I Slept with Blanche Devereaux — and My Other Adventures with “The Golden Girls”
by Herbie J Pilato
It’s true.
I slept with Blanche Devereaux.
But then again, who didn’t, right?
And it was all in good fun.
Although I must make a few clarifications.
“I,” as in “Herbie J Pilato,” did not really sleep with Blanche Devereaux, mostly because Blanche Devereaux really doesn’t exist — and she never did.
I exist, but Blanche does not.
I’m real. But Blanche is not.
Blanche is a fictional television character who actress Rue McClanahan portrayed in the 1980s hit senior-geared sitcom, The Golden Girls, which originally aired on NBC from 1985 to 1991 — and which also starred Bea Arthur, Betty White, and Estelle Getty….
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Writer/producer Herbie J Pilato is the host of the TV talk show THEN AGAIN WITH HERBIE J PILATO, now streaming on Amazon Prime and the author of several pop-culture/media tie-in books. He has been part of TVWriter™ for over 20 years and is Contributing Editor Emeritus. Learn more about Herbie J HERE