I grew up the show. I loved it then and I love it now. It never gets old. There's no other show like this because you can never replace the original.

The show is based on four elderly women living together in Miami, FL.Within the shows seven season run many of societies day to day issues were highlighted, teen pregnancy, senior health care, gay marriage, lesbianism, adultery, age and race discrimination, divorce and many others. The women who starred in this show are of the highest caliber. Rose (Betty White) plays a simpleton from St Olaf, Minnesota. Dorothy (Bea Arthur) is from Brooklyn and her mother Sophia (Estelle Getty) was in an "old folks home" called Shady Pines. Blanche (Rue McClanahan) owns the home the girls live in and is very promiscuous. From performing in a play to being shipwrecked on an island these girls go through it all and come out stronger. These episodes still hold the test of time…even today. Worth a watch...and many more.

I've been a fan of this show for years, so I can't say enough good things about it. These four broads make the golden years of one's life look like fun, honestly. I'm definitely the Dorothy in my group of friends, because I have a sense of humor like that of Bea Arthur. Love this show and always will. It's great comedy, hilarious shenanigans, and lots of love, good times and cheesecake all wrapped into a great package. Sophia always cracks me up, because she doesn't sugarcoat anything; she just tells it like it is. Rose and her naivete always provide a good laugh, and Blanche and the men she dates is something that always changes. Great, wonderful show.

I am not going to be original and just say that The Golden Girls (1985- 1992) is pure gold of the sitcom. This is the show about four women, three in their late 50s, and one - octogenarian but not many shows would compare with the brilliance, fun, laughs, good jokes, catchy one- liners, great pacing, sparks, the perfect casting, the unique chemistry between the Girls - the rare fun that every one of 180 (yes, every one) episodes of the show is. The show about the women who may have passed the primes of their lives but still are funny, sexy, full of life, beautiful, vibrant, and value the gift of friendship, is a winner. The casting of four highly talented actresses as four friends sharing a house in Miami, Florida back in the 1980s proved to be the real gold. Sharp and no-nonsense Dorothy (Beatrice Arthur, RIP), naive beyond belief raised on the Minnesota farm Rose (Betty White, the last surviving Golden Girl), Southern belle Blanche, fun loving and much more fun having namesake of another less fortunate Blanche(Rue McClanahan, RIP), and Dorothy's Sicilian mother Sophia (Estelle Getty, RIP), the coolest, sharpest, funniest 80+ mom TV ever known, are all equally fabulous and bring to every scene of every episode wit, class, humor, and talent. What fascinates and touches me - from 124 reviews on this site, 57 were written by the males of all ages and almost all of them have the words "great", "one of the best" "perfect" etc in the titles. I think The Golden Show is equally interesting and appeals to both men and women, to the young ones and well... the golden ones :) because it is - simply one of its kind and it mixes funny and touching, serious and hilarious, satiric and sentimental in perfect measure and balance. I have problems choosing my favorite girl. I wish all of them were my personal friends and I want to thank THEM for being the best TV friends.