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Let's Discuss Barbara Thorndyke

Enough of these Golden Girls threads.

WELL?!

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by Anonymousreply 128September 21, 2023 10:33 PM

Face it, op, you’re limited.

by Anonymousreply 1March 15, 2022 8:54 PM

The Mortimer Club- It's RESTRICTED

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by Anonymousreply 2March 15, 2022 8:59 PM

I’ll have the Edgar Allen Potatoes

by Anonymousreply 3March 15, 2022 9:00 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 4March 15, 2022 9:01 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 5March 15, 2022 9:04 PM

ANTI-SEMITIC CUNT

by Anonymousreply 6March 15, 2022 9:09 PM

Was she a dyke like Dick Van Dyke?

by Anonymousreply 7March 15, 2022 9:25 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 8March 15, 2022 9:26 PM

i'll have the George Bernard Slaw

by Anonymousreply 9March 15, 2022 9:44 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 10March 15, 2022 9:48 PM

The gal loves her "free parking".

by Anonymousreply 11March 15, 2022 11:02 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 12March 15, 2022 11:18 PM

[quote]Miami’s intelligencia

There is no such thing.

by Anonymousreply 13March 15, 2022 11:20 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 14March 15, 2022 11:26 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 15March 15, 2022 11:27 PM

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

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

by Anonymousreply 16March 15, 2022 11:33 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 17March 15, 2022 11:36 PM

Thx school marm r13. Have fun alone

by Anonymousreply 18March 15, 2022 11:38 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 19March 15, 2022 11:39 PM

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.)

by Anonymousreply 20March 15, 2022 11:40 PM

OP, you type Jewish, Black and fat.

by Anonymousreply 21March 15, 2022 11:48 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 22March 15, 2022 11:52 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 23March 15, 2022 11:58 PM

Any relation to Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke?

by Anonymousreply 24March 16, 2022 5:55 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 25March 16, 2022 7:45 PM

Did Barbara enjoy Cuban cock?

by Anonymousreply 26March 16, 2022 7:51 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 27March 16, 2022 8:35 PM

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

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by Anonymousreply 28March 16, 2022 8:42 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 29October 16, 2022 1:58 AM

Op is limited.

by Anonymousreply 30October 16, 2022 2:09 AM

She didn't care for Rose and Madge.

by Anonymousreply 31October 16, 2022 2:14 AM

[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.

by Anonymousreply 32October 16, 2022 2:22 AM

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

I'm SO gay.

by Anonymousreply 33October 16, 2022 2:32 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 34October 16, 2022 2:36 AM

[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.

by Anonymousreply 35October 16, 2022 2:43 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 36October 16, 2022 2:46 AM

R6

by Anonymousreply 37October 16, 2022 2:55 AM

37 replies, really??

[quote]How about the crapes of wrath?

Oh fucking DEAR!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 38October 16, 2022 2:56 AM

I despise the Barbara Thorndyke troll.

Never funny.

by Anonymousreply 39October 16, 2022 2:57 AM

Barbara Thorndyke is definitely a Trump supporter.

by Anonymousreply 40October 16, 2022 2:59 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 41October 16, 2022 3:18 AM

[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.

by Anonymousreply 42October 16, 2022 3:32 AM

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

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by Anonymousreply 43October 16, 2022 4:03 AM

She seems pretty cool (Bartlett, that is).

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by Anonymousreply 44October 16, 2022 4:05 AM

^ 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.

by Anonymousreply 45October 16, 2022 4:07 AM

I wonder how Barbara felt about the gays.

by Anonymousreply 46October 16, 2022 4:22 AM

[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.

by Anonymousreply 47October 16, 2022 4:27 AM

I’ll have the George Burns slaw

by Anonymousreply 48October 16, 2022 2:03 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 49October 16, 2022 2:05 PM

Little did she know, but those Americans were right.

That broach does NOT go well with plaid.

by Anonymousreply 50October 17, 2022 12:20 AM

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

That should've been "brooch".

by Anonymousreply 51October 17, 2022 12:21 AM

How does it differ from the children’s version?

Adults play it.

by Anonymousreply 52October 17, 2022 1:27 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 53October 17, 2022 1:29 AM

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

I C O N I C

by Anonymousreply 54October 17, 2022 1:32 AM

I don’t really like Jews neither, Barbie!

by Anonymousreply 55October 17, 2022 1:32 AM

Are you fucking with me, r48?

Am I clown to you??

by Anonymousreply 56October 17, 2022 1:33 AM

My bussy is restricted — with a capital R!

by Anonymousreply 57October 17, 2022 1:35 AM

R57 a little of that goes a very long way…

by Anonymousreply 58October 17, 2022 1:36 AM

Fuck you, r58!

And the Ice Water Cometh.

by Anonymousreply 59October 17, 2022 1:37 AM

I’m tolerating r59 because of my friendship with op

by Anonymousreply 60October 17, 2022 1:39 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 61October 17, 2022 1:40 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 62October 17, 2022 1:45 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 63October 17, 2022 1:47 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 64October 17, 2022 1:48 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 65October 17, 2022 1:49 AM

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?

by Anonymousreply 66October 17, 2022 1:51 AM

R61 just blew my mind apart.

by Anonymousreply 67October 17, 2022 1:51 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 68October 17, 2022 1:52 AM

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.

by Anonymousreply 69October 17, 2022 1:52 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 70October 17, 2022 1:53 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 71October 17, 2022 1:53 AM

Name dropping is so gauche!

by Anonymousreply 72October 17, 2022 1:55 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 73October 17, 2022 1:56 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 74October 17, 2022 1:58 AM

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.

by Anonymousreply 75October 17, 2022 2:01 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 76October 17, 2022 2:02 AM

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.

by Anonymousreply 77October 17, 2022 5:00 AM

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...)

by Anonymousreply 78October 17, 2022 5:02 AM

[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?

by Anonymousreply 79October 19, 2022 9:48 AM

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

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

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by Anonymousreply 80October 19, 2022 2:35 PM

She was able to get good dick.

by Anonymousreply 81October 19, 2022 2:44 PM

She was able to "buy" good dick.

by Anonymousreply 82October 19, 2022 2:48 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 83October 19, 2022 3:13 PM

^ She's in an independent living facility in Boca

by Anonymousreply 84October 19, 2022 6:55 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 85October 19, 2022 6:56 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 86October 19, 2022 7:35 PM

r86 Don't you mean Mr. Stickelmeyer?

by Anonymousreply 87October 20, 2022 2:28 AM

Yes, that copper dress was IT, hunny!

by Anonymousreply 88October 20, 2022 2:34 AM

^ 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."

by Anonymousreply 89October 20, 2022 4:58 AM

Is St. Eligius Hospital also restricted?

by Anonymousreply 90October 20, 2022 5:11 AM

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.

by Anonymousreply 91October 20, 2022 11:42 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 92October 21, 2022 3:01 AM

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

And what was I?

Chopped liver?

by Anonymousreply 93October 22, 2022 1:27 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 94December 12, 2022 8:38 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 95December 12, 2022 8:57 PM

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.

by Anonymousreply 96December 12, 2022 9:01 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 97December 12, 2022 10:41 PM

Best friends are hard to come by.

by Anonymousreply 98June 10, 2023 10:39 PM

[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

😜 😂 🤣

by Anonymousreply 99June 10, 2023 10:52 PM

Barbara was a good looker

by Anonymousreply 100June 10, 2023 10:58 PM

Face it Dorothy. Blanche and Rose are limited.

by Anonymousreply 101June 10, 2023 10:59 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 102June 10, 2023 11:04 PM

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

Rose: Adults play it.

Barbara: I should have known.

by Anonymousreply 103June 11, 2023 10:01 PM

I’m a hybrid male version of Barbara and Rose

Stuck up and stupid

by Anonymousreply 104June 11, 2023 10:08 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 105June 11, 2023 11:01 PM

For R51: both spellings are accepted.

by Anonymousreply 106June 11, 2023 11:08 PM

Hey Barbara,

How big was your date Norman's dick?

Was he good in bed?

by Anonymousreply 107June 11, 2023 11:18 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 108June 11, 2023 11:19 PM

She looked like a chick with a dick.

by Anonymousreply 109June 11, 2023 11:25 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 110June 11, 2023 11:46 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 111June 11, 2023 11:56 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 112June 12, 2023 1:15 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 113June 12, 2023 8:55 PM

To Dorothy Zbornak, a new, exciting friend.

Barbara Thorndyke

by Anonymousreply 114September 12, 2023 2:37 AM

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

by Anonymousreply 115September 14, 2023 4:46 PM

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!

by Anonymousreply 116September 14, 2023 9:11 PM

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

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

by Anonymousreply 117September 14, 2023 9:12 PM

“TO DOROTHY ZBORNAK,

A NEW AND FASCINATING FRIEND."

by Anonymousreply 118September 14, 2023 9:13 PM

I love DL.

by Anonymousreply 119September 14, 2023 9:15 PM

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.

by Anonymousreply 120September 14, 2023 9:19 PM

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

by Anonymousreply 121September 14, 2023 9:20 PM

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.

by Anonymousreply 122September 14, 2023 9:22 PM

Face it, everyone on the DL is limited.

by Anonymousreply 123September 14, 2023 11:37 PM

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

Forgetting someone?

by Anonymousreply 124September 15, 2023 1:31 AM

Joy of metaphors

by Anonymousreply 125September 15, 2023 1:42 AM

[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.

by Anonymousreply 126September 16, 2023 2:09 AM

Agreed r126

by Anonymousreply 127September 16, 2023 10:46 PM

I think I’ll take a rain check

by Anonymousreply 128September 21, 2023 10:33 PM
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