The Golden Girls, an all American hit comedy series, was launched way back in 1985 in NBC when television was becoming into a popular form of entertainment. It was so popular that Every Saturday night at prime time viewers looked forward eagerly to watch this serial. The story is portrait by four older women who lived in Miami as roommates. The episodes were basically about how these women dealt with their lives problems and situations. Strong humour and tickling smartness were the highlights of this all time popular TV comedy serial.
Coming to the characters, Rue McClanahan played the character of Blanche Devereaux, a southern woman, she is a compulsive flirt and likes to date all types of eligible men and she did so with lan. Every single man in the entire Miami area could not deny her. The next character played by Bea Arthur of Dorothy Zbornak, a former high school teacher, Betty White played by the character of Rose Nylund as a widow.
As she always talks about her former hometown the other girls (women) found Rose to be somewhat boring. The fourth character is that of Dorothy's mother known as Sophia Petrillo.The role of Sophia Estelle is played by Getty. She is a straight speaking Italian immigrant whether her aged just over eighty. Her sarcastic wit is the USP of this show.
Golden Girls had an appeal of its own and all the characters were perfect in their position. The uniqueness of the character make it difference from each and other itself. Golden Girls never became boring to viewers where there have been repetitions of the show. Though each character delivered powerful performances, at the end it is Sophia who really outstanding.
Golden Girls complete DVD are hilarious in almost all the episodes. In the different situations the characters deliberately created humorous scenes. However not all episodes end on a hilarious note. For example, in the episode named 'The Operation' Dorothy gets inspired to look at life from a different angle. 'The Engagement' was the first episode of Golden Girls where Sophia joins in with the other three women.