Betty White’s and Rue McClanahan’s
Golden Girls characters were originally
reversed. White’s lusty character on The
Mary Tyler Moore Show had producers
eyeing her for the role of Blanche, while
McClanahan’s sweet-yet-dopey character
from Maude put her in the running for
the role of Rose- but when the director
had them switch roles during their
audition, everything fell into place. SourceSource 2Source 3
me analyzing characters on this website: i have just completed a 200k essay on what my favorite characters daily habits are including what their morning routine is and their favorite coffee flavor
me analyzing characters in school for a grade that could impact my future:
What is your favourite memory of Bea? “She took care of me the Thanksgiving my mother died, the first year of Maude. It was unexpected. My mother was young and I was young. I went back to Oklahoma for the funeral and I was devastated. When I came back to California, I was grieving so. I heard from Bea and she said, “I’m having Thanksgiving dinner and you come over here immediately.” I went over to her home in Santa Monica and she put me to bed, and tucked me in and brought me dinner. She calmed me down and I felt safe for the first time. You don’t forget things like that.”
The Max Headroom broadcast incident was a television hijacking that occurred on November 22, 1987 in Chicago, Illinois.
The first intrusion happened during a local newscast. It depicted an unknown man wearing a Max Headroom (a British, computer generated TV host introduced in 1984) mask sitting before a sheet of metal that resembled the original show’s background, along with a steady buzzing noise and no discernible audio. The hijack lasted about 30 seconds before finally being cut off.
The second intrusion cut in during a showing of Doctor Who, although this video came with distorted audio. The unknown man proceeded into various random phrases and antics, including a cut of being spanked with a flyswatter. The broadcast cut off after about a minute and a half. The above video is a recording from that particular hijacking. Fortunately (or unfortunately, damn), many copies of the hijacking were available from people who had been taping Doctor Who.
