Rhoda: Season Three

Great to see it but.....
Ok. It's great to see this series on DVD. But I just don't understand why some of these episodes are edited. Why is Shout using edited versions? So far I've purchased the 3 seasons and some of these episodes are edited. I'd say about 3 or 4 per season. For example in season 3 there is an episode called "Meet the Levys". Years ago I saw the episode and there is a scene where a woman keeps getting on the same elevator thinking she's going up and when the door opens she's still on the ground floor. After 4th time she gets back on the elevator with Rhoda and Gary and says something very funny. I haven't seen that scene in over 20 years. On the reruns the whole scene is cut out. When I was watching the dvd it it looked like it wasn't and I said, "Finally I get to see the whole scene and the funny remark the lady says." Well. The scene was included but not all of it. She gets off the elevator for the 4th time and the doors shut and the scene was cut there. In the original she gets back on...

Best Sitcom Ever
I am so glad and appreciative of Shout Factory, and the multitude of other Rhoda show rooters, for keeping this series afloat. It has to be the most underrated sitcom in television history. Still, with 17 Emmy nominations and 2 big wins for stars Valerie Harper and Julie Kavner, who center the show, it is in terms of Emmy acknowledgement the second most successful sitcom spin-off in television history behind Frazier, which itself is merely an upside down Rhoda. In this season, Rhoda and Joe separate, and The Separation episode, although very sad, is arguably the best episode of any sitcom ever (right up there with Rhoda's One is a Number and The Mary Tyler Moore Show's Chuckles Bites the Dust.) Sure, it is sad, but it also is poignant, and I can see why some viewers left (at least until the next season when Rhoda became more of a top 20 regular again). It was just too painful for some people to watch, but if you did, you laughed a lot, were encouraged by how strong a woman can be...

LOL!
I now have all three seasons of Rhoda and it's just as much fun to watch as it was in the 1970s. I always liked Rhoda's character in The Mary Tyler Moore show more than I liked Mary, she was flawed and very human. Her own show, set in NY, is delightful. Nancy Walker as Rhoda's mother Ida is without a doubt the very best depiction of a Jewish mother ever filmed because she is really ALL mothers rolled into one. The third season is very special because of the appearances of Ron Silver as Gary Levy. Silver's Gary is a gem, obnoxious and very lovable. I wish Sliver was still with us, he died much too young, but at least he's here on Rhoda. All the secondary characters are beautifully full and unique. A great series!

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