and Dick got no good lines!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 April 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Lloyd Bochner as Patrick Vaughn is a favorite, mostly because the one woman's excessively drawled "It sho' is Biff" has become something of a catchphrase for me, to the point that my bf looks about ready to strangle me whenever I answer any of his questions with it these days (ie - "do you have my car keys?" "i sho' do Biff," and so forth).
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 22:41 (6 days ago) Permalink
amaaaaaaaaazing there need to be more people in the world like you
― surm, Monday, 15 April 2013 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
They slowly but surely ratcheted up Rose's assertiveness over the years, didn't they?
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 15 April 2013 00:28 (eleven years ago) link
anyone who remembers Rose's first joke gets instant brownie points
― surm, Monday, 15 April 2013 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
It was something to do with Coco the gay cook, right?
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Monday, 15 April 2013 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
LOL, I love that two of the episodes in your top 10 were in my bottom 5.
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Monday, 15 April 2013 01:19 (eleven years ago) link
― surm, Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:07 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It sho would Biff.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 April 2013 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
lol
xp well coco was around but it was when dorothy was talking about getting older, and she says something like " well, i looked in the mirror and i didn't even recognize the woman staring back at me "
and rose goes " who was it? "
Rose's first punch line!
― surm, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
A+ joke
― the bagel is the bagel (donna rouge), Monday, 15 April 2013 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
Coco had a couple good lines iirc.
Dorothy: "Rose, Charlie's dead."Coco: "Why tell her?"
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:09 (eleven years ago) link
I keep forgetting about Coco.
The wedding coordinator was a much more grating stereotype. I can't even watch that scene anymore.
Still, the show wins back a lot of gay cred with Blanche's brother Clayton. And Dorothy's lesbian friend whose name I forget.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:22 (eleven years ago) link
Jean.
NOT LEBANESE, BLANCHE
― surm, Monday, 15 April 2013 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
incidentally both the actress who played jean and blanche's 2 sisters have been on more than one Murder She Wrote episode, fun fact
Right! Also lead to that great exchange:
BLANCHE: I don't think you should tell [Rose that Jean is gay]. She's not as worldly and sophisticated about these things as I am.SOPHIA: Yeah, if she found out Danny Thomas was a lesbian, it would break her heart.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:48 (eleven years ago) link
I have seen the Jean episode 3x this week.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
<3
― surm, Monday, 15 April 2013 03:03 (eleven years ago) link
I'VE JUST BEEN KICKED OUT OF AN UNAYTHORIZED ELVIS PRESLEY FAN CLUB, I'LL TRY TO PUT THE PIECES OF MY LIFE BACK TOGETHER
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
Sophia: too trill
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
lol dorothy is great in that scene
― surm, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
I MEAN THERE MUST BE A SUPPORT GROUP FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME
― surm, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
The one where Dorothy's friend is in love with Rose was on this afternoon. I think the whole scene where Blanche finds out (from "isn't Danny Thomas one?" to "to think she'd prefer Rose over me?!" to Sophia's diss at the end of the scene) is my fave Blanche moment in the entire series run.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Sunday, 28 April 2013 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
I love it when the writers get slap happy and show their hand on this show
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 29 April 2013 03:27 (eleven years ago) link
as a Lebanese gay man the general public's intense appreciation of that Blanche moment means a lot to me
― surm, Monday, 29 April 2013 03:52 (eleven years ago) link
the episode was just on where Rose tries to seduce Dorothy's date to get him to show his true (vile) colors. she's p good at it
― surm, Monday, 29 April 2013 03:54 (eleven years ago) link
Haha
REX HUNTINGTON
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 29 April 2013 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
"No, that was my MINOR point. My MAJOR point was..."
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 29 April 2013 04:03 (eleven years ago) link
Yikes - Huntington was from a different episode, he was an asshole Blanche was dating until Dorothy made it apparent just how big an asshole he was.
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 29 April 2013 10:49 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone ever notice how Sophia's sister Angela morphed into her brother Angelo in the later seasons?
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Saturday, 25 May 2013 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah
Because the actress playing the sister died and they couldn't bear to hire another actress to replace her
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 25 May 2013 03:52 (eleven years ago) link
God, they could've just recycled Frieda Claxton/Philomena for one more round, or something.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 May 2013 04:31 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder which ones contributed most to this track. I'm thinking mostly Dorothy and Blanche with Sophia twiddling a few knobs and Rose making coffee runs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MOhRBfIOY4
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 25 May 2013 04:35 (eleven years ago) link
4 a.m. cheesecake eternal
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 May 2013 04:36 (eleven years ago) link
(Beyond 3 a.m. because these girls have seen the sun rise more times than a flock or roosters.)
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 May 2013 04:37 (eleven years ago) link
The pilot is so damn painful to watch, mostly because the script turns Bea Arthur in likable, Blanche wasn't fully Blanche, plus lame-o gay cook
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
Keep forgetting this existed. Cheech Marin! Don Cheadle!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wT8A-nupU
(quite a few other episodes are on YouTube as well)
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 04:35 (eleven years ago) link
Golden Girls dollhouse
No lanai?!
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Friday, 2 August 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
That'll be part of the expansion pack, along with the turnstile at the end of the hall by Blanche's bedroom.
― Boven is het stil (Eric H.), Friday, 2 August 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
That wasted triangle space in the middle of the house? Surely that wouldn't be up to code.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 2 August 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
Someone needs to pull a Room 237 on the faulty floor plan of that house.
― Boven is het stil (Eric H.), Friday, 2 August 2013 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
02. "Ebbtide's Revenge" (S6, E12) -- It's no secret that Sophia is my least favorite of the four main characters, but in this case her antagonism just makes the moment she lets the facade drop all the more powerful. Structurally, this is a replay of the "Good Times" episode when Florida seems to be refusing to cry for her dead husband, but this episode goes much deeper into the nature of grief beyond the denial stage. Even beyond the obviously touching GLAAD Award-ish affirmation of Phil's cross-dressing, the episode taps into that regret we feel about the feelings we withhold from people, only to realize too late that they were standing in the way of fully realized relationships. Rue McClanahan, Betty White and Bea Arthur were all consistently great in the show. But none of them ever delivered a moment as unexpected and raw as Estelle Getty's admission of parental shame. I've admittedly never been a "drama trumps comedy" personality, but that's about the only explanation I can think of why this heartbreaking episode didn't flat-out take first place.
Been sorta hoping to catch this one ever since Eric posted this, as I don't think I've seen it in twenty-some years. Estelle Getty's closing scene, the only thing I even remembered about the episode from the first time around, is indeed a heartbreaker. Better still, the episode makes up for years of treating the never-seen Phil as a punchline, even if the clear establishment of him as a heterosexual transvestite all along was an unexpectedly progressive gesture.
But the scene with the priest cracking wise at Phil's expense and eventually giving up on his sermon ("No charge") is rather shockingly mean, the kind of thing that suggests that the show still maintained a certain discomfort with the subject matter. Still, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that bits like this are in there to keep the episode from skewing too far astray of the sitcom format, particularly as its ramping up to that finale.
― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Friday, 30 August 2013 02:33 (eleven years ago) link
I saw this one last week! I swear to God I've seen them all at least 3x times now. I hadn't really thought about the priest bit but I guess it was kind of mean! I kind of wanted to see the teddy tbh.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Friday, 30 August 2013 03:20 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I agree that some of the jokes aimed at Phil were/are a little too barbed, but they at least serve a specific function in this episode -- to put Sophia's secret sense of mortification and responsibility into a legitimate social context.
Probably my biggest glitch with the episode is how the writers oversold what could've been the funniest punchline, when Blanche sees the guys from Phil's Thursday night poker game and says, "This is too funny. I have to get my camera from the car." The second line would've implied the first line, and the first line is so on-the-nose that it nearly kills the effect.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Friday, 30 August 2013 12:38 (eleven years ago) link
You know what's the best? Coming home from walking the dog and finding that the Patrick Vaughn episode is on.
― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
"Sorry ... must be the heat."
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 03:50 (eleven years ago) link
"There's something rotten in the state of Denmark."
"It's their cheese."
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Saturday, 28 September 2013 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
"They refuse to use preservatives."
― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Saturday, 28 September 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
Rose, did any of your relatives star in Deliverance? sorry, i know it's not in that scene but i had to
― surm, Saturday, 28 September 2013 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
"Help. The outlook is drear."
ftw
Waiting for the used price of the complete series on DVD to drop juuuuust a little bit (still over $60) and then I'm probably gonna get rid of my cable
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 28 September 2013 02:21 (eleven years ago) link
lol <3
my friends newborn stops crying when she puts GG on
― surm, Saturday, 28 September 2013 02:24 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWVCqV63krw
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Saturday, 28 September 2013 02:41 (eleven years ago) link