NOTE: This episode establishes the "post-feminist" premise of the series: despite their sexual and romantic yearnings for men, the four women really find support only in the solidarity of the family they construct for themselves. Blanche reels into a deep depression, but her friends' attempts to cheer her up make her realize she will be hard-pressed to find the love and support from someone else that she has found with her friends.ī: 14 Sep 85 pc: 001 w: Susan Harris d: Jay Sandrich While they wait for Harry to arrive for the nuptials, a policeman arrives to tell Blanche she has become involved with a bigamist. The day of the wedding dawns and Rose has a sinking feeling about Harry, but Dorothy prevents her from telling Blanche. Rose and Dorothy realize that Blanche's forthcoming union will mean a change of address for them. Their suspicions are confirmed when Blanche comes home from a date with Harry, all aflutter with marriage plans. William Parker, Meshach Taylor īlanche has been dating a wonderful man named Harry, whom the others suspect is about to propose to her. Occasionally characters from the spin-off series Empty Nest appear from time to time as the next door neighbors the Westons.įollowing the cancellation of the series and its sequel, Estelle Getty became a regular cast member of Empty Nest as her character Sophia.Įxecutive producers: Paul Junger Witt, Tony ThomasĮxecutive story consultant: Winifred HerveyĮxecutive script consultants: Mort Nathan, Barry FanaroĪssociate directors: Jon Sharp, Gary Shimokawa, Doug SmartĬharles Levin, Frank Aletter, F. The Golden Girls was so popular in Britain (including a Royal command performance for the Queen Mother) that a British version was prepared as The Brighton Belles a ten episode series that ran in 1993. The episodes selected emphasize the issue-oriented side of the show and are not necessarily the funniest.įollowing Bea Arthur's departure, the series was revamped into the unsuccessful The Golden Palace. To my knowledge this volume has not been published in North America (I found my copy in a bookstore in Utrecht during a holiday in the Netherlands). "Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom Tom," "72 Hours," and "Cheaters". Included are the scripts: "Job Hunting," "Transplant," "Blanche and the Younger Man," "Love Under the Big Top," "Not Another Monday," Comedy of Errors," "Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas," The theme song for the series was "Thank You for Being a Friend," lyrics by Andrew Gold, music by George Aliceson Tipton and was sung by Cynthia Fee.Īn anthology of ten scripts from the series was published as The Golden Girls Created by: Susan Harris, With an introduction and commentary by John Marriott (London, Boxtree, 1991, 237 pp.). Harry Weston (as his character from Empty Nest) Ī series about 4 older women living together.
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