I wish they had continued this storyline in future episodes. Cute couple.
@marieteresa39634 жыл бұрын
Love watching for the '70's fashions.
@colibri13 жыл бұрын
Like those denim gauchos and Fry boots Brenda had on in the first scene at the bank. I hadn't seen those since seventh grade.
@katiemartell65203 жыл бұрын
This was one of her best episodes, EVER! And, what a gentleman Frank Converse played!
@stuartwise5709 Жыл бұрын
I agree!
@revolutionaryviews97025 жыл бұрын
Continuing this character and story line would have saved the show. It’s the first time Rhoda’s been happy since Joe left. It’s like the writers didn’t want her to be happy.
@sueb66624 жыл бұрын
it would have been a good story line to continue
@eduardo_corrochio4 жыл бұрын
Maybe the writers didn't want Rhoda to be married or happy-- happily married or in love isn't funny. Was Mary Richards very happy, relationship wise? She rarely had a serious boyfriend. Comedy isn't about happiness, or success. It's about failure, tragedy, and flaws.
@eloiseockert65613 жыл бұрын
It would be rebound.
@annajacob79813 жыл бұрын
@@eduardo_corrochio IMHO good comedy writing weaves the failures, tragedies and flaws into their characters' life fabric - which also includes happiness and success. I believe the MTM show, the Dick Van Dyke show, MASH, Cheers, and Frasier all successfully achieved this comedic / real life balancing act.
@eduardo_corrochio3 жыл бұрын
@@annajacob7981 While success and happiness cannot be left out of sitcom writing and story arcs (they're a part of life as we know it), they are not the meat of humor. Frasier and those other wonderful shows included happiness and upbeat things sporadically but the majority of scripts dealt with conflict, setbacks, obstacles, and negative things spiraling out of control. Consider Frasier as an example. We remember some of the best episodes and they involve, among other things, a dreadful debut of a new restaurant, a problematic broadcast of an old time radio murder mystery, and (this plot was used a handful of times) an important dinner party that sinks rapidly into a fiasco. Also, each season of Frasier often had its own adverse issue that affected a main character, be it Frasier getting his entire staff fired and having to do damage control over it, or Niles having to move into a cheesy bachelor apartment complex because his divorce from Maris left him on a tight budget for the first time in his life. Granted, there are good things now and again-- Niles and Daphne finally falling in love and getting married, etc. But comedy thrives much more when someone is down on her/his luck or recovering from a broken leg.
@MsSwwood6 жыл бұрын
Frank Converse reminds me of Robert Redford.
@emilyedwards98093 жыл бұрын
I can see that. Not nearly as cute though!
@playkma3 жыл бұрын
I said the same thing.
@Vejur90003 жыл бұрын
That must’ve been his appeal in the 70s, the fact that he looked like him. The poor man’s Redford
@gwenwachsman37392 жыл бұрын
@@emilyedwards9809 just as
@gwenwachsman37392 жыл бұрын
Taller and very similar in appeal
@conniecrawford52315 жыл бұрын
I forgot how handsome Frank Converse was.
@StrongnBeautiful3 жыл бұрын
It was really nice that Brenda's boss took her out to get drunk for her birthday. Love that she enjoyed her birthday.
@ixamxmsright3 жыл бұрын
They should have kept him . A actor , good looking and the opposite of Joe , a blue collar worker, would have been a good contrast. The potential laughs from the difference between Rhoda’s corkiness and his straight style would have been great.
@maidenmarian1 Жыл бұрын
This connection with Sam Ellus played by Frank Converse could have saved the show or at least taken it very far along! The two of them made a lovely couple and they had lots of chemistry together. Because Joe basically walked out on Rhoda, this could have become a very positive storyline. I think the audience would have liked it.
@maidenmarian1 Жыл бұрын
Sam Ellis spelling correction.
@kevinashwood21462 жыл бұрын
Rhoda & Brenda did slap stick comedy in this episode - just like Lucy & Ethel!
@melaniehamilton65508 жыл бұрын
A bank without a break room for employees. What a cruddy place to work. I agree that Sam is ten times more appealing than Joe and that it would've been fun to see them continue for a while. Love it when Rhoda feeds Brenda the spoonful of instant coffee to shut her up.
@angelacarleton95754 жыл бұрын
Who would have thought that the future of jobs would not have a break room for employees? It got worse!
@eloiseockert65613 жыл бұрын
@Deidre Montrose most jobs DO NOT have a yoga class...
@dianamarie43513 жыл бұрын
Did you see how he grabbed her wrists at the bank? No he was worse than Joe
@mzarry3 жыл бұрын
@@dianamarie4351 I agree and he's dry as toast
@dianamarie43513 жыл бұрын
@@mzarry and looks aggressive to boot
@StevenJBosch Жыл бұрын
I do wish they could have done more with this line.
@nubiancutey25307 ай бұрын
I loved Sam and Rhoda together ❤
@janinem51963 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite episodes. Scene at Hibachi was priceless.
@king-qo8fi Жыл бұрын
Wow, they have chemistry ! kool. I’ve never seen this episode before! they make a super great couple!
@mthivier5 жыл бұрын
Frank Converse, who played Mr. Ellis was cute! He and Rhoda would have made an interesting couple. They should have him as a recurring character as a romantic partner for Rhoda.
@sueb66624 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@sharontrimble75772 жыл бұрын
I remember him in those Excedrin commercials.
@milagrosreed77257 ай бұрын
I watch this episode to watch him. I hate that she let him get away.
@charlesamitchem34872 жыл бұрын
I love how they grab the letter opener when they can't find a knife!
@MariaWelsh-lu6fg9 ай бұрын
Rhoda's nervous overly talking energy was always the highlight for me😊
@KatieLL7 жыл бұрын
What a nice man.
@tartariandreamer36632 жыл бұрын
The bank manager and Rhoda would have made a cute couple on the show.
@BenjiOrthopedic2 жыл бұрын
Teppanyaki chefs have not changed in all these years...LOL They still pull the same tricks.
@back2s0ul8 жыл бұрын
Rhoda went out with her marriage counselor right away and was willing to meet the mystery man. Now all of a sudden she's neurotic about dating.
@kyriejohnson47117 жыл бұрын
back2s0ul I know . You can tell the writers are all over the place with the show.
@kprieto26557 жыл бұрын
Maybe with her counselor it was more shallow and impulsive and not a challenge. She didn't really give much thought, because it had no chance to mean anything imortant. I think her ego needed it at the time, like a rebound. With Sam, she has to acknowledge herself and admit that a real man who is not trying to use her is really interested and could possibly be the real deal.
@minx25285 жыл бұрын
Horrific writing.
@eloiseockert65613 жыл бұрын
It is a sitcom...anything goes...very rarly is there consistency...
@jackies17292 жыл бұрын
Because she actually had feelings for him and it freaked her out It's good writing Very realistic
@alondralabute23105 жыл бұрын
I can't blame him for being ticked about the cake mess on his desk. Surely they have a room for employees to take their breaks? Why didn't they have the little party there? But he sure did a switch didn't he? One minute hard nosed and the next charming. It's a shame if he was only in this one episode, I liked him.
@kprieto26557 жыл бұрын
Frank Converse ( Sam Ellis) is gorgeous! A Robert Redford type.
@nonenoneonenonenone6 жыл бұрын
And totally inappropriate for a nice Jewish girl like Rhoda.
@dolenzmcqueen83164 жыл бұрын
@@nonenoneonenonenone none...that's why you have none.
@sueb66624 жыл бұрын
Frank Converse very cute definitely a Robert Redford type they should have kept him in the show
@faithfulforever63313 жыл бұрын
This guy, Sam Ellis, which much nicer, more gentlemanly and much more handsome than Joe Gerard. This is who Rhoda should have gotten serious with in the first place.
@eloiseockert65613 жыл бұрын
How? She just met him...
@colettekleinman65142 жыл бұрын
No man could be with such an argumentative, complaining, insecure, needy person if they are normal.
@TLTthatsME7 жыл бұрын
Love this show
@alteredillusions1007 жыл бұрын
lol, the Bank Manager says has only $47 in his wallet and he is at the Bank....Well, get money out. plot hole
@tomadeek4 жыл бұрын
I came here for this comment. I thought the same thing.
@eloiseockert65613 жыл бұрын
Stupid line/never mind cash someone like that had to have credit cards from here to kingdom come
@prettyhamburger64623 жыл бұрын
That whole thing makes him look cheap, too!
@Nyzackon2 жыл бұрын
I think he was trying to be charming, showing off. That's about $226 USD today.
@nola063 жыл бұрын
I love this show! My 1st job in Manhattan was as a teller for Citibank. On Varick st. We called it shittybank 🤣 there was this bar we tellers went for lunch or drinks where a scene from the movie After Hours was shot.
@rochellesmith19162 жыл бұрын
Mr. Ellis looked like Robert Redford 😳
@ericminch Жыл бұрын
Wow. After Hours. What a unique film! I had to see it twice in its first month, and twice more afterwards.
@thesilentdiva8 ай бұрын
LMAO shittybank
@caroleastmond90642 жыл бұрын
He was great on that police show, this was a good episode, thanks!!🎉🎉
@fussygirl655 жыл бұрын
Why did they leave the cake behind ?
@eloiseockert65613 жыл бұрын
...went to dinner... Or maybe it is a SITCOM...
@DaveKaramazov2 жыл бұрын
@@eloiseockert6561 , diet?
@mamaloves89956 жыл бұрын
She needs to move on. Joe doesn't want to be married anymore. He don't want her and he don't want anyone else to neither. He just wants his cake and eat it too. Sound familiar? Thanks for sharing.
@eloiseockert65613 жыл бұрын
I felt when Joe met Rhoda it was a rebound relationship. This is why this did NOT work.
@matthewgardner21443 жыл бұрын
Well, it's been 44 years. I think we've had enough time to process this loss.
@mamaloves89953 жыл бұрын
@@ladyrose7793 LOL Yup,. you're Right hun,.
@jeannebrassil92883 жыл бұрын
@@matthewgardner2144 😂
@williamminshall12184 жыл бұрын
Sam Ellis would have given Rhoda some stability in her life..... I wonder how much of this Valerie Harper was going through because she would soon be divorcing Richard Schaal.....
@janetrogers54292 жыл бұрын
Great actor
@eddieodom23613 жыл бұрын
HAPPY 2021 EVERYONE, TODAY IS JANUARY 20, 2021 AND I'M STILL PRAISING G-D AND I STILL ENJOY WATCHING ONE OF MY ALL TIMES FAVORITES "RHODA".
@redrooster19082 жыл бұрын
Same...now January 2022!
@emmanuelwhitmore5842 жыл бұрын
They never keep up with scripts. Brenda said never had pets. The episode When Ida returned, Brenda said they had identical ducks and one died.
@jeanmiller1142 Жыл бұрын
Brenda said Ida would not allow pets in the house. I don't think you kept ducks in the house
@carolhill89179 жыл бұрын
Sam would have been an interesting boyfriend for Rhoda. How could it be "6 months" when her and Joe had been together weekly during their after separation 'dating' period?
@sueb66624 жыл бұрын
lol
@YankeeJet249 жыл бұрын
An executive's work desk with no computer. Nowadays, that information would be on a flash drive. Ten years ago, a CD-ROM. Twenty years ago, a floppy disk. But this was 1977.
@kduideo9 жыл бұрын
YankeeJet24 Dude You are not correct.
@demanda38145 жыл бұрын
Ken M because this was 1976.
@jaimepardo40235 жыл бұрын
It looks like Richard Masur (Nick Lobo) is playing one of the bank employees in the birthday party.
@eduardo_corrochio4 жыл бұрын
I don't see him in that group. And he's recognizable.
@leesas_classics17223 жыл бұрын
He was cute. ❤️😍
@butidreaminleather11 жыл бұрын
Sam is hot!
@nonenoneonenonenone6 жыл бұрын
Not nice at all, just eager to get laid.
@dolenzmcqueen83164 жыл бұрын
@@nonenoneonenonenone Sam was cool, a gentleman and HOT!!!!!!!
@gwenwachsman37392 жыл бұрын
Frank Converse was a good looking man!!!
@nonenoneonenonenone6 жыл бұрын
How could they leave that cake just sitting there??? Did you notice that Brenda and Rhoda both have brown hair now instead of black? Will they end up blonde?
@joriehenrickson6 жыл бұрын
Actually, yes! In the next episode ("Pajama Party Bingo") Brenda has blonde hair.
@sonyasew2 Жыл бұрын
I love this episode
@iluvpepi7 жыл бұрын
I love Rhoda, warts and all. Women like her are true friends. A woman like Mary Richards thought she was good enough to be her best friend.
@dawnheistand9124 жыл бұрын
thanks
@nmc5858 Жыл бұрын
Loved Gary
@dianamarie43513 жыл бұрын
I don't know why so many comments say Sam was such a great prospect for Rhoda. Just the way he grabbed her wrists at his desk is frightening
@naturegirl3722 жыл бұрын
I know, eh..tv shows have been great in showing people, so willing to accept major boundary breaks and abuse. They desensitize us and make it look acceptable and normal. (Course Rhoda always has to push her viewpoint. She couldn't just back off, when he asked)
@Ali-gb7mf7 ай бұрын
Brenda has used the same hand bag for all five seasons.
@thesilentdiva8 ай бұрын
Could they not print that out again is the information gone forever... Jesus😆
@wookinooki9023 Жыл бұрын
every bank has a cafeteria.
@mariawelsh3190 Жыл бұрын
He played Hutch's old high school buddy on Starsky and Hutch. I like him better here. He did less yapping😊 and I like the way he would listen to Rhoda just talk. Good ep!🤗
@SaxonC3 жыл бұрын
Rhoda is never happy
@kennethlindsey8357 Жыл бұрын
FRANK CONVERSE Started out on the program CORONET BLUE
@dynodish3 жыл бұрын
Joe was a creep. This dude resembles Redford.
@eloiseockert65613 жыл бұрын
Joe was NOT a creep...I think Rhoda for Joe was a rebound...
@justsayin33904 жыл бұрын
ITS THE TRUCKER FROM CONVOY
@michellepost29862 жыл бұрын
Rhoda is an idiot in this ep. I'd be glad Joe left. He was cold and grouchy. The banker was grouchy at the bank, but he was cute and he acted nice later. He looks like a young Doc Baker of Little House. Rhoda acts so keyed up so much, and she analyzes every moment.Can't she ever do anything just for fun?
@Will-qs3ql3 жыл бұрын
I liked the show better when she and Joe were married but I have to say I'm enjoying this season more than I recall. The acting is always great and shows from the 70s even at their worse are better than most sitcoms today. And to me even commercials back then are better than any reality crap today
@janetrogers54292 жыл бұрын
He was on Anne of green gables
@randilevson95473 ай бұрын
Are you sure?
@jeanmiller1142 Жыл бұрын
anyone remember that TV series Longstreet? I believe Sam was the lead character who was a lawyer and disabled in some way
@ericminch Жыл бұрын
blind
@randilevson95473 ай бұрын
I think Longstreet was played by James Franciscus. His character was blind.
@jenniferholzman1193 жыл бұрын
he was such a better a better getlman then joe
@claudeslagenhop43017 жыл бұрын
1. Proof that the writers were perfectly capable of writing a strong male character who did not come off as a selfish whining duplicitous jerk (Joe). 2. In Season 3 it is very obvious that the writers were desperately testing new characters to populate Rhoda's world post-Joe. As much as Anne Meara annoyed me, I think that her character should have been kept. She worked well as a likeable bitter woman. Ray Buktenica's character, which they inexplicably did keep in the next season, was a waste of any viewer's time. A can of soup is more interesting. 3. The writers destroyed Rhoda's character on this show. On Mary Tyler Moore, the Mary Richards character clearly matured over seven seasons. She became more strong, confident, assertive, and even a bit jaded, all while maintaining a radiant core of innocent and likeable charm. On Rhoda, however, the Rhoda character imploded into a mess of insecurity and nebbishness that became more unlikeable over time. Not an angry character, just one unworthy of respect. Too bad.
@nonenoneonenonenone6 жыл бұрын
You didn't like Ray's super-tight jeans? He and Ron Silver are typical single Jewish-type guys of the time, insecure and uncomfortable in a swinging world. Rhoda's insecurity is appropriate, considering she screwed up her marriage, she is single and old-fashioned, sometimes, in a swinging world, that also contains her overbearing mother. Look at Brenda. These are the products of such a mother. The show has just gotten much more authentic. If she had stayed in Minneapolis, she would have remained a caricature, only more and more bland.
@pamhoward51022 жыл бұрын
Did you notice Rhoda after she got her divorced. She never started going out. It's like she never got over him. The last season Brenda was engaged to her boyfriend Benny Goodwin. They never show the wedding.
@holden76 Жыл бұрын
We can all agree that Joe did a number on her. She never really recovered after the divorce. She may have dated, but the guy she truly fell for was Mike, the guy who owned the restaurants, and he didn't want a commitment either. I think by 36, Rhoda craved some stability that she thought she had during her marriage. When that was gone, she was confused.
@shaharazon24493 жыл бұрын
Oh come on Rhoda... This guy is hot hot.
@RepentfollowJesus Жыл бұрын
I wonder if Rhoda and Brenda wore their personal clothes like the g I rls on three's company did. I see them wear some outfits more than once like the colorful shirt Brenda has on at her birthday cake surprise.
@MoonlightNothing3 жыл бұрын
Oh, so he's the blonde guy from Movin On story about Truckers.
@nathelondon37192 ай бұрын
If Frank Converse has converted she should have married him! Lol.
@meirwise11075 жыл бұрын
How can you be a bank manager and have only $47 dollars available? Rhoda .....run a mile.
@Tracymmo4 жыл бұрын
That is about $200 in today's money. Not so bad.
@patricketienne25792 жыл бұрын
Isn't television so realistic? You fall in love with your enemies, whereas, in life you can't even fall in love with people whom you fall in love with.
@markxxx21 Жыл бұрын
Gary's clothes are painted on him.
@eileenkung5839 Жыл бұрын
She still love joe.
@randilevson95473 ай бұрын
Sam said he only had 47 dollars on him, when he invited Rhoda and Brenda out to dinner. A bank manager without a credit card? Unseemly. Discover Card, Diner's Club Card, something. Financially irresponsible for a grown man, especially a bank manager, not to have a credit card. But Sam Ellis was handsome, funny, and charming. Too bad he was a "one and done."
@cartermcafee5683 жыл бұрын
That Det. Johnny Corso NYPD '67 '68
@nodmabooker3 жыл бұрын
Mr. What's his name looks delicious 🤩🤭
@Pandabaire354011 ай бұрын
ive been watching episodes lately that i haven't seen since I was a small child - i guess i'm the odd person out since everyone seems to just love this show on all the comments left - but this episode is the pinnacle of how much the Rhoda character just frustrates me.
@jenniferholzman37294 жыл бұрын
They should had stayed together
@Norfolk2506 жыл бұрын
Y’know som’n... Rhoda was my favourite MTM Show character and performer. I was happy to find this show and start watching it (especially for FREEEEE). But, tonight, I’m gettin’ kinda put off ..... first Joe, now this other guy - WHERE DID THEY FIND THESE GORGEOUS GUYS? AND WHERE’S MINE?!?!!!!!!!!?! Yup.... I’mmmmmmm not so sure she’s my favourite anymore! Golly!!
@stormy84272 жыл бұрын
She makes a big deal out of it, but they would have made a wonderful couple.
@neenaserrao71309 ай бұрын
Rhoda is beginning to get on my nerves!
@user-tx1do1ww5f7 ай бұрын
Too ethnic for you 😅
@neenaserrao71307 ай бұрын
@@user-tx1do1ww5f what's ethnic about Annoying Females, you can find them everywhere
@jenniferholzman1192 жыл бұрын
Rhoda need to move on joe didn’t want to be married a better guy like her
@skunk69x293 жыл бұрын
Gary and Sam should've hooked up...
@sandraperrigio182211 ай бұрын
I liked Sam wish they could have had some kind of relationship than he got transfered or something. Never liked the other guys she dated.
@KatieLL7 жыл бұрын
I still like the show, but once again, this time with the whole cake mess, Rhoda is on my last nerve.
@beedee7786 жыл бұрын
KatieLL I love your comment! Who cuts the cake, then looks for a place to put it? Also, coming to the restaurant and constantly whining about NOT staying! Cring worthy....
@conniecrawford52315 жыл бұрын
Onelia Lopez Etc" stands for " et cetera" meaning " and so forth".
@annasantostefano6826 Жыл бұрын
@@beedee778 I know, right ? why would any guy want a second date with someone so frantic, dysfunctional and uptight ? It's exhausting. I love the character of Rhoda but were this real life, the way she is with men she would have a hard time holding on to one.
@traceyaz12510 ай бұрын
Sometimes Rhoda is so obnoxious
@michellepost30982 жыл бұрын
Frank Converse was cute on Moving On. I still have an 8x10 glossy he supposedly sent me in 1974, when he was that trucker with Claude Akins. He had longer hair and a mustache then. Converse has been on several shows. The writers should have kept him on this show for Rhoda. He was alot cuter and nicer than Joe. If she is divorced by this ep, she could freely date him...even separated, she could. Joe dated. Rhoda acts like Joe died and she was a widow. She refused Converse because she still clung to Joe, wanting him instead, but Joe had no intention of returning to her, HE wanted the separation and divorce. Rhoda just kept wishing he'd return, only fooling herself. I'd think she'd have been pissed at him, instead of longing for him. Rhoda was funny when she said it was only a spaghetti-o, while looking for her ring. Brenda was embarrassing while drunk, in this ep, and the scene shouldn't have been written-in.
@m1k3ywestley75 жыл бұрын
$47 in 1977 is worth $1,158.66 today, WOW!
@justsayin33904 жыл бұрын
Even with inflation, and the housing bubble burst in 2008?
@whopiddledonyourposttoasti1754 жыл бұрын
$47.00 1977 to 2020 is $200.95. Take 3 people out to eat on $47.00 in 1977 could be done or not depending on where you ate.