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The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo

  • Episode aired Oct 22, 1988
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 24m
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Estelle Getty and Frances Bay in The Golden Girls (1985)
ComedyDrama
While Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche sit around and feel like their lives are boring, Sophia goes out and fights with the grocery store over a nectarine and a piece of meat, conducts a jazz band... Read allWhile Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche sit around and feel like their lives are boring, Sophia goes out and fights with the grocery store over a nectarine and a piece of meat, conducts a jazz band made up of old ladies, and volunteers at the hospital.While Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche sit around and feel like their lives are boring, Sophia goes out and fights with the grocery store over a nectarine and a piece of meat, conducts a jazz band made up of old ladies, and volunteers at the hospital.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Terry Hughes
  • Writers
    • Susan Harris
    • Kathy Speer
    • Terry Grossman
  • Stars
    • Bea Arthur
    • Betty White
    • Rue McClanahan
  • Director
    • Terry Hughes
  • Writers
    • Susan Harris
    • Kathy Speer
    • Terry Grossman
  • Stars
    • Bea Arthur
    • Betty White
    • Rue McClanahan
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    Bea Arthur
    Bea Arthur
    • Dorothy Zbornak
    • (as Beatrice Arthur)
    Betty White
    Betty White
    • Rose Nylund
    Rue McClanahan
    Rue McClanahan
    • Blanche Devereaux
    Estelle Getty
    Estelle Getty
    • Sophia Petrillo
    Frances Bay
    Frances Bay
    • Claire
    Nick DeMauro
    • Clerk
    David Selburg
    • Store Manager
    Allen Bloomfield
    Allen Bloomfield
    • Abe
    Ellen Albertini Dow
    Ellen Albertini Dow
    • Mrs. Leonard
    Darlene Kardon
    • Woman
    Marian Wells
    • Wanda
    Peggy Gilbert
    • Esther
    The Dixie Belles
    • The Band
    Kokko Burnaby
    • Sam
    • (as Don 'Kokko' Burnaby)
    Ruth Cohen
    Ruth Cohen
    • Woman Shopping in Grocery Store
    • (uncredited)
    Gloria LeRoy
    Gloria LeRoy
    • Band Member
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Terry Hughes
    • Writers
      • Susan Harris
      • Kathy Speer
      • Terry Grossman
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    • Trivia
      When Sophia says the line 'I got a better case than Valerie Harper!' in the supermarket scene, she is referring to actress Valerie Harper winning a court battle against her former employers: Lorimar and NBC-TV. The case involved dispute over the TV series, Valerie (1986), in which Harper was fired in 1987. Lorimar and NBC-TV. claimed Harper threw tantrums and was difficult to work with. Harper claimed they fired her without reason. The case would eventually last for over a year, with Harper coming out victorious in September 1988.
    • Goofs
      In this episode, Dorothy tells the girls how her grandmother (Sophia's mother) died at the age of 94 when Dorothy was six years old. She also mentioned how in 1952, her grandmother decided to go into politics by electing Adlai Stevenson as president. Dorothy was in her 20s in the 1950s, not six. If Dorothy is roughly 60 in this episode, then Sophia was 22 when she gave birth to Dorothy, making Sophia's mother 88 at that time. This would make her 66 when she gave birth to Sophia.
    • Quotes

      Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: The most amazing thing about Grandma was that, in 1952, she decided to go into politics.

      Rose Nylund: Politics?

      Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: Uh huh, she felt it was her personal responsibility to elect Adlai Stevenson president.

      [pauses]

      Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: Well, she didn't care for Eisenhower because, you know, he claimed to have liberated Italy, and she said Italy was liberated enough. Already too many people eating meat on Friday

      [chuckling]

      Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: ... and wearing condoms on Saturday.

      Rose Nylund: Whatever happened to her?

      Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: [sarcastically] She colonized life on Venus. Rose, she was 94 when I was 6. She died, you idiot!

      Rose Nylund: How did she die?

      Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: You know, we're not sure. One night, she left in her wheelchair and she never came back. The next day, the neighborhood kids had a go cart with two *really big* back wheels.

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      Featured in The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989)
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      Thank You For Being A Friend
      Written by Andrew Gold

      Sung by Cynthia Fee

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    • Release date
      • October 22, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Ren-Mar Studios - 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions
      • Touchstone Television
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    • Runtime
      24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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