In this episode we take a look at the pilot for The Golden Palace ( 1992) Less than two months after Dorothy's departure,Blanche, Rose, and Sophia sell their Miami house and purchase The Golden Palace, a hotel in the city. The women meet hotel manager Roland, his foster child Oliver, and hotel chef Chuy Castillos. The women learn that the previous owners had fired much of the staff to make the hotel appear profitable, and the hotel has no money to hire new employees. Furthermore, the ladies have only one week to make the hotel's bank note payment, which is dependent on satisfying a group of travel agents booked for the hotel. Sophia and Rose are upset at Blanche for getting them into the situation, but Blanche convinces them that they can operate the hotel and make the business a success. Chuy wants to continue serving Mexican food at the hotel, while Sophia wants to start serving Italian food instead. Chuy quits in frustration, but later asks for his job back, and he and Sophia agree to work together. The women manage to get through the week after hosting the travel agents, making enough money to keep the hotel for another month and hire more staff. Betty White as Rose Nylund, a jack-of-all-trades in the hotel. This series has Rose being of a notably stronger will than her previous incarnation (as Dorothy Zbornak noted in her guest appearance, "When did she become the strong one?"). Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux, the main operator of the hotel. Her character traits, particularly her promiscuity and vanity, are significantly toned down in this series, although she retains her Southern charm and generally chipper demeanor. Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo, the hotel's 87-year-old co-chef. In this series, her character is beginning to show signs of senile dementia, and is somewhat kinder and gentler than in the original series. Don Cheadle as Roland Wilson, the hotel's manager and a straight man to the rest of the cast. He is one of only two staff members retained from the previous ownership. Cheech Marin as Chuy Castillos, the other co-chef, and the other staff member held on from the previous ownership. He nearly quits after quarreling with Sophia over Italian vs. Mexican food, but comes back and remains with the staff for the rest of the series run Billy L. Sullivan as Oliver Webb, Roland's foster child (episodes 1–6, 11, 14), a streetwise, arrogant preteen. Oliver appeared in eight episodes before being written out of the series, the character's birth mother (Joely Fisher) retaking custody of him in episode 14. Listen, rate and share.If you would like to watch the pilot before listening to the podcast email us at mike@cullenpark.com for a link.Find us at all2reeltoo.comCheck out some cool music by host Matthew Haase at https://youtu.be/5E6TYm_4wIECheck out cool merchandise related to our show at http://tee.pub/lic/CullenParkBecome a Patron of the show here.... https://www.patreon.com/CullenParkListen to Mike on The Nerdball Podcast.... https://pod.fo/e/ba2aaCheck out some cool music from Jason Quick at www.jasonquickmusic.comIf you can during these troubling times make a donation to one of the following charities to help out. https://www.directrelief.org/https://www.naacpldf.org/https://www.blackvotersmatterfund.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices