What was great about Bea Arthur sometimes she had scenes where all she needed to do was shoot a look and her eyes & face said it all without saying a word! 🤣

@Nylgk

Ай бұрын

Bea Arthur was a master of those looks.👍🏼

@OhK746

25 күн бұрын

Bea was an absolute master of RBF.

@bartdrennon1764

20 күн бұрын

She thought "The Golden Girls" was the "Bea Arthur Show". Her co-stars couldn't stand her.

@bowtoyoursensei554

19 күн бұрын

Her "slow burns" were the best!

Remember, the important thing is that Head Writer on The Golden Girls Christopher Lloyd (not to be confused with the actor of the same name) was a Co-Creator and Producer of "Modern Family" that is why the writing on both shows were Emmy Award winning.

@robertovz5895

Ай бұрын

With all due respect it seems implied that the success came down to one man when in reality the brilliant writer and not to mention creator of the Golden Girls Susan Harris had a major part to play in its success while Christopher Lloyd only wrote for the first 4 seasons I believe.

@Ameslan1

Ай бұрын

@@robertovz5895 Susan Harris was the creator of The Golden Girls as well as Soap and Benson so Susan was the main person at the top of course. But yes Christopher Lloyd wrote many episodes and later Co-Created Modern Family that Office Bloke Daz reacts to. That was the point i was making. In actuality The Golden Girls had a whole team of writers and Christopher Lloyd was among them.

@robertovz5895

Ай бұрын

@@Ameslan1 Sounds good, I was just trying to give credit where credit was due.

@jenicdarling9425

Ай бұрын

He also wrote for Frasier! Looove that show!! Won 38 Emmys and 2 golden globes! Nominated and won many other great awards. In total Frasier was nominated for 318 awards and won 112 of them! Such great writing it makes sense he worked on all these great shows I see a style and love the humor of them all

@Ameslan1

Ай бұрын

@@robertovz5895 Yep

The show is set in Miami, Rose is from St.Olaf Minnesota Blanche is from Atlanta Georgia and Dorothy and Sophia are from Brooklyn New York but Sophia grew up in a village in Sicily

@johnscanlan9335

Ай бұрын

I still don't understand why they didn't create a spin off show for the Rose character in St. Olaf. Half of the show would have already been written!

@colinafobe2152

Ай бұрын

​@@johnscanlan9335 the magic would be lost forever

@Nylgk

25 күн бұрын

@@johnscanlan9335 they tried a spinoff without Bea, it failed, and def should have failed.

@alexrodgers9247

21 күн бұрын

Oops, I just wrote all that. Didn’t see your comment. I also forgot Blanche as from Atlanta. Goodonya

@micheletrainor1601

18 күн бұрын

​@Nylgk oh god yeah the spin off was terrible. Apparently Bea Arthur really didn't like Betty White . How that is possible I really don't know.

They cut the scenes off too soon in some of them. In the ones where Dorothy yells "Condoms, Condoms"....The clerk says to her "Calm down lady, did you just get out of prison?" 🤣🤣

@michaeltodd5698

Ай бұрын

Yes! That’s the best part!

@tmalone2530

Ай бұрын

Agreed. I have all seasons on DVD and it’s MUCH better to see what they cut out.

@audrab27

Ай бұрын

And the psycho story where Sophia came in with the 🔪

@antoniopadilla7784

21 күн бұрын

The original uncut recordings are on the dvd sets. I watched them in the late 80' through the early 90's and even today they still make me laugh. This show will never get old! I just hope it's never decided to remake it. People just need to leave perfection alone!

The Queen was a huge fan of The Golden Girls. I would’ve loved to have seen her watching the show and laughing hysterically, it would’ve been so out of character.

@dwaynepriar4948

Ай бұрын

I believe it was the Queen Mother as they did a brief GG stint for her during a Royal Variety Performance.

@AuntClara0911

5 күн бұрын

Never knew that it brings a smile to my face imagining The Queen watching giggling away❣️

Dorothy in real life was a truck driver during WWII in the USMC.

@eTraxx

Ай бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bea_Arthur#/media/File:U.S._Marine_Corps_portrait_of_Beatrice_Arthur.jpg

@anonygent

15 күн бұрын

Ha! She looked like a truck driver!

@sryder8312

Күн бұрын

​@@anonygentyou look like a truck driver

Bea who played Dorothy had previously starred in a successful series as title character Maude, and Rue who plays Blanche was her neighbor in that series. Betty White who plays Rose had also previously starred in the series Mama's Family with Rue. The initial plan was for Betty to play Blanche and Rue to play Rose, but they decided to switch them because Betty had previously played a man hungry Sue Ann Nivens in the Mary Tyler Moore show and Rue's character on Maude tended to be a little ditzy like Rose so they switched up their types for this series and it is hard to imagine it any other way. Estelle who played Dorothy's mother Sophia wasn't really planned as a lead but she worked so well in the part, she became the 4th lead. All of these talented ladies won Emmys for their portrayals during the series run.

R.I.P Betty White

@darrellpasion8925

Ай бұрын

Loved her.

@Rushyesgenesis

Ай бұрын

RIP all of them

We only get a show like that once. That talent, charisma, and experience can't be duplicated

@davidlondon2810

Ай бұрын

Totally agree. This was a complete one-off. It was SO well cast and SO well written.

Bea Arthur and Betty White both served in WW2.

@Plooky1969

20 күн бұрын

And Bea hated Betty! Which is sometimes seen on camera.

@jackilynpyzocha662

15 күн бұрын

The "Golden Girls"'s kitchen looks like Maude's!

@SarahHodgins

Күн бұрын

@@Plooky1969 yes, sad, because they were both such great actresses

I like the one where they get robbed so Rose gets a gun and almost shoots Blanche. Sophia comes out and says how she's lived 80 years and survived illnesses, etc. and "one night I'll belch and Stable Mabel here'll blow my head off!"

@thatonegirlelaine

11 сағат бұрын

I remember that episode! Hilarious!

Estelle Getty (Sophia) Dorothy’s mom, in real life was one year younger than Bea Arthur (Dorothy) and Betty White (Rose)! When it premiered, Betty White and Bea Arthur were 63, Estelle Getty was 62, and Rue McClanahan (Blanch) was 52.

@johnvaccaro7022

9 күн бұрын

They're all gone now! 😢

@karenbliss8719

9 күн бұрын

@@johnvaccaro7022 Very sad. 😢

Sophia's Sicily stories. Rose's St. Olaf stories.

what can top this is, Sophia's savage moments!

@sryder8312

Күн бұрын

Not even close

While all the characters we're well known with a long history in show business, Betty White (Rose) was considered a national treasure. She starred or co-starred in some of most loved television series in the US. Her last series was called Hot in Cleveland and she was 93 when the series finally ended.

The golden girls still one of the funniest shows ever. You should do ''Sophia Petrillo: The OG Comeback Queen'' next.

@Plooky1969

20 күн бұрын

She was the youngest of them all, yet passed away first.

I watched this show when it first aired. Most kids probably wouldn't have chosen to, but growing up poor, the family has one TV, no cable, and your parents pick the shows. I still loved it. My girlfriend has GG posters, shirts, DVD box set, calendars, you name it. It's one of the few shows that we both like.

@Rxanne28

Ай бұрын

I watched it as kid too with my grandparents back in the 80's. I love this show. ^^

@cassandrabrowne-schneider4951

20 күн бұрын

Most kids didn't have a choice and we were better for it. I loved this show I feel my best sarcastic tone came from Dorothy.

@Ok_Loren

19 сағат бұрын

I thank my parents for such amazing memories like these. And they wonder where I got my attitude. 😂

The first time I ever saw Bea Arthur (Dorothy) was on 'All In The Family'. She did a few guest appearances as Edith Bunker's cousin Maude. She and Archie Bunker would do this kind of sniping at each other constantly. Maude became a much loved character because she gave Archie back exactly what he sent her way. She was one of the few people that could actually leave him speechless. I loved seeing them together on screen. Maude was so loved by 'All In The Family' fans that they created a show about her. She lived with her second, ? Or third?, husband and her recently divorced daughter and her young grandson. She had a housekeeper named Florida ( who went on to have her own show called ' Good Times', which made a star of Jimmy Walker) who also spoke her mind. I am not sure how many of these different shows have content online, but you if enjoy 'Golden Girls' you will enjoy them as well. All these shows have the quick jabs and retorts in them as well. They were all classic US Tv from the 70s and 80s.

@jmcg6189

Ай бұрын

Rue McClanahan was Maude's next-door neighbor, married to Arthur, Walter's best friend.

@nancystanton955

Ай бұрын

@@jmcg6189 I forgot that.

@cassandrabrowne-schneider4951

20 күн бұрын

I loved those shows too. The Jeffersons were also a spin off of All in the Family. Norman Lear was a genius.

@jackilynpyzocha662

15 күн бұрын

Maude's and The Golden Girls's kitchen look similar!

Dorothy is my fave character she really is the nucleus of the group. Top 5 American comedy of all time- no remake of this show will ever even come close to the genius of the original.

@tonyborelli.

2 күн бұрын

i believe netflix is doing a remake where the cast is all Black

@sryder8312

Күн бұрын

​@@tonyborelli.I'm sure they have wonderful, talented black actors in mind but they need to leave this alone. I would say that even if white, Asian, Hispanic actors were going to do a reboot of GG. Nothing will ever come close to the magic of these 4 gifted ladies. Let's just remember the greatness of this show without ruining it with subpar reboots. Me thinks you posted this to start a racist conversation.

The Golden Girls Sept 14 1985 to May 9 1992, Sitcom based in Miami.

“ Thank you for Beeiing a Friiieend!!! Travel down the road and back again!! Your heart is true you’re a friend and a confidant!!”

@blakett88

Ай бұрын

I have been whistling this song since I was a teenager

@Mike-rk8px

Ай бұрын

The song was originally written and performed by Andrew Gold, who had a big hit with it in 1978. You can find it on youtube. It’s a much better song than when it was re-recorded and shortened for “The Golden Girls” in 1985. The producers of The Golden Girls felt the song fitted better with a woman singing it, because the show was about the friendship of the four women. I loved Andrew Gold’s version in the 70’s, and when I saw the first episode of The Golden Girls when it premiered in September of 1985 and the theme song started, I was shocked and went “wait a minute....I know this song!”.

I always love the Golden Girls

Yes, the show takes place in Miami.

“You were a porker!” Nearly choked and got the best ab workout in a long time. Totally caught me off guard! I love comedy when it was allowed to be funny!

@hydractor

17 күн бұрын

"The horse's eyes were crossed."

Here's something that will blow your mind: Rue McCalanahan, who played Blanche, was in her 50s! When the show debuted, she was 51. Bea Arthur (Dorthy) and Betty White (Rose) were both 61. Estelle Getty, the actress who played the cranky Sophia, mother to Dorthy, was in real life a year younger than Bea Arthur! There's a phenomenon in sociology where people look younger or older than we perceive them to be. I wish I could think of the name of it. When we look back at people or actors from other times when they were young and try to guess their age, it can be surprising when we find out how old they actually are. Just take any yearbook from someone from, say, my generation (Gen-X) or my mom's generation (boomer) and compare what a 17-year-old then looks like to what a 17-year-old looks like now and it's actually pretty striking to note the visual difference in how we perceive the ages.

@anonygent

15 күн бұрын

I think the real shocker is Abe Vigoda. He always looked old, but lived to his 90s.

I'm pretty sure the show was set in the Miami / south Florida area.

@momD612

Ай бұрын

Yes. Miami Florida

I use to watch this with my grandmother as a kid. I love the show today, it is hilarious!

They were a magical group of ladies. They fit together on screen perfectly. It's rare that a show can get laughs throughout generations and The Golden Girls does not disappoint.

She was a Marine in WWII.

Ugh I love the golden girls! I’m 28 but I have older parents. My dad is 64 and my mom is 59. My mom had me watching golden girls, green acres, bewitched, and gilligans island growing up 🥰

And I think part of the amazing chemistry came from Dorothy and Blanche working together on Maude and Blanche and Rose worked together on Mama’s Family-two other amazing shows🥰

Still boggles me and is hilarious to know that Sophia was the actual youngest cast member in real life.

@Mike-rk8px

Ай бұрын

Estelle Getty said the only thing she disliked about playing Sophia was that it took 2 hours for the make-up artist to make her look so much older than she was.

@chrispavlich9656

Ай бұрын

Only by a year and a half.

As others have said, the show is set in Miami but the women come from all over the USA. Dorothy has a scabrous east coast sense of humour. I have friends like that from New York who remind me of her. It’s very well cast and well written with better put downs than I’ve ever heard in British sitcoms and with none of the soft-edged earnestness from which many US sitcoms suffer. It was extremely popular on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1980s.

Yep Florida, back in the 80s before Folrida man.

@kallistiX1

Ай бұрын

Florida Man was definitely there but he was doing cocaine and wearing sunglasses at night.

This was and still is my favorite show. I have the Funko Pop dolls of all 4 characters.

The Golden Girls was one of the best shows. I still catch the reruns when I can.

Is based in Miami. They were made to look older too, however, Betty White looked the same for 99 years 🤣😂

Bea Arthur was a U.S. Marine during WW2.

you should try watching the show! it holds up really well

Bea Arthur was a Marine during WWII. She was a truck driver.

These ladies were the best. We miss them all. ❤ Great reaction video.

I remember loving the show as a little kid. Think it used to be on Friday nights in Australia.

Bea Arthur was great friends with Angela Lansbury. At Lansbury's insistence, her character on Murder She Wrote -- Jessica Fletcher aka JB Fletcher -- had the middle name of Beatrice.

The Golden girls is a fantastic show and there will never be something as good with such an awesome awesome cast

I watched that show with my grandmother for years. Great show and great memories.

LOVE THIS SHOW!!! THANKS for reacting to it, YOU-TWO!! :) HUGS!!

8:02 ha ha, "Bull-Duck". Get it? Ha Ha.

Yes, they're in Miami. You need to see Rose's St. Olaf stories.

Golden Girls, All in the Family, I Love Lucy, Laverne and Shirley are some of the best written comedy shows on American television.

I own all seven seasons on DVD AND the two seasons of The Golden Palace w/Don Cheadle and Cheech Marin. I can probably act out the scenes. Absolute favorite show of all time.

No one no one will have timing of Bea Arthur.

I'm really enjoying your reactions to Golden Girls. Like to see more in the near future. And they are based in Florida

You have to react to the entire whole episodes as you get to know them on a deep level. This show actually goes beyond just comedy. Context is lost from clips especially if you don’t know much about them

Watched two of your golden girls reactions now, love them, very authentic 😊

Bea Arthur was the star of a sitcom in the 70’s called ‘Maude,” and she had that same ruthless wit that could cut like a machete.

Was laughing along with yall. One of my favorite shows ever! Still watch this day!!! 😂

I love the Golden Girls, grew up watching them with my mom

This is one of the shows my grandma and I would watch together. She loved this show and so did I. The writing is just so good and multiple generations can enjoy it.

As a kid I loved Dorothy - as an adult, it's still funny at face value - plus there's a lot of additional joy connected to Maude? Idk exactly how, nothing direct, but it's comforting, too. Idk if you had to be watching US TV through the 60s & 70s (or reruns later on) to experience that extra hilarity of the GG?

Based in Miami, Florida. Dorothy and her Mom Sophia from Brooklyn, New York, Blanche some southern state (not sure), Rose (known as the blonde Scandinavian nut job) from Minnesota. It’s fun watching you guys try to figure out who’s who, what’s what. The reason they did so well is that they really pushed the societal standards of the day, great writers, and the perfect cast! Cheers.

@HallsofAsgard96

10 күн бұрын

Blanche is from Atlanta

Oh goody. I love was so hoping you'd bring back some more Golden Girls. Thanks so much❤👍💯

I so loved the "The Golden Girls" They were wonderful. 🤣❤️❤️❤️

One of my favorite shows

You’re right. They live in Miami, Dorothy Sophia and Rose all lodge in Blanche’s home.

Bea Arthur also had a show “ Maude “, that aired in the 70’s .😂

I can't remember if I already posted this, but Bea Arthur and Angela Lansbury were very good friends.

You have to see "MAUDE'' it's a TV show with Dorothy and Blanche back in the 70s it's fantastic. I have the complete DVD set.

one of the best shows

Best show ever, loved watching these ladies growing up. Still watch reruns. True lose on all their passing. Dorthy always reminded me of my Aunt who is still with us and makes me laugh.

Guys there characters were not supposed to be in they're 50s. They were all retire which generally happens at 65 or 62 of you why to go early. They are so on social security

@Danielle-mt3qt

Ай бұрын

But they were in their 50's when filming.

@GEMINI52398

Ай бұрын

@@Danielle-mt3qt No only Rue McClanahan was in her 50's, Betty, Estelle and Bea was in their 60's.

@davidlondon2810

Ай бұрын

@@Danielle-mt3qt not true! Bea Arthur was born in 1922 and the series ran from 1985-1991.

@JoystickVersusMachine

5 күн бұрын

They’re in their 50s and aren’t retired. Dorothy is a substitute teacher, Rose is a grief counselor, and Blanche works in a museum. They all came to Miami for a fresh start after their husbands’ died (except Stan, who cheated on Dorothy and they divorced).

I’m convinced, Dorothy is a descendant of Black Adder.

When they starting filming Bea and Betty were about 64 so they were in their 70s by the end of the show’s run. They were supposed to be playing women in their early 50s!

I used to watch this show with my grandparents. My grandma would be in the kitchen and grandpa would call out to her from the living room -"the Girls are on!" What a fun show😀

In love ❤ how the British react to such an epic show! Golden Girls was one of the best shows to ever be produced!!

One of the best shows ever made

Yes it is set in Miami.

It WAS Miami, FL. I love this, only real friends will talk this way to each other :D

You know the lady that plays the Dorthy mother is really younger, then the lady that plays Dorthy.

Some of my favorite moments aren’t included in those compilation videos! I hope you’ll consider reacting to an entire episode if possible! ❤

This was the first US comedy to do a joke about condemns.

HILARIOUS...ICONIC SHOW❤❤❤❤

She was also a U.S. Marine

It is based in Miami, they live in Blanche's house.

Great reaction guys, please do Sophia's best moments or savage moments shes so funny!

What’s funny is Rose (Betty White) was the oldest irl. Ma/Sophia was the youngest irl. Yet Betty outlived everyone

Great cast.

Love the golden girls. it's set in 1980s Miami Florida

So many good sitcoms from the 80's and 90's, and none of them could be made today where no one can be made fun of or offended.

@RMBlake007

20 күн бұрын

Correct. It's a shame that no one can express a sense of humor without being in danger of being cancelled, fired, offended, triggered, etc. We wonder why there are so many w mental health issues....for one, people don't/can't laugh anymore. What a terrible thing that is....

@cniknik9863

19 күн бұрын

You're not looking hard enough if you think they don't exist now a days then. 😂 a lot of raunchy humor is in adult animated sitcom shows.

I loved watching this show when I was a kid. I'd lmfao

Yes, based in Miami, Florida.

The Golden Girls was based in Florida.

The show is set in Miami, Florida.

Fwiw, this show was set in Florida, known for its high retiree population, contemporaneously during the ‘80s and ‘90s when it aired.

The writer's need more credit

I still laugh likes it my first time hearing these jokes

They actually were in their 50s when the series started. I believe Rue M was in her early 50s.

@mellycook

Ай бұрын

I think they all looked great 4 their age

@Thechimeradragon-xc9tq

Ай бұрын

There were women in their 50s playing women int their 60s.

@agarrick3854

22 күн бұрын

1:19 the host says they are only supposed to be in their 50's but they look in there 80's. WHAT!!

@Thechimeradragon-xc9tq

22 күн бұрын

The show first aired in 1985, I think. Bea and Betty would have been 63, Estella would have been 62. Making Stan and Rue, the youngest at 52 and 51. You have to factor in that beauty, health, and cosmetics have come a very long way in the last 30 years, plus stage makeup and fashion. There's something to be said about actors and actresses who age gracefully.

This is one of the only comedies I still watch. The comedies of today just don't match up

They came to London and performed on stage for the queen mom. She was a big fan.

It's supposed to take place in Boca Raton, a wealthy city in FL.

Bea Arthur was a truck driver in the Marines during WWII. Hardcore.❤