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The Artist is the thirteenth episode of the third season of The Golden Girls, and the sixty-fourth episode overall. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Christopher Lloyd, the episode premiered on NBC-TV on December 19th, 1987.

Summary[]

Suave, sexy artist Lazlo chooses Blanche as his nude model for a sculpture. When Blanche sneaks a peek at Lazlo's sketches, she is indignant: the pictures resemble Rose. Dorothy soon reveals that Lazlo asked her to pose, too, and the three bicker over which of them will be immortalized in stone.

Plot[]

Sophia comes in only wearing her coat, Dorothy asks her what's wrong she reveals that a prankster at the centre got her with a joke flower, she vows revenge on the man. Blanche comes in with Laszlo a sculptor who way with words has them hot under the collar. After he leaves Blanche reveals she is going to be posing for him showing her key to his workshop.

Sophia decides to get the joker on his own game so she tests them on Dorothy, but Dorothy's attempt on Blanche goes wrong when the dribble glass gets clogged, when Laszlo comes in he reveals to Rose that he feels Blanche lacks something so he convinces Rose to secretly model as well. After Blanche discovers the sketches Rose reveals the truth, then Dorothy reveals she also modelled for Laszlo. As they all talk about what they should do they instead go to the workshop to confront him. Laszlo tells them that he has enough sketches and his chosen model will be seen in the finished statue.

The unveiling comes around, the girls wait for the moment, Sophia then pulls another joke on Dorothy pretending to drop a artwork and gets the security on board with the joke. Then the statue is seen and the girls can't tell which one of them is the one so they ask Laszlo who he used and he took all their best parts saying that they work so well as a trio.

Thinking they have a chance romantically, they ask him about if he does, but then Victor the Emcee speaks to him showing the girls that they are boyfriends and Laszlo thought they knew. The next day Sophia reveals she's giving up the jokes only for Dorothy to fall victim to a final one.[1]

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Stars[]

  • Tony Jay as Laszlo Glagorian
  • Monte Landis as Victor
  • Adam Small as Security Guard

Notes[]

  • This is the final episode of The Golden Girls to be released in 1987.
  • The background shot during the closing credits features Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche on the couch looking on at Laszlo as he compares sex and artistry.

Goofs[]

  • When Sophia tries to hand Dorothy the kaleidoscope, the eyepiece faces Dorothy. In the next shot, it faces Sophia. Later when the girls come into the kitchen discussing Laszlo, Sophia holds the kaleidoscope at about a 45-degree angle in one shot and almost straight up and down in the next.
  • When Blanche sits down at the kitchen table, you can hear the sound of the whoopee cushion before she actually sits on it.

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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 3, Episode 13, “The Artist”. Lloyd, Christopher (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (December 19th, 1987)
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