[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Oct 19 2005, 04:58 AM\'][quote name=\'calliaume\' date=\'Oct 18 2005, 11:40 PM\']You never see
Maude in reruns anymore, and certainly never the episode where Maude gets an abortion - it never reran once.
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For those who have Comcast On Demand, there's a section called Tube Time which does have about 5 episodes of Maude.
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Actually, over the last few months or so, On Demand had the complete first and second seasons of "MAUDE" available for viewing...it started out with the first 10-12 episodes or so for a time and nothing more for an extended period...suddenly, another batch of eps would be added and some of the older eps would disappear...I was very fortunate to have been able to record all the episodes before they were yanked. And yes, the abortion-two-parter was included. I wish I could find out if Comcast is planning to continue on with episodes from the 3rd season and beyond. Actually, it wasn't until the 3rd season and beyond that the show really gelled and ventured into much more consistantly "mature" plots with more frequent multi-episode storylines. In season 3, Maude became a career woman as a real estate broker. In season 4, Maude's marriage crumbles and much time is spent separated from her 4th husband Walter. And although the couple eventually reconciles, the marriage remains very fractured throughout the remainder of the series. And we must not forget that, in season 5, Maude and Vivian appeared on a game show (with dear Johnny O cast as, what else, the announcer). Finally, in season 6, one of Maude's greatest adventures is learning to cope with what appears to be her grandson's budding "alternative" lifestyle. Well, is it any wonder that Maude found herself at the end being thrown into the political arena? But even with a 3-part season (and series) finale building up to her big Washington move, even Bea Arthur knew when it was time to call it quits.
Oh, and we must remember that it was Maude who shook the TV censors to their core by being the first person on US primetime TV to utter the phrase "son of a b*tch" (referring to her unfaithful husband Walter after having a heart attack while in the bed of another woman). It was this incident and the earlier abortion storyline that Bea Arthur fought for and threatened quitting the show if the network and censors had not allowed these episodes to air as originally written and performed.
And then there's Maude...RIGHT ON, MAUDE!!
Jake
