5 GIU 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. CONNECT Visit http://80stvladies.com/ for transcripts and more. Sign up for the 80s TV Ladieshttp://eepurl.com/h1YPWH Check outhttps://www.instagram.com/80stvladies/. Support our show and get ad-free episodes onhttps://www.patreon.com/80sTVLadies Find more cool podcasts at our host sight,https://www.spreaker.com/user/cstachiw.

22 MAG 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 Help Abortion Access at https://www.abortionfinder.org/ CONNECT Sign up for the 80s TV Ladieshttp://eepurl.com/h1YPWH Follow 8TL onhttps://www.facebook.com/80sTVLadies/.Check outhttps://www.instagram.com/80stvladies/. Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos onhttps://www.patreon.com/80sTVLadies Find more cool podcasts at our host sight,https://www.spreaker.com/user/cstachiw. 

8 MAG 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   80s TV LADIES NEWS Catch 90s TV Baby Serita Fontanesi’s “Not Ugly” podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/not-ugly-pod/id1680202070. CONNECT - Read transcripts and more at https://www.80stvladies.com/. - Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos on https://www.patreon.com/80sTVLadies Find more cool podcasts at our host sight, https://www.spreaker.com/user/cstachiw.

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. Abortion access in America is severely limited – if you need help go to https://www.abortionfinder.org/. CONNECT - Read transcripts and more at https://www.80stvladies.com/. - Tell us what shows we should cover at https://www.facebook.com/80sTVLadies/ or via https://www.80stvladies.com/#connect. - Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos on https://www.patreon.com/80sTVLadies Find more cool podcasts at our host sight, https://www.spreaker.com/user/cstachiw.

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10 APR 2024 · BREAKING: 80s TV Ladies has been nominated for a Webby Award! Help us win. VOTE https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2024/podcasts/features/best-indie-podcast   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.  Check out https://moonlightingthepodcast.com/ Read https://www.tuckerdspress.com/product-page/moonlighting-an-episode-guide and https://www.tuckerdspress.com/product-page/moonlighting-an-oral-history. Both ON SALE at https://www.tuckerdspress.com/.   80s TV LADIES NEWS Catch 90s TV Baby Serita Fontanesi’s “Not Ugly” podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/not-ugly-pod/id1680202070. 80s TV Ladies is nominated for a Webby Award! Help us win. VOTE https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2024/podcasts/features/best-indie-podcast   CONNECT - Read transcripts and more at https://www.80stvladies.com/. - Tell us your fav Moonlighting episodes at https://www.facebook.com/80sTVLadies/ or via https://www.80stvladies.com/#connect. - Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos on https://www.patreon.com/80sTVLadies Find more cool podcasts at our host sight, https://www.spreaker.com/user/cstachiw.

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. Visit https://www.80stvladies.com/ for podcast episode transcripts. Help us AND get ad-free audio, video and other goodies: We're https://www.patreon.com/80sTVLadies!

13 MAR 2024 · The 90’s TV Babies return: Serita Fontanesi, Sergio Perez and Megan Ruble are back to do a little Moonlighting! Do you agree with the 90s Kids about Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis' hit show? Susan and Sharon served up five key episodes for the Babies' viewing pleasure: S1: E1 – “Pilot” S2: E3 – “Money Talks, Maddie Walks” S2: E4 – “The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice” S2: E18 – “Camille” Bonus Episode: S3: E6 “Big Man on Mulberry Street” Plus -- YouTube scenes and snippets…. So, did the Babies ask for seconds – or send their meal back? Do bears bear? Do bees bee? Do wah diddie diddie dum diddie do? We’re going to find out!  THE CONVERSATION - DON’T FIGHT HIM ON THIS: Sergio, on his mom and the recipes of Pampanga, the culinary capital of the Philippines. - Megan struggles with translating her personal worth into a dollar amount! - Serita’s dog gets sent to reform school! - Wait?!? Sergio has never seen “Die Hard” or “The Sixth Sense” – or any other Bruce Willis movie! What?!? - ACCORDING TO THE BABIES: Moonlighting feels like Bruce’s show – Cybill feels like a secondary character. - 90’s BABY ADVANTAGE: Megan just skipped ahead to the “good parts” episode – where David and Maddie finally get together! No fair! - Which Baby thought the show was too… SLOW?!?! - And which Baby thinks the show isn’t feminist but “femin-ish”? - When Serita’s mother was a baby, she was quieted from crying by… ORSON WELLS?!?!  So join Susan and Sharon – and Megan, Sergio and Serita – as they talk civil rights, shoulder pads, “throwing vases”, Judd Nelson, Whoopi Goldberg – and “Muppet-level nonsense”! AUDIOGRAPHY Watch the special Moonlighting playlist clips at https://www.youtube.com/@80stvladies/playlists. Check out the book Sergio raved about: https://www.philippinebooks.com/products/atching-lillians-heirloom-recipes. Watch Megan in Bardic Inspiration’s Twelfth Night’s https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2087292656. Catch Serita’s “Not Ugly” podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/not-ugly-pod/id1680202070. Watch Moonlighting https://www.hulu.com/series/5ad18eaf-f049-4fa8-8970-44d81773fba0 See more great Moonlighting content at http://moonlighting21.com/. WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH History - and Herstory - is happening right now. Abortion access in America is severely limited – if you want to help or need help go to http://abortionfinder.org/https://www.abortionfinder.org/ 80s TV LADIES NEWS March 26 - 29: The 80s TV Ladies will be at https://evolutions.podcastmovement.com/. Come say hello!  CONNECT - Read transcripts and more at https://www.80stvladies.com/. - Sign up for the 80s TV Ladies http://eepurl.com/h1YPWH - Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos on https://www.patreon.com/80sTVLadies Find more cool podcasts at our host sight, https://www.spreaker.com/user/cstachiw.

28 FEB 2024 · “I was never so tightly wound as the night we transmitted the show directly from ABC in Los Angeles to New York. We basically went live.”– Sheryl Main, post-production supervisor, Moonlighting Susan and Sharon take you “behind the scenes” with Moonlighting post-production supervisor – and legendary publicity strategist Sheryl Main. As a Unit Publicist, she’s worked on such films as Creed 3, Judas and the Black Messiah, The Expendables, Terminator 3, The Perks of Being A Wallflower and collaborated with hundreds of celebrities including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Clint Eastwood, Emma Watson – and everyone in between! But she "cut her teeth" with Moonlighting. Sheryl talks about the “insanely creative” atmosphere created by Glenn Gordon Caron, the long hours and crazy good times – and the lifelong friends she “met on the way.” THE CONVERSATION - Experiencing sexism and harassment in the movie industry: The Pope of Greenwich Village director “Stuart Rosenberg sent me home for wearing pink jeans. So Mickey Rourke said: “$*@! him. Work with me. Be my assistant.” - When she interviewed to be Bruce Willis’s assistant, she recognized him – as “Bruno Radolini” – his musical alter ego from New York! - Moonlighting on Moonlighting: “The editors pulled all-nighters. They slept there. But we had fun.” - On Glen Gordon Caron: “He changed TV when you think about it. Everything we did from ‘Atomic Shakespeare’ to the black and white episode to… well, we thought we killed Orson Wells.” - ARNOLD AND SLY AND BRUCE AND ME: “They all impacted my career and my life in different ways." - On Arnold the Governor: “We went up there thinking ‘Woo-Hoo! We’re gonna change the world! But the mechanism in place doesn’t want you to change the world.” - On Bruce Willis: “He was a craftsman with words. He could memorize a scene in a minute. What’s happening with him… it’s heartbreaking. I wouldn’t have a career without him.” So, join Susan and Sharon – and Sheryl – as they talk crisis-managing Rust, partying in Cybil’s trailer, Dennis Dugan, The Expendables, Jed the Fish on KROQ -- and the “Curtis Armstrong Day” parade! AUDIOGRAPHY Check out Moonlighting: The Podcast:https://moonlightingthepodcast.com/ Watch Moonlighting https://www.hulu.com/series/5ad18eaf-f049-4fa8-8970-44d81773fba0 Stream it on https://tv.apple.com/us/show/moonlighting/umc.cmc.5ddb6oejygxagecvw13z8ycfn or at https://www.amazon.com/Pilot/dp/B0CN3XVRQ3/ref=sr_1_3. Follow Glenn Gordon Caron on https://twitter.com/GlennGCaron. 80s TV LADIES NEWS Susan’s new play https://confidenceandthespeech.com/ has been published!Now available for purchase and licensing at https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=6386 CONNECT - Read transcripts and more at https://www.80stvladies.com/. - Tell us your fav Moonlighting episodes at https://www.facebook.com/80sTVLadies/ or via https://www.80stvladies.com/#connect. - Sign up for the 80s TV Ladies http://eepurl.com/h1YPWH - Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos on https://www.patreon.com/80sTVLadies Find more cool podcasts at our host sight, https://www.spreaker.com/user/cstachiw.

14 FEB 2024 · “I said to Cybill Shepherd, ‘You are a Prima Donna!’ And she said, ‘Yes. I am. Do you know what ‘Prima Donna’ means, Glenn? It means First Woman. And don’t you forget it.” – Glenn Gordon Caron In the second of our two-part conversation with Moonlighting and Medium creator Glenn Gordon Caron, we cover everything from Al Jarreau’s iconic theme song to sparring with Cybill Shepherd, to a forty-year career spent working with “audacious people”… Moonlighting, which ran from 1985-1989 starred Cybill Shepherd, a then-unknown Bruce Willis, Allyce Beasley and Curtis Armstrong, and become a landmark classic of 1980s television. Glenn also directed movies such as Clean and Sober, Picture Perfect and Love Affair. THE CONVERSATION - Getting invited to the horse races by Cary Grant – who then dies before they could go! - How dinner with Stanley Donen led to Glenn asking him to direct the dance sequence from “Big Man on Mulberry Street” as a favor. But what did Donen ask in return? That Glenn co-write that year’s Academy Award show with Larry Gelbart! - How a chance meeting with Rona Barrett resulted in one of the weirdest -- and most talked-about -- episodes of Moonlighting ever! - On Cybill Shepherd: “The topography of her life fit the topography of the story. She was a model. She became a huge movie star. And then she lost everything.” - On Bruce Willis: “He was like thirty guys I grew up with. And I understood, underneath all that bravura, and all that jazz, there’s a genuineness that’s hard to resist." - WHEN LES IS MORE: How Now and Again was born when Les Moonves told Glenn: “Write me a pilot, and if I don’t make it, I’ll give you one million dollars.” - How for Glenn, the TV show Medium is less the story of a mystic – and more the story of a marriage. So, join Susan and Sharon – and Glenn – as they talk Pierce Brosnan, Love Affair, Jennifer Aniston, Clean and Sober, -- and Susan’s Vicodin mood swings! AUDIOGRAPHY Watch Moonlighting https://www.hulu.com/series/5ad18eaf-f049-4fa8-8970-44d81773fba0 Stream it on https://tv.apple.com/us/show/moonlighting/umc.cmc.5ddb6oejygxagecvw13z8ycfn or at https://www.amazon.com/Pilot/dp/B0CN3XVRQ3/ref=sr_1_3. Follow Glenn Gordon Caron on https://twitter.com/GlennGCaron. 80s TV LADIES NEWS Susan’s new play https://confidenceandthespeech.com/ has been published! Now available for purchase and licensing at https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=6386 CONNECT - Read transcripts and more at https://www.80stvladies.com/. - Tell us your fav Moonlighting episodes at https://www.facebook.com/80sTVLadies/ or via https://www.80stvladies.com/#connect. - Sign up for the 80s TV Ladies http://eepurl.com/h1YPWH - Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos on https://www.patreon.com/80sTVLadies Find more cool podcasts at our host sight, https://www.spreaker.com/user/cstachiw.