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Marketing is like comedy. It has to be bold, memorable and perfectly timed to hit home. Great marketing knows how to turn heads, make an impression, and leave the audience wanting more, just like Midge Maisel.In this episode, we're taking marketing lessons from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.Together, with the help of our special guest, Head of Content & Brand at Close, Chelsea Castle, we're talking about using niche references, making your audience laugh, and making every word count.About our guest, Chelsea CastleChelsea Castle is Head of Content and Brand at sales productivity platform Close. She joined the company in April 2024 and formerly served as a content leader at Lavender.ai. She is a former journalist who became a content strategist and marketer, and brings with her more than 12 years of experience. She also formerly served as Director of Content Marketing at Chili Piper.  What B2B Companies Can Learn From The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel:Use niche references. Don't be afraid to use obscure or niche references that target your ideal customer. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is so detail-oriented that a general audience will see and hear content that's true to the era, but people who know the period well will find meaning and humor in the minutest of details. Ian says, “I would rather hit one person in the heartstrings with the arrow and miss a hundred than sort of just hit a lot of people in the shoulder and have them be like, ‘Yeah, you know that I felt it, but, you know, I didn't feel it in my soul.' And you can do that with every post. If you're going to post, you know, 10 times in a week, then throw some obscure [references] out there, right? 80/20 rule. Have 80 percent of your posts be stuff that is mainstream and 20 percent of your posts be super obscure. And probably the ones that would go viral are the ones that are more obscure anyway.”Make ‘em laugh.  Humor is not just about getting giggles. Chelsea says, “Humor fast tracks trust, but it also helps [content] stick more.” You're building a connection with your audience, earning credibility and humanizing your brand by showing that you have a sense of humor - and understand theirs as well. Make every word count. Quippy, smart dialogue is a hallmark of Amy Sherman-Palladino who created both The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Gilmore Girls. To the point where there are no throwaway lines - each word is meant to be there, every line counts. Chelsea says, “I think that is probably one of the most valuable marketing lessons I think that could be helpful in this industry right now, where, especially with writing, I teach my team [that] every single word needs to earn its spot on the page. We don't really think a lot about where certain things go, or you just usually throw it up on the blog, where it's like, ‘What if we created an interactive page? What if we created a unique landing page for this one type of content?' Or thinking too about magazines where you have restricted word count, where every single word needs to be valuable and really earn its spot. And I think we should think about that with everything.”Quotes*”You can't do anything cool without taking some risks along the way. So you kind of just weigh that balance. As marketers, we're so driven to just drive action, to drive a conversion that we kind of miss the opportunity to build some sort of connection with our audience. And that's harder. It takes more time, more thought, more intentionality.  But that's how you get longer-term dividends and payoffs, is building more connection through what you create.”*”​​I worked in a branding agency, so I cut my teeth there where I was also essentially the content producer and executive producer of websites that I would create. So I feel like I've always had a lot of that in my career in terms of thinking through the whole experience of something with the magazines, I would think about the magazine having a heartbeat. And I apply that to my content now where you kind of want it to like ebb and flow, go up and down. You don't want it flat lined and you don't want it to be like peak the whole time. So I still apply that sort of thinking to how I think about content now, whether it's a virtual event, an in person event, a blog, of thinking about everything as [having] a heartbeat in a way that it's a full experience.”*”I think curiosity and gut are two of the biggest things to think about as a content leader. You've got to be tenaciously curious, ask all of the questions, dig as deep as you can. It's really hard. But it's also really fun work and you have to really lean into your curiosity and also your gut. Trust your gut. I think we don't talk enough about vibes or instinct in marketing. Like at Chili Piper and Lavender, for example, we had an idea of our brand, but a lot of the success came from just trusting our gut and experimenting and kind of just feeling what felt right. And you can't really put that in like a nice strategy doc, right? Like you kind of just have to go with your gut and your instinct and what feels right.”Time Stamps[0:55] Meet Chelsea Castle, Head of Content & Brand at Close[2:26] About Chelsea's Role at Close[3:38] The Making of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel[7:31] Marketing Lessons from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel[13:50] The Importance of Detail in Storytelling[23:03] The Power of a Strong Pilot Episode[27:45] Confrontation and Conflict[27:50] Character Development and Story Arcs[28:31] Minor Characters and Their Impact[30:27] Marketing Takeaways from Mrs. Maisel[32:59] The Power of Dialogue[42:21] Humor in Marketing[44:34] Humanizing Marketing[47:56] Building a Brand at Close[55:19] Final Thoughts and AdviceLinksConnect with Chelsea on LinkedInLearn more about CloseAbout Remarkable!Remarkable! is created by the team at Caspian Studios, the premier B2B Podcast-as-a-Service company. Caspian creates both nonfiction and fiction series for B2B companies. If you want a fiction series check out our new offering - The Business Thriller - Hollywood style storytelling for B2B. Learn more at CaspianStudios.com. In today's episode, you heard from Ian Faison (CEO of Caspian Studios) and Meredith Gooderham (Senior Producer). Remarkable was produced this week by Jess Avellino, mixed by Scott Goodrich, and our theme song is “Solomon” by FALAK. Create something remarkable. Rise above the noise.

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime explores the fictional life of a female stand-up comedian in the late 1950s. But while Midge Maisel is fictional, the character is rooted in the real-life history of female Jewish comedians who made their way to the top of the comedy scene despite many obstacles.

In episode 46 we talk with ERIC WINTERLING, founder and creative director for Eric Winterling, Inc. about making costumes for two popular series set in New York City in widely different time periods. THE GILDED AGE (HBO) and THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (Amazon Studios) have dazzled historical drama watchers and series fans with their show-stopper fashions.  Eric's New York City costume studio is where the period garments are constructed from designs by Kasia Walicka-Maimone for THE GILDED AGE; and Donna Zakowska, Emmy award winning designer for THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL. Eric's dog, Bumpers also joins us for the first half of the conversation. PLEASE NOTE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE GENERATED USING A COMBINATION OF SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE AND HUMAN TRANSCRIBERS, AND MAY CONTAIN ERRORS. 1:18 "That dress is going in the wrong direction" 1:41 Costuming 1880s and 1950s New York -- THE GILDED AGE and THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL 3:08 Eric Winterling's costuming journey from gingham dog and Houston Grand Opera to Eric Winterling, Inc. 12:29 First Big Project: SHOGUN, The Musical and Broadway 15:23 Costuming Stage vs. Costuming Film -- "It really has to come down to the closures" 19:20 Clients: working with THE GILDED AGE and THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL costume designers 27:05 Costume Construction Techniques and Fabrics 33:37 Podcast Generic Break 34:37 Corsets, "Under Structures" and Period Silhouettes 39:26 Sourcing and stocking the "right fabrics" 45:34 Showstopper Costumes: Enid Winterton's new social status and Midge Maisel's black dress in the Smithsonian 48:39 Midge Maisel's multiple costumes 52:14 Costume Design awards  54:33 What happens to costumes after a show ends 58:29 Lightning Round STAY ENGAGED with HISTORICAL DRAMA WITH THE BOSTON SISTERS LISTEN to past podcasts SIGN UP for our mailing list to stay up-to-date on future episodes and bonus content. Find out how you support the reserach and production of the podcast by shopping in our affiliate bookstore and contributions. SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite podcast platform --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historicaldramasisters/support

DONNA ZAKOWSKA, 2-time Emmy-winning Costume Designer, joyfully gives Kevin her insights, collaborations and decisions made behind the historically iconic wardrobe “look” for all the lead characters, starting with Midge Maisel, of course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zachary Levi had to reluctantly sweep Midge Maisel off her feet. ZACHARY LEVI, “Benjamin,” breaks down entering this magical world, and doing so in the Catskills and Manhattan in season 2, episodes 4-7, and LOVING it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Look, you started your career by getting up on a stage that no one told you to get up on, saying a bunch of shit no one wanted you to say. So, tits up. ~ Susie MyersonOn this minicast episode I chat briefly about summer self-care and the TV show "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." I chat about the main character, Midge Maisel, who defies traditional gender roles and pursues a career in comedy. Question, why do women pretend to be less than they are to fit into stereotypical molds? I use a quote from the show that wraps this up in an amazing way.I also offer a wish for you this summer, that includes self-compassion, optimism, and being bold, and I challenge you to apply at least one of these wishes to your summer. Tune in for a thoughtful share on summer self-care and the relatability of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" to women in the workplace.Support the showVisit the Have A Seat website for more conversations or Have A Seat with me and register to be a guest at: www.haveaseatconversations.com.Thanks for listening!

Tony Shalhoub is a veteran of both the big and small screens. Recently, you might know Shalhoub from his role in the Amazon show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. It's a dramedy set in the late 50s. Tony Shalhoub plays Abe Weissman. He's the father of the show's title character — Midge Maisel. It's a role that's gotten Shalhoub a handful of awards – Emmy included. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel concluded its fifth and final season last month. But when we spoke to Tony Shalhoub back in 2019, the show's second season had just premiered. He stopped by Bullseye to talk about The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Plus, he got into his iconic character on Monk and why he almost didn't take the job.

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5 Episode 5 "The Pirate Queen". Rachel Brosnahan as Midge Maisel. Image by Prime Video. Copyright Amazon Studios 2023. In "The Pirate Queen", Midge tries to sub in for Gordon on a sponsor's dinner cruise, but things, and some jerk's jacket, get out of hand bringing her back ashore to find out if she still has a career. Meanwhile, Zelda and Janusz tie the knot in an intimate and eye-opening ceremony. Listen to our coverage of previous seasons! Season 5 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 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!

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Esther and Erin are twirling their way into the first few episodes of the final season of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." We go back so that Midge can "go forward" — and also literally go forward in time, jumping from the 60s to the 80s, and getting a clearer picture of what it was like to be a child in the Maisel household.Plus, kvelling for Judaism consultant Todd Shotz and his work on that super-Jewy episode of Grey's Anatomy, and getting excited about Zach Braff talking about kosher plates.Connect with us on socials!Twitter: @estherk, @ebenmoche and @TheBagelReportInstagram: @estherkustanowitz, @ebenmoche and @tbrthepod Email us at: thebagelreport@gmail.comLINKS:Todd's episode - https://jweekly.com/2023/02/03/bagels-on-set-talking-you-people-with-its-jewish-consultant-todd-shotz/Conan O'Brien's Zach Braff episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYAo624tipgThis is where I leave you =- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH0cEP0mvlUYeminite poem/ Ofra Haza video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aW-QAeLoMw1960 plane crash - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/1960-new-york-city-plane-crash-back-gallery-1.1549629Finding Holocaust victims' names using technology - https://jweekly.com/2023/04/13/once-just-faces-these-holocaust-victims-now-have-names/?fbclid=IwAR2zvi-9puxIJIYz4bJYmiEEebio6vpis03Z-B5py6eKutuvSFNtiPFy-BY

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 has been three years since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, and while cases and hospitalizations are on the decline across the country, millions of long COVID patients are still battling lingering symptoms. CBS News contributor Dr. Celine Gounder visits a facility to learn more about the puzzling condition.The MLB baseball seasons starts tomorrow and fans will notice a few big changes to the way the game is played. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the changes -- including a new pitch clock -- and why he thinks it will help rekindle fan interest in baseball.Freshman baseball player Olivia Pichardo is the first woman to play Division I baseball. A walk-on athlete at Brown University, Pichardo had always dreamed of playing the game at the collegiate level. The cast of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" reflects on the show's successful run ahead of its final season. CBS News' Anthony Mason visits Midge Maisel's apartment with Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein, the Upper West Side with Tony Shalhoub and Marin Hinkle, and Carnegie Hall with Luke Kirby to talk about the hit series coming to an end.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you'll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! Today's show is with Danielle Vermeer, recently the co-founder & CEO of a startup called Teleport, and you may also know her online as Goodwill Hunting – which is the name of her newsletter about resale and secondhand fashion. An avid thrifter of 20+ years, Danielle has long been interested in the impact she could make at the intersections of fashion, tech, and sustainability. She recently took a leap from leading resale & circular fashion at Amazon to join Teleport as Co-founder & CEO. Teleport is an early stage startup where users post no-filter videos of their shoppable,  thrifted outfits. Think if TikTok and Depop had a baby.  We chat about Danille's story with secondhand, how she hasn't purchased any new clothes for over 11 years, what she's learned working to bring circular fashion to scale, and how we're moving into a new era of resale. Plus so much more! This episode is full of insights about the secondhand space, so let's just dive right in! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [3:30] Playing with the Barbie fashion design computer game in the 90s [7:16] Her story with thrift and secondhand started with buying a pair of platform, Spice Girls-inspired boots for a friend's birthday gift at the local consignment store. [9:52] Quitting fast fashion and starting her 11+ year commitment to ‘no new clothes' [12:20] Danielle's career at the intersection of fashion and tech. [17:30] Building out luxury resale at Amazon Fashion, and her  key learnings about how resale business models differ from retail at scale. [24:20] Is rental a sustainable business model long-term? [27:16] The different eras of online resale platforms – from eBay and Craigslist, to the present day – and what comes next.  [38:17] How we educate younger consumers about choosing quality fashion and the role of personal style, when all they have known is fast fashion. [44:39] Prediction for this year: clothing swaps will be in and fashion hauls will be out! [46:00] Danielle describes her style as Midge Maisel meets Susie Myerson, and how she's re-discovering her personal style after becoming a mom. EPISODE MENTIONS:  Danielle's Twitter Danielle's Substack, Goodwill Hunting  Teleport Teleport on Twitter Teleport on TikTok Danielle's TikTok The Barbie Fashion Design game The commercial with Mila Kunis My article for Atmos on the ethics of reselling ShopGoodwill.com Liisa Jokinen on Pre-Loved Podcast Gem - secondhand search app Recurate Treet.Co Helpsy @thefashiondisrupter Special offer for Pre-Loved Podcast listeners. The first 10 listeners who make their first purchase on Teleport will get $10 cash back! All you have to do is DM the Teleport account in the app with a screenshot of your purchase. LET'S CONNECT: 

In this inaugural episode of Characters on the Couch, journalist and editor Jordana Horn and Harvard Medical School psychiatrist Dr. Adam Stern discuss the charms and character flaws of Midge Maisel from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. As Season 4 of this hit show comes to a close, why do we, the viewer, still find her so compelling in the face of such self-sabotage, and how might a real-life therapist work to help her achieve what she wants out of her one marvelous life? Jordana and Adam delve in.Purchase Characters on the Couch merch here. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In honor of Yom Kippur, Esther and Erin are asking TV characters to apologize to other characters/audiences/The Bagel Report itself, and the co-hosts admit that they may need to repent for their comments about "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist." Plus, the movement around #CancelTheActivist; a new Jewish superhero; looking for Jews on "Grey's Anatomy"; defining what Teshuvah (repentance) looks like for Midge Maisel and more. Judd Nelson is Jewish!  Vu Le Article   Rachel Sumekh/SwipeOut Hunger/The Activist   Advot Project's lessons on Teshuvah PJ Grisar's article about Whistle   

Lenny Bruce, perhaps one of the most groundbreaking comics of the 20th century, shakes up Midge Maisel's world in the Maisel-verse. We unpack the direction we think the show is going to go and pay homage to the real Lenny Bruce. If you're interested in seeing the 'All Alone' side-by-side we reference (credit to Stubby7923 on YouTube for making this), here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZKDaccsK-4&ab_channel=Stubby7923 Disclaimer: we do NOT own the rights to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. We're just two huge fans.

“Rude and racist are not the same.” – Meghan MarkleThis week we got the reigning Kween herself (Oprah) interviewing our second favourite Kween (Meghan) who dishes the dirt on the real British Queen herself, and her problematic entourage. From Oprah's hard hitting questions, to Meghan's traumatic experiences whilst being part of the 'firm', the biggest question we have is...'who the hell knew the Royal family had a HR department?' And over in dreamland we venture into the beautiful and witty TV series the Marvellous Mrs. Maisel. Despite the fact that if a drunken lady walking onto a stage and flashing her boobs may not even get you viral on YouTube these days, things were a little different back in the late 50s. Midge Maisel waltzes into comedy with numerous hilarious hurdles and many more stunning gowns. From the creators of Gilmore Girls... join us for a gushing session on why everyone should watch this delightful show... www.trashandtreasury.com.

Diving Deep. Rachel Brosnahan is working hard and working smart. At 30 years old, she’s won an Emmy with four nominations, two Golden Globes, two Critics’ Choice Awards, and three SAG Awards for her beloved character Midge Maisel on Amazon’s huge hit series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel---and she’s started her own production company, taking a cue from actresses like Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, to ensure work with material she believes in. Rachel Brosnahan is diving deep as a creator and a maker. And her sense of self, maturity, and intelligence will take her there. On this podcast we discuss Rachel’s days at NYU’s Tisch, her love of and experience with the theater, her pivotal role on House Of Cards, the actors she’s worked with who have had the biggest impact on her, all things Maisel, and how she both becomes and puts away the characters she plays. We asked her about her late great aunt, Kate Spade, how she came up with the name for and the work that her production company Scrap Paper Pictures is doing, including her recently released, cool, all-female comedy special, Yearly Departed. We get specific about costuming and getting dressed taking up a lot of space in her life, and the way that awards and awards season has affected her. We talk about her love of New York City, how she’s powered through the pandemic, and much more, including some of her favorite things that you can discover and shop here: 1. Yearly Departed https://rstyle.me/+H-63hepoqi2b1bSjBppaTA 2. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel https://rstyle.me/+jZ1uyWTseMiCCA6-ODux5A 3. I'm Your Woman https://rstyle.me/+JPqTMVcV0G3PtgkVTj0zgA 4. House of Cards https://rstyle.me/+3moS-Mq_xyz6SiQnHLcjEw 5. Scrap Paper Pictures https://www.instagram.com/scrappaperpics/?hl=en 6. Trey Backpack in Natural by Frances Valentine https://francesvalentine.com/products/trey-backpack-salt-and-pepper-canvas-natural-luggage?variant=31584156614719&gclid=Cj0KCQiAw_H-BRD-ARIsALQE_2M1F9bcxk9LFJUxcsDjiKEmcJDFiDznwU2O9GfkiV3I793LpXhIsZsaAhjjEALw_wcB 7. Birdie Wool Plaid Olive Navy by Frances Valentine https://francesvalentine.com/products/birdie-wool-plaid-olive-navy?variant=32870279643199&gclid=CjwKCAiAxKv_BRBdEiwAyd40NwUeSADwDO-MzJ53fbalhkGBJskReVmyAwlq59d3sB5xMryWhUmYUBoCij0QAvD_BwE 8. Sidonie Belt Bag in Fiery Red/Black by Prada https://rstyle.me/+MrCVLmPoGQTvx_6-Di71Og 9. Lip + Cheek Tinted Balm in Apricot by Olio E Osso https://www.olioeosso.com/collections/balms/products/new-lab-01-apricot 10. Army suede-trimmed leather sneakers by Rag + Bone https://rstyle.me/+nWX9iM3WcO4TBmxqDFLgzA 11. Slip-Ons by Vans https://rstyle.me/+LVdjzVfvuikzEssxsH2GBQ 12. Sonny Boot in Black by Frances Valentine https://francesvalentine.com/collections/boots/products/sonny-boot-black 13. Gentle Skin Cleanser by Cetaphil https://rstyle.me/+2CwjI6Gkyj1vUnKLYU_gAg 14. French Vanilla Coffee Creamer by Coffee Mate https://rstyle.me/+j1UA2OHSd7qKelo4U-Vc3A

Lauren Ho, the author of debut novel Last Tang Standing, spoke to me from Malaysia about her book which she swears isn’t really about her mother. A comedienne at heart (who hadn’t heard of Midge Maisel — a crime!), Lauren discussed her anxieties about writing, being single, stalking bookstores with her kids, and more.

Nesta terça-feira (14) os destaques trazidos pelo comentarista Rafael Braz são as seguintes produções: "Mistérios sem Solução" e "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel". Disponível na Netflix, a série documental "Mistérios sem solução", destaque nas redes sociais, tem como destaque casos reais de desaparecimentos, assassinatos chocantes e encontros paranormais. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" [Amazon Prime]: Em 1958, em Nova York, a vida de Midge Maisel está no caminho certo: marido, filhos e jantares elegantes de Yom Kippur em seu apartamento no Upper West Side. Mas quando sua vida dá uma guinada surpresa, ela tem que decidir rapidamente em que mais ela é boa - e ir de dona de casa a quadrinhos cômicos é uma escolha selvagem para todos, menos ela. A Maravilhosa Sra. Maisel é escrita e dirigida por Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls). Confira detalhes das produções!

It's an interesting one this week! We journey to Las Vegas circa 1960 with Midge Maisel and some guy named Franklin to discover all that Sin City has to offer. We discuss why gambling addiction is particularly scary, the charming low budget of 1960s TV, and we do discuss in-length the season three finale of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.  Episodes: The Twilight Zone 1x17 "The Fever" [Netflix/Hulu] vs. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 3x03 "Panty Pose" [Amazon] Celebrate the holiday weekend by donating to and supporting these organizations:  Master list: https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-for-black-lives-matter.html Bail funds: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory National Immigration Law Center: https://www.nilc.org/  ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice CUAPB: https://www.cuapb.org/what_we_do NAACP LDF: https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6857/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=11561 Black Trans Community Response Fund: https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/donate/ Black Emotional Mental Health Collective: https://www.beam.community/ How to be a good ally: https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234  Get social with us @tvwinnerpod on all the stuff. Email us at tvwinnerpod@gmail.com. Visit our website for more information from each episode. Find Beth @yourbeth_friend. Find Hannah @nobriggity. Our theme music is by @ariellajoymusic. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.    ALL CLIPS ARE THE PROPERTY OF CBS AND AMAZON. THEY ARE USED FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY.

Hay muchos roles femeninos en la actualidad que podemos admirar en el mundo de las series... pero como Midge Maisel, protagonista de The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, no hay dos. Te cuento en la reseña de hoy por qué esta serie ha recibido tantos Emmys y Golden Globes y por qué deberías de verla.

We talk about the series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” the state of feminism in 1960, the constraints for women comedians at the time, and Midge Maisel’s own brand of feminism and femininity. Cited in this episode: Maud Anne Bracke, Penelope Morris and Emily Ryder. "Introduction. Translating Feminism: Transfer, Transgression, Transformation (1950s–1980s).” Gender & History, 2018. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-0424.12358 Betty Friedan. The Feminine Mystique. Norton, 1963. https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Feminine-Mystique Constance Grady. “The waves of feminism, and why people keep fighting over them, explained.” Vox, 2018. https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/16955588/feminism-waves-explained-first-second-third-fourth Richard Severo and Peter Keepnews. “Phyllis Diller, Sassy Comedian, Dies at 95.” The New York Times, 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/arts/television/phyllis-diller-sassy-comedian-dies-at-95.html Krystie Lee Yandoli “The Accidental Revolutionaries In ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’.” BuzzFeed, 2019. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krystieyandoli/marvelous-mrs-maisel-season-3-three Phyllis Diller stand-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwzOflhCJCo Joan Rivers stand-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppj6Syvwn_o “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” excerpt from season 3, episode 6. Amazon Prime Video, 2019. https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07WRDTFNT/ref=atv_hm_hom_1_c_iEgOEZ_2_1 The music used in this episode is "Lost Souls" by Portrayal freemusicarchive.org/music/Portraya…l_-_Lost_Souls used under an attribution license creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week we celebrate the triumphant return of Midge Maisel and her group of mid-century misfits for Amazon Prime's season three of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Social commentary abounds in the form of Abe, Mei, Lenny, Shy, and Asher Friedman and we explore the newly-developed backgrounds of Rose and Susie. Carey Elwes joins the cast opposite Jane Lynch for a hilarious take on Broadway and the Ladies discuss the historical context and high-impact of subtle dialogue set in the newly-minted year of 1960. After such a thrillride in Las Vegas and Florida, where will Midge take us next season? *SPOILERS* through Season 3 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

This week we celebrate the triumphant return of Midge Maisel and her group of mid-century misfits for Amazon Prime's season three of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Social commentary abounds in the form of Abe, Mei, Lenny, Shy, and Asher Friedman and we explore the newly-developed backgrounds of Rose and Susie. Carey Elwes joins the cast opposite Jane Lynch for a hilarious take on Broadway and the Ladies discuss the historical context and high-impact of subtle dialogue set in the newly-minted year of 1960. After such a thrillride in Las Vegas and Florida, where will Midge take us next season? *SPOILERS* through Season 3 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Hannah is joined by Ryan Bailey, friend of the pod and host of the hit podcast “So Bad It’s Good With Ryan Bailey”! They discuss being bombarded with ads for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, revisit their college theatre monologues (woof.), and recap episode six of Real Housewives of New Jersey! Jennifer’s comedy gives Midge Maisel a run for her money, Frank Catania stars in a multi-cam sitcom that’s yet to be made, and the episode ends in a way that’s way too effing dark! Listen now, and don’t forget to tune into So Bad It’s Good With Ryan Bailey for more fantastic pop culture content!

Guyssss my seester (@mallory_moser) (the Midge Maisel to my Susie) and our pal Maria LaMagna (@mclamagna) are on the pod today!!! Mallory performs with Backtrack (@backtrackvocals) and Maria writes for Market Watch (@marketwatch) (now @cnbcmakeit) and runs her passion project Cropped (@wearecropped) on the side. On the eve of the 2019 Oscar’s I got to interview them about their careers and what got them there, how our faith has played into this, and much more. Enjoy (or hate?) our spontaneous a cappella performance of "Shallow." ***Mal was under the weather so she’s sporting a Sophia Bush rasp*** ***this ep is unofficially sponsored by Diskin Cider*** Plugs~ Maria: #goingtotherapy Mal: going to movies alone, Shaun T hip hop abs (@shaunt), Pop Sugar fitness (@popsugar) Mon: Eighth Grade (@eighthgrademov), The Death of a Dream, Brave Town (@bravetown) (again), “An Ocean” by Calah Mikal (@calahmikal)recorded: 2/24/19

From an early age, Donna Zakowska had an appreciation for vintage fabrics. Her childhood love for clothing led to a fascination with dance, studies at Yale, and the overall joy of a collaborative art. As a costume designer, Zakowska’s credits include ‘Harriet the Spy,’ ‘Forces of Nature,’ ‘John Adams,’ ‘TURN: Washington’s Spies,” and the new Amazon hit, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.’ In this interview, the costume designer talks about wardrobe as an intellectual activity, characters who say things about society, how to learn about character through wardrobe, dressing a world of characters, and how clothing brings Midge Maisel alive. If you enjoyed this interview, join thousands of viewers for the new YouTube series, Creative Principles, which dissects new films, series, and more: bit.ly/2FARJz5

Amy Sherman Palladino and her husband, Dan Palladino, are deep in production for season three of their hit show on Amazon, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” It’s the story of Midge Maisel as she pursues a career in stand-up comedy in 1960s New York. The pair have already won a ton of awards for the show, including Emmys and a Peabody. They talk to us about the joys of producing a show for a streaming company, why no detail is too small to notice and how Midge’s story will end.

Alison and Ann recap the 4th episode of the 1st season of Mrs. Maisel. They discuss the meanings of names, friendship and finding your voice. Diving into relationships and how this episode highlights Midge Maisel evolving into a new person. Episode Highlights: 1. Jane Jacobs- Ever hear of her? 2. Names? -When will Midge use her real name in comedy? 3. Families-Will we ever know about Susie's personal life? Join the conversation and listen to this episode!

Shannon and Marcia gush about The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (now streaming in Amazon Prime), the best compliment Marcia has ever received, and atonement. We also offer a shout out and many prayers to our Jewish brothers and sisters, because we love them (and they can feed Marcia).Offertory:Marcia: Veep (starring American treasure Julia Louis-Dreyfus) on HBO and Max Richter’s sleep (on Amazon Music or wherever fine music is sold). Shannon: Roberta Flack (all of it!), She Who Is by Elizabeth Johnson, and Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVINext week: Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?

In this episode we break down the pilot episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which was created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, and premiered on March 17, 2017. Following the success of the pilot (as part of Amazon’s “Pilot Season”), Amazon picked up the series for a two-season order. The first two Seasons are available now on Amazon Prime Video, and the third season is expected to premiere later in 2019. As always, we begin by reading the series description: “Winner of 8 Emmy Awards. In 1958 New York, Midge Maisel's life is on track- husband, kids, and elegant Yom Kippur dinners in their Upper West Side apartment. But when her life takes a surprise turn, she has to quickly decide what else she's good at - and going from housewife to stand-up comic is a wild choice to everyone but her. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is written and directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls).” I know this Amazon series description looks long, but try reading it at the pace that Amy Sherman-Palladino’s characters speak and it feels much shorter. We also take a look at what a big production this is, with its lavish production and excellent dialogue. The cast is superb as well, including a stellar performance from Tony Shalhoub. At one point Mike’s excitement cannot be contained as he exclaims, “Dude, Monk is also on Amazon Prime!” In addition to our detailed breakdown of the episode, Mike discusses his own experiences performing comedy. The conversation also addresses how the show approaches stand-up comedy, and the portrayal of comedian Lenny Bruce. For more information and to contact us, check out our social media pages: Facebook @YouMeAndTV, Twitter @YouMeAndTVPod, and Instagram @youmeandtvpodcast.

In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the disputed whiteness of classical statues, the Emmy Award-winning show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Native American claims to land rights in Oklahoma. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:  A small cadre of archaeologists and art historians are challenging the assumption that classical statuary were always white, the New Yorker reported. Niki recommended this article from the Nation on the connection between white supremacy and mythologies of a white past. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is back with a second season. Niki referred to this Refinery29 article that contrasted lead character Midge Maisel with Joan Rivers. Natalia suggested Emily Nussbaum’s critique at the New Yorker and Hey Alma’s historical critique of the show. A murder trial in Oklahoma is raising questions about Native American land rights. Natalia recommended this Daily Beast article about how the white, libertarian land rights movement is cynically invoking the Native American example.    In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia discussed Shayla Love’s VICE article, “The Young and the Uncared For.” Neil commented on James Gorman’s New York Times article, “It Could Be the Age of the Chicken, Geologically.” Niki shared Ruth Graham’s Slate article, “How ‘Woke Ammon Bundy’ Became the World’s Most Surprising Resistance Figure.”

What does it say about us that we, like Eleanor Shellstrop, find John Travolta's egregious attempt to say Idina Menzel to be utterly hilarious? Or that we think parental neglect in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel could be well-served if it were handled humorously? From fantastic mid-season finales to intense Italian coming-of-age drama to fast-talking comediennes, this episode is full of women-led TV. Oh, and we also talk about a wonderfully strange man named Rahul. Shows discussed: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Good Place, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, My Brilliant Friend, The Great British Bake-Off, The Kominsky Method Plus: Golden Globe nominations!

If Mad Men and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel had a baby, and pitched it to Netflix for a new TV series, you’d have a handle on this week’s epsiode.  If you're not following me, let me explain.  My guest is Alessandra Wood and she is going to give us the most interesting history lesson you've heard in a long time!  Her dissertation for her PhD was essentially about the influence mid-20th century department stores have had on our personal style choices, for our homes and our clothing (think consumer psychology behind advertising in Mad Men) and pair that with the highly fashionable world of B. Altman in New York, circa 1950 (where Midge Maisel works) and that’s the intersection where today’s conversation resides!  We also touch on where we are today when it comes to interior design and how our style is a reflection of, and reaction to, broad cultural forces.  It's a great conversation and I hope you'll find it as fascinating as I have!  We start out talking about Alessandra's rather high-tech role in the online design company, Modsy and by the end we hear how she has used her training as a historian in a most contemporary way.   

Amazon's ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' tells the story of Midge Maisel--the perfect well-to-do 1950's New York housewife who turns to stand-up comedy when her husband leaves her. Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband and producing partner Daniel Palladino tell us about the work that goes into filming a period series in Manhattan and their painstaking process for selecting music for the show.

This week we’re talking 50s comediennes both factual (the iconic Lucille Ball) and fictional (Amy Sherman-Palladino’s latest fast-talking heroine, Midge Maisel). We’d say they do everything the guys do but in high heels and corsets—but let’s be real, no man has ever reached quite the same iconic status as Lucy. Pull up a chair and send the band leader your song request—it’s time for Après Culture. Tipple of the Week The Mudslide (recipe credit: https://www.supercall.com/recipe/the-ultimate-vodka-mudslide-recipe) Next Week It’s Saint Patrick’s Day! And we’ve got you covered with the John Ford/John Wayne/Maureen O’Hara classic, The Quiet Man, and the modern Sharon Horgan/Rob Delaney romance, Catastrophe. There will be brogues. There will be swoons. There will be Guinness. See you then ;) Resources On My Favorite Husband, the Lucille Ball radio show that led to I Love Lucy: http://splitsider.com/2014/06/a-look-at-i-love-lucys-radio-roots/ An interesting article on the technical innovations I Love Lucy was responsible for: https://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/0307-July-2003/I-Love-Lucy.aspx On the evolution of the three-camera system popularized by I Love Lucy, which would go on to dominate sitcoms for the next five decades: http://articles.latimes.com/1991-07-29/entertainment/ca-176_1_love-lucy A bio of Lucille Ball: https://www.biography.com/people/lucille-ball-9196958 Audio interviews on I Love Lucy, including one from Mindy Kaling about Ricky’s accent: https://www.wnyc.org/story/96246-american-icons-i-love-lucy/ On Madelyn Pugh Davis, one of the three writers on I Love Lucy and a TV pioneer in her own right: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/04/the-girl-writer-behind-i-love-lucy-dies/237705/ On Lenny Bruce and his obscenity arrests: http://time.com/3642530/50-years-lenny-bruce/ And an obituary from the year he died: http://events.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1013.html

Amazon's ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' tells the story of Midge Maisel--the perfect well-to-do 1950's New York housewife who turns to stand-up comedy when her husband leaves her. Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband and producing partner Daniel Palladino tell us about the work that goes into filming a period series in Manhattan and their painstaking process for selecting music for the show.

Get ready to have a few good laughs with this week's episode of Throwdown Thursday! The gang worked out their funny bones as they discussed the talented Rachel Brosnahan's Midge Maisel from Amazon's Original Series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. They talked about the cultural influences of female comedians around that time to the situations that mirrors today's struggles. They also talked about some of their favorite comedians and we got back to their roots of being explicit. Stay tune and prepare for some great hearty laughs!

Amazon Studios gave a two-season order for their period comedy show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel starring Rachel Brosnahan and created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and they shouldn't stop there. The show follows Midge Maisel as a 1950s Jewish Upper Westside in NYC housewife who through some tragic circumstances in her marriage finds herself single and back living with her parents with two young children. Midge is bitten by the stand-up comedy bug when she drunkenly gets on stage at The Gaslight Cafe and performs an impromptu set. An employee at the cafe, Susie (Alex Borstein) sees potential in Midge and helps her hone her newfound passion. Midge's life isn't all roses as she has to navigate 1950 ideals (some she holds and some she fights), her parents in Tony Shalhoub and Marin Hinkle who play Abe and Rose Weissman respectively, and her former life of privilege.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5939723/advertisement

Amazon Studios gave a two-season order for their period comedy show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel starring Rachel Brosnahan and created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and they shouldn't stop there. The show follows Midge Maisel as a 1950s Jewish Upper Westside in NYC housewife who through some tragic circumstances in her marriage finds herself single and back living with her parents with two young children. Midge is bitten by the stand-up comedy bug when she drunkenly gets on stage at The Gaslight Cafe and performs an impromptu set. An employee at the cafe, Susie (Alex Borstein) sees potential in Midge and helps her hone her newfound passion. Midge's life isn't all roses as she has to navigate 1950 ideals (some she holds and some she fights), her parents in Tony Shalhoub and Marin Hinkle who play Abe and Rose Weissman respectively, and her former life of privilege.

You might know actress Rachel Brosnahan from her supporting role on Netflix's House of Cards a few years back. Now she's back as the fast-talking 1950s housewife Midge Maisel on the new Amazon show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. The role earned her a Golden Globe nomination for best actress in a TV comedy. She and Sam discuss what the show says about women, especially in light of the #MeToo movement, and much more. Email the show at samsanders@npr.org or tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with your feedback. Follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders and producers Brent Baughman @brentbaughman and Anjuli Sastry @AnjuliSastry.