“The Golden Girls was a show that shouldn’t have worked (four women over fifty living together? In the age of Baywatch?!) but ended up the closest thing to a perfect sitcom in TV history.

Jim, Thank You For Being a Friend, and for writing this book.” - Melissa Peterman Jim Colucci is not just a fan -he truly loves these ladies and everything they contributed to his other love, television. “I can’t think of a better person to tell the story of the Golden Girls. Harvey Fierstein's tribute to his close friend, Estelle Gettyīursting with fun facts, anecdotes, reminiscences, and insights, Golden Girls Forever is the ultimate companion to the show for fans old and new.Exclusive interviews with ninety-four-year-old Betty White the famously private Bea Arthur and Rue McClanahan, before their deaths and fan-favorite actors who appeared on the show.Why I Love the Girls: Lance Bass, Laverne Cox, Ross Mathews, Perez Hilton, Zachary Quinto, Chris Colfer, Jason Collins, and many, many other celebrities share their love of the Girls.Girls and Their Guests: short profiles of the show’s most famous guest stars.Illustrated with hundreds of photos, including stills from the show and a treasure trove of never-before-seen and newly rediscovered photos, Golden Girls Forever includes: Drawing on interviews with the show’s creators, actors, guest stars, producers, writers, and crew members, Jim Colucci paints a comprehensive portrait of the Girls both in front of the cameras and behind the scenes.

Now, Golden Girls Forever pays homage to this wildly popular, acclaimed, and award-winning sitcom. Over thirty years after it first aired, The Golden Girls has become a cult classic, thanks to fan fiction, arts and crafts, podcasts, hundreds of fan blogs and websites, and syndication. They were the Golden Girls, and for seven seasons, this hilarious quartet enchanted millions of viewers with their witty banter, verve, sass, and love, and reaffirmed the power of friendship and family. They were four women of a certain age, living together under one roof in Miami-smart and strong Dorothy, airhead Rose, man-hungry belle Blanche, and smart-mouthed matriarch Sophia. The complete, first-ever Golden Girls retrospective, packed with hundreds of exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes and never-before-revealed stories, more than two hundred color and black-and-white photos, commentary, and more.

Golden Girls Forever by Jim Colucci