At the request of GoldenFamilyTies, could you (meaning anyone) please post on here any interesting facts about the show, actors, characters, sets, etc...

I'll start it off.

On the inside of the door is an exclamation point. Rumor is that Bea Arthur put it there to bring good luck to the show.

and...

According to the E! TV Tales, TGG shares a special coincidence with All In the Family. Both shows are the only two in television history where the main characters all won an Emmy Award.

There we go... next?!?!

I was thinking about this the other day and I think it's the biggest oxymoron on the show...

The name Blanche means white, which symbolizes purity, and we all know Blanche was anything but pure and innocent.

"These are my roomates Dorothy and Rose. They're innocent...I'm not." :lol:

Bea Arthur hates cheesecake. Said dessert was featured in almost 100 episodes in the series.

Betty White was originally supposed to play Blanche, and Rue McClanahan Rose. However, Betty didn't want to play another "sexpot" like Sue Ann Nivens. She was caught off-guard when they asked her to read for the part, but it turned out to be wonderful!:D

Bea Arthur was 5' 9". Estelle Getty was 4' 11". Bea Arthur was 3 months older than Estelle.

It was Rue McClanahan's idea to give Blanche a Southern accent

Rose, Miles, and Angela were all on the Mary Tyler Moore show. Rose played Sue Ann Nivens, Miles was Rhoda's father, and Angela (Nancy Walker) played Rhoda's mother.

Terry Hughes was considered the 5th Golden Girl. As he was the director for 5 straight years.

The first episode of The Golden Girls attracted more than 25 million viewers and was the #1 show that weak, beating out the NBC powerhouse Cosby Show.

Bea referred to Leslie Neilson as being "idiotic".

Rue suspected that Estelle was intimidated by Bea.

Bea actually wanted to leave the series after season 5 but was coaxed to stay for 2 more seasons.

The 4 girls performed in front of the royal family in London in 1988.

Marc Sotkin came on as the chief writer on the Golden Girls in 1989 after long time collaborators Barry Fanaro and Nathan Morris decided to leave.

Coco (The cook) was written out of the show after the first episode because Sophia was a much stronger character and they didn't need him.

None of the Golden Girls have daughters in real life.

Originally posted by lurkernomore
None of the Golden Girls have daughters in real life.

I didn't know that!!

Any other tidbits of information.............

The Executive Producer Susan Harris suffers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
(I found this out a few days ago)

Bea Arthur's birth name is Bernice Frankel. (I knew this, I just forgot
about it, I wonder why she went from
Beatrice to Bernice?)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by angel676
[B]

oops, I meant to say, I wonder why Bea went from Bernice to Beatrice? Sorry about the double post.

Bea Arthur's birth name is Bernice Frankel. (I knew this, I just forgot
about it, I wonder why she went from
Beatrice to Bernice?)

Estelle Getty suffered from stage fright, every Friday night for 26 weeks during the recording of The Golden Girls.

It takes 45 minutes in make-up for Estelle to be transformed into Sophia.

Sam