Moonlighting The Podcast

"NO NEW EPISODE AGAIN, AND AMERICA WANTS TO KNOW WHY." - RONA BARRETT.

Many other programs have done clip shows that reflect past seasons' best moments. But Moonlighting liked to do things differently. Would we have it any other way?

 This episode begins with gossip columnist Rona Barrett, who has arrived at the studio to ask why there is no new episode of Moonlighting (as was so common). Rona enters the offices of Blue Moon to get “The Straight Poop.” She finds out that Maddie and David have not been talking to one another and have locked themselves in their offices.

 As Rona talks with Maddie, David, Miss Dipesto, and Bert Viola, clips from previous episodes provide examples of the cast’s answers to her questions.

 The episode ends with Maddie and David promising that there will be a new episode next week—and they “kiss and make up.”

GUEST STARS:

Rona Barrett

Peter Bogdanovich

Pierce Brosnan

MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW

The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.

They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

https://moonlightingthepodcast.com

MOONLIGHTING COMMUNITY:

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Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Book

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Moonlighting Merchandise

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Cybill talks about her life with Film Director Peter Bogdanovich, having Orson Welles as a house guest, and behind-the-scenes details about the Moonlighting set and so much more.

Originally from Memphis Tennessee, at the age of 16, she won the Miss Teenage Memphis title. Soon she was being cast in various modelling campaigns and became the “it” girl on the cover of magazines such as Teen and Glamour.

In 1970 Director, Peter Bogdanovich saw Cybill’s image on a glamour magazine, THIS, moment sealed her future in the limelight. He cast her in his upcoming movie “The Last Picture Show” which was a major success. She went on to do “The Heartbreak Kid”, “Daisy Miller”, “At Long Last Love”, and then another success “Taxi Driver”.

In 1985 she was approached by Glenn Gordon Caron to star as Madolyn Hayes in a drama/comedy called Moonlighting.

Most recently she starred in “Being Rose” in 2017, and in 2023 she starred in “How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story.”

And she shows no signs of stopping!

A very special thank you to the Creator, Glenn Gordon Caron.

MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW

The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.

They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

https://moonlightingthepodcast.com

MOONLIGHTING COMMUNITY:

Fans Facebook Group:

Facebook Page:

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Twitter/X

PURCHASE:

Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Book

on TuckerDSPress

OR on Amazon:

Moonlighting Merchandise

YouTube Channel 

Learn more about Grace here:

Learn more about Shawna here:

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SYNOPSIS:

This classic episode, very popular with Moonlighting fans, is an homage to the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, made in 1946 and starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. In the movie, an angel is sent down from heaven to show a frustrated businessman what life would have been like if he never existed.

Maddie is forced to make her employees work over Christmas due to one of their client’s court cases being moved up to December 28. ”While sitting in a bar, she meets a man. Unbeknown to her, this man is an angel sent down from heaven to show her what life would be like without her.

The angel begins to take her to see people and places she knows, showing her what paths they took and how successful they are because Maddie never existed. Maddie now wants her agency back, now that she has seen the life of her friends without her. The episode ends with another passionate kiss between Maddie and David (which is what Moonlighting fans love!).

GUEST STARS:

Lionel Stander

Jack Blessing

Charles Rocket

Cheryl Tiegs

Richard Libertini

MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW

The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.

They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

https://moonlightingthepodcast.com

MOONLIGHTING COMMUNITY:

Fans Facebook Group:

Facebook Page:

Instagram 

Twitter/X

PURCHASE:

Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Book

on TuckerDSPress

OR on Amazon:

Moonlighting Merchandise

YouTube Channel 

Learn more about Grace here:

Learn more about Shawna here:

Donate at Ko-fi.com

Personal Instagram:

https://instagram.com/grace_chivell

https://instagram.com/saari_not.saari

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SYNOPSIS:

This classic episode, very popular with Moonlighting fans, is an homage to the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, made in 1946 and starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. In the movie, an angel is sent down from heaven to show a frustrated businessman what life would have been like if he never existed.

Maddie is forced to make her employees work over Christmas due to one of their client’s court cases being moved up to December 28. While sitting in a bar, she meets a man. Unbeknown to her, this man is an angel sent down from heaven to show her what life would be like without her.

The angel begins to take her to see people and places she knows, showing her what paths they took and how successful they are because Maddie never existed. Maddie now wants her agency back, now that she has seen the life of her friends without her. The episode ends with another passionate kiss between Maddie and David.

GUEST STARS:

Lionel Stander

Jack Blessing

Charles Rocket

Cheryl Tiegs

Richard Libertini

MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW

The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.

They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

https://moonlightingthepodcast.com

MOONLIGHTING COMMUNITY:

Fans Facebook Group:

Facebook Page:

Instagram 

Twitter/X

PURCHASE:

Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Book

on TuckerDSPress

OR on Amazon:

Moonlighting Merchandise

YouTube Channel 

Learn more about Grace here:

Learn more about Shawna here:

Donate at Ko-fi.com

Personal Instagram:

https://instagram.com/grace_chivell

https://instagram.com/saari_not.saari

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Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn are a writing team responsible for many episodes of Moonlighting. They also served as Producers on the show.

Their many other credits include: Duckman Private Dick/Family Man, Mork & Mindy, Meet Joe Black and The West Wing.

Jeff and Ron talk about how they met in the early days and their writing relationship along the way. They also give a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Moonlighting.

And of course, we talked about their process, inspiration, and approach to writing “Atomic Shakespeare” in iambic pentameter.

THANK YOU

A big thank you to Scott Ryan.

You can purchase his book “Moonlighting, An Oral History” here:

MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW

The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.

They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

https://moonlightingthepodcast.com

MOONLIGHTING COMMUNITY:

Fans Facebook Group:

Facebook Page:

Instagram 

Twitter/X

PURCHASE:

Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Book

on TuckerDSPress

OR on Amazon:

Moonlighting Merchandise

YouTube Channel 

Learn more about Grace here:

Learn more about Shawna here:

Donate at Ko-fi.com

Personal Instagram:

https://instagram.com/grace_chivell

https://instagram.com/saari_not.saari

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Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn are a writing team responsible for many episodes of Moonlighting. They also served as Producers on the show.

Their many other credits include: Duckman Private Dick/Family Man, Mork & Mindy, Meet Joe Black and The West Wing.

Jeff and Ron talk about how they met in the early days and their writing relationship along the way. They also give a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Moonlighting.

And of course, we talked about their process, inspiration, and approach to writing “Atomic Shakespeare” in iambic pentameter.

THANK YOU

A big thank you to Scott Ryan.

You can purchase his book “Moonlighting, An Oral History” here:

MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW

The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.

They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

https://moonlightingthepodcast.com

MOONLIGHTING COMMUNITY:

Fans Facebook Group:

Facebook Page:

Instagram 

Twitter/X

PURCHASE:

Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Book

on TuckerDSPress

OR on Amazon:

Moonlighting Merchandise

YouTube Channel 

Learn more about Grace here:

Learn more about Shawna here:

Donate at Ko-fi.com

Personal Instagram:

https://instagram.com/grace_chivell

https://instagram.com/saari_not.saari

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SYNOPSIS:

A teenage “Moonlighting”’ fan is forced by his mother to do his homework rather than watch the show. His homework is to read William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.”

The show transforms back in time to a day in Padua, Italy, in 1593. The main characters of “Moonlighting”’ enact the remainder of the show with their version of William Shakespeare's play “The Taming of the Shrew”’ in period costume and setting.

Katherina’s father is in search of a suitor for his feisty daughter. Along the way, many in-jokes refer to the real show.

Eventually, Petruchio forcibly marries Katherina while she is tied up in a church, after which he sings a rockin’ version of “Good Lovin’.”

The couple fight, slam doors, and provide us with the usual fast-paced dialogue, but finally fall in love.

GUEST STARS:

Kenneth McMillan

Colm Meaney

Ralph Drischell

Hap Lawrence 

Curtis Armstrong

Narrator:

Stirling Holloway

MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW

The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.

They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

https://moonlightingthepodcast.com

MOONLIGHTING COMMUNITY:

Fans Facebook Group:

Facebook Page:

Instagram 

Twitter/X

PURCHASE:

Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Book

on TuckerDSPress

OR on Amazon:

Moonlighting Merchandise

YouTube Channel 

Learn more about Grace here:

Learn more about Shawna here:

Donate at Ko-fi.com

Personal Instagram:

https://instagram.com/grace_chivell

https://instagram.com/saari_not.saari

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SYNOPSIS:

A teenage “Moonlighting”’ fan is forced by his mother to do his homework rather than watch the show. His homework is to read William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.”

The show transforms back in time to a day in Padua, Italy, in 1593. The main characters of “Moonlighting”’ enact the remainder of the show with their version of William Shakespeare's play “The Taming of the Shrew”’ in period costume and setting.

Katherina’s father is in search of a suitor for his feisty daughter. Along the way, many in-jokes refer to the real show.

Eventually, Petruchio forcibly marries Katherina while she is tied up in a church, after which he sings a rockin’ version of “Good Lovin’.”

The couple fight, slam doors, and provide us with the usual fast-paced dialogue, but finally fall in love.

GUEST STARS:

Kenneth McMillan

Colm Meaney

Ralph Drischell

Hap Lawrence 

Curtis Armstrong

Narrator:

Stirling Holloway

MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW

The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.

They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

https://moonlightingthepodcast.com

MOONLIGHTING COMMUNITY:

Fans Facebook Group:

Facebook Page:

Instagram 

Twitter/X

PURCHASE:

Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Book

on TuckerDSPress

OR on Amazon:

Moonlighting Merchandise

YouTube Channel 

Learn more about Grace here:

Learn more about Shawna here:

Donate at Ko-fi.com

Personal Instagram:

https://instagram.com/grace_chivell

https://instagram.com/saari_not.saari

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Grace and Shawna review some of the music changes that have been made to get Moonlighting streaming on HULU.

Due to the many songs that were on Moonlighting, it was a difficult task to get it streaming due to all the music rights.

Some songs had to go, but many have remained in the show.

Have a listen to what Grace and Shawna have to say.

MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW

The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.

They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

https://moonlightingthepodcast.com

MOONLIGHTING COMMUNITY:

Fans Facebook Group:

Facebook Page:

Instagram 

Twitter/X

PURCHASE:

Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Book

on TuckerDSPress

OR on Amazon:

Moonlighting Merchandise

YouTube Channel 

Learn more about Grace here:

Learn more about Shawna here:

Donate at Ko-fi.com

Personal Instagram:

https://instagram.com/grace_chivell

https://instagram.com/saari_not.saari

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SYNOPSIS:

David informs Maddie that he has to leave town for a few days for a funeral, and drops a bomb on her - he’s been married before. Maddie is shocked by the news David told her before he left and Maddie has a dream depicting how she thinks the events in David’s past life unfolded. Maddie decides to follow him to New York.

This is one of Moonlighting’s most iconic episodes that includes a dance number set to Billy Joel’s song “Big Man on Mulberry Street.” The dance sequence depicts Maddie's dream about the relationship between David and his ex-wife. The dance number includes the talents of accomplished dancer, Sandahl Bergman, and choreography by Jacqui and Bill Landrum.

GUEST STARS:

Sandahl Bergman

Andra Akers

Marilyn Jones

Rick Ducommun

Betty McGuire

Radu Gavor

Michael Laskin

Allan Katz

Bill Applegate

Dance Sequence directed by:

Stanley Donen

MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW

The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.

They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

https://moonlightingthepodcast.com

MOONLIGHTING COMMUNITY:

Fans Facebook Group:

Facebook Page:

Instagram 

Twitter/X

PURCHASE:

Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Book

on TuckerDSPress

OR on Amazon:

Moonlighting Merchandise

YouTube Channel 

Learn more about Grace here:

Learn more about Shawna here:

Donate at Ko-fi.com

Personal Instagram:

https://instagram.com/grace_chivell

https://instagram.com/saari_not.saari

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.