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The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning seven seasons. The show stars Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanaha… more »



Rose Nylund:
[Rose and Blanche are at the kitchen table discussing first impressions; a "back in St. Olaf's" story inevitably ensues] We used to call her Mean Old Lady Hickenlooper.

Blanche:
Yeah, kids can be pretty cruel.

Rose Nylund:
No, that was her name! Mean Old Lady Hickenlooper. She had it changed legally because everybody called her that anyway.

Blanche:
Then how come your name isn't Big Dummy?

Rose Nylund:
Well, there were already three other people in town with that name.

Blanche:
Oh. [nods]

Rose Nylund:
But that's beside the point. One day I got up the courage to go up to Mean Old Lady Hickenlooper and I asked her why she always frowned. Well, she had been born with no smiling muscles! I pointed out that a frown is just a smile turned upside down! So from then on whenever I'd go by, she'd stand on her head and wave!

Blanche:
That is one of the stupidest stories I've ever heard - which proves my first impression of you was right.

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