Posted Sep 16th 2009 8:00AM by TMZ Staff
The ladies of "Sex & the City" have often been compared to "The Golden Girls" -- but yesterday in NYC, Rue McClanahan told us the Cosmo swilling quartet doesn't hold a candle to Blanche Devereaux's crew.

The woman who played the original Samantha Jones came out swinging at LaGuardia, telling our camera guy, "Don't even mention them" -- and adding the GGs are on another level because "Our humor is much better than that."
So we gotta ask ...
Filed under: TV, Sex and the City, Exclusives
Tags: blanche devereaux, BlancheDevereaux, carrie bradshaw, CarrieBradshaw, golden girls, GoldenGirls, Rue McClanahan, RueMcclanahan, sex and the city, SexAndTheCity
Posted Aug 1st 2007 11:29AM by TMZ Staff
Ever pictured the gals from the "Golden Girls" dressed up in leather and whips -- or just plain naked? Of course you have. Live the fantasy -- with the new "Golden Gals Gone Wild" art show, set to open in Los Angeles on August 11.

After purchasing a Chris Zimmerman oil painting of Bea Arthur in full frontal view, Lenora Claire felt inspired to create a show where artists submitted their naughtiest versions of the "Girls." This is the most age-inappropriately sexy show since Dennis Franz bared it all on "NYPD Blue."
Allow ample time after eating, and check out the link.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Tags: art, art show, artist, ArtShow, bea arthur, BeaArthur, boobs, breasts, chains, golden girls, GoldenGirls, leather, los angeles, LosAngeles, naked, painting, whips