Golden Girls - Ricky Kwong
#4 in my series. I was excited to see what the combination of cutesy baby dolls + old ladies would look, and I’m happy to say…just as I expected. And I apologize, Bea Arthur, I just couldn’t resist making you comically giant.
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My friend is doing this project and I’ll probably be along for the ride on some occassions. Everyone should follow her, especially if you live in Ohio.
Source: the52daysprojectFor many years, like most people in the world, I have made a resolution for each New Year that came around. And, like most people, I fell off the wagon of said resolution within the first month. Once in a while I would get lucky and go strong for two months but that was rare. For the past two…
Season 1 Episode 5: This is what happens when a bunch of single ladies get together
Dorothy is dating an attractive doctor who makes a pass at Blanche. Now that’s what I like about this show, the previous episode Blanche is kind of a bitch and now Blanche is just trying to do right by her friend and it blows up in her face. (Albeit, the whole “tiny little waist” part cracks me up.) These are real people with more than one dimension. Sure, Blanche is the “pretty one” but Dorothy, Rose and Sophia get more action in a season than I do. Rose is the “nice one” but God forbid you enter a competition with her and she turns into a crazy woman.
So Dorothy accuses Blanche of being a bad friend and she thinks she’s lying. Blanche is just jealous since Dorothy has the cute doctor boyfriend, right? WRONG! My favorite part is when Rose tries to lure Elliot into making a pass at her to prove her point. She starts getting all sexxxy with the “Dr. Man.” I have decided that I will use “I’m like my father’s tractor. I take a while to warm up but once I get going I can turn your topsoil until the cows come home” as my new come on. Maybe not. Regardless, it works and Dorothy realizes Elliot is a two timing dick.
As a side note, I want the night time ensemble that Blanche is wearing at the beginning of this clip.
Now let me preface this by saying that I have no siblings, so I don’t really understand the whole sibling rivalry thing. Blanche’s sister, Virginia, comes to visit. Now Blanche and Virginia don’t get along and have never gotten along. Blanche has a long list of ills which Virginia has imposed upon her since Virginia is the youngest. So when Virginia comes for a visit Blanche figures something is up, and it is. Bitch is DYING and need Blanche’s kidney. But before this is revealed Blanche is being really snotty about stuff that Virginia did decades ago! Like I said, those of you with siblings, especially tense sister relationships, may have a completely different read on this one than I do.
I do love Sophia’s discussion about “you do for family,” and when she told Virginia she’d give her her kidney “but she probably wants one she can control.”
As you can imagine everything works out in the end.
Arnie shows up as Rose’s gentleman friend. We learn that Rose hasn’t had the sex since Charlie died 15 years (!) ago. There’s a funny exchange when she is discussing this with Blanche and Dorothy. Dorothy is sweetly empathetic and Blanche is hilariously Blanche.
Of course since Golden Girls recycles guest stars, we’ll see Arnie again as another one of Rose’s gentleman friend’s Miles.
And I’m still waiting for the opportunity to wear “a life jacket and a great big smile.”
Dorothy’s daughter, Kate, gets married. That’s sort of secondary to what the upcoming wedding does; it forces us to meet Stan, Dorothy’s ex. Dorothy finally gets to say her peace to Stan after the wedding. Let me tell you, I have someone I wouldn’t mind saying “sit down, shut the fuck up and listen to me for once.” And then say my peace and go “fine, I’m done, get the fuck out.”
They also managed to figure out how to write lines for Bea Arthur where it doesn’t sound like she’s doing stand up. It’s much more organic. They learned from the pilot, that’s for sure.
Original Sophia. I’m glad that got rid of that wig and brightened her up a bit. She’s a little scary looking here. I think making her look sweeter makes some of her one-liners better.
I’ve been on hiatus for a while. Not sure why. Anyhow, I’ve decided to watch my Golden Girls DVDs chronologically. I’m sure I’ll have lots of interesting insights…
Hey everyone! Sorry I’ve been MIA, it’s been a busy couple weeks. I hope that you are all having a great holiday season. As an awesome side effect of the Golden Girls Gift Guide I received this from my friend for Christmas!
