Rhoda S04E19 Two's Company

[@BenjiOrthopedic]

Ron Silver was just an amazing actor...very New York. He was great in everything.

[@alteredillusions100]

OMG, the last scene Rhoda and Brenda what a talent!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Christian_Ada1]

Agreed!!!😂

[@alteredillusions100]

One of my favorite shows

[@Christian_Ada1]

@@alteredillusions100 oh my goodness sane here. When I'm depressed I watch The Facts of Life from season 6 on then I Love Lucy, Rhoda, The Lucy Show, The Mary Tyler Moore show and Friends.

[@alteredillusions100]

@@Christian_Ada1 I like the facts of life, I love Lucy, and Mary Tyler Moore.

[@molliwilson5639]

Why do you say that?

[@TabsLove]

I'm watching this in 2022 and I love it! I watched the Mary Tyler Moore show first then discovered this show. I'm loving the shows made in the 70s! I'm 37 so I didn't grow up around these but I'm happy I found these and more. 💕🥰

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Thats so cool you found the shows I grew up with. ! I just love that you like them. I wish I had a time machine to take us back to the 70s. Life and people were really like these actors portrayed them. So easy to make friends and have actual conversations. And being different was accepted , people weren't canceled. You could call a friend across town at 3 am to come help you if your car was broke down and they didn't get mad. People were really nice and friendly and helped each other. Friends couch surfing was a regular thing. It was great !

[@Yanula-rx5mj]

@@RepentfollowJesus 2024 cell phones took over my friend

[@janetgriffiths7200]

The cash register that Brenda is running at 14:26 is the same type I ran when I worked for Kmart in 1974-1977.

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

The chemistry between the 4 of them is just outstanding!!!!! Love Tina!!!!

[@kathyp.9507]

She goes, she goes, she goes, she goes . That last scene cracked me up🤣. Wow, that was real talent. Valerie, we love you, we miss you😢 Make them laugh in heaven. Peace and Love ☮️❤️

[@kprieto2655]

I love this episode! Everyone looks great in their green t-shirts and denim, so cute. The ladies could pull this look off today, but not the fellas...How Rhoda wore those heels at work all day reminds me of myself working retail in the 80s...fabulous

[@cynthialyman2636]

Heels.

[@ACNBeautyInChrist]

I could not do heels for that long, but Rhoda looks great 👍

[@RepentfollowJesus]

I wore high heeled boots all the time in the 70s and 80s. They were comfy. The wedge heels with cork or rope were comfy too. Thats probably part of what's wrong with my back now.

[@Lifeafterthedarknarc]

Uh oh what’s wrong with your back? My mom wore pointy toe shoes and messed up her feet so me and my twin sis make sure not to make that mistake! Open toe shoes are best:)

[@katg7965]

Omg love the end when Rhoda and Brenda do an impression of Tina. That's how girls talk now! I'm in London and no difference lol.

[@cynthialyman2636]

They spoke a close variation of that in and around the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles in the late seventies, early eighties too. It was nicknamed 'Valley girl' speak and when I moved there from Michigan in 1979, color me astonished to have met gals who really spoke that way. I thought they were putting me on!

[@davidsanderson5918]

Very true....combined with the Australian High Rising Terminal.

[@julie804]

My daughter and I a few years ago got tired of hearing some girls talk like that, we were in dressing rooms next to each other trying stuff on and started talking like that to each other for laughs.

[@g-girl9867]

That “she goes, she goes” affectation from 1978 is just like people today say “like” every two words in one sentence. Drives Judge Judy NUTS. 😆

[@EphemeralProductions]

I’d MUCH prefer he goes, she goes than LIKE every other word! 🤯😵😵‍💫

[@faithfulchristian9171]

Ron Silver, aka Gary Levy, could be a poster boy/fashion icon for the 70's. I remember those velour shirts and his hair is exactly how guys wore their hair then.

[@cynthialyman2636]

Yes: photos of my ex husband who was in his twenties in the seventies show him looking almost identical. That was an iconic look for males in that decade.

[@abbeysomethingnormal7830]

Benny’s too. (I know a fellow who still sports the wings) 😎

[@g-girl9867]

I know! Every guy in every club looked like that!

[@g-girl9867]

@@cynthialyman2636 God bless them, they were still new to fashion freedom then.

[@EphemeralProductions]

Yep and this look carried on into the early 80 s :)

[@rosalugo5723]

God bless and I tearing up watching Ching these comedians run th show🤣 omg! They’re all tooo funnny! Rip Valerie. Great actors and actresses!🎉❤

[@emilyedwards9809]

ROFL That last part when they were making fun of Tina was hilarious.

[@nelsonhall4248]

Rhoda looks good in those jeans.

[@g-girl9867]

Those were exactly what we wore then. Talk about body con! 80% wore these High waisted fairly thin denim fabric and skin tight throughout except below the knee.

[@tiffanyhollywood2108]

I LOVE CARLTON!! ALWAYS HAVE!!! 🤣😂😭😅🤣😭😭😭😭 And Phillis too!!! They both are Hilarious!!!!!

[@nancyhowell4505]

*Phyllis 🙂

[@nelsonhall4248]

Rhoda looks amazing in those jeans.

[@Lifeafterthedarknarc]

Bennis acting at the 21 minute mark was in my opinion impeccable! His whole demeanor changed and he seriously was amazing to me! They all act great of course but this one scene with him was outstanding

[@ACNBeautyInChrist]

Rhoda’s robes/ dressing gowns 😍💝❤️💝😍

[@richardswinbusk7787]

This is one of the better seasons Ron Silver was an extraordinary actor and talent with a great gift for comedy as is Nancy Lane and the delightful Candy Azzarra

[@mariawelsh3190]

"She goes she goes goes"🤣👏💜

[@cami42874]

That Carlton has to not mixup the mail in the building he’s crazy 😜

[@nancyhowell4505]

*mix up

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Good lesson in absolute power absolutely corrupts.

[@c_farther5208]

We women in the 70s, never ate, just like Rhoda and Mary Tyler Moore. Thank God I came to my senses and started eating a meal a day and went medium; all my friends have osteoarthritis today and diabetes. I remember taking the flack. Kellogg used to advertise, if you can pinch an inch--it meant you were fat, we were not fat by any means but women lived for men's approval. These deviant men used to ask you during an interview, how much do you weigh? Maybe you could lose more weight. I have photos of seeing every bone in my face, I was skinny like Rhoda, it just wasn't enough then I rebelled and instead of Tab and a tomato and cigarette, I ate a meal a day, that was a big deal. But we also lost our hair, it never came back even with health store help like biotin and Cs, bee pollen, and paying to see a dermatologist who was so expensive. We had no minerals.

[@g-girl9867]

Perfectly expressed. No knowledge then about body issue trauma.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

I ate . I was a little plump at 14. By 15 it started coming off because I was in heels at all times and extremely active. Later I lost to the point of underweight because of my nerves living with a sadistic sociopath. I couldn't keep anything down. I finally got away from him. That was the early 80s. My poor body was so depleted. Its a wonder I didn't die from lack of potassium. I could only sip water. And lay in bed. I was dying. And my teeth got bad and made me sick. And my hair started falling out. 10 or so years later I started taking 3 handfuls a day of vitamins. My hair looked good. But then traumas hit left and right and my hair has been falling out and my skin dry and pre diabetes. Its awful. I should have stayed on the vitamins. At least I quit smoking in 99 or 2000. The things we did to ourselves or allowed to be done to us or went through. But the 70s were very good for me. Early 80s were awful.

[@BenjiOrthopedic]

$10K that Gary needs...in this day and age it's still a lot of money because wages have not caught up with costs, but in the 1970s, that $10K was more like about what we call 50-75K now.

[@kassandraayalasongs]

Gary 😍

[@EphemeralProductions]

Indeed. He was handsome and cute.

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

I really wish Brenda had picked Gary over Benny. I find Benny so awkward, he's unlikable. Gary just had more charm.

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

Correct 💯 % Benny sucked as a character and the guy Buktenica is one of the most horrible actors of all time!!

[@shaharazon2449]

I csnt get past his clothing. and hair. i renember guys that looked that nerdy way

[@olavwilhelm6843]

thank you :-))) Benny is a horrible cast and kinda makes Brenda look dumb

[@deborahklinlger8565]

Gary was a creep around women. Yes Benny was awkward not a creep. I'd take Benny any time over Gary.

[@faithfulforever6331]

Benny Goodwin was also so typical of the 70s. He was kind of "spaced out," or seemed so, and yet he probably hadn't smoked anything!

[@molliwilson5639]

Rhoda looks fabulous in jeans.. why do the “dressers “ of the show often put her in layers with huge shapeless dresses and blouses …

[@markxxx21]

Bennie is actually ahead of his time

[@RBS_]

....y'know, if Gary's character wasn't dropped in "Rhoda" 's last season, his Jeans company would've gone through the roof, with the 'Designer Jeans' phenomenon that hit around 1979-1980, catapulting with Sergio Valente, Jordache, & Calvin Klein...whether those brands would put him out of Business, is another matter....

[@faithfulchristian9171]

Who knew that California Valley girls originated in New York City?

[@lisadiconti]

It's still going strong. Saw it at Starbucks today with a group of girls.

[@ceeceesrevenge33]

So true they don't make quality shows anymore!!

[@keithwilson5229]

Who knew "valley girl" actually started in New York and not the VALLEY!!!

[@AnnusMirabilus]

Great episode. If the writing and performances were this strong during season five the show would have stretched into the '80s. Maybe Ron Silver/ "Gary" was the X factor. He was completely absent in season five.

[@abcrane]

"I'm taking a leave of absence from the toll booth..." had me in stitches.

[@sixxkitten7803]

typical sisters making fun of an annoying chick. love it.. "she goes she goes she goes"

[@EphemeralProductions]

She made it easy to make fun of her. lol

[@EphemeralProductions]

lol love when Rhoda told Benny off over her taking a break. 😊

[@belia1313]

Tina was like a millennium of the 70's

[@jaredsetnar2652]

Seasons 3,4, and 5 are hallow compared to the first 2. Rhoda was much better with Joe. Trying to go backward in her character development was the wrong move.

[@g-girl9867]

“Hollow” describes perfectly how the show devolved in it’s arc.

[@nancyhowell4505]

​@@g-girl9867 *its arc 🙂

[@meversace]

I like it better without Joe.

[@LorraineMatthew-oe3mm]

GREAT EPISODE 😂😂😂

[@meirwise1107]

Have you noticed how Rhoda is the forerunner of Friends. 2 guys, 2 gals as well as other spinoff shows.

[@evelynshore9489]

Meir Wise Tina reminded me of a Brooklyn version of Phoebe

[@duanecrumpcrump2201]

still can't believe they started her show off as a married woman...then actor leaves at the end of the second season.

[@m1k3ywestley7]

1st appearance of Tina the Brooklyn valley girl

[@RepentfollowJesus]

It just dawned on me. Gary doesn't have jeans on in his own jeans store while talking to Benny. Free advertising if he wore them.

[@SGCSW]

The pictures of Rhoda in the beginning are so much more flattering than the other set of four that they show. She looks too skinny in the other. Watch episode 18 for the difference.

[@BigSCTVfan]

In Season 5 Rhoda and Brenda were both too thin.

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

I think in the scene on the settee beginning at 8.42, her face is whiter than her neck. It is like they have tried to make her face look whiter.

[@g-girl9867]

@@BigSCTVfan Agreed. That thin does not suit them. I think it affected their performance, the weight loss. Starvation diets. Not their natural body weight. Too bad what hollyweird does to women with real bodies. I’m sure they struggled to look that thin on film. No wonder Kavner stayed with the voice over work....

[@keetahbrough]

i was amazed to learn that Rhoda's sister, real life woman Julie, is Marge Simpson lol. coool.

[@kevinashwood2146]

Julie Kavner is a knockout! Nice looking girl!

[@RepentfollowJesus]

The opening photos of Rhoda must have been when she was really young. Im wondering if they started using them because of letters about how emaciated and sickly she looked in the green top photos. She looks 17 to 23 in these photos.

[@autumntarabocchia8363]

Those are photos from the late 70s… as someone who’s seen many photos of a young Valerie Harper, those were taken during the shows run.

[@olavwilhelm6843]

i think Tina earned cult status with only a few lines !!!!! I remember when we used the line " far out " :-))) instead of the "wow" of today 🙂

[@EphemeralProductions]

That was already out of style by ‘78. lol. It’s funny that she used it

[@randilevson9547]

This show really improved after Joe left. More interesting characters were introduced, and storylines really widened out. In my opinion, they married Rhoda off much too soon at the start of the series, and the writers painted themselves in a corner. After Rhoda and Joe got divorced, Rhoda got her independent life back. The show was much improved. I remember really enjoying its original run, when I was a teenager. It still holds up today, in 2024.

[@David-dz3ig]

I’d say there was definitely a “bromance” between Gary and Benny. ❤️❤️❤️

[@cathleensmith4717]

Back in the day it was just friends.

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@cathleensmith4717that’s what bromance means. 😁 very good friend and nothing more

[@kathyflorcruz552]

At the opening it only shows one Trade Center building, closing credits show 2.

[@g-girl9867]

They were building both at the time. Saw it from New Jersey. Day by day they got a little bit taller. Heartbreaking. 🥀

[@m1k3ywestley51]

I don't know who was more out there - Benny or Tina? Lol

[@davidalonzo1030]

She goes, she goes...

[@nathelondon3719]

Gary Levy was a handsome , fabulous human being. Brenda looked the best ever. A Gary & Brenda wedding would have broken the viewing figures!

[@meversace]

Anyone know what Benny was talking about concerning quarters when he said, "there are only 6 things you can do with them, and 3 of them you can only do in the privacy of your own home"? 23:05

[@dawnheistand912]

thanks

[@westcoastdude4777]

70s vibe!

[@cynthialyman2636]

Here we go with more too thin, too fat comments about the female players herein; this show took place in the 70s and people STILL can't resist critiquing women's bodies. Is it any wonder that eating disorders are still a national problem, especially for females? How refreshing it is rather to read compliments on Valerie's talent, and Julie's too. About the only remark I think is flattering when it comes to appearance is the one about Nancy Walker's incredibly youthful figure, but even if she was a misshapen lump, it wouldn't diminish her comedic flair. Come on, people, let's focus on what ought to be most germane: the writing and performances!

[@g-girl9867]

Your opinion is certainly valid and I totally agree. Too much emphasis is on the weight loss for these two. But what I also see is that they lost something along with the weight. They were struggling to stay thin and not happy. Comes across in the acting unfortunately.

[@gdcat777]

Never do business with friends, however, I'd like that reindeer jumper Benny is always wearing in every episode? I'd love to have one like it in my size. I'll bet someone could copy that.

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

It's probably supposed to be a xmas jumper, but it was shown in March, and it's not a xmas episode. Perhaps it's supposed to make him look sillier and more simple than he already does.

[@conniecrawford5231]

Americans call it a “ sweater”-Brits call it a”jumper”! LOL

[@explorewithefrain7305]

They should have kept Sally on the show! She was hilarious!

[@steveprice2718]

What kills me is when two or three different characters enter the same residence but never walk in together even though their entrance is seconds apart.? And what's even dumber, why do the same differing people enter the same residence looking for each other, never seem to run into one another before they enter the same residence, huh, can you tell me, huh? I MUST KNOW WHY!!!

[@Yanula-rx5mj]

♥♥♥♥

[@PatrickLHawkins]

The Tina character was so annoying. Thankfully she only lasted 7 episodes.

[@Asukenick]

8 and probably more if the show didn't end.

[@lisadiconti]

Yeah, she was annoying.

[@dannydougin3925]

Yep... bad acting.

[@PatrickLHawkins]

@Berry Harbour Uhh, no she wasn't

[@davidsanderson5918]

Benny Goodwin! Came into his own this episode. Rocked the show in fact.

[@darlenedunlap8066]

❤3.5

[@snm2222]

Benny was such a jerk in this episode. He invested a bit of money he inherited, suddenly he is the king of retail? Ugh! Ok, so I dislike his character a lot.

[@g-girl9867]

How did meek little Benny turn into such a #*@%? Wish the video was better.

[@nyla298]

Why is rhodas face grey

[@EphemeralProductions]

It’s the way the color rendered on the film they used

[@nyla298]

She looks dead 😅

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Man alive, some of the writing is just lousy this season. A bunch of the episodes seem to be one basic tired formula: character "X" suddenly and temporarily becomes a complete and utter unlikable jerk. They did it when Rhoda became a raging workaholic and forgot Brenda's birthday, they did it when Jack wanted to impress an old friend and treated Rhoda like dirt at dinner, they did it when Rhoda took a class with Brenda and started cheating, etc. Here, Benny instantly transforms into an obnoxious, insufferable, bossy SOB. Not clever, not funny. On a lighter note: Hey, that's Jon Lormer as Mr. Steiner. I enjoyed him in "Creepshow" in 1982 saying "Where's ... my ... cake?" He was on a lot of things-- The Andy Griffith Show, The Twilight Zone, a Mary Tyler Moore Show episode, etc.

[@g-girl9867]

Totally agree. The brand dropped the ball. As Howard Stern says: “They jumped the shark”.

[@nancyhowell4505]

He was on a lot *of things

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@nancyhowell4505 Thanks; it's been corrected.

[@donnabrasher3303]

Benny and Tina should be together.

[@shaharazon2449]

Wow Rhoda looks good in Jeans Shes real thin here. i thought it was a high school girl at first. They should have her wear jeans more instead of the giant flowing moomoos i always though she might be big at the bottom cuz she is always all covered up. but she's very slim as well as Brenda graduallty trimmed up too ..Maybe went overboatd on diets And Rhodas auburn hair looks fantastic

[@g-girl9867]

She was starving most likely. Hollyweird made her get emaciated. Her personality went with the “moomoos”. Imho.

[@CaptainGrimsdale]

I noticed that most teenage girls today talk just like Tina but with an Aussie accent and excessive profanity. She goes, she goes like wow! It turned me on watching Rhoda doing an impression of Tina at the end of the episode. I love it.

[@kindspirit7]

Tina and the valley girl schtick doesnt work in NY.....

[@g-girl9867]

Why is the focus and quality of the videos for this season so fuzzy and poor? Was this season filmed with less quality than the other three seasons? I can see here how the show (as much as I really love it) is starting to lose it’s appeal. Sad to say.

[@AM-uo2bd]

The MTM is great but dated. Rhoda seemed a bit more realistic. I think keeping Joe and having Ida and her husband involved in their lives would have made it pragmatic, maybe lasting more than five seasons.

[@revolutionaryviews9702]

Benny is the most irritating character ever, second only to Jack.

[@dannydougin3925]

Nope... it's Carlton...

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

I agree! Benny & the guy Playing him are si annoying & he has no talent!! Jack is so annoying as well . If I had a boss like that I’d tell him to go f**k himself!!

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@dannydougin3925no. I thought he was always goofy and funny and cute. :)

[@g-girl9867]

Ok, can’t even get to the end. The streaming quality of this is terrible. Moving on. Thank you though for trying.

[@katmandu2478]

Tina is the most unfunny obnoxious character in this show.

[@playkma]

Benny is a close second

[@EphemeralProductions]

Exactly

[@joycegrossman9616]

N

[@mellamell7441]

Everyone has the same hair and eye color on this show.

[@irshgrl500]

+mella mell ? Valerie Harper's eyes are green. Nancy Walker's hair color is red. The rest of the cast has brown hair and brown eyes, the most common eye and hair color.

[@randilevson9547]

Benny was a brainless wonder. How could Brenda even communicate with him on any meaningful level? Gary was only a little brighter, and a lot sleazier. Neither guy was a good match for Brenda.

[@amandajstar]

No, I like Gary.

[@EphemeralProductions]

I liked Gary although he was a bit idiotic. lol. However I agree about Benny.

[@johnny-becker]

This is, by far, the worst episode in the whole series. Don't get me wrong, I like the series, but I hate it when characters fight with each other. I hated it in I Love Lucy and I hate it in this series too.

[@jeanmiller1142]

people fight sometimes. that is reality. I like the way they always find a good resolution on the series

[@Jaqcarrera]

Tina is a bit over acting the character.

[@thomasmagnum3588]

I like to blame Nancy Lane , the actress , but in a case like this, especially for the build up to the final scene where Brenda and Rhoda are mocking her, the directors and show runners are responsible for that horrible performance .

[@Jaqcarrera]

@@thomasmagnum3588 That's how much I did not like that character... I did not care enough to find out the name of the actress.

[@pamhoward5102]

The reason Gary was always such a jerk. He was always trying to go out with Rhonda.

[@nancyhowell4505]

*Rhoda 🙂

[@t0nyc0nde]

The Tina character is annoying and not at all funny. How did she survive the writing room?

[@golumfrog7840]

In these episodes It looks like Valerie Harper looks a little yellow and very thin the other characters look fine IS this the beginning of Valerie's illness