"Meet The Golden Girls" (1986) RARE Behind The Scenes TV Spot / Interview
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- Опубліковано 14 вер 2011
- A special up-close & first look what critics are calling "Miami Nice".
Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty (minus the wig), in the show that centers on four older women sharing a lovely home together in Miami, Florida.
Original run: September 14, 1985 to May 9, 1992 - Комедії
I've been a fan my entire life. Loved watching this clip of them behind the scenes. Thank you
You don't realize how well Rue executes Blanche's accent until you hear her natural soft Oklahoman voice.
Whenever Rue speaks, I find myself straining to hear Blanche’s Georgian accent. She did it so flawlessly.
In the Golden Girls pilot episode, the director told her NO southern accent, so she did her Oklahoma accent. When the show was picked up, there was a new director, who DID want a southern accent. Good interview on UA-cam with Rue, about it.
My Mom had that Oklahoma accent too. Just a little bit country.
If you'll notice early on, she didn't use a southern accent, luckily they quickly had her use it..I loved her!
@@zackc.8015 She was my favourite love blance
Stick with us Betty ... the world needs to stay golden a lot longer, I miss all the other girls.
well zaid.!if we could hold on to her longer.
I miss all of them also.I loved that show.
Oh, how right you are. RIP to the other 3 gals and long live Betty!
In one episode, Rose wondered what would happen to the one that out lived the rest. Almost like she was meant to be the lone survivor.
As of 2020, she is still with us.
its hard to believe none of these four beautifully talented actresses are with us today
In a few years, we all would be gone. Its natural.
Its hard to believe that even while all girls are gone except Betty, she was the oldest one
Yes, Betty was the oldest, followed by Bea, then Estelle then Rue. Estelle, who played Bea's "Ma" was almost a year younger than Bea! But that white wig and little to no make-up and big glasses made her look older, and her sometimes tottering steps -- all an act! The 4 of them were SO good in their parts! Shows you what great acting really is!
It always freaks me out because in one of the first episodes, it might have been the pilot, Rose says “What happens when there’s only one of us left?” I always get chills hearing that line.
@@MJLeger-yj1ww Oh wow ..no kidding! Love the show and still watch reruns!❤
She's still going!!
I wouldn't watch them for a half hour every week... I'd watch them 7 days a week!
It's on Hallmark every day and Sunday on TV Land.
Me too, I'd live with them, LOL, no joke!!!
Taka Ono same
I watch it every day
Taka Ono me too!!
It's SO WEIRD to see Estelle Getty looking like that, especially when the other three look exactly the same.
None of them are made up, that's why.
Estelle is one of the prettiest women ever.
Bea Arthur looks rotten with no make up
I agree. It was also hard to believe she was younger. Despite her make up being convincing.
@@ais8358 she kind of looked like Maureen Stapleton, but prettier.
We need another show like this. Female leads, great jokes, loveable characters, touching moments, women past their “prime” it was so ahead of its time and there still hasn’t been anything else like it.
I agree, Amber, but I don't think it's possible to replicate another show to be anywhere near on a par with The Golden Girls". They, and the show, were absolutely unique,, and irreplaceable.
This was prime for Bea. She never looked better than she did in Golden Girls.
@@desertrose1226 I liked her on Maude in the 70's but she was so much Classier with her looks on the Golden Girls in the 80's. So sorry Cancer ate away at her several years later after the Golden Girls.
Have you seen Grace & Frankie? I think it is a little bit comparable to the Golden Girls.
I thought Hot in Cleveland was a modern take on The Golden Girls. Betty White's Elka character was sort of like Sophia.
I love this show. I watch it everyday and never get tired of it
Clara Kirkendoll I do as well
I do too....love it
So do I lol.
I thought I was the only one watching it every day
I love it -- them ❤
I think people blow the Bea and Betty thing out of proportion. Betty
Did say Bea wasn't fond of her but she didn't make it sound like there was some nasty rivalry or feud. They just clashed sometimes and older people tend to be that way. They just say it all but their chemistry was undeniable.
Agreed. It's not like we all haven't worked with someone that we didn't necessarily want to be friends with - but we "put" up with because - well, we have too.
Bea was an introvert and Betty was an extrovert. You’re right, no rivalry and no feud. Just different personalities but both very professional.
I was 10 when this show aired....I'm 46 and still watch it every night...timeless!!❤
so was I
I've read so much garbage online about how these beautiful women didn't get along with one another. It's so wonderful to see this video showing them exactly as I imagine they would be off-screen. Thank for this. I just wish the video was longer. I have such gratitude to these women and Susan Harris for making my life feel full.
One of the funniest, well written shows ever!!! The chemistry between them was a once in a lifetime event!
I think this shows how much Bea and Betty truly loved each other.
It's nice to see them so close and chummy.
This was, for me, the very first show of my youth to become a “safe space” show in later adult years. Whenever I face uncertainty or disappointment I add it to my dinner. It renews my faith in humanity. And never more a tonic than in the Winter months. I’ve since been able to add Everybody Loves Raymond, and Downton Abbey to that list. And I feel so grateful to have them at my disposal. Escapism and positivity at it’s finest.
Now they are all together. R.I.P. Betty White 1922-2021.
I love the golden girls I started watching it at 12 and at 31 now I still watch it... Bea Arthur was fabulous and the great thing about Golden girls no matter how many times you watch the episode they're still great and they're still funny
kaylove, You are still a very young girl kaylove.
I loved Betty White's Freudian slip, almost referring to themselves as broads, and changing it to ladies at the last second. She's a pip, and has always been a hoot in comedy.
Randy, The Lazy Comic That was intentional.
@@rgrnduIt's all good. Still funny.
Oh, that was intentional, she was “trying” to be funny. I LOVED Betty, but can also see how Bea got annoyed with her, at times.
Yeah, today she’s be canceled!
Yes, I chuckled too Randy, remember how colleagues told us Betty was NOTHING like her sweet lil image? Bless her, sure do miss that gal!!
It was bea Arthur who didn't want to sign for a 8th season, all the other women where on board.the golden girls could have easily reached a 10th season.
It was also stated that the ratings were already very low by that time
@@krislatoya7556 This was because the network moved them from their regular time slot of 5 yrs and dumped them into the 8 o'clock on Saturday night dead zone which caused the massive drop in ratings. Seems to me that the network wanted to kill the show off regardless of its high ratings, maybe to ensure Bea Arthur really did leave? We'll never know what was going on behind the scenes.
Well they did continue in Golden Palace
@@dhcraft9472 NBC pulled a stunt with Golden Girls like CBS did in the late 70s to get rid of rural and country-based shows.
@@dhcraft9472 The Golden Girls always aired on Saturdays at 9PM until the final year when it was moved to 8PM. Beatrice Arthur had already decided between Seasons 6 and 7 that 7 would be her last.
Gosh, without the makeup and stuff Betty looks so much younger here.
U mean Estelle. Betty looks like Rose.
@@stumack9755 No, i meant Betty.
@@bWitched96 Yes I agree! That was my first thought when I saw the thumbnail.
Betty wore too much makeup, on mamas family too. She looked silly at times. One thing that’s wrong too, they all DIDN’T want to play Sophia. Blanche is the only character Rue wanted to play, which is why she wasn’t happy when they originally wanted her to play Rose, as Blanche was offered originally to Betty.
In 1986 when they were living their aging crisis, I was just born
Betty looks so young here.
You hear that guy in the beginning. "A show about 4 women who'd give anything to be 40 again." God... They were the FARTHEST from wanting to be 40 again. The show was built on 4 women who embraced their current ages. 1980s reporters always made it up as they went along.
Robin but in the pilot episode Dorothy does say 'I would kill to be 40 again' but you're right, the media probably just ran with it
have you LISTENED to Blanch talk about herself? she'd straight-up murder a guy to be 40 again
Blanche even changed the dates on her parents graves to make herself younger. LOL!
Robin
ADELE.!!!!!💓
To all these comments. He said 4, Blanche is one. Most of them accepted their age. You are all assuming everyone wants to be younger, but it is NOT what the series was about.
I can't go to sleep with out my golden girls on
I’ve seen every episode at least ten times and would watch them 100 more n still not get tired of them
I don't think that the Golden Girls will ever grow old 😊❤️👍
I still watch golden girls...no matter how many shows come this is the best
Love this show. I watch it over an over !!! It relaxes me from this crazy world.
Same here!
It's so weird seeing Estelle without the wig. Not just in this segment, in every movie I've seen her in. It's almost like it's not the same person.
Jojo717 Stop or my mom will shoot was fantastic 😁
Also kinda surreal hearing Rue McClanahan without Blanch's accent
Where is rue mcclanahan from?I love her accent.
carolyn randle Oklahoma.
4 real!? I feel like Estelle in Real life looks like Sophia when she was younger...those flashbacks with Sophia and young other Dorthy...I don't think Estelle had to be done up much.
RIP BETTY WHITE 😔 They’re all finally together.
Timeless. One episode that always makes me tear up is called "Not another Monday" It truly drives home the meaning of life. There will never be anything close to the Golden Girls. R.I.P. Rue, Bea and Estell.
You can now add Betty White to that list may all for them ladies rest in peace
THIS WAS THE BEST SIT-COM EVER!
This show is the best there will never be a sitcom like this
This once a week became a repeat show more hours than I am able to admit. Loved every character and the actresses too. Thank you all. Love you all. Glad, Betty is still doing her think causing me to sit before the tube all the more longer!
I love this show. I can watch it 24/7.
This was one of my mum’s favourite shows, she loved Blanche the most.
Perfect chemistry they were! The writers did a superb job in filling those roles.
I love this shoe, I have grown to love the Golden Girls so much I think of them as the characters they play, R.I.P. Dorothy, Sophia, and Blanche...long live Rose😍😍😢😢😭😭💖💖
She dead too, they’re all in Golden Girls Heaven.
Betty likes to pull bea's leg and it's so adorable 😍
see Bea did not hate Betty LOL
This was the first season. In seven years/seasons can happen a lot of bad things.
they all loved each other. bea didn't hate bettty! Maybe bettys CHARACTERS (rose) but not betty.
Peter Patzig Bea wasn't used to Betty's style of acting. She was in character a lot which annoyed Bea a little but all the girls were extremely close to each other.
Betty has been open about the fact that Bea found Betty's bubbly personality a little annoying, but Bea was also a pro and they clearly had deep respect and admiration for one another. This wasn't a situation where they hated each other, they were just two different kinds of people who happened to be coworkers and friends. Betty always said that she adored Bea, but she just rubbed Bea the wrong way, and that happens sometimes.
Peter Patzig too many witnesses. Lol In all seriousness, this was only after the first season. There were times in the outtakes where you could sense the tension that Bea had with Betty. But Betty loved Bea.
I LOVE them all! We only still have Betty now.
Huus67209 Huus67209 I die to meet her in person!!!🤗❤
Look again.
It's interesting that all the girls said they wanted to play Sophia's role since she has the funniest lines. But as a diehard fan of this show and what gay man isn't i felt that Bea Arthur's sarcastic wit often thrown at Rose was over the top funny. At least in my opinion it was. There were a few times i nearly wet myself with her witty comebacks towards Rose. So my favorite character was Bea as Dorothy. And honestly even though the part of Blanche was originally supposed to go to Betty White. I don't think she would have done as good a job with it. I feel the part of Rose was PERFECT for her since she's such a nice person in real life and has a passion for animals the innocence of Rose's character fit her perfectly. And the same goes for Rue playing Blanche. It was a PERFECT cocktail that can NEVER be repeated. For one god bless them all the girls have passed on except for Betty White. So a "reunion show" is totally not possible now. And secondly nobody else could ever duplicate these 5 star actors. God knows Britain tried and failed MISERABLY in doing so. No folks this show is a timeless classic like All in The Family. Never to be duplicated again. But at least we have the memories of re-watching the episodes all over again and again. And they never get old in my opinion.
tomtalker2000 I completely agree with you! An Indian here and found these shows a couple of years ago when I was a teenager, and I feel like an old soul cuz I just miss the beauty, genius and everything else about these shows, movies and music! All in the Family is incredible, love playing the opening song on the piano. Wish I could have seen them when they were aired. Bea did have incredible lines, definitely had some spit- takes when she and Rose were in the same shot!
I agree with both of you om this!!! Yes I was born in the 90s but I grew up watching reruns of both shows....and it taught me how to.be strong and indulgent in situations. It reminded me that of any age friends csn stick together through anything no matter if your gsy (like me) or not.like my friends 🥰 .
@Logia SD Never said it did. But i'd be remiss not too say that it was HUGE in my gay community. When bars actually STOP the music. So everyone can tune into a 30min TV show at 9pm. And then go back to dancing and partying when it's over. That my friend is called LOYALTY...!!!
@Logia SD Tomtalker2000 is not saying anything about sexual attraction. When he was saying was The Golden Girls was a very popular show with the gay community.
Tomtalker2000, I agree with you as well and I am also gay. By the way....... do you live near Massachusetts by any chance?
People love gossip so much. When you watch the body language in this segment, how on Earth could you believe Bea didn't like Betty. Betty might have gotten on her nerves, or irked her from time to time. But you don't rest against or stroke the hair of someone you completely can't stand. It's like the telephone game. One person says something and the whole thing is blown out of proportion. Betty said Bea wasn't fond of her, but she adored and admired Bea. Does that sound like Bea hated her guts? Get real.
I wouldn't say that she hated her guts they just weren't friends. That happens. You can work with someone you don't particularly like - you don't have to be friendly all the time but can be pleasant enough to them
If you watch the Christopher Lloyd interview for the American Television Archive, he says there was a little tension between them simply because they were so different. Betty was so good at playing to the audience, and (surprisingly) Bea was not, at least out of character. The two are such good actresses, that anything less than the friendship portrayed onscreen in real life is surprising to people. They were colleagues and respected each other. That's it.
RamajX THANKYOU
That's exactly what I noticed too. A few disagreements might have been blown out of proportion when they might have had a beautiful freindship alongside
Zeak - if you take it straight from the horse's mouth, Betty herself says that Bea was "not fond" of her. See video. ua-cam.com/video/i-wTJ2hQCK8/v-deo.html
Very rarely do we see how a woman who is now in her 90's was once mobile, as clear as crystal.
She still is clear and mobile. She just wrapped up another hit TV show called HOT IN CLEVELAND
Yeah, but just not like this
I'm not sure about you, but i OFTEN forget that Estelle looks drastically different without the Sophia makeup on. 😊
Betty White and Rue McClanahan also worked together on Mama's Family opposite Vicki Lawrence before starring in The Golden Girls, where Betty played Ellen and Rue was Aunt Fran
and Rue and Bea also worked together previously on Maude.
In fact, when Bea was approached again to play Dorothy, she said to Rue, "Why would I want to play Maude and Vivian meet Sue Ann Nivens?" There's also a singing number of Bea and Betty together in the late 1970s from a variety show.
Great show! Was offered the entire series on DVD. Love it!! One of my favorites is about the girls being on vacation and sharing a bathroom/adjoining rooms with younger guys, and one saying to his friends: “Oh look! It’s Moses and the Mosettes!” Hilarious!
The Golden Girls is the most influential show ever. And I can thank the four lovely ladies who proved that they were so unique in their personalities. These ladies, including the ever lovely, bubbly Betty White who shined as Rose as if she was really made for the part, are so memorable. The funniest. Estelle Gettty who played the philosopher, who is always trying to tell us the meaning of life, the ever wise Beatrice Arthur who played Dorothy, was just as funny as Sophia and Rose has been.
To me Bea Arthur is not the type of person that would lie. In last season of the Golden Girls, she gave an interview on season 7 - dvd, stating that they were all very close, she also mentioned that she missed working on the Golden Girls. She also said that the four of them were all damn good actresses. If see the interview she is crying because she miss working on The Golden Girls.
Great segment. What a group of wonderful actors-I loved every episode of that show that I saw and never ever felt anything but lucky to get to watch them each week!
3:02 they are four nice (broads) ladies, who would be nice to visit
This interview is from 1985 not 1986. They are all rehearsing the episode The Competition, which was made and shown in 1985. I love this show my family forever.
This was great watching this behind the scenes clips.
The golden girls was one of the best shows of its time. It’s still a great show to watch(reruns).
I am from Sweden and I just love The Golden Girls
I grew up in the 80s and my grandma watched The Golden Girls everyday. I have to say it's one of my favorite shows of all time.
I grew up to these girls! I miss them so
I love how at the 3:02 mark, Betty starts to say 4 nice broads before she changes it to 4 nice ladies. Lol. Love her. RIP ladies.
This one show that I never get tired of watching even if I've seen the same episode a million times. I especially love the episodes that feature Stan. Dorothy's attitude toward him is priceless.
betty and bea really did love each-other. they had their differences and clashed occasionally but it’s just like siblings. if you spend so much time with certain people you’re bound to have arguments
I am soooooo happy they live on in re-runs because it makes you forget for a half hour that other than Betty they along with a lot of their guest stars are now gone.
I agree Taka. This was one of the best all-time series on tv and we all bawled at that last viewing where Dorothy says goodbye.
Best show ever. Been watching this show since the 80's . Reruns everyday still.
The comedy on this show is way ahead of its time! I can’t think of any other show in the 80s that used so much sarcasm and biting wit.
really great footage thank you for sharing!!
What's up Darren?
Darren is this really you ?
Darren Austin Pound Who was the hot guy who prefaced the interview?
This show has helped shape my life iv loved it forever it's given so much joy.
There was definitely an amazing chemistry. It is so sad that they are all gone.
The Golden Girls have their Rose Nylund now in TV show heaven. 😢😞💔 TV show business will never be the same without Estelle, Bea, Rue and Betty. "Thank you for being our friend" ladies! RIP 💕🙏
Nice to see Estelle out of the Sophia makeup. She was an attractive lady, as were they all. R.I.P.
The Golden Legends Forever, R.I.P 👑👑👑👑.
It's so hard believe that Bea and Betty had issue looking at this things are so good
I guess media has blown it way out of proportion
They were very close in Season 1. In fact, Bea - being an introvert - wouldn't go to lunch with Rue unless her friend Betty joined. Bea and Betty were also the primary caretakers to their very sick mothers. Their mothers ended up dying around the same time, and they got through it with the support of each other.
Perhaps Betty winning the Emmy first caused the initial rift because Bea's son said he felt his mom thought she was more of an actress than Betty since his mom came from the stage, and Betty was on game shows. But those were his words, not Bea's. I personally believe it's more likely their conflicting personalities and acting philosophies resulted in them drifting apart.
But I don't think there was any hate or disrespect or this never ending feud. It makes for a good story, but if stuff was really going down, it should have come out before Bea's death when she could have shared her side. Bea's son summed it up when he said Bea had problems with Betty, but still liked her.
Thank you for taking time out to comment. It was fun learning how to transfer some of my old VHS cassette to UA-cam. Glad that you enjoyed it! :)
Thank you for sharing!
its always heartbraking to see the "act" of a show so close to your heart
It's so neat to watch them rehearse the scenes as they are and then to double back and watch the scene that went to air.
When young kids try and say they’ve never seen Golden girls I ask them where have you been?? They still have marathons of it on Hallmark💯
They were the light of my family's life - and we only saw a rerun several years later.
This is just absolutely lovely. Thanks so much for uploading this. I had never seen it before. These 4 women were just magical together. Best show ever!!!
Just the massege that the show gives, deserves it to be one of the best tv shows ever made💞💞💞
2021 and I still love the Golden Girls
And then there was Maude!
Thanks, I knew that there was something about this show that I loved so well. I can't choose one actress to say that they was the star of this show because their chemistry was equal. I loved all four of them.
I'm currently watching the Golden Girls in December 2020 and it still holds up!
Benjiman Murray, I have been watching the Golden Girls on Hallmark channel for the past 25 years and it is still holding up. So isn't my D... by the way.
I miss this show so much!
Is on Hulu
I love how at 3:03 Betty was starting to say "They're four nice brauds," but then quickly changed it to "ladies" lol
Love love LOVE THIS SHOW! I’m watching the gals all over again on Hulu! ♥️♥️♥️
awww, I miss the golden girls and i'm 12! and watch them EVERY night and EVERY morning they are my favorite TV show of ALL time I wish they were all still alive and made new episodes it's so sad that Betty White is the last remaining Golden Girl on earth soon there won't be any Golden Girls alive it will be sooo sad when that time does come!!!!
This is a wonderful and rare video! Thank you so much for making it available...I enjoyed every minute of it. I hope that more rare behind-the-scenes videos surface someday.
Anyone who doesn't LOVE this show and actors, please unsubscribe, block and unfriend me!!!! This was perfection!
I bet they had no idea yrs and yrs later different generations would be watching the show ❤️
Always loved this, still do ❤️❤️
Beas sweater>>> love that!
It was an original and never duplicated.
So happy that you enjoyed it!
It looks like Betty and Bea were getting along just fine.
They did love each other at the beginning. I think something happened…
They were very close in Season 1. In fact, Bea - being an introvert - wouldn't go to lunch with Rue unless her friend Betty joined. Bea and Betty were also the primary caretakers to their very sick mothers. Their mothers ended up dying around the same time, and they got through it with the support of each other.
Perhaps Betty winning the Emmy first caused the initial rift because Bea's son said he felt his mom thought she was more of an actress than Betty since his mom came from the stage, and Betty was on game shows. But those were his words, not Bea's. I personally believe it's more likely their conflicting personalities and acting philosophies resulted in them drifting apart.
But I don't think there was any hate or disrespect or this never ending feud. It makes for a good story, but if stuff was really going down, it should have come out before Bea's death when she could have shared her side. Bea's son summed it up when he said Bea had problems with Betty, but still liked her.
This was great! Thank you.
I really love them so much !!!!!
Laura Ebner me to, I jokingly tell my daughters to put my dvd collection in the coffin with me, so I can watch them in Heaven 👌
Best show ever! Rest In Peace Estelle, Bea, and Rue! Angels in Heaven
Even though I already saw this video, I love the part when Bea gently rubs Betty's hair! And I love Betty's expression after she does it! :)
You are very welcome. Thank you for sharing that touching story! :)
It's really neat to get a "behind the scenes sneak peek" for a show i've loved since I was young. You usually don't get to see the amazing people that make the characters we love so much.
Does anyone know why this show is not on Netflix?
Kim Mozingo I have no idea but I sure wish it was!
Kim Mozingo It's not on Netflix, but they just added the whole series on Hulu!!
Jessica Garcia I know! I'm so excited!!!!
Kim Mozingo netflicks doesn't want to break their systems with so many views! Lol
I've asked NETFLIX several times to put this series. Still nothing :(
When I watch rereuns I get a twinge of sadness knowing there'll never be a reunion 😔😔😔😔
The Golden Girls is my favorite show. It can always give me a good laugh. I just love it! Dorothy is my favorite! :D