Rhoda S04E04 One is a Number

[@dianarodriguez9719]

The secret to a happy life is to be able to be happy alone

[@aspears1823]

Diana Rodriguez I agree!

[@cathyskywalker77]

Yes! I went to a museum a few months ago that I wanted to enjoy, by myself because my so-called bf didn't want to go.

[@molliwilson5639]

We are not meant to be alone. We are born into relationship….

[@citizen1163]

@@cathyskywalker77 What happened to your 'so called' bf?

[@cathyskywalker77]

@@citizen1163 Drifted apart...but I'm better off without him.

[@tammieparrishmiller3669]

I watched this as a little girl and then the reruns as a young adult in my own apartment, single and loving life! I'm not so young anymore, but these shows make me smile! I'm not so old either!

[@natalielodean5948]

I watched these in reruns as a little girl too, then on Nick at Nite during high school. Forgot about them as I started working, fell in love ... stayed 16 years in a not-great relationship. Now I'm in my 40s and, have to say, love doing things on my own. I love seeing that giddiness in Rhoda, how when you discover that it can be fantastic out on your own and, in some ways, is a richer experience because you have so many interesting encounters when you are open like that and not preoccupied with any one person. Also loved seeing Rhoda learning from someone even bolder than herself (Bea).

[@mariawelsh3190]

That lady was like an angel sent from heaven. Rhoda really needed to hear that. Beautiful and deep episode.💜🙏

[@leesas_classics1722]

I love this episode. This is also one of Valerie Harper's favourite episodes.

[@trudehunnicutt8214]

I go everywhere alone...the beach, Disneyland, concerts. It's great!

[@hmm-zoolol]

As long as you are content and happy.😊

[@josephjoel9199]

To me, this episode may be the best episode of any sitcom ever. There is nothing else like it and kudos to Valerie Harper and the writers for being so brilliant and original.

[@danacaro-herman3530]

Nah, no way, Rhoda's wedding was the best episode!!!❤️👍. This one was corny

[@josephjoel9199]

@@danacaro-herman3530 , you may be correct, and it is Valerie's favorite, too. She did mention this episode as a favorite of her's as well. Did you see this episode by any chance?

[@3stinkers]

Gotta love Johnny Venture, Rhodas nails are so pretty and the color is even current all these years later.

[@janetgriffiths7200]

Yeah, I wore a similar color a couple of weeks ago. Johnny was like a lot of guys back in the disco era---I tried to stay away from guys like that---they didn't impress me.

[@emilyedwards9809]

''We have special ways of showing how we are different. And that's what makes us all alike!'' I love that!! I've been trying to figure out how to say that for forever.

[@CaptainGrimsdale]

Emily Edwards It's called identity crisis now.

[@eloiseockert6561]

It is a Metaphysical Revelation.

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Morgan Freeman said, “just because I disagree with you doesn’t mean I hate you. We need to relearn that in America.”

[@emilyedwards9809]

@@thomasmagnum3588 yes especially my family!

[@hmm-zoolol]

​@@thomasmagnum3588Exactly, family disagree all the time it doesn't mean they hate each other.😊

[@hmm-zoolol]

Val and Co-stars, Thanks for the happy episodes. You guys helped a lot of young girls and women to maneuver into adulthood. Love you all😊🎉

[@radkidsart]

Favorite episode. Farewell, Val. Love you.

[@cynthialyman2636]

A refreshing existential slice of insight in a 70's sitcom: just another reason why l love that moment in time.

[@josephjoel9199]

So true. This episode is philosophical.

[@lorraineb.4698]

ME TOO

[@faithfulforever6331]

This show was such a time capsule of the 1970's, even down to the coffee cups, as to the brown one Rhoda was drinking out of at the beginning of the episode. I haven't seen one of those in years, though I think I may have one from that time period somewhere. And I love Gary's (Ron Silver's hair). All of the guys wanted to have exactly that same style at that time, so representative!

[@pollymaenza6173]

I envision Carlton as Garfield…can’t help it 😆

[@kahliatangazi448]

I love what this series did for Rhoda's character. I honestly like her better here than in the Mary Tyler Moore Show, and I LOVE MTM so that says a lot!

[@michellepost1016]

I never had a problem doing things alone, but I am an introvert.The ideal thing to do is casually flip through a magazine or read parts of one, when alone in a restaurant or airport terminal, for example.I think that lounge singer really cares about Rhoda deep within, he is just too shallow to show it.

[@StrongnBeautiful]

He obviously likes her, he keeps coming around.

[@JehanineMelmoth]

One of the best episodes.

[@LEIMALOCCA]

"They call me Mr. Magnetism." "Oh, yeah? Here: stick this on your face!" I love the way Jack handled Johnny!!!

[@kirstyw.6854]

Rhoda the voice for women everywhere

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

This episode was about everyone, not women.

[@ericminch]

@@nonenoneonenonenone Thank goodness. I was thinking there for a minute I'd have to unwatch and unlike it.

[@breanalee4458]

Love this episode so cozy and warm how she found people in the coffee shop on a rainy night and at last she could tell her friends what a wonderful night she had rip Valerie 💕💙

[@kevinashwood2146]

I'm happy being alone! This episode of "Rhoda" was hilarious!

[@thomasmagnum3588]

I went to the theatre one time by myself, it is a little odd. I saw Bernadette Peters and Martin Short in “The Goodbye Girl” musical 1993.

[@hmm-zoolol]

@thomasmagnum...I bet they were great, and no one asking a thousand questions about the characters.😊😊

[@williamshook393]

I love this episode. It showed that Rhoda could make it on her own.

[@YankeeJet24]

I think that can be a good theme song. ;-)

[@robertas5171]

I didn't get that. I just found it depressing. And that apartment!!!! So dreary! I think everything post Joe just seems sad.

[@tannawannavannabittannawan7138]

William Shook We always knew she could! ❤️

[@LadyRockville]

Roberta S I always thought her apartment was cute❤️

[@ericminch]

She could take a nothing date, and make it all seem worthwhile.

[@StacyDifrancesco]

As a single woman at this time in her life, Rhoda really depicts what it is like not to have anyone to go out with and she is brave.

[@ichigomentos]

Johnny is like a straight version of Liberace.

[@kathyp.9507]

Riiiiiight!!!!! And I kept asking myself, who does he remind me of😱. Peace and Love✌💝

[@Mr21scott]

Ugh young people: he's supposed to be Wayne Newton.

[@ichigomentos]

@@Mr21scott Ugh, I don't' care. He still reminds me of Liberace.

[@Zainygreenstone]

I have the most fun alone and meet people, but have freedom. No one cares about me like this. She's loved. Watched this in the '90s.

[@henrimatisse7481]

What's sad is that it takes a crisis to find specialness in other people. But then a lot of people don't even acknowledge it in a crisis. That's sadder of course. But yea for Rhoda!

[@Kat.Evangeline14]

What a wonderful episode - I have gone out alone & it's either good or bad. It depends. Also the part about ppl not looking at each other - so true - but mostly in cold places where ppl are less than friendly.

[@Barbbfly]

Rhodas character was soo cute in this 🎭🗝😊

[@jacovawernett3077]

I love this episode it is one of my favorites...Thank you....L'chaim from Jacova Jerusalem and Jesus.

[@michaelmitchell5098]

“Some people are good at faces....”😂

[@maidenmarian1]

The rain in the restaurant scene is wonderful!

[@bobcatnm]

Ron Silver was so freaking cute

[@nmc5858]

They loved the word terrific

[@aspears1823]

Good for Rhoda!!! I personally thoroughly enjoy going out by myself...

[@LorraineMatthew-oe3mm]

GREAT EPISODE 😂😂❤❤

[@themaggattack]

This episode is proof that even before smart gadgets, people already ignored eachother.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Only in New York. It had a reputation for being rude and cold back then.

[@ljrockstar69]

I love Johnny Venture he's such a hunk😍

[@lanfordripley7780]

The great thing about Rhoda was that Valerie Harper made her a real person, not a fabricated stereotype. Valerie Harper was beautiful but had no problem being genuinely funny.. In that way she was like Lucille Ball, who again was beautiful (former Hattie Carnegie model), but had no problem being funny and had a genuine sense of humor.

[@BenjiOrthopedic]

I liked, and still like, "Rhoda" as well as or even better than MTM Show. Thankfully, the whole series is on KZbin for people nowadays to watch, commercial-free. I think for many years, from about 1978-1996, it was not re-run, or not re-run nearly as much. It came onto Nick at Nite (Nickelodeon network?) in 1996 and I remember being completely won over by it. I loved it then, I love it now!!

[@lorraineb.4698]

THEY RE RAN IT OFTEN IN THE EARLY 80S.

[@cynthialyman2636]

Johnny Venture was an absolute stereotype from the 70s, brought fully to public awareness around mid-decade with disco and movies like Saturday Night Fever; the funny thing is how over-the-top this part is played. I so seriously remember guys like this, even though I was still in my teens when they were the rage: my girlfriend's nicknamed them things like Leisure Suit Larry's and Lounge Lizards. Truly hilarious but just a lot of show and posturing, really.

[@Kat.Evangeline14]

I got my first kiss from a Lounge singer at age 11 in Ocean Shores. That would be frowned upon in this day & age. I think his name was Dick Fisher - in the 70's.

[@jackies1729]

I wonder if Disco Stu was based on him..... That would make sense

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Disco really caught online the very late 70s. Before it was pop, soft rock and hard rock. And of course ,Motown. I lived with my transistor radio on constantly and flipping channels.

[@traceyaz125]

@@Kat.Evangeline14that would be frowned on in any time. Pedos have been around since forever

[@hmm-zoolol]

​​​@@RepentfollowJesusLove those transistor radios, and the different colors.😊

[@Kate-fi8oh]

Remember “day of the week” underwear?

[@randomasmr4045]

I was just a kid in the 70's but I had them lol.

[@Asukenick]

Carlton is the best.

[@delchavid]

My favorite episode!

[@delchavid]

Mine too

[@lorraineb.4698]

VALS TOO

[@Redpilled-vv5lk]

So glad that we have lovely moulded t shirt bras these days !!

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

Wow. Anne Jackson does a star turn. Rhoda discoveries the loneliness of the Big City, and being an outcast among other outcasts, and finds cosmic truth in a diner. Been there, done that.

[@zimjun7]

Yes! Eli Wallach's wife. I knew that I knew who she was.

[@hmm-zoolol]

​​@@zimjun7Thanks for the reminder. Ann and Eli two great actors. Eli was in many cowboy movies, including Clint Eastwood's movies. .

[@janetduncan87]

I love her clothes..it's gypsyish ...

[@CrystalM1917]

Boho chic.

[@faithfulforever6331]

"Gypsyish" was the style for many women in the 70's. I think Annie Hall had a lot to do with it, plus Mexican embroidered peasant dresses/blouses were popular. And for men, tight pants, often times double knit; longer straight hair that was still styled and high heel shoes (yes on MEN) was all the rage. Also for men and women denim worksheets with embroidery were very popular. Gary Levy, Ron Silver, looked very typical for men for the time and Brenda and Rhoda looked like typical women of the 70's. This was before feathered hair for men and women became super popular and gold chains and medallions were just coming in due to the burgeoning popularity of the disco scene and dancing. I came of age during this time and loved it.

[@hmm-zoolol]

​​@@faithfulforever6331 When I was a kid in the 70s I had a gypy or peasant inspired dress. I loved that dress.😊😊

[@melaniehamilton6550]

Johnny Venture is such a hilarious cliche. Any young folks out there watching, please believe me when I say that guys like that were not at all rare in the mid-70s. Most didn't wear quite that much jewelry, but the immovable hair and the synthetic fabrics were rampant. Fortunately, there were many guys who understood natural fibers, had no need for gallons of hairspray and didn't spout phony crap. I have to admit that my friends and I were not above playing "Catch and Release" with the Johnny Venture types, but only rarely. It was too hard to keep a straight face.

[@micjakes1]

The writing in the 70s was incredible!!!

[@hallnelson2897]

I miss the 70's and especially diners back then imagine a doughnut for 20 cents now they're 5 dollars and not quite as good with a cup of coffee.

[@hmm-zoolol]

Yes, it's not easy finding a good tasting donut, and they are over priced. GMOs have ruined many foods

[@zimjun7]

"You're not dead." -------"NO! OK. Goodnight.

[@malkakideckel9058]

This waitress is great! Great episode. A great show very underrated.

[@hmm-zoolol]

Thinking back, I don't think Rhoda was underrated. Many preferred Rhoda to Mary because Rhoda was more relatable.😊😊

[@golumfrog7840]

Where is the old Rhoda from Minneapolis she went out by her self All the time😊😊

[@Lisa1111]

I love Johnny though 🤣

[@mthivier]

The lady who played the waitress was also the pediatrician in "The Shining", who makes a housecall when Danny has his blackout.

[@cynthialyman2636]

Anne Jackson.

[@markbrown9458]

The crazy old lady in the diner was the gal who spouted out "up yours n-----!" and then later apologized in Blazing Saddles.

[@randalllaue4042]

Famous!

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

Oh Rhoda, I'd go out with you to the theatre!

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Rhoda's speech was how it was in the 70s. I wish it were that way now.

[@hmm-zoolol]

It was feely time.😊😊

[@raybo1018]

I really think Johnny Venture would have been a perfect match for Rhoda as a husband. Total opposites. Would have been a very interesting marriage.

[@molliwilson5639]

Rhoda has the most beautiful hands

[@natalielodean5948]

I noticed that too!

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Apparently James Burrows thought so too! I swear, if there was one more closeup of that hand……

[@nyla298]

​@@thomasmagnum3588why did they do that . Wierd

[@NortelGeek]

On the 4th episode of the 4th season, Valerie Harper broke the 4th wall. ❤️

[@michellevillafane1165]

At minute 8:51 Rhoda's nails back im style....nice manicure..Nice show

[@meirwise1107]

Brenda....chose Gary! Wake up. Btw my underpants say Tuesday and it is Tuesday! Shame, I don't suppose that a pretty woman could be out in New York alone after midnight nowadays.....?

[@lynnlobliner3933]

Johnny's character is such a great part. Michael DeLano has such a good time with it. I wish they'd have had a reason to keep him around longer than two seasons. But Gary Brenda's boyfriend Nick were great parts, too. I was in my late 20s when I first saw these and thought he was smarmy. Now in my mid 70s I really enjoy him.

[@julieanderson1858]

Roseanne made an episode kind of like this and her first season of the 1st season and towards the end...which was her coming in a coffee shop .. after a long hard day at work.. and the waitress was a widow.Remember...***???? .god i watch to much tv or atleast the mid older ones....ok ja

[@mthivier]

I was thinking of that same episode as I watched this. The waitress was also a widow, and took a job in the diner so she wouldn't feel so lonely.

[@randilevson9547]

Rhoda could have asked Joe to go with her. Guess the writers wanted to end that chapter of Rhoda's life for good.

[@martinzelaya2927]

Be true to yourself and accept others as they are. When TV tried to teach you something. It's like another universe compared to today.

[@michellepost2986]

Johnny venture was cute and had pretty hair, but he was a dork. What would it have been like if Rhoda and Johnny had become a couple? I don't know how she stood Joe. He was emotionally cold alot of the time, and seemed alot like Mary Ellen's doctor husband on The Walton's.

[@justsayin3390]

Johnny when he wasn't "on" would've been perfect for Rhoda.

[@Vejur9000]

The little old lady in the sketch, is the same actress who played Sally Fields grandmother, in the TV movie Sybil

[@StacyDifrancesco]

I like Jack. I like Benny. I like Rhoda. I like Brenda.

[@lorraineb.4698]

I LIKE GARY

[@randalllaue4042]

Had great guests...

[@johnny-becker]

Isn't it weird how they put Jack Doyle's (character played by Kenneth McMillian) first name and last name of Ron Silver (actor who play's Gary Levy) in the window at 3:27?

[@rhonapage5050]

The CHEEKBONES on that girl!

[@darlenedunlap8066]

Profencey 1450 ha at 20 percent.. 75 baby❤❤❤

[@CaptainGrimsdale]

I would go out by myself many times because everyone was either busy or had made excuses to not go out with me. Is that stock footage of Broadway area in New York? They always showed that part of New York in all sitcoms from that decade. Rhoda goes to a sleeze cafe where bums, pimps, and lonely go for a cheap meal instead of staying home.

[@karinn9508]

+CaptainGrimsdale It is a studio set. Rhoda was filmed in the suburbs of LA, in Studio City. At CBS studios, Stage 14, Studio City, CA.

[@kprieto2655]

+Karin N Actually, there are stock footage, still shots and outdoor scenes filmed on the streets, bridges, outdoor markets, parks and subways of NYC used throughout the entire series. The Wedding Episode is especially remembered for its scenes of Rhoda running all over the streets of NYC . All other filming took place in LA studios

[@treasurehunteruk2047]

I'm sad it wasn't filmed in New York. I was hoping to get a feel of the atmosphere of her living as a single woman in NY in the 70's, and to think it's all faked does spoil it. I'll go back to Cagney and Lacey ......

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@treasurehunteruk2047 Most of the sitcoms are "faked". Seinfeld was filmed in California, not NYC; they tried to capture the atmosphere, even down to steam rising from beneath the streets through gratings and manhole covers when they shot fake winter scenes on their New York street in the backlot. All in the Family was not taped in Queens, I wager. There are exceptions; 30 Rock was shot in Manhattan-- at least the scenes where characters walk around Rockefeller Center.

[@glen7318]

Pretty much all TV shows are "faked". MASH was filmed in California. So is Friends....

[@wookinooki9023]

waitress actress married to Eli Wallach!!!

[@wookinooki9023]

pale brown fingernails... omg long time no see.

[@m1k3ywestley7]

Rhoda stole Bea's hat?! Lol

[@mthivier]

Hopefully she didn't also take Bea's underpants that said "Sunday".

[@annajacob7981]

I think Bea gave her hat to Rhoda 😊

[@meko3089]

Her husband was a narc. she’s better off alone

[@jeanmiller1142]

you mean narcissist?

[@michellepost5232]

Rhoda's hat looks like what a flapper wore during the 1920s.

[@nyla298]

Ugly

[@eloiseockert6561]

Someone who wrote this follows Metaphysics.

[@OurHumbleLife]

I believe they were trying to recreate Lou Grant, through Jack, Rhoda's boss.

[@meko3089]

Meee currently 🎉🎉🎉

[@believeinjesus8862]

No bra period, was not a good look😅🤣😂🤣🤪

[@johnny-becker]

Did no one think to notify Ma Morganstern? Guess she is the type of person whom you tell her daughter is missing after daughter is found face first in the New York City subway station.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Wow, did the writers ever lose their way here!

[@michellepost1016]

That Johnny venture is an egotistical creep.I never thought he was good looking.Can't Rhoda go anywhere alone?

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

I would leave that rude waitress a whole entire penny for a tip!!!!

[@eileenkung5839]

Get dog best friend.

[@kennethmatlusky3836]

It seems in this episode that Rhoda is sad, but is lying to herself and others, and only pretending to be happy. Rhoda is approaching 40, divorced, single, and childless. It would have been more refreshing to see Rhoda face these problems rather than pretending to be happy with strangers. That said, I still loved the episode, one of the best.

[@helenm2169]

they really shouldnt have burnt the bra i can say that cos im a girl

[@grainnegowen5758]

I wonder if this episode inspired the episode of Sex and the City where Carrie goes out alone and the Guggenheim is closed. When Rhoda came in out of the rain to the coffee shop with a newspaper over her head it suddenly occurred to me.

[@barbibutton9619]

Sounded like a trip on LSD. Ahhhhhh, the 70's

[@fintan3563]

Johnny Venture 🤮

[@georginaoboyle2613]

😊😂

[@randomasmr4045]

She's pushy about the parmesan.

[@Norfolk250]

Hello!

[@sweetsunnydaygirl]

What a sweet eposode! So touching :) That waitress was so good for Rhoda, too :) And I loved how all Rhoda's friends were waiting for her when she came home :) So even though she went out alone and discovered herself, that she was really okay, what did she have to come home to?? LOTS OF LOVE, and people who loved her very much :) One of the reasons I love this show. I can actually feel the love and warmth from these friends who love each other like family. 💕🍊🩷🛐☦️🥭🎦🐹🐹🐹💕😺

[@kathyflorcruz552]

5 + Carlton all cared enough to show up at 1:30 am .. but you have to make people look at each other to show they care? Huh?

[@eduardo_corrochio]

She had experienced something of an epiphany that night and wanted to share good feelings with the people in her life, so she tried to nudge them into feeling profound; they weren't really into it, of course.

[@kirstyw.6854]

" ive just o d on cuteness"

[@Mrs.AD0099]

Hate the theme since they changed it up in season three.