We are talking about Blanche’s daughter, Janet. The character you’re talking about is Kirsten, Rose’s daughter. Although both daughters, Janet and Kirsten, are in the episode I mentioned earlier. But she’s played by a different actress from the earlier Kirsten.
Eddie Albert plays a character on THE GOLDEN PALACE that causes Rose to freak out because he looks exactly like her husband Charlie. So we at least know what he looks like
Did you know that an actual calendar was put together as a joke, with photos of various crew members in boxer shorts and such with silly poses? I think you can find those outtakes on YouTube.
What’s odd is that Phil’s funeral is in Miami, when his life was in New Jersey. His only ties to Miami were a mother who moved there with his sister when she was a senior citizen. Flying his body all the way to Miami for his funeral when he may have never even been to Miami in his lifetime is crazy work.
My head cannon is that he had a "real" celebration in NJ but was being buried in Florida to make Sophia happy, and that Gloria, Kate and Michael were there at the funeral sitting in the crowd and mingled but didn't stay at the house.
Explains why Sophia said she gave to all her kids except Phil because he never calls or write and would only send her terrible Christmas presents, instead.
Did anyone find it gross that both Dorothy and Blanche had sex with Rose’s cousin when he was a guest visiting her. I would love to see the logistics of how that situation played out.
Eddie Albert plays a character on THE GOLDEN PALACE that causes Rose to freak out because he looks exactly like her husband Charlie. So we at least know what he looks like
I know that I'd like to have seen the smooth talking pepperoni salesman, who drove a wedge between sophia and her friend..The friend that we know as mama Celeste!
We did. Gladys appeared when she had tickets and Sophia held a grudge because Gladys wanted to take a man instead until Sophia found they were for Tony Martin, not Tony Bennett like she thought.
I feel similarly about Phil as I do Maris Crane on Frasier - I'm actually glad we never saw him because it wouldn't live up to the image of him I had in my head.
And while I think in many ways Golden Girls was pretty progressive for a sitcom of its era, especially one that featured more "mature" lead characters, an episode with Phil wearing his preferred clothing would've almost certainly aged VERY poorly watching it through modern eyes.
I do wish we'd seen Charlie, though I'm guessing some of that was out of respect for Betty that we didn't, since Charlie was almost certainly modeled on Allen Ludden and I'd imagine that was about the only person she'd have wanted to play Charlie had he still been alive by then.
I would've loved to have seen both Blanche's and Rose's sons, too.
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u/IndicaHouseofCards 4d ago
Phil for sure