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Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom-Tom is the seventeenth episode of the fifth season of The Golden Girls and the one-hundred and nineteenth episode overall. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Philip Jayson Lasker, it premiered on NBC-TV on February 10th, 1990.
Summary[]
Blanche has a pacemaker implanted, and is afterward so scared of intimacy that she decides to give up sex.
Plot[]
Blanche returns from the Doctors with him wanting her to see another due to something wrong with her heartbeat, clearly scared Blanche, despite the confidence of the girls she is told she might need a Pacemaker, Rose comforts Blanche by singing Over There which her mother used to sing to her as it was the only song she knew. Later on Blanche does need the pacemaker and the girls see her off with them singing Over There to comfort her.
After the surgery Blanche recovers well, but she feels different and acts strangely because she "had a out of body experience" she goes on a date with Simon her current boyfriend, but she declines to finish the date in the normal way which he accepted defeat despite wanting it, she tells the girls she is giving up sex, fearing something will go wrong and makes crafts out of popsicle sticks but in the end she goes out with Simon again to tell him the truth.
However that night she explains to Simon that she is scared she'll have a reaction to having sex but Simon reassured her that he knows plenty of people with pacemakers with healthy sex lives. He then asks for a kiss and seeing there is nothing bad happen she and Simon make love with the girls returning from the cinema hearing Blanche singing Over There, realising what’s happening decide to leave her to it.[1]
Tall Tales[]
Picture It...[]
Sophia talks about how she and Sal were celibate early in their marriage as his Mother shared their bed. However when she left Sal got the day off but Sophia couldn’t, but he had a huge smile on his face when she came home.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak
- Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux
- Betty White as Rose Nylund
- Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo
Guest Stars[]
- Robert Culp as Simon
- Peter Michael Goetz as Dr. Strien
- David Jay Willis as Orderly
Notes[]
Microwave scene[]
Uncut microwave scene from S5E17 - Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom Tom
When this episode was released on DVD, a portion of a scene in Act 2 was removed. In the original airing, before Blanche enters the kitchen, Sophia goes to the cupboard and finds her instant popcorn is missing. Dorothy and Rose reveal they are selling the microwave due to a risk of it hurting Blanche. After Blanche exits, Sophia makes a joke about them giving up a favorite microwave snack for Blanche. These lines are also removed from the DVD. The scene does get referenced later on in the episode, when Blanche laments that life has no meaning, Sophia asks if anyone wants popcorn, which gets a massive laugh from the audience.
The scene was removed from the DVD release due to threats of a lawsuit from microwave manufacturers, due to microwaves no longer being dangerous to people with pacemakers.
Goofs[]
- After the two transportation people get Blanche to move over on the gurney. They move her out of the room and down the hall with the side rail on the side she transferred over. Still down. This is something that's not done in a hospital setting. The rails of the cart, gurney, or bed are supposed to be up unless a patient is being ambulated. And definitely, when that patient is being transported. Falls are a huge problem in hospitals. And serious steps are always a part of patient care.
- Continuity: In Season 3 Episode 8 (Brotherly Love) Rose says, "I can't count sheep, I'm allergic to wool". But in this Season 5 Episode 17 (Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom Tom), she states, "I used to have so much trouble sleeping, I tried counting sheep".
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References[]
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 17, “Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom-Tom”. Lasker, Phillip Jayson (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (February 10th, 1990)