Love Under the Big Top

Episode aired Oct 28, 1989
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

496

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Dick Van Dyke and Mel Stewart in The Golden Girls (1985)

Comedy Drama

Ken Whittingham, Dorothy's lawyer boyfriend, wants to give up his law practice and become a circus clown.Ken Whittingham, Dorothy's lawyer boyfriend, wants to give up his law practice and become a circus clown.Ken Whittingham, Dorothy's lawyer boyfriend, wants to give up his law practice and become a circus clown.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

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Bea Arthur

Dorothy Zbornak
(as Beatrice Arthur)

Betty White

Rose Nylund

Rue McClanahan

Blanche Devereaux

Estelle Getty

Sophia Petrillo

Dick Van Dyke

Mel Stewart

Judge

John DiSanti

Fisherman
(as John Di Santi)

Director
- Terry Hughes
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8Sleepin_Dragon

A thoroughly enjoyable episode.

Dorothy's world has changed dramatically since she started dating the successful lawyer Ken Whittingham. Dorothy is convinced her new love is about to pop the question; he has a very bizarre proposal. Blanche and Rose attend a rally.

I really enjoyed this one; there's so much funny stuff. Poor Dorothy's love story disaster is amusing, and protester Rose is a scream.

The number of stars that appeared on this show is impressive, and here we've got the wonderful Dick Van Dyke, a very suntanned DVD. He's awesome; it's all played with a straight face too.

Is it just me, or does Bea Arthur look about twenty years younger here? She's so much more glamorous. Is it the new hairstyle or something else?

Only Dick Van Dyke could get away with playing a lawyer while dressed as a clown.

8/10.

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Trivia
While defending the protestors, Ken mentions that dolphins have "rescued men lost at sea." Dick van Dyke himself was in fact rescued once by porpoises after falling asleep on a surfboard and drifting out to sea.

Goofs
At the end of the show when Dorothy has just broken up with her "clown" boyfriend, she pulls a handkerchief that is connected to several other solid colored handkerchiefs out of his pocket and walks away. The handkerchief in the two shot she is touching is white. But, when the camera switches to the wide shot, the handkerchief she is touching is light blue.

Quotes
Rose Nylund: [through a megaphone at a 'Save the Dolphins' protest] All creatures must learn to coexist. That's why the brown bear and the field mouse can share their lives in harmony. Of course, they can't mate or the mice would explode.