girls.
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No show did it better.
I've been watching Golden Girls clips all morning. The world is only just beginning to miss the Girl From St Olaf. RIP Betty White
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LOL the cold resolve in Dorothy's eyes when she said, "I'll ask her tomorrow when I visit her at...the HOME" :) VERY good acting
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The scene with Betty White and her birthday just gives me chills. She was such an incredible actress. To be able to pull off a scene by yourself, imagining it with another person, my god, she was the best. A class act, The most beautiful rose in the room.
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I wasn't fond of Betty White. Too fake and over the top for me. 😢
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@@Fee212Fake? She was about as genuine as I found with being an older actress.
My baby's gone ALWAYS makes me cry & the Great Herring War always busts me up.
I feel that
The baby's gone part got me and made me think of my parents. My oldest brother died in 2017, and my other brother died earlier this year March 2021.
@@vripp757 so sorry for your loss my dear
@@thebionicbuchanan271 thank you!
@@vripp757 my condolences 💐
These ladies were so ahead of their time! As well broke barriers in the industry, it will be a sad day when Betty White goes. Hopefully, she lives past 100, wonderful job!
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I saw an interview with Bea Arthur where she said when she first met the mostly young, male writers, she thought to herself, "I've got food in my refrigerator older than these guys". But she said those young men never ceased to amaze her.
@@clevestercrittenden2089 that's awesome!
This show is almost 40 years old but damn it's still funny all these years later!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Yes, absolutely! Timeless 🌸💕
This is one of those shows that all the millennials comment "why don't we have shows like this?"
I grew up on it,,, and I still can't get enough
@@gayledimitri5887 I agree with you 100%
That scene when Sophia breaks down about her son always brings tears to my eyes. It's just so real. Deep!!!!
So emotional
Oh my God, Bea Arthur’s expression on her face when the host of that morning show says today we talk to four lesbians. Then she says “ Rose we can’t kill you here because there are cameras.“ I don’t know who wrote these lines for them but kudos for writing hilarious lines like these
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Yeah those are the best scenes, I totally cracked up😂😂 haven’t seen this since my childhood, I had totally forgotten how progressive they were for that time❤️
"Calm down, lady! Did you just get out of prison?" 🤣🤣🤣 One of my favorite episodes lol!
So good
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Dorothy was shocked🤣🤣
"I have no idea who this woman is, I bought these for my brother." Too funny
@@jenniferhill2123 Hardly less embarrassing.
“To think gene would prefer Rose over me?! That’s ridiculous!”
The first time I seen that scene I was literally in tears from laughter 😩💀
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Absolutely hysterical hahaha
She’s not as worldly as I am !
@@tadge72 if she finds out danny thomas is a lesbian it'll break her heart
I remain convinced it's one of THE funniest scenes in sitcom history!
Okay...who else is gonna start using Magenta to describe the emotion of not knowing how to feel. I forgot all about that scene but it spoke to me on a spiritual level!
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Thank you. You just plugged that into my lexicon of words to describe my feelings.
I've used that since I was a girl and watched eith my gram. Best ever line, best ever show, best ever memories. I miss you gram. Thanks for the memories from a classy generation. We miss you and we need you.
Does anyone else besides me find every opening scene with the soft music and credits and shot of blanche’s house so soothing and calming?
Very soothing
Yes! It’s very nice!
Yes, I always have . My mother and I would watch together. Betty White was two years older so they were the same generation. Sometimes I’ll watch just for comfort and joy.
YES!!! RELAXING
Yes! I immediately have a feeling of comfort.
The "I get the Rose" scene gives us a look into how special the Golden Girls friendship truly is.
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"Hi Dorothy, Hi Melanie."
"You're special".
"You're nuts," lmbo
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Never had an opportunity to see this sitcom (never aired in India), but had heard a lot about it through pop culture references. Thanks for the uploads. It's such a clever show with a sparkling script. The actors are so on point with their timing. That Betty White scene "I get the rose" is just heartbreaking and hopeful in equal measure. Thanks again.
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“I get the rose” got me crying and then BAM! “This is exactly what happened during the great Herring War” like emotional whiplash
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Dorothy standing up for Blanche & Rose in "Go to Hell" scene is the sweetest thing that someone could do for a friend!
Well actually it's more she is saying go to hell because of Barbara's anti semitism
I love Dorothy- she’s fierce but always loyal and there for those she loves!
I wish Blanche would have let Dorothy stand up for Blanche’s daughter and tell that boyfriend to go to Hell! Or really Blanche should have said it herself.
@@StayGoldenGirls Exactly. One of the social topics they tackled so effectively. And, one of the instances - peppered throughout the series - that reminded most of us in the know that Bea and Estelle were Jewish. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
The birthday cake scene with Betty White was absolutely brilliant and precious.
Yes
Absolutely!! the perfect balance of love and loss..
Betty White is a NATIONAL TREASURE!
I feel like she was channeling her feelings of loss from losing Allen Ludden
totally
This show will forever be golden. The more you live your own experiences in life and come back to watch through the years, it only becomes more and more relatable. Such a treasure.
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thats what made this show so progressive. Golden Girls talked about social and political issues that many other shows in that time period, were afraid to talk about. I think thats what makes it so timeless because as we progress as a society, the more it becomes relatable. I always thought that the Golden Girls was more than a sitcom from the 80s, it was a blueprint.
Sure did
That’s so true. I’ve noticed over the years my choice of a favorite character has changed. It’s Dorothy now and if God blesses me a long life it’ll probably be Sophia. ❤
I dig it
The “You’ll Always Be My Sisters” scene really is a tear jerker. But in lue of the legendary Betty Whites’ passing we can all rejoice as they are all reunited as the golden girls we all knew and grew to love
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Rest in Peace to all of these ladies. This show was a trail blazer. I loved it as a kid. I love it now as a grown woman. Thank you ladies for being a friend. Rest in Peace.
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Seeing that this comment is 2 years old..... I might just cry again. And again.
Gosh, Rose's one-sided birthday monologue never fails to bring a tear to mu eye.
Preach
I’m honored to have shared existence in the same lifespan as these dynamic women! I’ll forever be a fan of their body of work and this amazing television series!✨
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Well said, I agree entirely. 👍
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It was always our favorite show growing up ❤
Same
I have been watching the Golden Girls since I was 19, now 56, every situation they went through is as relatable today, as it was back then, loved the show 🤗
Love this.
I'm 21 right now and actually feel a little excited to get older! I want to be just like Sophia
What I really love about watching the golden girls on RUclips is the number of older people who actually grew up with the show. I certainly didn't because I'm too young, I'm only 21, so I never waited for the episodes to come out.
I only found out about the show 6 years ago when I was watching the amazing world of gumball.
I’m with ya!! I been watching since I was 8 and now I’m 44 and I love it even more!!
I've gone through 3 sets of DVDS!!!
The great herring war just braught a smile to my face. How the other 2 girls just laughed and rose joined in. Felt so warm
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A smile to your face?! My jaw hurts.... I couldn't stop laughing!
This scene felt like a blooper and they actually put it in cause it goes well
I've never seen the 'I get a Rose' moment, truly heartbreaking and heart-warming at the same time. Betty White really is an amazing actresses and golden girls really were something special 🌹
Indeed
It's not a funny one, but Dorothy confronting the doctor at the restaurant in "Sick and Tired" is KILLER and it makes me choke up every time. It's perfect.
We have that one down for sure on Another. Doesn't need to always be funny
I used to watch this show all the time with my Grandma. Whenever I miss her, I put a DVD on😍
Love it
Me too ❤️
Me too! I grew up watching it with my mom and granny!
"I get the rose" that scene never hit me like this before. I lost my first husband in 2006, and now I just cry. It is amazing what becomes relatable after you have lived it.
Thank you for sharing
I'm so sorry for your loss
#10 "I Get the Rose" always makes me cry. My opinion is that she wasn't acting and that she was expressing the very real feeling and sadness of missing her true love Allen Ludden. When she says "Charlie, I love you. I miss you." I can't help but cry. He had passed away on June 9, 1981 and this particular scene aired on December 13, 1986. What warms my heart even through tears is that they are together again. By the way, their Password was love.
I feel you there
Very moving. Thank you for sharing. ❤
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There were a couple times I think Betty was channeling her grief for Allen. Like when she talked about how Charlie died to Dorothy in one episode.
I agree
Dorothy: "Rose...we can't kill you here because there are cameras" 😭😭😭
Hahaha
I'm just here in honor of Betty...may all my favorite girls rest in peace..thank you for being friends in my darkest times, ladies ❤
Thanks for joining us
So happy that I got access to Hulu recently! Now I can binge this show whenever! I like popping this on when I need to sleep and I can always sleep happy.
Hulu for the win!!!
The “I get the Rose” guts me; I know it’s about Charlie, but with her as the last Golden Girl standing it just feels… poignant.
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They're all together now. ❤
@@brandiw6804 having cheesecake!
The "I get the rose" scene always gets me. The way she tears up at the end I imagine she was really talking to Allen Ludden in that scene.
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Makes me sad knowing all these legends have left us now but the memories and laughs in these episodes will last forever. ❤️thank you girls for the laughs and being a friend to everyone of us.
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Watching Rose talk to Charlie brought tears to my eyes especially since I read that when Betty - as Rose - talked to Charlie she was - in a way - talking to her late husband Allen Ludden
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Number 5 is my favorite.
When I became sexually active when I was 20 I was embarrassed at first but what Blanche said made me realize I have nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed of because I’m protecting myself and the other person.
I am glad to hear that Blanche could be there for you and thank you for sharing
@Barbie Blues no need to be rude
@Barbie Blues That was so uncalled for.
@Barbie Blues That was rude in addition Blanche was totally right. Using protection is socially and morally responsible and it's a good lesson she picked up.
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The monologue of I get the rose, makes me cry all the time.
The feeling of losing someone important to you 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
Totally
I cried too. I just wanted to give her a hug. I'm glad she found the other ladies.
I always believed she was thinking of her real life love, Alan Lunt, who had recently died
"My Brother, My Father" is one of my all time favorite episodes! Especially when Blanche, dressed as a nun, blurts out "Oh Jesus!" and quickly recovers with "Please protect us and watch over us in this our hour of need". 😂😂😂
YES
“I don’t know but I’ll ask her when I visit her at the HOOOOOME”
The way she drops her voiceb
I watched this show , I had no idea what an impact the show would make! The acting was iconic and very good! RIP Golden Girls! You will live with us forever!
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Jean has the hots for Rose? To think Jean Rose would prefer Rose over me(Blanche).
Haha
All of the Golden Girls are making Heaven laugh. Rest In Peace Blanche, Dorothy, Sophia and Rose.
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I could watch T he w Golden Girls over and over again.
I do!!! Pretty much watch them every day!!!😁
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@@randirocks9379 I agree
And do lol
I also recommend Bewitched
If you're done with Golden Girls
I have been laughing at the condoms scene for like 30 years…in black always sends me
Yeaaa
Yes, super funny 😂
Omg, the condoms get me every time... CALM DOWN LADY, WHAT U JUST GET OUTTA PRISON, HAHAHAHAHA lmfao
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Best scene ever!😂
Iconic
My moms favorite scene is the one where Blanche talks about her bosoms singing in the moonlight. Now every time I see that scene I hear my mom saying the line too. 😂
That is a favorite scene of mine too!
Oh gosh yes. So good
Oh gosh yes. So good
@@jenniferhansen3622 Same. I love that scene along with Sofia scaring the girls in the middle of the night like in Psycho 😂
@@StayGoldenGirls It really is. I laugh when my mom says the line too 😂. My mom and I have been rewatching the show when I go over to her house.
"You'll always be my sisters. Always."
That scene REALLY gets to me now and has only intensified in its power over the past few years. 🥺
Mhm
I hope there's cheesecake in Heaven, they have a lot of catching up to do. SIH Girls 😭
From the final season when Blanche dates a baseball player and unwittingly turns him into a cross-dresser. Hilarious
Ha
"Every man you know is watching? Hey we could beat the Price Is Right." 🤣🤣
Hahaha. Oh Bob! I loved Plinko.
When I tell you I CRIED on that episode when they were buying condoms😂🤣 Especially when the gentleman asks her if she just got out of prison💀 This has to be in the top five funniest moments in TV history. So damn funny this show was.
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The best scene though will always be when Sophia and Blanche are competing for the same man (Cesar Romero) and Sophia is about to go out with him. Blanche is trying to show her butt and seduce the man before Sophia leaves and says ‘if you need me I’ll be taking a hot, steamy bath with just enough water to cover my purky bosom’ and Sophia replied ‘So you’re only gonna sit in an inch of water?’ I die every time. Also when Blanche sits down on the couch after Dorothy took Sophia shoe shopping I think and she has the ballon on the metal stick. Blanche sits down and says ‘now your honery, crotchety, and even downright mean, but that’s part of your charm…’ and Sophia replies ‘Thank you, you bedhopping relic.’ And Blanche gets the saltiest look on her face and takes a pin she was holding and pops the balloon. I die because none of the actresses jump or even look when the balloon is popped, not even Blanche who does it while looking at the camera! We all need a little more Sophia and Blanche moments in our lives to help brighten things up. When those two get together in the words of Sophia ‘Fasten your seatbelt slutpuppy!’
Def coming up in another part
Blanche popping the balloon sounds like something I would do.
In real life, neither Blanche or Rose had a chance with Cesar Romero.
@@eshim3961 yep.
That was Henry Darrow, not Cesar Romero. The scene with Cesar Romero was when Blanche made Sophia look like a 65-year-old drag queen.
Is it sad to say that I know their lines BY HEART.?....😂😂😂
I do too!! It means you have good taste in TV 🙂
Not sad to say at all
Lots of us know entire scenes by heart. I also know storylines by the clothes Blanche is wearing. Did Blanche ever wear the same outfit twice?
Outfits def got repeated throughout the series
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This series did a masterful job of weaving comedy into even the most serious of subject and still making a point to the audience.
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The range of these 3 actresses was incredible. They could go from extremes and still believable with their characters.
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Four actresses!
@@VeraDobis Four, yes. I was just referring to the thumbnail for the video. I should have been more clear.
I’m 42 now but I loved The Golden Girls growing up. Every summer I would go visit my Great Grandma in Los Angeles and we would always watch together. And play cards.
Love
What flawless comedy! Just realized how Friends and Seinfeld reworked these jokes. Seinfeld is brilliant too.
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11:30 I cried like a baby. I'm not gay but I've had so many friends who were afraid to come out. This touched my heart to all my amazing friends ❤ Thank you golden girls for talking out during a prejudice era and not afraid to talk out loud about it.
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Rose blackmailing Dorothy and Blanche with Saint Olaf stories...🤣
Yes
Olaf ?🤣🤣 olives!!
I always lose it at the rose birthday scene. That love is something you search a lifetime for.
Makes me cry
God, the "My baby is gone" end of the episode always makes me burst into rivers of tears. My mom opened up about the fear she felt after noticing I might not be str8 as a kid, when I came out to her, and she said something so uncanny and similar to what Dorothy's mom said. Amazing writers, and acting by Estelle. Perfect strike to a gay man's heart, just like that f*cking corner of the bed frame or nightstand to the pinky toe.
Same
O m geeeeeeee, that corner and your foot oh my goodness....💥💯❤️
Thanks for sharing. I'm so happy this was a comedy show but it knew when to be serious. And it landed every time.
The part where Dorothy keeps coming back to hug the girls, honestly I wish my best friend would walk in like that well if I should say so my late best friend. It’s been almost 6 years and it still hurts I’m fine and living life BUT The Golden Girls give me so much joy. Rest well Girls YOU ALL MAKE THIS VOID BEARABLE.❤
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