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Sophia's Wedding, Part 1 is the sixth episode of the fourth season of The Golden Girls and the eighty-second episode overall. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Robert Bruce and Martin Weiss, it premiered on November 19th, 1988. It is the first part of the two-part Sophia's Wedding special.
When Sophia's friend Esther Weinstock dies, she goes to her funeral in Brooklyn. There, she confronts Esther's widower, Max, whom Sophia blames for the failure of her husband's old business.
Roland August, Richard Bernard, Scott Gale, Blake Gibbons, Tally Lauriti, Rick Le Fever, Jay Pennick, Eddie Powers, and Quentin Tarantino as Elvis Impersonators
Notes[]
Quentin Tarantino appears as an Elvis impersonator, he's in the second row wearing a cream colored jacket and black shirt. He later said the residuals he earned from doing the episode helped fund his movie Reservoir Dogs. Quentin Tarantino says he played the "real" Elvis, and all the others were "Fake Elvis'" or the "Sellout Elvis".
Estelle Getty and Jack Gilford shared a birthday: July 25th, Gilford was born in 1908 and Getty was born in 1923.
Production[]
The exterior shot used for Max Weinstock's house in Brooklyn is the same house used for the Manero's in Saturday Night Fever.
Cultural references[]
When Blanche is amused by the caterer's emotional response to Dorothy and Sophia making up, he exclaims "Well, excuse me for living, Anita Bryant!" Anita Bryant was a formerly-prominent singer and beauty pageant winner who became infamous for her outspoken opposition towards gay rights in America. In 1977, Bryant founded the "Save Our Children" campaign to repeal a Miami-Dade County ordinance that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Though the campaign ended successfully with a 69% majority vote to repeal the ordinance on June 7, 1977, it permanently damaged Bryant's public image and her contract with the Florida Citrus Commission was terminated three years later. The ordinance was restored in 1988.[2]
Continuity[]
The caterer in this episode is the same caterer for Dorothy's second wedding to Stan in a later episode.
Rose went to St. Olaf University and majored in Pig Latin.
Goofs[]
After Sophia and Max announce they're getting married Dorothy faints. When she wakes up Rose says she's never fainted before. But Rose did faint in “End of the Curse” when she thought Blanche was pregnant.[3]
Fritzi Burr is credited as playing "Ruth", but her character's name was "Esther".
↑The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 6, "Sophia's Wedding, Part 1". Weiss, Martin and Bruce, Robert (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (November 19th, 1990)
