The UNTOLD Story About The Golden Girls | Bea Arthur & Betty White Feud? Who Was Really The Oldest?

Who would have thought a television show about four mature women living in a house together in Miami, Florida, sharing bills, the ups and downs of life and a ton of cheesecake would become a global pop culture phenomenon? But that’s exactly what happened when American sitcom The Golden Girls came on the scene in the mid 1980s.
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[@nicolesherman8974]

Betty White passing away still doesn’t seem real. All of them are really gone 🥺.

[@fromlissawithlove]

I still can’t watch the show without tearing up. And it was definitely one of my favorites, still is ❤. But the first few notes of the theme song, I’m legit crying. 😢 Sometimes I like to imagine them somewhere in the cosmos, eating cheesecake together. 🍰☺️

[@pa.encema2821]

I wanted Betty White to turn 100, for that landmark age, before she passed on

[@Clonehalle]

Can't believe all 4 are gone. When I discovered the reruns back in the day on Lifetime, all 4 were still living 🙏🏾❤️

[@TheTraveler976]

Picture it, all 4 are together in heaven.

[@LadyAbsolution]

⁠@@pa.encema2821I did too, she died about 2 weeks before hitting that milestone 😔

[@laurenreneebrittany1797]

My favorite show! Golden Girls is so iconic! Rest in peace Estelle, Bea, Rue and Betty!

[@MechaJutaro]

Pretty astounding that McClanahan and White lived up until daily recently

[@laurenreneebrittany1797]

@@MechaJutaro True they didn't pass that long ago.

[@princejojo2]

​@@MechaJutaro😊❤¡aa

[@Buggy-su4oy]

All 4 girls were truly golden...rest in peace Estelle, Bea, Rue, and Betty.😊😊😢😢

[@blackamerican40]

Yes, in that order of passing too. 😊

[@lexkanyima2195]

So tragic for the show

[@beaniegee5129]

RIP to Estelle Getty, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan and Betty White

[@jaylene.turner6524]

My mother’s favorite show. R.I.P. Estelle Getty (Sophia Petrillo) (July 25th,1923- July 22nd,2008) 🕊️ Bea Arthur (Dorothy Zbornak) (May 13th,1922- April 25th,2009) 🕊️ Rue McClanahan (Blanche Devereaux) (February 21st,1934- June 3rd,2010) 🕊️ and Betty White (Rose Nylund) (January 17th,1922- December 31st,2021) 🕊️

[@ravenrebel3183]

Wow, it’s wild that Betty was the oldest but lived the longest, and by at least a decade! RIP all those ladies, that show is still iconic

[@kacey5324]

My older sister would watch this show ALL the time,I thought it was corny,until I got older, and it is hilarious,one of my faves now❤😂.....RIP to all the Golden Girls 🙏🏽🕊

[@PoyTroy]

Felt the same as a kid whenever my aunts would watch it. Wasn’t until I was in my mid 20s did I watch it again and boy was it funny lol

[@nursemom101casteel7]

Betty White was still stunning to look at when she was in her sixties and seventies.

[@dammac5446]

@nursemom101casteel7, I won't try to guess your age, but your profile pic looks pretty nice; just my factual opinion. 😀

[@1stfeather]

This show is an enormous part of my life. My mom & I would watch every week. While I was pregnant we watched reruns. RIP to all the great ladies, including my mother.

[@Kamkammmmm]

The Golden Girls is literally my favorite show ever! I could watch it over and over, and still laugh as if I’ve never heard the jokes before lol.

[@DeniseRene407]

Same! 😂 It never gets old. I watch it every night. I’m so annoyed that Hallmark is replacing it with holiday movies right now. 😒

[@beaniegee5129]

Rue McClanahan also appeared on Blue's Clues as Steve's grandma in the special Treasure Hunt

[@lexcbaybee]

This is one of my favorite episodes of all time!

[@victoriah2430]

This is my childhood all wrapped into one!

[@MariJamila]

Golden Girls is and will always be one of my favorite shows. I was going through a rough patch and this show really have gave me a laugh when I needed it the most.

[@CandieP]

If all my friends are not singing that Golden Girls intro song at my funeral with all their Heart, my Ghost will haunt them forever 👻

[@danavixen6274]

Thank you for being a friend! Rest in paradise to all of the entertaining and witty Golden Girls. 😔🙏🏾❤️🕊️

[@cindeed4422]

The switch of Blanche and Rose characters by the actors who played them was nothing short of brilliant. That’s partly why Bea Arthur took the part. Bea was upset because Betty won the Emmy first. I’m surprised Bea and Rue wasn’t that close. They seemed as if they would be close since they did Maude together. It was Rue that sent Bea the Golden Girls script! Rose and Sophia’s clothes were off the rack. Bea’s and Blanche’s clothes were custom made. In the first episode of Empty Nest, they made jokes directed at Rita Moreno because she bad mouthed her experience there.

[@stingrey1571]

golden girls is one for few tv shows where every member if the cast won an emmy.

[@handsomeX]

Oh wow all of them did? I didn't realize that. Nice.

[@RuthLessGemini]

I love the Golden Girls! I thinking of having my 40th Bday themed The Golden Girls! And I like the spin off The Golden Palace, it was for 1 season but I still loved it too! At different parts of my life, I've been one of the girls😂. It seems so surreal that they are all gone but not forgetten! 💜

[@handsomeX]

Oh wow. So the initial concept of this show was indirectly brought on by Miami Vice. Interesting. You learn something new everyday. It had one of the best tv sitcom intros. Can you do one on the group "4 Example"?

[@dannyboy6376]

Rest in peace ladies ❤❤❤

[@SheriffOutlaw]

Man this series was a classic! They are the reason i am hooked on cheesecake. 🍻 @JuicyPop for these fun and educational videos. I am discovering and rediscovering these classic series and music. Thank You! ❤

[@donaldwilson2620]

I love The Golden Girls. Out of all the characters, my favorite was always Dorothy. Her quick wit and sarcastic remarks, especially toward Rose's dimwitted comments, always cracked me up.

[@philmoe5392]

Show was ahead of its time. Started watching it as a kid in the 80’s because of my mom 🕊️and granny 🕊️ Who would have known as a 45 year old Black man now, that I still watch the reruns faithfully to this day and somehow can relate to a totally different demographic.

[@GoddessOfLove-pr7ek]

Same here 80's kid grew up watching lots of 80's to 90's shows and movies etc. As a child in 80's era my grandmother and I evenings spent together watch The Golden Girls was my cherished memoiries of us. We both loved the show. Especially love the theme song, too. By the way you are a year older than me.

[@catspaw3092]

RIP all 4 funny & fabulous ladies, Rue, Bea, Estelle & Betty I get a kick out all 4 of them each character are so different but yet come together to give up smiles & laughs. Sophia has always been my favorite Golden Girl she's an old lady who's Italian but speaks her mind & isn't afraid to call things & people out & is fiercely protective of her daughter Dorothy. Sophia uses her age to her advantage every chance she gets she's also a mother figure to Rose & Blanche both ladies admit they go to her room some nights to talk about their problems to her which surprised Dorothy.

[@TheXander360]

In defence of Golden Palace, they kept changing the air time, it was the same writers Rue said it was just Golden Girls at a hotel

[@KitsuneAdorable]

I watched it in ‘92, but never really liked it. 🫤

[@TheValentineGuy]

Do y'all remember that guy on TikTok or KZbin or something made a GG theme song remix where he added adlibs....almost like a Gospel song

[@williams.matthews2711]

It’s my iPhone ringtone. I love his version.

[@bongileaugust]

When the theme song played in this video, I sang those adlibs 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Buggy-su4oy]

They should make a TV movie about the creating and run of the show.

[@apriljones9064]

Love love this show. And still watch today. Classic!

[@sejejo7565]

Every Saturday night I’d watch this with my sister and every Sunday night we’d watch In Living Color

[@TheeOnyxScholar]

RIP to all the golden girls and thank you for being our friend 🕊️

[@ericgaskins571]

Please cover the show Roc. Loved it and never understood why it got canceled. Charles Dutton is a great underrated actor. Never understood why he wasnt bigger. Such a strong presents on screen. Love your work darlin. Been telling my friends.

[@JeremiahSpeaks]

I'm loving these videos my sister 😊 You do great work! BTW I absolutely LOVED the Golden Girls!! It is still so funny

[@preposteroussvideos]

THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEEEENDDDD

[@beaniegee5129]

The Golden Girls premiered on the same day as 227

[@TheTraveler976]

One of favorite go to shows to bing watch every now and then, GG has aged like fine wine. Love it! RIP my girls!

[@stevewilson5749]

My sister's all time favorite show...RIP to this entire cast of great ladies! ❤❤🌹🌹💯📺

[@ericjones7769]

One of the Best TV 📺 sitcoms ever made 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💯💯💯💯💯

[@JillCheese]

I used to watch Golden Girls with my grandma every single weekend that I went to visit her as a little girl. I always laughed at the fact that my granda was built just like Sophia but had the sweetness and kindness of Rose. RIP to all the Golden Girls, but especially to my Grandma Helen💖🙏🏾

[@khloverjai219]

I love the Golden Girls.. one of my favorite shows!! ❤❤❤Its on Hulu so I watch it all the time

[@patricechavous2989]

Love the Golden Girls still watch reruns !!! It was a great show and those 4 women played their characters to a tea .

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Estelle/Sophia remindes me of my now deceased grandmother. Straight talker but she loved me dearly

[@jfliguy]

Like how she said "Mature women"

[@anonymousanonymous_000]

The speed of which I ran over here for this tea ?!?! Not the Golden Girls 🤣🤣🤣

[@beaniegee5129]

Great story on The Golden Girls

[@JukuduB]

Thank you for being a friend...and uploading this video!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿

[@kingmorrison749]

My daughter's and I watch the Golden Girls religiously. I love Blanche(for obvious reasons😂). You're doing an amazing job on your videos!! Thank u for being a friend 😂😂😂

[@junkscorpion7011]

Yeah my grandmother (rest her soul) was the one who made my brother and cousins watch Golden Girls when we were kids now I watch 2 or 3 episodes on tv reminds me of the times watching with my Granny😊

[@dsainte3914]

I ❤️ the Golden Girls to this day! Seasons 1-4 are the best! ...and as a black woman, I was NEVER offended by the "black face" in the Mixed Blessings episode 🙄 It was innocent and funny which is why I enjoyed the show. Our society and culture has gone overboard with the P.C. 🤦🏾

[@retrosurvival3988]

Im patiently waiting for that City Guys video 😃

[@shaylah2725]

ohh noo you didnt do one of my favorite shows of all time 😍😍 one of the BEST theme songs ever ❤ Im so happy Rue & Betty switched parts. everybody was perfect in their roles. RIP to my Golden Girls ✨️

[@Buggy-su4oy]

Could you cover Barney and Friends, Reading Rainbow or Mister Rogers Neighborhood?

[@AlanaGurl]

I still sing the theme song at the top of my lungs every time lol. Great show, great video.

[@jadeabyss9978]

I learned all the words as an adult even though I watched this show as a little kid 😂

[@waynehenderson1877]

Absolutely one of the best sitcoms in television history. I STILL watch the Ladies of the Lanai every Sunday on TVLand. Though I've seen all of the episodes dozens of times over the decades, it never gets old, and still remains just as funny. There'll never be another ensemble like Bea, Betty, Rue, and Estelle. R.I.C.H. (Rest In Comedic Heaven) ladies; And stay forever Golden!!!

[@keyairapetersmuiltfandom44]

Me and my mom loves the golden girls we watching it ever night too .

[@Itzsheila3087]

Thank you so much for covering the golden girls. I watched them religiously when I was a teenager and loved them all. My favourite at the time was Dorothy for her sharp tongue and Quick wit. However as I got older, I got to love Betty white’s character … Rose more & more. ‘Thank you for being a friend’🙏🏾thank you for all the memories you’ve left behind of your Excellent work which we can all watch again and again …..and again……

[@cadillacdeville5828]

I knew Bea Arthur couldn't stand(detest strongly)Betty White because she was always so positive and happy.

[@pa.encema2821]

Bea was a hater

[@Nessajess7]

Not me clicking so fast lmao 😹😹😹😹. Lawd this was wayy before my time and had no clue there was beef. I still watch this show till today 😩😩💕🌿☀️

[@Victoriaistalented]

The golden girls theme song is one of my favorites besides the married with children theme song!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nicolesherman8974]

One thing about Black people, we’re gonna watch some Golden Girls lol

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

You know it! 😂

[@tyrishasmith-grady703]

YEP!!!! It’s my favorite show from childhood

[@AlanaGurl]

And sing the theme song along with it lol

[@daaiyahgreen]

Yesssss. I'm 30 I've been inlove since I was 8. Thanks Mom lol

[@PhilAlumb]

I know alot of black people who Dislike GG.

[@One21Jiggawatts]

Bea Arthur and Dewie dancing to Fandango in MITM is one of my favourite scenes from that show.

[@stingrey1571]

empty nest spawned its own spinoff, Nurses.

[@Profess84]

Nice Video. My Cousin loves The Golden Girls, I just like the theme. I heard about B Arthur's beef with Betty White, because she brought it up years ago, but I had no idea about everything else.

[@ashmash0916]

My favorite show 🥹🫶🏼

[@yvettecoates7077]

Yesssss I’m so thankful you’ve done a segment on One of My Favorite Shows I love The Golden Girls May the Ladies continue to rest in peace . Thank you so much for sharing 💕💕

[@durandparkerjr9502]

My mom 👵🏿 favorite show! this show is so iconic god bless the Golden Girls 👑👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@DW3010]

Thank you so much for not saying Bea Arthur and Betty White hated each other. So many videos and articles miss interpret this.

[@cleftheart1969]

You forgot betty whites show off their rockers 😅

[@daaiyahgreen]

I looooved this show😅😅

[@divatalk9011]

Betty came from tv, Bea came from the stage. Tv actors then were viewed as less gifted so when Betty won an award first for GG I’d say it annoyed Bea. Plus, Bea performed GG like a play and didn’t like to break the fourth wall while Betty would address the audience during bloopers and Bea didn’t appreciate this

[@tae_516]

I loved Dorothy's sarcasm and how her and Sophia would go at it ! Lol 🤣🤣🤣 She would always threaten to put her mother in a home but never did. 🥹🥹🥰🥰

[@ericgaskins571]

I didn't get into this show until reruns. Alot of laughs. The burns were literally golden. Good writing. Never thought it would work, but it did

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

I have a special box set i got years ago that came in a Sophias purse with Golden Hirls playing cards

[@ada31181]

The intro.. Mic drop exit stage left 👍🏿😎👍🏿

[@kimberlyjackson7266]

Dorothy was my favorite

[@algiethomas6905]

This Show Will Always Be A Classic

[@DelilahKeller-kx5rq]

Love this show 📺

[@AquariusSoul]

Loved this show!

[@Kylynn420]

Me my mom and my aunties watched this show faithfully together as i was growing up 💜

[@missladyanonymity]

There's a GG tour traveling around the usa. I'd like to see it.

[@Elemental_Entity]

Thank you for being a friend is 1 song I have NEVER heard come on the radio oddly enough.

[@zzizahacallar]

Thank you for doing this video! Love this show. Shows aren't like this anymore. I was a child when this show came on.

[@Aarenthewriter]

Can you please do a segment on what happened to Reverend X??❤ love your channel

[@jaesease4738]

Thank you for covering the Golden Girls! My absolute favorite show, I still watch every night before bed. I adore my Girls!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@beaniegee5129]

The Golden Palace premiered on the same day the movie South Central came out in theaters on September 18th 1992

[@ericrussell9746]

Do Head of The Class Next.

[@blackamerican40]

Betty was the oldest. We all knew that! 😮😅😢

[@louiscoremin7384]

Even the Mary Tyler Moore show everyone passed away. 2 great shows.

[@mandeelaw8410]

Good times had my teenage self watching Golden Girls by way of Maude cuz I liked B Arthur😊

[@alfonsogreen2722]

I would watch the Golden Girls with my mother or by myself. I enjoyed them R.I.P 2 all the Golden Girls

[@taureanmay1411]

2:21 the golden girls.

[@taureanmay1411]

2:52 the sitcom that put NBC on the map 🗺️🗾.

[@missmelanin7066]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this show. I've seen EVERY episode & continue to watch it on the regular. I get the seasons free from the library. 🤣🤣

[@ejakaegypt]

I still love this show

[@thecloud9effect765]

Thank you ! ❤

[@MixedBreedGurl86]

One of the first videos I've seen about them love it❤💯

[@jamiescowboys]

CLASSIC NEVER WILL BE ANOTHER watch everynight box setttttttttt estelle bea betty rue ty forthe memoriesssss

[@Lynn17]

Watching videos about the appeal of this show led to me watching it in its entirety on Hulu. Amazing.

[@sarge7526]

Here is a super fun fact!!! In the movie My First Love….. Bea stars in the film…. There are a few scenes in the film where Bea is wearing the exact same outfits that she had on in GG’s❤❤❤❤❤😂😂

[@ChadMtl]

You mentioned it's available to stream with edits. Is this a common occurrence due to the comedy and jokes that may not pass nowadays?

[@KitsuneAdorable]

NGL The show always made me want cheesecake. 🍰13:18 Is that a model of the Enterprise D? I remember watching this in the early 90s and never noticed it!

[@unifiedaliens]

show ended on my bday❤️‍🔥 more reason to love this CLASSIC

[@Iwant2BYRLova]

One of my favorite shows Luv the video and channel ❤️

[@dariusbrock2351]

I loved it! Thanks for making this video about one of my favorite shows!

[@ChassityNOubre_88]

I love this show soo much. I remembered watching it as a little girl and I still watched all of the reruns as an adults. I laughed at each episodes as if it's my first time watching it. I see myself in all of the girls. I miss them all so much😢