way too much filler, i am not interested in his personal takes...
@sethkobs9596Ай бұрын
@@Bookworm214-y3dYou could try getting an AI to watch the show and summarize it for you, so you don’t risk getting any humanity in your art
@drewcoowoohoo28 күн бұрын
Please list times. I can't slog through this.
@nativevirginian834421 сағат бұрын
@@sethkobs9596 It’s more like narcissism.
@anthonyraschilla6085Ай бұрын
Amanda's by the Sea = Faulty Towers.
@jhs8496Ай бұрын
They even used the same lobby set and camera angles.
@Pandabaire3540Ай бұрын
100%
@billwenhamАй бұрын
As mentioned in the video.
@fryoung1Ай бұрын
I swear everything Lear did was a direct rip-off of British comedy.
@jerrycote659Ай бұрын
It’s “Fawlty” Towers (not Faulty)
@Mister_ListenerАй бұрын
Could this be why Bea didnt participate in GOLDEN PALACE? She didnt want to do another hotel sitcom!!
@benn8793Ай бұрын
Golden Palace only came about because Bea Arthur left Golden Girls. So her not being in Golden Palace had nothing to do with her not wanting to do another hotel sitcom.
@mamacindyrogofsky495Ай бұрын
I don't think even the talented sarcastic Bea Arthur could have saved this show ...
@VUK71Ай бұрын
OMG! Never thought of that! Great point!
@TimothyCollinsАй бұрын
I took one glance at it and... this was an Americanization of Fawlty Towers, wasn't it?
@easterntreesАй бұрын
yes, entire gags are taken word for word from fawty towers. he didn't miss that entirely in this video, did he? that would be ridiculous. I'm only a couple minutes in.
@wesleybush8646Ай бұрын
Yes. Why comment before watching?
@TimothyCollinsАй бұрын
@wesleybush8646 because I am impatient and have a short attention span. Plus I am not very smart and like to comment to add weight to videos for the algorithm - al needs help finding good videos. That's why.
@citydweller99Ай бұрын
It was supposed to be, but according to Bea Arthur.. the show didn't give her character the same range of things to play as John Cleese had.
@supme7558Ай бұрын
Duh
@FRADAVE02Ай бұрын
"You have to excuse him......he's from Barcelona." 🤣
@LollipopmorgueАй бұрын
Bea’s comic performance was still remarkable in this series! Thank you for all the incredible research you put into this series. I’m having so much fun watching!
@BroadwayGuyАй бұрын
Dustin: As a HUGE fan of Bea Arthur, I appreciate your deep dive into this "valley" between two huge professional peaks. Thank You!!
@endeavourist5287Ай бұрын
I remember hearing about Bea Arthur's lost series a while ago, but couldn't find anything about it. Today you changed that, and I thank you.
@seanm6215Ай бұрын
Thank you. Bea was always awesome
@DustinRecklingАй бұрын
You're darn tootin! Truly a gem.
@TheNameisPlissken1981Ай бұрын
Faulty Towers is STILL one of the greatest TV comedies ever made. John Cleese is one in a million.
@alans.2735Ай бұрын
A great and informed breakdown, thankyou. There was a UK version of The Golden Girls called Brighton Belles, it failed despite a great cast...
@blahdeblaaah9445Ай бұрын
Great video! I sat through a couple episodes of Amanda’s on KZfaq awhile back, and just remember how many lines she had to memorize. So much work!
@DustinRecklingАй бұрын
She's an icon for a reason. Love when she tells Marty off in episode 10. So good.
@thomash.schwed3662Ай бұрын
@@DustinRecklingThat scene was, I would venture to say, the best in the entire series. Her delivery, tone and cadence were what we all came to expect from Bea Arthur. It’s a shame that the writers couldn’t have given her more opportunities to demonstrate that here. Then again, I also would like to have seen what she, as Maude Findlay, would have done in the halls of Congress. (That’s a reference to the three-part series finale of “Maude”.) But, as you observed, without the missed opportunity which was “Amanda’s”, we simply would not have had “The Golden Girls” just a couple of years later.
@BroadwayGuyАй бұрын
Dustin: Could you also do a deep dive video on the short-lived (17 Episodes), but fondly remembered "SQUARE PEGS"? Thank You.
@DustinRecklingАй бұрын
A Sarah Jessica Parker vehicle with a DVD release? I've got some good suggestions in these comments and will keep this one in mind!
@FrankButterfieldАй бұрын
@@DustinReckling Those of us who were in high school when Square Pegs was on TV would VERY MUCH LOVE THIS!
@ysonesse829Ай бұрын
Theme song from The Waitresses! Actually awesome!
@TheCultofJamesАй бұрын
@@DustinReckling The show is INCREDIBLE: It's so totally early '80s! If you have never seen it, you really should. I have lots of background on it, if you need it.
@maureenogorman874018 күн бұрын
@@DustinReckling it was a great show
@wam54outАй бұрын
American remake of British sitcom Fawlty Towers 1975-1979 . Love Bea Authur but John Cleese (Basil Fawlty) did a much better job with this show.
@MISFITaddict28 күн бұрын
Honestly that's how Bea Arthur's character is the first few episodes of The Golden Girls also just kind of non-stop sarcasm
@AC-ss2svАй бұрын
Thank you so much for doing this. I really appreciate it. Very, very well done. ❤
@camscicsАй бұрын
Excellent video. I'm a Bea Arthur fan, and tonight I learned a lot about a show I knew almost nothing about. Thanks, Dustin!
@1111EssexАй бұрын
Enjoyable and informative!
@oarnery119 күн бұрын
There's a 1971 episode of Doctor at Large called "No Ill Feeling" that was written by Cleese and is a sort of proto-Fawlty Towers.
@jhhoneАй бұрын
I really love your in-depth, well researched videos. I can't wait to see more! I remember watching this series when it originally aired on ABC. Knowing nothing about "Faulty Towers," I was just disappointed Bea Arthur was not being utilized to her greatest ability! The humor seemed forced! Great analysis. I look forward to more from you in the future. Do Bette Midler's failed sitcom next.
@brockreynolds87021 күн бұрын
Not sure if your'e aware of this, but during the time that Amanda's was airing, Fawlty Towers was actually syndicated, and airing on many PBS stations across the country.
@meowzerzzz24 күн бұрын
Thanks for covering this and glad I'm subbed. I love the doc style and while I could already tell that you were not AI, I appreciated bringing your face onto camera. I look forward to watching about the other lost shows!
@chrishickory7907Ай бұрын
23:39 When the Porch of the TV set is the biggest highlight of the episode
@DustinRecklingАй бұрын
It was always a delight!
@tokyo_taxi783528 күн бұрын
Bea was awesome, but there's no replacing John Cleese for Basil Fawlty.
@notyournormalg1Ай бұрын
You said "the golden girls would not be the same without Arthur". I would LOVE to hear your take on Golden Palace. Also, loved everything about this video. New subscriber. Off to watch your take on "Life with Lucy"
@user-oj9tb9gp1n20 күн бұрын
No one has forgotten Bea Arthur's sitcom. You can be assured of that.
@trey8872Ай бұрын
Just went down an Amanda’s rabbit hole. Kevin McCarthy was almost 70 years old when he filmed this show and continued acting until he died in 2010. He also guest-starred on a season 1 episode of Golden Girls, which is what I recognized him from.
@thomash.schwed3662Ай бұрын
I remember seeing him play a criminal on “Hawaii Five-O” in the episode “Full Fathom Five” in which he recited the poem of the same title. Even though he was the heavy in that episode, I couldn’t help but like him; he was just that good an actor. On a personal note, I’ve always preferred the real Kevin McCarthy to that whatever-that-is of the same name who masqueraded part of last year as House Speaker.
@shadowlouiseАй бұрын
Well done! I never heard of AMANDA'S BY THE SEA, but I was a fan of her other work. I saw her in a one-woman show after The Golden Girls run had ended.
@jrasicmark1Ай бұрын
I forgot about this show, but now I think I vaguely remember seeing ads for it. But I don't remember watching any episodes. If I did watch any of the early episodes, I was probably put off by how rude Amanda was to her guests. It's ironic that Betty White starred in a previous Fawlty Towers adaptation before ending up together with Bea on Golden Girls. It's also ironic that when Golden Girls ended and Bea left, the rest of the cast took over a struggling hotel called the Golden Palace. It's like it came full circle. In fact, now I vaguely remember that when I first heard about Golden Palace, I think it reminded me of Amanda's premise. It's weird you say they reran this show on A&E. I mean, why rerun a show that did not do well? It's also interesting that the guy who played the burglar/robber in this show also played a burglar/robber/ex con on Soap. And on this show, he talked about a guy he knew named Dutch, while that was the name of the burglar on Soap. And Soap's production company was the same one that created Golden Girls, so I wonder if Amanda's was also the same producers.
@epobirs28 күн бұрын
Last year, while finding old TV shows for my mother, I noticed a minor character in the first or second episode of Golden Palace seemed familiar. Yep, it was a very young Jack Black.
@fryoung1Ай бұрын
Bea Arthur is an icon. You don't discuss how Norman Lear just regurgitated previous British shows.
@tomcooper610821 күн бұрын
Fawlty Towers was the epitome of Bristish sitcom TV. Bigger than Bea Arthur ever thought about being.
@walkerpantera28 күн бұрын
Suggestions for future - Flo and The Ropers
@MovieJon29 күн бұрын
"Amanda's" also provides a visual bridge between the Bea of "Maude" and the Bea of "The Golden Girls." The two only vaguely resemble one another because of things like weight loss, cosmetic surgery and clothing/hairstyle changes. This version of Bea is in the middle of the two more familiar looks. 😉
@xwiirastusxАй бұрын
Believe it or not, but Amanda's was the first thing I ever saw Bea Arthur in - the show aired on Finnish television some time in the 80s. It may sound very offensive now, but when I saw her in her tall stature and deep voice, I was curious as to has that person always been a woman?
@johnheadley8591Ай бұрын
It’s a who’s who of Golden Girl guest stars
@thomashynes404220 күн бұрын
Amanda's by the Sea was the US Version of the BBC show FAWLTY TOWERS starring John Cleese, that series also had only 13 episodes. But nothing beets FAWLTY TOWERS.
@EliteEasyEАй бұрын
Love the way you tied up the plot. Also learned what a breadtuber is lmaooooo TY for that.
@leejohnson6448Ай бұрын
Newly discovered your channel. Love IT! Great content. Greetings from the UK.
@DustinRecklingАй бұрын
Welcome!
@robynsegg25 күн бұрын
Wow! I forgotten about Amanda's so much that I don't even remember it at all!
@scottheierman448123 күн бұрын
Glad this video did well:) on my third time watching it
@HettiedeKorteDiplomaatАй бұрын
Bea Arthur is my hero. I love Maude. I love Dorothy of The Golden Girls. I adore her.
@dcle944Ай бұрын
Oh, shit. I’m 47. Maude was definitely a lot more mature than me.
@garypesci746Ай бұрын
@24kgoldplatedvermeil You're close! Bea Arthur was 61 when she did Amanda's. She was 51 when Maude started and there was an early episode of that show where it was mentioned that she was 47. She must have wanted to be that age forever.
@evelynwilson1566Ай бұрын
I thought she looked relatively young facially. It was her grey hair which aged her. Not that 47 is by any means young (I'm 49). To me she just looks like women that age did when I was a kid except she's usually wearing nicer clothes😅.
@supme7558Ай бұрын
Everyone is an individual
@coco99ca25 күн бұрын
We just watched every episode of the show Amanda's and couldn't stop laughing. It's better than the new stuff. It should never have been off the air so soon
@calvinsweet3400Ай бұрын
Sanford and Son wasn't a Normann Lear production, You mean The Jeffersons.
@walkerpantera28 күн бұрын
Wronnnnng. S&S surely IS a Lear production. He adapted it from a brit sitcom.
@WestVillageCrankАй бұрын
This is marvelous! One small note: the actor playing Mundy is Keene Curtis. (Not Curtis Keene,.)
@WestVillageCrankАй бұрын
I met Keene Curtis once. A very sweet man. And a more versatile actor than his time on CHEERS would have suggested. Show biz!
@thomash.schwed3662Ай бұрын
@@WestVillageCrankI liked the role Keene Curtis played on “M*A*S*H”. He was the adjutant to General “Iron Guts” Kelly (played by James Gregory of “Barney Miller”).
@WestVillageCrankАй бұрын
@@thomash.schwed3662 Good for you! "Rockets! Plenty of rockets!" And a word for the amazing James Gregory! KC also won a Tony Award for his work with Hal Linden in THE ROTHSCHILDS... So KC and JG had HL in common! Again: show biz!
@tomcooper610821 күн бұрын
Aurthur never had the comedic timing of Cleese. Nor was her character made to look "Dunning-Krueger," which Cleese played up so well. Fawlty Towers was genius... you can't improve on perfection.
@bobwigg761Ай бұрын
In her first appearance on All in the Family, the episode ends with Maude getting sick. They heavily edited out footage from each episode when they were rerun in later years to fit in more commercials.
@624radicalham29 күн бұрын
Holy crap! lol you're doing God's work son. These are exactly the super interesting deep dives that simply didn't exist until you created them. Maude was always a curiosity for me and recently I went back to see what it was really all about and now as an adult understand the social messages the show was dishing out. But I NEVER knew about Amanda's which is almost shameful to admit. But apparently no one else did either! So please keep these coming. You're digging in and showcasing obscure TV shows in ways that needed to be showcased.
@luckyguy197474Ай бұрын
So it's just a reboot of faulty towers with John Cleese
@nickn815Ай бұрын
Great job covering this as many don’t know this existed. I’ve seen several episodes of this show and I didn’t particularly care for it.
@tammichenard102428 күн бұрын
Bea Arthur was an icon even in this mediocre show! I had never heard of this show before seeing this video, and I thank you !
@vickicaliАй бұрын
Wow, I never heard of this show. Thanks for sharing. I laughed quite a bit and shows how Bea could carry almost any show. What an amazing talent! Seeing Michael Constantine in first episode was great as Krinsky (sp?) He had such a great career. People may know him best as Gus from My Big Fat Greek Wedding. He was in Room 222 a great show with Karen Valentine. Was he replaced by a different actor in the other episode the character was in?
@Lisa111128 күн бұрын
Loved you're video. I saw that series and enjoyed it.
@leejganderson782729 күн бұрын
Jes that was Actress Rue McClanahan Is only 38 years old here ..born Feb 1934 And this is 1972 so she's Again 38+..not in her late 40's And Actress Bea Arthur was just turning 50 Ok remember that.. ✌️ Peace 7.24.2024
@kathrynknaufАй бұрын
An hour-long video?! You are spoiling us
@andylifer5302Ай бұрын
Quite spooky that she left a show where she was the only real star about running a wacky hotel to them do golden girls and then be the only golden girl that didn’t go on to make a show about running a hotel with wacky guests. There a symmetry to it that appeals to me. Hollywood voodoo, like every time someone wins an Oscar their next film is always a demonic horror movie. You can check it almost always is. Rarely the horror movie will come right before the win for another picture but it’s always there.
@benn8793Ай бұрын
Golden Palace only came about because Bea Arthur left Golden Girls after the seventh season. But the other 3 actresses wanted to continue.
@andylifer5302Ай бұрын
@@benn8793 that doesn’t make it any less coincidental that it’s a carbon copy of Beas earlier show. Like I said before, bookends.
@CJJCАй бұрын
I’m glad all these comments were here to tell me this was an adaptation of Fawlty Towers. I hope more people will just relay facts from the video I’m watching as though the information isn’t contained therein.
@paulj0557tonehead3 күн бұрын
Well done. Marty ( her son) looks like Eric Forman meets Tucker Carlson.
@johnwhorfin381529 күн бұрын
yields a gun? surely you mean wields
@shanecasebeer1364Ай бұрын
Fun video - thanks for trying something different by delving into something more obscure.
@stevenmcnicoll506025 күн бұрын
It was a ghastly, ham fisted disaster. Writing Basil out was almost wilfully stupid. Even Bea Arthur couldn't save this turkey.
@scottheierman4481Ай бұрын
Do you have any thoughts on Madams Place?
@DustinRecklingАй бұрын
I had to look this one up (I come across a lot of these shows by accident), but it looks like such a weird, yet interesting program. Right in that era where critics were wondering if the sitcom format was dead.
@HeyJustine21 күн бұрын
His wife left with Dutch? He was Dutch--on Soap! I liked this actor and a lot of others on this show. Too bad I missed it. Thanks for digging in up!
@WallyPyneoilАй бұрын
Adaptations... does anybody else recall an English adaptation of 'The Golden Girls' in the early 1990s? It was called 'Brighton Belles' and used loads of GG dialogue and the character set-up. And it didn't work. Vanished after one series. The original was the best.
@willnoiles2001Ай бұрын
I remember vaguely watching ‘Amanda’s’ when it first aired for a few episodes before giving up on it because I had loved her so much in ‘Maude.’ A year or so ago, I watched all the episodes and like you noticed the inconsistency of not having Kevin McCarthy around for Episodes 11 and 12 before his eventual return in Episode 13, the last produced one. An actor I know through Facebook guested in that last episode as the young minister. I asked him afterwards what he remembered about Bea from his short time on the set. He said she was not in a good mood for the week he was there. Considering what she was sold on when she signed on and what it ended up being, I could understand why she wasn’t a happy camper. Plus, she’d likely heard the show was being cancelled by that point so being unemployed again probably erased any joy from her soul as well. Thankfully Susan Harris came along with her Golden Girls’ pilot script and thankfully Rue McClanahan was able to talk Bea into giving another go at a TV series. After ‘Amanda’s,’ I can appreciate why she was hesitant to give it another go. But millions are happy she did! Thanks, Dustin, for this look back at the deep valley in Bea Arthur’s career.
@1DJSkittlesАй бұрын
KZfaq knows me very well. I love the author and I just subscribed to your channel
@antonmassopust56828 күн бұрын
Great video. The actor playing the cook is the same actor who played clitoris on the dukes of hazard
@LisaHoneychan26 күн бұрын
LOLOL you mean Cooter??
@kahnlives21 күн бұрын
Ya I ran across this show once on KZfaq, I had no idea it existed
@jadedntupeloАй бұрын
It was supposed to be an American version of the British show Faulty Towers. It was cancelled after a few episodes.Then,again,the early 1980s were not kind to sitcoms. Bea was also way too keen on leaving her hit shows(Maude,The Golden Girls)when she got bored with it. She only did season 7 of GG when they brought in Debbie Reynolds as a potential replacement.
@christopherramon-reid2000Ай бұрын
I've always wondered if Whoopi's sitcom was somewhat based on Faulty Towers.
@jhhoneАй бұрын
Besides the hotel setting, Whoopi's sitcom had little connection with Faulty!
@Mister_ListenerАй бұрын
Baghdad Cafe with Jean Stapleton?
@christopherramon-reid2000Ай бұрын
@@Mister_Listener no, the show after titled “Whoopi”.
@silverascalАй бұрын
I remember really liking this show, then it was just gone 💥
@barbarastanwyck4288Ай бұрын
24:34 Hey that's the working class hottie that got away from Blanche! She really dropped the ball on that one.
@JM-lw3nxАй бұрын
Bea is great, but her brand of humor needs really talented people surrounding her. Here, she just did not have that.
@DaisyPusherАй бұрын
So.. Golden Palace? 😅
@Ntyler01milАй бұрын
It's interesting that The Golden Palace has a very similar premise.
@evelynwilson1566Ай бұрын
Gleneagles Hotel😂. I wonder if the other Gleneagles Hotel knows about its namesake.
@michaelgrow863027 күн бұрын
I stayed at a place once and often wondered if it was amandas.
@SailorGreenTeaАй бұрын
1:39, are there 13 epsidoes of a legend if Zelda cartoon a person can see on KZfaq?
@billwenhamАй бұрын
Yes, all 13 are on KZfaq. Note they are 16 minutes each as they were originally part of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.
@charlesrod512Ай бұрын
I loved this show !
@paulmichael5527Ай бұрын
I missed this show maybe thankfully because I had just joined the USAF when it came out and wasn't watching much tv then. I think it's interesting that many of these actors later appeared on the golden girls thanks
@MikeP-sq6be27 күн бұрын
Maude only made one appearance before the spinoff show
@DustinReckling27 күн бұрын
She appeared twice in All in the Family, both in season two. Episodes 12 and 24.
@robertgold386827 күн бұрын
His name was Keene Curtis; not Curtis Keene.
@sfdudeca25 күн бұрын
I do remember watching “Amanda’s By the Sea” on ABC. I enjoyed it and have always loved Bea Arthur. But the show wasn’t meant to be, and thankfully we got “The Golden Girls.” But again, Arthur almost didn’t do the role of Dorothy Zhorbnak had Betty White and Rue McClanahan not switched their roles which intrigued Bea.
@charliephxazАй бұрын
The same premise was used for Whoppie Goldberg's short-lived "Whoppie" except the hotel was in Manhattan
@garypesci746Ай бұрын
Whoppie? You mean Whoopie.
@donnahoward3671Ай бұрын
There was a so briefly lived show decades ago, I think 1990ish, called KEY WEST. I enjoyed it and wonder if anyone else remembers it?
@rhondabitler5474Ай бұрын
There are a few shows that were short lived that I sorta like. I don't remember the names. Connie Selleca, and Megan Followes were in it. It was pretty good. Then Victoria Principal was in one I think with Perry King. Lastly wasn't Ann Margaret in one located in Texas. Anybody remember the names of these shows? I googled them. The shows were Second Chances, Titans and Four Corners. I also read some bad reviews of them .. I thought they were interesting though
@rhondabitler5474Ай бұрын
I don't remember that one. I think I'll Google it.
@jakubkantor2139Ай бұрын
deep dive into Oh Madeline or New York News?
@thebadgamer1967Ай бұрын
They have tried a few American version of faulty towers including one with Betty White
@suegreen8214Ай бұрын
Amanda’s is Fawlty Towers
@SirPaulMuaddibАй бұрын
Never heard of this....looks fun
@wintersbattleofbands114426 күн бұрын
54:00. The episodes were filmed and paid for, so out of order or not, they aired them.
@paulj0557tonehead3 күн бұрын
CBS was the most Liberal AND Conservative of the three networks. Well, then there was PBS, which was conservatively liberal.
@jefferoni1984Ай бұрын
Seems a lot like Fawlty Towers.
@purplesprigsАй бұрын
"find-lay"??? It is pronounced "Findly."
@deewilson3239Ай бұрын
You mean like there good people on both sides?
@wheels2fun526Ай бұрын
It was the second attempt to do Faulty Towers and failed. How thee we hell can you get rid of basil. John Cleese said it was dumb and really bad.
@MOSESIАй бұрын
I'm only a few mins in but I'm wondering if you know that Amanda's by the sea was supposed to be an Americanised Fawlty Towers. I've never seen a whole episode but it's come up often on "Failed Americanised Shows" things. it's one of many trys, I had no idea there are a full 13
@MOSESIАй бұрын
ofcource you did, How silly of me
@DustinRecklingАй бұрын
Oh yes! Strap in haha
@jwb52z9Ай бұрын
Among several things, they shouldn't have combined the hotel inspector with the insufferable and deaf Mrs. Richards.
@maestroclassico5801Ай бұрын
I thought it was called Amanda's Place. Hey! Im wondering if thats why Bea refused to join her Golden Girls Co stars on the Golden Palace? She had "been there, done that".
@jamesmichaelshawnburgholze253628 күн бұрын
Dude, it's the American version of Britain's Faulty Towers. And if you don't know Faulty Towers...shame on you!
@thomasbinninger1355Ай бұрын
Eye ball aerobic. I liked Amanda's.
@retroflicsАй бұрын
I watched the series in the summer of 1987 on Turkish TV. I loved it very much and last year I watched all episodes on KZfaq. Yes there were some boring parts but Bea Arthur was grear.