Reminiscing about the Golden Girls

Thank goodness for reruns. These older shows are always fun to watch, all four dames had excellent comedic timing, and unfortunately 3 of them are no longer with us, but in television and other they live on. That said I read once or saw it in an interview a few years back that the original idea was that Rue McClanahan play Rose and Betty White play Blanche, I wonder if it would have worked out exactly the same. The reason it worked out the way it did is that Betty White had played a vamp in the previous show she was in and Rue McClanahan had played scatter-brained character in her previous show, not to repeat their roles they changed them shortly before the final contracts were signed. I think each role was tailored for each actress over time and they seemed to really have fun playing with their characters eccentricities. I thought Betty White was heading for the less comedic roles, things like Lake Placid which is a alligator attacks movie, which she did give an interesting twist, the calmness with which she describes what happened to her husband in the movie is creepy and fascinating at the same time, I am really happy her career rebound and she is just as popular now as she was when she was younger. One thing I always found interesting is that Estelle Getty who played Sofia, was actually a year younger then Bea Arthur.

Betty White is how old ? - 85 ? Just goes to show that life isb't over until it's over Good on her !! I think that The Golden Girls was one of those shows that had everythung just right - good writing and performers who had been in the business for so long that they had their timing right , they knew how to feed off each other and they also had the respect of their peers