Rhoda S04E03 Lady's Choice

[@3stinkers]

Adorable episode, both Rhoda and Brenda look so fresh and beautiful. I love that you share these shows for the viewing public it's like comfort food but comfort tv!

[@aslan9334]

I thought i was the only one that feels this show cozy!😃

[@patricias5122]

@@aslan9334 Does anyone ever comment on their extremely fine acting??

[@carmeldelaney1086]

I Always observe hownatural and precise their acting Is.

[@valeriebryant5277]

Love Brenda's handkerchief halter top---timeless

[@robertakennedy1479]

I love the relationship between Rhoda and Brenda.

[@MadisonPatillo]

Was just loving how much they love and respect each other.

[@dafdfasdfdfasfdfadfd]

I love Rhoda’s makeup in this episode and her hair is adorable!!

[@LB-gz3ke]

I need to represent Team Benny here. Gary is charming but by his own admission he didn't even notice her before now. Benny is sweet and sees Brenda as a prize from the start.

[@themaggattack]

I'm inclined to agree with you. I use to like Gary for her, but he lost me when he said she's like the garbage man!

[@colettekleinman6514]

Gary is too full of himself to be a good partner. Lenny really cares for Brenda.

[@g-girl9867]

Also, Gary only seemed to want Brenda when he saw Benny’s interest in her.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

@@colettekleinman6514 Benny not Lenny.

[@amandajstar]

@@colettekleinman6514 Benny is a weapons-grade moron!

[@avaleakeough8236]

Brenda was fantastic in this episode gorgeous hair also

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

I really missed the character of Gary Levy when he left the show in season 5. I actually wish they would have gone with him as Brenda's boyfriend instead of Benny. This is one of my favorite Rhoda episodes. And I agree with the general consensus below, Valarie and Julie both look particularly beautiful in this episode.

[@prettyhamburger6462]

I feel the same, Benny's kind of just meh to me, Gary had that special something...

[@AnnusMirabilus]

I just wrote in a different thread yesterday that Gary/Ron was probably the show's X factor, and when he left in season 5 his absence probably killed the show.

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

@@AnnusMirabilus I definitely think his leaving had a impact. I was never a big fan of Jack Doyle and the costume shop either. I like your theory Michael!

[@oceaniacolbert9709]

Yes they're beautiful this show is nothing without joe I'm trying to hang 😖

[@dafdfasdfdfasfdfadfd]

Gary is a douche

[@hallnelson2897]

Carlton is hilarious even though his moments are short they're still funny as hell.

[@AnnusMirabilus]

I remember exactly where I was when I heard that Lorenzo Music died: in a basement "apartment" that only a university student would rent in Kalamazoo, Michigan listening to the radio. Obviously they identified him as "the voice of Garfield." Even though I was a huge Rhoda fan as far back as '96 I never realized he was the voice of Carlton as well until much later.

[@louiserichardson5212]

Love the clothes more than ever in this episode.

[@fad23]

It feels to me like there was a shift in styles for the ladies in this season.

[@connied2451]

Loved seeing the two guys fighting over Brenda for a change!

[@dafdfasdfdfasfdfadfd]

Good for her !!!

[@zz459]

Gosh, they are both so 70's beautiful in this episode. Reminds me of my mother in her young pictures. I miss this time, even tho I never really lived it.

[@BrandonBentVideo]

Valerie looks very good and stylish in this series.

[@lulasghostasmr3779]

I was devastated that they didn't choose Gary for Brenda's boyfriend . They had killer chemistry and he really evolved into a great character . And yes Brenda looks so amazing this season. They finally let her wear clothes that aren't totally frumpy as well.

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

I always found Gary to be much more charming than Benny. Benny is so awkward, that he's actually just annoying instead of funny. Brenda picked to wrong guy.

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

@Peter McGlothin Really? Oh, I thought all of this was some kind of reality show, and Rhoda and Brenda lived in an apartment complex with a studio audience! Thanks for clarifying this for everyone.

[@jenniferholzman119]

This is the first episode Brenda dress well

[@LB-gz3ke]

I like Benny. In season 5 he is very sweet and loving to Brenda. I like Gary too but he generally seems more confident and aggressive than Benny. These are not bad qualities but I think he would overpower Brenda.

[@spiff8862]

Larry Lee Moniz... I love you man!

[@Rachelroberts87]

c'mon brendaaaaa! she looks damn good in this episode

[@Vejur9000]

She does look beautiful in this

[@melaniehamilton6550]

I agree that both Rhoda and Brenda look particularly good in this episode and generally throughout season 4. One of my favorite shows from the 70s.

[@suzannegirard6556]

Good!!!! Rhoda is a stick!!!!

[@RepentfollowJesus]

@@suzannegirard6556 she's too thin.

[@kaitlinpica3046]

Love Rhodas clothes (especially the white top outfit). And Brenda looks especially pretty in her red top. She needs to do her hair like that more!

[@joeys5429]

a marge moment not patty or selma

[@RepentfollowJesus]

I would love to have hair like Brenda's. Its so healthy and shiny.

[@conniecrawford5231]

Remember whenroller skating was wildly popular ? 1970s !

[@spiff8862]

Once I was riding on this bike path when I came upon these two teen age girls roller skating with their Farah Fawcett styled hair, wearing designer jeans and drinking Perrier. For a minute I thought I'd accidentally rode into a commercial being filmed. Then I realized. Nope it's just 1979!

[@jackies1729]

Yeah, i broke my arm....

[@fad23]

I'm skating nowadays!

[@dandiacal]

"Brenda, We've got to relate; we've got to tell each other our problems. Do you have any problems?" Ahhh the 70s.

[@julie804]

This is my favorite episode! Ron Silver is too cute! Brenda is my favorite character, but Ron is right up there with her. I didn't like the way they had him acting in the beginning but he definitely got much better.

[@dezysheehan]

The clothes !!! Amazing

[@michellearseneau8119]

Desmond Sheenan is it wrong that I like the white and the red blouses? It could work for today!

[@kassandraayalasongs]

I like how Gary laughs 😂

[@silent_whispers319]

Totally dig Brenda's red top and pants💫. I wish the 70 cloths would be back in style.

[@nancyhowell4505]

@silent_whispers319 *clothes

[@michellepost5232]

Alot of 1960s-1970s TV shows are like comfort food, even more so for us 'baby boomers' because they remind us of our life back then when we were teens and children, and that era was much more simpler, and alot more pleasant. (Sigh) Brenda looks really terrific in this ep. Rhoda was funny at the start, when she entered Brenda's apt., talking of the heat. Gary was cute, and his store had some cool clothes.

[@spiff8862]

From August 6, 1976 to December 31, 1979 was without a doubt the absolutely best time in this Twenty-something's life!

[@redled2677]

@@spiff8862 Robert....you are my kinda guy.....THAT period was THE best of times, musically, cinema ,TV......Bliss.

[@mariawelsh3190]

You couldn't have said it any better👍💜🙏

[@thesilentdiva]

It's comforting to me too and I'm younger. The sitcoms from the 90s and backwards had that effect

[@sammavacaist]

Aww I love it. Brenda's got 2 men fighting over her. 😊

[@treasurehunteruk2047]

Valerie Harper is 38 in these episodes. She looks really lovely.

[@hallnelson2897]

Yes she does, and she has the most beautiful eyes and an amazing smile.

[@vesnahill444]

She looks kind of ill ....lost too much weight.

[@gwenwachsman3739]

What's wrong with 38?

[@sueb6662]

She looks amazing.. they both look beautiful in this episode

[@Shamonwhitehurst252]

@@vesnahill444 no you are just used to looking at all the massive broads of today who celebrate obesity

[@MiriamJL]

Carlton’s humor NEVER gets old. Even in his later days as the voice of Garfield. Brenda as well as the voice of Marge Simpson!

[@RepentfollowJesus]

I didnt realize he did Garfield. But now that you mention it, I recognize his voice as Garfield. He looks much different than I pictured him.

[@michellepost3098]

Weather-wise, this episode reminds me of the summer of 1980. The Midwest was so hot and dry, for 2 weeks it was over 100 degrees.It was even worse in Texas. Some people died. In kansas, we had no brownouts, but my house had no a/c, just floor fans. Summer is my fave season, but that particular summer was horrid. I remember those shirts in the late 1970s, like the striped one Rhoda has on. I never wore any back then, but remember them in catalogs. How can Benny stand to wear a jacket in that scorching climate?

[@RepentfollowJesus]

I'm in Texas and remember the heatwave of 1980 very well. Me and 2 friends laid out in the sun every day. I finally got sick from it after a couple months. It was 105 with high humidity in Houston. 110 in Dallas. If I tried that now, I woukd drop dead. Dr made me go inside with a/c for 2 weeks. Man we were dark and looked so good ! At night it got down to 80 and I would get so cold i slept under a fluffy comforter. No a/c until I had to go home sick. I turned 17 that summer.

[@annasantostefano6826]

does anyone else find the scene when Gary asks Benny what piece of chicken he wants and Benny says "gimme the face" with that expression, as hilarious as I do ? lol

[@nickyjay2113]

I wish I grew up in the 70's.....seemed like such an amazing time instead of nowadays with all the smart phones and cyber lives we have

[@eduardo_corrochio]

It was fun growing up then. I lived on Long Island in NY. When this season debuted on TV in '77, I was eleven. My friends and I were very active after school, on weekends, in summer time. Lots of walking, and bicycling around. But we always made some time for TV. I think it was a very good period of life, before the stupid, awkward teenage changes came around, haha. When you're 11, you're still a kid in many ways.

[@vintagehippie3647]

I was 17 and as much as I love our technology now and more opportunities for women profession wise I wouldn't trade being a teen in the 70's for anything. The clothes, tv shows, MUSIC, everything was organic including our marijuana. Hitchhiking everywhere until you worked enough to get your first car (muscle car of course - mine was a '68 GTO) then putting a dollars worth of gas in and cruising all night. The world was slower paced and groovey. Oh and cruising over to Canada to spend the day without needing a passport.

[@joeys5429]

rough times

[@jeancoffin121]

Believe me, it wasn’t all that.

[@thesilentdiva]

I like the technology tho so I can watch this without waiting for syndication

[@sandymornes75]

I love this show

[@avaleakeough8236]

Brenda and rhoda look so beautiful

[@susanstancliff2937]

Love this show!

[@destinychaney976]

Brenda & Rhoda's updos gorgeous! Jmo

[@mariawelsh3190]

This show always let go the best characters. Im beginning to think the writers didn't even know their own characters. Smh🙄

[@thesilentdiva]

✔️

[@nmc5858]

They loved the word terrific

[@CaptainGrimsdale]

It looks like Valerie and Julie both lost weight over the season break in 1977. They both looked like hotbabes in this episode.

[@joeys5429]

also agree

[@vesnahill444]

Looks like it except that Julie looks very nice (she is, in fact, a very beautiful woman, natural) but Valeri looks gaunt.

[@jeanec8109]

Gary was good for Brenda. Should have let them be a couple.

[@nathelondon3719]

Gary was the man. Team Gary.

[@lorraineb.4698]

I LIKED HIM TOO

[@tcla3854]

Brenda so wrong. I can't stop laughing!! I had to have watched every episode in the 70's.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

I get the biggest kick out of hearing Brenda saying Hello ,Rho Rho. Lol

[@mariawelsh3190]

Hello Bren Bren! Lol

[@RepentfollowJesus]

​@@mariawelsh3190well my Husky calls me Rho Rho at times also mama. Lol its cute.

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

I would kill for either 1 of these 2 women. So nice, so sweet, so down to earth, so wholesome..... If only it was that way in real every day life, particularly nowadays in this scary horrific 21st century we live in......

[@StrongnBeautiful]

You'd have to SPEAK to them first.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Yes I miss how friendly people were. We actually talked to each other and made friends with strangers easily most of the time. People cared about others. It was wonderful. People are too cold and distant these days. Back then we agreed to disagree and accepted that that was just how they felt. We didn't " cancel " people because they liked something we didn't. It was all about being who you were.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

@@StrongnBeautiful exactly.

[@jamesbusjahn6962]

Both these guys are treating Brenda like a toy to be fought over. While Gary is more charming, but only noticed Brenda after she lost all the weight. Shallow.

[@suzannegirard6556]

Well, look at Rhoda!!

[@jeanmiller1142]

I think he grew up thru out the series

[@nubiancutey2530]

Love hearing Brenda call her sister Ro 🥰

[@KatieLL]

Good, cute episode.

[@thestones8022]

reference to 1977 McDonalds glasses to go @10:45.....i HAVE FOUR NEED TWO MORE!!

[@sherryhook9066]

Bowling for Brenda, lmao. 🤣🤣🎳🎳

[@JMillardArcher]

Valerie Harper was actually quite pretty and feminine.

[@queensigal]

Gary at least has a job that makes money and he goes places

[@dianealden9293]

Ron Silver as Gary would have made a better guy for Rhoda or her sister. He was a fine actor. He played role as Sandra Bullocks friend and shrink in movie The Network. Great movie and Ron shone.

[@RBS_]

...hmmm, let's choose for Brenda, shall we!?? BENNY: Puppy-Dog eyes & demeanor tall caring & sensitive attentive deadpan humorist devoted GARY: short masculine voiced fit Body serious demeanor cooks Big BUTT (20:49) .....well, it's Gary by a landslide, a Big Butt ALWAYS wins! ...ha-HAAA!!

[@meirwise1107]

Rhoda (Valerie) lost too much weight. The clothes are fabulous. The 70s were the best and the clothes are coming back! Brenda should have married Gary.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Gary could have been another Jack Tripper.

[@DaveAlan]

Rhoda and Brenda, the 2 best loving sisters in the world! Brenda should have hooked up with Gary instead of Benny! Julie Kavner is a wonderful actress!

[@themaggattack]

Brenda's got herself a bona fide polyamorous relationship! 😆 She's so pretty in the red top! And Rhoda's so pretty in the white top.

[@m.pineiro7345]

Team Gary!

[@ClassicActresses]

I can't believe how THIN Rhoda got!!

[@hingham147]

How could anyone pick Benny over Gary! Brenda needs a serious haircut!

[@g-girl9867]

Also want to say since they both lost weight the show has put them both in more revealing clothing. Hollywood obsession with skinny is pretty sad. I’m team Benny too, he was much cuter but I love the vibe between Benny and Gary when they get down together. And when Benny said he wants “the face” of the chicken - too cute.

[@michm6457]

Wow Brenda looks great she lost a lot of weight

[@gilliankingston8259]

Brenda has a lovely figure, they dress her to look bigger than she really is so when she's dressed in clothes that actually fit she has a very trim figure.🌹

[@JMillardArcher]

People were so much THINNER back then

[@Sonder0077]

A brown out..but all the lights in Brenda's apartment are on? LOL

[@phillipsmom6252]

Susan Stamey .... That's what a brownout is. The lights remain on but weak, not at full wattage, and anything that requires a lot of voltage like air conditioning, refridgerator etc, won't work.

[@darrylguerrant5101]

@@phillipsmom6252 Uh... at least the fridge kept the sodas...Cold?! Ha ha...Uh forget it!

[@StrongnBeautiful]

@@phillipsmom6252 Good to know. Thanks.

[@revolutionaryviews9702]

Writing for Rhoda’s character really slid downhill in these last two seasons.

[@suzannegirard6556]

Yep!!!

[@annajacob7981]

@Revolutionary Views I think it's because the writers were often men. Like the MTM show, Rhoda episodes were virtually always funnier when written by a woman.

[@sueb6662]

Pick Gary pick Gary!!

[@GAB8407]

That pretty much sums us up, Brenda, at 16:20 - 16:30.

[@biancahotca3244]

The girls lost a lot of weight in this season. They look good, but Rhoda looks a little too thin. Her face looked gaunt.

[@kprieto2655]

Rhoda has always been beautiful and stylish, but I agree, maybe lost a little too much weight. Brenda looks happy and healthy and more stylish. Their makeup is a little too thick and a shade too pale in this episode

[@StrongnBeautiful]

She looks terrible. You can see her bones!

[@spiff8862]

Gaunt? You want to see gaunt. Watch Valerie in the movie "Chapter Two" with Marsha Mason and James Caan. She looks anorexic.

[@trippytrellis7033]

Valerie Harper was said to have hired a physical trainer that year to prepare for her role in the film "Chapter Two" where her body was showcased in several scenes. Weight was always an issue during her career and this was the fittest, albeit gangly for some, throughout the series 5yr run.

[@pragatibhushan8697]

Thanks so much for sharing

[@immaturephotographer]

OMFG BRENDA IS MARGE SIMPSON ❤️

[@sherryhook9066]

I like Gary for Brenda. 🥰😘🤗😊

[@deborahklinlger8565]

BENNY WAS A WRONG CHOICE FOR BRENDA. GARY WOULD OF BEEN BETTER!!!!

[@lovemesomepoptarts6787]

Hate the music at the very beginning!

[@MarkMyers-qf9mk]

Love Vals hangers!

[@HappyBurress]

Hey

[@RepentfollowJesus]

The camera adds 10 ppunds. Rhoda is way too thin. I got down that thin once from nerves and was emaciated. I dont know how hirls get that thin and function. I was dizzy and weak and couldnt get out of bed except for holding to the walls to go tinkle or throw up. Be careful the man you choose. He made me that sick gor months until my grandma rescued me . And friends stepped up.

[@nancyhowell4505]

@Repentfollow Jesus *girls *couldn't *for

[@dianeovercash6739]

Brenda and Rhoda look great.

[@suzannegirard6556]

Not!!!!!

[@zimjun7]

17:36 Yes......but " the heart is treacherous. Who can know it?"

[@StrongnBeautiful]

Truth!

[@RepentfollowJesus]

I get the biggest kick put of brenda saying hello rho rho. My dog says that sometimes and i say it back she gets all playful. Sorry, bored with nobody to talk to right now.

[@amandajstar]

Gary's much smarter: choose Gary, Brenda!

[@djr6876]

People commenting on how beautiful Brenda and Rhoda look in this episode, they also look the thinnest I’ve seen them.

[@cathymccraw1936]

Rhoda looks too thin.

[@0lds0ul813]

Because Brenda aka Julie Kavner was struggling with her weight. Unfortunately they weren’t kind to her. This show is sad for me now that I can see how mean they were. They really hurt her.

[@StrongnBeautiful]

Rhoda looks LEGIT anorexic.

[@suzannegirard6556]

@@StrongnBeautiful Yess!!!!

[@joltjolt5060]

Guys fighting over Brenda. Lol Rhoda stealing her moment. Brenda always doesn't do commitment.

[@douglasfrankel2655]

Gary levy is so hot!

[@dolenzmcqueen8316]

Douglas frankel ?????????

[@colinchampollion5605]

Douglas yeah in those tight jeans😈😉

[@Asukenick]

Julie was hot.

[@alondralabute2310]

Why choose? In high school you had the period where you could be dating multiple guys. You were free to do that because you weren't officially "going steady." Neither guy was "going steady" with Brenda, so she was free to date both of them and others. If one wanted an exclusive relationship he ought to have asked for it. As long as Brenda was honest, which was the problem. She ought to have said "I like both of you and I will go out with both of you until I fall in love with one of you." In the meantime enjoy dating both. At the last however, it seemed they wanted to be exclusive with each other and exclude her! As for hairstyles, I loved Brenda's hair in a bun and Rhoda's in a side pony.

[@StrongnBeautiful]

Exactly. There was absolutely no reason for her to stop dating either of them.

[@pamhoward5102]

I always like Brenda especially after she lost the weight. They should let Brenda get married.

[@josephglover4256]

Brenda’s looking bang tidy 👌👌😘😘

[@RealScarlett33]

Same bowling alley as Married with Children and Laverne & Shirley!!

[@Zoomer30]

Hey, I'm back, just heading to DC to help get Martin Sheen re-elected.

[@trainrover]

Carlton sounds like a Canadia/en American

[@Vejur9000]

I could never stand Gary. Benny was my favorite for Brenda. Just a cool likable guy

[@AnnusMirabilus]

Gary comes across as a total D hole in this one. It's kind of uncharacteristic, actually. It's like someone who rarely watched the show wrote this script on spec.

[@ginaloverofangels]

My, Brenda looked fabulous in that orange top. Strange ending though.

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Great episode, the ladies look awesome! Rhoda’s shoes are too much! But that season 4 theme song? UGH! Painful.

[@jamesjenner3770]

I think Valerie and her sister got too thin

[@billcrowder6477]

If this were on today, Gary and Benni would have ended up together

[@colinchampollion5605]

Yeah ~They should go home together Gary 'n Benni😈😉

[@jeanmiller1142]

no

[@tracycampbell3060]

They both lost alot of weight this season

[@lisaward60]

Love Brenda

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

Those 70s women had such toned arms....

[@StrongnBeautiful]

I'm sad they felt such a need to become sticks. 😒 And then they still down themselves!

[@suzannegirard6556]

You are so right!!!! it is true!

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Brenda looks great. Rhoda looks too thin.

[@jenniferholzman119]

Gary was a better choice

[@jesusislordsoontoreturn2178]

Brenda looks very nice here