Brenda is so great! Loved this one, never saw it before. Loved how she was trying to eliminate the others.."Did you have onions for lunch?" I laughed so hard.
I think that was the funniest episode! the slapstick was brilliant and it was about Brenda and her character is absolutely watchable, I really love her character!
I liked this episode. I think Julie had fun getting to push Brenda really to new limits. Im wondering if it was ad libbed when she picked up Ida. Nancy Walker looked so surprised.
3:36 Is that a Gucci handbag? 4:47 Brenda's Gaucho pants and tan cowboys boots...I had the same! Then Ida says she would have been more comfortable in the Earth shoes she bought her! 9:21 Brenda's Western shirt is back in style. I Love 70's fashion!
My little boy had a pair on Earth Shoes. They were leather with rubber soles & molded to chubby feet. Very cute. Mom was wearing platforms, on the other hand. 😁
Ida and Rhoda making a wishbone out of Brenda, lol. 🤣. Rhoda won the contest as Miss Hempel's (not certain if I have the right name) Department Store in Minneapolis on the MTM show. ❤😊
Rhoda's hair and clothing at the beginning were so great. Love how she does her bun. Later with the red and black hair tie was also really cool. She's a great dresser. Brenda trying to get the others to lose self confidence due to bad breath or a run in their stockings was rather low, I didn't like that.
Alondra , they were showing the side of the humans that can get the best of us even if we are nice people..but we still have the competitive nature, and yes even Brenda could get as low as that.. Once in a blue moon.
At the end of the bank teller contest they called Rhoda's apartment for the results. WHY??? Brenda has her own phone in her apartment. I get it was the 70s and most people didn't have an answering machine but COME ON.
I dont blame her. I cant stand that show. So I hear her voice and see Brenda. I watched this when it first came out . Her voice will always be Brenda to me.
I don't blame her either for having done the Simpsons for a while, surprised she continued with it though if she hates the character. I can't stand the Simpsons anymore, I liked the first few years but can't watch it now. Vastly prefer her as Brenda - or in movies, like Awakenings and Radio Days, etc. I want to see more movies of her, she was great.
This show was cancelled midseason because producers lost sight of what direction the show should go in. They knew, when the return of Martin and Ida, the ratings continued to decline . The Neilson ratings were paramount in determining the fate of the shows life expectancy. How do they gauge what viewers are watching is a frightening point. How did/do the networks know what each family home is watching at any given time. There has to be a type of invading people's privacy in order to obtain this information. How come everyone has accepted the fact that there is an organization keeping tabs on certain aspects of our day to day lives. Does it stop there, or does this organization (government?)know much more about us than we think. 🤔😱🙄
People voluntarily join the Neilson group. I dont know how you get to be a part of it though. I always said nobody ever asked what shows I like. Even back before satellite and cable. I dont see how just a few people can determine what the whole country prefers.
The thing that is kind of unfortunate about Julie Kavner is that she is antisocial to the point where she fiercely guards her privacy. Valerie Harper stated many a time that Julie always hated being recognized in public. She's incredibly talented but is one of those actors who has a disconnect between the public (who love her work) and the work she does. Oh well, Hollywood is weird.
yes I read her up on wikipedia out of interest. I liked her character even more than Rhoda in the beginning, however, she needs a foil character to exist as she is (i.e in Rhoda). She is the voice of Marge Simpson and or the aunts. She's nearly vego. I would say she is not the usual hollywood type (making me appreciate her more, but each to their own ...)
Stars get harassed so much in public and often wind up with stalkers. Even news anchors. I dont blame her a bit for keeping her life very private. News papers and magazines rip celebrities apart over any little morsel they get. More power to her.
There's no reason why we, as total strangers, should know about her private life. I wouldn't say she's weird because of this; it's just not common is all.
The girl from the Scarsdale branch is played by the same actress who played the would be roommate Patricia in the first episode of Three's Company. She was very funny in that role :-)
Rhoda has defs got her bad points but they are kinda good too, except her insecurity it usd to be a bit much for me, anyways, but they have shown some development which keeps one interested and shows they really worked on the show
This wasn't the Brenda we know and love. This was some lowdown jerk sabotaging the other girls. Rhoda and Ida created a Frankenstein monster bent on winning by any means, LOL. Dopey script writing strikes again. Kit McDonough (playing Cathy Davis here) could have been the lead in her own sitcom in the late 1970's. She was _always_ solid in any show she appeared in. Good timing, funny voice.
Back in the day when you applied for a job and if not placed immediately they called everyone who applied; "thanks for applying but we've chosen someone else." It was a time to ask what qualities you could improve for future job hunting.
Yes, she looks anorexic in the green top. If you really look at her in the show she is too thin. I was once underweight and I see the same bones on her I saw on me. Brenda is the perfect weight in this season. I wonder if Rhoda was ill or went through an eating disorder. She later went back to normal at least.
Anyone know who's kiddo drew the two pictures Brenda has in her kitchen? They used to be over by the big bed. They have to be by someone's child connected to the show.
Wait, no other large cities do that? I thought it was a thing. You hear about "Downton Denver" and others, no? Has to do with numbered street names. And Park Avenue in Manhattan is by Central Park.
@@eduardo_corrochio coming from Houston we had downtown. Where the tall buildings were. But never heard uptown or midtown. Memphis has midtown. I dont know...
I'm binge watching and catching episodes I haven't seen. I do love Karlton and miss Joe Benny and Gary are okay, but just okay😊 Jack's funny, Ida's and Brenda very good
she is always pulling her shoulders up as part of her character not body aware like her sister. Also the men have revealing tight pants which is distracting and could be commented on, but one gets it's just the 70's styles
it is a big change...one has to be into 70's music to be able to guess where the producers were going with that...but if you listen to the first one over and over, for me... it started getting on my nerves. they were introducing some more serious themes and the music around was changing as well, is my guess...
I Love Brenda ! She is such a cute character and the actress is adorable. love this show.
They're all good but Julie Kavner is the BEST!!
She is the voice of Marge Simpson Wow
Ida was a perfect mother
You know Julie Kavner is Marge Simpson. I love her voice.
I love Brenda too. Glad to see someone else writing how adorable Julie Kavner was. SO cute.
Great show.
Brenda is so great! Loved this one, never saw it before. Loved how she was trying to eliminate the others.."Did you have onions for lunch?" I laughed so hard.
I think that was the funniest episode! the slapstick was brilliant and it was about Brenda and her character is absolutely watchable, I really love her character!
Haha, it's funny to see Brenda in aggressive mode! She's usually so passive and down on herself that it's cute to see the tiger in her!
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Omg, who amongst us recalls “sandal foot” pantyhose? I’m verklempt. So funny and poignant of the times.
I grew up in Europe where women and girls wear hose, at least when I lived there. How about the sheer that was so rough?
I liked this episode. I think Julie had fun getting to push Brenda really to new limits. Im wondering if it was ad libbed when she picked up Ida. Nancy Walker looked so surprised.
I love Nancy Walker as she lovingly looks at Brenda through her torturous decision …..especially when she says I Want To Win
3:36 Is that a Gucci handbag? 4:47 Brenda's Gaucho pants and tan cowboys boots...I had the same! Then Ida says she would have been more comfortable in the Earth shoes she bought her! 9:21 Brenda's Western shirt is back in style. I Love 70's fashion!
Kim Prieto love 70s too!!
Has a child I had Gaucho pants and cowboy boots I was 7 8 or 9? I think my mom dressed me and my siister to Rhoda fashion
yes, following the fashions is a great bonus to the show...i have a fave open blouse with a beige silk truffle collar of Rhoda's.
When I go browsing through a DSW, and see Earth Shoes, it makes me feel as though they would fall apart after a month of wear.
Yeah, me too. Julie Kavner looks just as good today when she did in the 70's!!
I did not know!, thanks for that...She is lovely somehow
@@suzannelundberg385 , she has been playing Marge Simpson on The Simpsons for about two decades.
My little boy had a pair on Earth Shoes. They were leather with rubber soles & molded to chubby feet. Very cute. Mom was wearing platforms, on the other hand. 😁
Ahh, they have Rhoda back in the boho look w the head wrap.
I have a friend who is boho and wears boho, very similarly, has jut out cheekbones and cracks good jokes too.
Best ending that could have been written.
Ida and Rhoda making a wishbone out of Brenda, lol. 🤣. Rhoda won the contest as Miss Hempel's (not certain if I have the right name) Department Store in Minneapolis on the MTM show. ❤😊
Rhoda's hair and clothing at the beginning were so great. Love how she does her bun. Later with the red and black hair tie was also really cool. She's a great dresser. Brenda trying to get the others to lose self confidence due to bad breath or a run in their stockings was rather low, I didn't like that.
Alondra , they were showing the side of the humans that can get the best of us even if we are nice people..but we still have the competitive nature, and yes even Brenda could get as low as that.. Once in a blue moon.
RHODA forgot how she was .
When she was competing in the MS HEMPLE contest
At the end of the bank teller contest they called Rhoda's apartment for the results. WHY??? Brenda has her own phone in her apartment. I get it was the 70s and most people didn't have an answering machine but COME ON.
I wondered that too.
Answer = bad script writing.
Close my eyes and I hear marge. Lol. I know Julie doesn’t really like doing that character but she cashed in. She’s worth millions now. Lol.
I dont blame her. I cant stand that show. So I hear her voice and see Brenda. I watched this when it first came out . Her voice will always be Brenda to me.
I don't blame her either for having done the Simpsons for a while, surprised she continued with it though if she hates the character.
I can't stand the Simpsons anymore, I liked the first few years but can't watch it now. Vastly prefer her as Brenda - or in movies, like Awakenings and Radio Days, etc. I want to see more movies of her, she was great.
I want some campus boots like Brenda's!
Ida, Rhoda and Brenda were one of the great trios in TV history.
Earth shoes!
Hash pipes 😅
Rhoda is always giving advice She isnt always right
This show was cancelled midseason because producers lost sight of what direction the show should go in. They knew, when the return of Martin and Ida, the ratings continued to decline . The Neilson ratings were paramount in determining the fate of the shows life expectancy. How do they gauge what viewers are watching is a frightening point. How did/do the networks know what each family home is watching at any given time. There has to be a type of invading people's privacy in order to obtain this information. How come everyone has accepted the fact that there is an organization keeping tabs on certain aspects of our day to day lives. Does it stop there, or does this organization (government?)know much more about us than we think. 🤔😱🙄
People voluntarily join the Neilson group. I dont know how you get to be a part of it though. I always said nobody ever asked what shows I like. Even back before satellite and cable. I dont see how just a few people can determine what the whole country prefers.
The internet. Sees all, knows all, tracks all. This is news to nobody.
The thing that is kind of unfortunate about Julie Kavner is that she is antisocial to the point where she fiercely guards her privacy. Valerie Harper stated many a time that Julie always hated being recognized in public. She's incredibly talented but is one of those actors who has a disconnect between the public (who love her work) and the work she does. Oh well, Hollywood is weird.
yes I read her up on wikipedia out of interest. I liked her character even more than Rhoda in the beginning, however, she needs a foil character to exist as she is (i.e in Rhoda). She is the voice of Marge Simpson and or the aunts. She's nearly vego. I would say she is not the usual hollywood type (making me appreciate her more, but each to their own ...)
Stars get harassed so much in public and often wind up with stalkers. Even news anchors. I dont blame her a bit for keeping her life very private. News papers and magazines rip celebrities apart over any little morsel they get. More power to her.
There's no reason why we, as total strangers, should know about her private life. I wouldn't say she's weird because of this; it's just not common is all.
@@theiceman6941 haha I wrote this like 2 years ago - thanks everyone for your really delayed responses!
The girl from the Scarsdale branch is played by the same actress who played the would be roommate Patricia in the first episode of Three's Company. She was very funny in that role :-)
@Diane Newman He didn't even say please.
"He touched my bosoms!"
Kit McDonough
NO ONE MENTIONS HOW PRETTY BRENDA IS.
Rhoda was always more of a mother to Brenda, lol if I had a sister like that it would drive me nuts
Rhoda has defs got her bad points but they are kinda good too, except her insecurity it usd to be a bit much for me, anyways, but they have shown some development which keeps one interested and shows they really worked on the show
This episode is an example of the writers breaking their characters. Making Rhoda annoyingly pushy, Ida wimpy, Brenda ambitious. It does not work.
I think it keeps the interest, sometimes
This wasn't the Brenda we know and love. This was some lowdown jerk sabotaging the other girls. Rhoda and Ida created a Frankenstein monster bent on winning by any means, LOL. Dopey script writing strikes again.
Kit McDonough (playing Cathy Davis here) could have been the lead in her own sitcom in the late 1970's. She was _always_ solid in any show she appeared in. Good timing, funny voice.
Why would bank call Rhoda's looking for Brenda? Also, they never call the losers, lol.
Back in the day when you applied for a job and if not placed immediately they called everyone who applied; "thanks for applying but we've chosen someone else." It was a time to ask what qualities you could improve for future job hunting.
@@whopiddledonyourposttoasti175 Yeah, they were dicks back then, but you knew where you stood and could move on.
yes that might get on someone's nerves but i didnt notice. She could have put herself o the form for contact person in case
Rhoda was such a pain in the ares this episode
That's what she gets for trying to eliminate the other contestants.
Emily Edwards AGREED! Where's our beloved Brenda?
@@Carrie-xo7yx Yes, but doesn't it get a bit cloying when she always and constantly puts herself down?
Question, does she look weird in the opening credits head shots? I’m really getting into this show.
Yes, Valerie Harper looks way too thin and gaunt in those shots. To the point of seeming unhealthy.
Yes, she looks anorexic in the green top. If you really look at her in the show she is too thin. I was once underweight and I see the same bones on her I saw on me. Brenda is the perfect weight in this season. I wonder if Rhoda was ill or went through an eating disorder. She later went back to normal at least.
Everyone was out of character in this episode.
Didnt work for me. Love the clothes
Anyone know who's kiddo drew the two pictures Brenda has in her kitchen? They used to be over by the big bed. They have to be by someone's child connected to the show.
Where exactly is uptown, midtown and downtown in New York? I hear this vague location in all the movies and tv series.
Everything above 42nd st. is uptown everything below 34th st. is downtown.
Wait, no other large cities do that? I thought it was a thing. You hear about "Downton Denver" and others, no? Has to do with numbered street names. And Park Avenue in Manhattan is by Central Park.
@@eduardo_corrochio coming from Houston we had downtown. Where the tall buildings were. But never heard uptown or midtown. Memphis has midtown. I dont know...
These shenanigans are so out of character for Brenda. This show keeps getting worse! (Yet I keep watching...just can't let go of Rhoda(:)
I'm binge watching and catching episodes I haven't seen. I do love Karlton and miss Joe
Benny and Gary are okay, but just okay😊
Jack's funny, Ida's and Brenda very good
Minsk belarus lol
Ida not ready for sandalwood pantyhose
This must be before security shutters rip valerie
I love it to
Is Phillis Katz playing the contest winner any relation to producer Allan Katz?
I just looked it up...Phyllis is the sister of both writer/producer Allan Katz...
18:35 that woman was great... lol
very believable
think they were trying to tell us about the twin towers in the show's intro
How so?
@@RepentfollowJesus Erie music, NY skyline, and two images of Rhoda pulsating.
more like a 22 waist!
they really could not go there go your sister rules a say that can not have
Brenda does t wear a bra ?? They are drooping down so low lmao
she is always pulling her shoulders up as part of her character not body aware like her sister. Also the men have revealing tight pants which is distracting and could be commented on, but one gets it's just the 70's styles
So dated, isn't it? The writers had clearly run out of steam.
the intro theme music to season 4 is weird...don't like it at all. I do like the show
I love the S4 music intro 💯📺
Agreed. It’s terrible. Off putting in fact. Doesn’t fit the show.
it is a big change...one has to be into 70's music to be able to guess where the producers were going with that...but if you listen to the first one over and over, for me... it started getting on my nerves. they were introducing some more serious themes and the music around was changing as well, is my guess...