In the shrinkage episode when everyone is laying out tanning Elaine walks in all clothed with a big hat on not wanting to get any sin. Jerry says "and here comes maude." It's funny but who's Maude?
I love the banter between Kramer and Jerry when Kramer asks Jerry to put suntan lotion on him.
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Jerry is singing a line from the theme song of a show from the early 70s called Maude. Jerry is referring to Elaine's "Bea Arthurish" get-up. As a side-light, Maude was the last woman allowed to have an abortion in TV land. Now lip-service is given to "choice" as all these 40 something women find themselves unexpectedly pregnant but then go on the have the baby, I tell ya: Murphy Brown would have been better off having the abortion. Look at how lousy the show has gotten since the kid came along. Not to mention the fact the Dan Quayle was right: she is a bad mother.
He says, "And then there's Maude." It is a lyric from the theme song of 1970's TV show called "Maude" which starred Bea Arthur. The joke came from the fact the that Maude always wore these strange long outfits that covered everything, much like what Elaine was wearing.
JHF
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TV shows ALWAYS go downhill whenever they add a baby.
Frank
Or after they start having those stupid "dream" episodes.
ed
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Or they have a "What if we didn't work here/know each other" episodes ala Murphy Brown a few weeks back.
It could be worse.
They could have a celebrity host a "best of" show.
Why, Maude Finley, of course! From the TV show _Maude_, who was related (in TV-dom) to Edith Bunker. The show ran in the mid-late 70's and was yet another TV creation of Norman Lear.
Another television baby,
FM>TV shows ALWAYS go downhill whenever they add a baby.
Do I hear, "I Love Lucy"?
FM>TV shows ALWAYS go downhill whenever they add a baby.
Do I hear, "I Love Lucy"? No...but I'll give you a, "I hate Motoda"--your posts SUCK!!
CT(BV>Or after they start having those stupid "dream" episodes.
They sometimes add a sense of nostalgia to them, but it is an obvious cover-up to give the writers more time to come up with new material. One of the most odd ones were when Lucille Ball showed up on the Three's Company set to outline the trio's meeting.
Actually, the line was "And then there's Maude" which is a line from the theme of the early '70s CBS sitcom "Maude". It was a spinoff of that Archie Bunker show, (I don't remember the name) and it starred Bea Arthur, later known as Dorothy Spornak on the Golden Girls, also CBS. Odd, since Seinfeld is on NBC. Anyway, Maude was known for her own personal style, which Elaine seemed to emulating. Good question!
First of all, the name of the show was "All in the Family." That is one of the most classic television shows of all time. Of course Seinfeld is number one.
WRONG! Golden Girls was an NBC show until it was cancelled. It was picked up for a season or two (not sure) by CBS and the name was changed to Golden Palace. Even more, Bea Arthur wasn't on the CBS episode, Cheech Marin was.
Jerry, would you rub some lotion on my back? Who are you Mrs. Robinson? C'mon, I'll rub some on your back. Noo, that's not sweetining the deal. And then there's Maude.
Wooh, look at this. Jane's topless. YoYo Ma. Butros, butros, golly. Nice rack.