"It's like we say in St. Olaf, Christmas without fruitcake is like St. Sigmund's Day without the headless boy."
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Ladies of the Evening is the second episode of the second season of The Golden Girls and the twenty-seventh episode overall. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Mort Nathan and Barry Fanaro, it premiered on NBC-TV on October 4th, 1986.
Blanche wins three tickets to a premiere of Burt Reynolds's new movie and passes to the after-party, leaving Sophia angry about being left out. The girls decide to make a weekend out of attending the premiere and get arrested when their hotel is raided for prostitution. Sophia then gets revenge by claiming the tickets and passes and going to the premiere alone, leaving the others in jail.
The actress portraying the prostitute who says the line "There's nothing wrong with being career oriented", is Rue McClanahan's niece, Amelia Kinkade.
As Rose is mentioning who will be at the party, all of the names are greeted with enthusiasm except Charles Nelson Reilly. Betty White appeared in numerous episodes of the 1970's game show Match Game with Charles Nelson Reilly.
All the actors Rose mentions star in the 1989 animated film All Dogs Go to Heaven.
Loni Anderson, one of the actors mentioned as scheduled to attend the party, was married to Burt Reynolds for six years.
Blanche says "I wanted to be Miss Olivia de Havilland", who was eighteen years older than Rue McClanahan.
Production[]
The episode ranked #5 in the Nielsen ratings for the week, with a 27.3/47 rating/share, tying with "Isn't It Romantic" as the most watched episode of the series.
Goofs[]
Rose says Butter Queen was her town's highest honor, but later we learn that Woman of the Year is St. Olaf's highest honor.
Blanche shares a story that she danced with the president of the chamber of commerce in 1972 during his inauguration, that night until the next morning. Blanche was been married at that time and she has shared in another episode that she never had an affair.
When Sophia comes to talk to the girls in jail, the girls hold onto the cell bars as they speak. When the camera focuses on Sophia, the bars are in front of her and no hands are visible.
At the very beginning of the episode, Blanche informs the other three ladies that they are invited to a party with Burt Reynolds. All begin jumping up and down with excitement, and Sophia is holding a plant water container. It jumps up and down with her. Clearly it is empty or water would have been everywhere.
Meg claims to be from Minnesota, but she clearly has a New York accent.
Sofia was not in the living room when the exterminator told the ladies the house would have to be fumigated, so she couldn't have guilted Dorothy about having to stay behind.
↑The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 2, "Ladies of the Evening". Fanaro, Barry and Nathan, Mort (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (October 4th, 1986)