The Golden Girls - Cast/Crew Documentary (2/9)

Documentary on the making of The Golden Girls.
This part shows how the roles were cast and how the pilot was made.

[@johnwhiting5747]

“The Golden Girls” will forever be an iconic warm blanket on a icy cold winter evening. These four women were perfect and brilliant actors. I never grow tired watching every episode, again, again, and again.❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@user-ho8br1cw8c]

You hit the nail on the head with that comment.

[@THEBOWTIEGUY]

Absolutely true 😉👍🏻

[@mckavitt13]

John Whiting Well, I prefer the term actress. Nothing “sexist” in it. PS. I am a female feminist.

[@milcaerasmus7135]

@@mckavitt13 ,,,,,,,

[@annbolyn4910]

@@mckavitt13 I do too. 🌹

[@djdb1214]

I'll never forget the episode where Rose says, "What happens when there's only one of us left?" 😭😭😭💔💔💔

[@GlennaVan]

Almost like she knew - now that it is only Betty White left. Since the oldest character was the youngest actor, that is a bit odd.

[@Catherine-xf3pc]

Delana Johnson That one gets me too. That it was Rose who said that line and now Betty is the only one left. Eerie.

[@itumelengmatshele4166]

and she is left alone in reality

[@bettyspaghetti2254]

Wow! Funny how life works out.

[@TravelingBibliophile]

Catherine Nicole Howland I know, it freaked me out when I saw it again a couple of yrs ago. I saw that someone posted on another video that even more eerie is that in that scene they sit down in the order in which they have died .

[@charliebwilde8963]

It's kinda inspiring that Estelle didn't start acting until she was 50.

[@markmullins132]

It really is

[@Catherine-xf3pc]

ChaplinatMutual I've seen the movie Mask several times & never knew Estelle was who played the grandmother.

[@peytonmarceaux8788]

@@markmullins132 burl

[@theresenorrby5616]

Hmm i dont know she was in movie . Mommy dont shoot whit Sylvester Stallone

[@riobank6245]

Very. Even more impressive at 90 she could remember lines

[@EshhhaBenjamite]

THIS IS MY SHOW!!!! I still watch this in 2018!!!!

[@jonathanl9229]

ListenWithMyHeart Guurl! SAME!

[@teresahowick5197]

I still watch in 2020

[@catlover34fl]

@@teresahowick5197 me too!

[@sandrasiecgrist9233]

2020!!! Hallmark channel

[@HjCrawford]

Still watching in 2020!

[@gabjiao6129]

Bea Arthur's voice is so beautiful

[@rachelfairfield8755]

So is Rue McClanahan's :-)

[@ariramirez1315]

Gab Jiao they sound so like mature but educated meets sultry

[@djdb1214]

No. Rue.

[@tatianagarza3830]

Sherry Hake how do u know

[@dragonbillylee4781]

@@sherryhake3387 I was just thinking that! He even looks like one, how come we don't notice this while it's on?

[@yg-lc4ll]

I love this. I remember being 40 years old. Now Im a golden girl.

[@lulusfunvideos7071]

y g you’re so blessed ❤️

[@TimsDale4ever]

Rue imitating Bea's voice at 5:11 is incredible!

[@dustinatwood8137]

There has not been, and I don't think ever will be a show that compares to Golden Girls! These ladies created history! They created true brilliance!

[@petet6851]

Honestly the last few years I've been terrified of aging.. I started watching Golden Girls reruns in order and noticed I no longer fear getting older. They are an inspiration that you can still live your best life & have great fun no matter what age. Now I just feel lucky for having 2 really close friends that I've known since High school. We hang out at least once a week & do crafts or go hiking or out to museums/shows/movies/mini vacations.. We joke that someday we'll be the Golden Guys! Especially since my mom is my best friend & all my friends seek her out for advice or to eat one of her amazing home cooked meals. So the 4 of us are well on our way to being Golden Guys.

[@pappysprite]

My friends and I say the same thing about Golden Guys lol....I'm sure many do

[@victorbeltran2808]

Very interesting

[@teresahowick5197]

That’s so cute! I love this

[@beverlywaits7663]

Pete T ahhhhhh 😢that's so nice you have close amazing friends to do extraordinary activities with.Such a blessing!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😊💖💛💖💛💖

[@beverlywaits7663]

Pete T also i must add 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾UP To your mom Amazing home cooked meals. I'M sure they are off the chain!😊👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💖

[@lynettegordon8417]

They could not have picked more perfect people to play The Golden Girls. My 4 yr old absolutely luvs the show

[@cjturner40]

@@tripps607 WTF!!! Your a Horrible Person

[@joannekozaroff7500]

One of the best sitcoms ever. Each actress was so perfectly cast and the chemistry was amazing.

[@og6920]

Best television show ever. Ever.

[@theultimaterush]

The older I get the more I love Dorothy

[@Yummicookie1979]

YES! She is my hero!

[@tinkynine3351]

You're sexy

[@emilyt.6752]

Joseph she was my favorite

[@JazHerrera]

She has the best lines lol

[@NC-ij9rb]

We all do

[@8hawk6]

My grandpa absolutely loved this show! I can still hear his laugh, even though it's been since 1997. God, I miss him.

[@yacobeinauan9533]

I’m sorry for your loss.

[@mlc2005]

When Blanche says: "You're my family, and you make me happy to be alive," it really set the tone of the entire series perfectly. THAT was exactly what made this show so wonderful. Shows, particularly with women, are often about hunting for a man, but on Golden Girls, the friendships were the most important relationship.

[@amm6569]

That line of Blanche's is so simple, so utterly powerful. 'Happy to be alive' is the ultimate compliment and driving force to be in this world - and friends and family do this for you.

[@desertrose1226]

Sex and the City is pathetic compared to Golden Girls!

[@LilRocker2005]

The cop that delivered the news about Harry was actually Meshach Taylor aka Anthony from Designing Women.

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@desertrose1226 So is Designing Women, Desperate Housewives, Hot in Cleveland and all the other imitators.

[@datura1983]

im 30 and ive been watching this show since i was 6 years old with my grandmother and ill probably be watching it still when im 60

[@christybruton3601]

datura1983 lol, me too!

[@nicholasrue7397]

Same here. I watched this one as a very small child. ❤️

[@brittneybrisbin744]

I'm 21, and I can't remember a time when I wasn't watching The Golden Girls. My dad tells me that when I was a baby, the theme song would wake me up😂.

[@anneblubaugh58]

@@christybruton3601 lol me too! We are 38 now! :)

[@bellasaward8330]

Bea and Betty’s so called feud was blown way outta the water. Yes, Betty may have irritated Bea but what sisters don’t annoy their siblings, for crying out loud? ❤️

[@marvol48]

OMG!... I am sixty five and saw all of the reruns I don't know how many times, I never get bored of seeing them. They just lift my spirits...

[@sunmoon3147]

I’m 17 and I’ve been watching this show since I was 5 with my grandmother. These ladies made me laugh so much and still do to this day we love you.

[@ninasamone2410]

I absolutely ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ this show!!! Still watch it on hallmark channel, and TVLAND. The most ironic scenes is when Betty Whites line is "what's going to happen when it's only one of us left"?! For that to be HER line, and she is the only one left, I get chills everytime.

[@kathyhartung6058]

The Golden Girls is by far the funniest series ever. Their humor is the best. I have laughed more watching their shows than any other. They are therapeutic. It would be so hard to be in a down mood while watching them. They have rescued me more than once from the "down and outs."

[@escapistfromhell1543]

I know what you mean, their show was perfect

[@onceIhadalove]

I had the privilege of meeting Beatrice Arthur twice through letters and and later spent time alone with Bea during her Broadway show period one evening in her dressing room. It is still surreal to me. We shared a very emotional moment together that will always be a part of me. Rue wrote to me and she was incredibly open about her life, illness and career. You can't imagine how blessed I feel to know them in this way. I even own the lobster-shaped Jell-O mold that is seen in their TV kitchen!

[@voluntaryismistheanswer]

I got to see Maude being filmed once. She was a presence.

[@ABCDuwachui]

VoluntaryismIsTheAnswer how so

[@tejasnite]

THE BEST SHOW EVER,,, AND WILL NEVER BE TOPPED

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

wings cheers frasier all in the family i love lucy bob newhart andy griffith coach mary tyler moore dick van dyke

[@saps1977]

So sad that three out of four of these wonderful ladies, who have entertained me, comforted me, and made me laugh from the age of 8 to the age of 36, have passed on. I will be a wreck when Betty eventually joins them. I think I know the Golden Girls better than I knew either of my grandmothers.

[@Dyke.vibes.]

Dream Weaver same :(

[@originalbountyhunterfrog1992]

Dream Weaver me too. Til this I still tune in to the voices if tgese Golden Girls. Comfort...tears....cheesecake

[@kangtavenus1236]

I can just say to these girls thank you for being a friend .

[@rsaxx018]

I still watch THE Golden Girls a lot on Hulu. Every episode is on there!!

[@kangtavenus1236]

Ronnie Saxton yes thankfully . And me too I always rematch and suprisingly it's like healing for me whenever I watch golden girls . The girls were so pure and there is no hatred in their bones . Wish I could go back to those times cauz nowadays so hard to find people like those characters .

[@codyandcars]

“Rose you work as a grief counselor, what do you expect? Comedians?” 😂😂😂😂

[@lancelotlancelot9136]

We missed you girls. ..thank you for everything. ..Love

[@simplykayla292]

Who’s still watching in 2019???

[@teresahowick5197]

Simply Kayla 2020

[@maryloumarino1323]

Simply Kayla I am. 2020

[@bwalls0103]

2020!!!!

[@sandrasiecgrist9233]

Let’s go 2020!! Thank you Hallmark Channel for the reruns!!!!

[@Sheltielover-fh5sk]

Simply Kayla 2020

[@nspain33]

The Golden Girls are known as one of the most humorous and outstanding entertaining sitcoms in television history. The girls comedic timing has constantly brought their audiences to laughing tears and hysteria more times than countable. They will long be affectionately remembered with appreciation and love by their adoring admirers. God bless each of them and kudos to their individual talents❣️🙏

[@bankerguy66]

My ultimate favorite sitcom! I can see the reruns over and over😎

[@Msjuly8129]

your not the only one my favorite show i remember every saturday i would run home to go watch my girls lol

[@djdb1214]

Same!

[@bugajk25]

Nobody has ever nailed their roles like these woman!! They owned their characters!!! The chemistry was an absolute joy to watch!! I have 8 brothers and sisters and 2 parents and there’s not one of us in my family that didn’t love this show! For Christmas I bought my 45 ur old brother golden girl shot glasses Any age any sex - we all agreed in my family on 2 things golden girls and jeopardy!

[@donnam8117]

Best show ever made for television that will live on forever

[@lauram3115]

Still one of the best sitcoms in television history.

[@juliefetter1327]

Bea was brilliant.

[@EmilyA..]

This show got me through many dark times in my life. I love them all like my own family ❤️

[@mattheww239]

The only show I know where all 4 leads were truly fantastic. No weak link. And to me, they made the script more funny with their perfect delivery. Side note: I love what Rue did with her character. I can’t imagine Blanch sharp and colder like a Sue Ann Nivens.

[@lightningbrigade257]

The Golden girls sitcom came out when I was in highschool and I would watch it with my mom. Now that I'm an older man I still find time to watch the reruns with my mom. Golden girls will always be one of my favorite tv shows .

[@mikemchugh3073]

Seeing the reruns now, I remember when I was younger and would occasionally watch this with my Mom who has since passed. Funny how this strikes an emotional chord in a way that I'd never expect all these years later. It takes me right back to a time when we shared some great laughs watching the antics of these four ladies. Miss you Mom, but somehow I sense you're right here with me as I (we) watch these shows all over again.

[@desertrose1226]

Aw. My mom has passed away too only last year. She reminded me so much of Dorothy. Every time I see Dorothy I think of mom…

[@mikemchugh3073]

@@desertrose1226 I forgot about posting this. It's nice to have someone actually relate to something you post on the internet in a sincere and sentimental way. Thanks for reminding me....really, Thanks.

[@botanicalmania506]

My grandma and I would sit in her chair together when I was little and watch this show. It was my absolute favorite and is a really fond memory. She passed as well but it's so nice to be able to see these things and think of those moments.

[@yacobeinauan9533]

I have the same with Crime shows and some movies and Murder She Wrote. I watched it with my mom too a few years ago and she passed as well when i was 17. I’m sorry for your loss

[@yacobeinauan9533]

@@desertrose1226I’m sorry for your loss

[@MegaNegos]

I can watch the show over and over, was , and still my favorite. I will never forget the amazing golden girls.

[@MrS98VAC]

I cannot articulate in words just how much I miss Bea Arthur!

[@ItsVictoriaG]

Oh my God, Rue's Bea Arthur voice!

[@huyup123456]

I'm sure Rue and Betty would have been amazing doing the roles they were originally supposed to do, but I'm glad Betty was Rose and Rue was Blanche.

[@lucy0537]

I love all of these ladies n I still watch the golden girls. God bless them all. ....♡

[@AngelG623]

...and I love watching the show today over and over still today. It's the best written show I've ever followed!

[@user-ho8br1cw8c]

Agree.

[@PaulWallis]

Bravo Jay for switching Betty and Rue. The characters were perfect and so were the actors who portrayed them. The chemistry was an absolute joy for seven years - and in all the time since! Funny, relatable and moving. A well-deserved smash. Thank you, Bea, Betty, Estelle, Rue, Susan Harris and Paul Junger Witt, and all the writers. Truly a work of ensemble genius! xx

[@deb8183]

They hit a grand slam. Great writing, great acting.

[@tsquirrel8675]

Here I am, drunk in quarantine. The year is 2021 and the Golden Girls will always be one of the best shows ever. Cheers everyone 🍻

[@02bher1]

I am their age now and loved that show and miss them ALL.

[@SugarSugarCreek]

Bea Arthur (as well as the rest of the cast but Bea especially) matured beautifully! She was stunning in her late 50ies early 60ies and beyond!

[@jess00821]

Bea is gorgeous here. This was from 2002. Thanks for posting this!!

[@busterbiloxi3833]

Plastic surgery.

[@aldod3937]

Yes the year i graduated high school I swear it was yesterday....

[@desertrose1226]

@@busterbiloxi3833 Nope! I very much doubt Bea would have that. She didn’t seem vain in the slightest or obsessed with her looks.

[@nickburton100]

Best US sitcom ever

[@SuzyZ]

I adore these women. I have seen these shows 2 dozen times, still watching and still laughing!!

[@theycallmeabs50]

RIP Bea, Rue and Estelle :*(

[@kwilcox1126]

this show was brilliant

[@vwyldrose1153]

These show was so great. I wish there were shows like this on TV now. Just fun shows with good acting and engaging plots. Shows where in some way you can relate to the characters.

[@LB0206]

THANK GOODNESS that they switched their roles... I can't imagine them any other way...

[@jofree2975]

This was such a good show. Find myself laughing at reruns to this day. Hard to find good funny shows like that one today 👍☮🇺🇸

[@havefaith4358]

Oooo child. I search for shows like this. Shows of today . . .

[@ukmedicfrcs]

The theme song is my ring tone. People always smile when I get a call. ☺ I wish I had friends like this. Heck I would be happy with just one.

[@yamil.343]

Perfect writing, perfect casting. Absolute magic.

[@stefaniedejesus1754]

I smiled throughout all of this... What an epic show.

[@Karl_95]

Wow!!! to have friends like these ladies is a dream.The love. humor.candor.loyalty.and even criticism for one another, under one roof. they truly are the golden girls.

[@aldod3937]

Each character played exactly who they were supposed to.

[@mrmrsralphiesasmr777]

Literally on every rainy day and winter days I turn on the episodes of The Golden Girls, every single year now for Years! Love them all!! Each lady so special in their own individual way! 💜💜💜💜💐💐💐💐☺️☺️☺️☺️

[@adopt-a-pet1968]

One of the best shows ever, there are so many touching moments, great and witty chats, with all of these great characters - still enjoyable and I guess it will be for a long time

[@joygilcart3063]

I love these girls from day one and I still love it in 2015.....What a great show

[@tinkynine3351]

Dorothy was the glue, all important but can you imagine the show without her?

[@kelodarelus5133]

I just can't... love her best

[@oldtwinsna8347]

No need to imagine, you can witness the result in Golden Palace where it was clear the show was off balance.

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

@@oldtwinsna8347 It was nice, but it felt too different from the original golden girls. Just wasn't the same without Dorothy. It wasn't unwatchable, but I never laughed as much as the original show.

[@tinkynine3351]

This is the top, if not the only series that I go back to time and time again.

[@missmothertrucker]

There will never be a show like it again! They were beautiful vibrant women sexy talented and relevant! And they were in their golden years!

[@carolmk3114]

They did a wonderful job. I started watching after Hot in cleveland and I love absolutely everything about the show.

[@Eirene30]

I was obsessed with Dorothy and Blanche!!!🙌🔝

[@user-ho8br1cw8c]

They were my favorites as well. But all 4 played roles that added to the chemistry that made the show work. After Bea left and it became golden palace it just wasn't the same.

[@robinlynn898]

Still my favorite show to this day

[@slip-n-rollboxing1826]

I love that show. Still watching the reruns today.

[@ciaraf4158]

I loved how Rue and Betty worked together on “Mama’s family”

[@Kamrie-jw2hh]

I was born the year this started and I still look at it to this day. I'm heartbroken about the losses. God plz keep Betty with us a little while longer

[@Kay2be2mr]

Why doesn't E do shows like these anymore? The network is such crap now.

[@austinpearce5442]

Kay2be2mr with the Kartrashians

[@janellearmijo8170]

In a world full of Kardashians, be a Golden Girl 💛💛💛

[@yans.3908]

Grace & Frankie??

[@pqm2012]

@I'm Tired Of It Too the documentary has the E logo. They did true Hollywood story but so other shows that would go behind the scenes of tv shows. They should do more stuff like this now that they are losing the Kardashians

[@desertrose1226]

@@janellearmijo8170 yea! This! I’m no Kardashian I’m a young Blanche!!

[@njtom07974]

loved the show from day one until the end. i was in the audience for one golden girls and one golden palace

[@beyondme11]

I have started watching Golden Girls since 1985, and I’m hooked.. up until now.. I love them so much and dreamed they were my family eating in the lanai..

[@Manila-wo3pi]

My favorite show, still.

[@pqm2012]

I Recently started watching this show (maybe a year or 2 ago) and whenever I watch I'm always so amazed how it was light-years ahead of its time ! Freaking love it.

[@user-ho8br1cw8c]

Same for me. I started watching it about a year or 2 ago as well. And i fell in love with it. It's funny, good writing, and the ladies did a great job playing the characters. They covered topics that were not talked about at that time, and said things that many sitcoms today won't even say. I'm surprised they got away with it. The show stands the test of time. Funny even today, and even more popular crossing over different generations.

[@kaylove8663]

I love the golden girls especially Bea ive been watching since I was 11 and now at 31 I still love it and the great thing about this show is that no matter how many times you watch the episodes they never get old and they are still funny they were all absolutely perfect for this show

[@rebeccab1711]

Bea Arthur's voice ahhhhhh 😍😍

[@Mcfreddo]

Certainly was one of the best shows around the world.

[@lillianlilo7447]

Estelle Getty looks like Judge Judy!

[@joannasarcamedes8191]

strange thing i had been looking up dopplegangers for the golden girls and you have found sophias ..thnx

[@jessicapace4235]

She totally does! That’s exactly what I thought.

[@desertrose1226]

I love Estelle she’s so sweet!!!! Bea looked like a middle aged Shailene Woolley. I think Rue had the most unique looks not many look like her.

[@ryanraman2136]

In my mind whenever I think about Golden Girls... Dorothy comes first and the rest of them

[@jessrox6598]

i love the golden girls... betty white cracks me up! and i can't believe three are already gone... but i will never forget them

[@zackc.8015]

God I can't think of a more perfectly cast show.

[@shadbakht]

Estelle Getty is a Judge Judy doppelganger

[@cannedmusic]

The producers were worried about Rue and Beatrice having had worked together in Maude, 8 years earlier, no one brings up the fact that Betty and Rue hand been in Mama's Family a year earlier.

[@dalesmith4985]

they don't make comedy's like this anymore.....tv is so bland these days, I don't even turn the tv on at night anymore and only listen to the radio. this show was great among other programs of that time

[@user-ho8br1cw8c]

I agree, much of tv sucks now. I watch KZbin a lot. And reruns of golden girls and will and grace.

[@desertrose1226]

It’s all reality shit today on telly

[@Lokifangirl1795]

I’ll be 28 next month and I used to watch this with my mom. I found out that my grandma (mom’s mom) loved the show as well.

[@NYC1]

All of them are talented ladies

[@princeofcats6883]

When i was a little kid i used to think The Golden Girls was a "girls show". Of course i associated that with my mom watching it and hanging out with my grandma. Im glad mom watched it. Now i do too.

[@powis8935]

They were the best ! I still get such a kick everyday from them what a dynamic crew & cast.

[@michaelfolino8414]

Thank you for being a friend ladies ❤

[@ladonnawilliams3838]

I'm love watching the golden girls that's my favorite show

[@kgraham5820]

Even as a kid, not really understanding all the jokes, I loved this show! As I got older and ran across the show in reruns, I would always stop to watch and of course I thought it was much funnier! What a hoot! There was SUCH TALENT in each of them individually that the show could only be brilliant when you combined them! Wonder what MAUDE would have to say about things today, in the yr. 2020? I'm not sure but I bet it would be HILARIOUS!

[@annecohen8927]

The Golden Girls the classiest and the most amazing sitcom ever. The best show of our era since I love Lucy...... and the Three’s Company

[@sejlaselimovic6543]

RIP I LOVE ALLL OF YOU...ONE OF THE MOST BEST FUNNIEST SIT COMS. LOVE YOUUUUUUU THREE WOMAN! YOU GUYS ARE AMAZINGGGGGG!!!!

[@nongandrews8385]

Wut...Betty White is still alive tho

[@DHGlee2013]

I'm 28, I've always knew my momz and dad watched The Golden Girls when I was a child, I didn't start watching the golden girls until 2014 but this show makes me so happy. Whenever I'm sad or depressed or scared or hungoverlmao The Golden Girls always puts me in a better mood.

[@georgeisaak5321]

All of them precious , literally "golden girls" if you ask me !!!

[@modest8782]

The picture of all four of them @ 6:12 is very BEAUTIFUL... They all were extremely talented and attractive...

[@desertrose1226]

I agree my word how gorgeous they are! Bea was stunning there !!