Forever Golden

If someone were to ask me what I think Heaven is like, I would say it’s whatever we want it to be. In my case it would be all-new episodes of the Golden Girls forever, especially since 3 of them are already at that Rusty Anchor in the sky. The prospect of being entertained by them forever and ever does makes the idea of infinity seem less daunting, which, I admit, always terrified me. I don’t know what it is about ‘those old broads’, as my dad calls them, that is so entertaining. I just know they are and have been for almost 30 years. I guess either you have it or you don’t and these ladies definitely have it, even in the hereafter. They’ve gotten me through some tough times, I can tell you.

I can’t even count the number of times I have used them as background noise to keep me company when I feel lonely or to lull myself to sleep, especially when I am feeling really restless. It’s amazing that when I pull them up on Youtube, the number of people who comment that they use it to fall asleep to, which makes me wonder what on earth people did before 1985. Boy, that was a Golden Age, so to speak, for TV shows and music. Who’d have thought it? I could not have forseen that if Nostradamus himself had written it down in ink next to his end of the world predictions. Gosh, I miss the 80′s. Anyways, I find the Girls are a cure for what usually ails me, whether it be a bad day, really irritable mood, sleeplessness or pregnancy.

Yes, I watched them throughout both pregnancies, a time when you really do need something to lighten the mood. During my 1st stressful pregnancy I watched them night and day since they showed them nonstop on Lifetime which was a godsend. I imagine it’s still on since it was and still is a big draw – that and movies on cheating husbands. Lifetime seems to thrive on both. Some things never change, GGs, woman as victim shows and cheating husbands. Okay, Back to what I was saying. During my 2nd stressful pregnancy, I had every episode on DVD already handy so me and my firstborne, who loves them btw, could watch it together like I did with my mom and she with her mom and so on and so on and so on…..

They sure don’t make em like that anymore. What a lowdown dirty shame. The crap they put on TV now can’t hold a candle to the well written scripts of yore, I don’t care what anybody says. I just can’t get into today’s sitcoms, sorry. To go back to the very beginning, I remember when the Golden Girls was new. It was a kinder gentler America, but I digress. When I was a teenager, I remember waiting for new episodes in anticipation. I wasn’t the wildest teenager there ever was, and there was never much to do in Shreveport. It was either the Golden girls or drugs. I think I chose wisely but don’t get me started on that. Anyways, 15 has become 39 and we have added a few new generations now that appreciate it as much as I do. It makes me happy to know the younger generations still know great comedy when they see it. This gives me a little faith in humanity. All I can say is, Thank God for the Girls.