The Golden Girls Appreciation Thread

[Soapsuds]

Blanche: Oh, why would he want another woman? After all he has dipped his toe in the lake known as "Blanche."

Blanche: Blanche Devereaux has never shared a man!

Sophia Petrillo: Or a pizza.

Blanche: Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go take a long, hot, steamy bath, with just enough water to barely cover my perky bosoms.

Sophia Petrillo: You're only gonna sit in an inch of water?

[Soapsuds]

Sophia: Jean is a lesbian.

Blanche: What's so bad about that?

Sophia: You're not surprised?

Blanche: Well I haven't known any personally but ain't Danny Thomas one?

Dorothy: Not Lebanese, Blanche. Lesbian.

Sophia: Jean thinks she's in love with Rose

Blanche: Rose? Jean has the hots for Rose? I don't believe it! I do not believe it!

Dorothy: I was pretty surprised myself

Blanche: Well, I bet! To think Jean would prefer Rose over me, that's ridiculous!

Blanche Devereaux: [laughing and humming, as in ecstasy, while eating cookies] Ha, ha, ha... hmmm, hmmm... oooh... mmm, mmm.

Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: Blanche, are you in a good mood?

Blanche Devereaux: Dorothy, you always could see right through me.

Sophia Petrillo: Keep it up with those Chips Ahoy and Superman couldn't see right through you.

[Soapsuds]

Blanche Devereaux: Mrs Claxton, how lovely it is to see you again.

Frieda Claxton: Who are you?

Blanche Devereaux: I'm your neighbour, Blanche Deveraux.

Frieda Claxton: Oh, yeah. I didn't recognise you with your clothes on.

Blanche Devereaux: I beg your pardon?

Frieda Claxton: With my binoculars, I have a terrific view in your bedroom window. I think some of the stuff you do is illegal. I'm looking into it.

Blanche Devereaux: You miserable old...

Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: [interrupting] Let's try and get along. Mrs Claxton, I don't know if you remember me. Dorothy Zbornak.

Frieda Claxton: Sure, I know you. You're the one with nothing going on in your bedroom.

Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: Why, you miserable old...

Rose Nylund: [interrupting] Dorothy!

Rose: You know, I've been thinking...

Blanche: Well, that would explain the beads of sweat!

Blanche Devereaux: ...there was a time in my life when I tried quittin' somethin'.

Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: Blanche, you don't mean...

Blanche Devereaux: Sex, Dorothy. I tried quittin' sex.

Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: Obviously you fell off the wagon.

Sophia Petrillo: And onto a naval base.

Dorothy: Blanche, did it ever occur to you that possibly Rose or I might be interested in Jake?

Blanche Devereaux: Yes.

Rose: And you still used every cheap ploy to nab him before we had a chance?

Blanche Devereaux: Yes!

Dorothy: Then what do you have to say for yourself?

Blanche Devereaux: Damn, I'm good!

[ChiTownBoi03]

DOROTHY: "Oh Ma thank god you're here!"

SOPHIA: "Arrested for prostitution I can't believe it"

BLANCHE: "Sophia, we're innocent!"

SOPHIA: "I know that. I can't believe these dumb cops think people would pay money to sleep with ya"

DOROTHY: "Listen, punk! If you wanna fight with somebody, you gonna have to fight with me. But I warn you, I did time in Attica."

PROSTITUTE: "Attica's a men's prison."

DOROTHY: "I know, I was there a year before they found out."

PROSTITUTE: "Sorry chief, I didn't mean to ruffle your feathers."

BLANCHE: "Dorothy, that was amazing how did you do that?"

DOROTHY: "I work in the public school system, it's not that different from this."

ROSE: "How about this: Miami is nice, so I'll say it thrice?"

DOROTHY: "Who the hell says thrice?!"

ROSE: "It's a word!"

DOROTHY: "So is intrauterine. It does not belong in a song."

ROSE: (on the piano) "Miami, you're cuter than...an intrauterine."

[Mr. Vixen]

I absolutely ADORE the Golden Girls...I have to dig up some of my favorite quotes and post them here.

[ChiTownBoi03]

INSEMINATION DOCTOR: "Any more questions?"

BLANCHE: "Yes...just one. What in hell are we doing here? I feel like i'm in the middle of some awful dream. Yet, I know it can't be a dream cuz there's no boy dancers."

REBECCA: "Mother!"

BLANCHE: "I just cannot believe you are actually gonna give money to someone like this...sperm pusher! You are a Devereaux. A Devereaux has never had to pay for it, I certainly haven't."

DOROTHY: "She's always depended on the kindness of strangers."

[SFK]

SOPHIA: Let me tell you a little story. When I was a kid in Sicily, I loved lightning bugs. I'd stand out in the field and watch them light up the night sky. That was magical, that was spectacular. I tell you, I saw a thousand points of light. It was a kinder, gentler America. I turned to my wife Barbara and I said...

DOROTHY: MA, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?

SOPHIA: Oh, sorry, I must have lapsed into George Bush's inauguration speech.

[ChiTownBoi03]

STANLEY: "Chrissy left me for a younger man."

DOROTHY: "Younger than Chrissy? Where did she meet him, Camp Snoopy?"

ROSE: "The three of us are planning a vacation together."

SOPHIA: "Without me??"

ROSE: "Well...we were sorta hoping you'd stay and watch the house."

SOPHIA: "Why don't you take the house? I'll stay here and watch the hole in the ground!"

[YRBB]

You guys inspired me to watch the show properly for the first time! I saw 8 episodes in a row. lol What fun!

[razor32always]

By far my favorite show ever. Monday nights are my favorite nights of the week because of the WeTV marathon. Love this thread!

[lovely_m]

From "From Here to the Pharmacy"

Dorothy: Wait, you're using Rose as a lawyer.

Rose: I know what I'm doing, every Thursday I watch La Law.

Dorothy:That's LA Law

Rose: I wonder why Susan Dey didn't have a French accent.

Blanche: All he said on the phone was that he had a great time with me the night before he left.

Dorothy: Then it's got to be...anybody.

Blanche: Rose, he's going to be standing up with his clothes on. He could be...

Dorothy: Anybody.

Sophia: Nice going counsel, exactly how close are you sitting to the television when you're watching la Law

[Soapsuds]

Sophia: Rose, just remember, you're smarter than people say you are. You've got good sense, and you know what you're doing.

Rose: Oh, Sophia.

Sophia: Blanche, you're a slut.

Blanche: Oh, Sophia.

Dorothy: Well Blanche is certainly taking her sister's novel better than I would. I would kill my sister Gloria if she ever wrote about my sex life.

Sophia: You would kill your sister over a pamphlet?

Rose: I've been on the phone for a half hour and you'll never guess what happened.

Dorothy: You realized you forgot to dial first.

Rose: No.

Blanche: You were holding the receiver the wrong way.

Rose: No.

Dorothy: You were talking into the TV remote instead of the phone.

Rose: No.

Blanche: A shoe?

Rose: No, I'm not an idiot. - The TV has a remote?

[Blanche commenting on her brother's lifestyle]

Blanche: I don't really mind Clayton being homosexual, I just don't like him dating men.

Dorothy: You really haven't grasped the concept of this "gay thing" yet, have you, Blanche?

Blanche: Well there must be homosexuals who date women.

Sophia: Yeah. They're called lesbians.

[EricMontreal22]

GG had a lot of great lines, but I think it suffered from its sitcom format--everything having to "go back" to the beginning after each episode. Maybe that's why I WAY WAY prefer Susan Huarris' previous sitcom she created, Soap. (Though GG is better than its spin offs Empty Nest, The Nurses and Golden Palace).

[ChiTownBoi03]

LOL! I have to watch that episode now. I have all of these organized on my ipod touch by production code...i guess thats pretty anal.

[DaytimeFan]

Although I enjoyed ''Soap'' I disagree that the sitcom format hurt ''The Golden Girls'' because it is the sitcom format that allowed GG to go into syndication for coming up 25 years, whereas Soap died the death of most serials.

What I marvel at is how well GG stands up to time, it's still relevant and still funny as hell.

Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan and Betty White are the four greatest female comics of the 80s (aside from Joan Rivers, but La Rivers is eternal)