GOLDEN GIRLS, THE: OLD FRIENDS (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy series about four older women -- two widows, and a divorcee and her mother -- who share a home in Miami and help each other to cope with growing older and being single again. In this episode, Sophia copes with separation from her close companion, Alvin, who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Although Sophia has suspected that her friend was ill, it is not until Alvin must move back to New York to live with his family that she fully realizes the value of their friendship. Meanwhile, Rose deals with a much less serious loss: the disappearance of her cherished teddy bear, Fernando, whom Blanche mistakely gave to a blackmailing Sunshine Cadet named Daisy. The young girl demands cash for the safe return of the bear, but Rose comes up with a better plan for rescuing her old friend. Commercials deleted.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: September 19, 1987 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:24:45
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:13854
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1985-1992
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Paul Junger Witt … Executive Producer
- Tony Thomas … Executive Producer
- Kathy Speer … Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- Terry Grossman … Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- Mort Nathan … Supervising Producer
- Barry Fanaro … Supervising Producer
- Winifred Hervey Stallworth … Producer
- Jeffrey Ferro … Co-Producer
- Frederic Weiss … Co-Producer
- Marsha Posner … Co-Producer
- Terry Hughes … Director
- Susan Harris … Created by
- Christopher Lloyd … Story Editor
- Susan Palladino … Production (Misc.), Production Executive
- George Aliceson Tipton … Music by
- Andrew Gold … Theme Music by, Theme song "Thank You for Being a Friend" by
- Cynthia Fee … Theme Music by, Theme song "Thank You for Being a Friend" sung by
- Beatrice Arthur … Cast, Dorothy Zbornak
- Betty White … Cast, Rose Nylund
- Rue McClanahan … Cast, Blanche Devereaux
- Estelle Getty … Cast, Sophia Petrillo
- Joe Seneca … Cast, Alvin Newcastle
- Janet MacLachlan … Cast, Sandra
- Jenny Lewis … Cast, Daisy