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"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.

Summary[]

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.

Plot[]

To be added.[1]

Tall Tales[]

Back in St. Olaf...[]

Rose reminisces about the Butter Queen Pageant.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Stars[]

  • Burt Reynolds as Himself
  • Rhonda Aldrich as Meg
  • Peter Gonneau as Walter
  • Tony Swartz as John
  • Amelia Kinkade as Hooker # 1
  • Ursaline Bryant as Hooker # 2
  • Peter Jason as Policeman
  • Phil Rubenstein as Exterminator
  • Ron Kapra as Hotel Manager
  • Ron Michaelso as Carl
  • Suanne Spoke as Girl in Lobby

Notes[]

  • "Lady of the evening" is slang for a prostitute.
  • 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.

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Season 1 The EngagementGuess Who's Coming to the WeddingRose the PrudeTransplantThe TriangleOn Golden GirlsThe CompetitionBreak-InBlanche and the Younger ManThe Heart AttackThe Return of Dorothy's ExThe Custody BattleA Little RomanceThat Was No LadyIn a Bed of Rose'sThe Truth Will OutNice and EasyThe OperationSecond MotherhoodAdult EducationThe FluJob HuntingBlind AmbitionsBig DaddyThe Way We Met
Season 2 End of the CurseLadies of the EveningTake Him, He's MineIt's a Miserable LifeIsn't It RomanticBig Daddy's Little LadyFamily AffairVacationJoust Between FriendsLove, Rose'Twas The Nightmare Before ChristmasThe SistersThe Stan Who Came to DinnerThe ActorBefore and AfterAnd Then There Was OneBedtime StoryForgive Me, FatherLong Day's Journey into MarinaraWhose Face is This, Anyway?Dorothy's Prized PupilDiamond in the RoughSon-in-Law DearestTo Catch a NeighborA Piece of CakeEmpty Nests
Season 3 Old FriendsOne for the MoneyBringing Up BabyThe HousekeeperNothing to Fear But Fear ItselfLetter to GorbachevStrange BedfellowsBrotherly LoveA Visit from Little SvenThe AuditThree on a CouchCharlie's BuddyThe ArtistBlanche's Little GirlDorothy's New FriendGrab That DoughMy Brother, My FatherGolden Moments, Part 1Golden Moments, Part 2And Ma Makes ThreeLarceny and Old LaceRose's Big AdventureMixed BlessingsMister TerrificMother's Day
Season 4 Yes, We Have No HavanasThe Days and Nights of Sophia PetrilloThe One That Got AwayYokel HeroBang the Drum, StanleySophia's Wedding, Part 1Sophia's Wedding, Part 2Brother, Can You Spare That JacketScared StraightStan Takes a WifeThe AuctionBlind DateThe Impotence of Being ErnestLove Me TenderValentine's DayTwo Rode TogetherYou Gotta Have HopeFiddler On the RopesTill Death Do We VolleyHigh AnxietyLittle SisterSophia's ChoiceRites of SpringForeign ExchangeWe're Outta Here, Part 1We're Outta Here, Part 2
Season 5 Sick and Tired, Part 1Sick and Tired, Part 2The Accurate ConceptionRose Fights BackLove Under the Big TopDancing in the DarkNot Another MondayThat Old FeelingComedy of ErrorsAll That JazzEbb TideHave Yourself a Very Little ChristmasMary Has a Little LambTriple PlayClinton Avenue MemoirsLike the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom-TomAn Illegitimate Concern72 HoursTwice In a LifetimeSisters and Other StrangersCheatersThe Mangiacavallo Curse Makes a Lousy Wedding PresentAll Bets Are OffThe President's Coming! The President's Coming!, Part 1The President's Coming! The President's Coming!, Part 2
Season 6 Blanche DeliversOnce, In St. OlafIf At Last You Do SucceedSnap Out Of ItWham, Bam, Thank You MammyFeelingsZborn AgainHow Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?Mrs. George DevereauxGirls Just Wanna Have Fun... Before They DieStand By Your ManEbbtide's RevengeThe Bloom Is Off the RoseSisters of the BrideMiles to GoThere Goes the Bride, Part 1There Goes the Bride, Part 2Older and WiserMelodramaEven Grandmas Get the BluesWitnessWhat a Difference a Date MakesLove for SaleNever Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 1Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 2Henny Penny — Straight, No Chaser
Season 7 Hey, Look Me OverThe Case of the Libertine BelleBeauty and the BeastThat's For Me to KnowWhere's Charlie?Mother LoadDateline: MiamiThe Monkey Show, Part 1The Monkey Show, Part 2Ro$e Love$ Mile$Room SevenFrom Here to the PharmacyThe Pope's RingOld BoyfriendsGoodbye, Mr. GordonThe CommitmentsQuestions and AnswersEbbtide VI: The Wrath of StanJourney to the Center of AttentionA Midwinter Night's Dream, Part 1A Midwinter Night's Dream, Part 2Rose: Portrait of a WomanHome Again, Rose, Part 1Home Again, Rose, Part 2One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, Part 1One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, Part 2

References[]

  1. The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 2, "Ladies of the Evening". Fanaro, Barry and Nathan, Mort (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (October 4th, 1986)
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