Moonlighting The Podcast

SYNOPSIS:

Maddie is furious when David shows up late, hung over, and without the picture they promised the client in hand. Later, 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 and decides to follow him to New York, David is happy to see her, but does not want to take her to the funeral - She decides to attend anyway. Once there, she finds that David never showed up to the funeral, but she does meet his ex-wife who gives Maddie some conflicting information about why their relationship ended. This is one of Moonlighting’s most iconic episodes that includes a lengthy 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, with 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:

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PURCHASE:

Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Book

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OR on Amazon:

Moonlighting Merchandise

YouTube Channel 

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BONUS:

In this bonus episode Scott Ryan, the author of Moonlighting, An Oral History explains why he thinks this was the perfect song to accompany the Big Man on Mulberry Street episode.

He does this while playing Big Man on Mulberry Street on his piano.

Thank Scott for sharing!

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.

PURCHASE:

Moonlighting: An Oral History

Author, Scott Ryan

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:

Donate at Ko-fi.com

Personal Instagram:

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SYNOPSIS:

Maddie is furious when David shows up late, hung over, and without the picture they promised the client in hand. Later, 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 and decides to follow him to New York, David is happy to see her, but does not want to take her to the funeral - She decides to attend anyway. Once there, she finds that David never showed up to the funeral, but she does meet his ex-wife who gives Maddie some conflicting information about why their relationship ended. This is one of Moonlighting’s most iconic episodes that includes a lengthy 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, with 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.

SYNOPSIS:

Maddie is furious when David shows up late, hung over, and without the picture they promised the client in hand. Later, 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 and decides to follow him to New York, David is happy to see her, but does not want to take her to the funeral - She decides to attend anyway. Once there, she finds that David never showed up to the funeral, but she does meet his ex-wife who gives Maddie some conflicting information about why their relationship ended. This is one of Moonlighting’s most iconic episodes that includes a lengthy 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, with 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.

SYNOPSIS:

A Catholic Priest becomes infatuated with a woman who comes to confession on a regular basis. In her last confession, she informs the Priest that she thinks she wants to die. She leaves the confessional and he is unable to catch up with her only seeing the taxi cab drive away.

He decides to hire Blue Moon to find this woman even though he doesn’t know her name or what she even looks like.

During their investigation, Maddie and David find the woman but are surprised to find that on the surface she seems to be happily married, which totally contradicts what the Priest said. They are now in a dilemma on whether to tell the Priest that she is married.

When the woman apparently commits suicide, Maddie solves the crime when she realizes that the woman couldn’t have killed herself due to the length of the gun. 

So as always, Maddie and David are on the case to find the killer.

GUEST STARS:

Brad Dourif

Jessica Harper

Santos Morales

SPECIAL GUEST STAR:

Richard Beymer

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 Catholic Priest becomes infatuated with a woman who comes to confession on a regular basis. In her last confession, she informs the Priest that she thinks she wants to die. She leaves the confessional and he is unable to catch up with her only seeing the taxi cab drive away.

He decides to hire Blue Moon to find this woman even though he doesn’t know her name or what she even looks like.

During their investigation, Maddie and David find the woman but are surprised to find that on the surface she seems to be happily married, which totally contradicts what the Priest said. They are now in a dilemma on whether to tell the Priest that she is married.

When the woman apparently commits suicide, Maddie solves the crime when she realizes that the woman couldn’t have killed herself due to the length of the gun. 

So as always, Maddie and David are on the case to find the killer.

GUEST STARS:

Brad Dourif

Jessica Harper

Santos Morales

SPECIAL GUEST STAR:

Richard Beymer

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 married woman approaches Blue Moon to help find a man that she has been corresponding with. She says he is her secret admirer. She wants Maddie and David to contact this man and inform him that the letter-writing must now stop.

While Maddie and David are investigating the case, both the woman and the secret admirer both die. The woman is murdered and the admirer jumps out of the window of his apartment. However, Maddie and David believe they died under mysterious circumstances.

This episode introduces a new character to the Moonlighting Team, Herbert Viola played by Curtis Armstrong (uncredited in this episode) who will become a love interest for Miss DiPesto, played by Allyce Beasley.

GUEST STARS:

Paul Roebling

Brooke Bundy

Martin Ferrero

Curtis Armstrong (uncredited)

Chino (Fats) WIlliams

John Kassir

C. Thomas Howell

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 decided to choose Swing Music as their theme, and specifically purchased the rights as a homage to the iconic episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice." Even though this episode is set in the 40s era, they thought it was fitting to utilise this type of sound, as Swing Music was a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s. It became nationally popular from the mid-1930s. Big Bands of the time as well as the Bandleaders such as Benny Goodman were a dominant force in American popular music from 1935 to 1946. This was known as the Swing Era when people were dancing to tunes such as the Lindy Hop. The word "Swing" is used as a term of praise for playing that has a strong groove or drive. Some examples of Musicians from the Swing era include Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, and of course Glenn Miller. Swing has its roots in 1920s dance music. Unfortunately, during the World War II era, Swing music began to decline, but after the war, "Bebop" and "Jump Blues" gained popularity.

Please enjoy this full version of Moonlighting The Podcast's Theme Swing Music.

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 woman approaches Blue Moon to help find a man that she has been corresponding with. She wants Maddie and David to contact this man and inform him that the letter-writing must now stop. Mysteriously, both the woman and the secret admirer both die, but Maddie and David believe they died under mysterious circumstances. A new character is introduced: Herbert Viola played by Curtis Armstrong.

GUEST STARS:

Paul Roebling

Brooke Bundy

Martin Ferrero

Curtis Armstrong (uncredited)

Chino (Fats) WIlliams

C. Thomas Howell

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.

PURCHASE: Curtis Armstrong's Book; "Revenge of The Nerd"

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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Ryan K. Michaels is the owner and operator of the moonlightingstrangers.com website.

Ryan talks to Grace and Shawna about his love for Moonlighting, and how he has been a passionate fan since Moonlighting first aired in 1985.

A large portion of his website is Fan Fiction, where Moonlighting fans can expand the universe of their favorite show. Ryan has scoured the web to find as much fan fiction and Moonlighting content to have it all in one place for fans to review and upload their own stories, content, and comments. He has also written several stories himself. His aim was to organize the Fan Fiction in chronological order so it would be easy to navigate and review on the site. He has successfully collated a vast amount of Fan Fiction from fans around the world who have taken the time to write some inspiring Moonlighting storylines. In this interview, Ryan goes into detail about how there is a missing year in the timeline of Moonlighting, which is what he calls “The Lost Year." Not only that, there are several other inconsistencies that he goes through in detail.

How is this possible? Listen to Ryan’s explanation to find out!

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.