Golden Girls Alphabet Game

[ShadowSixx]

R is for the three R's Rose was talking about when it came to schooling. Reading, Writing, and Rooster Insemination when you can't inseminate a rooster.

[Maherjunkie]

S is for the stroke you conveniently have to blame when you say something harsh and are competent to function in every other way.

[ShadowSixx]

T is for Tickets when the Frank Sinatra tickets were in two weeks and Blanche couldn't go 'cause she had to take an exam but the exam was in four weeks. So Blanche was able to go to the concert.

[LilWharveyGal]

U is for Unattractive, which sometimes Blanche was as a child, and sometimes she was a beautiful child.

[Maherjunkie]

In a way I am repeating myself but am taking a chance  unless someone has something more original.

 

V is for Valedictorian, which you couldn't be because you missed school because of mono.

[ShadowSixx]

W is for Wet which is what Dorothy's raincoat was suppose to be when she said "It's really coming down" yet her coat was bone dry.

[Maherjunkie]

X is for the x-rated movies you didn't want your mother to see but not for the photos that Blanche has that show the same thing.

[ShadowSixx]

Y is for Years for the inconsistency of years in ages of the children, Sophia's time in Sicily, etc. etc. etc.

[Maherjunkie]

Z is for the Zest you felt in life after a health scare but you expressed it by moving in with people who had none and had beach friends that mysteriously disappeared with no explanation.

[Maherjunkie]

How about Unrequited love and broken friendships as our next topic?

 

I offer up A for missing Andy Griffith at the Rexall if you all are game.

[LilWharveyGal]

B is for Dorothy's broken friendship with Barbara Thorndike.

[LilWharveyGal]

C is for Dr. Clayton, who temporarily broke up the friendship between Dorothy and Blanche.

[ShadowSixx]

D is for Dirk, the relationship was broken when he thought of Blanche as a mother figure.

[Blakeston]

E is for Eddie, who resisted the advances of Rose and Blanche. (We don't know what happened after Sophia jumped on him!)

[sgittinger]

F is for Fidel, whose relationships with both women ended because he died.

[LilWharveyGal]

G is for Gloria, who slept with Stan and subsequently damaged her relationship with Dorothy.

[Maherjunkie]

F is for Father Lahey, who was not meant to be with a Solid Gold dancer.

[Bastet]

You went backwards, Maherjunkie; we need H, not F.  :-)

 

H is for Harry Weston, who Blanche never managed to get into bed.

[Maherjunkie]

Oops sorry.  Correct me if I am wrong, I feel rusty on this one-Did I for Ivan vandergoogenslotsky breakup the friendship between Birkstram and Baxtrim (?) in St.Olaf in the episode "Sick and Tired"?  If so I submit that one.

[Maherjunkie]

J is for John, the blind man Blanche could not fully accept.

[ShadowSixx]

K is for Ken Whittingham who Dorothy ended the relationship with cause he couldn't love her more than his career as a clown.

[LilWharveyGal]

L is for Lorraine, who kicked her husband Michael out. I assume that means the relationship was broken.  :)

[camom]

M is for Michael, who slept with Rose's daughter, causing a rift between Rose and Dorothy.

Edited August 14, 2014 by camom

[ShadowSixx]

N is for Nicholas Carbone which there relationship was broken sometime after Golden Girls ended and Golden Palace began.

[LilWharveyGal]

O is for Opposite Side of the Street Parking, the issue that nearly tore St. Olaf apart.

[Maherjunkie]

P is for Peter Graves who played Jerry Kennedy who Blanche couldn't have because his mother didn't approve.

[ShadowSixx]

Q is for Isaac Q Newton who Rose thought liked her because of his letters but he didn't so relationship was broken before it even started.

[LilWharveyGal]

R is for Raymond, whose relationship with Dorothy ended because she couldn't say no to Sophia tagging along.

[babyhouseman]

S is for Sonny Bono who was pursuing Dorothy, but it was only a dream.

[Blakeston]

T is for Tony Delvecchio, who infuriated Sophia after responding to her declaration of love with "I care for you."

Edited August 14, 2014 by Blakeston

[camom]

U is for Uncle Angelo, who thought Blanche had the hots for him when Sophia went missing.

[Blakeston]

V is for the Virginia's disastrous sexual encounter with Ham Lushbaugh, which caused him to turn down Blanche.

Edited August 15, 2014 by Blakeston

[ShadowSixx]

X is for eX-husbands, which Blanche, Rose, & Sophia's marriages were broken because their husbands died.

Edited August 15, 2014 by ShadowSixx

[LilWharveyGal]

Oops, looks like we missed W.

 

W is for Wilfred Cheswick, who broke off his pursuit of Sophia when he found out she wasn't a wealthy widow.

[jonesingjay]

Y is for Yvonne an aerobics instructor at the health club where the girls work out in an attempt to improve their appearance. 

 

EDIT: Not a broken relationship. Nevermind.

Edited August 15, 2014 by jonesingjay

[ShadowSixx]

Y is for Yes, which Rebecca & Dorothy said to Stan & Jeremy's marriage proposal respectively, only to break it off later.

Edited August 15, 2014 by ShadowSixx

[Blakeston]

Z is for the Zero times we saw Jerry after he supposedly made Blanche feel like a "lady" - so presumably things didn't end well there.

 

Can the next round be pop culture references from the show?

 

A is for Aliens, which scared Sophia, because while Sigourney Weaver is a sweet girl, she shouldn't go without makeup.

[Bastet]

B is for Bringing Up Baby, the title of the episode in which the girls care for a pig named Baby, which of course is an allusion to the classic screwball film of the same name, in which Baby is a leopard.

[BookThief]

C is for when Dorothy dressed up as Cher and Sophia went as Sonny (although Blanche mistook them for Cheech and Chong). "I've got you babe..."

[ShadowSixx]

D is for David Dellinger who was part of the Chicago Seven. Dorothy started naming them to get Jimmy to let her in his room.

[Blakeston]

E is for Elvis Presley, who would never have left that much meat on a pork chop.

[LilWharveyGal]

F is for Fess Parker, whom Dorothy resembled on film.

[ShadowSixx]

G is for Gene Shalit, which Dorothy told Marguerite that Rose was upset cause Gene Shalit wants his hair to look like that.

[Blakeston]

H is for Howard the Duck, which financially ruined one of the clients at the grief counseling center.

[BookThief]

I is for the "I Love Lucy" marathon that Blanche and Rose watched because Rose had never heard of it because she and Charlie had sex every night it was on originally.

[ShadowSixx]

J is for Jessica Tandy, which Sophia was able to get a great deal on a giant screen t.v. by telling the salesman she's Jessica Tandy.

[rubaco]

K is for Klinger, aka Jamie Farr, who was supposed to send a dress for the celebrity auction. (Well, he did send it, and Sophia was wearing it.)

[Blakeston]

L is for Lawrence of Arabia's famous dirty dancing sequence.

[BookThief]

M is for the Madonna concert the girls returned from before they were robbed. "The name Madonna doesn't really suit her."

[LilWharveyGal]

N is for Nancy Reagan.  Ronald married her instead of Broderick Crawford.