This episode, Damian and Anne interview Emmy-nominated actress Becky Ann Baker. You Might Know Her From “Girls,” “Freaks & Geeks,” “Life As We Know It,” “Kings”, “A Simple Plan,” “Big Little Lies” or the original Broadway productions of “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” “Titanic,” and “Assassins.” We talk about being deemed a character actor when you’re still a teenager, doing death scenes with exploding squib packs, doing sex scenes in your 50s, marrying another working actor, and, of course, mother****ing “Smash.” Damian & Anne wax poetic about their beloved Glenn Close (who did NOT direct Albert Knobbs but did write and star in it) and argue that when it comes to gay icon status, Glenn > Gaga.

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Discussed this week:

2019 Oscar nominations

Harvey Weinstein’s Oscar campaigns

Becky’s IMDB & IBDB

Melissa Leo’s self-funded Oscar campaign

Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” (Anne forgot the “sweethaht” in her impression)

Judy @ Carnegie Hall

Anne of Green Gables

Giles Corey + "More Weight"

Becky’s death scene in A Simple Plan

Stuntwoman Spice Williams-Crosby

“Sugar Babies” starring Ann Miller & Mickey Rooney

Joe E. “Ooh Ooh” Ross

Becky sings “Doatsey Mae” from “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”

Becky & her actor husband, Dylan Baker

US Presidential death order

President Taft in a tub

President Zachary Taylor (not Tyler, whoops!) killed by cherries