It's hard to believe it's been 30 years since the world said goodbye to one of the most beloved and iconic sitcoms of all time, The Golden Girls. I think fans knew even then, though, that this hilarious sitcom would live in infamy. To be fair, how could it not?
With Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty, lots of cheesecake, and an amazing theme song there was a lot for fans to love.
As fans of the series know, Betty White, Estelle Getty, and Rue McClanahan all reprised their role for the spin-off series The Golden Palace.
“We knew we wanted to kind of give her a fitting tribute and a fitting departure from the show. I remember, she was very moved by the last episode,” he said of Bea, as reported by Today.
Interesting that I am now also getting emotional.
“I really wanted to go even further,” he recalled. “I wanted to have the credits start to play and kind of pull them really quickly when she came back in, and then as you know, she comes back in one more time, presumably having scaled the lanai wall.”
"I remember there were a lot of goodbyes said that week. And she didn’t want to leave. I think Dorothy didn’t want to leave and I think Bea Arthur didn’t really want to leave.”
I think I speak for all Golden Girls fans when I say we didn't want Bea to leave, either!
h/t: Today
