There was also a stream of goofball guests that added to the fun.
They get into all kinds of jams and arguments mostly due to the fact that none of them have any real idea of how to run a hotel. Blanche, Rose, and Sophia sell their 'Golden Girls' home and buy a hotel called 'The Golden Palace'. This new series begins with the premise that Dorothy got married and left the other 'girls' to live with her husband, thus accounting for why Bea Arthur is not on the show.
The Golden Palace TV show was a 30 minute comedy series on CBS and a spin-off of the series, ' The Golden Girls'.