Rhoda S04E08 Home Movies

[@celiaabbott184]

I feel sad when I watch this I used to take family for granted I lost my husband my in laws my mother and my brother one after another Never take your family for granted 💔

[@GothGuy885]

yup most of my family has passed away over the years also. only a few left now. they are gone, but not forgotten, I miss the big thanksgiving and Xmas get togethers, Summer Barbecues, Aunts, uncles and cousins coming to visit every Saturday , going out to dinner together, etc 😟

[@SF-ru3lp]

Every blessing to you, Celia. G Ire

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

The sweetest episode of the series.

[@donnabrasher3303]

Loved this one!!!

[@josephjoel9199]

The show is known for being both sweet and funny with a bit of truth and emotion thrown in.

[@gilliankingston8259]

Yes, that's true, how sad that Harold Gould (Martin), Nancy Walker (Ida), Valerie Harper (Rhoda), David Groh (Joe), Lorenzo Music (Carlton) and Ron Silver (Gary Levy) have all passed away now; for the time it takes to watch an episode you can suspend time/reality and enjoy the wonderful comedy the cast of Rhoda brought into our living rooms. Maybe not a bad idea to take a leaf out of the book, albeit a comedy show, and actually share real feelings, thoughts and dreams with those you are close to - they may surprise you, it would be better than beginning a sentence "I wish" but it being too late, a lost opportunity.

[@AmyPieterse]

it really made me cry )))))

[@kevinashwood2146]

This was one of the best "Rhoda" episodes ever!

[@kachoo2135]

Valerie Harper is gone but not forgotten

[@cynthialyman2636]

Just re-watched this and actually teared up when Harold Gould apologizes for having a fantasy where he was remembered for creating something important; after viewing his home movie of his family, he realized how he had done that very thing. lt reminded how one New Years Eve way back in 1978, as my best friend's big extended family was gathered toasting in the holiday by recalling their expectations and hopes for the future, my friend's ordinarily someone quiet father surprised everyone when it was his turn to speak by simply saying how grateful he was to have the people he cared about most gathered together for one brief moment. l had forgotten it until now and this show reminded me: in the detritus of years it shimmers evermore as a gift.

[@0817sweetstacy]

That's beautiful.

[@Kay-12345]

Beautifully said!

[@cynthialyman2636]

@@Kay-12345 Thank you.

[@meirwise1107]

Beautiful episode. Youngsters today will never have those sweet memories.

[@CaptainGrimsdale]

Meir Wise All those TV shows are my sweet memories from my teenage years. I don't recall any happy memories from my childhood or happy times with my family. Unless, you are referring to social media sites that now replace the old 8 mm and 16 mm films.

[@BetteDavis19]

I will! :) I'm watching them all myself now and will remember them forever.

[@spiff8862]

When my Dad turned 80 in 1989, I had all of our home movies xfer'd over to VHS. The movies went from 1945 to 1958. My Dad who was a very stoic German told me it was the best birthday present he ever got. Years later after both my parents had passed I came across the tape. Didn't have a VHS player anymore. So I had it xfer'd over to DVD. Every now and then I'll play it and be reminded how much this meant to my Dad.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@spiff8862 You sound like a really nice person and a good son. My father was German too (he passed away in 2004); he came here from Berlin with his uncle when he was 17, back in '49. He once told me that he had learned a lot of English from American comic books.

[@spiff8862]

@@eduardo_corrochio thanks for the nice comment re: my dad. My older brother had a very difficult time as at the age of 12 learning to read. Summer of 1956 between elementary school and junior high, he started reading comic books. The comic books clicked with him and he became a avid reader. Later on he became a History Teacher and went for his Master's.

[@melaniehamilton6550]

Julie Kavner looks so pretty with long hair. She's completely convincing as Brenda, Rhoda's little sister.

[@eleanorryanryan2442]

The father is such a lovely man, and great dad🍀🇮🇪💚

[@MariaWelsh-lu6fg]

That was so sweet. I thought I saw each and every episode. Looks like I didn't. This was a nice surprise. Thank you so much for posting this❤🙏🏼

[@ginaloverofangels]

This is such a sweet special episode, it took me back to watching movies with my mom dad and brother.

[@patwilliams800]

Me too Gina, happy times when Mum was still around 💜

[@ginaloverofangels]

@@patwilliams800 I know, I miss my dad and mom too. Yes, happy times. :)

[@patwilliams800]

💜🌈

[@nmc5858]

@@ginaloverofangels What a simpler time. I see now how lucky I am to have grown up in the 70s.

[@karenevanoff8586]

@@nmc5858 Same here!

[@lisaebrom9956]

Brenda was so beautiful.

[@rubberdc]

I MISS THESE PEOPLE!

[@mariawelsh3190]

"Id like to punch Farrah Fawcett."🤣💜👏👏👏👏👏👏👏. Thats the best line I've ever heard and I adored Farrah Fawcett! Oh my God!

[@paintedbird]

This is such a sweet episode.

[@bmeeseeks2881]

I love this episode.

[@sherryhook9066]

Love, love, love this episode. Makes me smile. Beautiful episode. 🥰😊😘🤗💖💝

[@wishmaster7438]

RIP Valerie Harper.She will always be Rhoda Morgenstein to me.

[@I_Loves_Fishys]

*Morgenstern*

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@I_Loves_Fishys Yes, MYRNA was Morgenstein. 😅

[@theerox1]

Wonderful show....oh, the 70's! Of all the sit-coms, this one is way up there...maybe # 1...No 227 is #1 and Rhoda #2..No, they were all great. Wish they could all come back.....

[@vickilanger1228]

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HOME MOVIES WITHOUT SOUND THAT MAKE ME CRY FOR MY PAST.........🌺🌺🌺🌺

[@zimjun7]

".....to spend time with our parents." "We don't spend time. We DO time." haha

[@EphemeralProductions]

A sweet episode, as others have stated. All 4 of them were such amazing and talented actors/actresses.

[@nmc5858]

Wasn’t t the same without Rhoda

[@ceciliawilson6328]

So well done. They must have had so much fun creating those home movie scenes. A riot to watch.

[@harpmusicbysaul]

What a winning episode.

[@grapplergirl10]

Rhoda’s prom date was hilarious!

[@JDugald221]

this is so sweet i'm dying of sweetness.

[@cynthiagale5403]

This show is better than any thing playing these days!!!

[@bookwoman53]

The new sitcoms today are disappointing so I am discovering some of the classics. My mother didn’t watch the MTM shows so they are new to me.

[@nathelondon3719]

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful films of the late 60s. Precious family memories. I’m green with envy.

[@DaveAlan]

One of the better episodes of season 4. The home movies were very funny and poignant. Brenda had all the best lines throughout the series. Julie Kavner never missed a beat and I am so glad she won an emmy for best supporting actress in 1978. Brenda: I'd like to punch Farah Fawcett! (LOL) RIP Nancy, Valerie and Harold.

[@deborahklinlger8565]

This was a very emotionally moving episode 😪. STOP HUGHING I CAN'T BREATHE!!!!! 😆 LOL!!!!

[@cynthialyman2636]

Ida honey, guess what we're gonna do? Oh, did the girls go? LOL

[@katallen5360]

That was a beautiful 🤩 episode.

[@ssantagirl2794]

Nancy Walker reminds me so much of my mother!

[@snoopy64116]

I liked Brenda's hair like that, too, and later in the season she changed it to something that was closer to her previous hairstyle. :(

[@PaulManzi-gy6kc]

The snow might not have been real but its better than CGI, I love Rhoda &Co., what a classic ep. too. rip most...happy 2024..

[@khaley37781]

A great episode!

[@LuvAngels79]

My dad is just like him! He says things just like that to my sister and I.

[@susanstancliff2937]

So sweet and unexpected!

[@rexman9002]

What a sweet episode. I love this series. Brenda putting a Zabars bag over her head! LOL! That is a famous supermarket on the Upper West side that is still around.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

A show where the dad wasn't made out to look like an idiot.

[@gwenwachsman3739]

Really good episode

[@themaggattack]

Random thought: I love how the opening credits of season 4 sound like walking in tar and the end credits sound like galloping off on a horse.

[@spiritof6663]

I never thought of it that way before but you're right!

[@artzy06]

It's episodes like this that really make Rhoda as an overall show, outsine the Mary Tyler Moore show. Who's with me on this thought?

[@MarvinaBigby]

Martin was such a doll

[@KatieLL]

That was sweet.

[@ichigomentos]

It's Sophia's sister and Rose's Ex-Boyfriend! #thegoldengirls

[@patriciacollins253]

I had Brenda’s green plaid dress in 6th grade. 1977.

[@mthivier]

Am I the only one who wishes I could give Nancy Walker a hug?

[@maunster3414]

yes

[@ericminch]

I'm 6'4". If we hugged, she'd be giving me head.

[@nmc5858]

They loved the word terrific

[@curtyeomans8446]

Brenda had Marge simpson hair at that anniversary party

[@eduardo_corrochio]

An omen of things to come, LOL

[@floweracorn1679]

This’s the second best out fit I ever seen Brenda in

[@ricovali9245]

The late great Ron Silver. Also Julie Kavner,the voice of Marge Simpson.

[@Kate-fi8oh]

Ricovali Ron died?

[@kindspirit7]

@@Kate-fi8oh yes. esophageal cancer in 2009. ten years already. time flies!

[@johnny-becker]

Their younger selves looks very similar to their current selves. Either they used really good de-aging make up or they got helleva good actors and actresses to play them 10-15 years ago.

[@pamhoward5102]

Rhoda was a funny and she was always together. It was ashamed that Joe and Rhoda getting divorced. I heard they couldn't find things to talk about.

[@princecharmingthemerman]

Can we just talk about how Brenda looks stunning in this episode

[@jmartin4204]

In South Florida your own company is the best company , besides growing up I enjoyed playing alone , and doing things alone . I am not lonely , just like being alone and I realize that could be the case for my whole life , and though will have many friends again , though have many in the world , I always find great company in reading , music and the lap top which in South Florida has been my life line and where can keep up with my shows , earn money and get the around the world , watch movies etc. It is very sad , shocking but that is what has come to that a platform like social media is where find like minded people especially when being in the US where it is easy to not mix with the people here because they made it that way for various reasons .

[@dawnheistand912]

thanks

[@stephaniestanley8041]

Can you imagine how Val and Julie starved themselves for this 4th season.❤ They looked beautiful

[@jamessandy5873]

At 13:30, the same woman who keeps a plastic cover on her sofa gets up on her wooden coffee table in heels to tap dance. WTF?

[@kika-ge5qr]

"40 years of waxing."

[@melaniehamilton6550]

Chocolate pudding sandwiches. LOL! And I thought mayonnaise sandwiches were weird. Well, my mother thought they were weird. I still love one now and then.

[@lorimiller4301]

Melanie Hamilton Try tomatoe with salt, pepper and mayo. My Mom made them for lunch. They were homegrown, picked right off the vine. Delicious.

[@MultiLisa10]

My brother used to eat mayo sandwiches and we all used to eat syrup sandwiches

[@Theneedlepatch]

Here in Alabama, we ate both of those: mayo sandwiches and mayo and tomato with a little sprinkle of salt right on the tomato ( and of course they were just plucked off the vine). Oh what great childhood memories. We also picked a tomato right off the vine, wash it, sprinkle of salt, and eat it just like an apple.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Fried potato sandwiches or Butterbean sandwiches. Or potted ham with sweet pickles and nacho cheese doritos on the sandwich.

[@jeanmiller1142]

​@@lorimiller4301 yes yumm

[@ericminch]

I'm intrigued. Is "Fischbaum" actually a name? In Yiddish and German it means "fish tree". Is that actually a name? Wow, movies, high tech. The best I can remember was a slide show.

[@kevinashwood2146]

Julie Kavner is a knockout! I always had a crush on her when I was 16 - & still do!! I love her Valerie Harper. They are sisters in real life! They call each other every day!

[@kevinashwood2146]

Those Morgenstern women are something else!!

[@CarolAnnNapolitano]

Does anyone else besides me think Rhoda's to thin? She even lost here boobs. Why did she have to get that thin? When a woman loses that much weight in their boobs, makes me wonder if they ate enough protein. I know breast tissue isn't muscle, but seems like she starved herself. Been there, done that. I like these episodes more than the one's in the beginning when she was with Joe. The show just starts and she gets married, I felt that was too fast, there wasn't any episodes about her and her family that much, then it's Joe, this, and Joe that. I like it better without him, he was a cutie though. I always had the feeling he was gonna hurt her, i don't know why, I just did. I think it was because she was so clingy, always thinking he would, I was waiting for him to be a jerk to her, not that I wanted him to, it just felt that way. I was so upset when I heard Valarie was sick. I think so many people love her, that all those good thoughts saved her. We don't realize how powerful our thoughts can be when we put them together as one. I hope she stays well.

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

I agree, and so did producers. In face, they thought she was so unhealthy looking at the start of the opening credits that they ended up replacing the still with "healthier" shots of Valerie Harper later in the season.

[@yolandagrady7232]

Carol Napolitano In the new opening shots during the theme song where Rhoda has on the green dress or green blouse, I agree she looks too thin, her face looks too drawn, & her eyes don't look like they usually do. She looks very "off."

[@MsYounghippie]

I didn't notice the thing about the boobs. I think that is due to what she was wearing. She did look much thinner in that season and season 5 though. I also didn't like what she wore in the first episode of season 5 very much. But I never thought she was unhealthy.

[@kristibrz2798]

Now that’s comedy!

[@CaptainGrimsdale]

I feel like a teenage boy again watching Rhoda but in glorious colour. I believe that I was the only teenage boy who had watched this show in 1970s. It wasn't exactly a topic I shared with my school mates.

[@harpmusicbysaul]

You're right! I saw it in black-and-white, too! I didn't have a color tv till the late 1980s.

[@jonboy1227]

Oh no...you definitely weren't the only boy watching this great show. I was 10 years old when it started, and I watched every episode. It takes me back as well...to a much better time.

[@jamessandy5873]

You most definitely were not the only boy who watched this show.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

I was 9 and loved watching the show during its initial run in Long Island, New York. Some of the jokes went over my head but most of them were appreciated. I was never drawn to cop shows, action shows, etc. I loved comedies, variety shows like Carol Burnett and Cher's shows, reruns of Star Trek, and some thrillers like Kolchak.

[@aalexjohna]

You were a closeted homosexual even then. You liked soft furnishings and Judy Garland.

[@YankeeJet24]

A couple of thoughts: 1) Hasn't Gary ever heard of preparing for an emergency? and 2) What would Benny do if there was the E-Z Pass in the 1970s?

[@sarataba]

Is there anyway you could post Season 5?

[@pygiana16]

Nancy Walker was only in her mid 50s when she did this.

[@harpmusicbysaul]

I have been noting that. So old-fashioned, yet actually vital. Her attitude is more to do with being first-generation American. Like MY MOTHA.

[@michellelove3060]

i dont like the fact that Rhoda never gets the guy to stay with her in a relationship like she wants

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Life is like that sometimes. My best friend (we're over 50) is single, she has had a few serious relationships in life but never found a man who'd be _The One_ ... I was fortunate, met "Mr. Right" when I was 24, and next August it'll be 30 years since we first met.

[@heidikickhouse-]

I really appreciate that you said life is like that. Most people blame the single person for being too picky, waiting too long, being too focused on their career, etc.

[@EphemeralProductions]

it was a comic device. They kept it that way so for laughs. If she had gotten the guy they would have had a lot less humor and episodes they could have put in! LOL

[@randilevson9547]

When did this episode start to be directed by Ingemar Bergman? Scenes From A Morgenstern.

[@grapplergirl10]

Awwwwww 💕

[@kduideo]

Wow FREEZE-FRAME closing credits for that show! Never seen before!

[@JhomasE]

How is Benny gonna drive in 12 inch snowy weather?? I know here in New York that we are discouraged from driving on the streets. I'd leave my car and try and do the train if operating. LOL.

[@andrewvail5458]

…but who was filming the home movies? 🤔🎥

[@evilnub]

I: Mr. Fishbaum died. R: Fishbaum? I: He lived downstairs. R: I never met him. I: Too late now. :^D

[@DavidMiller-kf1ss]

Lol❤

[@nathelondon3719]

Anyone who has parents like Ida and Martin should go down on their knees and thank God and pray that they live to be 100.

[@MultiLisa10]

Whwow and this is where Marge was born

[@HappyBurress]

Hiheylikeit

[@haroldstacey6748]

I must admit I was caught off-guard with the comment I'd like to punch Farrah Fawcett.... she makes it so difficult for all of us! I loved Farrah Fawcett! But it was very funny.

[@skunk69x29]

After awhile it becomes quite pathetic. All this constant worrying about non-existent weight seems to be the general theme of this entire show.

[@michellemohr1433]

The poor parents wanted to get rid of the girls, and yet, the girls wanted the same thing.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Just too much time together. But what I wouldnt give to have weekends with my family now they are all gone.

[@ericminch]

Classic sitcom plotting and dialog. All they had to do was open their mouths and be honest and everything would have been solved. But that would be a lousy TV watching experience, and we wouldn't go out and buy soap and beer and insurance.

[@jeanbilly9144]

Ida went to the ktchen to get ice cream after their jovial discussion and didn't come back with the ice cream.

[@pamhoward5102]

Of the two Mary Tyler Moore shows. I always thought that Rhonda was prettier and always a lot funnier. After she lost all the weight. They gave her a great hairstyle. New clothes she look fabulous.

[@pahoboye]

Ida looks same age in past as now.

[@jamessandy5873]

The writing from 7:19 to 8:01 is so bad it’s painful to watch. Poor Harold Gould, who had to say those lines...

[@satimaxe]

" I LIKE TO PUNCH FARRAH FAWCETT" Best line in the show!!!!!!!!!!!

[@joeys5429]

I liked when Brenda was right once in a while back then but now as Marge I find it hard to trust her

[@jmartin4204]

Hope Farrah was not watching this episode

[@heatherferreira4225]

Hey key makeup, what's with no de-shine at 5:50? You're FIRED

[@heatherferreira4225]

PS: the plastic wrap on the furniture LOL - true New York! LOLOL well done

[@harpmusicbysaul]

I never, ever saw that in New York. Only in the Midwest, and in the suburbs. Except for the neighbor across the street.

[@randilevson9547]

I wish Brenda was my friend.

[@eileenkung5839]

Do time until they passed away.

[@davidstevenson404]

"mr fishbum died." "I never met him." "Too late, now"

[@emilyedwards9809]

At first I was mad at Rhoda (and Brenda) for talking like that about spending an evening with their parents... they used to be pretty close, didn't they? Maybe not. And then the episode was kind of slow. But the ending was sweet.

[@harpmusicbysaul]

Grow up! Adult children don't want to hang out with their parents every week, it's not normal!

[@lauriewinek2453]

I agree with you. @@harpmusicbysaul

[@lauriewinek2453]

You raise your children to be independent @@yolandagrady7232

[@lauriewinek2453]

Visiting on the holidays is nice. Once a week, too much.

[@roefully]

I visit my mother every chance I get. We talk on the phone every day. My father passed away in 2013. I miss him dearly. I am so grateful for my parents.

[@adamp6320]

Continuity goof! Rhoda's 10th birthday party it looks like Brenda is about to be born judging on Ida's belly - but we know from earlier episodes that Brenda is 12 years younger than Rhoda. In the Shower Rhoda is 33 and Brenda is 21.

[@ericminch]

It was a very long pregnancy.

[@andreawooten-mckinnon2982]

So, where is Arnold?? It's a family dinner w the parents & children & no Arnold... I've NVR seen him in all these years & l was just wondering 🤔🙄🤔🙄

[@ericminch]

"He'll be back!"

[@fousies]

❤️

[@lisamoroney3036]

Depressing music

[@darlenedunlap8066]

Remember 🌹🌗🌒🌖🌘🌓🌕🌔✨✨💫⚡️⚡️🌈☃️⛄️❄️ only two ways withdraw or attack. 11.5 and she is boreing or so bored. Thrones pass sent ace down to theRe sourbornates to carry out. It seems odd to some wired to hers..lol 5.7

[@pamhoward5102]

I read the reason that Rhonda and Joe. They believe that Rhonda was funny without a husband.

[@Carrie-xo7yx]

This is kind of a weird episode. Here you have 4 people loaded with charisma who can never stop talking, yet they can't get through a dinner conversation? The writers were DESPERATE. Even the parts with the home movies, altho cute, seems just too contrived.

[@muffincat99]

Judd Hirsch would have been perfect fit to pick up this show. Too bad

[@audreydempsey7269]

I would love that mum

[@kduideo]

why is rhoda walking instead of using a car??

[@melaniehamilton6550]

Ken M It's New York City. Hardly anyone who lives in Manhattan owns a car. No need for one. Besides, where in the hell would you park? I can only imagine what the parking rates would be.