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Journey to the Center of Attention is the nineteenth episode of the seventh season of The Golden Girls and the one-hundred and seventy-third episode overall. Directed by Lex Passaris and written by Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten, it premiered on NBC-TV on February 22nd, 1992.

Summary[]

Blanche takes a lonely Dorothy down to the Rusty Anchor, Blanche's favorite hangout, and gets more than she bargained for when Dorothy's singing is a hit with all the guys. Sophia is inspired by all the beautiful comments made at a friend's wake and enlists Rose to help her organize one while she is still alive, with disastrous consequences for Sophia's friends.

Plot[]

To be added.[1]

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Stars[]

  • Jane Dulo as Myrtle
  • Ann Nelson as Eva
  • Don Mirault as Piano Player
  • Warren Munson as Frank
  • Kevin Brief as Roger
  • Gregory White as Bartender

Notes[]

  • This was Rue McClanahan's favorite episode of the series.

Production[]

  • Don Mirault appears as the skydiving instructor in the Season 6 episode "The Bloom is Off the Rose".[2]
  • Crew member Kent Zbornak makes a small cameo as the man who's neck Blanche accidentally wraps the cord of her microphone around while singing. Zbornak's last name was borrowed for Dorothy's on the series.
  • The blue dress that Blanche wears when she first takes Dorothy to The Rusty Anchor is the same one she wore on her date with the pharmacist in "From Here To The Pharmacy".[3]

Cultural references[]

  • The episode's title is a reference to the 19th Century Jules Verne novel Journey to the Center of the Earth.
  • The second song Dorothy sings in is "Hard Hearted Hannah". Bea Arthur also sang this song in the Maude episode "Maude's Musical".[4]
  • When one of the mourners at Sophia's wake goes into hysterics asking how Sophia died, Blanche thinks she's doing an impersonation of Claus von Bülow. von Bülow was a Danish born socialite who was arrested in 1979 for the attempted murder of his wife, Sunny von Bülow, by putting her in a coma with an overdose of insulin.

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V - E - H List of The Golden Girls episodes
Season 1 The EngagementGuess Who's Coming to the WeddingRose the PrudeTransplantThe TriangleOn Golden GirlsThe CompetitionBreak-InBlanche and the Younger ManThe Heart AttackThe Return of Dorothy's ExThe Custody BattleA Little RomanceThat Was No LadyIn a Bed of Rose'sThe Truth Will OutNice and EasyThe OperationSecond MotherhoodAdult EducationThe FluJob HuntingBlind AmbitionsBig DaddyThe Way We Met
Season 2 End of the CurseLadies of the EveningTake Him, He's MineIt's a Miserable LifeIsn't It RomanticBig Daddy's Little LadyFamily AffairVacationJoust Between FriendsLove, Rose'Twas The Nightmare Before ChristmasThe SistersThe Stan Who Came to DinnerThe ActorBefore and AfterAnd Then There Was OneBedtime StoryForgive Me, FatherLong Day's Journey into MarinaraWhose Face is This, Anyway?Dorothy's Prized PupilDiamond in the RoughSon-in-Law DearestTo Catch a NeighborA Piece of CakeEmpty Nests
Season 3 Old FriendsOne for the MoneyBringing Up BabyThe HousekeeperNothing to Fear But Fear ItselfLetter to GorbachevStrange BedfellowsBrotherly LoveA Visit from Little SvenThe AuditThree on a CouchCharlie's BuddyThe ArtistBlanche's Little GirlDorothy's New FriendGrab That DoughMy Brother, My FatherGolden Moments, Part 1Golden Moments, Part 2And Ma Makes ThreeLarceny and Old LaceRose's Big AdventureMixed BlessingsMister TerrificMother's Day
Season 4 Yes, We Have No HavanasThe Days and Nights of Sophia PetrilloThe One That Got AwayYokel HeroBang the Drum, StanleySophia's Wedding, Part 1Sophia's Wedding, Part 2Brother, Can You Spare That JacketScared StraightStan Takes a WifeThe AuctionBlind DateThe Impotence of Being ErnestLove Me TenderValentine's DayTwo Rode TogetherYou Gotta Have HopeFiddler On the RopesTill Death Do We VolleyHigh AnxietyLittle SisterSophia's ChoiceRites of SpringForeign ExchangeWe're Outta Here, Part 1We're Outta Here, Part 2
Season 5 Sick and Tired, Part 1Sick and Tired, Part 2The Accurate ConceptionRose Fights BackLove Under the Big TopDancing in the DarkNot Another MondayThat Old FeelingComedy of ErrorsAll That JazzEbb TideHave Yourself a Very Little ChristmasMary Has a Little LambTriple PlayClinton Avenue MemoirsLike the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom-TomAn Illegitimate Concern72 HoursTwice In a LifetimeSisters and Other StrangersCheatersThe Mangiacavallo Curse Makes a Lousy Wedding PresentAll Bets Are OffThe President's Coming! The President's Coming!, Part 1The President's Coming! The President's Coming!, Part 2
Season 6 Blanche DeliversOnce, In St. OlafIf At Last You Do SucceedSnap Out Of ItWham, Bam, Thank You MammyFeelingsZborn AgainHow Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?Mrs. George DevereauxGirls Just Wanna Have Fun... Before They DieStand By Your ManEbbtide's RevengeThe Bloom Is Off the RoseSisters of the BrideMiles to GoThere Goes the Bride, Part 1There Goes the Bride, Part 2Older and WiserMelodramaEven Grandmas Get the BluesWitnessWhat a Difference a Date MakesLove for SaleNever Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 1Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 2Henny Penny — Straight, No Chaser
Season 7 Hey, Look Me OverThe Case of the Libertine BelleBeauty and the BeastThat's For Me to KnowWhere's Charlie?Mother LoadDateline: MiamiThe Monkey Show, Part 1The Monkey Show, Part 2Ro$e Love$ Mile$Room SevenFrom Here to the PharmacyThe Pope's RingOld BoyfriendsGoodbye, Mr. GordonThe CommitmentsQuestions and AnswersEbbtide VI: The Wrath of StanJourney to the Center of AttentionA Midwinter Night's Dream, Part 1A Midwinter Night's Dream, Part 2Rose: Portrait of a WomanHome Again, Rose, Part 1Home Again, Rose, Part 2One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, Part 1One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, Part 2

References[]

  1. The Golden Girls, Season 7, Episode 19, "Journey to the Center of Attention". Wooten, Jamie and Cherry, Marc (writers) & Passaris, Lex (director) (February 22nd, 1992)
  2. The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 13, "The Bloom Is Off the Rose". Lasker, Phillip Jason (writer) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (January 5th, 1991)
  3. The Golden Girls, Season 7, Episode 12, “From Here to the Pharmacy”. Parent, Gail and Vallely, Jim (writers) & Passaris, Lex (director) (December 7th, 1991)
  4. Maude, Season 2, Episode 10, “Maude's Musical”. Lear, Norman; Kling, Heywood and Weiskopf, Bob (writers) & Cooper, Hal (director) (November 13th, 1973)
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