We’re right on top of that, Rose! It’s true. We are here with Joanna Cassidy. You Might Know Her From Six Feet Under, Blade Runner, Call Me Fitz, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Buffalo Bill, Club Paradise, and Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead. Joanna talked to us about playing Brenda’s narcissistic mother Margaret Chenowith on Six Feet Under and the series perfect ending, reimagining the snake dance that Zhora never got to do in Blade Runner, learning how to do Ava Gardner’s makeup for her role in Roger Rabbit, and plans for the Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead sequel or reboot. All that plus Ava Gardner and Mickey Rooney’s relationship, Bob Hoskins being hot as hell, and Joanna playing gay with trailblazer Meredith Baxter. 

 

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Alice Ghostley in “Greased Lightning”

Grease 2 penis reveal

Moonstruck was great, Nic Cage has a wooden hand though?

Cher won the Oscar for Moonstruck over Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction

Glenn has 8 Oscar nominations (most nominated with no wins!) and got a Razzie nom this year too. 

Two lead women in Moonstruck are not Italian (Dukakis:Greek / Cher: Armenian)

Joanna’s laugh is iconic 

Played Brenda’s mom on Six Feet Under, which maybe has the best finale of all time

Starred Zhora in Blade Runner but never got to do Zhora’s sexy snake dance because the movie went over budget.

Ridley Scott re-shot her famous through-the-plate-glass scene since it was clear that her stunt-double Lee Pulford had a really bad wig (that was totally visible in the original final cut) 

Joanna filmed the sexy snake dance herself and uploaded it on her YouTube since she has snake handling experience (the snake in the movie was hers!)

Played Rose Lindsey in the iconic Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead and the M&M bit was hers

Once had a child yell “I’m right on top of that Rose” to her in Turks and Caicos

Played gay opposite Meredith Baxter in Other Mothers. Meredith is of course famous for playing an extremely heterosexual mom on Family Ties. 

She and Meredith reunited on Switched at Birth

Meredith Baxter came out publicly in 2009

Her hair was dyed brown for Who Framed Roger Rabbit and she put on a little Ava Gardner to get into character. 

How did Mickey Rooney get Ava Gardner?

Charles Fleischer was the voice of Roger Rabbit and he came in every day in a rabbit suit

Bob Hoskins was sexy and maybe in the mafia!?

Joanna roller skated with a snake around her neck in Venice Beach in the 70s

Was in the Arnold Schwarzennager movie, Stay Hungry. He ended up being her landlord

Genre work: Vampire in Brooklyn (Wes Craven), Ghost of Mars (John Carpenter), Bladerunner (Ridley Scott), The Tommyknockers, Star Trek Enterprise, Heroes.  

Roller skated on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson

Club Paradise with a bunch of comedy folk and Peter O’Toole

Used to babysit Dan Levy while on set of Club Paradise 

The Roller Girls vs Dudley vs Buffalo Bill

Joanna starred opposite Gene Hackman in Under Fire (1983) and The Package (1989) 

Smokey the Bear commercial is insane

Anne loves Dabney Coleman and Gene Hackman (who were roommates in New York)

Damian is hot for Hoskins 

Joanna was up for Wonder Woman but lost out to Lynda Carter now sings with a fancy band

Joanna was in 6FU with Peter Krause who is in 911 with Angela Bassett who was in Black Panther with Lupita Nyong’o who starred on Broadway with next week’s guest. 

The Minogues were pre-recorded for Drag Race: Down Under via Zoom or something

Anne likes Australian judge Rhys Nicholson 

Marilyn Manson is awful 

Dannii Minogue spelling of name is intense. Real name is Danielle.

Barbra removed the 2nd A from her name to set herself apart