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MOWERDAN · 03-09-2011, 01:51 PM

Did anyone ever notice that the cast of Golden Girls (minus Sophia) was awfully similar to the waitresses on Alice?

Tough, out-spoken, logical, sarcastic woman from Northeast (Alice/Dorothy)

Fun, sexy, promiscuous, free-spirited woman from the South (Flo/Blanche)

Dim-witted, naive, good-natured woman from Middle America (Vera/Rose)

JR1 · 03-12-2011, 12:06 AM

similarities, but Alice was in no way as biting and sarcastic as Dorothy.

Characters like Vera, Jessica Tate, Rose Nylund- Edith "Dingbat" Bunker set the template for ditzy female sitcom characters.

I liked "Alice," but it was not as strong as GG.

McGillicuddy · 06-14-2011, 12:17 PM

....and maybe the reoccuring character, Carrie Sharples, could represent Sophia!

I never thought about the Alice cast being similar, but the Designing Women cast sure is! (lol).

And both Bea Arthur and Linda Lavin seemed to be "threatened" by the popularity of another cast member.

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03-09-2011, 01:51 PM	#1
MOWERDAN Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 04, 2002 Location: NEW JERSEY Posts: 64	Cast similar to those on Alice Did anyone ever notice that the cast of Golden Girls (minus Sophia) was awfully similar to the waitresses on Alice? Tough, out-spoken, logical, sarcastic woman from Northeast (Alice/Dorothy) Fun, sexy, promiscuous, free-spirited woman from the South (Flo/Blanche) Dim-witted, naive, good-natured woman from Middle America (Vera/Rose)

03-12-2011, 12:06 AM	#2
JR1 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 07, 2009 Location: USA Posts: 742	They Have Some... similarities, but Alice was in no way as biting and sarcastic as Dorothy. Characters like Vera, Jessica Tate, Rose Nylund- Edith "Dingbat" Bunker set the template for ditzy female sitcom characters. I liked "Alice," but it was not as strong as GG.

06-14-2011, 12:17 PM	#3
McGillicuddy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 28, 2002 Posts: 5,179	....and maybe the reoccuring character, Carrie Sharples, could represent Sophia! I never thought about the Alice cast being similar, but the Designing Women cast sure is! (lol). And both Bea Arthur and Linda Lavin seemed to be "threatened" by the popularity of another cast member. :