The Golden Girls Ep 022 Job Hunting with Aisha Alfa and Shawn Halpin

*Drumroll... * We had the absolutely amazing Marc Cherry (Golden Girls writer/producer, Desperate Housewives creator, Why Women Kill on CBS All Access) on the Golden Girls podcast!!! We sat in the beautiful pool house in Marc's home in Los Angeles and chatted about his time working for The Golden Girls. It was a nostalgic, engaging fun time and we learned many things about the actresses, his life struggling to make it as a writer and the thrills & phenomena that is the Golden Girls cult following. Long live the Golden Girls! Music by Mike Dennison (@mikd33) and Brian Kokernak (@kokernutz).

We watched the Golden Girls' performance for the Queen of England during the 1988 Royal Variety Performance overseas. We gathered round once again and invited, friend of the show, Sari Beliak (@thecrassceiling, The Onion, Reductress) and Courtney Wahlstrom (@bonecrusherqueen, The Bro Show, Big Pine Comedy Festival) the Genevieve's house to talk all about the Golden Girls' visit to the London Palladium Theatre. It was something completely new to us, strange but befitting. It was a great time!!! Listen, follow, more to come! Music by Mike Dennison (@mikd33) and Brian Kokernak (@kokernutz).

TYfBaP alum Genevieve Rice is back with a new podcast, Taste Buddies, about the best subject in the world: food! In this very special episode, Genevieve reunites with her former co-host Anthony Desamito to talk about everything from birthdays in restaurants to the virtues of Walmart. We even talk about The Golden Girls for a hot minute. Scratch your Genevieve and Anthony itch here! 

Taste Buddies is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and just about any other place where podcasts are found. Keep up with episodes by following Taste Buddies with Genevieve Rice on Facebook and @tastebuddiespodcast on Instagram. 

We are back for this very special episode of TyFBaP with the most amazing human ever, the insightful Tony Tripoli (@TonyTripoli, E!'s Fashion Police with Joan Rivers, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List)! We watched the Golden Girls TV special filmed 11 years after the series ended in 2003 with the most awkward interviews from the cast, all except Sophia. It was The Room of TV specials, amazing AND terrible. Just listen to our recap and also the special is on YouTube... we really let it all out about so many things. We talked about Blanche's intervention, drunk dialing the cast & crew and sexual harassment pranks on set. Music by Mike Dennison (@mikd33) and Brian Kokernak (@kokernutz).

We're LIVE in L.A. and it's the FINALE PART 2!!! We had the wonderful Maggie Maye, (@Maggiemayehaha, CONAN, Gotham Comedy Live) Valerie Tosi (@valerie_tosi, Buzzfeed, The Mermaid Comedy Hour) and Bryan Vokey (@BryanJVokey, No Sir I Don't Like It podcast, Adrenaline) on the very LAST episode of Thank You for Being a Podcast. We had cheesecake and drank wine at The Clubhouse in Los Angeles as we watched the very last episode of the series, the one in which Dorothy gets married to Lucas, played by the incomparable Leslie Nielsen. As this happens, Sophia and Rose have to decide where they're going to live. Also, Stan surprises Dorothy at the very last minute. We talked about stand-up sets at weddings, sparkly baked potato wedding dresses and Freddy Peterson (wink!). 

We've had 173 great episodes, over 200 guests, for over 3.5 years, we've grewn so much from this experience and we would like to sincerely thank everyone who listened to us, supported us and we hope you enjoyed our show! Stay subscribed for extras!

Music for the past 3 years by Mike Dennison (@mikd33) and Brian Kokernak (@kokernutz), thank you guys! And thank YOU one last time for being a listener. 

It's the SERIES FINALE PART ONE! LIVE! We can't believe it! We had so much fun with Everett Byram (@rad_milk, Owned by Steve Harvey on Live TV, Buzzfeed) and Daniel Moquin (@notdanielmoquin, Boy's Club, SOVO Magazine) as we ate four types of cheesecake and sang the Golden Girls theme song! It was a proposal-sode, of course! It was the one where Blanche tricks Dorothy into going on a date with her uncle, so she can have a one-night-stand with a tennis instructor. So her date Lucas, and Dorothy decide to play a prank on Blanche and pretend that they fell in love and are set to be married! Only thing is, they really fall in love. Also, Rose and Sophia hate each other and Sophia is kind of racist. We talked about the movie Babe 3: Single Hot Dog, human crabficking and necking... lots of necking. Music by Mike Dennison (@mikd33) and Brian Kokernak (@kokernutz).

We had the incomparable, hilarious Merrie Greenfield (The Torch Theatre, The Foundation improv, Spearmint improv) on the Golden Girls podcast! We watched the one where the girls try to crash a high school reunion to meet single men and Rose ends up having a cardiac episode and needing triple bypass. Rose's daughter visits and expresses her hate for her mother's roommates and Blanche makes a very, unlikely deal with God to save Rose. And Sophia is Sophia. It's a serious-sode! But also, not. We talked about the TV show Golden Girl Babies, the de-cryogenic city of Encino and high school yearbook clubs. Music by Mike Dennison (@mikd33) and Brian Kokernak (@kokernutz).

We had the amazingballs, superfun Jen Saunderson (@JenSaunderson, IFC's The Filling is Mutual, America's Got Talent) on the Golden Girls podcast! We watched the one where Blanche convinces Rose to give Miles a racey picture of herself for his birthday, but then shit hits the fan when Miles' friends accidentally get a glimpse. Also, Dorothy lands a job a big video game corporation where she gets to teach terrible people about who knows what. And Sophia is of course, hussling. We talked about carving words into human bones, being The Notebook-ed and lasso drinking games. Music by Mike Dennison (@mikd33) and Brian Kokernak (@kokernutz).

We had the Golden Girls royalty that is Sarah Dorfman (@SarahPDorfman, Hollywood Hotel, VersaChalk Social Media Influencer) on the Golden Girls podcast! We watched the one where the Golden Girls throw a party during a leap year's full moon which makes everyone act strange. A lot happens: Rose is debating wether she should marry Miles for a free trip to Paris, Blanche is being courted by a career theif, Sophia is dealing with a curse and Dorothy kisses Miles and is caught by Sophia. We talked about cute chalk outlines, shit bright moons and filling cheesecake with vodka. Music by Mike Dennison (@mikd33) and Brian Kokernak (@kokernutz).

We had Golden Girls super-fan Erin Alexis (@erinalexistweet, True Blood, Hart of Dixie) on one of the last Golden Girls podcast episodes ever! Hooray! We watched an attention-sode! It was the one where Blanche invites a depressed Dorothy to the Rusty Anchor, Dorothy surprisingly is a hit among the bar's testosterone-driven clientele and Blanche does not like this one bit. Also, Sophia decides to throw herself a wake while she's alive with the help of Rose. We talked about The Star Wars Holiday Special, the movie Wake Crashers and Dance Dance Revolution. Music by Mike Dennison (@mikd33) and Brian Kokernak (@kokernutz).