Well, we’re back annnnnnnd that’s about the best we can say for ourselves.  During our brief hiatus the world really went to hell, didn’t it?  Behind the scenes it hasn’t been too great for us either but we knew we needed to get back in the studio and release a new episode for all of you who have been patiently waiting.  All nine of you.

In this episode, we look at Bette’s 1988 HBO Special The Mondo Beyondo Show and 1988’s animated Disney non-classic Oliver & Company.  They were certainly things to watch!

You’ll also hear talk about the Oscars, a few 70s sitcoms, a possibly controversial opinion regarding Demi Moore, some unnecessary talk about the later Scream movies, and you'll find out what Oliver & Company has in common wtih Severance!

This one was fraught with audio issues and has more ADR than usual. See if you can figure out where Bradley dubbed Sean!

Justice for Sheryl Lee Ralph!

Don’t forget to rate and review wherever you get your podcasts!

SHOW NOTES

Maria “Money Honey” Bartiromo and Laura “White Frankenstein’s Monster” Ingraham Are Going to Make the Kennedy Center “Hot”

Better Things starring Oscar Winner Mikey Madison and Pamela “Used to be on The Facts of Life” Adlon (née Segall)

Philip McKeon

Whoopi Goldberg straddled the line between comedy and performance art.

This one is a personal favorite.

The Yes/No People became Stomp

The Kipper Kids

A kipper is also a kind of herring

A Different Twist

The TV Guide article we’d like to find the rest of without having to buy an old TV Guide.

The Alice in Wonderland from the previous article

Calling all Pub Subs!  We are back with Bette's latest theatrical release and... well, you'll see.  We’re spoiling this move (and the series Weeds) so be warned!  

You'll also hear talk of A Chorus Line, Bradley's big birthday at the end of September, and how Bette wishes she'd sued Lindsay Lohan at the turn of the last century. Sean will talk about his recent travels and Bradley will give you bad accents AND bad math.

We watched this movie so you don’t have to!  Go watch Weeds instead! 

SHOW NOTES

'night, Mother

An interview with ‘On Bette Midler’ author Kevin Winkler (Dallas Voice)

Bette and Hoda

Bette should have sued Lindsay Lohan (Variety)

Bette’s Tuna Salad (Parade Magazine)

Bootleg Betty Preserved the text of the original Tuna Salad article from Good Housekeeping

No reunion with Goldie and Diane (People Magazine)

How Bad is “The Fabulous Four”? Bette Midler Left the Country to Avoid Reviews (Showbiz411)

Bette Midler - The entertainer and activist reveals her travel routine (airmail.news)

Hollywood Reporter Interview (not Indiewire, as said in the episode)

Kathy Bates May or May Not Be Retiring After 'Matlock'

Deadline Review

KAOS - Official Trailer

Gods Behaving Badly (book)

Gods Behaving Badly (film)

Note: This was recorded on June 30th, so it was after the debate (which we wisely cut all mention of) and before anything that has transpired in our political hellscape since then.  On with the show! 

No matter what day it is, it's time to put on your Tuesd'y panties as we travel from Jupiter Hollow, WV to NYC where we will raise some hell and kick some snooty New York aye-ass!

In this episode, we discuss a reappearance by Bettecetera fave Barry Primus, revisit West Virginia Hot Dogs, and dig deep into a film that in another universe might have starred Barbra Streisand and Goldie Hawn. We also talk about adults doing children's voices, the merits of Metacritic vs Rotten Tomatoes, and we even create a little speculative fiction about the origins of pay-per-view. 

See you again soon and make sure you leave us a 5-star rating (and maybe a review) if you haven't yet. 

And don't forget - Bette's new movie, The Fabulous Four, opens on July 26th!

SHOW NOTES

Martin Mull, scene-stealing actor from 'Roseanne', 'Arrested Development', dies at 80

Lucille Bluth (Jessica Walter)'s reactions to Gene Parmesan

I Am: Celine Dion trailer

The Ugliest House in America

The Mole

Instant Hotel (hosted by Juliet Ashworth) is unfortunately not streaming anywhere stateside at the moment

Interet Archive (our beloved) has actually archived many of the MTV News articles that were on the now-defunct MTV News site

Deborah Rush

Nicolas Coster played Mr. Shelton

We are considering starting a GoFundMe to go see Audra in Gypsy

The History of the West Virginia Hot Dog

Jesus is Coming. Look Busy!

The Sadie Shelton Gif

Edward Herrmann

The Little British Gay was played by Daniel Gerroll

Lucy Webb

Not Necessarily the News

Deceptions (starring Stefanie Powers) part 1 (Also on Prime and Freevee)

Pauline Kael's review (archived on Letterboxd by Not Pauline Kael)

It took some fits and starts and couple of meltdowns by our editor (Bradley) but the Outrageous Fortune spectacular is finally here!  In this episode, Bradley and Sean dig deep into the well-known lack of camaraderie between Bette and Shelley Long while working on the picture, and the facts might surprise you! We also talk about how the character of Stanislav Korzenowski might be a play on the Konstantin Stanislavski and Bradley spends much of the episode confusing the two names not noticing. Finally, we even make a connection to Avril Lavinge’s 2002 hit Sk8r Boi!

If you haven’t already don’t forget to leave us a 5-start rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts!

SHOW NOTES

Here are the original TikTok videos Bradley did about the feud in 2021

Konstantin Stanislavski

Bette's tweet about the campus protests 

The Hamlet soliloquy that gave us the phrase "Outrageous Fortune"

“Despite the way things turned out [with the AIDS crisis],” Midler told the Houston Voice, “I’m still proud of those days [when I got my start singing at the gay bathhouses]. I feel like I was at the forefront of the gay liberation movement, and I hope I did my part to help it move forward. So, I kind of wear the label of ‘Bathhouse Betty’ with pride.”

The eternally handsome Christopher (sometimes just Chris) McDonald

The AV Club interview with Bronson Pinchot

The Washington Post article that cracks the feud wide open

Avril Lavinge's "Sk8r Boi"

Jerry Zaks, who cameos as the smoke shop proprietor, has a long career directing for the stage and screen, including directing Bette's 2017 revival of Hello, Dolly!

Another famous on-set feud 

New Bettecetera achievement unlocked!  This is our second attempt at an episode about the hilarious 1986 comedy classic Ruthless People, as the first one was not up to our exacting standards! We've never done a re-record before, but trust us, you're glad we did.  

In this episode, we shout out our sisters, get in the the obligatory Barbra reference, read Bette's latest tweets, and you'll also find out what Sean doesn't f--k with. Plus, you'll find out who is the nice one and who is the smart one! 

If you haven't yet, please give us a five star rating (and maybe a review?) wherever you get your podcasts. 

SHOW NOTES

The Mixed Reviews

The Ransom of Red Chief

Angie Opening Credits

Shelley Kelly Kelly

You Might Know Her From 

The Magic Show

Anita Morris (1943-1994)

Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV

To Lose Weight, Inject Yourself With Urine??

Kresge's/K-Mart

We hope you're ready to let us pepper your ragoût with a special episode that opens and closes with talk of Bette but spends the middle talking about the 2003 Best Picture Chicago. We have survived editing mishaps and background animal noise (Rosie's jangling tags and rapid panting are special guest stars throughout!) to bring this to you, so please join us on a journey that starts with some listener mail and more of Bette's bad tweets, then we'll time travel to the 1970s to imagine a version of Chicago starring Bette and Cher. After that we'll visit the 2000s to reminisce about dual layer dvds. We'll bring you back to today, but not before a brief sojourn to the 2010s for a conspiracy involving Meryl Streep.

SHOW NOTES

Reminder - Angela Bassett did the thing!

Angela's Honorary Oscar

Miss Otis Regrets

New York Restoration Project

Divanation - RIP

The Greatest Night in Pop

Chita Rivera (1933-2024)

The Shriner's Ballet from Bye Bye Birdie

Not Starring dot com 

Texas Guinan

Bette and Cher looking like Roxie and Velma

Barbara Harris

Liza in Chicago on Broadway

All That Jazz (1979)

The 1926 silent movie version of Chicago, until recently thought to be lost. It has a slighlty different ending from the stage version 

Roxie Hart (1942)

Deidre Goodwin on You Might Know Her From

Big Jim Colosimo

The trailer for the movie musical with the faux "Keep your paws off my lawyer" line

Women got the right to vote in 1920

Highlights from the 1992 Long Beach production starring Bebe Neuwirth and Juliet Prowse

Lipstick on Roxie's teeth and other flubs

Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon doing the Hot Honey Rag on The Mike Douglas Show

The Revival Choreography

Sara Ramirez

The bonkers "Donna Murphy did Meryl Streep's singing in Into the Woods" theory

Donna Murphy herself debunking it

Use JustWatch to find where Chicago (and anything else!) is streaming

We're back and BETTE-R than ever! Bradley and Sean returned from their hiatus and they're ready to talk about their lives, including which one of them had Covid, whose car was dying at the time of recording (and is now dead - RIP).  They eventually get around to talking about Bette Midler's first picture for Touchstone, Down and Out in Beverly Hills. Plus there's a letter from Bettecetera's Number 1 Fan Nathan, and there's even a brand new theme song.  Have a Merry Christmas if you celebrate, and a happy year to all!

SHOW NOTES

Upppbeat.io

"It’s just going to take one thing, one thing, Nay, and you know, if you’re in a hit film … then everything changes"

Blooudhaus

Do I Sound Gay?

Fan Page for the Late, Great Mike the Dog (aka Matisse)

Our long awaited season finale is finally here! Join us as we take a detour from Bette’s career to check in with her daughter Sophie von Haselberg and her recent feature film Give Me Pity!  

After this episode we’re taking a short hiatus, but don’t worry! We will be back very soon!

If you haven't already, please make sure to leave us a review and/or a 5-star rating wherever you get your podcasts.

SHOW NOTES

Cannons

Sitting in Bars with Cake

Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Megan Mullally Start Shooting Latest “Golden Girls” Type Movie

R.I.P., Houston Dyer

Give Me Pity - Official Trailer

Makin’ It (Shout out to my brother Rodney, whose rendition of the Makin' It theme song is featured in this episode)

Grace Zabriskie

(also here)

We are just using "flop" collioqually, calm down! We are the real flops!

This episode is a mess, but in true Bettecetera fashion, we've double downed on it and it's now an integral part of our schtick.  Come for the terrible Penny Marshall imperssion, stay for the refrain of Sean's cat in the background! 

 SHOW NOTES

The Saga of Baby Divine

Celebrity "Read" Posters of the 80s and 90s

Freckleface Strawberry

The Indefatigable Stepp Sisters

De Tour (Boston 1983)

"No Frills" TV special 

Art or Bust

Bootleg Betty 

Bette Midler Greeting Cards!

1st MTV Video Music Awards

Bette Midler shares pic from her 1984 wedding that had been lost for decades

Mud WILL Be Flung Tonight

"Beast of Burden" video

20/20 Interview (ft Aaron Russo)

Bluesky is under fire for allowing usernames with racial slurs

Tracy Nelson is alive and well, but has survived three(3!) different cancers!

If you're already feeling like you've been jinxed, wait until you watch this movie!

Come for the Bette banter, stay for the talk of West Virginia hot dogs, Rip Torn vs Rip Taylor, and the Barbi Twins!

 SHOW NOTES

West Virginia did indeed succeed from Virginia

We're probably 5 or so episiodes away from this movie, but here's the Jupiter Hollow song from Big Business!

Bette sings the wig song she and Sophie made up (from the BCC Chat Show Wogan, with guest host Joanna Lumley)

Wiseguy

Ken Wahl

Rip Taylor

The Barbi Twins