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3-time Podcast Awards Winner. Webby nominated for Best Indie Podcast. 80s TV Ladies is dedicated to the beloved female-driven shows of the 1980s! Do you love 80s pop culture, television...
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3-time Podcast Awards Winner. Webby nominated for Best Indie Podcast.
80s TV Ladies is dedicated to the beloved female-driven shows of the 1980s! Do you love 80s pop culture, television and fabulous women? On our show, you’ll hear a breakdown of how these shows got made, how they were influenced by the times and, in turn, how they influenced pop-culture trends to follow. We love discussing the “two-steps forward, one-step-back” lens of media-driven feminism.
Join hosts Susan Lambert Hatem and Sharon Johnson as they talk about the fabulous ladies of television: Cagney & Lacey, Designing Women, A Different World, The Golden Girls and more.
With special guests, TV creators and stars! Do these shows we hold so dear hold up? Let's find out.
Season 1: We examine three “detective duo shows” this season, with multiple episodes and awesome guests for each TV show we cover.
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Remington Steele
Cagney & Lacey
Season 2: Multiple episodes per TV show exploring representation and behind-the-scenes insight in science fiction, drama and sitcoms!
Queer representation in 70s and 80s
9 to 5 television show
It's a Living
Designing Women
Ladies of the 80s: A Divas Christmas
Star Trek Ladies
Moonlighting
Special guests: Eugenie Ross-Leming, Martha Smith, Robin Bernheim, Stephanie Zimbalist, Evan Ball, Debbie Evans, Barney Rosenzweig, Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Karen Arthur, Cynthis Beemis Abrams, Matt Baume, Jane Epsensen, Drew Greenberg, Paul Kreppel, Bryan Edward Hill, Maggie Friedman, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Stan Zimmerman, Mary Lou Belli, Nana Visitor, Glenn Gordon Caron, Shery Main and more!
We publish every other Wednesday.
Tell us: Who should we interview and what's your favorite 80s Ladies television show? https://www.80stvladies.com
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80s TV Ladies is dedicated to the beloved female-driven shows of the 1980s! Do you love 80s pop culture, television and fabulous women? On our show, you’ll hear a breakdown of how these shows got made, how they were influenced by the times and, in turn, how they influenced pop-culture trends to follow. We love discussing the “two-steps forward, one-step-back” lens of media-driven feminism.
Join hosts Susan Lambert Hatem and Sharon Johnson as they talk about the fabulous ladies of television: Cagney & Lacey, Designing Women, A Different World, The Golden Girls and more.
With special guests, TV creators and stars! Do these shows we hold so dear hold up? Let's find out.
Season 1: We examine three “detective duo shows” this season, with multiple episodes and awesome guests for each TV show we cover.
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Remington Steele
Cagney & Lacey
Season 2: Multiple episodes per TV show exploring representation and behind-the-scenes insight in science fiction, drama and sitcoms!
Queer representation in 70s and 80s
9 to 5 television show
It's a Living
Designing Women
Ladies of the 80s: A Divas Christmas
Star Trek Ladies
Moonlighting
Special guests: Eugenie Ross-Leming, Martha Smith, Robin Bernheim, Stephanie Zimbalist, Evan Ball, Debbie Evans, Barney Rosenzweig, Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Karen Arthur, Cynthis Beemis Abrams, Matt Baume, Jane Epsensen, Drew Greenberg, Paul Kreppel, Bryan Edward Hill, Maggie Friedman, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Stan Zimmerman, Mary Lou Belli, Nana Visitor, Glenn Gordon Caron, Shery Main and more!
We publish every other Wednesday.
Tell us: Who should we interview and what's your favorite 80s Ladies television show? https://www.80stvladies.com
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Top Ten Guest Stars of A Different World!
17 JUL 2024 · "One of the things I love about looking back at 80s television is you get to see some early and amazing young stars and very exciting stunt casting."
It's Guest Stars Galore on 80s TV Ladies! We're taking a nostalgic trip back to the iconic 80s sitcom "A Different World." Susan and Sharon debate -- and celebrate -- the amazing roster of guest stars that walked the halls of Hillman College during the six seasons of A Different World. As one of the only black-centered shows of its time, A Different World was in many ways “the only game in town” for a certain generation of black performers, and under show-runner Debbie Allen it became a real showcase for black celebrities who -- even in the 80’s and 90’s -- didn’t have as many opportunities when it came to network television exposure.
Legendary performers—such as Lena Horne, Josephine Premice, Patti LaBelle, Diahann Carroll, Robert Guillaume, Gladys Knight—and modern stars like Whoopi Goldberg, Raven Symone, Halle Berry… and Tupac Shakur—found a spotlight. Susan and Sharon get out their red pens and grade books and fight it out, narrowing down who will finally be “Best in Class” -- The Top Ten Guest Stars of A Different World!
THE CONVERSATION
- THE TOP TWO: How Patti LaBelle and Diahann Carroll are so hilarious -- and perfectly cast -- as the moms of Dwayne and Whitley: two parents from very “different worlds”.
- Whoopi Goldberg was the secret weapon that allowed the show to do an “AIDS Episode” (“If I Should Die Before I Wake” S4; EP23). Once she signed on, the network couldn’t say no. It became the highest rated episode of the season.
- Josephine Premice played the art dealer that Whitley works for in S4 -- and is the mother of writer/showrunner Susan Fales-Hill! (She later plays Dwayne and Whitley’s landlord in S6!)
- The beautiful Billy Dee Williams plays a former baseball player (S6; EP23) who decides to finish college -- and ends up in the classroom of his old flame: Leslie Uggams!
- But is it a true 80s TV Ladies show? Sharon calls out showrunner Debbie Allen. She directed 83 episodes of the show (104 were directed by women) and steered it through most of its run.
- Jennifer Lewis -- as Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davidson -- hits the heights in the Lena Horne Episode -- “A Rock, A River, A Lena” (S6; E22)
- Susan calls out Gladys Knight in “Three Girls Three” (S2; EP5) -- a classic 80’s stunt casting coup that is everything you want it to be!
- Can you believe it? Susan also loves a very “guy-centric” episode: “Citizen Wayne” (S2; EP21) -- starring Jesse Jackson. But this isn’t on Sharon’s list for reasons…
- Who are the TWO GUEST STARS who get cut from the list? One is a guy… And one is… ALSO A GUY!
So -- join Susan and Sharon as they talk Brian’s Song, Kris Kross, Tisha Campbell, high-kicks, the “Evolution of Whitley,” Gilbert Gottfried, “checking the gate” -- and showering with Blair Underwear (we mean Under-wood!).
AUDIOGRAPHY
Find out more about “A Different World College Tour 2024” at https://www.adwtour.com/.
Read about Whoopi Goldberg and the A Different World AIDS episode athttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/debbie-allen-whoopi-goldberg-a-different-world-aids-episode-1235876902/.
Read an oral history of A Different World in https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/05/a-different-world-cast-members-and-crew-oral-history.
Watch A Different World -- streaming on https://www.max.com/shows/different-world/dcf05406-b0e2-458e-8a54-97acddf7ce21
Find out more about A Different World at the official https://www.facebook.com/adifferentworldofficial/
Check out Tammy at the true-crime podcast: https://gritswithasideofmurder.com/.
Sign up to nominate 80s TV Ladies for a Podcast Award! Go https://www.podcastawards.com/ & nominate us.We're in the running for Best TV & Film and Best Female Hosted podcast!
PS - You can also vote in other categories for our pals at Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf, SoCal Voices and Grits With a Side of Murder!
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It's the 45th anniversary of President Carter's Crisis of Confidence speech. Get Susan’s new play about it: Confidence (and the Speech) at https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=6386
Does A Different World Need a Reboot? | 90s TV Babies
3 JUL 2024 · The 90s TV Babies are back to examine the 80s sensation A Different World!
Serita Fontanesi, Sergio Perez and Megan Ruble signed up for classes at Hillman College TV. But now it’s time for finals. This will ALL be on the test. Professors Lambert and Johnson assigned these episodes to watch:
S1: E1 -- “Pilot”
S2: E1 -- “Dr. War Is Hell”
S2: E20 -- “No Means No”
S6: E9 & 10 -- “Faith, Hope and Charity: Part One and Two”
So -- will the Babies return for another semester at Hillman College? Or will they drop out? Find out -- right now!
THE CONVERSATION
- PREGNANCY ROULETTE: Serita is stunned by how much “pee” is involved in getting pregnant.
- Megan knew nothing about A Different World -- had never seen a single episode.
- Sergio has binged all of Seasons 1 & 2 - and helped Susan and Sharon create social media for the podcast.
- For Serita, A Different World has been a part of her TV life pretty much since she was born. She’s seen the whole series, front to back, multiple times.
- The Babies know OF “The Cosby Show” -- but none of them ever watched it!
- SERGIO THE RULE-BREAKER: As a little kid he watched Nick-at-Night even though he wasn’t supposed to.
- Megan LOVED A Different World -- and was surprised by how much the show CHANGED every season…
- SERITA’S HOT TAKE: You can skip Season One -- the “Lisa Bonet” Season. Sergio disagrees.
- Serita calls out how grounded the show is -- while still having “wacky” episodes tossed in for spice!
- Sergio: “Can we please go back to TV shows with 23 episodes a season -- not 8?!?”
- Do Megan and Sergio agree about Jaleesa and her storyline?
- Serita’s favorite character is Whitley -- but she relates the most to Kim.
- Does this show need a reboot?
- NO MEANS NO: Megan thought the episode about sexual assault was excellent and totally on-point -- except for one key moment…
So, join Susan, Sharon -- and Serita, Sergio and Megan -- as they talk Patti LaBelle, Diahann Carroll, AIDS, is it feminist and is it progressive? -- and all the ways to say “Shut Up!
AUDIOGRAPHY
Watch A Different World -- streaming https://www.max.com/shows/different-world/dcf05406-b0e2-458e-8a54-97acddf7ce21
Check out Tammy at the true-crime podcast: https://gritswithasideofmurder.com/.
Check out Serita’s podcast https://www.notuglypod.com/
Find out about Megan’s “Shakespeare By The Sea” at https://www.shakespearebythesea.org/wp/about/
Find out about Sergio’s production of “CinderAlice” at https://www.oxy.edu/academics/areas-study/theater/childrens-theater/performances.
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A Different World and Hollywood Strategies For Revolution | Director Neema Barnette
19 JUN 2024 · “A lot of production companies… who decide to do stories about people of color are not used to having the people of color they hire coming in with an opinion. Coming in contradicting them on certain things.” -- Neema Barnette, director, A Different World
Susan and Sharon welcome legendary producer-director Neema Barnette to talk about her journey from Harlem to Hollywood. Ms. Barnette made history in 1986 when she became the first African-American woman to direct a prime-time sitcom (What’s Happening Now?). She followed this up with episodes of Frank’s Place, It’s A Living and The Cosby Show before directing seven episodes of A Different World. She has directed over 50 movies and television shows and was also the first African-American woman to get a three-picture deal with Sony Pictures.
Neema was also the producer-director of Season One of Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey’s Queen Sugar. She shares stories of making the transition from New York theater to Hollywood films and television, fighting the good fight for herself and others, and inspiring a new generation -- with the truth.
THE CONVERSATION
- Head of Columbia Pictures Barbara Corday took one look at Neema’s reel and said “Get this woman a job!”
- “I’ve had two jobs in my life. Directing and teaching. And they have a lot of similarities. ‘Sit down. Shut up. Move over.’
- Supportive words from the great Shirley Hemphill on the ground-breaking episode of What’s Happening Now?: “We’ve got your back.”
- IN THE 60s: Getting Sherman’s BBQ and going to the Apollo from noon to midnight to see everyone -- especially Aretha Franklin.
- The troubles and battles with Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and National Geographic during the making of Genius: Aretha.
- “When I was in college, I took a course called ‘Strategies For Revolution’. I took that course and I applied it when I came to Hollywood.”
- Directing The Cosby Show -- in the episode where Bill gets pregnant!
- Working with Tyra Ferrell, Mare Winningham, Rosilyn Heller and Gloria Steinem on Better Off Dead.
- Getting pulled away from teaching to do Queen Sugar. “The ratings came out and I started getting calls.”
- How Ava DuVernay changed the landscape of television by hiring only women directors on Queen Sugar -- and supporting their careers ongoing.
So, join Susan, Sharon -- and Neema -- as they talk Michael B. Jordan, Superfly, The Young Lords, Queen Latifah, Seventh Heaven, Pam Grier -- and “Cut--print that sucker!”
AUDIOGRAPHY
Watch A Different World -- streaming https://www.max.com/shows/different-world/dcf05406-b0e2-458e-8a54-97acddf7ce21
Find Neema Barnette at https://www.instagram.com/neemafilmsOn Twitterhttps://x.com/neemrick
Watch Neema’s mini-docs on https://blackhistoryminidocs.com/
Check out Tammy at the true-crime podcast: https://gritswithasideofmurder.com/.
Get & read Susan’s new play Confidence (and the Speech) https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=6386.
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A Different World | Showrunner, Writer Susan Fales-Hill
5 JUN 2024 · “You can be anything you want in this world, darling. But if you become an actress or a nun, I’ll kill myself.” -- legendary actress Josephine Premice to her daughter, writer/producer Susan Fales-Hill.
Susan and Sharon welcome writer and showrunner Susan Fales-Hill as they continue their look back at the classic 80’s comedy series A Different World. Ms. Fales-Hill’s writing career began on The Cosby Show and continued on A Different World where she rose from story editor all the way to executive producer during the course of the show’s seven-year run. Content Warning: Sexual Assault/Child Sexual Abuse. At approx. 53:00 - 58:00 short discussion of date rape and child sexual assault.
Susan Fales-Hill is currently writer/executive producer on HBO’s Sex And The City sequel series And Just Like That. She is also the author of four books including her memoir "Always Wear Joy." Susan shares stories of growing up bi-racial in a show biz legacy family, how comedy comes from pain, and the help (and hinderances) she got from men, women and people of color along the way…
THE CONVERSATION
- Being Whitley Gilbert’s alter ego: “She said a lot of the things I wanted to say -- but was too polite!"
- FINDING YOUR VOICE: Susan reflects on learning how to speak up in a writer’s room even though she was the youngest, newest writer -- and a woman.
- GO WEST YOUNG WOMAN: The “Big Move” from The Cosby Show in New York to A Different World in Los Angeles.
- THE IMPORTANCE OF A NEW POT: Sometimes you have to "re-plant" yourself to grow.
- HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MARISA? The challenge of featuring a white character attending an HBCU.
- JUST A TIME SLOT SUCCESS? Some people grumbled that ADW only succeeded because it followed the massive hit The Cosby Show.
- How Debbie Allen insisted the show be topical -- and the surprise when Bill Cosby agreed.
- The story of how Susan personally got Diahann Carroll to be on the show.
- Being told by her agents after running a Top Ten show: “We can’t get you on a white show.”
- On the joy of casting your own mom -- singer, dancer, actress Josephine Premice.
- Susan reflects on which “issue” episodes worked -- and which ones maybe missed the mark (looking at you, Los Angeles Uprising…)
- The network was adamantly opposed to the “Los Angeles Uprising” episodes -- and some believe it signed the shows death warrant.
So, join Susan, Sharon -- and Susan -- as they talk pig noses, possible spin-offs, Billy Dee Williams, The Amistad, “Benevolent Karens”, Jennifer Lewis… and the danger of saying “shut up” to your mom!
AUDIOGRAPHY
Watch A Different World -- streaming https://www.max.com/shows/different-world/dcf05406-b0e2-458e-8a54-97acddf7ce21
Watch the classic 2-part Thanksgiving Episode “Faith, Hope & Charity” (S6; EP 9 & 10) -- with Diahann Carroll AND Patti LaBelle! on https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.80c15ab5-50c0-46ed-a023-300d1063dade.
Get Susan Fales-Hill’s books and find out about all her projects at https://www.susanfales-hill.com/
https://www.susanfales-hill.com/Watch Susan Fales-Hill “In Praise of Complexity” at the https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-speaks/ticketed-talks/tedxmet/participants/2015/susan-fales-hill.
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Exploring A Different World | Niceole Levy
22 MAY 2024 · Sharon and Susan begin an all-new series of episodes looking at the groundbreaking 80s sitcom A Different World (1987-1993). This Cosby Show spin-off starred Lisa Bonet, Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, Charnele Brown, Dawn Lewis and Marissa Tomei. It explored the lives of students at Hillman College, a fictional HBCU, and addressed issues such as race, sexual assault, HIV/AIDS and equal rights while still keeping the laughs coming. In 1988, Lisa Bonet and Marissa Tomei left the show and a new showrunner was brought on -- the legendary actress, producer, director and choreographer Debbie Allen.
To help kick off this in-depth look at A Different World, we welcome A Different World fan and amazing “2020s TV Lady” -- writer, producer and author Niceole Levy. Niceole’s numerous TV writing/producing credits include Cloak and Dagger, Shades of Blue, SWAT, The Recruit and Found. She is the co-writer, along with George Nolfi, of the 2020 feature film The Banker. She has also written a book for aspiring TV writers called "The Writer’s Room Survival Guide."
THE CONVERSATION
- 80s TV made marriage look easy and fun -- cuz the couples were usually crime solving millionaires!
- How watching every syndicated show on TV -- Perry Mason, I Love Lucy, Marcus Welby, Dick Van Dyke Show, Ironside -- prepares you for a life of TV writing.
- Everything retro is new again: Getting that first gig -- with Blair Underwood -- on the 2013 re-boot of Ironside!
- Niceole’s advice for getting into TV and film -- DON’T GO TO FILM SCHOOL!
- For Niceole -- and so many others -- A Different World’s Hillman College was her first exposure to an HBCU.
- RUN THE NUMBERS: 20 of the 47 writers on ADW were women!
- SEASON 2 RE-SET: How the addition of show-runner Debbie Allen re-ignited the series with a new sense of excitement and vitality.
- A DIFFERENT LOOK -- How A Different World achieved a bigger, more expansive look than other sitcoms of the time.
So, join Susan, Sharon -- and Niceole -- as they talk Miami Vice, watching 1,000 television shows, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,keeping a TV journal, Boyz II Men, dancing with Kamala Harris, scheduling your life around a TV show -- and the importance of not messing up the lunch order!
AUDIOGRAPHY
Watch A Different World -- streaming onhttps://www.max.com/shows/different-world/dcf05406-b0e2-458e-8a54-97acddf7ce21
Find out about Niceole at https://niceolelevy.com/
Read her “What I Learned Watching 1,000 Television Shows” https://niceolelevy.com/2016/03/.
Buy Niceole Levy’s book "The Writer’s Room Survival Guide" at https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-writers-room-survival-guide-don-t-screw-up-the-lunch-order-and-other-keys-to-a-happy-writers-room-niceole-levy/18062164.
Get Susan’s President Carter play Confidence (and the Speech) at https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=6386
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Directing Miami Vice and Cagney & Lacey | Jan Eliasberg
8 MAY 2024 · “I was quite set on theater. I was going to go out to Los Angeles for one year -- and that was it. Then I was going to go back to New York and devote myself to the theater. It didn’t work out that way.” -- Jan Eliasberg
80s TV Ladies "Director Ladies" series continues as Susan and Sharon welcome legendary director Jan Eliasberg. Jan began her television director career in the 1980s with an episode of Cagney & Lacey -- and she went on to be the first female director ever on Miami Vice, Crime Story and 21 Jump Street. She has also directed episodes of Dirty Dancing, L.A. Law, Dawson’s Creek, Party of Five, Sisters, Parenthood, Nashville, Supernatural, Bull and NCIS: Los Angeles. Jan recently published her first novel, Hannah’s War.
In this enlightening conversation, Jan discusses how the American Film Institute (AFI) and “The Original Six” opened up opportunities for her and other female directors; how to navigate directing a network television show for the first time -- and how courage, tenacity and little guile can make all the difference …
THE CONVERSATION
- How do you get 10,000 hours of experience when directing requires so much time, money and people: Europe or Yale?
- What can Shakespeare and Ibsen teach you about directing TV? Everything…
- Frances McDormand, Angela Bassett, John Turturo, Tony Shalhoub and Courtney Vance -- how do you quickly figure out what different actors need to create great performances?
- What happens when you direct a play about South African apartheid in St. Louis in the early 1980s?
- On shadowing directors: “I’m already a director -- what am I doing watching these people? I mean, they’re good, but I’m good, too. And that was the kind of confidence -- or maybe you could say arrogance, fearlessness - -that it takes to go into a field that is predominantly male and actually make a dent and get a job.”
- How a twisty game of cat-and-mouse with Barney Rosensweig led to Jan’s first directing gig -- on Cagney & Lacey. (S5, EP13 -- “Act of Conscience”).
- Directing L.A. Law -- and David Kelly’s very first script!
- How asking others for advice is a gift that goes both ways.
- Directing two classic, fan-favorite episodes of Miami Vice.
- Jan gets her first feature film in 1988: How I Got Into College -- but you won’t believe what happened to her on Day Two of filming…
- Past Midnight -- working with the great Rutger Hauer and Natasha Richardson.
- Is the window for women directors opening or closing? Jan gives us her take.
So, join Susan, Sharon -- and Jan -- as they talk Dennis Farina, Michael Moriarty, Rutger Hauer, Paul Giamatti, Daniel Craig, Meg Foster, Sela Ward, Swoosie Kurtz, Kirsten Dunst, George Clooney, Patricia Arquette, Stanley Tucci -- and creamsicles!
AUDIOGRAPHY
Find out more about Jan at https://janeliasberg.com.
Buy Jan’s new novel Hannah’s War at https://bookshop.org/p/books/hannah-s-war-jan-eliasberg/9142206.
Read Michael Cieply's 1988 article on Jan and other fired women directors at https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-11-ca-1274-story.html
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Welcome New Listeners! April 8TL Mailbag + In Memorium
24 APR 2024 · The Best Indie Podcast nomination IS the award!
Susan and Sharon thank ALL the listeners who came out to support “80’s TV Ladies” as Best Indie Podcast for the WEBBY AWARDS. A big welcome to all our new listeners! And a sincere thank you to all who voted and to our listeners who reached out.
BIG THANKS to our friends who shouted us out, including:
- Chris Stachiw from Weirding Way Media Network and the Kulturecast Podcast.
- Scott Philbrook and Forrest Burgess of the Astonishing Legends podcast.
- Richard Hatem of Richard Hatem’s Paranormal Bookshelf podcast.
- And an extra special thank you to TikTok superstar and creator of Phineas and Ferb, Dan Povenmire, and all his fans.
All of you went the extra mile to support us and bring new listeners to the show, so THANK YOU!
And of course, the biggest thank you of all -- TO OUR LOYAL FANS!
And listen in on the first official 8TL Mailbag, where we get feedback and answer questions and get feedback from you, our fans! PLUS -- an April 2024 “In Memorium Salute”.
AUDIOGRAPHY
Check out the https://www.webbyawards.com/press/press-releases/28th-annual-webby-award-nominees-and-host-revealed/ with our names and Michelle Obama. We’re 26 lines ABOVE Michelle Obama. Just saying.
Watch Matt Baume’s YOUTUBE Channel episode “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1it8-y4gWwg”
Listen in on the new podcast, https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/
And Chris Stachiw’s movie review podcast, https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-kulturecast--2883470.
Explore the world of Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess’shttps://astonishinglegends.com/
Find Dan Povenmire on https://www.tiktok.com/@danpovenmire And https://twitter.com/DanPovenmire.
Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSyxZkHtkj0 and https://disneynow.com/shows/phineas-and-ferb.
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Nominated For Best Indie Podcast | Help Us Win a Webby Award!
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Moonlighting | Our Top 8 Favorite Episodes!
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Back to our episode: Sharon and Susan burst into the Blue Moon Detective Agency and hire Maddie and David to help them answer ONE BURNING QUESTION: What are their Top 8 favorite episodes of the entire series?
Maddie: “Eight? Eight? Why not ten?” David: “Can’t do it. It would make them too tens.” In the words of Miss Dipesto: “We’re never late, we won’t make you wait, but if you want favorite episodes -- you only get eight!”
1) The Pilot (S1; EP 1)
2) The Next Murder You Hear (S1; EP 4)
3) The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice (S2; EP 4)
4) My Fair David (S2; EP 5)
5) ‘Twas The Episode Before Christmas (S2; EP 10)
6) Big Man on Mulberry Street (S3; EP 6)
7) Atomic Shakespeare (but only for one of them!) (S3; EP 7)
8) It’s A Wonderful Job (but only for one of them!) (S3; EP 8)
9) The Straight Poop (S3; EP 9)
THE CONVERSATION
- WHAT WAS HE THINKING? Glen Gordon Caron had a secret plan for what he wanted Moonlighting to do to network television: he wanted to kill the detective genre once and for all!
- Why were the seasons so short? Well, there was a little problem with getting episodes done on time...
- If Maddie was the “parent” and David was the “child” -- did David ever grow up?
- Is the show feminist? Or progressive? Susan and Sharon have thoughts!
- Why is the agency always broke? Maybe it’s all those people in the office who don’t do anything!
- That time when Susan got thrown off the set of The A-Team by George Peppard!
- Which Season of Moonlighting is the Moonlighting-est?
- What the hell happened with Season 4?? Warring stars, a missing showrunner -- and Die Hard!
So join Susan and Sharon as they talk Dirk Benedict, Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis, Melissa’s candy, The Princess Bride -- and the challenges of producing a show AND a baby at the same time!
AUDIOGRAPHY
What are YOUR favorite Moonlighting episodes? Let us know!!
Watch Moonlighting https://www.hulu.com/series/5ad18eaf-f049-4fa8-8970-44d81773fba0 On https://tv.apple.com/us/show/moonlighting/umc.cmc.5ddb6oejygxagecvw13z8ycfn or at https://www.amazon.com/Pilot/dp/B0CN3XVRQ3/ref=sr_1_3.
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ENCORE: Revisit Cagney and Lacey with Sharon Gless
27 MAR 2024 · Encore! Encore! In celebration of the premiere of Cagney & Lacey 42nd years ago this week, here is a look back at the special Sharon Gless interview we dropped one year ago today!
Sharon and Susan are at Podcast Movement Evolutions and The Ambies this week! So here's a look back to when they go to sit down with show business legend Sharon Gless. Multi-Emmy and Golden Globe winner, Sharon Gless has appeared in dozens of television shows such as “Nip/Tuck”, “Rizzoli & Isles”, “The Rockford Files”, “House Calls,”The Bob Newhart Show”, “Station 19” and “The Exorcist.” She has created iconic and ground-breaking characters in the shows “Burn Notice”, “Queer as Folk”, “The Trials of Rosie O’Neill” and of course “Cagney & Lacey”.
In 2021 she published her bestselling, no-holds-barred autobiography “Apparently There Were Complaints”. In this in-depth interview, Sharon Gless talks frankly about feminism, her ongoing friendship with Tyne Daly, her affair, marriage and almost-divorce from Barney Rosenzweig, her struggles with substance abuse and recovery -- and the lasting legacy of the characters she’s played.
THE CONVERSATION
- The moment Sharon Gless knew she wanted to be an actress – and knew she would not fail
- “The first feminist I ever met…” -- Barney Rosenzweig??
- How Cagney and Lacey we’re NEVER friends.
- How Sharon was actually the VERY FIRST person approached to play Christine Cagney – and why she turned it down.
- Earning $186 a week as the last contract player at Universal.
- “The Woman Behind the Woman”: how talent manager Monique James left her position as VP at MCA/Universal to become Sharon’s personal manager – and changed her life.
- Being forced to watch herself on film to learn what she was doing right -- and wrong.
- Hashing out billing, and rehearsing her first table read as Cagney, with Tyne Daly over a bottle of champagne.
- Why Christine Cagney wanted to be first through the door with a gun.
- Improvising and window shopping for the Cagney & Lacey main titles.
- Participating with Tyne Daly and Gloria Steinem in the 2004 Women’s March on Washington –- and seeing the true impact of “Cagney & Lacey” for the first time.
- Being Stephen J. Cannell’s “good luck charm!”
- Falling in love with Debbie Novotny on “Queer as Folk”.
So join Susan, Sharon – and Sharon Gless -- as they talk poker nights with Tyne, the “C”-word, the other “C”-word -- and what did she really say to that flasher??
AUDIOGRAPHY
Official website: https://www.sharongless.com/
Sharon Gless https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSharonGless/
Sharon Gless’ autobiography “Apparently There Were Complaints” at https://bookshop.org/p/books/apparently-there-were-complaints-a-memoir-sharon-gless/16220661?ean=9781501125959.
Watch the trailer for Sharon’s Award-winning documentary - https://youtu.be/prkRc-Yoeyo
WHERE TO WATCH
Cagney & Lacey on https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/ad336151b4b45ec2bdc282aaabc29ed9/cagney-and-lacey. On https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/series/cagney-and-lacey-ptv3/details/season/1 On https://tv.apple.com/us/show/cagney--lacey/umc.cmc.525s9ap7h99xqwvvkowgai5it
Trials of Rosie O’Neill on https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/80ed1a43d53b5b65bf453409998b13b9/the-trials-of-rosie-oneill. On https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.fabb786f-c6f2-3119-2850-659f6633a708.
Queer as Folk on https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00KN632QK. On https://tv.apple.com/us/show/queer-as-folk/umc.cmc.3hogry52iszgna09nlfcp9dgm.
Burn Notice on https://www.hulu.com/series/1beecd6b-45e4-410f-be84-. On https://194789bbbf8ehttps//tv.apple.com/us/show/burn-notice/umc.cmc.2dvjshaz7w865fk56136zsw6u.
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3-time Podcast Awards Winner. Webby nominated for Best Indie Podcast. 80s TV Ladies is dedicated to the beloved female-driven shows of the 1980s! Do you love 80s pop culture, television...
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3-time Podcast Awards Winner. Webby nominated for Best Indie Podcast.
80s TV Ladies is dedicated to the beloved female-driven shows of the 1980s! Do you love 80s pop culture, television and fabulous women? On our show, you’ll hear a breakdown of how these shows got made, how they were influenced by the times and, in turn, how they influenced pop-culture trends to follow. We love discussing the “two-steps forward, one-step-back” lens of media-driven feminism.
Join hosts Susan Lambert Hatem and Sharon Johnson as they talk about the fabulous ladies of television: Cagney & Lacey, Designing Women, A Different World, The Golden Girls and more.
With special guests, TV creators and stars! Do these shows we hold so dear hold up? Let's find out.
Season 1: We examine three “detective duo shows” this season, with multiple episodes and awesome guests for each TV show we cover.
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Remington Steele
Cagney & Lacey
Season 2: Multiple episodes per TV show exploring representation and behind-the-scenes insight in science fiction, drama and sitcoms!
Queer representation in 70s and 80s
9 to 5 television show
It's a Living
Designing Women
Ladies of the 80s: A Divas Christmas
Star Trek Ladies
Moonlighting
Special guests: Eugenie Ross-Leming, Martha Smith, Robin Bernheim, Stephanie Zimbalist, Evan Ball, Debbie Evans, Barney Rosenzweig, Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Karen Arthur, Cynthis Beemis Abrams, Matt Baume, Jane Epsensen, Drew Greenberg, Paul Kreppel, Bryan Edward Hill, Maggie Friedman, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Stan Zimmerman, Mary Lou Belli, Nana Visitor, Glenn Gordon Caron, Shery Main and more!
We publish every other Wednesday.
Tell us: Who should we interview and what's your favorite 80s Ladies television show? https://www.80stvladies.com
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80s TV Ladies is dedicated to the beloved female-driven shows of the 1980s! Do you love 80s pop culture, television and fabulous women? On our show, you’ll hear a breakdown of how these shows got made, how they were influenced by the times and, in turn, how they influenced pop-culture trends to follow. We love discussing the “two-steps forward, one-step-back” lens of media-driven feminism.
Join hosts Susan Lambert Hatem and Sharon Johnson as they talk about the fabulous ladies of television: Cagney & Lacey, Designing Women, A Different World, The Golden Girls and more.
With special guests, TV creators and stars! Do these shows we hold so dear hold up? Let's find out.
Season 1: We examine three “detective duo shows” this season, with multiple episodes and awesome guests for each TV show we cover.
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Remington Steele
Cagney & Lacey
Season 2: Multiple episodes per TV show exploring representation and behind-the-scenes insight in science fiction, drama and sitcoms!
Queer representation in 70s and 80s
9 to 5 television show
It's a Living
Designing Women
Ladies of the 80s: A Divas Christmas
Star Trek Ladies
Moonlighting
Special guests: Eugenie Ross-Leming, Martha Smith, Robin Bernheim, Stephanie Zimbalist, Evan Ball, Debbie Evans, Barney Rosenzweig, Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Karen Arthur, Cynthis Beemis Abrams, Matt Baume, Jane Epsensen, Drew Greenberg, Paul Kreppel, Bryan Edward Hill, Maggie Friedman, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Stan Zimmerman, Mary Lou Belli, Nana Visitor, Glenn Gordon Caron, Shery Main and more!
We publish every other Wednesday.
Tell us: Who should we interview and what's your favorite 80s Ladies television show? https://www.80stvladies.com
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