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DVD The Golden Girls - The Complete Fourth Season
Long before reality-show staples "Big Brother" and "The Real World" tapped into the drama and high-hilarity of cohabitation, the long-running "Golden Girls" paved the way into that prime-time show format. Only difference is that "Golden Girls" was pure fiction. Season Four stays true to the format that earned the series three Emmys and a Golden Globe Award: Three widowed/divorced friends in their '50s and one octogenarian mother and grandmother all share a home and their retirement in Miami, Florida. In a season that includes a UFO sighting and government cover up; the implications of drug addiction; a late-in-life wedding; the ridiculous '80s aerobics craze--spandex, headbands, leg warmers and all; a nightmarish nursing home; lesbianism; an intergenerational love triangle; and a trip to Rose's mythical St. Olaf; the episodes in Season Four are more entertaining and often downright risqué.
There are some notable cameos as well--Bob Hope steals the show in "You Gotta Have Hope" as the featured talent for Dorothy's hospital charity show; Richard Mulligan of "Empty Nest" bridges the spin-off link as the girls' newly widowed neighbor and object of Blanche's advances; Jay Thomas plays an overactive director in "High Anxiety," where the girls' kitchen is used as a TV commercial set; and blink and you'll miss a young Quentin Tarantino as an Elvis impersonator in "Sophia's Wedding." A terrific bonus feature captures the performances of all the season's guest stars on Disc One. Overall, Season Four is zestier and much less earnest than previous seasons, which is exactly what works about the series: the bawdier the grandmothers, the funnier the show. --Gabi Knight
Review(s): DVD The Golden Girls - The Complete Fourth Season
Five Stars ain't enough!
Each season of the Golden Girls gets better with each new release! Don't miss it! It's the "comfort food" of '80's television.
Season 4 One of the Best.
Out of the seasons I have seen 1-5 this is my absolute favorite because Sophia is my favorite character ans she just shines in this one. She has some classic moments like when she goes to a friends funeral makes up with her friends husbad then comes home to get "lucky" and then married. She leaads a secret life by doing volenteer work at a hospital and many many more great things. The rest of the girls are great also(as usual) this is definatley the girls at their best
The Best Season of 'The Golden Girls'
Season 4 of The Golden Girls is m favorite season. Here is what I thought of the episodes (4 stars is the highest)
Yes, We Have No Havanas - **
The Days and Night of Sophia Petrillo - ***
The One thatGot Away - ***
Yokel Hero - **
Bang The Drum, Stanly - **
Sophia's Wedding Parts 1 and 2 - ***
Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket? - **
Scared Straight - ***
Stan Takes a Wife - **
The Auction - ***
Blind Date - ****
The Importance of being Ernest - ***
Love Me Tender - ***
Valentines Day - **
Two Rode Togeather - ****
You Gotta Have Hope - ***
Fiddler on the Ropes - **
Til Death We Volley - ***
High Anxiety - **
Little Sister - ****
Sophia's Choice - ***
Rites of Spring - ****
Foreign Exchange - **
We're Outta Here Parts 1 and 2 - ****
This DVD is worth every penny. It'll make you laugh so hard you'll want to watch it over and over. I also recomend Saeson 1 of The Golden Girls.
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