Originally, it WAS supposed to be Betty as Blanche and Rue as Rose. But both had come off similar roles (Sue Ann Nivens on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, and Vivian on “Maude”, respectively.) So they asked to switch.

Fabulous show with the best pilot ever. A lot of the creative staff went on to create "24." I have the DVD set.

Baranski is at the opening night of the Metropolitan Opera every year.

You nailed it. The Mayor is telling his son to be respectful and polite if he's stopped by a police officer. Kind of makes you think that maybe the cops want an excuse to shoot black men (young and old). And I'm a liberal but with somewhat conservative leanings so I don't generally buy this type of speculation. But it…

If there's a god that I can believe in, then they will. And I hope they don't have a moment's peace for the rest of their lives.

THANK YOU. I was getting pissed at no love being shown for Rodney.

The one that depicts him with horns?

If this young woman is a Christian, what happened to her Savior's teaching, "Judge not, lest ye be judged."

Thank you for this. There are people who loathe Wise because he chose to do what he could for AMBERSONS and will never give him his due.

Only a matter of time before there is a protest outside the Metropolitan Opera's current run of DIE ZAUBERFLOTE, calling for the excision of the aria, "O Isis und Osiris."

I am 61 and Jewish. John XXIII died when I was 6. I honestly did not expect to see another pope in my lifetime that would even come close to him. As you get older, life hands you a lot of disappointments (and if you're extremely lucky only that and very little tragedy) so Pope Francis is a surprise and a joy to me.…

More likely, as Texas is one of those states that is always trying to weaken regulations, the hospital executives let oversight go sloppy. If the state can let a high-risk fertilizer factory slide to the point where it explodes, this could easily happen.

Sorry, Miss Ohio. Meet Miss America 1965

Me too. I bought the DVD. Slater has had a not-so-great TV career recently but he was excellent in this. (Great co-stars, too, in Alfre Woodward and James Cromwell.)

I should have scrolled down to see your reply before I posted mine. :-)

I'd feel a little more comfortable with this if the clothing were white, which would repel heat, instead of black which attracts it.

I was kicking myself. I am crossing my fingers that it wii return.

Watched GRAVITY for the first time last night on HBO. Admittedly not the best way to experience it, but I was blown away. I hope there will a theatrical revival (and was there an IMAX release?)

and does Caine appear in all of Nolan's film?