Rhoda - S01E07 - The Shower

[@MrMenefrego1]

I remember watching this with my parents and siblings when I was a kid, how can that be fifty years ago?! I sure do miss those days!

[@marybooth6401]

Show is great ian loves me

[@g-girl9867]

Ditto, Jeff. Real comforting watching the old mtm programs, Newhart, Mary, a n d Rhoda.

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@g-girl9867 It's so nice to watch these wonderful old '70s shows, just to remember how it once was.

[@g-girl9867]

@@MrMenefrego1 Absolutely Jeff, my “happy place” after a long, complicated day is headphones and iPad watching MTM Mary or Rhoda in my bed late at night. All is well with the world for awhile, the fashions, the bit of slang here and there, I can’t help but smile hearing one of them say, “far out” or something like that. 70’s RULE!

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@g-girl9867 Well, FAR OUT!

[@Tedzepeda3986]

The chemistry between Valerie Harper and Julie Kavner is very special . It’s hard to believe they’re not sisters.

[@Vejur9000]

Like the MTM show, you could feel the love between these cast members.

[@joejoe9435]

thats why they hired Kavner

[@hawktchr8]

This reminds me of where and when I felt the safest. In my parents’ home. I was 13 in 1974. This brings back such memories. I miss miss this time. RIP Valerie Harper!

[@dianer558]

JJ HAWK I feel the same way, I was 11 in 1974. Take me back to those days. I miss them. Valerie, rest in perfect peace 🙏🏻

[@BeliaLastes]

Hugs

[@amythomas1124]

I was 13 also in 1974! 🥰

[@lorimiller4301]

I was 8 but it had the same effect. My Mom was happy and my World was safe for the time being.

[@andreawooten-mckinnon2982]

I was 1 in 1974...

[@NEVERHAVEHIGHEXPECTATIONS]

Thank you for posting. I wish I could go back. These times are not so great.

[@hollyavillella554]

Linda Lavin is so talented! Great writers! Thanks so much for uploading. The times have changed so much. Not much simple laughter these days. Lavender sachet! Haha❤

[@scottgrunow5201]

This is hysterical. Perfect comic timing. Great dialogue. Classic!

[@glennhoddle10]

Barbara Sharma ( Myrna) was utterly hilarious in all her scenes !

[@g-girl9867]

Omg Myrna is a riot!

[@joejoe9435]

Yes Sharma was very good...

[@elizabethallen4353]

love the 70s fashion. Linda Lavin's dress is spectacular

[@EphemeralProductions]

She always genuinely was pretty. I think. :)

[@Vejur9000]

One of the very best episodes of rhoda. So many great lines and moments.

[@sallymiller1359]

So much stronger than the chemistry between Rhoda and Joe

[@brookehanley3659]

@@sallymiller1359Loved their chemistry

[@LawlessChica]

What a great big sister Rhoda was sticking up for Brenda like that... to her own high school bully, no less!

[@lisadiconti]

I know. I think it can be easier to defend others than to defend ourselves.

[@lindaleelaw5277]

I'm 72, never been married... between this episode and yes to the dress, easier to stay single.... lol

[@murieltainter5936]

Lindalee Law.....I'm 72 also...and married twice, you didn't miss much. I've been happy and single for 37 years now.

[@1964DB]

Better to have never married than to have married the wrong person just for the sake of getting married.

[@debrahelmlinger6256]

59, never married, no children, never heard the clock ticking on either

[@NOBS4theUSA]

OMG!!! I LOVE RHODA!!!❤❤❤ The clothes, sets, actors, and, the script subjects, are spot on 1970's New York City!!!

[@davidsanderson5918]

The man with the big HAH HAH HAH HAH laugh must be one of the producers! He seems to be at every Rhoda show so far this season.

[@molliwilson5639]

Yes, he has a very distinctive laugh .. he sounds like a barking seal .. LOL

[@robyncooperramsey8323]

He sounds like Desi Arnaz when he laughs!

[@DinaBeeNYC]

I think it is James L. Brooks.

[@PV-pu5iu]

He's in the Mary Tyler Moore show audience, too. I used to find it hilarious, but it really annoyed me in this episode.

[@billedwards6985]

Most likely canned

[@reneebraxton1032]

Carlton the Doorman. He rocked!

[@MultiLisa10]

Yeah, he's a mess! LOL!

[@chrispillsshop8824]

Lorenzo Music! He wrote a lot of the music for sitcoms like the Bob Newhart show, and also was the voice of Garfield the cat!

[@reneebraxton1032]

@@chrispillsshop8824 Amazing!

[@eloiseockert6561]

@@chrispillsshop8824 and other cartoon voices as well.

[@Ranblv]

he sounds exactly like Steven Wright doing his stand up routine

[@hotgritz4sho]

Best episode so far! I laughed so hard from beginning to end. And I especially loved the Linda Lavin guest star moment!

[@ZXM23NYC32LA2ZEE]

Linda Lavin did a fantastic job here! There aren’t too many roles where she gets to play herself.

[@istvanpraha]

I was so happy when she guest starred in Mom. I was like, that lady seems familiar

[@g-girl9867]

Just once I'd like to see an episode where there wasn't a fat joke. These women are beautiful with natural real women's bodies.

[@colleenk60]

Remember, those times were different; not necessarily better, but different.

[@molliwilson5639]

It was the seventies ….

[@SuperWoodyboy]

great show...always loved Rhoda and Valerie....wonderful commedien

[@steveb802011]

Linda Lavin steals the show here -- this is definitely one of the best episodes of the series! I wish they had kept Rhoda single a little longer that first season. Vulnerable Rhoda is much funnier than married Rhoda.

[@casperrae4433]

Rhoda never stopped being vulnerable for even one second.

[@davidfritz1331]

Absolutely. Rhoda shouldn't have even met Joe until the second season and married him in Season 3. They really hurt the series bringing a steady love in so soon and not letting Rhoda find herself as a single adult woman back in her home town.

[@angelacarleton9575]

It's true that whenever they marry off the stars of any show the show doesn't have as much appeal and it ends.

[@jamessandy5873]

The Joe character as played by David Groh has always turned me off, physically and otherwise.

[@MultiLisa10]

I agree!

[@jamesr1703]

I remember those cameras with the flashcubes.

[@noreenwilson1811]

So no red eyes

[@hippychic7546]

omg, so do i. damn, we are as old as dirt!

[@bridgetnolan3947]

This pink suit looks great on Rhoda .

[@kidmack3556]

She looks great in everything. I sure miss seeing women put themselves together like that.

[@bridgetnolan3947]

@@kidmack3556. Absolutely love this show. Its my go to every now and then and you 've just got me back there..

[@richardranke7878]

It was starting this episode that I had a special fondness for Brenda.She was not only funny,but charming in her own way.I always liked whenever she was prominently featured,and have seen Julie Kavner afterwards in many other shows.

[@chrispillsshop8824]

Like Marge on the Simpsons!

[@gwenwachsman3739]

Check her out in the TV movie Katherine here on KZbin

[@danacaro-herman3530]

@Richard Ranke. I absolutely loved Brenda.

[@gaynorpatterson2915]

@@chrispillsshop8824 And Patty and Selma 😂

[@thomastimlin1724]

The old lady is one of Bob Newhart's patients on his old 1970's show around the same time period.

[@murieltainter5936]

She was also mother to Dobie Gillis.............but, you are probably to young.

[@eloiseockert6561]

@@murieltainter5936 "too."

[@spiff8862]

I'm not. I watched Dobie Gillis as a kid...

[@noreenwilson1811]

She was also phyliss,s mother in law on phyliss

[@spiff8862]

@@noreenwilson1811 Nope. Jane Rose played Phyllis's Mother in Law, Audrey Dexter. Florida Friebus played on MTM, Rhoda and The Bob Newhart Show. But she was never on Phyllis.

[@frankf198]

Our fab Rhoda went home today 👼🏽 what a great star 💋❤️ thanks kid

[@phonelady61]

i think God has a special place in heaven for people who were nice and entertained people . Our dear Rhoda is walking the streets of Gold with our Lord and savior . May she rest in peace .

@@phonelady61 Correction: YOUR "Lord and Savior". There are growing millions of Agnostics in America and the world. Everyone's beliefs should be respected until, repeat until the other side starts trying to speak for everyone.

[@1964DB]

She was a fabulous lady who left a wonderful legacy. She made us laugh. She didn't preach to us about politics. She wasn't on the front of gossip rags with her privates hanging out. She just made us ordinary girls feel like we weren't alone. Hers was a life well lived. I loved growing up with her, Mary Tyler Moore, Betty White, and Carol Burnett. Some of the best role models ever.

[@1964DB]

@ How do you know she wasn't referring to her fellow parishioners when she used the term "our"? Try not being so offended by the slightest thing.

[@lauriegrimm3975]

@ oh MY GOD shut up

[@tobiramasenju5878]

I love Brenda. I need all the help I can get. amazing line. the way she says it, great actor.

[@ddiamondr1]

This episode was written by Gail Parent who wrote one of my favorite novels that I read in high school: Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York. She went on to become a major force in television as a producer, with credits like The Golden Girls. :). And Barbara Sharma is in this too. She was hilarious on Mary Tyler Moore in one episode as a useless waitress and terrible employee Mary hires. Great bunch of talented people.

[@michaelcarlin7806]

Nice info.

[@keythdanielsen5533]

I thought it was Anita Gillette.

[@murieltainter5936]

Linda Lavin was great in a couple of Barny Miller episodes. Say hi to Mar Rhoda......

[@davidl9781]

This was a great show.

[@manthony777]

At this time, 1974 or 75, I worked for Linda Lavins aunt. They looked so similar. Both beautiful women.

[@kidmack3556]

I've always liked her, I don't care about the rumors. I wished she and Polly Holliday had of been able to work things out because they were great together and not so good without each other.

[@evaperez4139]

In 1971, I graduated from JHS. There was a girl who was a big bully. Especially when she had her two friends with her. We went the the same High school. I was leaving the pizza place. She was coming in. We stood together by the door entrance. She waited for me to let her in. I just looked her, stood my ground. She backed away. Never did she bother me again. That was the only best time for me in HS ; the years in HS SUCKED.

[@freemangriffin4953]

This one has such a great script! Rhoda was always best when Joe was hardly on at all or not on at all. He was such a huge mistake imo. Susie and Myrna were hilarious. Linda Lavin steals the episode though - just so funny!

[@BenjiOrthopedic]

Brilliant casting of the great Linda Lavin. Interesting that a great Broadway actress like her would do a cameo on a show like this!!

[@jonathanpikecoleman8838]

Saw this episode filmed in Studio City in 1974 with Gail N. Miss you Gail😫😫

[@deidremontrose4379]

The writing was really good.

[@michaelcarlin7806]

The writing is really good.

[@stephenjohnson9560]

Loved watching Rhoda as a kid with my dad. Brenda/Julie Kavner went on to be the voice of Marge Simpson and her sisters.

[@judyprebell7223]

I miss you Rhoda...Rest in Love

[@americanmanhood]

Linda Lavin is wonderful in this episode.

[@georgeadelman3767]

Linda Lavin kills it! She's better here than on Alice.

[@donnabrasher3303]

She's great at being mean. I always thought she was so sweet.

[@gwenwachsman3739]

Linda Lavin on Mom was hilarious! Didn't know she had such comedic skills. Alice didn't showcase her wicked Jewish humor

[@1talldaddy]

@@gwenwachsman3739 and she down right evil in an episode of Law and Order Criminal Intent.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

Alice, in retrospect, wasn't much of a showcase for Linda Lavin. The character wasn't really right for her.

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@donnabrasher3303in real life she is, I’m sure. In this character, not so much. lol

[@beinway]

Wonderful episode.

[@grecogrant2511]

Most of the Friends appeared on The MTM show in various parts! Fun those days!!!

[@chrispillsshop8824]

I agree! It's still fun!:)

[@sakeenainahgem1987]

I ❤ this show

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

Women at their 15 year high school reunion back then looked upper middle aged, today they look like they're still in high school....

[@kidmack3556]

And they act like they are still in high school too, and that goes double for their fellow male alumni.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Myrna Morgenstein was always a hoot!

[@moonwalker5275]

I’m with the man laughing in the background. Hilarious!!!😂😂😂

[@MultiLisa10]

Rhoda and Alice I love them both!!!

[@annedavis6090]

I was 16 in'74. I loved Rhoda..

[@pamhoward5102]

Rhonda ( Valerie Harper ) really look great after she lost the weight. I think she jump into her marriage. I never thought Joe was ready to get married. I always thought the doorman Carlton was hilarious. You never saw his face. He always had the funniest lines.

[@StrongnBeautiful]

I'm so glad she told that woman off and kicked her out. I was about to be real upset if she didn't. No way you're coming in my house disrespecting me and my family. #lies

[@kidmack3556]

And I'm glad she invited the lady to crash the shower and have some cake. Good ol' Rhoda!

[@CF1975]

Perhaps it is partly due to the hat, but Linda looks years older than all her former classmates. Lookswise not exactly the classic prom queen type. Good for Rhoda she finally stood up to her.

[@michaelcarlin7806]

She does.

[@zimjun7]

I JUST realized that THAT is Linda Lavin! - From Maine. She went to Deering High School.I went to Greely High in Maine. 18:26

[@codym8897]

"The Shower" might be the 7th episode of Rhoda's first season. It was written by Gail Parent, and directed by Robert Moore. This episode first aired on CBS on October 21, 1974. Barbara Sharma makes her Rhoda debut in this episode, as Rhoda's high school classmate Myrna Morgenstein. Future "Alice" (1976-1985) star Linda Lavin guest stars in this episode, as Linda.🙂

[@keythdanielsen5533]

Thanks for telling us what we already knew. Were you aware grass is green?

[@kathyflorcruz552]

There's always that loud "HA HA HA HA" guy in the audience.

[@sanctuaryrain2010]

Paid audience laughers, they helped make you giggle. MTM show had one too. Don't know if it was his real laugh, but he did make me chuckle.

[@melmckane2913]

I read in a different comments section that it was (Lorenzo Music(?) Carlton, who made that laugh. Unsure if that's true but thought you may want to look into it.

[@jimfanningstulgeywoodtv4685]

@@melmckane2913 @Kathy Florcruz @RainGirl that "guy" laughing is James L. Brooks, the co-creator/co-executive (with Allan Burns) of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda.

[@molliwilson5639]

@@melmckane2913 it’s James L. Brooks

[@molliwilson5639]

@@sanctuaryrain2010James L. Brooks.. it’s his real laugh

[@DaveAlan]

Very funny episode! Valerie Harper is fantastic RIP. Julie Kavner is super. They both complement each other in every episode. 2 sisters who really care about each other and stick up for each other. I never really liked Linda Lavin!

[@travisjames3517]

Some of these episodes must have been filmed back to back in front of a live audience because I can recognize that man’s laugh in numerous episodes.

[@EphemeralProductions]

He was the producer, James L Brooks. He was there throughout the whole series I believe.

[@Marchant2]

A couple of Mary Tyler Moore guest stars here. The older woman and the red head. Feeb.

[@LEIMALOCCA]

I KNOW! That's the first thing I thought about, Myrna Morgenstein... FEEB!! A word introduced by Rhoda. Funny how it all came full circle 😂😂

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

Marchant2 What is feeb?

[@lisap6162]

Yup! And Suzi was Rayette the waitress on MTM :)

[@leighfennell7890]

When's the happy day? 9 months ago.

[@Stevedup]

Lisa Dawnn...Before the third season of "Rhoda" was produced, the producers thought the character of Rhoda was more likable as a single woman rather than a married. In real-life, Valerie Harper and David Groh received sympathy cards after their characters "separated." David Groh claimed angry viewers sent him hate mail for more than one year after the season ended.

[@lisadiconti]

It's so silly when viewers do that.

[@josephpanzarella1417]

@Konga 5000 The people who made the show agree with you. Rhoda should have remained single, dating but no serious relationship, for at least the first season. After she married she became dull.

[@EphemeralProductions]

It’s ridiculous that people can’t tell the difference between real life and FICTION. Just because they see it on their tvs and it feels real doesn’t mean it is.

[@caitlindonnell435]

Brenda is so funny

[@rikp]

I wonder if they intended some of these characters to recur or if they made such a splash here it was a natural. Susan came back 5 more times and Myrna 8 times. Linda, never again (Linda Lavin's "Alice" didn't start until two years later).

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

Glad Rhoda stood up to that lady!!

[@fkd1963]

Linda Lavin is better in this one ep than in ALL of Alice

[@mirares782]

I Loves these great actress

[@EphemeralProductions]

When she took the diaper box back from Susan. 😂😂

[@ericad8616]

I used to watch Rhoda when I was a little kid, so when I first heard Lorenzo Music do the voice of Garfield the cat, all I could think of was Carlton the doorman from this show. Now though, when I see this show and hear Music doing the voice of Carlton, all I can think of is Garfield the cat.

[@markwhitman9029]

LOVE Rhoda and Brenda: "Chocolate!" LOL!!!

[@favorite3932]

Mary should had been there

[@reneebraxton1032]

Yes. Where was Mary?

[@lisahayes8834]

Still in Minneapolis...

[@hotgritz4sho]

I wondered that too but then the episode would have been about Mary and not this ensemble cast of funny ladies! I mean Linda Lavin was sooooo good here. She was so saucy and bitchy. I loved the chemistry between her and Rhoda.

[@travisjames3517]

@@hotgritz4sho That’s just Lavin. A total bitch in real-life.

[@debrahelmlinger6256]

And ma?

[@Asukenick]

What did you do after graduation? I went right home.

[@janetgriffiths7200]

I went to a party, got drunk, fell asleep in my car.

[@cuppatea4466]

That cracked me up, too!

[@1964DB]

I teach school kids at a museum. When I ask them what Eisenhower did after the war, inevitably one of them answers "went home". LOL

[@bluepuppydan]

Amazing- Linda Lavin from Alice. love Rhoda..

[@CDN1975]

Pregnant woman drinking wine. The 70's were so very different.

[@forteboston]

Go to Europe, especially France and Italy - a glass of wine or port a day is encouraged during pregnancy. Chills the mom, helps for an easier more relaxed pregnancy.

[@johnLennon255]

@@forteboston also helps for birthing a child with fetal alcohol syndrome

[@EphemeralProductions]

Yep. I was born in 74 and my mom told me once she smoked (and I think drank wine on occasion) while pregnant with me.

[@molliwilson5639]

@@EphemeralProductionsNot that unusual

[@wendyferreira6504]

Looking at Brenda's dress I'm guessing this is 1976? I remember everything then was the Bicentennial. We even had miniature Liberty bells in our school pictures

[@nikkkeating4055]

Alice, Fonzie, Dr. Johnny Fever....what great costars they had on that show.

[@2degucitas]

There's that one guy who laughs loud.

[@gaynorpatterson2915]

Yes. And someone commented it was very annoying in this episode. It’s too much

[@EphemeralProductions]

That’s the producer James L brooks. Also of the Simpsons and writer/director of terms of endearment. :)

[@SDS-ee9js]

This was one of the funniest episodes of this show 😂🤣

[@Mr50Mark]

I loved the music in these first season episodes. Wish they had kept it. The second season music was just cacophonous.

[@bridgetnolan3947]

@Steve Boatman Repeat chorus☘

[@EphemeralProductions]

Always have loved it when Rhoda told Linda off. lol

[@thomastimlin1724]

Who's the guy with the loud laugh in the audience? Jerry Lewis? Geez...actually sounds like that laugh Desi Arnez used to use on I Love Lucy.

[@jamessandy5873]

I'd never thought about the similarity to that Ricky Ricardo laugh before, but you're right!

[@citizen1163]

I've got a feeling that it's someone to do with the show. Genuine laugh though.

[@EphemeralProductions]

James L brooks producer of the show.

[@keythdanielsen5533]

From what I’ve read, Linda Lavin was similar in real life.

[@EphemeralProductions]

Sounds like she was just playing herself in this then. For the most part. Must have been easy for her. lol

[@shaharazon2449]

like 33 is that old. it wouldnt be an issue nowadays. also People can look younger now at 33.They look like their college age

[@StacyDifrancesco]

Good for Rhoda. Linda is a snob. She wants to mess up Rhoda's bridal shower.

[@amandatompuri5958]

I remember we had snobs in our school too and they never liked me ....like Rhoda.....but who needs them...right?

[@Stevebaby123]

Cute episode

[@HarCam-Watch2u]

The old lady had the best line towards the end!!😅🎉

[@wookinooki9023]

the old lady was born in 1909, so she was only 65. she could not have retired in 1959. 😜

[@michelemichele5204]

who else binge watches Rhoda when they need a pick-me-up? i just love this lady i bet in real life she was just the same a pure doll!

[@jonathanpikecoleman8838]

This was HILARIOUS ! Almost as good a BETTER CALL SAUL😁😁

[@MsFullheart]

ooh queen of mean!

[@eloiseockert6561]

'You know what? She took my 'lavender sachet'"?

[@pattimccraw6168]

linda lavin playing the rich lady, she played on alice

[@christhomas5761]

I think Janette is at the wrong reunion, she looks at least ten years older than Rhoda .

[@patsyhodge9071]

Excellent.

[@annedavis6090]

L (Lorenzo) Music as Carlton your doorman was a riot😅

[@pamhoward5102]

Rhoda was very much in love with Joe. It's bad he didn't feel the same towards her. She never went out after her divorce. Maybe she had gotten better ratings.

[@m1k3ywestley7]

Chocolate milk on cereal = YUMMM!

[@annasantostefano6826]

How is it Mary wasn't at this shower ? lol. Great episode.

[@tan_ya_]

Myrna is the original facebook 😭

[@christhomas5761]

I wonder did Julie Kavner and Valerie Harper remain friends after the show ended . Does anyone know if Julie made any comments regarding Valerie`s death ?

[@jennifermullis9265]

My mom was born in March 21st 1941

[@leighfennell7890]

and?

[@jonathanpikecoleman8838]

"too many things are unscented todzy" 😁😁😁

[@pamelazebura8702]

Thanks

[@molliwilson5639]

Rhoda is gorgeous during this season