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St. Olaf is a Norwegian farming town located in northern Minnesota, and the oft-referred hometown of Rose Nylund. It was referred to in almost every episode through Rose's protracted and comic, yet almost entirely irrelevant anecdotes about its eccentric inhabitants, bizarre customs, and peculiar history.
History[]
The town was founded by Heinrich von Anderdonnen, a Norwegian immigrant who was the first to can tuna in its own natural juices. In celebration of von Anderdonnen, the town holds a yearly parade where townsfolk dress as cans of tuna and jars of mayonnaise.[1]
1920s[]
In 1921, St. Olaf went through an event that would later be known as The Great Beer Nut Shortage of 1921. The precise details of the event are unknown, although from its name, it can be assumed that St. Olaf suffered a critical shortage of beer nuts. It is implied that Rose's Uncle Gunther had something to do with this.[2]
1929[]
Nineteen year-old Ingrid Karklavoner was brought on as the chef at the St. Olaf Monastery. Despite the monks taking a vow of silence, Ingrid makes one-sided conversation with them, much to the delight of monk Brother Martin. Martin and Ingrid become lovers, and Ingrid fell pregnant from their affair.[3]
1930s[]
On March 12th, 1930, Ingrid Karklavoner went into labor at the St. Olaf Monastery. She died giving birth to a daughter, and the abbot took the baby to the St. Olaf orphanage in a basket containing hickory-smoked cheese, spicy beefsticks, and some kind of crackers that didn't go with anything.[4]
During the 1930s, the only dentist and librarian in town was Ernest T. Minky, who was notorious for being moody. He only let people check out books for an hour because he believed that books belonged in a library, and everyone in town avoided him due to his temperament. During the '30s, the way one could tell if someone was from St. Olaf was if they were illiterate and had teeth like Indian corn. In 1938, Rose Nylund went to check out a book from the library, and Ernest's tie got caught in the checkout machine. Rose used her Girl Scout knife to cut his tie off, and as thanks for saving his life, Ernest let Rose keep her book for a whole week.[5]
1940s[]
World War II[]
In late 1942, St, Olaf developed a secret weapon that could end World War II -- attack cows. However, despite being trained to kill, the cows were unable to pull the ripcord of a parachute. However, the cows would create quite a mess when they “landed” and because Germans hated a mess, they were at least partially effective.[6]
At some point during the war, the US Navy visited St. Olaf with a request for the town to make three submarines for a million dollars. Finneas Wigler, a member of the highly-revered Wigler family, boasted that he could make a hundred submarines for $500,000. The Navy gave him the contract, only to come back the next year and find that Finneas had made a hundred hoagie heroes with all imported meats and cheeses. St. Olaf was rocked by the scandal, and the Wiglers fell from grace afterwards.[7]
During the final years of the war, the local high school was taken over by the Nazi Party in order to teach Nazi propaganda to the youth at the school as an experiment, in preparation for an invasion of the United States. Both Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun served as teachers at the school: Hitler, alias "Fritz Stickelmeyer", taught history, and Ava Braun taught physical education.[8]
Post-War[]
At some point during the 1940s, a family of eskimos moved to St. Olaf and were initally unpopular in the town. They gave all the kids whale blubber on Halloween, sawed a hole in the town ice skating rink to go fishing, and borrowed all of the ice trays in town to build an addition above their garage. In 1949, St. Olaf was stricken with a terrible drought, and the family ended up saving the town when their house melted as a result of the heat.[9]
1950s[]
In 1951, the St. Olaf Beauty Pageant finally allowed humans to compete in the event. Rose Nylund was one of the first humans to compete in it.[10]
In 1952, the St. Olaf volcano threatened to erupt and sent the town into a panic. A group of Shriners in town for the opening of Stonehengeland pretended to be Druid priests and said they could stop the eruption if they could sacrifice the town's dumbest virgin. They told Rose Nylund that the only way to prevent the eruption was for her to crawl through their legs, up the volcano, while they gave her her birthday whacks.
1960s[]
During the '60s, St. Olaf was nearly torn apart by the issue of opposite-side-of-the-street parking. Nobody could understand the concept, because no matter which side you park on, there's always an opposite side.[10]
Location and Geography[]
According to Rose, St. Olaf is a Norwegian farming settlement in northern Minnesota, known on local license plates as "Big Statue Country". The town can be reached by train from Minneapolis to Tyler's Landing, changing at St. Gustav (St. Olaf's sister city, dubbed "The City that Never Naps") with the final leg completed by toboggan. One can also fly to St. Gustav and transfer to a train, then donkey cart service that takes two to three days. Additionally, a "yokel service" is available for those who wish to be entertained by a family of first cousins playing banjos. To get to St. Olaf, train travelers must pass through Zumbro Falls Tunnel, which has been said to be the site of many disappearances.[11]
Landmarks[]
In "72 Hours", Rose states that there is an active volcano in St. Olaf. Rose also attempted to get St Olaf its own missile silo, her reasoning was making the town a first strike target would really put the town on the map.[12]
There is a large hole on main street in front of the courthouse, dubbed the Black Hole, which people stand around and look in, point at, and spit in from time to time. Some residents would get drunk and urinate in it as well.[13]
The townspeople built a statue dedicated to Blanche Devereaux in Mrs. Olsen Square, after she returned a large surplus of war bonds she found in a box of junk she bought from Rose.[14]
People and Culture[]
See also: List of St. Olaf residents
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The town appears to be quite traditional, with Rose being visited by her cousin Sven who was due to be married in an arranged marriage to a St. Olaf woman he never met before. The population of St. Olaf can all be traced back to the same brother and sister, and the original St. Olafians were allegedly a part of one of the lost tribes of Israel.[15]
Language[]
St. Olaf appears to be a bilingual town with a significant amount of unique vocabulary that may be specific to the area and not appearing in standard Norwegian. Rose uses these phrases quite often, to the exasperation of her roommates.
Phrase | Description | Mentioned in |
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Crapola in a box | Junk that one tends to collect over time, including but not limited to things that don’t fit right, smell bad, or make strangers look at you and giggle. | "If At Last You Do Succeed"[6] |
Fingerborg | A Scandinavian word for "thimble". | "Dancing in the Dark"[16] |
Garconanokin | Loosely translated as someone you wouldn't want to share your hoogencoggles with. Literally meaning the precise moment when dog poop turns white. | "Three on a Couch"[17] |
Generptionloken | A family tradition where the oldest niece has to give a eulogy. Literally meaning a herring poacher you can wear as a sun visor. | TBA |
Gerflufen | Loosely translated, meaning “I hope you have a license to carry that gerflufen”. | "Dancing in the Dark"[16] |
Gügenspritzer | The St. Olaf version of Monopoly. | TBA |
Hoogencoggles | Unknown. | "Three on a Couch"[17] |
Kaflügenachen | A Scandinavian pejorative term for someone who docks his boat in the handicap slip without a handicap permit. | "The Actor"[18] |
Knukendup und schvingle | Knocked-up and single. | "If At Last You Do Succeed"[6] |
Langenhølden | A Viking hat with horns. | "Three on a Couch"[17] |
Tutenbobels | A pejorative for buttocks. | "Three on a Couch"[17] |
Ugel and Flugel | An adult's version of hide-and-seek. | "Dorothy's New Friend"[19] |
Vertugenflürgen | A word used by Rose that is the St. Olaf equivalent of "I'm not one to blow my own horn", with 'vertugenflürgen' replacing 'horn'. Sophia claimed she couldn't even reach hers, which may imply a more explicit meaning, or Sophia being her usual sarcastic self. | "Big Daddy"[1] |
Cuisine[]
St. Olaf's cuisine is heavily influenced by Viking tradition and often includes herring.
Dish | Description | Appears in |
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Eggs Geflufen | An appetizer involving eggs. | TBA |
Flugelkaka | A Scandinavian hors d'oeuvre. | "The President's Coming! The President's Coming!, Part 1"[20] |
Genügenflürgen cake | A type of cake with an ancient Scandinavian recipe that Rose Americanized. | "Big Daddy"[1] |
Herring Balls | Presumably compact balls of herring fish. | TBA |
Herring Krispies | Krispies made with herring. They were invented by Max Brinker. | "The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo"[21] |
Humpaflagel cake | A tall Scandinavian cake that's extremely sensitive to noise and movement. | "High Anxiety"[22] |
Kåldomar | A Scandinavian specialty made with ground pork and cabbage. | "Dancing in the Dark"[16] |
Maple Syrup Honey Brown Sugar Molasses Rice Krispies Log | A favorite of Rose and her family that, as the name implies, is incredibly sugary. Dorothy tried it and couldn't believe the sheer sweetness of the log. Later, when Rose's daughter Kirsten visited and gave a log to Blanche and Dorothy, Dorothy told Blanche: "It's a log, I'm going to burn it!" | "The Truth Will Out"[23] |
Sperhüven Krispies | A foul-smelling Scandinavian midnight snack. They are eaten with one hand holding one's nose and one hand popping a Krispy into the mouth. Even though they smell horrible, they taste like cheesecake, fresh strawberries, and chocolate ice cream. | "Rose's Big Adventure"[24] |
Vanskapkaka | A special friendship cake. This word is based on the Swedish word "vänskapskaka", which holds the same meaning. | TBA |
Arts and Entertainment[]
One of St. Olaf's chief attractions is a giant black hole, which the townspeople enjoyed standing around and looking at; which prompted Dorothy to refer to St. Olaf sarcastically as the real "entertainment capital of the world." St. Olaf had an amusement park or tourist attraction called Stonehengeland, seemingly inspired by the monument in England.[25]
St. Olaf's most famous religious painting is The Last Pancake Breakfast.[26]
Media[]
The town has two known newspapers; The St. Olaf Courier-Dispatch, which is famous for its investigative reporting, and The St. Olaf Time, a newspaper that once gave advice on attracting UFOs with a flashlight and a pie pan.[27]
St. Olaf has a community playhouse, which was the first venue to perform the family drama Hey, That's My Tractor.[28] The local theater troupe is the St. Olaf Masquers.[29]
Literature[]
There is also a popular 16-panel comic strip called Sonya Kilngenhoffer, which features the titular character getting into wacky hijinks. A popular St. Olafian author is Hans Christian Lukerhüven, who wrote the popular fairytales "Toonder the Tiger and His Friends" and "Hansel and Hansel".[30] There is also a bestselling book titled If I Have All the Cheese I Want, Why Am I Still Unhappy? by Sigmund and Roy Freud, two renowned St. Olafian psychotherapists.[31]
Popular St. Olafian fairytales include "Gunilla Gets A Catalogue", "Ilsa, the Girl Who Could Make Bad Food Good", and "Gus and the Recliner".[32]
Sports[]
A sport native to St. Olaf is Gowakanoggin, which is just like baseball but you "go whack a noggin" instead of a ball. If you're still standing after ten whacks, you take first base.[33] The town also developed an adult version of hide-and-seek, calling it Ugel and Flugel.[19]
St. Olaf also developed and released a board game called Gügenspritzer, the St. Olafian equivalent of Monopoly!. Unlike Monopoly!, there is no money due to the bank as it was built by a bad contractor and sunk into a swamp, leaving nothing but safety deposit slips and a pen on a chain. Players can buy the library or the phone booth, but people use the phone booth. A player will be able to win the entire game if they buy Longenbueton Avenue, as it is the only street in St. Olaf.[34]
Religion[]
St. Olaf has a large Christian population, as well as a Lutheran church.[35]
Education[]
St. Olaf has a grade school, a high school, and two colleges. A condition of graduating kindergarten in St. Olaf is not to eat paste.[36] The fight song for the local high school is "Onward, St. Olaf", written by then-student Rose Nylund in the 1940s.
During World War II, the Nazis infiltrated St. Olaf's high school to enact a secret plan, teaching America's youth misinformation so the country would easily fall to the Germans. Both Adolf Hitler and Ava Braun were personally involved in this plan, but their efforts ultimately failed as St. Olaf was already very stupid.[8]
When the town attempted to introduce "new math" to its curriculum, it nearly caused the town to fall apart.[37]
Infrastructure[]
St. Olaf has a mayor, and a Department of Water and Coffee that encourages current and former residents of St. Olaf to be celibate during droughts as a way to bring rain.[38] Rose's uncle Gustav Lindstrom once ran for water commissioner, but due to a printing error on the ballots, his horse Old Brisker was elected instead. Old Brisker was water commissioner for six months.[39]
There used to be a bank in St. Olaf, but it sank as it was built on a marsh. All that was left were a few deposit slips and a pen with a chain attached to it, floating in the muck.[40]
Laws[]
Not much is known about the St. Olaf justice system, although its motto is "Use a gun, go apologize."[41] The town also has a county jail that doubles as a deli, described as being cold with steel bars and wedges of cheese hanging overhead, tantalizingly just out of reach. n Saturdays and Sundays, the farmers in town became volunteer policemen. Because of the low level of crime in St. Olaf, the volunteers often sat around the jailhouse and took pictures of each other behind the bars in goofy poses.
At age fifteen, all children in St. Olaf are required to sign a pledge that they will not do anything "wild, crazy, or impetuous". The purpose of the pledge is to keep people from painting their houses crazy colors.[42]
Medical Care[]
There is a hospital in St. Olaf called Cedars of St. Olaf Hospital.[43]
During Rose's time in St. Olaf, there was a plastic surgeon's office run by the extremely-moody Dr. Lukan Olfneuner. Rose got the office shut down after her mother Alma came back from the surgeon looking like Raymond Massey, but she only learned after the fact that that was the look Alma was going for.[44]
The "I Can't Believe This Is Cheese" diet is a popular diet in St. Olaf, which consists of eating nothing but rice.[45]
Businesses[]
- St. Olaf Auto Shop: The local automotive repair facility. In addition to being a repair shop, it featured photographs of prominent St. Olaf citizens, including Pigpen Johannsen and Andy Granatelli. Johannsen's photograph was removed after he failed to erect the town sign in time for Founders' Day and the governor drove through the town without stopping.[46]
- St. Olaf Bank: A savings and loan in St. Olaf. It was built on marshland, and eventually sank. All that was left were a few deposit slips and a pen with a chain attached to it, floating in the muck.[47]
- St. Olaf Motor Coach Company: A vehicle manufacturer owned by Fritz Fenderhooven. The company created the Fenderhooven Rocket.
Holidays and Traditions[]
St. Olafians celebrate various oddly-themed festivals, including Hay Day, The Day of the Princess Pig, The Day of the Wheat, and The Festival of the Dancing Sturgeons. There are also oddly-themed events, such as a "Butter Queen" competition, and a milk diving competition.
Marriage traditions[]
St. Olafians still practiced arranged marriages in the 1980s.
At Great Shepherd's Church, balloons would be dropped from the ceiling after a wedding, but they switched to dropping uninflated balloons after the St. Olaf Boys Choir used the inflated balloons to make "obscene noises".[48] When the newlyweds left the church, dead fish are tied to the back of their vehicle and they would drive the car until they can't stand the smell of the fish. The couple must then make their marital home wherever they stop driving.[49]
List of St. Olafian holidays and festivals[]
Holiday | Description | Mentioned in |
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Annual Shaming | An annual tradition where the mayor gathers all the children who had lied that year in the town square and points at them. | "Ebb Tide"[50] |
Bicentennial Day | An annual event where livestock are given chauffeur-driven limousine rides to fancy four-star restaurants and the symphony afterwards. | "Snap Out Of It"[51] |
Butter Queen Competition | A pageant that involves various butter-themed activities and crowns a girl in town The Butter Queen. Contests include an evening gown competition, an oral butter quiz, and a churning competition. Rose Nylund almost won one year, but lost due to a presumed case of churn tampering. | "Ladies of the Evening" |
Christmas | St. Olaf celebrates Christmas similarly to the typical Christmas celebration, with a Christmas pageant and exchanging handmade gifts. After the pageant, the residents go down to the town square and try to form a circle, then everyone would go home and smoke kippers to get their homes to smell like kippers. In keeping with the spirit of Christmas, it was traditional to let all the animals sleep inside their owners' homes that night. Unfortunately, the next morning, the rumors would start, and they would continue until New Year's, when everyone would resolve that it would never happen again. But then, the next year, all it took was a little eggnog and one wise guy saying, "What the hell? It's Christmas!" | "'Twas The Nightmare Before Christmas"[52] |
Cottage Cheese Pageant | A contest or event that names two girls Large and Small Curd Cottage Cheese Queen. These titles are two of St. Olaf's highest honors. | "Brotherly Love"[54] |
Easter | St. Olafians celebrate Easter by drinking eggnog and wearing cast-iron brassieres. | "'Twas The Nightmare Before Christmas"[52] |
Edelweiss and Jarlsberg Choral Festival | An annual choral festival held in St. Olaf. | "Dorothy's Prized Pupil"[55] |
Everybody Hide the Corn Day | A holiday in St. Olaf where residents hide corn. | "Beauty and the Beast"[56] |
Fourth of July | As with the rest of the United States, St. Olaf celebrates the Fourth of July. However, due to misinformation spread by a grade school teacher, everyone eats thin omelets on buns instead of hot dogs with mustard. | TBA |
Founder's Day | A yearly parade held in celebration of the town's founder, Heinrich von Anderdonnen. The townsfolk dress as cans of tuna and jars of mayonnaise and hold a parade through town. | "Big Daddy"[1] |
Hay Day | A day dedicated to celebrating hay. | "The Accurate Conception"[57] |
Junior Butter Queen Pageant | A complimentary pageant to the annual Butter Queen Pageant. | "Ladies of the Evening"[58] |
Junior Prom | A yearly prom held by St. Olaf. It is only for people named Junior. | "What a Difference a Date Makes"[59] |
Little Miss St. Olaf Pageant | A talent show-beauty pageant for little girls in St. Olaf. Rose Nylund once lost the title to Eileen Ditmeyer's imaginary friend. | "Beauty and the Beast"[56] |
Me and My Pet Lookalike Contest | An annual event in St. Olaf where people and their pets compete to see how alike they are. Rose reported that she was required to swim with a duck in her mouth, but it is unknown whether this was to emulate her own pet or a requirement of all the contestants. | "The President's Coming! The President's Coming!, Part 1"[60] |
Milk Diving Tournament | An annual tradition in St. Olaf, the tournament was founded after Rose's cousin Enoch fell into a vat of milk. There were several divisions, including a low fat division, which Rose won on three occasions. The tournament stopped being held after several spectators were caught dipping Oreo cookies into the winner's swim trunks. | "Brotherly Love"[54] |
Miss St. Olaf Beauty Pageant | A beauty pageant in St. Olaf. Events included rolling a log while wearing an evening gown and an intelligence quiz. The pageant didn't allow humans to compete in it until 1951, and Rose Nylund was one of the first humans to compete. | "An Illegitimate Concern"[10] |
Pretzel Week | An annual event in St. Olaf that has to do with pretzels. | "One for the Money"[61] |
St. Olaf Annual Talent Show | A yearly talent show. One year featured a herring juggling act, where herring juggled tiny Ginsu knives. After the herring juggling act, Ollie and Bridget Canudenshpringle sang a duet. | "You Gotta Have Hope"[62] |
St. Sigmund's Day | A celebration where a headless boy is a central figure. | TBA |
The Day of the Princess Pig | A day dedicated to choosing a pig in town and crowning it The Princess Pig. | "The Accurate Conception"[57] |
The Day of the Wheat | A hoiday where everyone in town dresses up like sandwiches. | "The Accurate Conception"[57] |
The Festival of the Dancing Sturgeons | A day where the townsfolk gather to watch the sturgeon birds flapping around the docks. | TBA |
The Velcome Vagon | A traditional Scandanavian welcome given to people who move to St. Olaf. During Rose Nylund's tenure, the members of the welcome wagon hopped on a tractor and drive to their new neighbors' farm, while her cousin Dat played "Getting To Know You" through the hole in his windpipe. They then deliver vats of smoked fish and large pitchers of freshly-squeezed potato juice to the new family | "To Catch a Neighbor"[63] |
Woman of the Year | A celebration where St. Olafians pick the woman who has been the most upstanding human being that year. Winners get a milk chocolate trophy wrapped in gold foil, and the award is considered the highest honor in St. Olaf history. | "Yokel Hero"[11] |
Real-world inspiration[]
The town is often thought to be of fictional origin, but a town called St. Olaf does, in fact, exist in Minnesota. On the series, St. Olaf was neighbors with St. Gustaf, and there was also a town called Beaver Falls nearby. The towns of St. Olaf and St. Gustaf had two Minnesota colleges, St. Olaf College and Gustavus Adolphus College. St. Olaf College is located in Northfield, MN, and Gustavus Adolphus College is located in St. Peter, MN. The two colleges are both in the MIAC conference, and share a friendly rivalry. There is also a real life Beaver Falls Township in Minnesota.
Appearances[]
The Golden Girls (1985-1992)[]
Season 1
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1. "The Engagement": | Absent | 14. "That Was No Lady": | Mentioned | ||
2. "Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding": | Absent | 15. "In a Bed of Rose's": | Mentioned | ||
3. "Rose the Prude": | Mentioned | 16."The Truth Will Out": | Mentioned | ||
4. "Transplant": | Absent | 17. "Nice and Easy": | Mentioned | ||
5. "The Triangle": | Mentioned | 18. "The Operation": | Absent | ||
6. "On Golden Girls": | Absent | 19. "Second Motherhood": | Absent | ||
7. "The Competition": | Mentioned | 20. "Adult Education": | Mentioned | ||
8. "Break-In": | Mentioned | 21. "The Flu": | Absent | ||
9. "Blanche and the Younger Man": | Absent | 22. "Job Hunting": | Absent | ||
10. "The Heart Attack": | Mentioned | 23. "Blind Ambitions": | Mentioned | ||
11. "The Return of Dorothy's Ex": | Mentioned | 24. "Big Daddy": | Mentioned | ||
12. "The Custody Battle": | Mentioned | 25. "The Way We Met": | Mentioned | ||
13. "A Little Romance": | Absent |
Season 2
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1. "End of the Curse": | Absent | 14. "The Actor": | Absent | ||
2. "Ladies of the Evening": | Absent | 15. "Before and After": | Absent | ||
3. "Take Him, He's Mine": | Absent | 16."And Then There Was One": | Absent | ||
4. "It's a Miserable Life": | Absent | 17. "Bedtime Story": | Absent | ||
5. "Isn't It Romantic": | Absent | 18. "Forgive Me, Father": | Absent | ||
6. "Big Daddy's Little Lady": | Absent | 19. "Long Day's Journey into Marinara": | Absent | ||
7. "Family Affair": | Absent | 20. "Whose Face is This, Anyway?": | Absent | ||
8. "Vacation": | Absent | 21. "Dorothy's Prized Pupil": | Absent | ||
9. "Joust Between Friends": | Absent | 22. "Diamond in the Rough": | Absent | ||
10. "Love, Rose": | Absent | 23. "Son-in-Law Dearest": | Absent | ||
11. "'Twas The Nightmare Before Christmas": | Absent | 24. "To Catch a Neighbor": | Absent | ||
12. "The Sisters": | Absent | 25. "A Piece of Cake": | Absent | ||
13. "The Stan Who Came to Dinner": | Absent | 26. "Empty Nests": | Absent |
Season 3
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1. "Old Friends": | Absent | 14. "Blanche's Little Girl": | Absent | ||
2. "One for the Money": | Absent | 15. "Dorothy's New Friend": | Absent | ||
3. "Bringing Up Baby": | Absent | 16."Grab That Dough": | Absent | ||
4. "The Housekeeper": | Absent | 17. "My Brother, My Father": | Absent | ||
5. "Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself": | Absent | 18. "Golden Moments, Part 1": | Absent | ||
6. "Letter to Gorbachev": | Absent | 19. "Golden Moments, Part 2": | Absent | ||
7. "Strange Bedfellows": | Absent | 20. "And Ma Makes Three": | Absent | ||
8. "Brotherly Love": | Absent | 21. "Larceny and Old Lace": | Absent | ||
9. "A Visit from Little Sven": | Absent | 22. "Rose's Big Adventure": | Absent | ||
10. "The Audit": | Absent | 23. "Mixed Blessings": | Absent | ||
11. "Three on a Couch": | Absent | 24. "Mister Terrific": | Absent | ||
12. "Charlie's Buddy": | Absent | 25. "Mother's Day": | Absent | ||
13. "The Artist": | Absent |
Season 4
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1. "Yes, We Have No Havanas": | Absent | 14. "Love Me Tender": | Absent | ||
2. "The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo": | Absent | 15. "Valentine's Day": | Absent | ||
3. "The One That Got Away": | Mentioned | 16."Two Rode Together": | Absent | ||
4. "Yokel Hero": | Appears | 17. "You Gotta Have Hope": | Absent | ||
5. "Bang the Drum, Stanley": | Absent | 18. "Fiddler On the Ropes": | Absent | ||
6. "Sophia's Wedding, Part 1": | Absent | 19. "Till Death Do We Volley": | Absent | ||
7. "Sophia's Wedding, Part 2": | Absent | 20. "High Anxiety": | Mentioned | ||
8. "Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket": | Absent | 21. "Little Sister": | Absent | ||
9. "Scared Straight": | Absent | 22. "Sophia's Choice": | Absent | ||
10. "Stan Takes a Wife": | Absent | 23. "Rites of Spring": | Absent | ||
11. "The Auction": | Absent | 24. "Foreign Exchange": | Absent | ||
12. "Blind Date": | Absent | 25. "We're Outta Here, Part 1": | Absent | ||
13. "The Impotence of Being Ernest": | Absent | 26. "We're Outta Here, Part 2": | Absent |
Season 6
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1. "Blanche Delivers": | Absent | 14. "Sister of the Bride": | Absent | ||
2. "Once, In St. Olaf": | Mentioned | 15. "Miles to Go": | Absent | ||
3. "If At Last You Do Succeed": | Absent | 16. "There Goes the Bride, Part 1": | Absent | ||
4. "Snap Out Of It": | Absent | 17. "There Goes the Bride, Part 2": | Absent | ||
5. "Wham, Bam, Thank You Mammy": | Absent | 18. "Older and Wiser": | Absent | ||
6. "Feelings": | Absent | 19. "Melodrama": | Absent | ||
7. "Zborn Again": | Absent | 20. "Even Grandmas Get the Blues": | Absent | ||
8. "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?": | Absent | 21. "Witness": | Absent | ||
9. "Mrs. George Devereaux": | Absent | 22. "What a Difference a Date Makes": | Absent | ||
10. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun... Before They Die": | Absent | 23. "Love for Sale": | Absent | ||
11. "Stand By Your Man": | Absent | 24. "Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 1": | Absent | ||
12. "Ebbtide's Revenge": | Absent | 25. "Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 2": | Absent | ||
13. "The Bloom Is Off the Rose": | Absent | 26. "Henny Penny — Straight, No Chaser": | Absent |
Season 7
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1. "Hey, Look Me Over": | Absent | 14. "Old Boyfriends": | Absent | ||
2. "The Case of the Libertine Belle": | Mentioned | 15. "Goodbye, Mr. Gordon": | Absent | ||
3. "Beauty and the Beast": | Mentioned | 16. "The Commitments": | Absent | ||
4. "That's For Me To Know": | Mentioned | 17. "Questions and Answers": | Absent | ||
5. "Where's Charlie?": | Absent | 18. "Ebbtide VI: The Wrath of Stan]": | Absent | ||
6. "Mother Load": | Absent | 19. "Journey to the Center of Attention": | Absent | ||
7. "Dateline: Miami": | Absent | 20. "A Midwinter Night's Dream, Part 1": | Absent | ||
8. "The Monkey Show, Part 1": | Absent | 21. "A Midwinter Night's Dream, Part 2": | Absent | ||
9. "The Monkey Show, Part 2": | Absent | 22. "Rose: Portrait of a Woman": | Absent | ||
10. "Ro$e Love$ Mile$": | Absent | 23. "Home Again, Rose, Part 1": | Absent | ||
11. "Room 7": | Absent | 24. "Home Again, Rose, Part 2": | Absent | ||
12. "From Here to the Pharmacy": | Absent | 25. "One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, Part 1": | Absent | ||
13. "The Pope's Ring": | Absent | 26. "One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, Part 2": | Absent |
The Golden Palace (1992-1993)[]
Season 1 | |||||
1. "The Golden Palace": | Absent | 13. "Rose and Fern": | Absent | ||
2. "Promotional Considerations": | Absent | 14. "Runaways": | Absent | ||
3. "Miles, We Hardly Knew Ye": | Absent | 15."Heartbreak Hotel": | Absent | ||
4. "One Old Lady to Go": | Absent | 16. "Señor Stinky Learns Absolutely Nothing About Life": | Absent | ||
5. "Ebbtide for the Defense: | Absent | 17. "Say Goodbye, Rose": | Absent | ||
6. "Can't Stand Losing You": | Absent | 18. "You've Lost That Livin' Feeling": | Absent | ||
7. "Seems Like Old Times (Part 1)": | Absent | 19. "The Chicken and the Egg": | Absent | ||
8. "Seems Like Old Times (Part 2)": | Absent | 20. "A New Leash on Life": | Absent | ||
9. "Just a Gigolo": | Absent | 21. "Pros and Concierge": | Absent | ||
10. "Marriage on the Rocks, with a Twist": | Absent | 22. "Tad": | Absent | ||
11. "Camp Town Races Aren't Nearly as Much Fun as They Used to Be": | Absent | 23. "One Angry Stan": | Absent | ||
12. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot (Less) Like Christmas": | Absent | 24. "Sex, Lies and Tortillas": | Absent |
Trivia[]
- During the show's seven-year run, St. Olaf was only seen twice in flashbacks, and once when the girls visited in "Yokel Hero".[11]
- Rose was the one to bring back the idiom, "Don't you have enough sense to come in out of the rain?" after visiting St. Olaf's rival city, St. Gustaf.
- The town has an Emergency Statue Fund, dedicated solely to the erection of statutes in the event of real statute emergencies. As of "If At Last You Do Succeed", it contains $500,000.[64]
- In the first season, Rose once referred to it as "Little Falls", which is a town quite far away from St. Olaf Township.
- St. Olaf is still occasionally mentioned by Garrison Keillor as the neighboring town to Lake Wobegon, Minnesota, in his weekly public radio show, A Prairie Home Companion.
- Big Dummy was a name given to three separate people in St. Olaf.[65]
- Two cars were manufactured in St. Olaf -- the revolutionary Fnederhooven Rocket, and the Fjord Fjairlane.[64]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Golden Girls, Season 1, Episode 24, “Big Daddy”. Fanaro, Barry and Nathan, Mort (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (May 3rd, 1986)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 3, Episode 2, "One for the Money". Fanaro, Barry; Grossman, Terry; Hervey, Winifred; Nathan, Mort and Speer, Kathy (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (September 26, 1987)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 2, "Once, In St. Olaf". Apter, Harold (writer) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (September, 29th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 2, "Once, In St. Olaf". Apter, Harold (writer) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (September, 29th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 4, “It’s A Miserable Life.” Gordon, Scott Spencer (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (November 1st, 1986)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 3, “If At Last You Do Succeed”. Spina, Robert (writer) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (October 6th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 3, Episode 12, “Charlie’s Buddy”. Speer, Kathy and Grossman, Terry (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (December 12th, 1987)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 1, "Yes, We Have No Havanas". Fanaro, Barry and Nathan, Mort (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (October 8th, 1988)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 3, Episode 20, “And Ma Makes Three”. Hervey, Winifred (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (February 20th, 1988)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 18, "An Illegitimate Concern". Cherry, Marc and Wooten, Jamie (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (February 12th, 1990)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 4, "Yokel Hero". Weiss, Martin and Bruce, Robert (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (November 5th, 1988)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 19, "72 Hours". Gamble, Tracy and Vazcy, Richard (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (February 17th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 4, “Snap Out Of It”. Gamble, Tracy and Vaczy, Richard (writers) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (October 13th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 3, “If At Last You Do Succeed”. Spina, Robert (writer) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (October 6th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 7, Episode 4, “That's for Me To Know”. Abbott, Kevin (writer) & Passaris, Lex (director) (October 12th, 1991)
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 6, “Dancing in the Dark”. Lasker, Phillip Jayson (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (November 4th, 1989)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 The Golden Girls, Season 3, Episode 11, “Three on a Couch”. Ferro, Jeffery and Weiss, Fredric (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (December 5th, 1987)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 14, “The Actor”. Fanaro, Barry and Nathan, Mort (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (January 17th, 1987)
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 The Golden Girls, Season 3, Episode 15, "Dorothy's New Friend". Speer, Kathy and Grossman, Terry (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (January 16th, 1988)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 25, "The President's Coming! The President's Coming!, Part 1". Bruce, Robert; Cherry, Marc; Lasker, Phillip Jayson; Parent, Gail; Sotkin, Marc; Whedon, Tom; Weiss, Martin and Wooten, Jamie (writers) & Passaris, Lex (director) (May 5th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 2, “The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo”. Speer, Kathy and Grossman, Terry (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (October 22nd, 1988)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 20, “High Anxiety”. Weiss, Martin and Bruce, Robert (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (March 25th, 1989)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 1, Episode 16, “The Truth Will Out”. Beavers, Susan (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) {January 18th, 1986)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 3, Episode 22, “Rose’s Big Adventure”. Abugov, Jeff (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (March 12th, 1988)
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- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 24, "All Bets Are Off". Stein, Eugene B. (writer) and Hughes, Terry (director) (April 28th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 3, "The One That Got Away". Lloyd, Christopher (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (October 28th, 1988)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 6, “Big Daddy's Little Lady”. Marcus, Russell (writer) & Steinberg, Marcus (director) (November 15th, 1986)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 26, “Henny Penny — Straight, No Chaser”. Whedon, Tom (writer) & Pioli, Judy (director) (May 4th, 1991)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 16, “Two Rode Together”. Weiss, Martin and Bruce, Robert (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (February 18th, 1989)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 7, Episode 6, “Mother Load”. Perzigian, Jerry and Seigel, Don (writers) & Passaris, Lex (director) (October 26th, 1991)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 26, “Henny Penny — Straight, No Chaser”. Whedon, Tom (writer) & Pioli, Judy (director) (May 4th, 1991)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 5, “Bang the Drum, Stanley”. Weiss, Martin and Bruce, Robert (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (November 12th, 1988)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 20, “High Anxiety”. Weiss, Martin and Bruce, Robert (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (March 25th, 1989)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 1, Episode 17, "Nice and Easy". Silverman, Stuart (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (February 1st, 1986)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 25, “A Piece of Cake”. Fanaro, Barry; Grossman, Terry; Nathan, Mort and Speer, Kathy (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (May 9th, 1987)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 24, "All Bets Are Off". Stein, Eugene B. (writer) and Hughes, Terry (director) (April 28th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 10, “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...Before They Die”. Parent, Gail and Vallely, Jim (writers) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (November 24th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 24, "All Bets Are Off". Stein, Eugene B. (writer) and Hughes, Terry (director) (April 28th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 20, “High Anxiety”. Weiss, Martin and Bruce, Robert (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (March 25th, 1989)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 13, "Mary Has a Little Lamb". Aptor, Harold (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (January 6th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 3, Episode 22, “Rose’s Big Adventure”. Abugov, Jeff (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (March 12th, 1988)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 7, “Not Another Monday”. Parent, Gail (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (November 11th, 1989)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 6, “Feelings”. Perzigian, Jerry and Seigel, Don (writers) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (October 27th, 1990)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 2, “The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo”. Speer, Kathy and Grossman, Terry (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (October 22nd, 1988)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 20, “High Anxiety”. Weiss, Martin and Bruce, Robert (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (March 25th, 1989)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 23, "The Mangiacavallo Curse Makes a Lousy Wedding Present". Lasker, Phillip Jayson (writer) and Hughes, Terry (director) (March 31st, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 17, “There Goes The Bride, Part 2”. Parent, Gail and Vallely, Jim (writers) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (February 9th, 1991)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 11, "Ebb Tide". Sotkin, Mark (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (December 9th, 1989)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 4, “Snap Out Of It”. Gamble, Tracy and Vaczy, Richard (writers) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (October 13th, 1990)
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 11, “'Twas The Nightmare Before Christmas”. Fanaro, Barry and Nathan, Mort (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (December 20th, 1986)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 12, "Have Yourself A Very Little Christmas”. Whedon, Tom (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (December 16th, 1989)
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 The Golden Girls, Season 3, Episode 8, “Brotherly Love”. Ferro, Jeffery and Weiss, Fredric (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (November 14th, 1987)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 21, “Dorothy’s Prized Pupil”. Lloyd, Christopher (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (March 14th, 1987)
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 The Golden Girls, Season 7, Episode 3, “Beauty and the Beast”. Cherry, Marc and Wooten, Jamie (writers) & Passaris, Lex (director) (October 5th, 1991)
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 3, "The Accurate Conception". Parent, Gail (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (October 14th, 1989)
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- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 22, "What a Difference a Date Makes". Cherry, Mark and Wooten, Jamie (writers) & Passaris, Lex (director) (March 23rd, 1991)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 25, "The President’s Coming! The President’s Coming!, Part 1". Bruce, Robert; Cherry, Marc; Lasker, Phillip Jayson; Parent, Gail; Sotkin, Marc; Whedon, Tom; Weiss, Martin and Wooten, Jamie (writers) & Passaris, Lex (director) (May 5th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 3, Episode 2, "One for the Money". Fanaro, Barry; Grossman, Terry; Hervey, Winifred; Nathan, Mort and Speer, Kathy (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (September 26th, 1987)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 17, “You Gotta Have Hope”. Fanaro, Barry and Nathan, Mort (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (February 25th, 1989)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 24, “To Catch a Neighbor”. Marcus, Russell (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (May 2nd, 1987)
- ↑ 64.0 64.1 The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 3, “If At Last You Do Succeed”. Spina, Robert (writer) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (October 6th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 3, Episode 15, "Dorothy's New Friend". Speer, Kathy and Grossman, Terry (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (January 16th, 1988)