Had aired, fred silverman, who was in charge of cbs at the time, had called norman lear and said, get that woman her own show. and then there s maude. and then there s maude! that uncompromisin , enterprisin , anything but tranquilizin , right on maude! adrienne barbeau: it was not your all-american family. carol: you re getting senile in your old age. maude: thank you darling. i only hope i live long enough to become a burden to you. adrienne barbeau: maude is an independent strong woman who speaks her mind. she was married to her fourth husband, walter, played by bill macy. maude: i don t have time to fix you your breakfast! here, have some cold knackwurst. eric mccormick: i loved their combative relationship. i still to this day if somebody pisses me off i ll say, god ll get you for that walter. maude: god ll get you for that walter. patrick gomez: maude was really the first time that we saw such a fiercely independent woman who wasn t afraid to speak
Maude: now you can either come to the table and eat, or you can lie there and feed off your own fat. jim colucci: the story goes that by the time that episode had aired, fred silverman, who was in charge of cbs at the time, had called norman lear and said, get that woman her own show. and then there s maude. and then there s maude! that uncompromisin , enterprisin , anything but tranquilizin , right on maude! adrienne barbeau: it was not your all-american family. carol: you re getting senile in your old age. maude: thank you darling. i only hope i live long enough to become a burden to you. adrienne barbeau: maude is an independent strong woman who speaks her mind. she was married to her fourth husband, walter, played by bill macy. here, have some cold knackwurst. eric mccormick: i loved their combative relationship. i still to this day if somebody pisses me off i ll say, god ll get you for that walter.
and then there s maude. and then there s maude! that uncompromisin , enterprisin , anything but tranquilizin , right on maude! adrienne barbeau: it was not your all-american family. carol: you re getting senile in your old age. maude: thank you darling. i only hope i live long enough to become a burden to you. adrienne barbeau: maude is an independent strong woman who speaks her mind. she was married to her fourth husband, walter, played by bill macy. maude: i don t have time to fix you your breakfast! here, have some cold knackwurst. eric mccormick: i loved their combative relationship. i still to this day if somebody pisses me off i ll say, god ll get you for that walter. maude: god ll get you for that walter. k mez: maude was really the first time that we saw such a fiercely independent woman who wasn t afraid to speak her mind at the center of a family sitcom. norman lear: maude had a maid florida who
maudie is here. and she could take on archie head-to-head. now you can either come to the table and eat, or you can lie there and feed off your own fat. the story goes that by the time that episode had aired, fred silverman, who was in charge of cbs at the time, had called normal lear and said, get that woman her own show. and then there s maude. and then there s maude. that uncompromisin , enterprisin , anything but tranquilizin , right on maude! it was not your all-american family. maybe you re getting senile in your old age. thank you darling. i only hope i live long enough to become a burden to you. maude is an independent strong woman, who speaks her mind. she was married to her fourth husband, walter, played by bill macy. i don t have time to fix you your breakfast. here, have some cold knackwurst. i loved their combative relationship.