One of Dorothy's biggest insecurities was undoubtedly her divorce from Stan Zbornak. The mere mention of his name sent her spinning. In the first season's "Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?" Dorothy and Stan's daughter Kate announces she's getting married. This meant Dorothy would have to see Stan at the wedding. She puts on a brave face and endures the awful day with some help from her mother Sophia. In the end, she confronts Stan and tells him off.
In the second season's opener "End of the Curse," the ladies breed minks as a way of making some extra cash. What fans don't realize is how much the actors disliked the script. The staff was aware Betty White was an animal activist, but they didn't know Bea Arthur and Rue McClanahan were ones, too. Writer Terry Grossman backed them up as much as he could, but the talented actors persevered.
Production designer Ed Stephenson favored "modular" sets because they could be reused with a few simple adjustments. So the series made good use of a teak-paneled courtroom from the show . Dubbed the "Classic Interior", this set was repurposed as a waiting room ("Mother Load"), a banquet hall ("Love for Sale"), a hair salon ("Rites of Spring"), a clothing store ("Love Me Tender"), and a restaurant ("Ro$e Love$ Mile$").
Some of the best scenes in the whole run of took place in the kitchen. Whether it was Rose cooking up wacky Scandinavian delicacies or Sophia perfecting one of her Sicilian recipes, the kitchen was the heart of the home. And for a room where eating nothing but mouth-watering meals was par for the course, it may be surprising to learn there was no oven.
Blanche was famous for her amorous lifestyle. And to literally illustrate her many sexual conquests, Blanche offered her surrogate family an original Christmas present like no other. In "'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas", the ladies' holiday vacations are each postponed by inclement weather. Yet prior to that, the Golden Girls share homemade presents rather than purchased ones.
Despite Rue's character growing up in a part of Georgia where the Southern accent was considerably modest, she felt it wasn't funny enough for the role of Blanche. So, she opted for a humorous dialect that is more phony than realistic.
Fans surely noticed the ladies lived with a gay man named Coco in the pilot, but where did he go afterwards? The late actor Charles Levin was completely comfortable with playing a gay character.
Blanche, Dorothy, and Rose did not dress like the average senior citizen on television.
Would cheesecake be as popular without ? Probably not. The ladies frequently sat down in the kitchen and chatted over several slices of the dessert. Fans love these scenes, but they may be heartbroken to know that not every Girl liked cheesecake. Although Betty White enjoys cheesecake, she doesn't eat anything on camera. She claims Rue McClanahan is the opposite and would go to town if there was cheesecake. McClanahan said that's not true, and she only pretended to eat it. As for Bea Arthur, she hated cheesecake. In fact, she didn't like the scenes involving it either.
The ladies had a very enticing living room. There was a sizable amount of woodwork on the set, but unless one is looking for it, they would never notice that the wood isn't at all carved. Instead, it's painted to look textured. The show was filmed in standard definition so these details are harder to discern anyway. Something else worth noting is the rattan sofa the Girls lounge on. Assistant art director Michael Hynes chose it because it looked feminine. Throughout the series, the pillows change in style and color because the women's clothes would otherwise clash with the furniture.