The Golden Girls - The Complete First Season
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Actor: Betty WhiteDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 617 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-23
Studio: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
DVD Reviews of The Golden Girls - The Complete First Season
DVD Review: Classic Golden Girls
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this to take on a long cruise. I enjoyed watching the first season. It's wonderful to see all the scenes that the cable stations edit out.DVD Review: "THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND"
Summary: 5 Stars
The recent deaths of Estelle Getty and Beatrice Arthur makes watching "The Golden Girls" a more poignant, but certainly not a less funny, experience. The series began in 1985 and immediately defined the phrase "Must See TV." With my college friends and I, it was always, "What did you do on Saturday night?" The answer always was, "I stayed home and watched "The Golden Girls", of course."
The basic series premise is familiar to all fans by now. Three women over the age of 50 (although Blanche would never admit to it) are all room-mates in Blanche's Florida house. Blanche (Rue McClanahan) is man-crazy and seemingly over-sexed, Rose (Betty White) is sweetly naive about life. Dorothy (Beatrice Arthur) is the sensible one. Arthur's perfect comic timing and dead-pan delivery ground the series in reality. The trio is soon joined by Dorothy's wise-cracking mother Sophia (Estelle Getty), who moves in after her retirement home burns down. The foursome remain best friends through thick and thin, despite many comic misadventures:
1. The Engagement (Pilot): Blanche plans to marry boyfriend Harry, who is not what he seems to be. Note, in this episode, the Girls have a gay cook named Coco, who was immediately written out when it was decided Sophia would be the one to give uncensored remarks.
2. Guess Who's Coming To The Wedding: Dorothy is delighted her daughter is getting married, until she learns her ex-husband Stan (Herbert Edelman) will also be at the wedding.
3. Rose, The Prude: Rose ponders being intimate with a man for the first time since her beloved husband Charlie died. Guest star Harold Gould would portray Rose's boyfriend Miles Webber later in the series.
4. Transplant: Blanche's sister Virginia (Sheri North) arrives in need of a kidney transplant.
5. The Triangle: A man causes a misunderstanding between Dorothy and Blanche.
6. On Golden Girls:
Blanche's undisciplined grandson (Billy Jacoby) visits and gets a lesson in manners from the Girls. Billy Jacoby's brother, Scott Jacoby, would portray Dorothy's son Michael later in the series.
7. The Competition: A bowling tournament brings out the worst in the Girls.
8. The Break-In: After the Girls are robbed, a terrified Rose buys a gun. Sophia remarks, "one night I'll belch and stable Mable here will blow my head off."
9. Blanche & The Younger Man: Blanche dates a much younger fitness instructor.
10. The Heart Attack: Sophia suffers a heart attack during a storm.
11. Stan's Return: Stan returns again, much to the annoyance of Dorothy and Sophia.
12. The Custody Battle: Dorothy's sister Gloria wants Sophia to live with her.
13. A Little Romance: In this hilarious episode, Rose dates Dr. Jonathon Newman, a very short man, and has a wacky dream.
14. That Was No Lady: Dorothy dates a married man and feels guilty.
15. In A Bed Of Rose's: Rose is shocked when her date dies in her bed.
16. The Truth Will Out: Rose is nervous about a visit from her daughter and grand-daughter.
17. Nice And Easy: Blanche's niece is a bit too much like her.
18. The Operation: Dorothy is scared to have an operation on her foot.
19. Second Motherhood: Blanche dates a wealthy businessman.
20. Adult Education: Blanche is propositioned by her nightschool teacher.
21. Flu Attack: Just before the Friends Of Good Health Awards Banquet, the Girls, except Sophia, are struck by
the flu.
22. Job Hunting: When the Grief Center closes, Rose has trouble finding another job.
23. Blind Ambition: Polly Holliday guest stars as Rose's sister Lily, who recently became blind.
24. Big Daddy: Blanche's father, Big Daddy (Murray Hamilton) wants to become a country-western singer.
25. The Way We Met: The Girls recall how they became room-mates.
The series was an instant success. Frequent reruns on numerous stations, such as Lifetime, WE, and The Hallmark Channel, have only increased the series' appeal. The Golden Girls are as enduring as they are humorously endearing. Needless to say, "The Golden Girls" on DVD is highly recommended.
DVD Review: Goodbye Bea
Summary: 5 Stars
Bea Arthur died on Saturday because of her private battle with lung cancer. I am a 32 year old male and I grew up on the Golden Girls. I used to watch it with my mom, dad, & sisters when I was just a young child. Blanche used to be my favorite when I was younger. But as I got older I learned to appreciate Bea Arthur's wonderful comic ability and her reactions to the other three ladies. I was shaken by Estelle Getty's passing last year, but I cried over Bea's death this year. She was my favorite Golden Girl and from what I hear a wonderful, strong lady in real life. The Golden Girls has stood the test of time but now we are suddenly losing the Golden Girls one by one. I just hope that Betty and Rue can live on forever. But I know that is a dream that will never come true. Goodbye Bea and thanks. DVD Review: You won't be disappointed!
Summary: 5 Stars
Fantastic! I haven't been disappointed by any Golden Girls DVD's I have ordered from Amazon.com. I own every season and watch them all the time! Great when you need a laugh.
The quality of the DVD's is excellent and the delivery was speedy and efficient. Which I have become accustom to when ordering from Amazon.com
DVD Review: The Golden Girls, First Season
Summary: 5 Stars
We need laughter in our lives these days and this video will give you plenty of laughs. This was an excellent TV program that we don't get much of these days. Total entertainment.
Description of The Golden Girls - The Complete First Season
An Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Comedy Series in its very first year, THE GOLDEN GIRLS has become a landmark in television history and an all-time fan favorite. Beatrice Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Betty White, and Estelle Getty star as four South Florida seniors sharing a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless, and hilarious, these lovely mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends. Experience all 25 laugh-packed episodes of Season One in this spectacular 3-disc set, including the series pilot and an exclusive bonus feature that offers a whole new look at the show. It's all the provocative fun and entertainment you remember ... and so much more.Launched during the neon-lit 1980s, The Golden Girls shed light on a side of Miami ignored by Miami Vice. In other words, no drugs, no murder--just four women of "a certain age," spending their golden years in the sun. Like the theme, "Thank You for Being a Friend," the long-running sitcom was about friendship (not crime). As for the "girls," they were tart-tongued Dorothy (Beatrice Arthur), former farm girl Rose (Betty White), Southern belle Blanche (Rue McClanahan), and Dorothy's salty Sicilian mother Sophia (Estelle Getty). All were widows, with the exception of the divorced Dorothy. Created by Emmy-winning producer Susan Harris (Soap), The Golden Girls re-ignited the careers of 1970s TV veterans Arthur (All in the Family, Maude) and White (The Mary Tyler Moore Show). At the same time, it made stars of McClanahan (who co-starred on Maude), by playing a comic version of A Streetcar Named Desire's Blanche Dubois, and the scene-stealing Getty, made to look older than her actual age (she and Arthur were born the same year).
Notable guests to lend their talents to the first season include Star Trek: Voyager's Robert Picardo ("The Operation"), Alice's Polly Holliday ("Blind Ambitions"), and WKRP in Cincinnati's Gordon Jump ("Big Daddy"). In addition, Harold Gould (Rhoda), who appears in "Rose the Prude," would return as a (different) recurring character five years later.
The Golden Girls ran for seven seasons and spawned spin-off The Golden Palace (without Arthur) and a British version called The Brighton Belles. By the end of its run in 1992, it had garnered numerous awards, including two Emmys for best comedy series. In addition, each of the four actresses received a well-deserved Emmy for her efforts. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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