Golden Girls: The Complete Sixth Season [3 Discs] DVD

The Golden Girls: Season 06
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The Golden Girls [TV Series]
Defying the TV-industry "rules" that A) no viewer is interested in watching a situation comedy with an all-female cast and B) no viewer wants to see anybody over the age of 34, The Golden Girls was one of the few sitcoms in which all of the regulars were women, and none was under the age of 50 -- and it turned out be NBC's biggest hit of the 1985-1986 season. Set in a small Miami neighborhood, the series starred Bea Arthur as divorced substitute teacher Dorothy Zbornak; Betty White as naïve, impressionable, ingenuous widowed grief counselor Rose Nylund; Rue McClanahan as museum worker Blanche Devereaux, another widow, but hardly naïve -- in fact, sex was the foremost thought in her mind at all times; and Estelle Getty as Dorothy's octogenarian mother, Sophia Petrillo, who had lost all her "tact cells" after a stroke and thus spoke her mind at all times, much to everyone's embarrassment. Blanche owned the house that she shared with Rose and Dorothy, with Sophia moving in on the trio after her retirement home burned down (a conflagration which, it was revealed late in the series, she had a hand in!). From time to time, the four roommates were visited by various relatives and offspring, none of whom could be called regulars (in fact, few of these peripheral characters were ever played by the same actors more than once). Seen on a more frequent basis were Dorothy's ne'er-do-well former husband, Stan (Herb Edelman), who, even though he'd dumped her for a much younger woman, constantly appeared on Dorothy's doorstep to cry on her shoulder or try to get her involved in his latest get-rich-quick scheme; and Rose's erstwhile boyfriend Miles Webber (Harold Gould), a well-meaning nebbish who turned out to be a former Mob accountant living in the Witness Relocation Program! The series ended with a hour-long episode in which Dorothy married Blanche's uncle Lucas (Leslie Nielsen), obliging the roommates to seek out new domiciles. Created by Susan Harris of Soap fame, The Golden Girls debuted September 14, 1985, and ended its NBC run on May 9, 1992; the Emmy-winning series ranked among America's ten most popular programs in every season but its last. Golden Girls also spawned two spin-offs: Empty Nest and The Golden Palace. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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The Golden Girls: Season 06
America's four favorite senior citizens, Dorothy (Bea Arthur), Rose (Betty White), Blanche (Rue McClanahan), and Sophia (Estelle Getty), are still residing in the same cozy Miami household as The Golden Girls launches its sixth season. This year's opener is "Blanche Delivers," as Blanche nervously prepares for the birth of her daughter Rebecca's baby -- and wonders if the fact that the kid was conceived by artificial insemination will be the source of public embarrassment. In the next episode, "Once, in St. Olaf," Don Ameche guest stars as a kindly priest -- who turns out to be Rose's long-lost father! "Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mammy" spotlights Ruby Dee as Blanche's childhood nanny. The two-part "There Goes the Bride" finds Dorothy considering remarriage to her no-good former hubby, Stan (Herb Edelman), thereby allowing Debbie Reynolds to contribute a hilarious performance as the girls' temporary roommate Judy. And in "Mrs. George Devereaux," George Grizzard appears as Blanche's husband, George -- much to her astonishment, since George is supposed to be dead! Harold Gould continues to make sporadic appearances as Rose's mild-mannered boyfriend Miles Webber, whose "secret life" as a Mob accountant catches up to him big-time in the episodes "Miles to Go" and "Witness," the latter episode also featuring Kristy McNichol in a crossover appearance from the Golden Girls spin-off series Empty Nest. And near the end of the season, the two-part "Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Room" revolves around a deathbed confession that gets Dorothy's octogenarian mother, Sophia, thrown in jail on an arson rap! While ratings for The Golden Girls faltered a bit during season six, the series still finished at a respectable tenth place. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Includes Episodes:
The Golden Girls: Blanche Delivers

The Golden Girls: Once, in St. Olaf

The Golden Girls: If at Last You Do Succeed

The Golden Girls: Snap Out of It

The Golden Girls: Wham, Bam, Thank You Mammy

The Golden Girls: Feelings

The Golden Girls: Zborn Again

The Golden Girls: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?

The Golden Girls: Mrs. George Devereaux

The Golden Girls: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun... Before They Die

Cast Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak Betty White as Rose Nylund Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo

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The Golden Girls: Season 06
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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Candid conversations with Betty, Rue and others - courtesy of The Museum of Television & Radio DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: TVPG DVD Discs Included: 3 DVD Sides: 3 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 615 min