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Get ready because Mariah has chosen the film for the boys and she has chosen a childhood favourite - The Lizzie McGuire Movie. The gang discuss the Disney Channel star's adventures in Italy and of course the worst person in all of human existence... Paolo. Does CNN cover junior high school events? Does Alex Borstein deserve an Oscar (while her character should simultaneously be banned from being around children)? Why is Lizzie's brother always secretly recording her and WAIT, WHY DOES HIS POTENTIAL LOVE INTEREST KINDA LOOK LIKE LIZZIE!? Plus: Mariah pops in for a few minutes to give us her take on this iconic film. Next week: We're Walken on sunshine. What We've Been Watching: Your Monster Blood & Gold "The Days" Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd The Lizzie McGuire Movie stars Hilary Duff, Adam Lamberg, Robert Carradine, Hallie Todd, Jake Thomas, Yani Gellman, Clayton Snyder, Ashley Brillault and Alex Borstein; directed by Jim Fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Goodbye Lizzie McGuire, hello fabulous."Hey now, hey now! This is what dreams are made of! This week The Wives Colangelo are joined by freelance writer and Lizzie McGuire superfan Nina Starner to talk about THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE! Discussions include European fantasies, the world's most anticlimactic kiss, the comedic genius of Alex Borstein, Taylor Dayne covers of RuPaul, and the fan theory that might make you believe Paolo did nothing wrong. Sing into your hairbrush and avoid your pesky little brother, we're going to the VMA--err, International Music Video Awards!---Become a Patron!https://www.patreon.com/thisendsatprom----Donate to The Okra Projecthttps://www.theokraproject.com/----Article Referenced[The Lizzie McGuire Movie] Fan Theory: Paolo never lied to Lizzie. Isabella was the true lip-syncing villain: https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/njd6cp/the_lizzie_mcguire_movie_fan_theory_paolo_never/----Follow our Guest: @ninuhhh----Follow the Show: @ThisEndsAtPromBJ Colangelo: @BJColangeloHarmony Colangelo: @Veloci_trap_tor / @HarmonyColangelo on Bluesky----------Logo Design: Haley Doodles @HaleyDoodleDoTheme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/
How much do you really know about The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel? While the show dazzles with humor, style, and drama, experts reveal that the true stories behind its characters are even more fascinating! From real-life inspirations to behind-the-scenes secrets, we uncover what Mrs. Maisel leaves out. Were Midge and Susie actually based on real people? How accurately does the show depict stand-up comedy in the 1950s? Historians, comedy scholars, and pop culture experts weigh in on the facts versus the fiction. Their insights might just change the way you see the series!
Tread Perilously's Cornucopia of Sci-Fi continues with an episode of Resident Alien called 'Girls' Night.' While Harry continues to work on the interstellar radio, Asta, D'Arcy, Kate, and Liv get a "GN59" text from Kayla and immediately plan a girls' night at the bar. Kate brings her cousin, Carlyn, while the mayor frets about Kate and D'Arcy becoming better friends. As the evening wears on, Liv reveals she hasn't had a raise in 17 years, prompting the other women to learn the town budget and, perhaps, fight for some equality. Will it go well for them? And will Carlyn end up part of Harry's plan for the radio? Justin and Erik learn more about Kate and the mayor's sex life than they expected. Justin faces Resident Alien for the first time while Erik remembers why he likes the show. Guest star Alex Borstein proves a good addition to a strong core ensemble. Erik points out the program's "great Syfy show" quality. Australia gets blamed for wrecking the "hotness quotient." Justin brings Rena Sofer into the conversation. Volvos remain a dependable automobile. The night still belongs to ABBA. Morissey ends up in the hot seat (again) and a carve-out for the Bechdel Test is proposed.
LIVE on the Red Carpet of the World Premiere of the film "All That We Love." Starring: MARGARET CHO (Cast) JESSE TYLER FERGUSON (Cast) KENNETH CHOI (Cast) (Halloweentown, Captain America, Ironside, American Crime Story, The Wolf of Wall Street ALICE LEE (Cast) ATSUKO OKATSUKA (Cast) DEVON BOSTICK (Cast) (Pppenheimer, Saw 4 and 5, Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies) YEN TAN (Writer, Director) Missi Pyle (Just my Luck, Soul Place, A Cinderella Story (with Lucy Hale), Dodgeball, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) Logline: Upon the loss of her beloved dog, Emma Gwon faces an empty nest and renewed feelings for her estranged ex-husband, as she navigates the joy and sorrow of starting anew. Host: Instagram: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneMiller Twitter: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneM Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic Website: www.michellesimonemiller.com and www.mentorsonthemic.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle For more like this, try NYWIFT Muse Awards RED CARPET: Kyra Sedgwick, Alex Borstein, Tantoo Cardinal & more Click here to join our Mailing list. Image: NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Devon Bostick, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Atsuko Okatsuka, Yen Tan, Alice Lee and Kenneth Choi attend the "All That We Love" premiere during the 2024 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theater on June 08, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michelle-miller4/support
LIVE on the Red Carpet of the World Premiere of the film "Sacramento." Starring: Michael Cera, Kristen Stewart, Michael Angarano, and Maya Erskine Written by: Michael Angarano and Chris Smith Interviews including Michael Angarano, Chris Smith, AJ Mendez, and Iman Karram Logline: Ricky, an energetic and free-spirited young man convinces Glenn, his long-time friend who's settled into domestic life, to go on an impromptu road trip from Los Angeles to Sacramento. Host: Instagram: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneMiller Twitter: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneM Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic Website: www.michellesimonemiller.com and www.mentorsonthemic.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle For more like this, try NYWIFT Muse Awards RED CARPET: Kyra Sedgwick, Alex Borstein, Tantoo Cardinal & more Click here to join our Mailing list. B-roll Videos: Edited byGetty Video @ Getty Images "Sacramento" Premiere - 2024 Tribeca Festival (EPK Clips HD) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michelle-miller4/support
The time has come to head to your local steakhouse… a new episode of Roast and Toast is here! This week, Philip and Jennie are staying cool from the Arizona heat by chillin' around the campfire… they decide to distract themselves with another round of exchanging “Would You Rather” scenarios! Jennie invites her friend (and first time guest!) Kevin Fenderson to join in the chaos. What summer fun have our guests been enjoying? How much does Jennie love her teeth? Does Philip want Eric Cartman at his wedding? All will be revealed… Call your friend Alex Borstein and grab your basketball, for its time to GET TOASTY.
Bonus Episode LIVE from the RED CARPET of the New York Women in Film and Television Muse Awards. First ever red carpet interviews with: - Tantoo Cardinal (04:41) - Michele Stephenson (05:31) - Raney Aronson-Rath (07:40) - Sibyl Reymundo-Santiago (09:32) - Alex Borstein (11:00) - Pat Swinney Kaufman (14:31) - Kyra Sedgwick (16:55) - Latasha Gillespie (18:30) Bios: Tantoo Cardinal is an award-winning actress of Indigenous descent, who was most recently on screen with Robert DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's newest feature, Killers of the Flower Moon, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023 and hit theatres worldwide in October 2023. Filmmaker, artist and author, Michèle Stephenson. Her feature documentary, American Promise, was nominated for three Emmys and won the Jury Prize at Sundance. Her work, Stateless, was nominated for a Canadian Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. Raney Aronson-Rath is the editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE, PBS' flagship investigative journalism series, produced at GBH in Boston. Under her leadership, FRONTLINE has evolved into a multi-platform organization, expanded its reporting capacity, and won every major award in broadcast journalism. She won the Erin Roth Award for Excellence in Journalism at the Muse Awards. Sybil Reymundo-Santiago is a Board Member at NYWIFT and the Executive Director of the SoHo International Film Festival. Alex Borstein most recently completed the fifth and final season of THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL where she can be seen starring as ‘Susie Myerson' for which she has won two Emmy Awards and was nominated again this year for ‘Outstanding Supporting Actress'. Alex is well-known for her role as ‘Lois' on FAMILY GUY for which she won an Emmy Award and was previously nominated for her writing/producing work on the series. She won the "Made in NY" Award. Kyra Sedgwick is an award-winning actress, producer and director, whose role in the critically acclaimed series The Closer earned her both an Emmy and a Golden Globe. She was last seen in season two of the smash hit Amazon series The Summer I Turned Pretty. Sedgwick recently directed the feature film Space Oddity, starring Kyle Allen and Alexandra Shipp, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Sedgwick also directed an episode of HBO's upcoming The Girls on the Bus. Latasha Gillespie is the Head of Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) for Amazon MGM Studios, Prime Video and Freevee. Under her leadership, Amazon MGM Studios created the entertainment industry's first Inclusion Policy and Playbook, and standardized DEIA into its greenlight process. Special thanks to Annika Horne for helping me on the red carpet, Rob Peter Paul of the Art of Kindness podcast for resources and tips, NYWIFT, and the team at Falco Ink. Photo Credit: Starpix Caption: NAME at New York Women In Film & Television (NYWIFT) 44th Annual Muse Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street. Resources: Check out my earlier episode with NYWIFT called: What is NYWIFT and how can it be a resource for you? "Made in NY" of the Office of Media and Entertainment More info on New York Women in Film and Television Host: Instagram: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneMiller Twitter: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneM Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic Website: www.michellesimonemiller.com and www.mentorsonthemic.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michelle-miller4/support
[REBROADCAST FROM April 26, 2023] Three-time Emmy winner Alex Borstein joins us to discuss her role as Susie Myerson in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” filming the final season and her musical comedy special, “Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits,” out now on Prime Video.
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It's almost MUSE time! On March 27th, NYWIFT's 44th annual Muse Awards will take place at Cipriani 42nd St. The gala luncheon will pay tribute to an amazing roster of women of vision and achievement. Today we highlight each honoree and bring you interviews with three of them: Alex Borstein - Actor, writer, producer and multiple Emmy winner (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits, Family Guy) Michèle Stephenson - Filmmaker, artist, author and Emmy nominee (Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games) Tantoo Cardinal - Actor and activist (Killers of the Flower Moon, Echo, Dances with Wolves) Have a question for one of our honorees? Email us at communications@nywift.org and we'll ask during the Muse Awards red carpet. All interviews will be featured on our next episode so be sure you're subscribed! Get your tickets now! NYWIFT.org. Special thanks to Elspeth Collard, the creator of our podcast theme song. Social Media: NYWIFT: IG: @NYWIFT / Twitter/X @NYWIFT / #NYWIFT Alex: IG @alexborstein / Twitter/X @alexborstein Michèle: IG @michele_0608 @radastudionyc
Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are here to talk about the 25th anniversary of Family Guy. Family Guy is an animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane. It premiered on FOX on January 31, 1999. Though FOX canceled the program in 2002, the network revived it in 2005 due to its success on DVD and Adult Swim. Since its debut, it has aired over 400 episodes. The show will move from Sundays to Wednesdays this March. Family Guy follows the Griffin family, who live in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island. Creator Seth MacFarlane voices dim-witted father Peter, as well as talking dog Brian and evil baby genius Stewie. Alex Borstein plays housewife Lois, while Seth Green and Mila Kunis (originally Lacey Chabert) voice teenagers Chris and Meg. MacFarlane also voices the Griffins' neighbor Glenn Quagmire. Other neighbors include Joe Swanson, voiced by Patrick Warburton, and Cleveland Brown, voiced by Arif Zahir (originally Mike Henry). Prior to his death, Adam West played a fictional version of himself, Mayor Adam West. Family Guy has been a lightning rod of controversy since the beginning, with jokes about many taboo subjects. Critics have both praised and criticized its reliance on cutaway gags. MacFarlane and Borstein have won Emmys for their voicework, and the show was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2009. Aaron and Josh talk about their past with Family Guy, before discussing the first episode. They also go into the show's characters, animation, humor, and legacy. For another FOX staple, you can listen Aaron and Josh's podcast on 24. Family Guy is streaming on Hulu. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/popbreaktv/message
This month we begin 'Frame by Frame" Hey, Did You LAIKA This One?" month! Dive into the supernatural world with the latest episode of "Hey, Did You See This One?" as we explore the enchanting tale of "ParaNorman" (2012) with the insightful commentary of our special guest, Tim Covey. Uncover the mysteries, share some laughs, and join the conversation about this animated gem. Don't miss out on the spooktacular insights and fun discussions – hit play now!
Heinz-enberg runs these streets! Restaurant Fiction's Monis Rose joins Michael to pretend to learn the Eat Deets about Hot Dog on a Stick because he already knows everything Michael does a Keyser Söze walk to hide his limp from Monis [Audiodrama segment] Turf wars over who can sell Dodger dogs on which corners Alex Borstein berates Michael's preferences in hot dog condiment Hot Dog on a Stick is also known for its lemonade, which started as a Muscle Beach health drink with honey The history of the famous employee uniform Monis raps the whitest version of an Ice Cube song that references Hot Dog on a Stick A customer is perfectly content finding actual trash in her dessert in this week's Yelp from Strangers The full review comes next week Music by: James McEnelly (@Ramshackle_Music) Theme Song by: Kyle Schieffer (@JazzyJellyfish) Segment Transitions Voiced by: Sandy Rose "Fine" Dining is on Patreon! Get an extra episode every month (on New Years Eve, the Kentucky Fried Chicken episode dropped faster than the ball in Times Square), extended Yelp from Strangers segments every other week, merch discounts, download access to our music including the 7 singles from our Olive Garden musical, and more! Patreon Producers: Sean Spademan, Joyce Van, & Sue Ornelas Get the 5 Survival Tips for Casual Dining at www.finediningpodcast.com! Send in your Hot Dog on a Stick stories at finediningpodcast@gmail.com. Follow the show on TikTok and Instagram @finediningpodcast Let me know where I should go next by leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, PodcastAddict, Overcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. I read every one! Next week on "Fine" Dining: Hot Dog on a Stick (Part Two: Review)! Monis Rose returns to embrace his inner degenerate in appreciation of this anything-goes atmosphere. Plus, we order the entire menu. Ever work at Hot Dog on a Stick? Send your stories to finediningpodcast@gmail.com.
EMILY BERGL “Tessie Myerson” and Kevin discuss Season 3, Ep. 7, as well as her insights into sharing scenes with Alex Borstein, and on Broadway with Sean Hayes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Celine Song's film “Past Lives” is about what happens when a girl from Korea emigrates and leaves behind her childhood sweetheart, and they reconnect decades later. Alex Borstein's comedy special, “Corsets and Clown Suits,” is a mix of musical theater and storytelling. She talks about its origins and reflects on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” With a banjo and an arpa llanera, Larry Bellorín and Joe Troop are fusing traditional Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music.
CLL #2304 (feat. Alex Borstein) 07/28/2004 – Wednesday Night Show Source – Tucker Stream Recording (2004) This episode is 100% complete with a Medium audio upgrade, Alex returns for her second of three appearances during the Adam era with several more appearances post Adam as well. This episode features a funny improv comedy bit that ends up being misconstrued and results in an on air apology at the top of the next episode. The Love Between The Two Hosts – CLL on Youtube, with Video for select episodes. https://adamanddrdrewshow.com/1743-loveline-nostalgia-with-superfan-giovanni/ Paid Link – As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Music Provided by Rich Banks Check out His Website and Soundcloud to hear more of his awesome work and perhaps commission Read More →
May we present the magnificent, the magical, the marvelous Finale Pod! We are discussing Alex's pick: the Season 5 finale of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Midge gets her big break on The Gordon Ford Show and we're here to break it all down. Don't forget to leave a comment on our Instagram @thefinalepod and share your thoughts on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel! We start our recap discussion at the 16:20 mark if you want to fast forward past the Co-host Catch-up, our Love It Lately recommendations, and the Icebreaker Intermission about comedy shows on a first date. The overall TFP rating for the Season 5 finale of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is 8.433. Network: Amazon Prime Video Genre: Comedy drama; period drama Created by: Amy Sherman-Palladino The next finale we will review is Linnea's pick and she chose the Season finale of Jury Duty. 12 jurors, 11 actors, 3 podcasters with 1 epic finale review. Follow The Finale Pod on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefinalepod/ Submit a question or comment to us at: thefinalepod@gmail.com
Jennifer Aspinall joins me to discuss Universal horror movies; being shy, so stage makeup helped her; hired at a theater at 11; loving illusion; being on film sets at 18; being in front of the camera in Walk the Prank; playing a makeup artist on TV shows; starting out in film with "Playing for Time", "Vortex", and "The First Turn On!"; working on "Toxic Avenger"; gets hired from Metropolitan Opera House to SNL; would do roving special effects makeup; rotating number of artists, MAD TV allowed her to shoot on a schedule that made more sense to hair and makeup; Jan Hooks as a 100 year old woman; Massive Head-wound Harry; Tooncinator; Dana as Bush and Perot; Chevy Chase as Jeffrey Dahmer; Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer; not having the ability to say which cast member more resembles a famous person on SNL but having it on MAD TV; getting SNL's first Emmy nomination; working with Mike Meyers, Chris Farley, and Adam Sandler; Musicians for Free Range Chickens; going to MAD TV; being present at Artie Lange's pig story; Nicole Sullivan; Pam & Tommy; being the Susan Lucci of the Makeup Emmy; Alex Borstein; her work on "Erin Brockovich"; Albert Finney; how her p.a. became the executive producer of "Erin Brockovich"; Jennifer Coolidge; Funny or Die Presidents sketch; getting hired for The Jay Leno Show and staying when he took over the Tonight Show; Leno / Conan "fight"; working the Oscars; Chris Rock and the slap; getting older vs. looking and feeling older; Westworld; Winning Time: Rise of the Lakers; Debra Wilson; "That's My Black Mama"; David Cross; Sponge-Bob Square Pants movies; the Broadway show, her step-son and grandchildren; Martin Short
Welcome to episode 9 of "Then, A Moment"! A podcast where two life-long storytellers talk about stories! Today, Pavi and Colin take a look at Season 5 Episode 6 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "The Test-Roastial. This episode came out in May 2023 and has so many key details that it needs its own breakdown. The episode jumps into the future to the year 1990 and is about a roast honoring successful Talent Agent, Susie (played by Alex Borstein.) Your Hosts: Pavi Proczko is an audiobook narrator (Defiance of the Fall, Edens Gate), Writer (Brugum's Labyrinth, The Nightly), Actor and Singer (Chicago Shakespeare theater, Paramount Theater, Chicago Fire), and Game Master (D&D). Colin Funk is a Childhood Development Expert (Erikson Institute), Teacher (Stages Chicago), Actor and Singer (Porchlight Music Theater, Metropolis Theater), and Crafter (knitting, cross stick, Embroidery, watercolors). “With our unique lenses, we talk about a specific piece of storytelling each episode: What works? What doesn't? And the magic moments of story!” Pavi & Colin are married and live in Chicago. ❤️ Be sure to SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW us for more! @Thenamomentpod
We'd say we didn't know how badly we needed ParaNorman (2012) on our Spooky Tuesday Pride Month lineup until we saw it, but Sydney definitely did. With everything going on in today's ~*~political climate~*~ (and despite this movie being a decade old), the stop-motion masterpiece feels more timely than ever. It's not just that it was the first animated film to feature a canonically queer character, although it totally was, just FYI. It's also that the whole story challenges viewers to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to the central message that it's OK to be different. If you still need convincing, we'll go ahead and say this: It's cozy horror, babes. Haven't you heard that's all the rage? References: https://www.looper.com/949988/the-untold-truth-of-paranorman/ https://www.engadget.com/2012-08-17-how-3d-printing-changed-the-face-of-paranorman.html https://collider.com/paranorman-tenth-anniversary-laika-studio-interviews/ https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/dvds/2012/11/29/why-paranorman-featured-first-gay-character-animated-film
Alex Borstein's new comedy special is a mix of musical theater and storytelling. She talks about its origins and reflects on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Donald Trump's trial — over his handling of classified papers — is set for mid-August. Hunter Biden reached a deal with the feds to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax charges. Texas Governor Greg Abbott last week bused more than 40 migrants to LA. Mayor Karen Bass called the move a political stunt. KCRW learns about the conditions they faced on the long trip. In the need for profits, Reddit unveiled a plan to start charging some third-party developers for accessing its data. Volunteer moderators protested, shutting down thousands of forums.
THE MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL SEASON 5 REVIEW Midge Maisel is back for her final set in the last season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. As we left her in season 4, Rachel Brosnahan's Midge found herself at a crossroads yet again trying to figure out with her manager Susie, played by Alex Borstein, what their… Read More »Screener Squad: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5
Welcome back to Morgan Hasn't Seen with Jeannine Brice & Morgan Robinson!! A totally different style of series for this show during June as Jeannine and Morgan have decided to fill some DC movie gaps with a few not-so-well-loved comic book movies, and closing out with what may be a cult favourite. We move into the 2000s with a famous Razzie Award winner this week as the ball of wool filled with strange choices and poor execution gets even more tangled with Jeannine and Morgan talking CATWOMAN (2004) starring Halle Berry as a completely new Catwoman character alongside Sharon Stone, Benjamin Bratt & Alex Borstein!! Our Youtube Channel for Monday Madness on video, Watchalongs, Live Discussions & more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvACMX8jX1qQ5ClrGW53vow Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ItsAWonderful1 Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ItsAWonderful1 IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST STORE: https://its-a-wonderful-podcast.creator-spring.com/ Sub to the feed and download now on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Amazon Music & more and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!! Keep up with us on Twitter: Podcast: https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1 Morgan: https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon Jeannine: https://twitter.com/JeannineDaBean Keep being wonderful!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsawonderfulpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsawonderfulpodcast/support
THE MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL SEASON 5 REVIEW Midge Maisel is back for her final set in the last season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. As we left her in season 4, Rachel Brosnahan's Midge found herself at a crossroads yet again trying to figure out with her manager Susie, played by Alex Borstein, what their… Read More »Screener Squad: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5
Kevin Costner's divorce gets nasty as his wife refuses to leave their ranch. How he's fighting back. Then, an update on the “Yellowstone” drama, what's next for TV's most watched series. Plus, only we're at home with Kelly Ripa spilling on her famous family and her son's new gig on “Real Housewives”. And, how Chris Hemsworth is coming to terms with health concerns that could shorten his acting career. Then, on set with Tom Cruise for an up-close look at the new “Mission Impossible” stunts speeding through the streets of Rome while handcuffed. Plus, red carpet confessions from Scarlett Johansson to Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. And, Jon Hamm's take on the “Vanderpump Rules” scandal with his “Mad Men” co-star, John Slattery. Then, only we're in Napa with Gordon Ramsay behind the scenes of his new show. Plus, continuing our Father's Day E-Tea with “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Alex Borstein getting emotional with her dad.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Debra Wilson seems to have done it all, from her eight legendary seasons on Mad TV alongside people like Alex Borstein and Jordan Peele to acting in Star Trek projects, voicing Daisy Duck for Disney, and playing the baddies in Halo Infinite and Destiny 2: The Witch Queen. And she delivers the video-game performance of the year in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, where she plays Jedi Master Cere Junda, guiding Force-sensitives to refuge as part of the Hidden Path on Jedha. Debra and Alex talk Mad TV, Star Wars, Wolfenstein, Diablo IV, the human journey that we're all on, and more. Music by Christy Carew. Art by Audrey Estok. Get full access to The Endpoem Podcast at endpoem.substack.com/subscribe
Diane and Sean discuss The Lizzie McGuire Movie, or how to make a movie in Italy and only the Trevi Fountain. Episode music is, "What Dreams Are Made Of" music and lyrics by Matthew Wilder and Dean Pitchford, performed by Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff, from the OST.- Our theme song is by Brushy One String- Artwork by Marlaine LePage- Why Do We Own This DVD? Merch available at Teepublic- Follow the show on social media:- Tumblr: WhyDoWeOwnThisDVD- Follow Sean's Plants on IG: @lookitmahplantsSupport the show
This week on The Treatment, we listen to Elvis' recent conversation with actor Laurence Fishburne from the Freep Film Festival in Detroit last month. Next, a conversation with filmmaker Garrett Bradley, who spoke with Elvis at KCRW in February as part of Frieze Los Angeles. And for The Treat, Emmy-winning actress Alex Borstein talks about a singer who was on repeat while she worked on a screenplay.
It's crunchy and creamy AND NUTTY! And it's… well, it's not short, that's for darn sure! But Abe can assure you, this is a VERY GOOD PODCAST.Jade, Kara, and Erica break down season 5, episode 7 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel “A house full of extremely lame horses”, written and directed by Amy Sherman Palladino! Timestamps:(might be different due to ads)Opening thoughts - 9:00Marvelous moment - 17:29Episode discussion - 24:40Announcements- 02:34:58Feedback- 02:38:57News- 03:44:12Perfectly marvelous is now on Instagram! Follow us @perfectlymarvelouscast Follow Jade: Instagram- @Jadethenakedlady Tiktok- @Jade8greenJoin in the discussions we are a part of on Facebook!Go to: Gaslight Café- A marvelous Mrs. Maisel CommunityThe Unofficial Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Group (and all things ASP)Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Group Podcastica GroupLeave us feedback on our next episode! Share your thoughts about the show: What do you like/dislike? What's your “most marvelous moment”? We want to know!Go to Facebook.com/podcastica where we put up posts about each episode and leave a comment there or Email us at perfectlymarvelouspodcast@gmail.com Send a voice message or just write your thoughts and we will read them on the podcast! And check out the incredible lineup of our other shows on Podcastica.com – guaranteed, if you enjoy watching it on TV, we cover it!Links from news:Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein interview: https://youtu.be/6UysOxvKJxgCatherine O'Hara is Brooke shields on SCTV: https://youtu.be/4eV6vRLDj_sGilmore to say- tons of ASP info and connections from MMM to GG: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gilmore-to-say-a-gilmore-girls-podcast/id1606894327?i=1000607308213 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Songwriters Talk Trash Can Tap Dancing https://apple.news/A8qOl8g4-Qp2ogAfuqHC8Qw Could The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Susie Get A Spinoff? Alex Borstein Responds https://apple.news/AkVI_DmZISfSEPoSsS3xcNQ Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5 All But Confirmed That Rose Is Now Doomed https://apple.news/AN4ZGJnzbTYeifnOgZQSllQ
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Alex Borstein discusses the final season of that landmark Amazon Prime Video comedy, as well as her latest comedy special and her on-going part of the "Family Guy" universe. But first, on the Roundtable, we check in on all the awards show postponements and cancellations, including the Daytime Emmys and Peabody Awards, and get the skinny straight from Cannes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5 Episode 6 "The Testi-Rostial". Alex Borstein as Susie Meyerson. Image by Prime Video. Copyright Amazon Studios 2023. Through a series of flash-forwards and time-shifts, we get to fill in many years between the show's main timeline in 1961 and 1990, the year of the roast honoring Susie at the New York Friar's Club. Since Suie refused to actually come to a roast, she insisted that people could only give testimonials about their relationships, not actually roast her. But her friends couldn't resist the opportunity, hence the "Testi-Roastial". Listen to our coverage of previous seasons! Season 5 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Season 4 1+2 | 3+4 | 5+6 Season 3 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Season 2 1+2 | 3 | 4-6 | 7+8 | 9+10 Season 1 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Follow us on TWITTER, FACEBOOK, and INSTAGRAM!
For perhaps the first time ever, Missy and Amy disagree wildly on comedy show. Missy suspects it's a Jew thing. Amy blames Charlie Brown. Who will you blame? Listen and learn, Dear Listener, and we just might offer a few bonus Unexpected Penis appearances and VIP Vomit Hall of Famers for good measure.
Well, I hope you brought your tissues guys, this one's a doozy... Jade, Erica and Kara discuss the marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season five episode six “The Testi-Roastial”Intro- 00:00Marvelous moment- 00:06:50Episode Discussion- 00:11:50Listener feebback- 02:20:15News- 03:00:00Closing- 03:10:12Share your thoughts about the show: What do you like/dislike? What's your “most marvelous moment”Perfectly marvelous is now on Instagram! Follow us @perfectlymarvelouscastFollow Jade: Instagram- @Jadethenakedlady Tiktok- @Jade8greenLeave us feedback on our next episode!Tell us you're most marvelous moment, and what you loved most about the next episode- We want to know! Go to Facebook.com/podcastica where we put up posts about each episode and leave a comment there or Email us at perfectlymarvelouspodcast@gmail.com Send a voice message or just write your thoughts and we will read them on the podcast! And check out the incredible lineup of our other shows on Podcastica.com – guaranteed, if you enjoy watching it on TV, we cover it!nLinks from news:Amazing episode on the podcast “An offer you can't refuse" called the Hollywood mafia the rackets, and Los Angeles' gangsters:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/an-offer-you-cant-refuse-the-history-of-organized/id1638534257?i=1000577997595The Hollywood connection do your favorite celebrities have ties to the mafia? https://spyscape.com/article/the-hollywood-mob-do-your-favorite-celebrities-have-ties-to-the-mafiaAlex Borstein has been asked to sign plungers https://www.thewrap.com/marvelous-mrs-maisel-alex-borstein-plunger/The marvelous, Mrs. Maisel – season five "is Gordon for the real person?"https://collider.com/marvelous-mrs-maisel-season-5-gordon-ford-real/Is Gordon Ford a real person? All about the marvelous Mrs. Maisel show host and his real-life inspirationhttps://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a43602470/gordon-ford-marvelous-mrs-maisel-real-person/Reid Scott and Jason Ralph Talk About Falling in Love With ‘Mrs. Maisel'https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-star-reid-scott-talks-about-gordon-ford?ref=scrollThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Michael Zegen talks Joel's sacrifice & evolution https://ew.com/tv/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-michael-zegen-joels-sacrifice-evolution/Alex Borstein on That Shocking ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Episode, Love Stories, and C*ntshttps://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/alex-borstein-interview-shocking-mrs-maisel-episode-about-susie
This week Joe and Suz discuss Alex Borstein's new Prime Video comedy special Corsets & Clown Suits. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at 3FunnyLadies@gmail.com
This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes back Emmy-winning actress and comedian Alex Borstein, who's currently starring in the fifth and final season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and her own comedy special “Corsets and Clown Suits,” both on Amazon. Next, director Timothy Scott Bogart discusses his new film “Spinning Gold” based on his father Neil Bogart's career as a music industry titan. And for the Treat, comedian Marc Maron talks about comedy inspirations, past and present.
It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! Casting for the Frasier reboot, NEW BLACK MIRROR, and maybe Twilight? Yeah... plus a bunch more!Tune in Wednesdays for the regular show and Saturdays for the re-post of the Friday night LIVE SHOW. Plus, don't forget to subscribe for more fresh content. TV ShowsFollow-ups/CorrectionsFrasier - Peri Gilpin added as a guest role. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/frasier-revival-paramount-plus-cast-peri-gilpin-1235593993/ 007: Road To a Million - Brian Cox to join the series as the VILLAIN?? https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/succession-brian-cox-road-to-a-million-1235592206/ Beavis and Butt-Head - season 2 releases first episode for free. https://youtu.be/rw8J8BNC9XY TrailersUltraman Blazar - Set to release July 8th, and then air every saturday. https://youtu.be/MSnseh90pkg Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - https://youtu.be/kjWBj9CGgGI June 15th. New episodes every Thursday from there.Witcher S03 - https://youtu.be/EUlC8ue8NFI Cavill's last go as Geralt. Volume 1 June 29th Volume 2 July 27th.FUBAR- https://youtu.be/7XFDzCtkddQ Arnold Schwarzenegger series on Netflix. May 25th.Black Mirror - Season 6 ANNOUNCED!! https://youtu.be/k7uFcpF0pXk June. Creator Charlie Brooker will be breaking some of his rules this time around.Reg ‘ol NewsBlossom - Mayim Bialik has confirmed that the reboot pilot has been written and is in negotiations at Dsiney+. https://variety.com/2023/film/columns/mayim-bialik-blossom-reboot-1235591813/ SuggestsThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is an American period comedy-drama television series, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, that premiered on March 17, 2017, on Amazon Prime Video. Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it stars Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam "Midge" Maisel, a New York housewife who discovers she has a knack for stand-up comedy and pursues a career in this field. It also stars Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Tony Shalhoub, Kevin Pollak, Caroline Aaron, Jane Lynch and Luke Kirby. The pilot episode received critical acclaim and the series was picked up by Amazon Studios. On February 17, 2022, Amazon renewed the series for a fifth and final season, which premiered on April 14, 2023MoviesFollow-ups/CorrectionsSuper Mario - Box Office now at $875M. Set to hit $1B for sure.Beetlejuice 2 - Officially announced at CinemaCon.Conjuring: Last Rites - New movie title revealed. https://comicbook.com/horror/news/the-conjuring-4-confirmed-title-last-rites-revealed-ed-lorraine-warren-franchise/ TrailersFast X - https://youtu.be/aOb15GVFZxU tickets on sale now. To release May 19th.Equalizer 3 - https://youtu.be/19ikl8vy4zs Sept 1 2023The Flash - https://youtu.be/TSMQmjQR5ZM Japanese trailer has more footage. June 16. SuggestsSuper Mario Bros. (also known as Super Mario Bros.: The Movie) is a 1993 fantasy adventure film based on Nintendo's Super Mario video game series. The first feature-length live-action film based on a video game, it was directed by the husband-and-wife team of Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, written by Parker Bennett, Terry Runté, and Ed Solomon, and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures through Hollywood Pictures. It follows brothers Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi Mario (John Leguizamo) in their quest to rescue Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis) from a dystopic parallel universe ruled by the ruthless King Koopa (Dennis Hopper).Rumor MillNew SourcesFantastic Four - Adam Driver now rumored to be in final negotiations for Mr. Fantastic, Reed Richards.New RumorsTransformers - Trouble behind the scenes. Rumor is that there are a few cuts of the movie separated through half a dozen editing teams. Can confirm as of CinemaCon. If we don't get a proper screening then the rumors are likely true as the movie comes out in 2 months.Fantastic Four - Vanessa Kirby now rumored to be Sue Storm.Flash - Nicolas Cage rumored for a cameo.Star Wars - Disney is now rumored to want to sell their $4B+ investment.~ALSO~Lucasfilm looking to replace Luke with Grogu…Twilight - Not to be out done by JK Rowling, Lionsgate and Stephanie Meyers are now rumored to be doing the same treatment for Twilight. Lionsgate is reportedly developing a television adaptation of the Twilight book series. The series will be penned by scriptwriter Sinead Daly (The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) and see direct involvement from Meyers herselfYou can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.
It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! Casting for the Frasier reboot, NEW BLACK MIRROR, and maybe Twilight? Yeah... plus a bunch more!Tune in Wednesdays for the regular show and Saturdays for the re-post of the Friday night LIVE SHOW. Plus, don't forget to subscribe for more fresh content. TV ShowsFollow-ups/CorrectionsFrasier - Peri Gilpin added as a guest role. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/frasier-revival-paramount-plus-cast-peri-gilpin-1235593993/ 007: Road To a Million - Brian Cox to join the series as the VILLAIN?? https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/succession-brian-cox-road-to-a-million-1235592206/ Beavis and Butt-Head - season 2 releases first episode for free. https://youtu.be/rw8J8BNC9XY TrailersUltraman Blazar - Set to release July 8th, and then air every saturday. https://youtu.be/MSnseh90pkg Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - https://youtu.be/kjWBj9CGgGI June 15th. New episodes every Thursday from there.Witcher S03 - https://youtu.be/EUlC8ue8NFI Cavill's last go as Geralt. Volume 1 June 29th Volume 2 July 27th.FUBAR- https://youtu.be/7XFDzCtkddQ Arnold Schwarzenegger series on Netflix. May 25th.Black Mirror - Season 6 ANNOUNCED!! https://youtu.be/k7uFcpF0pXk June. Creator Charlie Brooker will be breaking some of his rules this time around.Reg ‘ol NewsBlossom - Mayim Bialik has confirmed that the reboot pilot has been written and is in negotiations at Dsiney+. https://variety.com/2023/film/columns/mayim-bialik-blossom-reboot-1235591813/ SuggestsThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is an American period comedy-drama television series, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, that premiered on March 17, 2017, on Amazon Prime Video. Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it stars Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam "Midge" Maisel, a New York housewife who discovers she has a knack for stand-up comedy and pursues a career in this field. It also stars Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Tony Shalhoub, Kevin Pollak, Caroline Aaron, Jane Lynch and Luke Kirby. The pilot episode received critical acclaim and the series was picked up by Amazon Studios. On February 17, 2022, Amazon renewed the series for a fifth and final season, which premiered on April 14, 2023MoviesFollow-ups/CorrectionsSuper Mario - Box Office now at $875M. Set to hit $1B for sure.Beetlejuice 2 - Officially announced at CinemaCon.Conjuring: Last Rites - New movie title revealed. https://comicbook.com/horror/news/the-conjuring-4-confirmed-title-last-rites-revealed-ed-lorraine-warren-franchise/ TrailersFast X - https://youtu.be/aOb15GVFZxU tickets on sale now. To release May 19th.Equalizer 3 - https://youtu.be/19ikl8vy4zs Sept 1 2023The Flash - https://youtu.be/TSMQmjQR5ZM Japanese trailer has more footage. June 16. SuggestsSuper Mario Bros. (also known as Super Mario Bros.: The Movie) is a 1993 fantasy adventure film based on Nintendo's Super Mario video game series. The first feature-length live-action film based on a video game, it was directed by the husband-and-wife team of Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, written by Parker Bennett, Terry Runté, and Ed Solomon, and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures through Hollywood Pictures. It follows brothers Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi Mario (John Leguizamo) in their quest to rescue Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis) from a dystopic parallel universe ruled by the ruthless King Koopa (Dennis Hopper).Rumor MillNew SourcesFantastic Four - Adam Driver now rumored to be in final negotiations for Mr. Fantastic, Reed Richards.New RumorsTransformers - Trouble behind the scenes. Rumor is that there are a few cuts of the movie separated through half a dozen editing teams. Can confirm as of CinemaCon. If we don't get a proper screening then the rumors are likely true as the movie comes out in 2 months.Fantastic Four - Vanessa Kirby now rumored to be Sue Storm.Flash - Nicolas Cage rumored for a cameo.Star Wars - Disney is now rumored to want to sell their $4B+ investment.~ALSO~Lucasfilm looking to replace Luke with Grogu…Twilight - Not to be out done by JK Rowling, Lionsgate and Stephanie Meyers are now rumored to be doing the same treatment for Twilight. Lionsgate is reportedly developing a television adaptation of the Twilight book series. The series will be penned by scriptwriter Sinead Daly (The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) and see direct involvement from Meyers herselfYou can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.
Three-time Emmy winner Alex Borstein joins us to discuss her role as Susie Myerson in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” filming the final season and her new musical comedy special, “Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits,” out now on Prime Video.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5 Episode 3 "Typos and Torsos". Alex Borstein as Susie. Image by Phillippe Antonello and Prime Video. Copyright Amazon Studios 2023. Following Midge's usual pattern, her mouth gets ahead of her brain when Gordon flubs the first joke she gets into the monolog. Meanwhile, Joel has to tell his parents about Mei and the baby. Wondering where "Typos and Torsos" come into it? Be sure to check out Abe's grandfatherly advice to young Ethan. Listen to our coverage of previous seasons! Season 5 1 | 2 Season 4 1+2 | 3+4 | 5+6 Season 3 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Season 2 1+2 | 3 | 4-6 | 7+8 | 9+10 Season 1 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Follow us on TWITTER, FACEBOOK, and INSTAGRAM!
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5 Episode 2 "It's a Man, Man, Man, Man World". Alex Borstein as Susie and Rachel Brosnahan as Midge. Image by Phillippe Antonello / Prime Video. Copyright Amazon Studios 2023. First-day jitters on the Gordon Ford show as a writer has Midge in search of the perfect outfit that can allow for both sitting all day and attending post-work drinks. Reliable Susie stands ready to help - even at 4:56am. The rest of the day plays out like one might expect given that inauspicious start. Listen to our coverage of previous seasons! Season 5 1 Season 4 1+2 | 3+4 | 5+6 Season 3 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Season 2 1+2 | 3 | 4-6 | 7+8 | 9+10 Season 1 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Follow us on TWITTER, FACEBOOK, and INSTAGRAM!
On today's What to Watch: Deadliest Catch returns for its 19th season, this one with a new captain: Linda Greenlaw, survivor of The Perfect Storm. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Alex Borstein is hitting the stage for her own standup comedy special, Corsets and Clown Suits. On the American Auto season finale, the team goes on a talk show hoping to sell buyers on their affordable new car — and star Jon Barinholtz tells us what he's watching. Plus, Hollywood trivia, and entertainment headlines, including news about a Sonic TV series spinoff, and new details about F. Murray Abraham's firing from season 3 of Mythic Quest. More at ew.com, ew.com/wtw, and @EW on Twitter and @EntertainmentWeekly everywhere else. Host/Writer/Producer: Gerrad Hall (@gerradhall); Producer/Writer: Ashley Boucher (@ashleybreports); Editor: Samee Junio (@it_your_sam); Writer: Calie Schepp; Executive Producer: Chanelle Johnson (@chanelleberlin). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From ‘Abbott Elementary' and ‘Only Murders in the Building' to ‘Barry' to ‘The Bear,' EW editor in chief Patrick Gomez joins Awardist host Gerrad Hall to break down the highly competitive Comedy Series race and ponder what to do about distinguishing true comedy series from dramedies. We also make the case for why sketch comedy performers should have their own category. Patrick also gives us the inside story on the making of our ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' cover, where stars Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein honor a handful of classic comedy duos. Plus, Gerrad chats' Mo' star and co-creator Mo Amer for a revealing, thoughtful, emotional, and funny interview about his comedy series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's the end of the road for an Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning comedy series. “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is back for its fifth and final season, with episodes dropping weekly starting April 14 on Amazon Prime Video. For this episode of Streamed & Screened, hosts Bruce Miller and Terry Lipshetz, provide a (mostly) spoiler-free analysis of the the program, which is a favorite of both. Also hear from the stars, including clips from Rachel Brosnahan (Miriam "Midge" Maisel), Alex Borstein (Susie Myerson), Tony Shalhoub (Abraham "Abe" Weissman) and Kevin Pollak (Moishe Maisel) who reflect on the characters, the series and whether we might see them all reprise their roles in the future as part of a feature-length movie. Bruce also has an interview with Michael Zegen, who plays Midge's ex-husband Joel Maisel, who offers thoughts of his own on the program. Whether you're a longtime fan of the show or looking for an introduction before you binge the whole thing over a long weekend, you'll want to give this episode a listen. About the show Read more: REVIEW: 'Mrs. Maisel' ends with marvelous update Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video Cast: Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam "Midge" Maisel Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson Michael Zegen as Joel Maisel Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman Tony Shalhoub as Abraham "Abe" Weissman Kevin Pollak as Moishe Maisel Caroline Aaron as Shirley Maisel Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce Jane Lynch as Sophie Lennon Created by: Amy Sherman-Palladino Executive producers: Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino Producers: Dhana Gilbert, Matthew Shapiro, Salvatore Carino, Sheila Lawrence About the show Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, a longtime entertainment reporter who is now the editor of the Sioux City Journal in Iowa and Terry Lipshetz, a senior producer for Lee Enterprises based in Madison, Wisconsin. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Adobe Premiere and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: A lot of young women trying standup comedy for the first time, which is so awesome and long overdue. It's been incredible to hear how his legacy has already affected people, and I'm really excited to see how she lives on. That voice you just heard was Rachel Brosnahan, who stars as Miriam ‘Midge' Maisel in ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' I'm Terry Lipshetz, a senior producer at Lee Enterprises and a co-host of Streamed and Screened, an entertainment podcast about movies and TV. Joining me, as always, is the incomparable Bruce Miller, editor of the Sioux City Journal and a longtime entertainment reporter. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is back for its fifth and final season with episodes dropping weekly starting April 14th on Amazon Prime Video. Bruce It will be an end of an era for one of the most popular shows on that platform. Certainly big shoes to fill. First of all, why was it not the marvelous Bruce Miller? This is now this is how this should be. This is how he introduced me. Right. It's interesting because this is a show that I think people lost track of because of the big gaps between seasons. Was it over? Is it over? And when they see this fifth season and I've seen the whole thing, they will go, Oh my God, there's so much in that fifth season because they do a lot of time jumps. So you're not going to just see one season, one year play out. It goes into the future and you find out things about her children. You find out things about her husband, her ex-husband, her friends, Susie. All of those people come into play at some point. And so it flashes back and forth and it's I think it pays. It rewards the people who have been loyal. And you get to see a lot of fun. So there is and I you know, I'm really I should say nothing. But there is one kind of cute thing where they're showing, you know, did she have a lot of dresses? And they show the racks of her clothes all. My God, what is this? She did have it because I don't think she ever wore anything twice. No, I don't remember it. And you also, I think, see growth in Mrs. Maysles comedy career, how she's able to tell, you know, I always thought, is she making this crap up on the fly? And every night, is she not writing this down so that she can, you know, retell it at another place? It seemed like every every routine she did was just of the moment. And you see how she does all that. And there is a scene in the last episode that is on Be Livable, and that's as much as I can tell you on the spoiler end of things. But okay, no spoilers. You know, when you first watched it, what surprised you most about it? For me personally, I was sucked in because I'm a native of New York City, okay? And for me, my wife is from just outside of Green Bay, Wisconsin. And it's been an interesting ride because she's she's Catholic. I was raised Catholic, but my dad was Jewish. But for me, it's kind of seeing that cultural the cultural phenomenon of New York, the Jewish culture, even though I'm I didn't grow up in the fifties or sixties, I was born in the mid seventies, but for me I could relate to it. And I thought that they kept this show like it's fiction, but it's also really easy. And I think it was that reality that kind of kept bringing me back. So a couple of things, if you don't mind me throwing these out, because we're going to be talking a lot about I mean, we're basically going to just talk about the show with Mrs. Basil. Yes, this is the Mrs. Maisel episode. So first off, the beauty of streaming is if you have not watched this show yet, just go back and watch it. You know, go get Amazon Prime if you don't have it already and start cranking through them. My wife and I didn't start this until the 2020 lockdown. There was already in between season three and seven season for that really long gap they were talking about. But we had nothing to watch during it. So we're kind of crushing through Netflix and Hulu and anything we could find. And we hopped into Mrs. Maisel and for some reason I didn't know much about it at the time. I was saying, What is this like some superhero thing? Because it kind of played with some of those Marvel titles that you hear. But it's a it's a comedy. It takes place, I guess, you know, like late 1950s, early 1960s. Rachael Brosnahan plays Miriam Midge Maisel. She's a housewife with very strong Jewish personalities in her life. Between her her husband and her parents and her in-laws. Alex Borstein plays Susie Myerson. She manages The Gaslight Cafe. Becomes a manager. She wants to be a manager. She's there. Michael Zegen is Joel Maseil while her husband and there's a Tony Shalhoub is in it as her father. There's a lot of actors you will know. Kevin Pollak is her father in law. It was a Jane. Lynch turned up as. Jane Lynch. Yeah. So it's it's an awesome ensemble cast. So and it's also a lot of reality. So Luke Kirby plays Lenny. Bruce. Right? So he's a real person, very controversial comic of the time, but becomes Midge's friend over time and helps guide her career. Midge Maisel, a fictional character, but she's based on Joan Rivers, who had a relationship with Lenny Bruce and started at the Gaslight Cafe, which was a real location. It's where, if you've ever heard of a musician named Bob Dylan, you've heard of Bob Dylan before.Bruce Never heard of him. Never heard of him. So he was a young man. Robert Zimmerman out of Hibbing, Minnesota. Probably did. Well, is he did. He did well. So he came to New York City and was kind of brought under the wing of a folk singer named Dave Van Ronk, who is who is the mayor of MacDougal Street down in the village of New York City. They performed at the Gaslight. This is a real location. So it's the beauty of this show is, you know, you're getting a little bit of a history lesson of the time and it but it's still a fictional comedy. It's hilarious. I love it. It's very you know, some of it is kind of on the surface kind of comedy and you pick it up really quick. But some of it's very deep, too, and it kind of gets into, you know, the place of women at the time in the 1950s and, you know, kind of being you're the housewife. Take care of the kids. Joel wants to be the comic. He's the one that's going to be the comedian. And of course, the tables get turned. But yeah, you're right. I mean, with the dresses, even as the show progresses and, you know, she's short on cash, sometimes it's like, how can you afford this apartment? Where are all these dresses coming from? It's ridiculous. The clothing budget does not suffer. She will always have a great outfit. What I find fascinating was each year it got bigger. You know, you start out and it's kind of like, Oh, this is doing a period show is expensive. And they didn't. They just threw it out there. They went to a summer camp, you know, and that can't be easy to recreate, particularly of that era. Then they go to a USO show, which is huge in an airplane hangar. They go to Paris, for God's sakes. This season, you're going to see them in New York and you're going to see a lot of landmarks in New York, particularly Rockefeller Center, which they use like a drum. They are around that building all the time. So that's that's fascinating to see. And the cast, there are so many people over those four seasons that get a return visit in the fifth. So it's it's kind of like a reunion. And you go, Oh my God, That was from remember when they did that? And she was in that. And then there's also a bit of, Oh, how can I how can I say this without saying this? It reminds you of if you saw my favorite year, if you saw laughter on the 23rd floor, if you saw any of those kind of looks at what Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris did during the early days of television. With your show of shows, there are references to those kinds of things, so you get a real sense of the time. I think you really get to see what the fifties and sixties were like. There's a sort of Johnny Carson character. They mentioned Jack Paar in the course of the the series. What I love are these time jumps where you find out exactly what happened to Mrs. Maisel. What did she fizzle out and become? Nothing. Did she come a big star? Was she like Joan Rivers? You know, that is an easy comparison. But there were other female comics of the time, Tony Fields, if you remember that name. I don't know if it moms Mabley, these were all ones who were working that Phyllis Diller. And they kind of had to be aggressive in their approach to comedy because otherwise they were going to just be bulldozed over. And I think that's what you get out of out of Midge, is that she is not going to take no, but she is going to get knocked down. I can't wait to dive into this. It's exciting. I always love those just the characters. They even if they're playing such a really small role, it feels like they're playing a much larger role than it actually turns out to be. There are little in this one, you know. I don't know if you ever remember those kind of industrial shows that used to be big in New York, where it would be like, Oh, soap or whatever. And they do a huge thing for all of their their corporate people around the country. They'd come in for a day or whatever a weekend, and they do an industrial show, which we are. A lot of Broadway people would get on stage and sing the praises of, you know, Lox or whatever it might have been, or a new car. And they did these elaborate stage shows and fact there's a documentary out about them that is just fascinating because it's a world we don't know. We weren't in that industry. We weren't in that that thing. But people made a lot of money off that writing those shows. And you get a sense of that as well. There's a big convention of sorts that that Midge happens to be involved in. So you get another you know, it's this history lesson that you're getting a lot of stuff, even though it's not a real person. You know, if she were real, I think you'd look at it differently. You would say, Oh, well, you've got to have this moment. You've got to have that, and you really don't know what could happen. And Joel does not get shortchanged either. You know, I thought that maybe he would kind of just disappear as the years go by. And he has a very, very strong presence in the final season. That's great. I always loved his character. I always was afraid that as the ex-husband, estranged husband, he might just kind of slowly walk out of the show. And in the fact that not only has he remained at the forefront and kind of done his own thing, too, he's found his place and kind of escaped the shadow of his very overbearing parents. But the fact that he's still in it and that his parents are still in it just really makes the whole program him. And they do interweave those things, too, you know, that he was building a club. He was trying to get a club off the ground. And you'll see more of that in the next season. And his parents are big players with Mrs. Maysles parents. Interestingly, I don't think you see enough of Tony Shalhoub. I think he has a very secondary presence in in this year's show, and that's surprising because he won an Emmy for it, and I would have thought they would have leaned in a little more, maybe he just wasn't available to do a lot more. That's interesting. I also wonder, too, if it's is it part of character development, too, where they they want to highlight certain characters each season kind of give them because he did seem to have a very prominent role last year. When he was doing The Village Voice and he's a critic. And now he's getting the reaction to what life is like as a critic, which is I think, just fascinating. That's your favorite part, isn't it? Yeah, that's the cool part. Yeah. I lean into the critic aspect. I don't do I care about the comic? I don't know if I do, but I do care about the critic. You know, you talk a little bit about the characters and the reality and whatnot. One of my favorite things from the series and this is because, you know, and we've talked about this my my fan of of I'm such a huge fan of music. I have a very large record collection and just I feel like I have a pretty solid knowledge and I'm watching I think it was season it was season three when Midge was out on tour, was Shy Baldwin. Right. So she was doing comedy to open up for his big band performance. So he was performing. He had that ensemble band behind him. There was the one character who kind of became her friend of sorts. Carol Keane, who is a fictional musician. However, she was based on a real person. She played. Carol Kaye, if you at all familiar with her, is a legendary bassist, and she's part of what's known as The Wrecking Crew. The Wrecking Crew in the 1960s was this group of musicians that would come in and they were studio musicians. So you would have performers who weren't necessarily the best bands. They would go out live. But when it came to actually recording the albums, the producers were like, Let's you guys are in quite good enough. And it was even the Beach Boys, like the Beach Boys, didn't perform their own instruments in the studio. In a lot of cases. It was a lot of times it was The Wrecking Crew. So Carol Kaye, the real person was the basis to put down the bass line. That famous bass line in In These Boots by Nancy Sinatra. The bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum. So that was Carol Kaye and the fictional character in Mrs. May's All, who is also the bassist in the band and a befriended Midge and that season. So that was for me, another piece that I just really love about this. That's where rewards you for being astute in other areas, correct? If you if you know things like if you you know, if you don't if you don't know these things, that's that's totally fine. You're just going to be entertained for for an hour or however long the episode is. But if you if you're familiar with pop culture in any way, you don't need to just know the real people like Lenny Bruce. But it's knowing little things like The Gaslight Cafe. Carol Kaye, These types of people, you know, they are based on actual folks, even if it's just very loosely. Yeah, it's fun to see who they might be. You know, Sophie Lennon, Who is she referring to? Who is she trying to be that you would know as a fellow comedian? You know, is she somebody that or is she just whole cloth, a fresh character? And that's I think that's kind of picking the brain of Amy Sherman Palladino, the creator of this show. If you know her from Gilmore Girls, you know that she loves dance scripts, she loves the idea that there's there are more words there than really you need to do a half hour or 45 minutes of a show, but she packs it and I would assume it would be very difficult to to learn all those lines, particularly when she wants that kind of rapid fire way of talking. And that's how she is. She's just like that. She usually wears a hat, too. She loves wearing hats. She's short. She's not unlike Susie. I would assume that a lot of Susie's personality comes from Amy, and her husband. Daniel is also a producer on the show, and he writes as well. So they're they're kind of in sync with what this mindset is all about. And I'm sure she had a grand plan as to where she was going to take this whole thing. Now, you can easily see that they might have gone seven or eight years with this, but I think the idea of cutting it off now opens up other opportunities like a movie. And I think for them, let's let's try and make the fifth season as packed as we can and then we can go on and do those other things and not have to worry about time limitations or we've got to meet a deadline to get this on the air by a certain time because it's it's expensive. It is hugely expensive. Bruce, I don't think you know this, but you have just set up the perfect segue way into, oh, wow, some audio here. So we already heard from Rachel. Now we're going to hear from Tony Shalhoub, who plays Midge's father. He talks about how they didn't know how long this series was going to go, but felt that both Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino were able to wrap up the story perfectly the way it was supposed to be. So let's let's cut ahead to that clip. From what I understand, even though we didn't know how many seasons it may go or may not go, Amy and Dan always had, they always had the final scene in their heads. They always they didn't know exactly how we were going to get there, but they knew where we were going to land and then I think we all by osmosis, we all felt that cool. All right, so that was Tony Shalhoub. Bruce, does that sound accurate, like what he's talking about? Does it feel like the series wraps up perfectly? I think it does for me it did anyway. And I thought, like I say, the last episode is one you can't miss because it's and I, I cheated, all right? Because I was afraid I was doing an interview and I thought I better see the end just in case this character is dead. I don't want to end up asking, Well, like, you know, what about those later years are, well, I'm dead, so I won't be in those later years. But that wasn't the case. There wasn't anything. But I did watch the last episode before I finished off the other ones before it, and the last episode is a great example of standalone television. You could take that episode out, not see any of the rest of the series, and you would still get a really good sense of a story. It's like a little mini movie in itself, and it's interesting how they all are able to get friends in. There is a roast at one point that has a lot of comedians that you know, are friends of a lot of the actors that are in the shows. And there are ties. I think Rachel's husband is a character in the show. There are people that are all people who've been on Gilmore Girls, people who've been on Bunheads, people who have been, if you will, loyal over the years. And they repay that loyalty by giving them a shot in this last season. I mean, it's remarkable. If I sat and made a list of all the people that I saw, I, you know, a character that they introduced last season played by Gideon Glick, he's this magician and kind of an offbeat magician. And you go, What is this? I love that character. And he returns this season and he has a lot of really goofy things. He's afraid of flying. So that's a fear factor. And there there is a picture that you'll see out there somewhere that is JFK, the the airport. So you'll be able to see what that looks like inside. And it's just fascinating to see these characters. The last time I saw it was Catch Me if you can, and just to look at that and now there's a hotel there that you can stay at there. It's very commercial where you could go and actually do tourism things there. But it is featured in this season. Again, huge, huge landmarks that they're using in New York. I think it's fascinating to to realize that somebody didn't say no. Nobody was saying them, No, you can't do that. We can't afford to do that. It's like I'm sure she dreamed it. And very much like Susie, where she's not going to let somebody else tell her no, she's just going to keep going ahead and doing it. And I think that's in a nutshell. Amy. Amy Palladino I can't remember the timing of this. Was the JFK airport at the time, or was it still Idlewild? Yeah, it was, Yeah, it was, but as I know it is. I know I always wondered because it transitioned. It was not named. No, it was not named JFK because, you know, and interestingly, I don't remember that they've even mentioned that Kennedy has died at that point. But you'll see the eighties, you'll see the nineties, you'll see the seventies, you'll see various different time frames over the course of the of the of the episodes. Wow. So another character that was mentioned and we talked briefly about her was that of Alex Borstein. She plays Susie Myerson. You know, you had mentioned the connection with her to Amy Sherman-Palladino and whether it's the connection there. But we have a we have a clip of her also. Now, if you're familiar with her, she's also the voice of Lois on Family Guy. She's a comedian. She's been around for a really long time. But I think this is kind of like probably her biggest breakthrough screen role that I can think of on screen role. So we have a short clip of her talking about her relationship with Midge. So let's go to that. For a bit. Like Mutton, Jeff, It makes no sense. And yet there's just this chemistry. There's something that draws these women together and they've got each other's backs and it's not about finding a mate. It's about achieving something in their lives that they want. It's about filling a hole within and they complete each other. All right, Bruce So that was Alex Borstein talking about the relationship that Susie and Midge have. Is that connection? Because that was always one of my favorite things was the interactions between Midge and Susie and kind of the weird polar opposites that they are, but they have this great presence on screen together. Do we get more of that in this first season? We do. And you also get fighting. And that's as much as I can say about that. You know how they it's like on a soap opera where they love to put people together and then they like to tear them apart. And I think this falls into that. You know, there's there's a reason for them to be at each other's throats and maybe they both don't pay attention enough to what the needs are of the other person. But you see how how Susie is just giving her life for this person that maybe she might be a little too protected. You know, Mitch can Mitch has the ability to go and do this because she has her parents to fall back on if she really needs them. Her husband, her ex-husband is still there in the picture for her. She doesn't have that kind of if I don't do this, I don't know what will happen to my life. There is a safety net for her, and we've seen that over the years where she's taken jobs at other places and done other things and she gets a new job this year. And that's a safety net of sorts, too. But there's always this comedy where Susie has nothing. Susie is like she's all in and she will do whatever she needs to do to further the career of her client. Hopefully there will be more clients, but you know, you look at it and you say, Oh my God, she's just doing all this for one person. Is that friendship? Is that is that, you know, just survival? Is it? She's enamored with her. What is the what is the deal for her and why is she doing this? And you get answers to all of that stuff. It's just it's really fascinating. I remember when they went to the to the Catskills and they were staying there and I think she had a hammer or something. And she was like trying to do things with the hammer. And you go, Oh my God, this is unreal. And she's always treated like dirt by everybody. Everybody sees her as like their batboy for anything that goes wrong. Susie, we're going to go to you. Yeah, She said that season at the Catskills was just incredible. I mean, they basically took it was pretty much the entire season was more or less on location up there. And you still had to work her in somehow. And she obviously she doesn't dress like somebody that belongs there. So she just walked around with that hammer and like, I think a plunger, too, just looking like a maintenance worker and nobody would question it because that's what she did. But that relationship, you know, even though we're we're avoiding spoilers for season five, we had that adversarial give and take relationship between them throughout all the seasons. Because you're right, she didn't have anybody. Susie doesn't have anybody to fall back on, so she has to make a living, which meant at times taking on other clients. You know, she didn't want to be Sophie Lemon's manager, but she needed the money and then kind of had to deal with that abuse as well as the abuse of of Midge, who couldn't believe that she would support Sophie Lennon, who is her her nemesis. Right. Yeah. So, you know, that that to me has been just a great, you know, relationship. But it always comes back to when they meet in the diner, which is such an iconic New York thing. Like, I just love I miss diners so much. Bruce Living in Wisconsin, there's no diners out here. People who think there's diners out here, there is no diners out here that is. Have a drive thru with it, too, right? But it's such a it's just such a new York, New Jersey, East Coast cultural thing where you go to a diner and you get that triple decker club sandwich or the pastrami or whatever it is and a pile of food. You come all the other way, it's on you. Who knows everybody's order. Yeah. You know, you get that big pickle spear which probably sits on every plate, and they just move it from plate to plate so I don't touch it. The end. They do. Go back to the diner. You'll be seeing that and you'll be seeing various and sundry combinations of people talking. So it's a it's a key place. And like I say, these sets that they build the apartments, the business places they go to, it's unbelievable. I don't know how I would love to see what the budget was for this because it had to be huge because it looks good. And I there's a thing and there's this coming season where they mention something as a giveaway, okay? And I thought, oh no, that it's it's wrong. It's not the same time. And I had to look it up to make sure that that was within that time span. It was exactly in that time span. You know how you would say I like a yo I don't want to see what it is because again, this is one of those things. But if it was a yo yo and you say, well, yo, yo, what year was a Rubik's cube? That would be one a Rubik's Cube. Why are they giving away Rubik's cubes? They weren't available in 62 or 61 were they. I don't I think they didn't come until the seventies, but that's not yet. But there is another thing like that. And damn, if they didn't nail it. And I looked it up and it was exactly right, it it fit with the time frame. You'll see stuff like that that it just you want to play gotcha with them and they, they already know they're much better than we are at vetting these kinds of things. Yeah, they, they're really good. It's just nailing history. It is a history. Even though it is fiction, it is a history lesson throughout pop culture, history lesson. Were there characters that you really like that maybe aren't around or have, you know, dropped in for an episode or two? Well, you know, the Carol K one was one that I really liked. The magician that was in there in season four when Midge was working at that theater. And, you know, it's kind of the adult content. It's not quite a strip club, but it's that kind of like a doll that the manager of that club was. It's just a lot of those little characters like that. I really love the characters that I really felt a personal connection to, and we'll kind of kind of move this forward too, with some some clips that we have coming up. So we have Michael Zegen, who plays Joel Maze, all his parents. Kevin Pollack plays Moisi Maisel, his father, and then Caroline Aaron plays Shirley Mays or his mother. So I had mentioned earlier that that my mom was Catholic, my dad is Jewish. His parents, um, his mother died. My, my paternal grandmother died. I was probably about 15 years old when she passed away. She wasn't a very devout Jewish person. My grandfather was he was it could be. Yes, it was. That was probably about it. My grandfather was always a little bit more religious. And then after my grandmother died, he got remarried a year or two later is very quick. And the woman that he married, her name was Mildred. We all called her Millie and they became very devout again. He would go to temple. They kept kosher, but but Millie had a very unique personality. So when the show started and I started watching it, and when Joel's parents were finally introduced and Shirley Hazel comes on screen, I turned to my wife immediately and I'm like, Oh my goodness, that is Millie. That's Bella. Is Millie. Looks like Millie. Sounds like Millie. Acts like Millie. This is not like you can think that that there's there's acting here and we're over the top and there's no way people could be like this in real life. Surely Basil is Millie or Millie was Shirley. Mabel, whichever reality. So it to me there was just that personal connection that that strong, very strong personality with her. And in the father, I would I don't think my grandfather was any way like my she they had certain crossovers but you know Shirley and Millie were two peas in a pod. Shirley is a big fan of pop culture, and she knows all the names that Midge might throw out there. She has like she could give you an encyclopedia about the person, and she's so excited about everything. And of course, when Midge invites them to come to various and sundry things, oh, she's right there. She's ready to come. Whereas her own mother is like, well, this interrupt with what I'm doing. I don't know if I want to come and see you perform in front row is always Shirley. Shirley is there. She's all, This is wonderful. You're doing a great job. I love you, you're great. And you'll see they do a lot with them during this next year, so you'll enjoy that. I'm looking forward to that because that interaction with them and in some ways to my my maternal grandparents who were Catholic, they never interacted that often with each other. But there is always a very strange relationship between like my mom and her parents and my dad and his parents when they would interact. It was very I don't know if his adversarial is quite the way, but culturally very different. And I kind of get that with this show, like like Midge and her parents were very much one way, and Joel and his parents are very much another. And there is that that onscreen dynamic that I just love. And it kind of clicks with me a bit. Yeah, and they're together a lot. The four of them do a lot of things together. You'll be you'll be thrilled. You know, speaking of Moisi, Mazal, we do have one more clip of Kevin Pollak, and he's talking a little bit about the future of Mrs. Maisel. So let's go to that. Yeah, we're not going to ever say goodbye. And I predict now for you, in 4.3 years we'll be here talking about the amazing movie. There I said it. Kevin Pollak leaves a little bit of that door open. Could we see Mrs. May's old movie? I think it's the door has been cracked. Look, the way they need content these days and you know that it'd be an Amazon film in a minute. And, you know, so they put it in theaters. They could get a lot of attention for it. And then you just put it on streaming again. I think we've seen the model for all of this. And like I said, it would help pay the bills for all that expensive stuff that they're using because it looks like a Cinemascope film. It's shot. Well, it has great I mean, the scoring, they created original songs for this. Now, really for a half hour you're going to do that. And the sets, the costumes, the whole and, you know, the first season they won a lot of Emmys for those kind of below the line things. And I think this year they're going to be well rewarded for what they've done because it is so vast and so unbelievable. But, you know, it did not go unnoticed by the actors. I think they believe that they landed into a great situation. And I don't think it was by chance either that they were selected. I think these people, they knew who were the hard workers, they knew who the ones that would deliver for them. And it it it seems like it's a brutal show to do because it isn't just getting up and saying a line against somebody. You know, what's interesting is you'll see a little a clip of a TV show that stars Hank Azaria and Sutton Foster within the show. It looks it has a bit of Dick Van Dike to the quality of it. And Sutton Foster kind of seems like a mary Tyler Moore. And you think the idea that they would write this script for a show within a show that really isn't seen that much, you get a couple of lines out of it. And, you know, they did you know, they probably wrote the whole script or this sitcom that they were trying to reference in some way. And it's done in black and white. And you get all of that that kind of little homage. But clearly they are fans of the medium. They are ones who want to make sure that it comes across and you do get that sense of what the time was like. You know, it was not easy being a female comedian in New York, Hollywood, wherever. And I don't I think now it just seems too easy because we see comedians all over the place, you know, doing a one hour special on Netflix. But the idea that somebody would have had that or got that an unreal, unreal. And if I was able to interview Joan Rivers Times and she net, you know, as much as she was kind of oh what's the term I want to use not boisterous but she was you know, she seemed like a very like she would just tell it like it is and not worry about the consequences. That was not Joan. It was a character that she was portraying. She was the most loving, wonderful person who would would take you under her arms and just treat you like a friend. And that's the I think that's the same kind of disconnect you get here with Mrs. Maisel. She is two different people, but I can see easily that she is the the Joan Rivers is the template for Mrs. Maisel, even though their lives are much different. They don't they don't wind up the same way. They don't have the same dynamics. There aren't the same, you know, cards being played. But there is that kind of idea that I'm alone. I really am alone in this venture and I've got to do what I want to. Another series that it kind of seems similar to is Hacks, because you see Jean Smart showing what a comedian's like after the big days are over and how does she keep that going? And there's a glimpse of that with this fascinating because I think I think Joan Rivers is the mothership for all these kinds of things because of what she did do and the idea that look at Joan went to QVC and sold crap just to make money, you know, and what she had to do, she alienated Johnny Carson at one point and then she had her own show. But the one thing that she valued most was The Tonight Show. And there was no way they were going to let her back on with that because she had, you know, went as she had. She'd gone against the master and she wasn't sorry enough for Johnny to make this really work. And I think that was a big failing in Joan's life, is that she felt that somehow that relationship was not really repaired and she never got The Tonight Show. She didn't get things she wanted, but in the end, she did get a lot. And she is viewed as somebody they all look up to. You know, they say, well, I wouldn't be here if it weren't for Joan Rivers. And I think that's the path that you're looking at with Mrs. Maisel as well. So with Mrs. May's all leaving Prime Well, not really leaving. It's going to be there, but but this is a big tentpole production for them. What's left for Prime. They do have a lot of shows, but I also don't find myself going to Prime very often for original programing. It feels like a weird, weird platform to me compared some of the others in some ways, maybe a little bit like Apple Tv+, which has several big productions. But when there's nothing there, you know, when you run out of something like Ted Lasso, it feels like there's a long gap until something else comes. What what's your thinking on on Prime right now? I think, though, they're doing movies and a lot of those movies will draw the attention. And so I think that's where they'll get whatever. And they also have a lot of limited series that are ten and down or eight and done. And I think that for them is a better model then a series that who knows if you know the the the suits the executives who are in power may not like that series. And there it's just like network TV. As soon as one regime is out, there's do we have support? You know, unless you're the number one show on television they'll be looking to dump. Yeah. So we've been sprinkling clips throughout this episode, which has been fun because we don't always have audio from so many different people. But we do have one more and it's a little bit more than just a 1015 second clip. We have an interview. Do you want to talk a little bit about that? Yeah, I got to talk to it to Michael Zegen, who plays Mr. Maisel. And it's fascinating because I was always under the impression that his job could be gone at any minute. I really thought that Joel is not necessary to this show. He was important in the first year, but would you stick around? And so we got to talk about that and what this last season was like and what, you know, what what comes next. He is working on the Penguin, which is the new I think his HBO Max series with Colin Farrell, and he's a mobster in that. And so that's an excellent he'll be doing it Fascinating. And he feels very blessed, very blessed that he was a part of this because he knows it's magic in a bottle and you don't get that many times. Michael, how is it to say goodbye to this? I would think that would be very, very difficult. It is You're you're correct in you're you're sentiments. Yeah it's it's it's definitely difficult but it's some I don't know it doesn't feel like it's ended just yet especially you know we we still have all this and we're going to France together and I you know we still have this group text chain. So it's I don't think it'll ever quite feel over over. But I, I, you know, I know the reality of it. And we're not going to be filming anymore, which is devastating. Well, the last season is so stuffed with information. I mean, there's a lot there to unpack. What was it like when you were doing it? Did you say, Oh, my God, I can't believe this happened? And that happened. And, you know, there's a lot. There is, but there's always a lot. I feel like, yeah. And, you know, there's a lot of dialog. I actually think this year the scripts, they're always long, you know and I guess in our show is is supposed to be like, you know, 55 to 60 pages, our scripts are like 90 pages to 100 pages. So they're always long. I do feel like this this season, though, they were longer than most. And the locations, I mean, you're everywhere, you're doing the years, the whole all of it. That's why I thought it seemed like an awful lot. But maybe it's let's get it done and then move on to something else. Well, the show is big. It's been big from the beginning. You know, we went to Paris in the in the second season and the Catskills and Miami. So it's it's it's always been very big. And yeah, I mean, there's a lot of stuff, but somehow it just it still flows just as nicely as ever. And it's, you know, it's still. Mazal. When it started, did you feel, oh, they're going to get rid of my character at some point. I, I was just saying this in a in a previous interview. Yeah. In the first episode when I read it, I thought that was it for Joel and I thought it was going to be a guest star. I didn't even I, I looked at the you know, I was auditioning for it. They send you the cast breakdown and it said that he was a series regular. So I was like, Oh, even better. I had no idea. I really honestly thought this is it for him. And later. But but, you know, luckily that wasn't the case. And they were able to to create this this whole journey for and this evolution for this character. And there have been so many subplots of his that he just kind of owns. That must be a real cool feeling to have them kind of right for you, if you will. Yeah, we all get our subplots. But yeah, I mean, I think Joel's is is probably, I guess the most separate from from everybody else is they all kind of I mean, look, he's still in Midge's orbit, obviously, but but I think, you know, he's probably the he's like Pluto as opposed to, you know. Tony's not Venus. Right. What were you miss about this show? Because you had such a huge cast and of really great people? Well, that's what I mean. That's in that's it in a nutshell is the cast I, I, I, I'll miss everyone terribly isn't. And really, it's not just the cast, it's the crew. It's it's you know, our writers, Amy and Dan, obviously, I I'll miss everything about this show. Literally everything. This has been the greatest experience of my life so far, you know, work wise. I don't I was just talking to Tony and Kevin Pollak and they were saying, you know, by the way, no way, you're going to top this. So, like, they felt bad for me because they they were saying they're like, you have like years and years left. We only have like three and, you know, and I'm on it. It's over for me, basically. But I mean, I don't believe that, but I do I do believe that it's going to be very hard to top something like this. Do you think it's because of the writing that made it such an iconic show or was it something else? Is it spending a lot of money and doing a lot of things, making it bigger than normal? I think that the money is certainly helps. You know, luckily we had Amazon behind us and anything really Amy and Dan wanted they got because I think, you know, Amazon loved the show just as much as we did. But what was the first part of the question? Well, did did you think that it was going to be this this big, this kind of whatever, or was it the writing that really kind of sold all of this thing? It's really everything. It's the writing. It's like I said before, the crew, I mean, we had, you know, people at the top of their game in every, you know, whether it's lighting or set design or acting. I mean, it was just the whole the whole project was just lightning in a bottle. And and I think that's that's really just what made it so special. But yeah, did I have any idea I, I didn't know that it was going to be this big. I knew people were going to like it. I liked it. So, you know, I, I think I've got pretty good taste. And, you know, my if you look at my resume like I've done really good shows before and I've done shows that people watch. But but this was this took it to a new level. And, you know, right out of the gate, we we got nominated for all these awards and we won and we won the Golden Globe, you know, And that that was like, okay, yeah, we were right. Like, this is something special. And and now, you know, then we had to top that. And you got the Emmy. So there you go. Yes, We did. Talk about, though, Amy, as a as a force. I have my views of what she'd be like. I always see her in a hat and I always think she's like, she's marshaling troops. But is it like that or what is she like on on set? She's honestly just the best. You know, you talked about the writing. It doesn't get better than that. And and honestly, like, I'm a little sore about the fact that for, you know, the past couple of years at the Emmys, she's not even nominated for writing. I mean, this is the best written show on TV, you know. Yes. There's succession. There's all these other shows. But like in terms of comedy, it doesn't get better than this. And, you know, it's so rare for me to read something, especially when I'm home alone and I laugh out loud. That doesn't happen. And that's been happening on this show from day one. The minute I read the pilot, I was I was laughing. And and so, yeah, she's she's just, you know, there's there's a level of trust involved with her that that is unparalleled that I haven't I haven't experienced with anybody else. She shows up to set. I mean she's a former dancer, you know, and she thinks like a dancer. So, so even even our background actors, a lot of them are dancers. I don't know if you know that, but it's true. A lot of them are dancers and it's it's always a dance when we're rehearsing a scene because we don't have rehearsals, like prior to showing up to set and doing the scene. We, we, we get there on the day like, you know, 530 in the morning, whatever it is, and then we start blocking it out. And sometimes they're huge scenes. But I mean, you know, she's she's obviously in charge and there's this level of trust that I'll just do anything she wants because, you know, she knows what she wants. And to have a director who knows what they want is sometimes I mean, honestly, in my experience, it's rare. So what is it like watching Rachel do stand up? I mean, Rachel can do anything. You know, she's she always talks about how nervous she is. Like, I don't buy it. Like she's she's a she can do anything. She she's that type of actor where again, it's that level of trust. Like, I mean, any time I got to work with her was a joy and all of our I think you know all of our scenes that we got to do together were always my favorite. And yeah, I mean, you know, she talks about how nervous she is, how the audiences keep growing and growing for her character. And honestly, like, that stuff doesn't faze her. She was born to perform. And, you know, I don't I don't know if she would be a standup comedian, but but I'm sure she can handle that as well if she wanted to. Hey, and you can, too. So that might be even the next step. So. Hey, thank you so much, Michael. I appreciate it. And I thank you for all those years of really great television. Oh, thanks so much. I appreciate it. Thanks, Bruce, for that interview with Michael Zegen. What do we have on tap? Well, I'll tell you, I do. And tell me if you don't agree when you start watching this, this series by, because I think it's going to be in for a lot of Emmys, you know how they come and go. And they kind of had a down year. Never. They weren't getting nominated. And the things I think this year they're coming back with a vengeance. And I don't know how you could deny Rachel Brosnahan, the Emmy for best actress. Really? There are there is a moment there that you will go, Oh, my God, I'm glad I watch this series because it builds to this moment and it's unbelievable. And you'll, as you heard from Michael, you know, watching her was just unbelievable. But next week, we're going to talk about dead ringers. Here's another opportunity. And you wondered, where is Amazon going? Well, this is another series they've got, but it's a limited series. It's based off a movie. If you remember the movie by David Cronenberg, starring Jeremy Irons, he played brothers, twin brothers who were odd, to say the least, and they were involved in obstetrics and making all kinds of weird tools and instruments and whatnot. And they had freaky obsessions. They I mean, watch the movie. You'll see what I mean. It was one of those movies. Take me out for the longest time. Well, they've redone the movie and it's now a limited series, and it features two women as twins. Beverly and Elliot Mantle are now played by Rachel Weisz and Rachel really digs into it. She's and she has lots of fun. And you'll see a different Beverly and a different Elliot. And then it's at one point they play each other to try and dupe their friends. So it's a fascinating look at characters, but I do think they made a horrible land. I just kind of have that feeling knowing how the movie went. But that's next. We were talking to people who were involved in Dead Ringers, and that'll be coming as a limited series later this month. All right, Bruce, thanks again, as always. And tune in again next week for another episode of Streaming & Screened.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's a series of firsts for Alex Borstein: The release of her first comedy special, her first podcast interview done during a power outage, and her first time meeting Marc, despite co-starring with him in The Bad Guys. Alex and Marc talk about Chicago, pizza, therapists, X-rated chocolates, Family Guy, Gilmore Girls, and the high-wire balancing act of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as it begins its fifth and final season. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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