As all the reviews clearly show, the plots are way out there and-for the most part-still funny after all these decades. This is largely thanks to the talent of the writers and cast, but I feel compelled to make a brief tribute to a guy that all of us have seen on the tube a gazillion times, and whose name may escape many. I just saw the season 1, episode 10 where Jodie is in the hospital, about to undergo surgery, and is dumped by Dennis. The sympathetic guy in the other hospital bed was played by character actor Harold Gould (aka "Rhoda"'s dad, among dozens of other familiar roles we've all seen him in) and Gould's performance just amazed me-he gave one of the most heartfelt monologues I've ever heard, in what could have been a typical cornball sitcom situation. Kudos to the writers, of course, but the words came to heartwarming life via that skilled actor. (And no, I'm not a relative or anything.... I just wanted to acknowledge a moving performance.)
