Celebrity Paradox: Cheech Marin starring in this series as Chuy Castillos, when the season five Golden Girls episode 'An Illegitimate Concern' made a reference to Cheech & Chong, confirming their existence in this universe.

Butt-Monkey: With Rose's shift to a more assertive personality and thus less likely to take crap from people, plus the lack of Dorothy to be the group's designated punching bag, Blanche ended up bearing the brunt of many more insults and embarrassing incidents than in the original show.

Rebecca Devareaux and Miles Webber also showed up. Her first husband, Stan, appeared in another.

The Bus Came Back: Dorothy returned for a two-part episode.

And Starring: and Cheech Marin as Chuy Castillos.

After Show: To The Golden Girls, to the extent that Lifetime briefly aired Palace as a de facto 'eighth season' of that series when they still had the rights.

Acquired Error at the Printer: Blanche orders pens for the hotel that read 'This pen is compliments from us to you.' The printers leave out the space between 'pen' and 'is'.

Everybody is at odds with each other at first, but they all find a way to work things out as the series progresses and eventually become one big, happy family.for the most part.

Adding to the chaos is Oliver, a pre-teen boy who lives at the hotel and is fostered by Roland. What they didn't know is that the hotel was in dire straits financially and only two employees were kept on by the previous owners to run the entire hotel: the jack-of-all-trades manager Roland (played by a then-unknown Don Cheadle), and a wisecracking Mexican cook named Chuy (played by Cheech Marin).

The Golden Palace saw Rose Nylund, Blanche Devareaux, and Sophia Petrillo sell their Miami home and move to South Beach to become the owners of an upscale hotel. The successor to the now-classic TV series The Golden Girls, sans Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak. Clockwise from left: Blanche, Sophia and Rose.

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