The Golden Palace
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| Format | Sitcom |
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| Created by | Susan Harris |
| Starring | Betty White Rue McClanahan Estelle Getty Don Cheadle Cheech Marin Billy L. Sullivan |
| Theme music composer | Andrew Gold |
| Opening theme | "Thank You for Being a Friend" |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Running time | 25 minutes (approx) |
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| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | September 18, 1992 – May 14, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | The Golden Girls |
The Golden Palace is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS during the 1992-1993 season. The show was a spin-off of the sitcom The Golden Girls.
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[edit] Synopsis
The series featured three of the four characters from The Golden Girls operating an upscale hotel called The Golden Palace. The show was not as popular as its predecessor, perhaps due to the absence of Beatrice Arthur as a regular cast member as well as a move to the Friday night death slot. Arthur did make two guest appearances, as did others from the original show. Twenty-four episodes of the series are known to have been taped.[1]
[edit] Cast
- Betty White as Rose Nylund, a jack-of-all-trades in the hotel. This series sees Rose being of a notably stronger will than her previous incarnation (as Dorothy Zbornak noted in her guest appearance, "When did she become the strong one?").
- Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux, who served as the main operator of the hotel. Her character remains virtually unchanged from her previous series.
- Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo, the hotel's co-chef. In this series, her character is beginning to show signs of senility.
- Don Cheadle as Roland Wilson, the hotel's manager
- Cheech Marin as Chuy Castillos, the chef alongside Sophia.
- Billy L. Sullivan as Oliver Webb, Roland's foster child for episodes 1-6, 11, and 14.
[edit] List of episodes
| Ep # | Title | Air date |
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| 01 | Pilot | September 18, 1992 |
| Pilot. Rose, Blanche and Sophia move out of their home and into The Golden Palace hotel Where They Meet The Manager, named Roland, his Foster Child, Oliver, and the Chef, named Cheue, or spelled something like that. | ||
| 02 | Promotional Considerations | September 25, 1992 |
| Rose makes a deal with producers of a talk show to have guests on the show stay at the Golden Palace for free, in exchange for an ad acknowledging the hotel. Until they find out that one of their latest guests is a killer. | ||
| 03 | Miles, We Hardly Knew Ye | October 2, 1992 |
| Blanche and Roland suspect that Rose's boyfriend Miles has been cheating on her. | ||
| 04 | One Old Lady to Go | October 9, 1992 |
| Rose makes friends with an old woman at the hotel. | ||
| 05 | Ebbtide for the Defense | October 16, 1992 |
| Just as Rose has overbooked the hotel with guests -- the majority of whom are lawyers visiting the city for a convention -- Blanche and Roland find that the hotel's insurance has been canceled. | ||
| 06 | Can't Stand Losing You | October 23, 1992 |
| The girls compete to help Roland find a date, and Blanche brings in an old girlfriend. | ||
| 07 | Seems Like Old Times (1) | October 30, 1992 |
Dorothy reunites with her old friends at the hotel, and is shocked at how hard her mother Sophia is working.
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| 08 | Seems Like Old Times (2) | November 6, 1992 |
Dorothy, Blanche and Rose search for Sophia, who has gone missing.
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| 09 | Just a Gigolo | November 13, 1992 |
| Blanche is escorted to a dance by a gigolo named Nick. | ||
| 10 | Marriage on the Rocks, With a Twist | November 20, 1992 |
| Roland's parents visit the hotel with the announcement that they're getting a divorce. | ||
| 11 | Camp Town Races Aren't Nearly as Much Fun as They Used to Be | December 4, 1992 |
| Blanche and Roland have a disagreement over a Confederate flag hung on the front desk. | ||
| 12 | It's Beginning to Look a Lot (Less) Like Christmas | December 18, 1992 |
| Chuy has an A Christmas Carol-esque nightmare about Rose, Blanche, and Sophia. | ||
| 13 | Rose and Fern | January 8, 1993 |
| Rose's ex, Miles, keeps calling the hotel, leading Rose to believe he wants to get back together with her. | ||
| 14 | Runaways | January 15, 1993 |
| Oliver's mother has arrived to take her son home. However, Oliver and Sophia have run away in a stolen car. | ||
| 15 | Heartbreak Hotel | January 29, 1993 |
| Blanche tries to win over the man who snubbed her in college, who ends up falling for Rose. | ||
| 16 | Señor Stinky Learns Absolutely Nothing About Life | February 5, 1993 |
| Roland, Rose, and Brad the pool man form a volleyball team, and constantly leave Chuy out. | ||
| 17 | Say Goodbye, Rose | February 12, 1993 |
| Rose's new boyfriend, Bill, bears a striking resemblance to her late husband, Charlie. Meanwhile, the hotel holds a comedy competition. | ||
| 18 | You've Lost That Livin' Feeling | February 19, 1993 |
| Rose invites a restaurant critic to review the hotel restaurant's food. There, the critic drops dead, and the staff fear that Chuy -- whom the critic once gave a bad review -- may have poisoned him. | ||
| 19 | A New Leash on Life | April 2, 1993 |
| Blanche's new love interest plans to put his racing greyhound to sleep if it doesn't win its next race. This does not sit well with Rose. | ||
| 20 | Pro and Concierge | April 9, 1993 |
| Blanche fires Roland after he is caught in a job interview with the rep of another hotel chain. | ||
| 21 | Tad | April 16, 1993 |
| Blanche's mentally disabled brother Tad visits the hotel, and falls for Rose. | ||
| 22 | One Angry Stan | April 30, 1993 |
| Stanley Zbornak, Dorothy's ex-husband, fakes his own death. Last appearance by Herbert Edelman. | ||
| 23 | Sex, Lies and Tortillas | May 7, 1993 |
| Spring break at the Golden Palace: Roland discovers a college kid who has been sneaking friends into his room, Chuy tries to get into the Guiness Book of World Records, and Rose's granddaughter checks into the hotel with plans of sleeping with her boyfriend. | ||
| 24 | The Chicken and the Egg | May 14, 1993 |
Blanche calls upon her daughter Rebecca for an egg after agreeing to have her beau's children.
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[edit] Notes
- ^ "The Golden Girls: Part 5, The Girls Keep Going". tvseriesfinale.com. http://tvseriesfinale.com/articles/the-golden-girls-part-5-the-girls-keep-going/. Retrieved on 2009-01-15.
[edit] External links
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- The Golden Palace at the Internet Movie Database
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- The Golden Palace at EpGuides.com
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