I know i am not the only one. i watched Golden Girls faithfully throughout my childhood, and currently stop the channel flipping when i drive by them on Lifetime. I remember thinking it would be cool to compile a book of all of Rose’s St. Olaf stories.
One of my favorites was when the girls dressed up for the Henny Penny Play (with Blanche as Goosey Loosey!)
I know there are more of you guys out there, so step up! I am wondering how big that section of the fanbase was (would be the 7-15 year olds then, IIRC)
The show was pretty racy for its day (considering the principals were over 60). Back then it seemed all the other sitcoms were of the Growing Pains, Full House, Charles in Charge variety.
I enjoy watching the reruns on Lifetime and toggling the mute so that the laugh track can’t be heard. It really adds something when you watch it as if they’re all serious. (Especially since they all deliver their lines with deadly serious looks on their faces).
This thread reminded me of something I noticed during my stay at my parents over the holidays.
My father (who will be 60 on his next b-day) is a big Golden Girls fan. He will watch it above all else, including war movies and the History Channel. This is a big thing if you know my dad.
I suddenly realized he may not be watching it just for the laughs. His fixation with Blanche is just to obvious. My father is watching it for the “babe factor”. :eek:
I was just talking about this the other day. My friends and I were marvelling over how how that show ended up with a bunch of pre-teens for an audience. Some guys even admit that they truly believed Blanche was attractive.
INAG(I’m not a guy) but most people, guys and girls, I know between 19-26 watched that show back in the 80’s. I think Cat Fight’s right, they had a huge young audience that they probably were clueless about.
I watched it when I was younger. I was trying to think of that other show, the spin-off. I went a googling, typed in “Golden Girls” and looked at the first page of links. Nothing. I haven’t slept in about 30 hours and without really thinking typed in “Deets”.
Oh right! Empty Nest.
I enjoyed both these programs and now am glad to find out that I wasn’t the only one.
In 1990, I was en route to the local Safeway, on foot, when a very panicked-looking man ran out of his house and up to me. “Excuse me! Excuse me!” He had this air of urgency about him that got my attention. He asked “Do you have a video cassette recorder?” “Umm… yeah. Why?” “There’s something on TV tonight that I have to see, and I’m going to miss it.” I’m thinking one of his children are going to be on the news, or something, so I’m open to the idea of helping him out. Turns out he’s anxious about missing Empty Nest. I asked him if there was some special reason he had to see this episode. Nope. He just didn’t like to miss Empty Nest.
I try to imagine being into a TV show enough to ask a total stranger to tape it for me. I admit, I might ask a family member to tape 24 for me-- but I still feel like it’s asking a bit much. What happens to a person that they need to ask someone they don’t even know to tape Empty Nest for them? I’m thinking it must have been some sort of blunt trauma to the head. Or some sort of unhealthy obsession with Kristy McNichol.
Monkeypants, hell no-- once it became clear that I was dealing with someone who was obviously deranged, I made my excuses and backed away, carefully: “Will betamax be okay? Oh, so sorry. Good luck!”
In college, myself and a few other guys would have “Golden Girls” nights when it was on on Lifetime, or whatever channel it was. Every week on Wednesday, we’d watch for an hour.
I have to admit that I am a huge fan myself. When I lived with my grandmother who’s the ripe old age of 69, her and I would watch the Golden Girls together almost everynight. We also would watch her show Wheel Of Fortune every night too. I became an instant senior citizen by living in that woman’s house.
Well, I turned 30 last year but I like the show. I have a painting of Bea Arthur wrestling velociraptors as my desktop wallpaper, at both home and at work.