| ... and NOW there's MAUDE !
Over the next couple years, the highly anticipated release of Maude on DVD, will take place. This section of the web site will be dedicated to this exciting release! The first release of season 1 will start on March 20th, 2007. It is only assumed that the following seasons will then be released in months later, similar to how the Golden Girls has been released. Now that the Golden Girls final season has been slated to be released in February, we can get re-energized for the releases of Maude within a months time!
I know that I have personally waited over 7 years for Maude to be released on DVD, so this is personally very exciting for me, as well as, for many Bea fans. Golden Girls is beyond wonderful, but I have always felt that Maude was Bea's baby and is definitely a work of art in itself, to be archived and relived for many decades to come. If you have never seen Maude before, prepare for smart comedy tucked into many very sensitive matters in the way of living in the 70s and how so much has and hasn't changed since then.
Prepare to live and/or relive the era of MAUDE ON DVD!!! Finally, geez!
Kev!
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| “The head of CBS asked ‘Who is that girl? Let’s give her her own series,’” Arthur said. “It’s a Cinderella story, but much older.” |
MAUDE is...
1972-1978
6 Seasons
142, 30 minute episodes
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Cast of Maude
Maude Findlay
Beatrice Arthur
Walter Findlay
Bill Macy
Carol
Adrienne Barbeau
Phillip (1)
Brian Morrison
Phillip (2)
Kraig Metzinger
Dr. Arthur Harmon
Conrad Blain
Vivian Cavender Harmon
Rue McClanahan
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Florida Evans
Esther Rolle
Henry Evans
John Amos
Chris
Fred Grandy
Mrs. Nell Naugatuck
Hermione Baddeley
Bert Beasley
J. Pat O'Malley
Victoria Butterfield
Marlene Warfield |
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From TV.com ::
Maude was one of the most popular shows during the 70s. Not only was it one of the most popular, it was one of the most controversial. The show was real and told it like it is - much like the show that first introduced us to Maude, All in the Family.
Maude was outspoken and stong-willed... which lead her to many interesting and controversial situations. Maude wasted no time becoming one of the most controversial shows ever when she, at age 47, became pregnant and decided to get an abortion (the first show to ever have the lead character get an abortion). By the end of the show Maude was heading to Congress, ready to take on a new world. And it seemed we would get to see Congresswoman Maude, but Bea Arthur decided to leave the show. Maude remains as part of TV history and has since become a true classic.
Others in the cast include, Maude's fourth husband, Walter, and her divorced daughter, Carol from her first marriage. Arthur was the next door neighbor who later married Maude's best friend, Vivian and Phillip was Carol's son.
Maude had a spin-off, Good Times, which centered around the life of the Findlay housekeeper, Florida. Mrs. Naugatuck become the new housekeeper in 1974. She would later marry her boyfriend, Bert Beasley.
Spin-off of: All in the Family
Spin-offs: Good Times
Nielsen Ratings History:
#4 in the 1972-1973 Season
#6 in the 1973-1974 Season
#9 in the 1974-1975 Season
#4 in the 1975-1976 Season
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What the fan's are saying!
From the And Then There's Bea Yahoo Group ::
I was in 6th grade when MAUDE debuted...and loved every minute of it! Of course, I was a fan of ALL IN THE FAMILY...and generally "gobbled up" whatever Norman Lear put out (except for MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN).
But even at the tender age of 11 (going on 12), I sensed that Bea Arthur was special. What a whirlwind!!
Stayed with the show until its end....was sad to see it go, but it did seem to be "winding down" in terms of comedic possibilities.
I always loved that MAUDE, like most of the sitcoms filmed before a studio audience in those days, was staged like a small play in two acts.... you got the sense that there were very few stops for retakes...it was played through by a group of professionals who knew their marks and their lines.
I know that we only have Season 1 ahead of us at this point, but who can forget Maude's run for Senate? Or the "Maude at the Analyst" (was that its title?) episode which was basically a 23-minute monologue by the incomparable Bea?
I have waited for YEARS now for MAUDE to come to DVD, and the wait is almost over!
Excited!!!
Doug
From the @ccess the Golden Girls Forums ::
Casper writes ::
I have watched most of Disc 1 and am finding the show to be very enjoyable. :) The one-liners are becoming sharper and I am beginning to follow the rhythm of an episode much easier. Also, the topical nature of the show really intrigues me and I thought the second episode was really entertaining due to the non-comedic debate about declining morals in American society following two 8 year old kids being found "playing Doctor" behind Maude's garage. :lmao: It was also very funny for Maude to accuse her black maid of being a bigot because she wouldn't let Maude treat her as an equal and was content to live by the social prejudices African Americans faced at that time. There is a lot of clever writing in this show.
There is also a great deal of feel-good comedy in this show and it is such a refreshing change to see Bea in a role which isn't a carbon copy of Dorothy. Although both characters have a domineering edge to them, Maude is much more frazzled and obsessive than Dorothy, and it makes the mother-daughter relationship in Maude so much more different than the one in The Golden Girls.
Theme Song: "And Then There's Maude"
Written by: Alan and Marilyn Bergman and David Shire
Sung by: Donny Hathaway
Lady Godiva was a freedom rider
She didn't care if the whole world looked.
Joan of Arc with the Lord to guide her
She was a sister who really cooked.
Isadora was the first bra burner
Ain't you glad she showed up. (Oh yeah)
And when the country was falling apart
Betsy Ross got it all sewed up.
And then there's Maude.(And then there's Maude.)
And then there's Maude.(And then there's Maude.)
And then there's Maude.(And then there's Maude.)
And then there's ...
That old compromisin', enterprisin', anything but tranquilizing,
Right on Maude. |
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