Let's Discuss Barbara Thorndyke

Face it, op, you’re limited.

The Mortimer Club- It's RESTRICTED

I’ll have the Edgar Allen Potatoes

And I'll have the For Whom the Stuffed Bell Pepper Tolls.

Lmao!!! R4 How about the crapes of wrath?

ANTI-SEMITIC CUNT

Was she a dyke like Dick Van Dyke?

No, r7 she was a writer who rubbed elbows with Miami’s intelligencia.

i'll have the George Bernard Slaw

You know a little of that goes a very long way.

The gal loves her "free parking".

"Guess her well of knowledge has run dry. That's a metaphor Dorothy."

[quote]Miami’s intelligencia

There is no such thing.

She is the reason Sophia and Dorothy had to pretend to be Italian and hide being Jewish!

Who knew 1980s Miami was such a hotbed of anti-semitism?

[quote]Who knew 1980s Miami was such a hotbed of anti-semitism?

Anyone Gentile living between Dade Blvd and 41st St could tell you.

May your big ol' Cadillac Fleetwood gets as banged up in the free parking lot of The Mortimer Club

as your diseased old cunt got banged up by that Moroccan man who gave you that tacky broach

Thx school marm r13. Have fun alone

Maybe her Barbara Thorndike character was the REAL Bonnie Bartlett just like the REAL Betty White was Sue Ann Nivens not Rose Nyland.

R15 the Mortimer Club is indeed based on the very real Everglades Club in Palm Beach which was notorious for its antisemitism.

However, West Coast writers would probably be unaware how different the worlds of Miami and Palm Beach were (and still are.)

OP, you type Jewish, Black and fat.

Barbara Thorndyke is just another Joanna Forbes...with a dried-up old cunt and a condescending attitude

Barbara has to buy cocaine and other expensive gifts to entice the young gigolo Norman to spend time with her as her "date"

Any relation to Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke?

R24- That would have been a FUN Golden Girls with an episode starring Nurse Diesel.

Did Barbara enjoy Cuban cock?

I absolutely LOVED Barbara's book, "The Thorndyke Birds". Helen Lawson did a nice job in the TV movie adaptation.

Concur with r22. It was better when her name was Joanne Forbes and she was played by Mary Frann.

I liked her better when she was married to Isaiah Edwards.

Op is limited.

She didn't care for Rose and Madge.

[quote]She didn't care for Rose and Madge.

Oh, it's actually "Blanche", but bless your heart, honey, I understand.

You are "limited" when it comes to your interpersonal skills.

R28- Those ca. 1971 women's fashions are fabulous

I'm SO gay.

Bonnie Bartlett, who played Barbara Thorndyke, is a superb actress. I admired her work in "St. Elsewhere."

[quote] It was better when her name was Joanne Forbes and she was played by Mary Frann.

Mary Frann didn’t ever do something better.

It would certainly be something if William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett, two of the WASPyish looking people I've ever seen, actually are Jewish.

R6

37 replies, really??

[quote]How about the crapes of wrath?

Oh fucking DEAR!!!!!

I despise the Barbara Thorndyke troll.

Never funny.

Barbara Thorndyke is definitely a Trump supporter.

R10 I could say the same thing about Bea and her double & quadruple takes. “Lady of the theatre,” my ass.

[quote]Bonnie Bartlett, who played Barbara Thorndyke, is a superb actress. I admired her work in "St. Elsewhere."

Bartlett (93) and her husband (95) are both still alive, unlike the rest of the cast of The Golden Girls.

They still looked great in their Academy interview in 2018, her especially. I hope they're still doing well.

She seems pretty cool (Bartlett, that is).

^ I agree she did great work. A couple days ago I saw her in an old Murder She Wrote episode. She was good in that one too. I was wondering why Barbara Thorndyke had become so iconic. I can only assume it's because written well, and Bartlett nailed it playing her. After all, she was only in three scenes, and people still remember her. Doesn't happen too often.

I wonder how Barbara felt about the gays.

[quote]You know a little of that goes a very long way.

What did she really mean by that (note she grabs the waiter's wrist as she says it)?

That the dumb puns on the menu were one thing, but the waiter saying "the icewater cometh" was stepping over the line?

And why was Barbara Thorndyke such a fucking bitch about getting fries instead of Edgar Allen POE-tatoes? Cunt.

I’ll have the George Burns slaw

I had to take a Dramamine to get through chapter 3 of Thorndyke’s first novel.

Little did she know, but those Americans were right.

That broach does NOT go well with plaid.

I'm going to "oh dear myself" and admit to being Limited.

That should've been "brooch".

How does it differ from the children’s version?

Adults play it.

I guess the reason why I like Thorndyke so much is she and I have similar personalities.

As a young gayling, I absolutely adored her frosted hair and chic bob.

I C O N I C

I don’t really like Jews neither, Barbie!

Are you fucking with me, r48?

Am I clown to you??

My bussy is restricted — with a capital R!

R57 a little of that goes a very long way…

Fuck you, r58!

And the Ice Water Cometh.

I’m tolerating r59 because of my friendship with op

She only stayed at that club because of FREE parking? How Jewish of her.

However I just remembered a previous engagement. I have to go.

And so Dorothy Parker turned to Alexander Woollcott and said, "If you laid all the women in this room end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised

Sophia, your daughter is one of the most beautiful people I've ever met

I have an extra ticket for the writers symposium on Friday. Would you like to come?

Oh. This from a woman who tells her dates that she was Angie Dickinson's body double in Dressed to Kill.

That's just a little white lie.

Then why is it on your job resumé?

R61 just blew my mind apart.

I’ve grown so much as a writer since then.

I have a hard time believing that a woman of Barbara Thorndyke's stature and position would ever eat at a cheesy, kitschy restuarant like the one Dorothy took her to.

But it was THE place for Miami's (alleged) literary intelligentsia !!!

Barbara, this place is incredible.

Yes.

It's the hangout for Miami's literary intelligentsia. Ah, thank you.

Well, I've never seen a menu with a table of contents before.

Skip ahead to chapter five. It's the lunch menu.

Oh, gee, everything sounds so good. The Crepes of Wrath. The Old Man and the Seafood Salad. I think I will have the For Whom the Stuffed Bell Pepper Tolls.

I'll have a turkey sandwich on Catcher in the Rye bread with a side order of George Bernard Slaw

Name dropping is so gauche!

Face it, Dorothy. Blanche and Rose are limited.

Well, I admit I get tired of hearing about Blanche's dates and Rose's relatives back in St. Olaf, but they are very good friends.

If you like them, I must have overlooked something. I have an idea. Why don't I invite everybody and their dates for dinner at the Mortimer Club?

The Mortimer Club? Barbara, that is the most exclusive club in town.

Here we are, ladies.

I didn't order the French fries.

Oh, right. You get the Edgar Allan Poe-tatoes and the Ice Water Cometh.

You know, a little of that goes a very long way

A menu featuring Turkey sandwiches and stuffed bell peppers does not seem very classy, not enough for Ms. Thorndyke.

Dorothy, could I see you in the kitchen for a second? We have a little problem.

- We do? - Yes.

Murray Guttman?

Oh.Maybe we can get him to turn his jacket inside out. I'm sure the lining isn't as loud.

His tuxedo has nothing to do with it.

I don't understand.

He can't come to the club.

- Why not?

- Guttman.

What are you talking about?

Guttman. He's Jewish, isn't he? I don't know.

What difference does it make?

Oh, a big difference. The Mortimer Club is restricted.

Why are you a member of a club like that?

Because they serve a great breakfast and the parking is free. Besides, it's their policy, not mine.

- Yeah, but you tolerate it.

- Dorothy, I tolerate a lot of things. For instance, I'm tolerating this evening with Rose and Blanche because of my friendship with you.

I can't believe I'm hearing this.

Let's not make a big thing out of this. We can't go to the Mortimer Club. We'll go to another restaurant.

Boy, did I misjudge you. Blanche and Rose were right. You are not the kind of person I want as a friend. Go to the Mortimer Club by yourself.

- I don't understand.

- Let me spell it out for you. Go to hell.

I get chills every tine Dorothy tells Barbara to go to hell.

All I know is the title of the ep was “Dorothy’s New Friend” and her name happened to be Barbara ThornDYKE. That ain’t no accident.

And the dishes of 2022 to be added tothat menu are =

The Candy House

Black Cake: A Novel (uh oh there might be trouble with that one...)

[quote]All I know is the title of the ep was “Dorothy’s New Friend” and her name happened to be Barbara ThornDYKE. That ain’t no accident.

Wait, are you saying Dorothy's new friend is Lebanese?

I always loved that copper dress she wore in the last scene.

Barbara's Twitter is a fount of knowledge and inspiration.

She was able to get good dick.

She was able to "buy" good dick.

I hear she's writing translesbian erotica from prison these days.

^ She's in an independent living facility in Boca

That racist bitch would kill to go on a date with Murray Guttman now!

^ She's in her 90s now so she could mistake Murray for Hitler at that age.

r86 Don't you mean Mr. Stickelmeyer?

Yes, that copper dress was IT, hunny!

^ it had more to do with the fact that Barbara didn't wear panties...

She had more in common with Madge than she realized.

"The name is "Blanche", honey."

Is St. Eligius Hospital also restricted?

You know if all of the DLers took a shit then lined up their turds end to end I wouldn’t be a bit surprised.

The girl's outfits were great in that scene too =

1 = Dorothy (usually the good guy wears white but not in that scene)

2 = Blanche

3 = Rose

[quote]The girl's outfits were great in that scene too

And what was I?

Chopped liver?

R91 that’s fucking hilarious!! I almost fell off of my couch reading that!

I am considered a part of my neighborhood’s intelligentsia.

A metaphor is like when I say men are blinded by my beauty. They’re not really blinded.

They get their sight back in a few minutes.

R96 did you have a problem with my book, dear?

Best friends are hard to come by.

[Quote] You know if all of the DLers took a shit then lined up their turds end to end I wouldn’t be a bit surprised

😜 😂 🤣

Barbara was a good looker

Face it Dorothy. Blanche and Rose are limited.

Bonnie Bartlett is a marvelous character actress. She brilliantly portrayed Barbara Thorndyke, with such skillful accuracy.

Barbara: How does it differ from the children’s version?

Rose: Adults play it.

Barbara: I should have known.

I’m a hybrid male version of Barbara and Rose

Stuck up and stupid

The typical datalounger: Aspires to be Barbara Thorndyke. Thinks they're Jean. Are actually Trudy McMahon!

For R51: both spellings are accepted.

Hey Barbara,

How big was your date Norman's dick?

Was he good in bed?

I'm telling you, a Barbara Thorndyke and Kirsten Nylund spinoff would have been ratings gold!

She looked like a chick with a dick.

She learned nothing of family values and acceptance from Charles Ingles and Mr Edwards.

I’d hate for Thorndyke to be my creative writing instructor

The Barbara Thorndyke Show, with Kirsten Nylund, Rita Moreno as Renee and ... Yvonne!

Renee was the worst along with Rose’s Issac Newton boyfriend as her husband

To Dorothy Zbornak, a new, exciting friend.

Barbara Thorndyke

I have tickets to the writers symposium on Friday night and thought you would like to come along.

Dorothy: BARBARA THORNDYKE!

I INTRODUCED MYSELF AFTER THE LECTURE.

WE WENT OUT AND HAD COFFEE AND TALKED FOR HOURS.

Blanche: WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT?

Dorothy: ART, LITERATURE, WORLD EVENTS, LIFE.

I HAVEN'T HAD THAT STIMULATING A CONVERSATION IN YEARS!

Dorothy: WHEN I THINK OF GREAT LITERARY FIGURES OF OUR TIME,

IT'S USUALLY, UH, FAULKNER, FITZGERALD, AND SCHWARZENEGGER.

“TO DOROTHY ZBORNAK,

A NEW AND FASCINATING FRIEND."

I love DL.

Barbara: YOU MISSED THE POINT OF MY STORY.

Blanche: OH, REALLY? RUN IT BY US AGAIN.

Barbara: I THINK NOT.

Rose: SO, UM, YOU BOWL?

Barbara: I BEG YOUR PARDON?

Dorothy: HOW'S IT GOING?

Barbara: I'VE HAD THE MOST DELIGHTFUL CONVERSATION WITH ROSE AND MADGE.

Blanche: THAT'S BLANCHE.

Barbara: OH, OF COURSE.

Dorothy: AND I PROMISE WE'LL DO SOMETHING TOGETHER REAL SOON. OKAY?

Blanche: ROSE, WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF ME?

Rose: I THOUGHT YOU WORE TOO MUCH MAKEUP AND WERE A SLUT.

I WAS WRONG. YOU DON'T WEAR TOO MUCH MAKEUP.

Face it, everyone on the DL is limited.

[quote] Dorothy: WHEN I THINK OF GREAT LITERARY FIGURES OF OUR TIME, IT'S USUALLY, UH, FAULKNER, FITZGERALD, AND SCHWARZENEGGER.

Forgetting someone?

Joy of metaphors

[quote] I’m tolerating [R59] because of my friendship with op

I want this to be the new Datalounge catchphrase. If DL ever decides to do banner ads on other websites, this should be the line attached to the logo.

Agreed r126

I think I’ll take a rain check

Has anyone read Bonnie's book?

also on amazon