The show that resulted was a groundbreaking hit, with comically relatable Rhoda one big reason. Rhoda never gave up.
Neither did Harper, who confronted her own insecurities with similar moxie. I always got called Chubby, my nose was too wide, my hair was too kinky. But Rhoda and Harper trimmed down and glammed up, while never losing her comic step. The audience loved her more than ever. She also met and fell in love with the hunky owner of a demolition firm.
And a few weeks later, when Rhoda and her fiance, Joe, were wed in a one-hour special episode, more than 52 million people — half of the U. The series ended in with Harper having played Rhoda for a total of nine seasons. She had captured the character by studying her Italian stepmother.
And she was not a New Yorker. Born in Suffern, New York, into a family headed by a peripatetic sales executive, she spent her early years in Oregon, Michigan and California before settling in Jersey City, N. By high school, she was taking dance lessons in Manhattan several times a week. By the time was 15, she was dancing specialty numbers at Radio City Music Hall.
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Did you know Edit. Goofs Rhoda's apartment in early seasons is numbered 9-E; however, in exterior zoom-in shots, the building depicted has only six stories. Quotes [repeated line] Carlton : Hello, this is Carlton your doorman. Crazy credits Also at the very end she attempts an imitation of the Mary Tyler Moore hat flip and fails. User reviews 11 Review. Top review.
Valerie Harper played the Rhoda character to perfection on TMTMS, and here, she expands on that well-loved character, with a degree of depth, rarely found on sitcoms today. Rhoda Morgenstern went through a variety of challenges on this series It's too bad this show was cancelled without a real final episode I've always wondered how they would have ended this, had they the opportunity to do so gracefully.
Nancy Walker was also priceless as Ida, the mom. The best episode of this series has got to be "Rhoda's Wedding", the one-hour saga of how Rhoda almost doesn't make it down the isle, because ditzy Phyllis forgets to pick her up.
In fact, the whole wedding storyline; Rhoda meeting Joe, the proposal, the shower, wedding and honeymoon, are some of the best-written comedy episodes. It's too bad Joe was written off the show, but "The Separation", is one of the most poignant, thoughtful, and well-acted episodes I've seen in a sitcom. Proof once again, as to the degree of depth that the characters on this show had. I don't think this show was quite the same once Rhoda's divorce was final.
The later episodes just lacked the earlier vibrance and fun, and I didn't like the storyline about Rhoda's father, Martin, leaving Ida. Still, this is a fine series, great acting, writing, and production, and there's no doubt about it that scarves were never worn the same way again. FAQ 1. Rudolph "Rudi" Altobelli.
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