Sad news yesterday... Estelle Getty, the actress who played Sophia Petrillo on the classic TV show The Golden Girls passed away at the age of 84. She had endured a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia, a disease exhibiting symptoms similar to Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's, which unfortunately meant she suffered from memory loss.Well, to me she'll always live on as Sophia and be remembered by her wise cracks and brazen remarks, often commenting on her daughter's Dorothy's lack of love life, Blanche's promiscuity and Rose's stupidity.
The Golden Girls is definitely one of my favourite shows of all-time and the funniest sitcom ever. It really was ahead of it's time - it's not everyday that you see 4 elderly ladies discussing their first orgasm, homosexuality, abortion and countless other topics, 20 years ago and always with such humour.
I'm sure that everyone who is at least more than 25 years old will remember The Golden Girls and have watched it at some point. But really, watching this when you're an adult is so different than when you were 10 years-old just for amount of sarcasm or sexually-oriented joke that you would miss. Anyway, let's remember Sophia and the rest of the girls for what they did best: making us laugh. I've chosen 2 clips to post here: the first one "Lesbian Lovers of Miami" is set when Rose (the dumb one) somehow takes Blanche and Dorothy on a TV show she's working on as a lesions couple - how she makes this mistake is hilarious! The second one is a best of some of Dorothy's best moments - her sarcasm never gets old! Sit back, relax and prepare to LOL (a lot!)
My 2 favourite moments on this next one:
@2:00 - Rose: I call him Scotty (PUM!) Dorothy: Now you can call him Garbage...
@6:40 - Dorothy: Hum, excuse me Rose, may I see that? Spaff! Thank you.
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