Thank You For Being an Actress Portraying a Friend

I am sure you are already well aware, but well, Bea Arthur has died. She was 86, and died of cancer. I have already watched a DVD of episodes from their first season, and now I am watching netball, trying to understand the rules and adjusting to the fact that they don't bounce the ball and they don't jump in front of the shooter.

I am a HUGE fan of the Golden Girls, and I think it is safe to say that I share this affection with MILLIONS of people, shameless and ashamed. My husband loves to tease me about it. But I think he likes the show. He just doesn't want to spend an afternoon eating cake and watching them. Why not? Doesn't that sound fun?

I am surprised at myself though. I am surprised that after all these years I continue to be a fan of a show that I have watched over and over and over. More than that, I am surprised that I am one of these people who is a fan of a tv show. I have met these people, and they usually freak me out. So, I am freaking people out, I am sure. How could I be unique from all the tv show-loving freaks, when I am a tv show-loving person?

Darcy recently bought the first series of Battlestar Galactica. Neither of us had seen it, but every guy I ever mention it to at work is a tv show-loving freak about it. We watched it and it was confusing at first, but we got the hang of it. It's pretty good. It is far more serious than the original, and has a cast of excellent actors, not to mention some really good effects. But now that we have finished watching the series it's done. I am not interested in seeing it again. Not like the Golden Girls.

I find the Golden Girls comforting. I like the idea that when I am older, if I am on my own, I can find friendship and have adventures and live in a nice house. I can also be attractive and interesting and get laid. Wahoo! I also think the writing on GG is top rate, full of wittiness and physical comedy, and the actresses are just perfect! Theatre trained, expert comic timing - I find new things in that show every time I watch it.

I guess I am weird for liking a show so much. But why try to be someone I am not? If a show about women finding friendship and happiness in their 50's and 60's is weird, then, well, well...