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Maude Holds A Fund Raiser For A Black Militant

[Jimmy_the_Gent4 · 15 April 2019]

Maude invites several white liberals to a cocktail party but does not tell them it is a fund raiser.

A funny episode. Some of the best moments occur with Maude's interaction with Florida. When Maude cannot find a black guest to invite she convinces Florida to pose as foreign dignitary, complete with African headdress. There are also some big laughs with a guest who cannot find the bathroom. Maude is so nervous that she takes too many tranquilizers and ends up offending all the guest. The black militant shows up at the end but is only seen from the back.

"As nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockers."

[mark.waltz · 10/10 · 20 October 2019]

"I heard it on Hee Haw... the Dean Martin show...Sonny and Cher..." It's a dated joke that works because of the deadpan way Maude, Walter and Arthur respond to it. Florida even gets to be the recipient of the "God'll get you for that" joke, laughing at Maude's audacity and even doing an Aunt Jemima impression.

Maude's the nervous long tailed cat as she prepares for a fund raising party with her usual over the top liberal intentions, hosting a get together for black activist Jim Chambers and using Florida to pose as an upscale black guest. But Maude requires more than her share of tranquilizers which makes her extremely loopy and hysterically out of control. This shows Maude at her most deliciously ridiculous, resulting in a very funny episode that is certainly one of the best of the series.

Bit of a flat episode

[vitoscotti · 5/10 · 24 September 2021]

Maude here is a neurotic out of control. Her idolizing the militant doesn't seem to be shared by anyone else. Arthur saves the day and ruins the party. The windup doll big mouth, abravise Maude was overdone. Too much of Maude and not enough of the rest of the cast. Maude is too unlikable to see her screaming the whole episode.