This is a great lesson for today. NEVER ignore the red flags you get. We all know that she and Joe get married and he tells her he is not sure he wants to be married and they get divorced. In the first 3 episodes alone, they fight when they meet, he ditches her to go to a ballgame, he sleeps over at his ex-wife's house, tells her that they should see other people and generally behaves like an ass. Instead of heeding all these red flags, she pushes full steam ahead into a relationship with a self-centered guy that is not that into you Rhoda, that she has to constantly soothe his ego, make excuses for his bad behavior, always saying she is sorry for not being as understanding as he wants her to be and has to use sex to keep him remotely interested. Run Rhoda Run.

David Groh (Joe) was so darn handsome! Sadly, he passed away in 2008 at the age of 68...May he be resting in heavenly peace 🙏🙏🙏🙏

I've always loved Rhoda and Joe! Never felt the same after the divorce! Nearly 50 years later, here I am!

This show brings back a lot of good memories. Sitting on my mom's bed eating chips, just before bedtime watching different sitcoms on black and white TV. My dad, downstairs watched a different Chanel on the TV downstairs. I don't remember having a color TV until i was about 12 years old. You know such simple things seemed to bring such enjoyment back then.

A very talented and lovely woman....A true TV icon and role model. Thank you Valerie for being you, and Rhoda.

It’s neat to see the small parts being done by actors who went on to bigger things. This episode had the future Johnny Fever (WKRP in Cincinnati) and the precious episode had The Fonz (Happy Days).

so wonderful... RIP Valerie Harper

Johnny Fever and in the 1st episode The Fonz!Always cool to see sitcom icons before they were famous.

Cool to see Howard Hessman on here! always a funny guy :)

RIP also Lorenzo Music and Ron Silvers and David Groh...who after Rhoda went on to do a well respected performance on General Hospital. Harold Gould was so handsome!!!!!!!!

Dr. Johnny Fever!😂

Boy, Joe is a crab. Run Rhoda Run.

Anybody else remember those artist entry exams on matchbooks!? You old, lol!

Phone booths? Yea, those were good days. Always loved Valerie. She is now stress free.

Am I the only one who got the feeling that this Rhoda is completely different from the character we know and love in the Mary Tyler Moore Show? It's so weird

I like all her show so classic and clean👍

The sound of cool whip always wakes me up. lol

This episode hit very close to home as a single 30-year old in a big city :D such a good show!

I loved this series and the other one called Valerie Harper -1980s it was never the same when she was fired. I was so disappointed.

I always liked Valerie Harper even in her 1980s series titled Valerie. It was a pity that she was fired from the sitcom. It was never the same with the main character killed off.

"Lets play that great American game.....Eye Contact" Smart writing

There was nobody like her in television before. And there was nobody as good as her since.

love those pics of Valerie in her younger days on the intro :) especially now that she has passed!

Brenda "I'm still getting over the "what fun it is to be a woman" hoax. You and me babe

CHOO CHOO!! More fans climb aboard the Joe train, and populate the sea of Rhoda lovers even more! How pressured this show must have felt

Sooo enjoying this especially in May 2024 . Am Yisrael Chai from a gentile in Canada

Great tv show. Great actors. Iconic NYC.

This is where the show could have taken another turn for the better. Joe did not want to get married again as he so stated. Rhoda was back out again in the dating circle again which made her character the most appealing. When she got married to Joe the character changed and it seemed she was constantly trying to get approval from Joe and forgot who she was in her own right. Joe was not right for her. When they divorced Rhoda had already lost her edge and the show finally ended. The best way to see Rhoda at her best is in the Mary Tyler Moore show . Howard Hesseman is so funny! He eventually married Anne Romano in One Day at a Time. RIP Valerie and the cast of Rhoda. r

This is when the show should have taken a turn to have Rhoda date other guys and see Joe off and on. It would have kept the spirit of Rhoda alive longer and maybe she could have married Joe later on down the road. The show could have had a longer run then it did!

LOL Great episode

I like Rhoda's hats!

Johnny Fever with nail heads! It doesn't get any better than that!

Loved this show. Thanks for uploading !

A GREAT EPISODE 😂😂😂❤❤

People opining about “red flags” need to consider that this show is from the 70s. For the 70s, Joe was pretty “advanced” for a man. Modern eyes see decades worth of societal introspection about the more problematic aspects of romantic relationships between men and women…Insights which weren’t as fully developed or widely adopted in 1974. Hell…Maude had only been on for 2 years!

Shows like this taught us women that it was ok to be single. Amongst the failures and successes you didn't have to be married make it in the world today. Other shows were That Girl and Mary Tyler Moore.

Rhodas date is from the Bob Newhart show and W K R P in Cincinatti Johnnie Fever ! thanks

Legends all.

Loved Rhonda wearing her kerchief in her hair. Definitely a 70's......

Just loved this show..who wouldn’t love the Morgensterns? Sadly, we lost Valerie too young.

I love the sister! 😄

I adore 1970's fashions & Hats The most And shoes of course !!

anybody notice that Carlton's voice was narrating "animal world"

He is already breaking her heart ... not good. (How is it that I can see it all so clearly now, but not when I was in a 16-year relationship that wasn't good for me?) Someone commented on one of these episodes that Rhoda is actually the precursor to Carrie in Sex and the City, and I think that's very apparent in the way they deal with men. They're independent-minded women as long as they don't care too much, but they both become somewhat undone when they fall in love for real (weakened instead of strengthened). Is it because of the type of man they fall for? Is it because they love too much and that level of love is not reciprocated? Are there relationships where love between the two people is relatively equal or is there always an imbalance? At 42, I have more questions than ever-and, at least right now, no real desire to fall in love again. It feels kind of like a form of tyranny in retrospect.

RIP Howard Hesseman

Great episode. Btw, Masters and Johnson would eventually spit up. ;)

Like most children I had never understood sarcasm when I was a boy. It had went over my head. The same with anyone who was assertive and very direct. So, after watching this show and other sitcoms, it gave me a distorted view of Americans and their wonderful lifestyle. I had assumed they were better than my demented relatives and mindless school friends.

Even back thank good family values were ALLOWED to be shown in TV shows. what Rhoda was talking to Joe about successful marriages. Marriages take work, abut a lot of young people believe and are being told in college, that marriages are not supposed to last. Bullcrap. Its because they didn't choose the right person, and were afraid to WORK at the marriage and make sacrifices for each other and didn't really love each other and don't know how to talk to each other.

For some reason, Rhoda is too desperate. She pushed Joe into marriage. To me, a relationship with Joe would be emotionally exhaustive. I liked Johnny Fever's 1980s sitcom Head of the Class, where he taught a class of genius kids in high school.

I like when Rhoda and Brenda are living together... Rhoda is the calm one. And Brenda gets upset she wants to eat...It reminds me of myself. When I was growing up that's exactly what I did....

She went HAM (no offense) on Joe. MASTERS AND JOHNSON! Freaking brilliant!!! 😂😂😂 #HistoricalSexJoke

18mins to 18mins :04 had me howling!

This episode made me feel sad, they should of stayed together, but it was not meant to be.

God Bless Valerie Harper.

valerie harper is so pretty she looked like a young madonna without the plastic surgery

The part where Rhoda is trying to think of happy marriages that work - she names Princess Grace and Prince Rainier - from what I've read, they were not happy...

Kirk is from W . K . R . P . in Cinnatti named Johhnnie Fever ! thanks

Love the red.

Howard Hesseman from WKRP in Cincinnati and One Day at a Time.

YES!!! Dr Johnnny Fever's in the house!!!!!

How did she not see what he was??

Joe was cute, but he had alot of relationship/commitment issues. He was embittered. She acted so desperate to marry, and that clouded her judgement. Rhoda dated Johnny Fever from WKRP in Cincinnati! LOL. Rhoda should have been more cynical about Joe, as she was toward other men. They probably should have dated longer.Their marriage lasted only about 2 years.

RIP Howard Hessman...=((((((

I just realized Mrs. Maisel used some of this SAME dialogue in season 1. 😲

I managed to start 1/2 a dozen episodes in…. Joe may be a dish… in looks but his character , (even though through the process of divorce) , now stands out. By starting at episode 1….that Rhoda and he was not a great match. I would have like to see Rhoda have so more magic moments with a guy that brought some joy to her life. Val was such a dynamic classy lady.

I like Jello with whipped cream.

Rhoda had to have this period in her life where she tried marriage. EVERYONE out there calls it a huge mistake - including the mostly-now-deceased network executives and some of the people who created the character of Rhoda. No. It was absolutely essential and imperative that Rhoda marry. It was a plot point. Then once it failed, she could return to doing what she did best - being single. Could there have been five seasons about Rhoda the Single Woman Back In New York After 10 Years in Minneapolis? Sure...but it wouldn't have been as interesting and it probably would've gotten stale a lot faster. "Rhoda", the show, got better after Joe was out of the picture. There was zero way they could've kept doing years of Rhoda and Her Pissed Off Husband Joe Who Had A Weakness For Younger Girls.

Rhoda was the best one

That’s Dr. Johnny Fever

Road is monologue is shades of Dolores when she goes out with David Bloom, and old boyfriend, while married to Joe.

Is that L. Music (Carlton) voice doing the thing about the opossum??

Good for joe he wanted to take it slow

Great that they used the Jewish working class as the setting, same with one of my Mother's favorites "Bridget Loves Bernie"

If the first fight didn't do it ,this would have. She should have dumped him right then and there.

What date video game like high school.

Tarrytown is now known as Sleepy Hollow.

i feel the same...i couldnt eat a burger or chicken or lamb as you can hear at the zoo

The show was funny Varlie Harper 😎😍😀😉👜👢📿👗🧥🧤💌

Was that the WKRP dude??

I just never cared for "Joe."

PONG!

22:56 i love

WKRP, Cincinnati. I forget his name.

It's SO stupid!!! If a man thinks that someone ELSE wants you then he loves you and must have you!!! He should just see that you are the one to continue on with if he has any emotional feelings for you!!! Shouldn't need validation! Simple and honest. But you know......."they" ( the writers) are showing the reality of this life......

Poor Rhoda! Messin with them divorcees!!

Doctor .... Johnny Fever

I think the narrator on the TV show they were watching is actually the same man who voiced Carlton the doorman 🤔

Howard Hesseman was adorable. I think.

JOHNNY FROM W.K.R.P.

Rhoda and joe rush into it if they took there time they probably would have got merrierd

Theme song, in retrospect, could have done without the wah wah guitar stuff. That's silly.

I always feel sad for Rhoda and her sister. They are adults but here they are living together in a bedsit, with their beds in the same room.

Back in the days of this series the seventies Women still wanted to get married even though they were reading Betty Friedan and wanting equal rights but this relationship between Rhoda and Joe went way to fast two weeks and Rhoda wanted a commitment Joe was married before so he is paying for a house and child support what did Rhoda think would happen

I guess Rhoda doesn't keep kosher :)

Rhoda rushed him joe did wanna take his time

He was a jerk!

Johnny Fever?

Sorta of a old youth lol

I’m sorry - love the show but the laugh track is too loud. Talking is low then laugh track blasts. All streaming channels of this show comes thru mtmepisodes. Hey mtmepisodes haw about reducing the volume on the laugh track?! Where’s Normy Bates?

I stopped watching after the device