Can we have a Golden Girls Appreciation Thread?

[ShirleyJackson]

I’ve discovered that The Golden Girls is on Disney+ and I’m obsessed.

It’s such sweet nostalgia - I used to watch it with my mum and dad back in the ‘80s - but it’s still bloody funny!

I mean, we’ll gloss over the fact that I’m only a few years younger than them now…

Anybody else, or am I alone out here on my lanai?

Looks like I’ll have to eat my chocolate cheesecake all by myself!

I loved the Golden Girls not seen it for many years 😍

I love the Golden Girls, I used to watch it with my Mum back in the 80’s. Sophia is my favourite

Its lovely isn't it. Completely passed me by before it came onto Disney+. I dont know if it was on tv in the UK or just the US when it was out originally?

I can't believe none of them are still living now 😥

During lockdown channel 4 showed every episode, 2 a day every week day. It was one of the things that got me through!

Thank you didn’t know it was on Disney plus! Loved the GG, it was so well written!

I found it on Disney plus last year and rewatched every episode. I love it

Sophia is wonderful, but it I want to be Dorothy when I grow up. She has all the best lines.

‘Go to sleep, sweetheart. Pray for brains.’

We have a story book called Goodnight Girls and it's a Golden Girls bedtime story for little ones!

I just love the way everything is all tied up in a neat bow at the end of every episode. So comforting.

I love their comic timing - especially the gorgeous Betty White. It’s great when they let her unleash a bit of her old Hollywood glamour as well, and put her in tap shoes.

And Sophia is pure anarchy 😂😂

@chineapplepunks - wow!

I hope they’ve toned Blanche down! I’d love to hear one of her bedtime stories, but I don’t think it’d be for the kiddies!

We rewatched during lockdown. Bea Arthur is class and Betty White is such a comedian.

I’ve just been howling at Rose’s herring circus story. DH came downstairs to see what was going on 😀

Bea Arthur really was a class act. I’d love to see Maude, but I can’t find it streaming anywhere.

My favourite episode was where Blanche said she was never getting on top again after looking down into a mirror😱😱😱😱

@Aconitum ha!

It’s scary how much I relate to it now, forty years later!

I read recently that the Golden Girls were younger than Carrie and co in the new series of Sex And The City

Yup. And Sophia was younger than Dorothy in real life!

I must admit, I find myself musing over having a Golden Girls-style arrangement if DH goes before me. It does seem to be an excellent idea.

@ShirleyJackson You should look it up on amazon! The girls have a sleepover and Sophia is trying to get them to go to bed. It's got lots of call backs to the show!

I binge watched the whole series last year when I had been made redundant and was feeling really down. Its now my go-to easy watch series, I adore them all. I have a particularly soft spot for Sophia but Blanche is my fave. Wish I had her confidence!

Absolutely love it, watched it all when I had a free Disney sub with my phone.

@chineapplepunks I’m so tempted!

@Wanttobeanastronaut I love Dorothy’s little put downs when Blanche gets a bit above herself.

’What’s a woman in her forties to do?’
’I don’t know, Blanche, let’s find one and ask her.’

😂

We used to watch it in the 80s on ch4, tbh all I remembered was Sophia and her "picture this" haha. Tbh it was very progressive for its time, lots of slut shaming and a few spicy Jewish jokes, but none were particularly egregious. Its definitely a comfort watch. Wonder if roseanne would hold up, used to love that too.