"It's like we say in St. Olaf, Christmas without fruitcake is like St. Sigmund's Day without the headless boy."
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Big Daddy is the twenty-fourth episode of the first season of The Golden Girls and the twenty-fourth episode overall. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Mort Nathan and Barry Fanaro, it premiered on NBC-TV on May 3rd, 1986.
Blanche's father, Big Daddy Hollingsworth, visits and shocks Blanche when he says he has sold their house to start a career as a country music singer. Dorothy feuds with the girls' next-door neighbor over storm damage.
Whenever I think of my father it him pulling a giant tuna up Main Street. Oh, it wasn't a real tuna, it was made of chrysanthemums. It was the float in the Founder's Day Parade. You probably don't know this but my hometown was founded by Heinrich von Anderdonnen, the first man to ever can tune in its own natural juices. Anyway it was the 50th anniversary celebration of the founding of my town and my father was chosen to pull the float. he thought is was because he had the newest tractor, but it was actually because he was the only man small enough to fit in the mayonnaise jar costume. Ah, I'll never forget the moment we caught site of him, turning off of Sycamore, onto Elm, Somethiing must have happened to the tractor because there he was, this lone little mayonnaise jar dragging this giant tuna up the hill to the reviewing stand . I don't think I've ever been prouder in my life!
Tales from the Old South[]
Big Daddy's the most respected and beloved man in our town! For as long as I can remember people from all over the county would drive up to Twin Oaks, that's the name of our house, to ask Big Daddy's advice on one thing or the other. And, while the men were discussing business on the veranda, the ladies would retire to the shade of an old magnolia to sip mint julips and exchange prize-winning pecan pie recipes.
Murray Hamilton guest-starred on Mama's Family as Betty White's uncle. However, Rue McClanahan was not in that episode.
In May 2020, this episode was broadcast on the UK Channel 5 with a warning that it contained "historical attitudes".
Production[]
After Murray Hamilton's death, David Wayne replaced him as Big Daddy in Season 2. The opposite happened when Hamilton replaced Wayne in Mister Roberts. Both died of lung cancer.
Goofs[]
At the end when Mrs. Barton is talking to the girls, one of her earrings changes between shots from a big, plastic colorful one to a small gold one.
When Curtis tries to play his song for Blanche, his fingers jump from the approximate center of the guitar fretboard to near the head.
Curtis says he has sold everything to become a country star. In "Big Daddy's Little Lady", he visits Blanche to let her know he is getting remarried. with the impression he still lives at Twin Oaks and has all of his money.
