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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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You Gotta Have Hope is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of The Golden Girls and the ninety-third episode overall. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan, it premiered on NBC-TV on February 25th, 1989.

Summary[]

A childhood fantasy leads Rose to believe that Bob Hope is her father, and she's convinced that he will perform as the Master of Ceremonies at an upcoming charity benefit. Meanwhile, Dorothy is in charge of a variety show that seems to fail miserably because of an obvious lack of qualified talent.

Plot[]

To be added.[1]

Tall Tales[]

Back in St. Olaf...[]

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Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Stars[]

  • Bob Hope as Himself
  • Douglas Seale as Seymour
  • Eadie Del Rubio, Milly Del Rubio, and Elena Del Rubio as The Donatello Triplets
  • Andre Rosey Brown as Bodybuilder
  • June Claman as Phyliss
  • Linda Rand as Freida
  • Daniel Rosen as Misha
  • Patrick Stack as Man in Locker Room
  • Cynthia Lea Clark as Seamstress

Notes[]

Production[]

Cultural references[]

  • The title refers to a line from the song "You Gotta Have Heart" from the 1955 musical Damn Yankees.

Goofs[]

  • In this episode, Rose refers to her adoptive parents as having the last name Nylund. Nylund is her married name and Lindstrom is her maiden name.
  • Sophia says that she can't crochet. However she is seen crocheting a white and orange scarf throughout the series.
  • After Bob Hope exits the box and starts his monologue, the box remains open. They cut to the girls, then cut back to Bob, the box is closed while he is telling the "God is a Dem?" joke. Then cut to the girls, then back to Bob the box is open again.
  • After the Donatello triplets leave the audition, they go from the stage to the door behind Sophia in an impossibly short time.
  • The juggler implies that he's of Polish extraction when he says that "[his] brother is still in Poland". However, he introduces himself as 'Misha', a Russian short form of 'Mikhail' ('Michael').
  • Rose mentions that she wishes she were back home. When Dorothy asks her why, Rose states that it would be lunch time. Minnesota is actually one hour behind Florida,[4] but Rose could have calculated this and said it at the right time.

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Season 7 Hey, Look Me Over • The Case of the Libertine Belle • Beauty and the Beast • That's For Me to Know • Where's Charlie? • Mother Load • Dateline: Miami • The Monkey Show, Part 1 • The Monkey Show, Part 2 • Ro$e Love$ Mile$ • Room Seven • From Here to the Pharmacy • The Pope's Ring • Old Boyfriends • Goodbye, Mr. Gordon • The Commitments • Questions and Answers • Ebbtide VI: The Wrath of Stan • Journey to the Center of Attention • A Midwinter Night's Dream, Part 1 • A Midwinter Night's Dream, Part 2 • Rose: Portrait of a Woman • Home Again, Rose, Part 1 • Home Again, Rose, Part 2 • One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, Part 1 •One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, Part 2

References[]

  1. ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 17, “You Gotta Have Hope”. Fanaro, Barry and Nathan, Mort (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (February 25th, 1989)
  2. ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 8, “Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket”. Speer, Kathy and Grossman, Terry (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (December 3rd, 1988)
  3. ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 20, “Twice in a Lifetime”. Weiss, Martin and Bruce, Robert (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (February 24th, 1990)
  4. ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 3, "The One That Got Away". Lloyd, Christopher (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (October 28th, 1988)
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