Well Played, Estelle Getty: Everything

Given the number of times we mention The Golden Girls on this site, it should be no surprise what a sucker-punch to the gut we felt when we heard Estelle Getty — the mighty Sophia Petrillo — died today. It feels like only two weeks ago that we watched her in Mannequin, telling James Spader that she supported Andrew McCarthy so much, she didn’t care if he “put a rubber glove on his head and [ran] naked around the store screaming, ‘Hi! I’m a squid!’” … Oh, wait. That WAS two weeks ago.
And it was good.

In the Defamer entry on her sad passing, a commenter posted a link to this video, and we felt its brilliance easily deserved its own page. So get out your giant tri-focals, your wicker purses, and your orthopedic moccasins, and eat a slice of cheesecake in honor of the woman who brought us this.

Picture it: Los Angeles, 2008. Two sad bloggers and their weeping Intern scour Lifetime for reruns, and send good wishes to Estelle’s family. Thank you for being a friend.