Things I learned watching The Golden Girls
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Dear faithful readers,
I have been watching the Golden Girls of late and then it struck me – 3 out of the 4 ladies that were the Golden Girls are now deceased. And that gave me the sadz. Because when you see those four women and how quick witted they were, how well they played off each other, their sense of timing and their delivery (which was impeccable) – well I haven’t seen a sit-com that has one of those things (let alone all four) in a long, long while. That also gave me the sadz. Good comedy is very hard to come by these days. So in honor of one my favorite comedies here are things I learned watching the Golden Girls.
- The only way to make Sophia shut up is to mention the Shady Pines. If you want to be on the safe side add – the west wing.
- Having said that if you really want to make sure Sophia will stay quiet and not say something inappropriate hand over mouth has been known to work. If you are fast enough, that is.
- Any problem (or almost any problem) can be solved over cheesecake. If it is something really bad just add chocolate syrup and ice cream.
- Any problem also has a St. Olaf story.
- Having said that just because there is a St. Olaf story, it does not mean it is relevant. In fact in most cases it is not relevant. But it does take forever.
- And in case you were wondering St. Olaf is an actual town.
- But you also know things are dire if anyone asks Rose for advice.
- And if you want to know if she has been thinking just look for the tell tale sign of beads of sweat.
- Any problem also has Picture it… Sicily 1922 story.
- These stories usually involve a young peasant girl. And a prominent character in history. Or a goat. But more often then not these stories are made up.
- Blanche had many, many, MANY men.
- She is also known as Sheena, Queen of the Slut People. Or backstabbing slut. Or a 50-year-old mattress. It depends who you ask.
- Writer’s block is the worst feeling in the world. Only thing that might be worse is going 10 days without a bowl movement.
- On the subject of Jell-O as wise Sophia pointed out if God wanted peaches suspended in mid-air he would have filled them helium.
- If you want to remain incognito you can use Zulu, Queen of the Dwarf people as your alias. Or Dorothy Zbornak. Both work equally well.
- How to recognize a Spanish fly when you see one? It will be wearing a sombrero.
- Lanai is a fancy name for a porch.
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