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Fiddler on the Ropes: Directed by Terry Hughes. With Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty. Sophia is given money that is intended to be put into a Certificate of Deposit, but she buys a Cuban prizefighter instead.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Terry Hughes
- 1989-03-04
- Summary
- Plot
- Tall Tales
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Sophia is given money that is intended to be put into a Certificate of Deposit, but she buys a Cuban prizefighter instead.
Dorothy, Blanche and Rose sit down for dinner and start to talk about money matters. Rose, who was supposed to take $3000 the girls saved up to the bank to buy a Certificate of Deposit, passed the errand to Sophia. Dorothy fears that Sophia will irresponsibly spend their money, and her fears are justified as Sophia returns home to announce that she...
Picture It...
Sophia tells a story about two young girls leaving their tiny village to seek fame, fortune, and a meal cooked without oregano. They eventually made it to a seaside town where there was a ship to America, but the steerage price was ₺900,000 -- or approximately $1.25 -- which turns out to be the exact amount of each girl's life savings. One girl chose to spend her money and take a chance in America, and the other chooses to book a ferry to Sardinia and save the rest of her money for a rainy da...
Tales from the Old South
Blanche tells the ladies about a relationship with the star quarterback at her high school, whom all the major colleges were vying for. Blanche worried that him going to Notre Dame would affect their relationship with "all those priests skulking around campus", but her boyfriend revealed that he was going to go to a small college about five miles away. When Blanche asked him why, he proposed to her and slipped a ring on her finger. However, Blanche rejected him -- not because she didn't want...
Production
1. The loft where Pepe practices violin with Charley is the same set used in "Bedtime Story" where the ladies try to catch a train back to Miami but end up meeting a group of clowns. The major difference is that the loft is basically the train station set without all the props except for a piano. 2. Chick Vennera would later return to the series in "Rose Fights Back" as Enrique Mas. 3. While Sophia helps Pepe train for the fight, she turns up the volume of a recording of what later turns out...
Cultural references
1. The title is taken from the 1964 Broadway play Fiddler on the Roof. Incidentally, Bea Arthur was in the original cast of Fiddler.
Goofs
1. When the girls discuss the CD at dinner, the bread basket disappears from Rose's hands between shots.
"The Golden Girls" Fiddler on the Ropes (TV Episode 1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Golden Girls. 178M subscribers. Subscribed. 44. Golden Girls S4 E18. Without the consent of the other girls, Sophia sinks their life savings in Pepe, a prize fighter. However, on the eve of...
Recap / The Golden Girls S 04 E 17 Fiddler On The Ropes. Create New. Sophia is given money that is intended to be put into a Certificate of Deposit, but she buys a Cuban prizefighter instead. Tropes: Chekhov's Skill: On top of acting and boxing, Pepe is also quite the actor, a skill he demonstrates to the girls when they catch him rehearsing.
Comedy. Drama. Directed By: Terry Hughes. Written By: Susan Harris, Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman. The Golden Girls. S4 • Episode 18. Fiddler on the Ropes. Air Date: Mar 4, 1989. User Score Available after 4 ratings. tbd. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. Where to Watch. Amazon ($1.99) All Watch Options. Season Episodes.
The title is from "Fiddler on the Roof" which opened at the Imperial Theater in New York on September 22, 1964 and ran for 3,242 performances, setting a record for the longest running show on Broadway passing "Life With Father" that held the record for 25 years.
