I was SO FORTUNATE to watch these shows when they were new and I was 20-something! It was TRULY an amazing experience in life--such a joy to live when I did. Now in 2024--it’s ESPECIALLY important to remember how lucky I am cos THIS WORLD SUuuuUuuUUCkssssss!
The seventies were so much fun. I was too young to do anything but watch from afar, though. Richard Schaal was very good in every tv show he was in. Too bad he never got that break that made him more recognized. Rhoda in her suit anticipated the Annie Hall look. Sally sure had some nerve. After ignoring Rhoda's warnings about Charlie, she brings him drunk off his ass to Rhoda's apartment and expects her to be fine with it. Some friend!
l wonder how Valerie kept a straight face as her real-life husband Richard Schall played drunk and plunged head-first into one of Rhoda's decorative baskets. Great slapstick and hilarious dialogue; l was lucky to come of age to these wonderful 70s shows.
I recall Anne Meara and her husband when they were young adults and she had long hair. They did a comedy routine of her insulting him with wry quips. They were so funny, and a terrific duo. I am glad I got to watch all the shows of the 1960s and 1970s when new. It makes me older now, but those decades were simple (excluding the Nam war), and I was a child and teen during them. The 1980s were awesome too, with alot of good shows. I think all the good script writers died at the same time during January 1, 1990. LOL.
Jerry Stiller's scene with Valerie Harper when he first arrives & meets Rhoda for the first time is probably one of my favorite scenes from a tv show. I thought it was fantastic and there seemed to be a great dynamic between the two.
It is so sad, Michelle, that you feel like laughing out loud ("LOL", you wrote), about the night that all the good script writers died, on Jan 1 1990. I remember it so well, myself. There they all were, at a comic convention in Clear Lake, and the next day they had to appear at a special event in Moorhead...I can't go on, it's too tragic. Only Jerry Seinfeld survived, and he was but five years old at the time. Or maybe 46.
You don't say! Really?! I'm stunned....flabbergasted! Really? Woweeee- zoweee! Hey everybody, Dick Schaal is Valerie's husband! Gee , thanks so much for that great factoid. I'm literally jumping up and down right now
Rhoda should've called Joe right after Sally showed up with the very drunk Charlie. That's what I would've done in a heartbeat. It's only fitting that Joe should've taken care of his obnoxious best bud. Of course, that wouldn't have set up a comic situation. I loved this show. Still do.
I read an article online from about 1977 where the producers of Rhoda said they had to have Rhoda divorce because an honest show about a married couple at that time, would've been too provocative for prime time. I think it was LA Magazine.
The 70s had the best series, the best actors, the clothes, the apartments, only one of the trade towers had been built! Nostalgia isn't what it used to be!
Or women who drink beer and drunks that hang on you saying you are their best friend. So glad I left bars and dinner clubs and became a Christian. Life is so much more peaceful now.
@@sandrajovic7735 this was much better than season 2's lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala forever LOL But Season 4 is my absolute favorite version of the Rhoda Theme
Rhoda's character, at times, can get kind of irritating, and grating on your nerves, in this show. In real life, she's such a nice and sweet lady. Her smile truly lights up a room, and in her interviews she appears genuine, caring and sincere. I am so glad that, in real life, she has a solid marriage and a caring husband. She's been through some extremely difficult times and she's been so brave through it all. I wish her the best for the future, and I am going to enjoy her in reruns of MTM and Rhoda. It's been fabulous TV watching, back then, for a whole generation and again for today.
Yeah, I figured it out on my latest binge watch of the series. Maybe just a different take that rarely saw the light of day. Not necessarily any worse than the other few versions, but interesting to pick out and notice. Well, nothing can beat that funky wah-wah guitar of the earlier episodes.
Rhoda would've had better success if they didn't marry her off in the first season. There's nothing interesting about a married woman's life. Ever. I think they figured that out quickly and got her the fasted divorce on record....and honestly the sister character was boring AF and brought the show down. Sorry Marge...
The character of Sandy was married to a shrink with the 7th kid on the way.Alwa6s pregnant. Valerie Harper was Married to Schaal in real life. Then later divorced him and married another man which she had a daughter with.. Sally was divorced on the show from an airline pilot.
@@RepentfollowJesus Doesn’t take a genius to work out what’s been said and rephrase as necessary because the artificial intelligence on yew toob messes up the sentence deliberately if it deems that the message should not be heard
ahhhh to live in the 1970's and experience these awesome shows 4 the first time!!
the 70's were wonderful in so many ways!! The TV, the music of all genres, the dancing, etc. I wish I could go back to those terrifc days!!
I was one of them! i loved this show from the pilot on.
I was just thinking the same!
It was great !
Anne Meara was always great. RIP, dear lady! She was also pretty adept at drama.
Valarie harpers bone structure was (is) perfection!
“Was” she’s gone..with Nancy Walker, Harold Gould, Anne Meara, David Groh & MTM!!
I was SO FORTUNATE to watch these shows when they were new and I was 20-something! It was TRULY an amazing experience in life--such a joy to live when I did. Now in 2024--it’s ESPECIALLY important to remember how lucky I am cos THIS WORLD SUuuuUuuUUCkssssss!
Valerie, so much style. And the only person on the planet that looked cute in a head scarf. :) Just loved this show.
And she looks really good in that outfit, and it would still be in style today especially in a business environment.
@@hallnelson2897 ugh!
I've known lots who look good in scarves and hats. Im one.
The seventies were so much fun. I was too young to do anything but watch from afar, though. Richard Schaal was very good in every tv show he was in. Too bad he never got that break that made him more recognized. Rhoda in her suit anticipated the Annie Hall look. Sally sure had some nerve. After ignoring Rhoda's warnings about Charlie, she brings him drunk off his ass to Rhoda's apartment and expects her to be fine with it. Some friend!
Is that you, Michelle Post, with a pseudonym?
l wonder how Valerie kept a straight face as her real-life husband Richard Schall played drunk and plunged head-first into one of Rhoda's decorative baskets. Great slapstick and hilarious dialogue; l was lucky to come of age to these wonderful 70s shows.
Thank I could not remember who he was married to...never would have remembered Valerie...
I was blessed to grow up in the 60s and 70s. 80s were good too except for punk rock and straight leg jeans.
Last appearance of Richard Schaal as Charlie Burke. He first appeared in the Season 1 (1974-1975) episode "Good-Bye Charlie".
Rhoda's new image when she first walked out reminded me of her first appearance on the Mary Tyler Moore Show, season one, episode one.
Yes, kind of. She looked so pretty in the first episode of MTM
I recall Anne Meara and her husband when they were young adults and she had long hair. They did a comedy routine of her insulting him with wry quips. They were so funny, and a terrific duo. I am glad I got to watch all the shows of the 1960s and 1970s when new. It makes me older now, but those decades were simple (excluding the Nam war), and I was a child and teen during them. The 1980s were awesome too, with alot of good shows. I think all the good script writers died at the same time during January 1, 1990. LOL.
Jerry Stiller. Stiller & Meara was their act.
Jerry Stiller's scene with Valerie Harper when he first arrives & meets Rhoda for the first time is probably one of my favorite scenes from a tv show. I thought it was fantastic and there seemed to be a great dynamic between the two.
It is so sad, Michelle, that you feel like laughing out loud ("LOL", you wrote), about the night that all the good script writers died, on Jan 1 1990. I remember it so well, myself. There they all were, at a comic convention in Clear Lake, and the next day they had to appear at a special event in Moorhead...I can't go on, it's too tragic. Only Jerry Seinfeld survived, and he was but five years old at the time. Or maybe 46.
@@ericminch did not know
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"Charlie" (actor Richard Schaal) was actually married at one time to Valerie Harper.
Lydia Lilli oh,,did not know that
they were actually married while she was Rhoda
They were married until 1977 so they are still married here
You don't say! Really?! I'm stunned....flabbergasted! Really? Woweeee- zoweee! Hey everybody, Dick Schaal is Valerie's husband! Gee , thanks so much for that great factoid. I'm literally jumping up and down right now
@@gwenwachsman3739 😅🤣😂🥳🥳
Ben Stiller’s Mom plays Sally:)
And his Dad Jerry Stiller played Sally's ex husband.
Rhoda should've called Joe right after Sally showed up with the very drunk Charlie. That's what I would've done in a heartbeat. It's only fitting that Joe should've taken care of his obnoxious best bud. Of course, that wouldn't have set up a comic situation. I loved this show. Still do.
Who wants Joe there.
Joe just adds to problems.
@@shaharazon2449 Joe is not an easy person
I think they could have made it funny with Joe dragging a drunk out of there. He should have been responsible to get him out of Rhoda's apt.
we love you VAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Haha! Brenda's face when she saw Charlie 😂
I read an article online from about 1977 where the producers of Rhoda said they had to have Rhoda divorce because an honest show about a married couple at that time, would've been too provocative for prime time. I think it was LA Magazine.
Valerie Harper and Mary Tyler Moore became fashion and comedy icons in the 70s
It's too bad fashion and comedy aren't more often combined these days. Frankly, I laugh myself silly whenever I see a new season's fashions.
The 70s had the best series, the best actors, the clothes, the apartments, only one of the trade towers had been built! Nostalgia isn't what it used to be!
I love this completely different theme that appeared on two eps in Season 3. I'm surprised it didn't go beyond those episodes.
Right? it should have especially since Rhoda's life was imploding. That theme was like "It's not right but it's ok, I'm gonna make it anyway...."
I think that's what they call a "Fern Bar"...
Best drunk performance of the decade!!
brilliant show thank god they got rid of the la la la la la s
Can't stand drunks u have to babysit
Or crying drunks.
Or women who drink beer and drunks that hang on you saying you are their best friend. So glad I left bars and dinner clubs and became a Christian. Life is so much more peaceful now.
Val's husband Dick(thats how he acted) has a daughter that appears in an episode entitled "Separation" as a neighbor needing a hair dryer.
Steve Price he is dead.
@@kduideo doesn't change the episode
Charlie was Rhoda's ( Valaries) husband in real life.
...yeah, THEN...she’s been with Tony for 40/some years....
They changed the theme song mid-season?! They could never get it right...
K Prieto um, there are different versions to keep it fresh and they did a great job... Lalalalalalala
@@sandrajovic7735 this was much better than season 2's lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala forever LOL But Season 4 is my absolute favorite version of the Rhoda Theme
They changed it more than once.
Rhoda should have worn the HAT! at the bar
Rhoda's character, at times, can get kind of irritating, and grating on your nerves, in this show. In real life, she's such a nice and sweet lady. Her smile truly lights up a room, and in her interviews she appears genuine, caring and sincere. I am so glad that, in real life, she has a solid marriage and a caring husband. She's been through some extremely difficult times and she's been so brave through it all. I wish her the best for the future, and I am going to enjoy her in reruns of MTM and Rhoda. It's been fabulous TV watching, back then, for a whole generation and again for today.
She was in a few made for tv movies too. They were very good. Suspense movies.
the rating fell WHEN they got married!!
How would like to be Rhoda's neighbor? Call Charlie's best friend Joe.
That Charlie reminds me of Steve Martin during his SNL days of the late 1970s.
If I were Rhoda, I would have called Joe to come and get his friend
RIP Ann
Charlie was a bit of a shock
Valerie was really married to him at one time.
That's Ben Stiller's mom playing Sally.
Richard Schaal. Is Valerie Harper ex husband. He play on the old Phyllis TV show. In the 1st season. He played the photographer.
It's a good job that Charlie = Richard Schaal was her husband in real life!
Just found out that “Charlie” & Valerie were married IRL for 14 years!!
Rhoda real life husband
Umm...me Sally would not be friends. 😤
Ann Meara was Ben Stiller’s mom.
Wow Sally is attractive but whats up with the granny dress no one would look twice wearing that thing
OMG. This old humor is so hokey.
Don't watch it then. It was great to us who grew up with it. These days its all sex and nudity and cussing.
‘Sally’ is Ben Stiller’s mum.
Charlie is from the bob newhart show , Carols boyfriend ! thanks
And he was Howard in MTM.
The guy w the feet 😂
Sally was a little loopy
When I was that drunk I’d just 🤮
These are the kinds of ridiculous stories that turned me off to most comedies of the 70's.
This season’s episodes, filled with boring, embarrassing, and unfunny characters and slapstick, clearly explain the downward trajectory of the series.
Is this the only episode this version of the theme song was used?
They also used it in S03E13 Guess Who I Saw Today.
This must have been some kind of experiment!
Yeah, I figured it out on my latest binge watch of the series. Maybe just a different take that rarely saw the light of day. Not necessarily any worse than the other few versions, but interesting to pick out and notice. Well, nothing can beat that funky wah-wah guitar of the earlier episodes.
Boy he was really drunk
Hasn't dated.
Rhoda would've had better success if they didn't marry her off in the first season. There's nothing interesting about a married woman's life. Ever. I think they figured that out quickly and got her the fasted divorce on record....and honestly the sister character was boring AF and brought the show down. Sorry Marge...
Is anyone wearing a bra in this episode ?
LOL! That sounds like something Ida would say.
Welcome to the 70s. 😄
Sally i think.
I thought she was married to a psychiatrist
Barbie Button • 🤔🧐🙄😒that's what I didn't understand they had seven kids what happened to the kids and the husband????
The character of Sandy was married to a shrink with the 7th kid on the way.Alwa6s pregnant. Valerie Harper was Married to Schaal in real life. Then later divorced him and married another man which she had a daughter with.. Sally was divorced on the show from an airline pilot.
Hey "Charlie", how's about taking your WIFE...Huh, Rich?
haha lol 😂😂
Haa!
hate the Anne hall outfit
The intro theme, and ending one, are irritating to say the least. All seasons.
I'll still take it over the la la la sung by children in season 2‼️
they're attempting a new opening theme. meh.
Why do all the so called women on this sitcom genda inverted blokes?
Try rephrasing that. It made no sense.
@@RepentfollowJesus
Doesn’t take a genius to work out what’s been said and rephrase as necessary because the artificial intelligence on yew toob messes up the sentence deliberately if it deems that the message should not be heard