Bea Arthur & Madame sing "A Good Man is Hard to Find" - 1980

[SkreetGil]

I have little to say about sex...yes, where and when!  Ha!

That's funny!

[holla06]

omg this is great puppetry!

[MichaelHansenFUN]

when was this show on the air? I remember it on a UHF station. is this on dvd?

[wenedsday]

Funny how they "outed" Rock Hudson in this sequence....

[maleficentdiva]

BEA ARTHUR IS THE BOMB! she was so damn funny! her sarcasm is priceless! loved her on Maude and Golden Girls!

[keepthemusicplaying0]

OMG!!!!!!!!! hilarious !!!

[MrWhanna48]

My firend and i are upsessed with Madame!!!! WE LUV YOU MADAME!!!!

[wntoply6]

@MrWhanna48 i use to go to the cabaret here in boston on lansdown street in the 70's to watch wayland flowers, madam and proud mary in their show before they became nationally famous. back then they were our little secret.

[iwantoldschool]

Really if you watch it, his puppetry is astounding.

[andyx6766]

"He dies, he dies." (wince)

[JackYueLe]

I like how Bea wears pant dresses =)

[alnilam66]

Rip Bea Arthur.

[Misseryfate]

"Never?"

"never ever"

"....to hell with him" hehe XD

[Misseryfate]

"Sex? I have very little to say about sex, Yes, when and where?" I loved that lol

[LiquidSoul0404]

I LOVED this when I was little



[soccerguy325]

@Stariena035220 Hahaha, not Dorothy - Bea!:) I can tell you know her from the Golden Girls. That is where I learnt of her from!

[JudgeJulieLit]

Bea was a powerhouse beauty (carveable in stone) and singer.

[Stariena035220]

the puppet reminds me of blanche... cept blanche dun care bout yes, when, and where! XD

[Stariena035220]

hehe she flicks dorothy

no one gots the nerve to wear like the madame! XD

[Stariena035220]

u over dress!? SHE IS OVERDRESSED LIKE CRAZY!

[Stariena035220]

UGLY ALL THE WAY TO THE BONE!? BWAHAHAHAHAGH!

[s1mcima]

Madame Is the inspiration of Joan Rivers Lil Kim, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Marcil

[wago70]

They're so cute. I'd love to see a whole show with them

[deduero]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh that was just precious! Who knew that Bea and Madame sounded so much alike? LOL!!!!!

[terdilynn91]

that is some wonderful puppetry lol

[Hoopermazing]

Lady Godiva was a freedom rider. She didn't care if the whole world looked...

[atomicxblue]

She's right about one thing -- Rock Hudson would never try to take advantage of a woman! :p :p  (The woman's brother may have to watch out though.. haha)

[MisterBlue55]

RIP Bea Arthur, Wayne Flowers and the gorgeous Rock Hudson xxx

[kruegie5969]

Loved Bea and LOVED Madame!

[heebieandjeebie]

two of the most fab woman ever to live!!!RIP ladies!!

[cupcake101]

Bea looks beautiful in this! I really miss her.

[CaramelCleo]

@cupcake101 yeah, she really did look stunning didn't she? and she had such grace that didn't stop her from being such a joy to everyone.

[HawkfanMom1981]

R.I.P. Bea. You will be sorely missed. I loved her on the golden girls.

[hanromero]

My name is Mike from LA Although there busizz4me.info



[maleficentdiva]

Madame reminds me of Yzma from Emperor's New Groove, they look act, sound, and look very similiar! LOVE HER! BEA ARTHUR ROCKS! BEST ACTRESS EVER!

[hotsweetyboy]

LOVE BEA!!!!!

[spacecadet1ful]

Thnx for the info bdv409. It was rumered she was buried with Wayland. (RIP Wayland)

[mdv409]

@balboa62  Madame is on permanent display at the Center For Puppetry Arts in Atlanta. Wayland left his entire estate to his manager after his death in 1988.

[joe90lyrics]

Loved Bea Arthur & Madame too.

[zibbyzubb]

I think Joan Rivers has the same plastic surgeon that Madame did!

[toucansam3]

@zibbyzubb No, Madame looks way more natural than Joan Rivers.

[JMFabianoRPL]

Shady Pines, Madame!

[SirKevo79]

@JMFabianoRPL LOL!!! 

[bluenail03]

@JMFabianoRPL LOL!!!!!!!

[JMFabianoRPL]

Deadpool would love this!

[LadyGrinningSoulDiva]

Hehe, I wonder if Madame is related to Blanche?!

[Miami1987xx]

I love listening to Bea sing, it's pretty and she has a unique sound.

[maleficentdiva]

I love these two divas! All HAIL QUEEN BEA! she is the BEST EVER!

[MichaelJacksonFan863]

What year is this???

[JayMazz]

@MichaelJacksonFan863

it says 1980 in the title, tho it may be off by a year.

[8898stonecold]

@MichaelJacksonFan863 1980

[ShangoJamal]

OK, am I the only one who thinks Madame looks AND sounds just like Bea?

[Afroguy1654]

What show is this?

[Pinhead554]

@Afroguy1654 Madame's Place

[hobiehippo]

what show is this from?

[blackbeltkid987]

hahaha 2:25

[MeesterChum]

waylon flowers was one of my favorite comics growing up. i wonder if his gaydar went off around rock hudson.

[asp5]

Just awesome. RIP Bea.

Thank you for sharing this!

[papswolf]

If he dies he dies.

[lancetop]

ohmigod this is wonderful! Bea and Madame on one stage!

[maleficentdiva]

I love Bea Arthur's voice its great! she is GREAT! I always loved her on the Golden Girls!  she is funny as hell!

[feelingfluffy]

Is it me, or is Bea Arthur extremely sexy in this video?

[yentl50]

Loved this one! Miss you, Bea!

[juliano66]

LOL funny to the max-- A real high summit for two Grande Dames!

[ozzysmom67]

The late, great Bea Arthur and Madame ( or as I see it, Joan Rivers in 5 years!) LOL Enjoy!!!!

[feelingfluffy]

@ozzysmom67 LOL good one

[ShangoJamal]

@ozzysmom67 Honey with the number of face-lifts Joan Rivers has had, in 5 years she will have just reached puberty.

[LittlePizzelle]

He He He! This was very cute!

[joyjoy70301]

bea and madame, any kid growing up in the 70s would love this...this is why we don't do jail...that's for the kids of the 80s

[mx94racer]

bea got that right at 2:15-2:18! lol

[SeeburgMusic]

God damn Bea is the greatest.

[tiedyebandanachick]

10 thumbs up for that, but Youtube won't let me :(

[zeelove8]

Love Bea,, RIP

[zeelove8]

Love bea!!!!  RIP:(

[melville80]

Bea was gorgeous here.  She had such beautiful eyes and bone structure. They played it down so much on The Golden Girls, and now so many people think of her as plain or even masculine. They need to see this clip! Bea was a sexy woman, and the most talented comedienne ever to be on TV.

[feelingfluffy]

@melville80 I agree, she was really sexy, but when she was on The Golden Girls, she had lost a lot of weight so she didn't look as good unfortunately. She looked better on Maude with more meat on her bones.

[longfoot]

ok petals at bea's feet, but is someone here saying madame looked like the sinkin titantic 100 years later?? If he is, l thow kudos at you. Har har har dee har.

Mr Statler and Mr Waldorf, your escorts tonight.

[CrepeSuzette7]

Whoa, Bea looks kickass!!

I always wondered what she looked like in that transition period from "Maude" to "Golden Girls". . .and apparently the answer is "damn good!"

Haha, loved the part about Rock Hudson.

Love you Bea and Rock!!

[gregoryagogo]

Rock would NEVER EVER take advantage of a woman--Ha ha!!!!

[feelingfluffy]

@gregoryagogo Actually Rock was bisexual

[gregoryagogo]

Nope... totally gay!

[feelingfluffy]

@gregoryagogo His friends were invited on Larry King Live last year to talk about Rock and they said he was bisexual.

[gregoryagogo]

People that say "I'm bisexual" or "he's bisexual" often are just hiding the fact and shame that what they really are is just plaine ol' GAY!!!

[feelingfluffy]

@gregoryagogo That's not true. There are many bisexuals who are genuinely attracted to both genders. Society has a need to categorize people as either straight or gay but many of us fall somewhere in between.

[bluevozhak]

@feelingfluffy but being honest being a bisexual myself, you know yes we are attracted to both genders, but we always, always have a preference for one over the other, never 50/50.

a lot of people call themselves bisexuals because of societal pressure they go straight because THEY CAN and have a family etc. while having sexual liaisons with their gay lovers, if that societal pressure did not exist many would be totally gay.

true bisexuals are very very rare and hard to find.

[feelingfluffy]

@bluevozhak Actually, it's quite the opposite, most people are somewhat bisexual to different levels. They identify as straight or gay because society likes to put people in very specific categories.

[bluevozhak]

@feelingfluffy i disagree totally, passing attractions do not equate sexuality or identity as a matter of fact, truth be told there is no such thing as identity, but that aside, if someone has some attraction to both genders that does not qualify as bisexual per-say, yes we all have some attraction to both genders but the overwhelming ones and the ones we choose to act on are constituent. it is indeed natural to be drawn to both genders due to interactions, upbringings, evolution etc. but---

[bluevozhak]

@feelingfluffy -- it is the sexual attraction and the degree to which this sexual attraction is acted upon that constitutes bisexuality. many gay men are happy around or even love women but sexually they are repulsed by the idea of ever sleeping with one, same for straight men who have their best pals and love guys in general but sexual attraction is not there.

i am not saying you are wrong, yes we are attracted to both genders and i actually am doing a paper-

[bluevozhak]

@feelingfluffy on the theory that by the next 20 years about 25% of the population will be sexually fluid or bisexual. however what i am saying is that a true bisexual one that does infact have the deep desire to be with both men and women, one that loves both and not only interested in sex, one that needs or cannot survive without both genders is very rare and very hard to find right now.

[bluevozhak]

@feelingfluffy bisexuality is hardly understood because of one very main issue, most bisexuals go straight, sadly. because they CAN they choose to go straight and abandon their other side or have gay affairs. so in essence bisexuality is never a continued sexuality, it is around when we are young and then most go straight. thus there is a firm mistrust from both the gay and straight community.

like i said i am not saying you are wrong this is what i have been thought and am researching.

[bluevozhak]

@feelingfluffy finally i need to clarify- the guy who sleeps with women but sleeps with guys because it is fun or taboo or just plain rough or whatever is not a bisexual. if he can only feel emotions for or even love women alone and men are just part of physical sexuality then he is not a bisexual in any sense of the word. a bisexual is one who can love or feels emotions for both genders and both have an equal chance not one being sexual purely and the other emotional and long term.

[Dominique913]

@gregoryagogo that's cause he didn't want them lol a good man was hard for him to find too.

[vp1981ad]

@gregoryagogo For Rock Hudson, a Hard man was Good to find! Lol!

[ahmad123987]

@gregoryagogo Aint that the truth!

[a1sspiked]

Yes, When and WHere hahaha....IF he dies he dies hahahahahaha

[ChristyCullen101]

I know which man Bea Arthur should choose! ^^ Deadpool!

[MissGarland18]

Damn...Bea looks really good right here.. Who said she wasn't sexy??? I love this video =)

[tcbluecollarguy1]

"Never take advantage of a woman"? Now, THAT'S an understatement!

[laffalotguyny]

I wish there were full episodes of her show Madames Place!

[laffalotguyny]

yrs ago on wpix 11 alive I would catch this late at night lmao eachtime lol

[ra86226]

madame oglepuss???

[soulierinvestments]

Yes, she does look like Ophelia Oglepuss!

[legolamb4245]

Madame is a dead ringer for Nancy Pelosi only her face moves more.

[thegoochieguy]

i just noticed that!

[keefek]

You gotta love this. Love This!

[LieutKusa]

Madame took off her glasses so gracefully!

[wolf359x]

Bea Arthur and Madame. . .separated at birth?

On the next "Geraldo".

[nothinghumanlovesfor]

I miss comedy like this. the good old days

[TheBellaluz]

I LOVE IT!

[WhoaThereMama]

Was Madame exclusive to this show?

[hairypolack]

how young are you? Madam was on EVERY TV show of the 70s and 80s!

[snlrulez]

R.I.P Bea Arthur!

[snlrulez]

Bea is so beautiful and I love her singing!

[collinnc2001]

She was very beautiful and an original

[haruhistnumber5]

Fucking brilliant.

[solredoc]

she was great!

[cadencestaff]

Rock Hudson would never take advantage of a woman? Now we know why.

[hairypolack]

I was thinking the same thing. Remember that under Madam was a gay man- so its even funnier when "she" says she wants Rock Hudson. And when Bea said he wont touch a woman- dontcha think maybe both wayon and Bea "KNEW" about Rock!

[collinnc2001]

lol Oh my

[NEXTGENSKYN]

alot of people knew rock hudson was gay before he came out publicly : )

[exackerly]

That's great puppeteering -- they must have had more than one guy doing it...

[brian1969a]

Nope, one man: Waylon Flowers (I think that's how it's spelled).

[alvin3535]

I love Bea especially when she sings. So confident.

We will miss you, Bea.

[Mrsteddyz]

thank you for the clip, she was one of a kind!

[SockBoy65]

Bea will be missed.  So will Madamme. :(

Loved them both.

[FiltheeSepsis]

RIP Bea.

[WhoaThereMama]

I MISS YOU BEA

[PelucheHI]

love this clip

miss Bea so much, cant believe shes gone =(((

rest in paradise Bea!

[richie60647]

Thank you for posting this. I have been looking for it for a long time:)

[Exummuj]

Great performance as usual by Bea.

R.I.P. We'll all miss you.

[egyptianmanchild]

ICONS!

[notreirish]

I grew up loving the characters Bea played. I will miss you.

[CitzenVain714]

RIP BEA!!!!

[majin32547]

I didn't want OOOOVA DRESSS!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH :41

classic bitch session

[gayzertube]

I have always missed Madame since I was a teenager. It is a terrible, terrible loss that Wayland Flowers left us. The world would have been better had he been able to live.

[titan1976]

A Classic! I couldn't stop laughing! Bea vs. Madame, the clash of the titans.lol

[1joker88]

"The dress over the pantsuit"-so very true of bea...

[weatdamal]

Thank you!!!

[jefgain]

2 brilliant and under rated comedians.