Golden Girls: 25th Anniversary Complete Collection Review

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(More customer reviews)This special set is being issued to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of THE GOLDEN GIRLS. The show ran from 1985 to 1992, earning legions of fans worldwide. An unexpected smash for NBC, THE GOLDEN GIRLS told the story of four older women living together, and happily growing old disgracefully, in Miami. Brainy, self-assured divorcee Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), sultry, sex-mad Southern belle Blanche Deveraux (Rue McClanahan), sweet, simple-minded St. Olafian Rose Nylund (Betty White), and Dorothy's acid-tongued mother Sophia (Estelle Getty), on the run from Shady Pines Retirement Home.
This complete series set sadly won't feature any new bonus content (the only special new things will be a deck of novelty playing cards and the packaging, designed to resemble Sophia's trademark wicker purse). So in essence those who've already purchased the individual season sets won't have a great reason to double-dip unless you really want the purse--which is quite a novelty for the hardcore fans.
Extra features varied throughout the seperate season sets, but here's a quick run-down for those who didn't buy them:
Season 1 - A fashion commentary feature hosted by Joan and Melissa Rivers
Season 2 - "Go for the Gold" Interactive Trivia Game
Season 3 - "Golden Moments" montage, "Golden Girls" Interactive Scrapbook
Season 4 - "Top Ten Guest Stars of Season 4" countdown
Season 5 - Audio commentaries for key episodes, hosted by Bea Arthur, Betty White and Rue McClanahan
Season 6 - Excerpt from a 2006 cast/crew reunion Q&A held at the Museum of Television & Radio
Season 7 - "Thankyou for Being a Friend" retrospective with Arthur, White and McClanahan
It's hard to imagine a more perfect sitcom (save perhaps "I Love Lucy"), in terms of how the writing, humour and performances never seem to become dated. It's still as fresh and vital as it was during the original run. How many sitcoms give you serious belly laughs, re-run after re-run? This show does! THE GOLDEN GIRLS will always be in my Top Five favourite sitcoms; these ladies have truly endeared themselves and I can't see a week through without playing at least one or two episodes.
Now, how about DVD releases for "The Golden Palace" and "Empty Nest"? C'mon! I want a COMPLETE "Golden Girls" set!

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The Golden Girls: 25th Anniversary Complete Collection is the perfect holiday gift. One of the most beloved shows of all time, The Golden Girls follows four friends -Dorothy (Beatrice Arthur), Rose (Betty White), Blanche (Rue McClanahan) and Sophia (Estelle Getty) - who live together in Miami. Relive all your favorite moments with the Girls in this commemorative set complete with all seven seasons. This limited edition set comes in a collectible replica of Sophia's purse and includes collectible character-themed playing cards.

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The Golden Girls - The Complete Second Season (1985) Review

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(More customer reviews)1. "End of the Curse" - Blanche thinks she is pregnant but is even more mortified after her doctor tells her that it is menopause. Meanwhile, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia go into the mink breeding business.
2. "Ladies of the Evening" - Blanche wins tickets to a Burt Reynolds movie premiere but the girls are mistaken for prostitutes and arrested when their hotel is raided. Reynolds makes a cameo appearance.
3. "Take Him, He's Mine" - Blanche and Dorothy's ex, Stan, become chummy which infuriates Dorothy. Rose and Sophia sell sandwiches on the Boardwalk but make enemies with another vendor, "Johnny No Thumbs."
4. "It's a Miserable Life" - The girls want to save a 200 year-old tree in the neighborhood but the owner, the most hated woman on the block, wants the tree cut down.
5. "Isn't It Romantic" - Dorothy's friend, Jean (Lois Nettleton) comes to visit and Dorothy decides not to tell Blanche and Rose that Jean is a lesbian. (One of the funniest episodes ever, this one won an Emmy Award).
6. "Big Daddy's Little Lady" - Blanche's father visits and brings his new finace. Blanche is upset when she discovers the woman he is about to marry is younger than herself. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Rose enter a song writing contest.
7. "Family Affair" - Dorothy's son, Michael, and Rose's daughter, Bridget, each come to visit and they become a little too friendly for Dorothy and Rose's liking.
8. "Vacation" - The girl's go on a Caribbean vacation but find that their hotel is far from what it was advertised to be. Sophia takes advantage of her time alone to get acquainted with the gardener.
9. "Just Between Friends" - Blanche gets Dorothy a part-time job at the museum where she works but gets jealous when her boss starts giving Dorothy all of the assignments.
10. "Love, Rose" - Rose places an ad in the personals column but becomes discouraged when she doesn't get a repsonse. Blanche and Dorothy feel sorry for her and begin responding.
11. "'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" - The girls each plan to spend Christmas with their families but a series of strange occurrences lead them to spend Christmas together in Miami.
12. "The Sisters" - Dorothy decides to surprise Sophia on her brithday by flying in her sister, Angela (Nancy Walker). But Dorothy gets the surprise when she learns that they hate each other.
13. "The Stan Who Came to Dinner" - Stan returns to tell Dorothy that he has to have open heart surgery.
14. "The Actor" - The girls fall head over heels over a handsome actor at their local community theater.
15. "Before and After" - Rose wants to live life to the fullest after she experiences near-death experience. When Dorothy and Blanche complain about her new lifestyle, she moves out.
16. "And Then There Was One" - Dorothy, Blanche and Rose babysit for participants in a walk-a-thon but when the event is over, a baby is left unclaimed.
17. "Long Days Journey into Marinara" - Sophia is none too pleased when her sister, Angela (Nancy Walker) comes back for a visit and decides that she wants to move to Miami.
18. "Whose Face is This, Anyway?" - Blanche is upset that her beauty is fading when she attends her high school reunion and sees that many of her classmates have had plastic surgery.
19. "Dorothy's Prized Pupil" - Dorothy tutors a young man who is an illegal alien.
20. "Diamond in the Rough" - Blanche falls for a hunky caterer but soon becomes blind-sighted by his unsophisticated demeanor.
21. "Son-in-Law Dearest" - Dorothy's daughter, Kate, has a surprising announcement. Blance and Dorothy watch an "I Love Lucy" marathon.
22. "To Catch a Neighbor" - Joseph Campanella and George Clooney play two detectives who use the girl's house to spy on the neighbors, who are suspected of dealing in stolen gems.
23. "A Piece of Cake" - The girls reminisce about their memorable past birthdays.

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Join Dorothy, the smart one, Sophia, the glib one, Rose, the naive one, and Blanche, the ... well, you know ... for the second season of one of television's funniest shows ever, THE GOLDEN GIRLS. Loved by fans and critics alike, Season 2 garnered its second straight Emmy award for "Outstanding Comedy Series" and a Golden Globe for "Best TV Series Comedy/Musical." It's a star-filled season with special guests, including Burt Reynolds in a surprise cameo and a young George Clooney playing a Miami policeman who saves the day! Now you can "travel down the road and back again" with all 26 original episodes on one incredible 3-disc set. From the opening lines of the theme song to the end credits you'll enjoy all the racy and hilarious moments you've come to expect from THE GOLDEN GIRLS.

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The Golden Girls - The Complete First Season (1985) Review

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(More customer reviews)For over three years, now, many Golden Girls fans (including myself) have been requesting this. Now, that dream has finally come to fruition. All twenty-five original episodes are on this set. Below are the listings of the episode summaries and special features for this DVD.
01: "The Engagement (Pilot Episode)"
The debut of the series entails Sophia, Dorothy's mother, moving in with the girls after the retirement home she had stayed at burned down. Blanche's latest boyfriend, Harry, proposes marriage, but it gives the girls a bad feeling.
02: "Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?"
Dorothy's daughter, Kate, comes to Miami with an announcement. She's engaged to a podiatrist named Dennis. Dorothy is thrilled but her happiness quickly turns to anger when she realizes that ex-husband, Stan, is going to be invited.
03: "Rose the Prude"
Having not dated since her husband died, Rose reluctantly agrees to go on a blind date. This date turns into a serious relationship when she is invited on a cruise which would involve sharing a stateroom.
04: "Transplant"
Blanche's sister, Virginia, comes to Miami for a visit and Blanche is convinced she's after something. Later, while out to dinner, she learns just what Virginia is after: Blanche's kidney.
05: "The Triangle"
Dorothy is dating Dr. Elliot Clayton. Dr. Clayton makes a pass at Blanche, but Dorothy doesn't believe her when Blanche tells her about it. After a fight over the subject, Blanche orders Dorothy to leave the house.
06: "On Golden Girls"
Blanche's 14-year old grandson comes to Miami for a visit and brings a new meaning to the term "generation gap", by doing more than his share of provocation.
07: "The Competition"
In a bowling competition, it's Dorothy and Blanche verses Rose and Sophia. If Sophia and Rose win, Dorothy will allow Sophia to go back to Sicily for a visit with an old beau and if Dorothy and Blanche win Sophia will give her a pair of antique earrings.
08: "Break-In"
After a concert, the girls arrive home, one evening, to discover their house has been broken into. This leads the girls to seek out means to heavily protect themselves, including Rose buying a handgun.
09: "Blanche and the Younger Man"
Blanche goes all out to try to look good for her latest boyfriend, her aerobics instructor, half her age.
10: "Heart Attack"
After a dinner party, Sophia suffers an apparent heart attack with a heavy storm delaying the paramedics.
11: "The Return of Dorothy's Ex"
Dorothy's ex-husband, Stan shows up to settle a piece of land they bought on their honeymoon. This leads to Dorothy and Stan spending the night together.
12: "The Custody Battle"
Dorothy's sister, Gloria, comes to Miami for a visit and asks Sophia to come live with her in California.
13: "A Little Romance"
Rose has been dating Dr. Jonathan Newman and begins to think their relationship is leading to the altar. However, she begins to have second thoughts especially since he's a midget.
(Nominated and won an Emmy)
14: "That Was No Lady"
Dorothy latest boyfriend Glen gives her a shock when he tells he he's married. She surprises herself when she finds herself sneaking around to be with him.
15: "In a Bed of Rose's"
Late one evening, Rose brings a man home and they spend the night together. However, in the morning she finds that he has passed away in his sleep.
16: "The Truth Will Hold Out"
Rose is apprehensive about a visit from her daughter and granddaughter, since their reason for coming is to settle Rose's late-husband's will.
17: "Nice and Easy"
Blanche's visiting niece is a chip right off the old block, when she three different men in the three nights she has been there.
18: "The Operation"
Dorothy is hesitant about having foot surgery just as she was scheduled to tap dance with Blanche and Rose at a dance recital.
19: "Second Motherhood"
Blanche is romanced by a wealthy suitor who she learns has several small children. This fact dampens his proposal of marriage.
20: "Adult Education"
Blanche's psychology professor sexually harasses her when she goes to him for help on a difficult test. He offers her extra credit in a sexual way.
21: "Flu Attack"
A week before an awards ceremony, Blanche, Dorothy and Rose each come down with a nasty flu, which compounds their arguing over who will win a prestigious award.
22: "Job Hunting"
When Rose looses her job at the grief center, she begins searching for other sources of work, but realizes the world doesn't need an older employee.
23: "Blind Ambitions"
Rose's sister, Lily must deal with life as a blind person after recently losing her sight.
24: "Big Daddy"
Blanche's father, Big Daddy, comes to Miami for a visit, with an announcement, he's sold the family plantation and is setting out to become a country singer.
25: "The Way We Met"
One night after watching Psycho, the girls find it hard to sleep so they stay up and reminisce about how they all came to live with one another.
Extras:
Fashion Commentary - Joan and Melissa Rivers provide their own unique brand of fashion critique in a hilarious featurette that pays tribute to the crazy, kitschy wardrobes of The Golden Girls.

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An Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Comedy Series in its very first year, THE GOLDEN GIRLS has become a landmark in television history and an all-time fan favorite. Beatrice Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Betty White, and Estelle Getty star as four South Florida seniors sharing a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless, and hilarious, these lovely mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends. Experience all 25 laugh-packed episodes of Season One in this spectacular 3-disc set, including the series pilot and an exclusive bonus feature that offers a whole new look at the show. It's all the provocative fun and entertainment you remember ... and so much more.

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The Golden Girls - The Complete Series (Seasons 1-7) Review

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(More customer reviews)Got these disks as an XMAS gift from my parents. They will play a while, then pause and skip, etc... First they are very compressed versions of the originals ordered from the US (The regular are dual layer disks, these are single layer with the same exact movies), so the quality is less. Next, like I said there are playback issues with at least half of the disks. I don't think it is scratches, etc.. It is the way they were pressed at the factory (factory?????). No visible scracthes, and if you make an exact copy of the disk (no copy protection on them), the problem exists at the exact same place.I would not waste your money on these disks and just spend the few extra dollars and get the American versions.

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