This is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. I’m 69 years, and I was probably was in my 30’s when the show started. I have never stopped loving this show. The characters are great, love ❤️ Joe, Brenda, Rhoda, Mom and Dad, Carleton, plus Joe’s crew.
I enjoy this show a lot, it was one of the best sitcoms of its time, rhoda and Brenda were so great together their chemistry was so good. I really enjoy watching all the episodes, all the actors were great on this show.
Bill Thornton the actors have chemistry together, yes. But I'm tellin u, it was V.Harper. Ur right about it being one of the best sitcoms of it's time. This show was a hallmark of the culture then. Rhoda was a quintessential character and it carries through the film to today. There is a vibe that aligns v.harper to rhoda to the 70s.
When I rewatch shows that I grew up with like this one, sometimes I like to look up the actors who appeared on them just to see if they're still around and if so, what they're up to these days. I just looked up Scoey Mitchell and sadly he just passed away a few days ago at age 92. That's a long life, but it still sad that he's gone. I feel like I just missed him and if I'd looked him up last week, I'd have been happy to see that he was still alive. It's depressing that are so few folks from this show and others from that time period who are still with us. RIP Scoey.
@robina mohammad sidaway You're right, those 3 women had great chemistry. It's what made the show so very special. Chemistry is also exactly what's missing between Rhoda and Joe -- and why, imho, Joe's character was written off the show. Between Rhoda and Joe (and underneath it, between Valerie and David Groh) there wasn't that same kind of easy relationship groove. Also, the actor David Groh didn’t have the same comedic chops as Valerie Harper. His character Joe's frustrations over Rhoda's antics were not expressed lovingly. Joe came across as very angry, instead of just being lovingly annoyed (like Ricky did with Lucy 😊). This lack of comic rhythm and Joe's lack of adoring passion for Rhoda - regardless of her insecurities, which drove her wacky words and behaviors - meant that Joe (actually David Groh) had to go. Sadly, it was a fatal miscasting error which led to the show's unraveling and early ending, in the middle of Season 5. Also, imo, the scripts suffered after their divorce because they were written primarily by men. Rhoda's stories and scripts needed a woman's POV and touch, like The MTM Show. MTM's best episodes were written by stellar women writers, including Treva Silverman and Charlotte Brown.
The Ricky and Lucy thing only looked loving because it was the 1950s. The spankings are especially repugnant. It's called assault, abuse, and unfortunately a generation of young girls and boys were able to think it was cute and funny because the writers included it in that show. And that doesn't even address the number of times he sabotaged her attempts to seek work. Not all of that show is so funny after all.
I am in love with this show, I watched it when they first aired and I'm still watching it after so many years. I have seen each episode few times. Saideh,
She had a natural beauty. I'm sure make-up only made her even more striking than her natural look. Her eyes could easily seduce you. The hair was to die for. The only thing that limited her was her dead-on performance as Rhoda that pigeon holed her and audiences couldn't see her as any other character. But she fantastic and it put her in the pantheon of one of the most identifiable people in television history.
when i watched this for the first time I had no idea the script was written by a girl who lived down the street from me when I was in elementary school
I hate to be shussed also! Their relationship was rocky from the beginning. My sister and I always helped each other get dressed, many great laughs while trying on every pair of jeans we owned before going out, doubled over in laughter many times! Loved Rhoda's blue Jean shirt and her nightgown.
Brenda is so funny and very natural in every episode. She and Rhoda have a great relationship. Joe is still being an A-Hole as usual. Divorce is inevitable!!!
I just think that Brenda doesn't want to go to a square dance with an 84 year old caller with a square that's at the high point of getting his hair right.
Wonder why they didn't at least have Joe's son show up in a few more episodes? The whole plot seems much more concerned with Rhoda's grown sister growing up than Joe's actual child. It's wierd.
Rhoda seems to me to be an angry, hostile, argumentative woman all the time and it's no wonder her husband was so happy not to live with her after 2 years. Who can live with that on a daily basis. Your home should be a place that is comforting, peaceful and safe from conflict and confrontation.
I don't think so. Brenda is the one who introduced Joe and Rhoda. He treated her like a little sister. In fact, he wanted to celebrate her birthday with her and he didn't want her to go to San Francisco. The problem with the marriage is that Joe was lousy at being a husband. In fact, when they separated, he said that he didn't even know what he wanted. I think that he just wanted to date.
I always like Brenda. After she lost the weight. She really look great. They had her looking so sloppy. As the time went by she look as attractive as Rhoda.
You know looking back at these episodes, it seems to me that if Rhoda had agreed to live together with Joe- which is what HE wanted- Rhoda would have realized that even though they loved each other, she and Joe were not compatible, certainly not in a marriage!
Since when is a doorman in charge of renting out the apartments? What they were really trying to tell us was that Carlton was actually someone much more than just playing the doorman🤗💖👍💖
Apartment buildings were very different back in the day. Some landlords still lived in their own buildings, so they kept a close eye on things. In other cases, the landlord would allow the super to rent the apartments. That worked pretty well, because the supers lived in the building, and a good super was a good judge of character.
I do t lame joe at all for wanting out of this marriage. If it’s not Rhoda, it’s the sister Brenda, then it’s it’s mother. That’s a lot for anybody to deal with.
I think Joe would have had a good second marriage if he had married Brenda. He seems very fond of her, and she is laid back, casual, and loving. Rhoda is a hothead and can get really bitchy toward Joe. She is very sensitive, and causes many of their fights. I think Brenda needs to make her own decisions more. She never can even decide what to wear. How did she survive when Rhoda lived in Minneapolis? I would hate to go to a square dance. Marriage cannot go smoothly by reading a book about marriage. Rhoda was always living life from self-help books. Stupid! She needs to get off Joe's back.
Michelle Post,I have been binge watching this show the past week. I didn't see it when it was on TV. I agree with everything you said. I love Valerie Harper, but she makes me feel anxious. I think she's subconsciously pushing Joe away.
@@phoebebee4250 I was looking for a way to put this and you said exactly what I was thinking. Rhoda makes me anxious during her entire relationship with Joe. I didn't care for Joe and I still love Rhoda, but I couldn't be married to someone like that. She is never secure and settled, she is always looking for something to be wrong.
You're absolutely right. You and I and all of us here on the comments page and all of the viewing audience who saw this on TV should hop in a time machine right now and go back 47 years and fix this up. Oh, yes, this time machine has to also somehow magically transport us into a fictional universe created by the writers of the show. Is everybody with me? Are we ready to do this right now?
Well this is sad, look away now. Rhoda, Joe, Ida, Martin, even Carlton Died of Cancer. Lung mostly. Lousy Cancer. EDIT Scoey Mitchell, one of those faces you recognize but maybe not the name. Passed 2022 in his 90s.
This is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. I’m 69 years, and I was probably was in my 30’s when the show started. I have never stopped loving this show. The characters are great, love ❤️ Joe, Brenda, Rhoda, Mom and Dad, Carleton, plus Joe’s crew.
Brenda always seems like so much fun. I love the way she delivers her lines.
I enjoy this show a lot, it was one of the best sitcoms of its time, rhoda and Brenda were so great together their chemistry was so good. I really enjoy watching all the episodes, all the actors were great on this show.
Bill Thornton the actors have chemistry together, yes. But I'm tellin u, it was V.Harper. Ur right about it being one of the best sitcoms of it's time. This show was a hallmark of the culture then. Rhoda was a quintessential character and it carries through the film to today. There is a vibe that aligns v.harper to rhoda to the 70s.
@@ysahehre4316 In hindsight they could have written differently for her. The show failed in a few years..
I enjoyed it first time round and I am enjoying it again 39 years later!
It's got to be one of the great shows of all time!
It is an ok show
46 years for me now in 2021! I loved it the first time, understand it better the second.
Must say felt so right.
WoW..45 year's ago!
Still missing U miss Valerie Harper 👑🌟
I'm fallin asleep with Rhoda tonight!😊💕🌃🌉🌌😴📺
I really enjoy these old reruns. It takes me back to the seventies!
It was in the 70s
Thanks for finding this great show and sharing it with everybody!!
When I rewatch shows that I grew up with like this one, sometimes I like to look up the actors who appeared on them just to see if they're still around and if so, what they're up to these days. I just looked up Scoey Mitchell and sadly he just passed away a few days ago at age 92. That's a long life, but it still sad that he's gone. I feel like I just missed him and if I'd looked him up last week, I'd have been happy to see that he was still alive. It's depressing that are so few folks from this show and others from that time period who are still with us. RIP Scoey.
This was a very well written show!! It really does hold your attention. Great cast.
I watched Rhoda as a teen with my late sister,I recently started watching it again.A wonderful show & cast.❤
Rhoda remains my favourite show now and always. Missing Valerie harper. Loved the chemistry between Rhoda, Brenda and their mother.
@robina mohammad sidaway You're right, those 3 women had great chemistry. It's what made the show so very special. Chemistry is also exactly what's missing between Rhoda and Joe -- and why, imho, Joe's character was written off the show. Between Rhoda and Joe (and underneath it, between Valerie and David Groh) there wasn't that same kind of easy relationship groove. Also, the actor David Groh didn’t have the same comedic chops as Valerie Harper. His character Joe's frustrations over Rhoda's antics were not expressed lovingly. Joe came across as very angry, instead of just being lovingly annoyed (like Ricky did with Lucy 😊). This lack of comic rhythm and Joe's lack of adoring passion for Rhoda - regardless of her insecurities, which drove her wacky words and behaviors - meant that Joe (actually David Groh) had to go. Sadly, it was a fatal miscasting error which led to the show's unraveling and early ending, in the middle of Season 5. Also, imo, the scripts suffered after their divorce because they were written primarily by men. Rhoda's stories and scripts needed a woman's POV and touch, like The MTM Show. MTM's best episodes were written by stellar women writers, including Treva Silverman and Charlotte Brown.
The Ricky and Lucy thing only looked loving because it was the 1950s. The spankings are especially repugnant. It's called assault, abuse, and unfortunately a generation of young girls and boys were able to think it was cute and funny because the writers included it in that show. And that doesn't even address the number of times he sabotaged her attempts to seek work. Not all of that show is so funny after all.
I am in love with this show, I watched it when they first aired and I'm still watching it after so many years. I have seen each episode few times.
Saideh,
Brenda looks great in that striped yellow and black dress.
Valerie looks so beautiful with her hair up
Valerie Harper was stunning.
She surely was, loved her hair.
@@donnabrasher3303 Beautiful face is what I knew. But yeah the hair was great! She was a true beauty!
She was that. An absolute beauty.
She had a natural beauty. I'm sure make-up only made her even more striking than her natural look. Her eyes could easily seduce you. The hair was to die for. The only thing that limited her was her dead-on performance as Rhoda that pigeon holed her and audiences couldn't see her as any other character. But she fantastic and it put her in the pantheon of one of the most identifiable people in television history.
I hated how she was supposed to be "ugly" on MTM. She was ALWAYS pretty
when i watched this for the first time I had no idea the script was written by a girl who lived down the street from me when I was in elementary school
I love Brenda. Don't know why she keeps talking about being fat. She's got a lovely figure.
Dalex if you think about Brenda became what Rhoda was on MTM
For 1974 that was a little heavy. Standards have changed in 2018. Agree she does not look fat to me. She was a great addition to the show.
That was fat in the 70s.
Normal today
Yes I always think the same.
So many people were considered fat in the 60's and 70's, at least on tv shows. It makes no sense when you look at those people.
That silly drunken doorman, Carlton, cracked me up.
Hated Carlton....
@@dannydougin3925 I'm with you, Danny.
Carlton is hilarious.
He was the drunk you loved to hate😝
@@dannydougin3925he was annoying
I hate to be shussed also! Their relationship was rocky from the beginning. My sister and I always helped each other get dressed, many great laughs while trying on every pair of jeans we owned before going out, doubled over in laughter many times! Loved Rhoda's blue Jean shirt and her nightgown.
Rhoda just wouldn’t SHUT UP and deserved to be shushed
@@LadyRockville ugh...agreed! She was on my nerves.
"Terrific" show!
Shushing has entered the chat
Brenda is just so lovable
She really is. She’s great!!
RIP Valerie x
A lovely person!!
I LOVE THIS SHOW ❤❤❤❤ NO ONE MENTIONS HOW BEAUTIFUL BRENDA IS.
Brenda is so funny and very natural in every episode. She and Rhoda have a great relationship. Joe is still being an A-Hole as usual. Divorce is inevitable!!!
This episode aired on my parents' 5th wedding anniversary which is crazy to think about.
Brenda isn’t even close to being fat. She is lovely
When Joe says,"That's all!" ,you know he was mad lol. I loved when he would say it. He said it a few times. Its histerical.🤗
I just think that Brenda doesn't want to go to a square dance with an 84 year old caller with a square that's at the high point of getting his hair right.
That Joe is increasingly getting on my nerves
His character is kind of annoying. Always mad, self-absorbed, or complaining.
Who thinks Carlton is the REAL star of this show?
He certainly was a highlight!
Well he was one of the writers , he wrote himself all of the best lines without ever showing his face...l.o.l.
He sucks
A doorman who is always drunk?
Ok! I'm not mad anymore! What do you need?🤗 lol
Iwill agree Carlton is a Big part of the show i look forward to what he will donext.😮. But yet i do think Rhoda is top actress.
Wonder why they didn't at least have Joe's son show up in a few more episodes? The whole plot seems much more concerned with Rhoda's grown sister growing up than Joe's actual child. It's wierd.
Rhoda seems to me to be an angry, hostile, argumentative woman all the time and it's no wonder her husband was so happy not to live with her after 2 years. Who can live with that on a daily basis. Your home should be a place that is comforting, peaceful and safe from conflict and confrontation.
With all this talk about them being fat, they would be absolutely shocked to find out that now fat starts after 200lbs.
Supposed to be funny , I guess
That was the thing back then for some reason
I had an owl t-shirt like the one Brenda is wearing.
No wonder the marriage didn't last, her family is the reason they broke up always barging in at all times of the day. Sheees😫
I don't think so. Brenda is the one who introduced Joe and Rhoda. He treated her like a little sister. In fact, he wanted to celebrate her birthday with her and he didn't want her to go to San Francisco. The problem with the marriage is that Joe was lousy at being a husband. In fact, when they separated, he said that he didn't even know what he wanted. I think that he just wanted to date.
Brenda is such an emo.
I always like Brenda. After she lost the weight. She really look great. They had her looking so sloppy. As the time went by she look as attractive as Rhoda.
Never liked Joe.... never.
You know looking back at these episodes, it seems to me that if Rhoda had agreed to live together with Joe- which is what HE wanted- Rhoda would have realized that even though they loved each other, she and Joe were not compatible, certainly not in a marriage!
The problem here with these 1 is that Joe is a grown man and Rhoda is stuck in her painful youth. Bad match!!
Season one opening was the best, my op, the others were loud and irritating.....la la la la la ....shuddup!!!, thank you..
Carlton is Garfield
Since when is a doorman in charge of renting out the apartments? What they were really trying to tell us was that Carlton was actually someone much more than just playing the doorman🤗💖👍💖
Maybe thats what they do in NY
Apartment buildings were very different back in the day. Some landlords still lived in their own buildings, so they kept a close eye on things. In other cases, the landlord would allow the super to rent the apartments. That worked pretty well, because the supers lived in the building, and a good super was a good judge of character.
I liked that shirt
Their marriage looks boring and just plain unhappy!!!
That's why Joe left her because he claimed she was boring.
I really dislike Joe. He is always mad.
I do t lame joe at all for wanting out of this marriage. If it’s not Rhoda, it’s the sister Brenda, then it’s it’s mother. That’s a lot for anybody to deal with.
Brenda Morganstern needs professional help.
Wow, Rhoda was really annoying...
Rhoda, passive-aggressive much??
22:24 Typo!
Kelly.
If Joe treated Rhoda like she treats him, he would be considered an abusive person... I liked Rhoda better on MTM Show!
X X totally agree !
They're both just loud and obnoxious talking to each other. It's just their style of communication.
Rhoda was good to Joe.
Rhoda and Joe are not compatible. I’m not even in season 2 and the bickering between these too is getting very annoying
I think Joe would have had a good second marriage if he had married Brenda. He seems very fond of her, and she is laid back, casual, and loving. Rhoda is a hothead and can get really bitchy toward Joe. She is very sensitive, and causes many of their fights. I think Brenda needs to make her own decisions more. She never can even decide what to wear. How did she survive when Rhoda lived in Minneapolis? I would hate to go to a square dance. Marriage cannot go smoothly by reading a book about marriage. Rhoda was always living life from self-help books. Stupid! She needs to get off Joe's back.
Michelle Post,I have been binge watching this show the past week. I didn't see it when it was on TV. I agree with everything you said. I love Valerie Harper, but she makes me feel anxious. I think she's subconsciously pushing Joe away.
@@phoebebee4250 I was looking for a way to put this and you said exactly what I was thinking. Rhoda makes me anxious during her entire relationship with Joe. I didn't care for Joe and I still love Rhoda, but I couldn't be married to someone like that. She is never secure and settled, she is always looking for something to be wrong.
You're absolutely right. You and I and all of us here on the comments page and all of the viewing audience who saw this on TV should hop in a time machine right now and go back 47 years and fix this up. Oh, yes, this time machine has to also somehow magically transport us into a fictional universe created by the writers of the show. Is everybody with me? Are we ready to do this right now?
Alot of bronzer in first image lol
Was and is marital equality the key or was it the time Bomb 👌🏾
Joe is not a comedian. This is supposed to be a comedy show. He is not funny nor does he have any comedic timing. He needs to go
canned laughter
No
No studio audience, definitely
Well this is sad, look away now. Rhoda, Joe, Ida, Martin, even Carlton Died of Cancer. Lung mostly. Lousy Cancer. EDIT Scoey Mitchell, one of those faces you recognize but maybe not the name. Passed 2022 in his 90s.
Scoey was always on Match Game. RiP to them all!!! 🙏
So much smoking in those days. At least we learned something over the years. Now we have to deal with vaping. Next challenge.
I didnot like this show.