I used to watch this show with my parents when I was a little girl. I was 7 when this episode first aired. I'm flabbergasted to realize that I'm now older than Nancy Walker was when she appeared in this. Time melts away like a snowman in summer.
You got that right sister. I didn't realize how much of a fan I was of the show until now. I'm almost 63 so I was 12 in Queens when this episode was released. Because the show takes place in NY in 1974, it's almost like comfort food-- or as I say-- "mommie food"! This show and the characters put me in deep laughter every time. ❤❤❤😂😂😂❤❤❤
What can we say about John Ritter that hasn't been said before, just that we miss him so much, whatever sitcom he is in was brilliant....Rest In Peace John.x
Brilliant episode! The right amount of real life drama, counterpointed with the best comedy writing! How awesome to see John Ritter AND Norman Fell both in this episode! Two comedic geniuses!
you what's funny is that the actress that played the role of rhodas mom , later played the role of Sofias sister on the golden girls.. and the actor who played her father also played a role in the golden girls as roses boyfriend miles..
@@crystalgrose Julie Kavner has a much more interesting voice. Fran Drescher's voice is extremely nasal and is even grating due to that sound. They don't sound the same to me, although I see what you are getting at. I have never been able to stand Fran's voice.
I liked how Rhoda was on the Mary Tyler Moore Show the best. She was hilarious, and acted like a hippie bohemian type. She is like another person in her own show.
Ida is 52 years old. She looks ten years older. That means she married when she was 15 years old. She said that she was married for 37 years in previous episodes. The writers probably had forgotten the continuity of the characters.
If you do the math it comes out that she was born in 1922 and according to Wikipedia that is her actual date of birth. Valerie Harper was born in 1939 (in real life according to wikipedia) and she would've been 17 if she had her in real life. So that makes sense to me. On the show Valerie says that she was born in 1941. So yeah, the writer's played around with the dates. But I think she Ida looks 70 and really bad too.
It's all in the hair styles!!! The back and sides look great. But front forward....NO! Always the hair AND the way the voice is trained when they were acting up to the 1950's.
Dave Glo Didn't he also play a character that worked at the bank with Brenda in another episode or am I mistaken? Seems like he played a character that wasn't very nice to Brenda, but I really can't imagine John Ritter playing a bad guy!
10dogs7catsezpz: Yes, Season 2 Episode 17 "Attack on Mr. Right". He played a loan officer who worked at the same bank as Brenda and she wanted to date him.
@Katherene Wedic I can tell you why that was. It was because our parents and grandparents were from Europe and they loved the accordion and polka music and they all wanted their sons to be another Lawrence Welk, who famously played the accordion.
Hey ABALLAM3. You're right about the sitcom connections. Norman Fell and John Ritter who both guest star in this episode is the same two that star in Three's Company together. Talk about a sitcom connection that's really groovy, huh!
As much as I like and respect the late John Ritter, he just wasn't up to playing the part of an Italian. Having said that, what an awesome episode! So many greats from our Boomer past.
Thats not good even for then but times were different then, esp Ida's generation. Preventative care is a relatively new concept. People didn't go to the doctor unless they absolutely had to.
John Ritter as Vince. Did Brenda have a thing for accordian players? Nick Lobo (Richard Masur) as well. John Ritter also played a snobby bank executive at the branch where Brenda works. He asked her out on a date, and proceeded to treat her like crap. The wonderful John Ritter also played the tennis-playing newly-ordained minister, who marries Ted and Georgette in Mary's apartment on the MTM show.
Cool to see John Ritter in this. Obviously someone liked what he did in Rhoda and whatever other shows he did around that time, because two years later, BAM he was cast in Threes Company! :) He WAS pretty funny as Vince! he could lay it on as thick as Jack Tripper! LOl
Nancy Walker created the iconic Ida Morgenstern. She was Brooklyn Jewish but could have been Italian, Irish, West Indian. She stood for all overbearing, overprotective mothers and everyone who had one was blessed. She preceded Ray Romany’s mother. She set the standard. Shalom and RIP Mrs Ida Morgenstern.
@@eloiseockert6561 Her clothing began improving from the very first episode of being near her sister Rhoda. When she list weight and pulled her hair back she really blossomed and looked lovely.
John Ritter!! He sure got around back then, he guest starred on several shows back then. LOL. He was probably playing Reverand Fordwick on The Waltons when doing this ep. Brenda must have loved accordian music...Vince and Nick. Yeesh. During the time when landline phones ruled Earth, you simply kept the receiver off to get no calls, and the caller would hear a busy signal, as what Brenda did. Ida is so funny.
This is a strange segment inserting Ritters role playing another accordion player. Nick Lobo soon comes back to seize that spot! Love Ritter, but Lobo seals this role.
It was great to see John Ritter and Norman Fell. I was thinking if Ida was so scared to see the dr. alone why didn't she ask for a nurse to be in the room. Most women prefer it that way, I do.
Seriously, this show does Brenda so dirty. Every episode, she's dying for a date and male attention, this episode she has it, and they make her a prude! SMH. They should have let that girl get it on, had herself a GOOD time!!
How could Ida claim to never have been to see a doctor? She had two pregnancies and gave birth to two healthy daughters, never having seen a doctor? Not possible.
I used to watch this show with my parents when I was a little girl. I was 7 when this episode first aired. I'm flabbergasted to realize that I'm now older than Nancy Walker was when she appeared in this. Time melts away like a snowman in summer.
so true!
It sure as hell melts away
You got that right sister. I didn't realize how much of a fan I was of the show until now. I'm almost 63 so I was 12 in Queens when this episode was released. Because the show takes place in NY in 1974, it's almost like comfort food-- or as I say-- "mommie food"! This show and the characters put me in deep laughter every time.
❤❤❤😂😂😂❤❤❤
The Earth spins @ 1,000 miles an hour.. time, time, time...see what's become of me..
Jack Tripper and Mr. Roper both guest starring in the same episode! 😊😚
John Ritter was also in the episode with Brenda at the bank ! Haaa
@@Michelina22 me
Pre Three's Company
John Ritter was also in an episode of MTM.
John Ritter was Jack Tripper in this episode. Total similarities 😊
One of the best things about watching these is that my fellow TV addicts share trivia in the comments. I love you ALL!
WOW!!!!! John Ritter & Norman Fell before Three's Company. Great episode.
Nancy Walker was classic comedian!!! Loved the show but Ida was a gem!
I wish the great Nancy Walker had been in every episode. She's magnificent!!!!!
What can we say about John Ritter that hasn't been said before, just that we miss him so much, whatever sitcom he is in was brilliant....Rest In Peace John.x
we should say he was totally overrated !!
I adored him in Sling Blade.
Brilliant episode! The right amount of real life drama, counterpointed with the best comedy writing! How awesome to see John Ritter AND Norman Fell both in this episode! Two comedic geniuses!
I remembered John Ritter from a later episode, but had forgotten he appeared in two different roles.
Honestly, the writers gave the very best lines to Nancy Walker. And she turned them all into real gems!
Dave Glo, Nancy Walker in this role is wonderful casting.
Well the rstings for RHODA always went up when Nancy Walker was on the show...
18:37: “I’m not afraid of death because my life is not such a bargain.” Great line! 😂
Nancy Walker truely proved what a great actress she was. She loved Broadway.
She played Ida perfectly.
I love this program much. How kind someone was to share.
John Ritter! I love finding all these stars in different episodes ...
I love Rhoda and the series too.
What a smart and funny show!
you what's funny is that the actress that played the role of rhodas mom , later played the role of Sofias sister on the golden girls.. and the actor who played her father also played a role in the golden girls as roses boyfriend miles..
freda Girl OMG, I didn't realize she played Dorothy's sister! How did I not remember that?!!!
SO THAT'S WHERE I KNOW THEM FROM!
A great show in its day. Enjoyed it then and am enjoying it again
I love this show...all time favorites...
First Nick, now this guy: Brenda must have a thing for accordion players.
This is one of my favorite episodes of this show ❤️
Brenda is hilarious! Obviously she wasn't Marge Simpson yet, but man that voice!
She and Fran Drescher (Nanny Fine in “The Nanny”) sounds exactly alike.
@@crystalgrose Julie Kavner has a much more interesting voice. Fran Drescher's voice is extremely nasal and is even grating due to that sound. They don't sound the same to me, although I see what you are getting at.
I have never been able to stand Fran's voice.
No comparison between the two.
@@crystalgrose I love both of them and their shows but I don't really hear it. Brenda spills gravel. Fran is a trumpet.
Sadly I was a nanny named Franny during this time. Then again I may have a a grating voice again sadly her face nor body. Ss@@@s@maristella287
“Never call off a date” 😂😂
John Ritter (R.I.P)
A GREAT EPISODE ❤
I liked how Rhoda was on the Mary Tyler Moore Show the best. She was hilarious, and acted like a hippie bohemian type. She is like another person in her own show.
Wow! Mr. Roper too!❤
Jack Tripper!!!!
R.I.P. John Ritter
We miss you.
Good Ol’ days
Miss this time!
Love how Rhoda throws Brenda under the bus during secret telling time... 😆
On this episode of Rhoda, we have Marge Simpson dating Jack Tripper then subsequently Dr. Stanley Roper. Lots of sitcoms connections in one episode.
@Lewsome Lollies Aunt Angela.
Marge Simpson is a cartoon, geez!! And waaaooooowwwww actors having parts in different series, how mysterious is thatttttt!? Soooo dumb!!!
Awesome
Marge Simpson & her 2 sisters AFTER Rhoda. Made Julie Kavner a
Multi'- Millionaire
@@sharpedge3355 As is your comment.
Ida is 52 years old. She looks ten years older. That means she married when she was 15 years old. She said that she was married for 37 years in previous episodes. The writers probably had forgotten the continuity of the characters.
No Botox back then everyone looked old.
If you do the math it comes out that she was born in 1922 and according to Wikipedia that is her actual date of birth. Valerie Harper was born in 1939 (in real life according to wikipedia) and she would've been 17 if she had her in real life. So that makes sense to me. On the show Valerie says that she was born in 1941. So yeah, the writer's played around with the dates. But I think she Ida looks 70 and really bad too.
@@christophermiller159 Plus Nancy Walker was a lifelong smoker. Probably didn't help.
It's all in the hair styles!!! The back and sides look great. But front forward....NO! Always the hair AND the way the voice is trained when they were acting up to the 1950's.
@@zimjun7 no she looks old in the face too. Atleast 10-15 years older.
2 Threes Company alums in 1 episode! 🤗
John Ritter also played a minister on the MTM Show.
And he played the local minister on "The Waltons" too.
Dave Glo Didn't he also play a character that worked at the bank with Brenda in another episode or am I mistaken? Seems like he played a character that wasn't very nice to Brenda, but I really can't imagine John Ritter playing a bad guy!
10dogs7catsezpz he played a baddie that was trying to kill Frank on M*A*S*H*.
Dave Glo: Yes, he married Ted and Georgette in Mary's apartment. The wedding was last-minute, so he was wearing tennis clothes.
10dogs7catsezpz: Yes, Season 2 Episode 17 "Attack on Mr. Right". He played a loan officer who worked at the same bank as Brenda and she wanted to date him.
What is it with Brenda and accordion players??? LOL
Different actors same character though (vince)
@Katherene Wedic I can tell you why that was. It was because our parents and grandparents were from Europe and they loved the accordion and polka music and they all wanted their sons to be another Lawrence Welk, who famously played the accordion.
John Ritter sure was foxy back then😛
RIP John, thanks for all the smiles and laughter you gave us 🥲
If you don’t let us stay, I deck you right here!”
"Don't unbuckle your accordion" LMAO
😂😂 They should have made her jump on him. That would have been SO much better. 💃
"You see, the trouble with Rhoda is that she doesn't think modern." LOL!!! Mrs. Walker always stole her scenes.
I actually love that show
Rhoda Meets Three’s Company ♥️
Hey ABALLAM3. You're right about the sitcom connections. Norman Fell and John Ritter who both guest star in this episode is the same two that star in Three's Company together. Talk about a sitcom connection that's really groovy, huh!
Aunt Angela and Mr. Roper. This is cool!
As much as I like and respect the late John Ritter, he just wasn't up to playing the part of an Italian. Having said that, what an awesome episode! So many greats from our Boomer past.
He could have been a goofy gentile there are plenty of them out there.
@@vanessapierce231 Yes there are, and I'm one of them!
@@MrMenefrego1 lol. probably not
Later Jack Tripper would work at an Italian restaurant and own his own Italian Bistro
French bistro not Italian
I forgot John Ritter was on Rhoda. I love him
John Ritter was also an episode where he was I believe the bank manager at Brenda's Bank
John Ritter is so young here! He was such a great comedic actor!
Her reaction when he asks her if she's ever had any social diseases: ROFLMAO
Y she set him straight fast. That's us Jews.
John Ritter sure looked young. On the ep when Brenda wanted her nose changed, the surgeon was Charles from MASH. I remember this ep when new.
May Mary Valerie Nancy David Harold Lorenzo Ted Gavin Cloris And Georgia all rest in peace
Betty, too
Wow Georgette is gone.
They are having a party very night rip 2:42
An unintentional cross-over, Three's Company and Rhoda!!!! This was three years before Three's Company premiered.
Two years.
Omg jack tripper and mr roper!
“Boy, is this weird” lmao
" I'm not afraid of death, because my life is not such a bargain "🤣😂🤣
John Ritter before he got glammed up for Three's Company, where they feathered his hair and updated his wardrobe.
How did she not go to a doctor in her whole life but she's got two daughters? Okay...
They were born at home with a midwife maybe?
Good catch. I'm like, how does someone never go to a doctor?? 😒 And only been to the dentist TWICE?? That's nothing to be proud of.
I thought….golly! She must have diamond hard teeth!!!
Thats not good even for then but times were different then, esp Ida's generation. Preventative care is a relatively new concept. People didn't go to the doctor unless they absolutely had to.
She looked alot older than 52.
So, Jack Tripper Fonzie and Johnny Fever got their starts at MTM and Rhoda...
No.. the doctor played Mr Roper the landlord on Three's Company with John Ritter (Brenda's date)
This was like a pilot for Three’s Company. Vince was Jack Tripper!
John Ritter as Vince. Did Brenda have a thing for accordian players? Nick Lobo (Richard Masur) as well. John Ritter also played a snobby bank executive at the branch where Brenda works. He asked her out on a date, and proceeded to treat her like crap. The wonderful John Ritter also played the tennis-playing newly-ordained minister, who marries Ted and Georgette in Mary's apartment on the MTM show.
IDA the best RIP
Cool to see John Ritter in this. Obviously someone liked what he did in Rhoda and whatever other shows he did around that time, because two years later, BAM he was cast in Threes Company! :) He WAS pretty funny as Vince! he could lay it on as thick as Jack Tripper! LOl
yes we got the picture thank you also he did a few movies as well one of them with Ryan o Neal
@@jmartin4204 yeah I realize that
Is that "Jack"? !!!
Nancy Walker created the iconic Ida Morgenstern. She was Brooklyn Jewish but could have been Italian, Irish, West Indian. She stood for all overbearing, overprotective mothers and everyone who had one was blessed. She preceded Ray Romany’s mother. She set the standard. Shalom and RIP Mrs Ida Morgenstern.
The relationship with Dr. Gerber continues in the episode “Ida’s Doctor.”
John Ritter was not ugly. Brenda dressed badly but later lost weight and was lovely.
I never felt 'Brenda' wore ugly clothing..
@@eloiseockert6561 Her clothing began improving from the very first episode of being near her sister Rhoda. When she list weight and pulled her hair back she really blossomed and looked lovely.
“ All of our secrets are about sex” LOL
Hey...any show Nancy was in she stole the show...naturally!! That is why she got the parts.
Wow! John Ritter.
Wow. Who knew John Ritter and Norman Fell worked together before Three's Company. 🤗
Love John Ritter, he's so good....
Mini threes company show in this episode Mr. Roper and Jack Tripper.
Norman Fell as Ida's doctor, and John Ritter as Vince, Brenda's boyfriend. They morphed into Stanley Roper, and Jack Tripper, on Three's Company.
Does anyone know the tune John Ritter is playing?
Mon Homme by Edith Piaf
"Jack Tripper" as Vince! lol
Shows how long I've been around from doggie to foxy!!!LOL Nancy Walker stole this episode.
John Ritter playing the accordion, who knew?
Brenda must've had a thing for accordion players ‼️
John Ritter!! He sure got around back then, he guest starred on several shows back then. LOL. He was probably playing Reverand Fordwick on The Waltons when doing this ep. Brenda must have loved accordian music...Vince and Nick. Yeesh. During the time when landline phones ruled Earth, you simply kept the receiver off to get no calls, and the caller would hear a busy signal, as what Brenda did. Ida is so funny.
You mean he played a Rev y a Casanova at the same time.
This is a strange segment inserting Ritters role playing another accordion player. Nick Lobo soon comes back to seize that spot! Love Ritter, but Lobo seals this role.
What is it with Brenda and accordion players??😅
It was great to see John Ritter and Norman Fell. I was thinking if Ida was so scared to see the dr. alone why didn't she ask for a nurse to be in the room. Most women prefer it that way, I do.
OMG.....John and Norman!
Those high-waisted pants and overalls on Brenda. No. Just NO!
I agree with Susan Stamey. What IS the thing with Brenda and accordion players?
At least this one could play! He was pretty romantic. 😊
Thanks to the comment below I never knew who played Marge Simpson's voice!
Oops is that another Nick Lobo? Loved John Ritter.
It's not unusual for ppl from that generation not to go to doctors. My grandma didn't. Unless something was super wrong
Nancy Walker went much too soon
JACK TRIPPER!Hahaha Hahaha...
Seriously, this show does Brenda so dirty. Every episode, she's dying for a date and male attention, this episode she has it, and they make her a prude! SMH. They should have let that girl get it on, had herself a GOOD time!!
StrongnBeautiful, it’s that very neuroticism that drives so much of the comedy.
Isn't Vince Brenda's boss at the bank?
Well I wasn't going to say anything about John Ritter but now Norman Fell too? Smells like Three's Company. ;-)
So John Ritter was given TWO guest spots on Rhodas show. Later he plays a loan officer at Brenda's bank.
Some of the laughter from the audience was freakin annoying.
2 cast members from 3 is Company? Yay
Special guest star jack tripper from 3s company
I don't think Ida is being honest to the doctor about her age. She probably cut off 5 or 6 years.
Mr Roper meets Jack Tripper.
Wow Hohn Ritter was on
Didn't IDA & RHODA Became, friends when IDA visted in MINNEAPOLIS ❤
I truly did
How could Ida claim to never have been to see a doctor? She had two pregnancies and gave birth to two healthy daughters, never having seen a doctor? Not possible.