Post by jasong on Jul 28, 2018 11:11:10 GMT
"I need $67 for the cab..."
"SIXTY-SEVEN DOLLARS? Ma.. The home is 15 minutes from here."
"Oh, it is wonderful dating in Miami. All the single men under 80 are cocaine smugglers."
(Quick little tid-bit of info, Designing Women's Meshach Taylor cameos in the episode as a police officer a year before DW would debut.)
(Another tid-bit of information is that 21 + million people tuned in for the shows pilot, which beat out the Cosby Show in ratings that week.)
What was around in the 80s? The Jeffersons of course, Murder, She Wrote, Family Ties, Designing Women, Newhart, Moonlighting, Knight Rider. MASH, Facts of Life, Different Strokes, Hill-street blues, Happy Days, LA Law, etc.
Now. The dissection you haven't been waiting for (Sorry had to make that joke, as sometimes I do take breaks from the forums.). The pilot of the Golden Girls. You know the show that became a hit classic and even today has a huge fan base around it. The pilot shows how comedy and drama can perfectly intertwine.
And how did the series start? Of course with its now famous "Thank you for being a friend" theme song and the show starting. Now how would you start a series? Of course start it with Bea Arthur coming into the kitchen, that's how you come into the series with a bang! Dorothy making fun of "ugly" students, I mean alright but the script writers knew what they were doing in that pilot episode and as well as that they knew Bea's personality after her run on Maude. "I told them to leave they were too ugly to look at..", then Rose and Blanche make their way into the scene..
Blanche comes in asking if she can borrow Dorothy's stole as Blanche has a date.. (Of course.. its blanche) and Dorothy delivers "It's Miami in June, only cats are wearing fur.", Blanche asks again and Dorothy says fine but asks her to bring it back. then they continue to make jokes about the heat and Rose asks "Are you staying in?" Dorothy "No she's going to stay where its 112 degrees and eat enchiladas.", Blanche gets cucumbers and says they reduce puffiness and Rose goes to stand up and is pushed back down Dorothy.. (LOL..)
As a few minutes later they hear the doorbell ring, and SURPRISE its Sophia. Sophia took a taxi from the "Home" as it burnt down and that it cost her "$67 for the cab" and Dorothy goes out angry and comes in again when Harry arrives. Blanche comes in and says hi and Sophia says ""Who are you?" "It's me Blanche." "You look like a prostitute.." the best lines of the episode (if you ask me.) and as Harry makes his way into the episode, he greets Sophia and the events go down there with Sophia telling Harry "I hope you're going to a cold climate." as Blanche and Harry leave Sophia says "The man is a scuzzball" with Dorothy reacting like only Bea Arthur could (by throwing her arms up in the air while one member in the audience is losing it completely and cackling like a mad-man.). The stares between Dorothy and Sophia are immense and hilarious.
As the episode continues, Blanche comes home from her date and says that Harry proposed to her and the girls are wondering if they are going to have to move out, Blanche says not at the moment but they cant stay as long as they need to. As a few minutes later they are preparing for Blanche's wedding and how Rose has this gut feeling that something is wrong. (And boy she is right), and she says that she shouldn't get married, but is ignored and eventually locked into Blanche's cupboard.
As blanche is in her wedding dress the doorbell rings as they answer the door a policeman says that her 'husband' is a wanted man for bigamy in many states, Blanche is devastated to hear this and goes to her room for about a week.
As Blanche goes outside and the girls made their way onto the lanai, they talk about always being there for one another and taking care of each other even if they get married they would remain together.. (well then we wont talk about the finale hey?)
Season 1 of the Golden Girls proved that in the 80s, older ladies could be a ratings hit, of course they were, the first episode proved that, and as we saw throughout the episode them beginning to gel as a cast, the moment Sophia rung that door-bell, to the moment Dorothy says that they'll never be alone, after Blanche's "husband" going on the run. No other show's pilot has made me laugh more then the #GoldenGirls and for me that's what is important, if its a comedy show, throw in some good laughs, not cheap or tacky, good laughs, and nowadays it should be that, but its not and its sad. Golden Girls will always be timeless in this area.
"That we're together. And that no matter what happens, even if we all get married, we'll stick together.
"
"SIXTY-SEVEN DOLLARS? Ma.. The home is 15 minutes from here."
"Oh, it is wonderful dating in Miami. All the single men under 80 are cocaine smugglers."
(Quick little tid-bit of info, Designing Women's Meshach Taylor cameos in the episode as a police officer a year before DW would debut.)
(Another tid-bit of information is that 21 + million people tuned in for the shows pilot, which beat out the Cosby Show in ratings that week.)
What was around in the 80s? The Jeffersons of course, Murder, She Wrote, Family Ties, Designing Women, Newhart, Moonlighting, Knight Rider. MASH, Facts of Life, Different Strokes, Hill-street blues, Happy Days, LA Law, etc.
Now. The dissection you haven't been waiting for (Sorry had to make that joke, as sometimes I do take breaks from the forums.). The pilot of the Golden Girls. You know the show that became a hit classic and even today has a huge fan base around it. The pilot shows how comedy and drama can perfectly intertwine.
And how did the series start? Of course with its now famous "Thank you for being a friend" theme song and the show starting. Now how would you start a series? Of course start it with Bea Arthur coming into the kitchen, that's how you come into the series with a bang! Dorothy making fun of "ugly" students, I mean alright but the script writers knew what they were doing in that pilot episode and as well as that they knew Bea's personality after her run on Maude. "I told them to leave they were too ugly to look at..", then Rose and Blanche make their way into the scene..
Blanche comes in asking if she can borrow Dorothy's stole as Blanche has a date.. (Of course.. its blanche) and Dorothy delivers "It's Miami in June, only cats are wearing fur.", Blanche asks again and Dorothy says fine but asks her to bring it back. then they continue to make jokes about the heat and Rose asks "Are you staying in?" Dorothy "No she's going to stay where its 112 degrees and eat enchiladas.", Blanche gets cucumbers and says they reduce puffiness and Rose goes to stand up and is pushed back down Dorothy.. (LOL..)
As a few minutes later they hear the doorbell ring, and SURPRISE its Sophia. Sophia took a taxi from the "Home" as it burnt down and that it cost her "$67 for the cab" and Dorothy goes out angry and comes in again when Harry arrives. Blanche comes in and says hi and Sophia says ""Who are you?" "It's me Blanche." "You look like a prostitute.." the best lines of the episode (if you ask me.) and as Harry makes his way into the episode, he greets Sophia and the events go down there with Sophia telling Harry "I hope you're going to a cold climate." as Blanche and Harry leave Sophia says "The man is a scuzzball" with Dorothy reacting like only Bea Arthur could (by throwing her arms up in the air while one member in the audience is losing it completely and cackling like a mad-man.). The stares between Dorothy and Sophia are immense and hilarious.
As the episode continues, Blanche comes home from her date and says that Harry proposed to her and the girls are wondering if they are going to have to move out, Blanche says not at the moment but they cant stay as long as they need to. As a few minutes later they are preparing for Blanche's wedding and how Rose has this gut feeling that something is wrong. (And boy she is right), and she says that she shouldn't get married, but is ignored and eventually locked into Blanche's cupboard.
As blanche is in her wedding dress the doorbell rings as they answer the door a policeman says that her 'husband' is a wanted man for bigamy in many states, Blanche is devastated to hear this and goes to her room for about a week.
As Blanche goes outside and the girls made their way onto the lanai, they talk about always being there for one another and taking care of each other even if they get married they would remain together.. (well then we wont talk about the finale hey?)
Season 1 of the Golden Girls proved that in the 80s, older ladies could be a ratings hit, of course they were, the first episode proved that, and as we saw throughout the episode them beginning to gel as a cast, the moment Sophia rung that door-bell, to the moment Dorothy says that they'll never be alone, after Blanche's "husband" going on the run. No other show's pilot has made me laugh more then the #GoldenGirls and for me that's what is important, if its a comedy show, throw in some good laughs, not cheap or tacky, good laughs, and nowadays it should be that, but its not and its sad. Golden Girls will always be timeless in this area.
"That we're together. And that no matter what happens, even if we all get married, we'll stick together.
"