Valerie Harper is the cutest, funniest, most wonderful comedic actress ever. RIP, Valerie - You were a treasure! Will never tire of watching you in any of your performances!
All of the actors and actresses were great from Rhonda. Miss those days of sitcoms mary Tyler moore show too.I was a kid and grew up with the best days of sitcoms.
@@mthivier Yup. She was even Marnie's mother in "The Birds." She was really good in everything she ever did. I'm glad she lived to a very old age - 95 or 96 I think.
I started watching Rhoda for the first time a few months ago and have really enjoyed binge watching after work and weekends. Somehow I missed this episode the first time around, hopefully I missed a few others!
I agree Nancy Jane Page, I always loved her wardrobe, I noticed most of clothes were an A line shape which is so flattering, feminine, timeless and classic. You most definitely could wear all those today.
@@groovykittycatlady7591 True. She was very trim during the last season too But some of her outfits were a complete miss i just wanted to go back i time and be her stylisr. its not that i dont like boho shiek. i do . i kinda dress just like Rhoda. But some of the international blouses were very fattening and when she got the perm i was surprised and all the oversized dresses. such beautiful hair she had. naturally. They musta had more than one stylist because it was so different all the time. She looked better in fitted clothing.to me. They dressed her iolder than she was as well at times. In any case. I miss Valerie so much. She was so beautiful in any outfit or style
**This episode was written by the great Gail Parent, who was a staff writer on the Carol Burnett Show, and who wrote for many different sitcoms. She's still living, in her 80s now. AND...the director of it is the guy who plays the jerk in the unemployment office!
Gail Parent is also the author of "Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living In New York," which was turned into the film of the same name starring Jeannie Berlin and Roy Scheider.
I just love Valerie Harper such a powerful actress. I meet her a while back. She was so sweet to sign my picture I bought. R I P Valerie I miss you very much 💔😢😞. God has his angel 😇back in heaven.
"Mr. Graham" in the unemployment office is the same actor who played Phyllis' brother Ben who came to visit and dated Rhoda for a week on an early season of MTM show!
Whom was gay. That episode and an episode of All in the Family were the first two shows to address the issue. The ironic thing is it would backslide in the ensuing years.
2:15 - that is Robert Moore, who also directed many episodes of "Rhoda." He also played Phyllis's gay brother on an episode of Mary Tyler Moore. Sadly, Robert died of AIDS, before there were any drugs around that kept people alive.
I too hate the unemployment times I was laid off. However, I was lucky I came from FL and got a job because I knew an employee that knew the head of a Chase Manhattan Bank and I got the job working at the Midland Grace Trust Company next to Chase Manhattan at 140 Broadway St. back in 1968. I was so happy and got $80 dollars a week for working in the N.Y Stock Exchanged Division of this bank. I felt I won the "Golden Ticket" how happy and so thankful for having a friend in FL who helped me get this job. I thank God for that person and for that luck! I bet if I didn't have any reference I wouldn't be that fortunate as I was then or now for that matter.
I can't believe she is gone but then so is Mary and Georgia Engle but I bet they are in heaven making God and the Angels laughing at the comedy routine they are putting for those up there.
@@aphroditeg2712 Ciao, negli anni 80 tutti gli italiani non vedevano l'ora di arrivare a casa dal lavoro per vedere Rhoda e tutti gli altri. Era divertimento puro e relax dopo la giornata di lavoro.. un piacere leggero e gratificante. Sempre bellissimi da rivedere. Un abbraccio.
Mr. Graham was played by Robert Moore, who also directed quite a few episodes of 'Rhoda.' He also played Phyllis's brother Ben on one episode of the MTM show. Rhoda and Ben spent a lot of time together while he was visiting his sister in Minneapolis. They remained just good friends, as Rhoda figured out that Ben was gay. A groundbreaking episode for its time. The word "gay" was actually used.
The woman Rhoda was talking to in the unemployment line is the same woman who played the mother on King of Kensington, a Toronto based show from the 70's.
How would Rhoda have been eligible for unemployment to begin with? This was early in the first season, so she'd only been in New York for a short time, and hadn't found a job yet, so she would have had no job to have been laid off from. (Her last job would have been in Minneapolis, and she quit that job to move to NYC.) Maybe unemployment rules weren't so strict back in the '70s?
I like Harold Gould's character in Rhoda, but not as Miles in The Golden Girls. Too funny Rhoda. Only she would end up having to give a eulogy for someone she does not know. Lol.🤣
"The Lady in Red" is the 5th episode of Season 1 of Rhoda. Written by Gail Parent, and directed by Robert Moore. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on October 7, 1974. Future "Taxi" (1978-1983) director, and "Cheers" (1982-1993) co-creator James Burrows guest star in this episode, as the agent. David Groh (Joe Gerard) and Nancy Walker (Ida Morgenstern) do not appear in this episode. Robert Moore, who directed Rhoda episodes, appear on camera for the first time, playing the role of Mr. Graham.
You know, I’ve watched this series for many years and continue to love it and watch it, but the older I get the more I resent the running “fat premise” joke that never ends - even to the very end of the series they continue with the “fat premise”. No wonder anorexia and eating disorders seemed to start after the 70’s.
Alot of people who work at unemployment agencies are grouchy, but think of the stress such work would create. Rhoda should have tried to publish her manuscript, but it was sweet of Brenda to send it in. Rhoda was often too pesimistic and down on life. That woman editor played on shows before. A pity Rhoda lost her job only after a few hours.
Meir Wise I grew up without a home phone. I had to walk about over 200 metres to the nearest public phone booth in the next street or use the phone at the local chemist.
We did fine because they simply didn't exist...you can't miss something you never knew about.Think what could exist 50 or 100 years from now; it doesn't exist now.My folks had a rotary phone until 1993.
And I was upset that I didn't have a tv or my own phone in my room. Now kids have no idea how to use a home phone. They don't even know how to put the receiver up to their ears.
Michelle Post My mother was a widow and we had a party line, no extensions either. And we were happy and well adjusted and not nearly as stressed as people today. Technology and automation in moderation for me, a kid from the 60s and 70s.
We just were not as connected. It is just the way it was. You had more alone time, quiet time and time that was reflective IMO. A break from sensory overload. It was a good thing. You did not know where everyone was every minute or what they were doing. But we had other things that were quality in our world like great music, books, television.
Valerie Harper was plain beautiful!! Usually, beautiful women can't do comedy that well because they are just too visually fetching. Valerie disproved that theory wonderfully well! But it was Carol Burnett who made that observation. Carol could look really glamorous - certainly she was far from ugly (unless made up to look that way) - but she claimed that the reason she was so successful as a comedienne was that she wasn't a knockout with a big...chest.
Mary Tyler Moore probably made it so her show stayed classy and on top while making sure Rhoda was cute and Campy, nothing makes sense and interesting after the Record ratings for her Wedding, they tanked the show. Happiness through marriage was not the message they wanted to convey. Divorce, alternative Lifestyles Mary was such a pioneer‼️ yeah for frikking Lesbians 🧐🙈 Rhoda kicked Mary's ass and she was insanely jealous
My precious father flew to NYC when I lost my 1st job He loved me so much
Martin was so kind and sweet. The kind of father every girl needs.
@randilevson Yes most definitely!💜He was adorable🤗 Her mom's character not so much.
So true. The polar opposite of my father.
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Sorry to hear that. I had a very good dad. I miss him every day.
So well cast. A real gentleman.
Valerie Harper is the cutest, funniest, most wonderful comedic actress ever. RIP, Valerie - You were a treasure! Will never tire of watching you in any of your performances!
I agree. You cannot help but see yourself in her when she is on the screen. Rhoda is every woman to some extent.
I love Valerie so much !!!!!! RIP to a wonderful actress
There all ACTORS now
How sweet was Martin, Rhoda's father. Rest in Peace Harold Gould -- a sweet, sweet man in real life.
I lv lv this show
Darn right!!! Even though I didn't know him, I bet he WAS a great, sweet guy!
I appreciate this show now in 2022 than in 1975.i guess we were watching the shows on ABC at that time. Teenagers, you know.
Loved Harold Gould!😊😊
@@lorabor8967CBS aired this MTM production.
Rhoda's parents are so sweet, always wanting to help. Especially her Dad.
Yum, that silver fox…
LOVED Harold Gould! He was the great Jewish father I wish I had!!😊😊
I love Rhoda's wardrobe especially that red dress, that was awesome.
sukitten 1: I had one exactly like it!
@@adelefarough5123 Me too! 👀
She is so pretty I love these shows takes me back I was fourteen in 1974.
Me too :D
Me too!
Me, too!😄 Diane
She looks great in that red dress
Me too! Watching now from Malaysia! November 2020!
All of the actors and actresses were great from Rhonda. Miss those days of sitcoms mary Tyler moore show too.I was a kid and grew up with the best days of sitcoms.
Her characters name was Rhoda, not Rhonda
This is far better than anything on television these days.
Louise Latham was a GREAT actress. She was about 52 when this episode was filmed and she lived to be about 95!
I most remember her from "Designing Women", where she played Suzanne and Julia's mother, but she was in lots of things over her long career.
@@mthivier Yup. She was even Marnie's mother in "The Birds." She was really good in everything she ever did. I'm glad she lived to a very old age - 95 or 96 I think.
I started watching Rhoda for the first time a few months ago and have really enjoyed binge watching after work and weekends. Somehow I missed this episode the first time around, hopefully I missed a few others!
Rhoda was a window dresser. Great job back in the day. It was very competitive. Try and find a job doing that now days.
On the MTM show it was stated that Rhoda made more money than Mary.
I wish I have Rhoda's characters parents to be so loved 😍
Love you Rhoda! Rest in peace.
Martin, Rhoda's Dad reminds me of my Dad. Oh I miss him ❤❤
Rhoda has a great relationship with her Dad,
Omg, the clothing ! ! ! Fabulous!!!
I love everything Valerie Harper has worn in the last 5 episodes. The Clothes are so fabulous they could be worm today
I agree Nancy Jane Page, I always loved her wardrobe, I noticed most of clothes were an A line shape which is so flattering, feminine, timeless and classic. You most definitely could wear all those today.
“worm”
@@groovykittycatlady7591 True. She was very trim during the last season too But some of her outfits were a complete miss i just wanted to go back i time and be her stylisr. its not that i dont like boho shiek. i do . i kinda dress just like Rhoda. But some of the international blouses were very fattening and when she got the perm i was surprised and all the oversized dresses. such beautiful hair she had. naturally. They musta had more than one stylist because it was so different all the time. She looked better in fitted clothing.to me. They dressed her iolder than she was as well at times. In any case. I miss Valerie so much. She was so beautiful in any outfit or style
Thank you so much for these treasures, I am loving all of these episodes.
**This episode was written by the great Gail Parent, who was a staff writer on the Carol Burnett Show, and who wrote for many different sitcoms. She's still living, in her 80s now. AND...the director of it is the guy who plays the jerk in the unemployment office!
Gail Parent is also the author of "Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living In New York," which was turned into the film of the same name starring Jeannie Berlin and Roy Scheider.
I just love Valerie Harper such a powerful actress. I meet her a while back. She was so sweet to sign my picture I bought. R I P Valerie I miss you very much 💔😢😞. God has his angel 😇back in heaven.
This brings back a few memories when I had to give a eulogy in front of a small group of mourners. Rhoda did a better job than me.
I love these shows from the 1970's because when we are really little we never get to watch them and make up for it as adults.
"jobs don't matter that much...." amen ...still true 2023
"Mr. Graham" in the unemployment office is the same actor who played Phyllis' brother Ben who came to visit and dated Rhoda for a week on an early season of MTM show!
I just watched that episode before coming here. 🙂
Whom was gay. That episode and an episode of All in the Family were the first two shows to address the issue. The ironic thing is it would backslide in the ensuing years.
the actor was gay.
RIP Val Harper ❤️ definitely one of a kind!
The first 2 years of this show were good.
Ida was hilarious.
2:15 - that is Robert Moore, who also directed many episodes of "Rhoda." He also played Phyllis's gay brother on an episode of Mary Tyler Moore. Sadly, Robert died of AIDS, before there were any drugs around that kept people alive.
Love her platform shoes. Nice tan color and platforms are actually comfortable versus regular high heels 👠
Oh, God. Unemployment was like that when I was in nyc in 1979
I too hate the unemployment times I was laid off. However, I was lucky I came from FL and got a job because I knew an employee that knew the head of a Chase Manhattan Bank and I got the job working at the Midland Grace Trust Company next to Chase Manhattan at 140 Broadway St. back in 1968. I was so happy and got $80 dollars a week for working in the N.Y Stock Exchanged Division of this bank. I felt I won the "Golden Ticket" how happy and so thankful for having a friend in FL who helped me get this job. I thank God for that person and for that luck! I bet if I didn't have any reference I wouldn't be that fortunate as I was then or now for that matter.
The agent is played by famed-sitcom director James Burrows. Pretty awesome.
What a wonderful actress Valerie was… such a natural
RIP Valerie Harper.
I can't believe she is gone but then so is Mary and Georgia Engle but I bet they are in heaven making God and the Angels laughing at the comedy routine they are putting for those up there.
The woman who hires Rhoda later played Suzanne and Julia Sugarbaker's mother on "Designing Women".
Mar Thivierge Thank you! I was racking my brain trying to figure out what show I recognize her from!
Rhoda, Phillis e Mary Tyler Moore... i miei preferiti anni 80..... Quanti ricordi e quanta nostalgia.
Ciao Jose, sono contenta che un italiano gli guardi
@@aphroditeg2712 Ciao, negli anni 80 tutti gli italiani non vedevano l'ora di arrivare a casa dal lavoro per vedere Rhoda e tutti gli altri. Era divertimento puro e relax dopo la giornata di lavoro.. un piacere leggero e gratificante. Sempre bellissimi da rivedere. Un abbraccio.
Mr. Graham was played by Robert Moore, who also directed quite a few episodes of 'Rhoda.' He also played Phyllis's brother Ben on one episode of the MTM show. Rhoda and Ben spent a lot of time together while he was visiting his sister in Minneapolis. They remained just good friends, as Rhoda figured out that Ben was gay. A groundbreaking episode for its time. The word "gay" was actually used.
Loved this as a kid .
Minneapolis where it’s cold. Now I’m back in New York where it’s colder 🤣
A GREAT SHOW
THE writer of this episode-Gail Parent was a writer on Mary Hartman Mary Hartman.
Rhoda tries to color coordinate her clothes which is cool ! thanks
I absolutely love Rhoda ❤
Love Rhoda father
The woman Rhoda was talking to in the unemployment line is the same woman who played the mother on King of Kensington, a Toronto based show from the 70's.
Yup. I went to a taping as a kid. Helene Winston -- I think I still have her autograph somewhere.
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Good dad.
The funeral director guy reminds me of Niles from The Nanny.
For someone out of work and broke, Rhoda wears clothes that look costly. And as a married woman later on, Joe wasn't rich either.
13:07 - the GREATEST comedy director of all time, or one of them, Jimmy Burrows, who occasionally acted!
James Burrows played Mike, the somewhat sleazy literary agent of the deceased author, Frank Prescott.
RIP Valerie Harper
Papa Morgenstern is so wise
the guy at the beginning is actually the director of the episode. haha
Is that guy that brought the groceries to Rhoda the guy who played Myles on the Golden girls
Yes, He is,
Miles is Rhoda's daddy
The unemployment guy was Phyllis's brother in MTM. He reminds me of the Elf on a Shelf 😃
I would have loved these two working together way more than the job she wound up with. It never felt right to me.
The lady in the behind her from the employement line was Latch Hooking! So awesome! You make fringe and like cross stitch you fill in with colors.
🌸RIP🌸 Beautiful 🌸
Love Rhoda dad
How would Rhoda have been eligible for unemployment to begin with? This was early in the first season, so she'd only been in New York for a short time, and hadn't found a job yet, so she would have had no job to have been laid off from. (Her last job would have been in Minneapolis, and she quit that job to move to NYC.) Maybe unemployment rules weren't so strict back in the '70s?
Mar Thivierge Very true.
Its not a documentary!
Wow, it's called a television show, which means it's not real life.
Isn’t unemployment federal? Wouldn’t matter where she lived.
@@gabriellechanel7076
No, it's state-regulated.
I like Harold Gould's character in Rhoda, but not as Miles in The Golden Girls. Too funny Rhoda. Only she would end up having to give a eulogy for someone she does not know. Lol.🤣
As a teenager I had such a crush on Harold Gould.
Yes Val has perfect timing but let's give kudos to the gifted writers, without them she wouldn't have a show!
"The Lady in Red" is the 5th episode of Season 1 of Rhoda. Written by Gail Parent, and directed by Robert Moore. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on October 7, 1974. Future "Taxi" (1978-1983) director, and "Cheers" (1982-1993) co-creator James Burrows guest star in this episode, as the agent. David Groh (Joe Gerard) and Nancy Walker (Ida Morgenstern) do not appear in this episode. Robert Moore, who directed Rhoda episodes, appear on camera for the first time, playing the role of Mr. Graham.
Valerie Harper's delivery made a line funnier - "This is a Complete & TOTAL Chicken!"
She looks good in her red dress…
Do whatever you can to get your dream job!!!
This man is the same guy who plays the answer man in the next office to windows by rhoda
my mother used to hide money in my house because I would not take her money … so funny.. I’d find money behind a pillow and in my purse…
I love this
Jews and Iranians have so much in common!
this is hilarious 😄🤣😂
You know, I’ve watched this series for many years and continue to love it and watch it, but the older I get the more I resent the running “fat premise” joke that never ends - even to the very end of the series they continue with the “fat premise”. No wonder anorexia and eating disorders seemed to start after the 70’s.
It was around before then and thin was always in.
Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
I never saw this episode. Rhoda was sweet as well.
Rhoda becane Mary and her sister is Rhoda
I can't believe I never knew about this show!
As a gay man I feel so ashamed!
lol, Rhoda's sisters' hair is always wet. xD
+Taose HunHan Haha! yeah :p
unfair.sekai WATCH EXO's 'MONSTER' MV on UA-cam! ......Its an old fashioned thing. Girls that didn't have a date stayed home and washed their hair. 😀
They should have kept these two working together. I dont care for the costume job. It was boring. These two could have been hilarious.
Was'nt the guy at unemployment Phyllis' gay brother who Rhoda dated in Minneapolis?
thanks
Alot of people who work at unemployment agencies are grouchy, but think of the stress such work would create. Rhoda should have tried to publish her manuscript, but it was sweet of Brenda to send it in. Rhoda was often too pesimistic and down on life. That woman editor played on shows before. A pity Rhoda lost her job only after a few hours.
That damn editor raised her hopes, calling her in, only to say "I'm not publishing your book". It's not pessimistic to be upset about that!
Must suck in NY without a car
How did they manage without mobile phones?
Meir Wise I grew up without a home phone. I had to walk about over 200 metres to the nearest public phone booth in the next street or use the phone at the local chemist.
We did fine because they simply didn't exist...you can't miss something you never knew about.Think what could exist 50 or 100 years from now; it doesn't exist now.My folks had a rotary phone until 1993.
And I was upset that I didn't have a tv or my own phone in my room. Now kids have no idea how to use a home phone. They don't even know how to put the receiver up to their ears.
Michelle Post My mother was a widow and we had a party line, no extensions either. And we were happy and well adjusted and not nearly as stressed as people today. Technology and automation in moderation for me, a kid from the 60s and 70s.
We just were not as connected. It is just the way it was. You had more alone time, quiet time and time that was reflective IMO. A break from sensory overload. It was a good thing. You did not know where everyone was every minute or what they were doing. But we had other things that were quality in our world like great music, books, television.
Valerie Harper was plain beautiful!! Usually, beautiful women can't do comedy that well because they are just too visually fetching. Valerie disproved that theory wonderfully well! But it was Carol Burnett who made that observation. Carol could look really glamorous - certainly she was far from ugly (unless made up to look that way) - but she claimed that the reason she was so successful as a comedienne was that she wasn't a knockout with a big...chest.
This is the same man who plays The Answer Man when windows by Rhoda was behind in the rent. I don't know his name do you?
Like this sisters.
so funneh! I liked this one :)
I've never seen this one.
If your father offers you money, take it. That is one way he says he loves you. If you don't want to the keep the money, donate it to charity.
Re: unemployment. Working force has no recourse for unethical and immoral employers. WAKE UP
The layout reminds me of Jerry Seinfeld apartment.
jobs do mean a lot x
I'll take it if u don't want it lol. Cute show
It is only a job.
No grabbing!!!!
Funny 😆
😊😅
Mary Tyler Moore probably made it so her show stayed classy and on top while making sure Rhoda was cute and Campy, nothing makes sense and interesting after the Record ratings for her Wedding, they tanked the show. Happiness through marriage was not the message they wanted to convey. Divorce, alternative Lifestyles Mary was such a pioneer‼️ yeah for frikking Lesbians 🧐🙈 Rhoda kicked Mary's ass and she was insanely jealous
Neither Mary nor Valerie Harper were jealous of each other.