Rhoda S04E21 So Long, Lucky

[@kathyp.9507]

Ida, " you`ll have to go over me", Brenda, " ma, that wouldn`t be very difficult". THAT...cracked me up!!!!😂😂 Then the look on Ida`s face was priceless. Loved, loved Rhoda💞 Valerie, we love you, we miss you😢 Make them laugh in heaven. Peace and Love✌💝

[@thestones2789]

rip valerie..... Thank you for the memories!!!.

[@conniecrawford5231]

Seeingthe WTC on the horizon still hurts!

[@shortnotekerrie]

This show takes me back to my childhood so much. Being with my Dad and Mum ❤❤ + I loved Rhoda and Joe ❤

[@lisawentworth6831]

same here...

[@thomasmagnum3588]

OK not the best episode, but OMG when that bird flew out the window! Too funny

[@pizzakrydder2515]

"Bird". "Flew". Haha! I laughed out loud and it was the only high point for me in the entire episode.

[@g-girl9867]

This one was LOL funny. Classic humor that’s actually funny.

[@yvettejirsaraie1761]

I watch this show and Mary Tyler Moore, as well! The mother of the girls is my favorite character! 😂

[@nathelondon3719]

The Golden Girls, Everyone loves Raymond and other lifted entire storylines from Rhoda. Rhoda was a pioneer and the others never reached her standard. RIP Rhoda, Ida, Martin, Gary, et al

[@trainrover]

were there not forever this dearth of creativity around showbiz in general then there'd be no marveling at the extent of imagination heaped onto this sitcom 🍸

[@amyferguson7429]

I miss Rhoda being married to Joe, so much better in the early seasons!!

[@trainrover]

I cannot agree with your closing qualifier though. I find the later seasons much better by, e.g., their near-caricaturisations of chauvinist characters, or by, e.g., the ingenious ways the Rhoda production team advanced niggly social matters, altogether revealing their clever thinkings --- all this while I thought the custom was thereafter all-downhill come Season No. 3 . . .

[@JenHolzman-uj5kv]

agreed

[@janetduncan87]

I didn't like Joe. He never seemed happy. He was a grumpy guy.

[@michellepost3098]

The first two seasons were best. Rhoda was always so high strung, and her life was so hectic and such a turmoil. She is like a curse in this ep. Hard to believe that man was a cop, he was so accident prone.

[@BenjiOrthopedic]

Hard to believe that everyone in this other than Julie Kavner and Ray Buktenika are gone now. Ron Silver died a long time even before Valerie did. Ken McMillan and the guy who played Ramon died in the 80s and both were still young.

[@godcandy108]

The cat lady yay!!!

[@LorraineMatthew-oe3mm]

LOVED WHEN TWEETY FLEW OUT WINDOW

[@Sonder0077]

Golden girls took this episode and changed it up a tiny bit.

[@steveprice2718]

Just a little bit. Lucky was not so lucky, but poor Sparky should've never lifted his leg on that electric fence!!! Lol!

[@markxxx21]

The bird flying out the window was SO BADLY done but so funny

[@kevinashwood2146]

I have watched every episode of "Rhoda" - my favorite show of all time. "Phyllis" is another one, too. Valerie Harper & Cloris Leachman were best friends in real life.

[@steveprice2718]

Sounds like YOU need a best friend, too. Too much time watching "Rhoda", or "Phyllis" makes Kevin a dull boy!

[@RepentfollowJesus]

@@steveprice2718 you have room to talk?

[@faithfulforever6331]

I can tell it was the 70's. That cop had really long hair!

[@purplebutterfly7257]

Am I the only one who feels like this episode was so awkward. 😖

[@steveprice2718]

No, this one took a bizarre turn, for sure!!!

[@jnadle1]

I wouldn't be all that surprised if Pluto TV or Tubi put up a channel called just "MTM Channel," the shows of MTM, including this, Mary Tyler Moore, Phyllis, White Shadow, St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues, Evening Shade, The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart, Lou Grant, WKRP, and TV-Movies, too.

[@steveprice2718]

The bird flying out the window was so fake it was hilarious! You could actually see the line as "Tweety" made his beeline out the window. I didn't know birds could fly without flapping its wings!!! 🤪😆😝

[@ericminch]

You want Jim Cameron to direct, with CGI special effects, and only one episode every seven years?

[@godcandy108]

They should've given the cat lady her own show 🙂

[@michelblanchard1106]

The Golden Girls had an almost replica of this episode, when Rose kept trying to be friends with a co-worker. The visuals and dialogue are suspiciously similar.

[@blueeyedbunny]

GG also had an episode where Dorothy thought a man was leaving the priesthood for her, and they had done that same story on MTM.

[@irshgrl500]

+Michel Blanchard I thought about that same GG episode. It was when Rose INSISTED on being "nice" to her neighbor.

[@barcelonachair6487]

and it all came from a Dick Van Dyke Episode "The Jinx" , which came from an old Vaudville act. Nothing in the eighties was new, it was a regurgitation of the classics. The Cosby show had episodes where the script was taken straight from Mayberry. Cliff was a doctor instead of sheriff and Opie was now Rudy, Not to mention they were now black.

[@annajacob7981]

@@barcelonachair6487 Scary, all that creative idea lifting and script repurposing. Makes me thankful for the sheer originality and brilliance of Frasier.

[@janetgriffiths7200]

Why was the bird's cage left open if the window was open? That's a disaster waiting to happen.

[@eloiseockert6561]

Because it is a sitcom...

[@marieanderson5989]

Well, the man lived there and for whatever reason wanted the window open which was fine as long as the drapes were closed. Rhoda did not live there, was checking out the view, and did not know what would happen.

[@louiserichardson5212]

Season 4 is a disappointment. It just doesn't make me laugh. I'm still watching because I love Rhoda, Brenda, Gary and Gary's hair 🧒

[@skaijohni3938]

I just knew he was gonna slip and fall, so when he said "MY EYE!"... I got a real good laugh.

[@BenjiOrthopedic]

Carmine Caridi was a really fine talent - he got a really good role on "Phyllis" (another MTM Enterprises show!) and he was great in it. I always thought the move of Phyllis's job from the photo studio to the Frisco city supervisors office was a great move. Sadly, it was not enough to keep it from tanking in the ratings and then, cancellation.

[@andreawooten-mckinnon2982]

Rhoda 🔒 tht 🚪 QUICKLY 😁😄😃😀🤣😅😂😅😆😁😄😃😀

[@dawnheistand912]

thanks

[@traceyaz125]

She’s so out of control sometimes. Let the poor man go.

[@gene5148]

I agree her character is really overbearing at times

[@QueenCityHistory]

Why would he tie his horse to a costume rack, leaves his window and his bird cage open?? Pretty stupid moves. The cat lady is like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard lol

[@zimjun7]

The stupid kid on the skate board and that truck had a LOT to do with the poor horse's demise, too!!!! Feel very sad for Rhoda. That would about kill me!

[@Kate-fi8oh]

I loved the cat lady.

[@eloiseockert6561]

It was supposed to be funny...

[@DaveAlan]

After the divorce, Rhoda scrambled for good scripts, but never got them. Season 3 was better and it should have ended with her and Joe getting back together. Season 4 was a disaster and who can even remember Season 5. The best way to see Rhoda is on MTM where she still had her chutzpah!!! RIP Valerie.

[@wookinooki9023]

imagine if Tony had become a new regular on Rhoda, even her boyrfriend!!

[@dafdfasdfdfasfdfadfd]

Same, I hated the whole divorce idea!!!

[@heidikickhouse-]

Rhoda is unbearably selfish and self-centered in this episode. It is all about her making herself feel better about herself, she ignores over and over and over again what the man is BEGGING her for, she does not care one smidgen what he wants and needs for his own peace of mind, she only cares about her own self-image. He should have gotten a restraining order several gifts ago.

[@geoffreyfox9801]

Wonderful and talented actors and actresses on this sitcom. However, the writing kept getting worse and worse and the comedy very weak. It became an unfunny sitcom. People continued to watch but the comedy was strained and contrived. Not funny.

[@KatieLL]

The episodes are getting lamer and lamer. I, like many others, am going to stick it out until the end.

[@givememore4free]

same

[@louiserichardson5212]

I totally agree!

[@steveprice2718]

Rarely do shows go out with a bang! Golden Girls, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Frazier pop into mind, but look at all the thousands that died a horrible death.

[@annajacob7981]

@@steveprice2718 You forgot Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and I Love Lucy. They each had record setting popularity and ratings throughout the run of the series. 😊

[@MelodyLovesMusic]

Wow, I thought it was just me..

[@lisawentworth6831]

why tie the horse to the garment rack you want moved?

[@jenniferholzman119]

Sad episode

[@deborahh2556]

Very funny episode.

[@m1k3ywestley7]

Tony was Phyllis's boss on Phyllis.

[@kindspirit7]

he also played on a few episodes of Valerie as warehouse guy. They must have been friends

[@jasonpp1973]

Carmine Caridi

[@AnnusMirabilus]

"Ma, doesn't that place have shag carpeting?" "Yeah, but the gardener got drunk and mowed it." Classic.

[@susanbowman6652]

I can’t imagine having an overbearing, busybody mother like Ida. I really like the show, but I wish Ida wasn’t such a prevalent character.

[@DavidinMiami]

Featuring John Lennon as Lenny.

[@margarethughes3763]

I liked Joe.

[@jeanmiller1142]

Cops fault tying his horse to something that moves. The move. He should accept responsibility for it

[@dianemccamy2568]

I would have been crushed if I had been the cop.

[@jeanmiller1142]

the first question should have been why did you tie your horse to a clothing rack. that was a stupid move

[@randilevson9547]

Maybe Tony the cop would have been a good boyfriend for Rhoda. If only she didn't keep destroying his animals.

[@molliwilson5639]

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[@JudithIrene]

lol good ending!

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

Benny is still wearing his reindeer jumper, and this episode went out in April.

[@annajacob7981]

@Treasure Hunter UK A reindeer jumper? Did he have boots or galoshes on as well? In NYC - and NY State - sometimes winter doesn't end until June. I know because I lived there.. and, thankfully, got the hell out. 🤣

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

@@annajacob7981 Sounds great! I live in London, and I am still waiting for winter to arrive this year. It has been so mild apart from a few 'hurricanes' I was hoping for some snow and blizzards, but it is spring next month, so I don't think we are going to get a real winter this year. Global warming must be true, after all .........

[@annajacob7981]

@@treasurehunteruk9718 Sadly, I think you're right. Global warming is having a disastrous impact on weather.. and people's lives.

[@jeanmiller1142]

​@@annajacob7981 really? I don't think so Tim

[@SaxonC]

It was always all about Rhoda! Rhoda’s favorite word is “I”

[@jasonpp1973]

Carmine Caridi

[@Carrie-xo7yx]

What's with the quasi Irish music every time the show opens on her boss?

[@irshgrl500]

+Carolyn Clark Right? I suppose because he's NY Irish. Jack Doyle. Still, it is offensive but the show, Rhoda did not know any culturally or ethnic PC boundaries, if you notice.

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

Doyle is an Irish name, and he does have the fair look of Irish folk.

[@MoonlightNothing]

I guess everybody has a bad day, not so great a story. 😕

[@kindspirit7]

the parakeet looked more like a piece of fluff on a string..... they couldnt do better?

[@jenniferholzman119]

Least favorite episode

[@sunlight4169]

Yes this was not a good show

[@givememore4free]

If that guy stayed any longer in Rhoda's apartment she would've ask him to marry her.

[@Asukenick]

Terrible episode.

[@pennPi]

Wow Rhoda is so annoying in this episode. Why do people think it's so funny?

[@jenniferholzman119]

They had the same episode like this of Mary Tyler more

[@julieanderson-smith1692]

Brenda's velour v-neck sweater! Rhoda's cowl neck sweater! The worst of the fashions of the mid- to late -1970s!

[@horsepegasus]

Jerk cop shouldn't of tied his horse on the clothes rack poor horse 😞😥😭😢.... Horse is in heaven with other horses and animals... I believe this...

[@timfly767]

Why drag such shows on for season after season? It's clear the writers had run out of ideas.

[@emilyedwards9809]

Hated this one. I don't find animal deaths funny.

[@melaniehamilton6550]

+Emily Edwards I KNOW!! Added to the fact that no horse chosen and trained for mounted patrol would ever shy at a kid on a skateboard. When you get right down to it, the cop is an idiot for hitching a 1,000-1,200 pound animal to a clothes rack, especially one with wheels. It's a stretch to believe that the officer would dismount to search an office building for the offender who's blocking a sidewalk with a giant rat and a clothes rack. The most he would've done is leave a citation on the rack, rather like ticketing an illegally parked car.

[@whopiddledonyourposttoasti175]

Agree, I don't care for this one using humor for the horse's death. I never watch the full episode.

[@willomina1990]

Hey!.....Totally agree, not funny in the least,whoever wrote this episode was an obnoxious asshole......

[@ericminch]

HAR-Har-har! "I don't find animal deaths funny." Well on the one hand, sweetcheeks, who does? But on the other hand, every animal that has ever lived has died, except for the ones alive now, who will also die. Not funny, but there it is, and we have to live with it, and maybe making it funny is one way to live with it.

[@MelodyLovesMusic]

exactly !!!

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

These eisides got really bad after season 2. Wow! They really went downhill!

[@Carrie-xo7yx]

What a stupid episode. And get rid of that cat lady! Only funny line here: "I just hope I don't get stuck with that lousy boat."

[@CaptainGrimsdale]

Carolyn Clark I agree. The studio audience seems to laugh at anything silly.

[@HEADBANGERSBALLER]

+Carrie Are you kidding>? This is the one of the funniest episodes of any show ever!!!!!

[@zimjun7]

2:04 No! Ida: I'm here to give you folks some very good news. Jack: You leavin' town? Ida: No.... half ton... Ida: I'm here to......

[@zimjun7]

2:05 Ida: "I'm here to give you folks some very good news." Jack: "You leavin' town?" Ida: "No half ton." I'm here to give you the opportunity to....." 3:48 Ida "There are 500 prizes. (raffle tickets) The first one's a boat. The next 200 are no pest strips." Jack: "I could use a no pest strip.....to hang over your head!"

[@BettinaBalser]

Notice that in pretty much every episode this season, they show Rhoda and her family and friends having some sort of meal. This was no doubt because of the justified concern about how ghastly skinny and grey Valerie looked in the season premiere.

[@eloiseockert6561]

This episode was really stupid.

[@snm2222]

I cannot stand Benny. He is sooooo annoying. Why is he in the show?

[@eloiseockert6561]

Because it is a sitcom...

[@srldwg]

@@eloiseockert6561 not a good answer

[@eloiseockert6561]

I can not believe this but I was glad Brenda did not win the bank contest because how she acted in the interview room

[@leesas_classics1722]

That isn't this episode that's the previous episode.

[@Lilyfranko32]

Worst episode

[@jeanmiller1142]

I do not miss Joe but this episode stinks

[@XyzXyz-mm9vq]

Ok, it’s official now - Rhoda is the most irritating character in a sitcom ever!!

[@ericminch]

Nah. That was Jim Rockford's sidekick Angel.

[@teresapflaumer5717]

SUCKS!!!

[@michellepost1016]

Funny, but I don't know how Rhoda gets in such messes...about like Lucy Riccardo.Sounds like Rhoda is a curse on that man.Even though she is funny, sometimes she is annoying.

[@patricketienne2579]

Really NOT funny.

[@cmtippens9209]

This was cheap, "low-hanging fruit" comedy.