Bea Arthur sparked a security scare at Boston's Logan International Airport earlier this week when she tried to board a flight with a pocketknife in her handbag.

A fellow passenger says, "She started yelling that it wasn't hers and said 'The terrorists put it there.' She kept yelling about the 'terrorists, the terrorists, the terrorists.'"

After the knife was confiscated by TSA officials, the funnywoman pulled out a keyring from her bag and told the agent it belonged to the "terrorists," before throwing it at them.

As she boarded the plane, the Emmy-winning star told the TSA employees, "We're all doomed."


I love Bea! Not bad for 81.

is this story for real?

is poor Bea losing it???

madartista said:

She was making a joke for sure.

madartista said:

I don't know if the story's real, but she's losing it for sure. I saw her on-stage a few years ago, and she fell off the stage. She was pretty nasty to the doctor backstage when he tried to help her. Love her to death, but she's notoriously cranky.

superspaceboy said:

who are you and what happened to superspaceboy's avvie????




(i like the color, actually. it suits u well.)

madartista said:

It's me...just another avie of the same. Different Pose, Different day and a color camera. I like this one much better. It'll be here for a while

She's like one of the only celebrities I saw when I visited New York. We were sitting at the table next to her in a restaurant. I chickened out talking to her cuz I didn't want to bother her. LOL, now that I see this thread Im kinda glad I didnt disturb her, LOL

that's just

any thread about Bea Arthur makes my day. Thank you. Bea, you crazy woman, you.

Tom said:

I would've. It's Dorothy Zbornak for God's sake.

HelloKittyIsMyFriend said:

NOOOOO honey thats MAUDE!!!!!

nammie said:

Dorothy's better.

without Maude there would Be no Dorothy..... Maude is the shit.. I aint hatin on Dot tho, she was funny as hell too

HelloKittyIsMyFriend said:

Hey! Good Morning Kitty! Have a Deee-lightful day.

She certainly does!!

Man, that woman get's me SO DAMN HOTT!!!! Yowza!

Byron said:

I wonder if she and Prince shop for clothes together. They should.

And also -- in agreement that Maude kicks Dorothy's ass. But I love them both.

Byron said:

I knew you'd be here

Lleena said:

I always gravitate towards Bea...