Thank You for Being a Podcast: The Golden Girls Podcast

*Drumroll... * We had the absolutely amazing Marc Cherry (Golden Girls writer/producer, Desperate Housewives creator, Why Women Kill on CBS All Access) on the Golden Girls podcast!!! We sat in the beautiful pool house in Marc's home in Los Angeles and chatted about his time working for The Golden Girls. It was a nostalgic, engaging fun time and we learned many things about the actresses, his li...

We watched the Golden Girls' performance for the Queen of England during the 1988 Royal Variety Performance overseas. We gathered round once again and invited, friend of the show, Sari Beliak (@thecrassceiling, The Onion, Reductress) and Courtney Wahlstrom (@bonecrusherqueen, The Bro Show, Big Pine Comedy Festival) the Genevieve's house to talk all about the Golden Girls' visit to the London Pa...

TYfBaP alum Genevieve Rice is back with a new podcast, Taste Buddies, about the best subject in the world: food! In this very special episode, Genevieve reunites with her former co-host Anthony Desamito to talk about everything from birthdays in restaurants to the virtues of Walmart. We even talk about The Golden Girls for a hot minute. Scratch your Genevieve and Anthony itch here!  Taste Buddi...

We are back for this very special episode of TyFBaP with the most amazing human ever, the insightful Tony Tripoli (@TonyTripoli, E!'s Fashion Police with Joan Rivers, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List)! We watched the Golden Girls TV special filmed 11 years after the series ended in 2003 with the most awkward interviews from the cast, all except Sophia. It was The Room of TV specials, amazin...

We're LIVE in L.A. and it's the FINALE PART 2!!! We had the wonderful Maggie Maye, (@Maggiemayehaha, CONAN, Gotham Comedy Live) Valerie Tosi (@valerie_tosi, Buzzfeed, The Mermaid Comedy Hour) and Bryan Vokey (@BryanJVokey, No Sir I Don't Like It podcast, Adrenaline) on the very LAST episode of Thank You for Being a Podcast. We had cheesecake and drank wine at The Clubhouse in Los Angeles as we ...

It's the SERIES FINALE PART ONE! LIVE! We can't believe it! We had so much fun with Everett Byram (@rad_milk, Owned by Steve Harvey on Live TV, Buzzfeed) and Daniel Moquin (@notdanielmoquin, Boy's Club, SOVO Magazine) as we ate four types of cheesecake and sang the Golden Girls theme song! It was a proposal-sode, of course! It was the one where Blanche tricks Dorothy into going on a date with h...

We had the incomparable, hilarious Merrie Greenfield (The Torch Theatre, The Foundation improv, Spearmint improv) on the Golden Girls podcast! We watched the one where the girls try to crash a high school reunion to meet single men and Rose ends up having a cardiac episode and needing triple bypass. Rose's daughter visits and expresses her hate for her mother's roommates and Blanche makes a ver...

We had the amazingballs, superfun Jen Saunderson (@JenSaunderson, IFC's The Filling is Mutual, America's Got Talent) on the Golden Girls podcast! We watched the one where Blanche convinces Rose to give Miles a racey picture of herself for his birthday, but then shit hits the fan when Miles' friends accidentally get a glimpse. Also, Dorothy lands a job a big video game corporation where she gets...

We had the Golden Girls royalty that is Sarah Dorfman (@SarahPDorfman, Hollywood Hotel, VersaChalk Social Media Influencer) on the Golden Girls podcast! We watched the one where the Golden Girls throw a party during a leap year's full moon which makes everyone act strange. A lot happens: Rose is debating wether she should marry Miles for a free trip to Paris, Blanche is being courted by a caree...

We had Golden Girls super-fan Erin Alexis (@erinalexistweet, True Blood, Hart of Dixie) on one of the last Golden Girls podcast episodes ever! Hooray! We watched an attention-sode! It was the one where Blanche invites a depressed Dorothy to the Rusty Anchor, Dorothy surprisingly is a hit among the bar's testosterone-driven clientele and Blanche does not like this one bit. Also, Sophia decides t...

We had the amazing Carmen Morales (@thefunnycarmen, FOX's Laughs, HBO Latino) and the very best person Mo Urban (@SomeMoComedy, Comedy at the Wench, Cunts Being Cunts Talking About Cunts Comedy Show) on the Golden Girls podcast! Hooray! It's a court-isode! We watched the one where we find out that Sophia is a nightmare to buy shoes for. Also Rose finds a story to report for her TV job regarding...

We had the always great Zach Stein (@hack_stein, Friends Forever Podcast) on the Golden Girls podcast! It was a puppy-sode! And Jeopardy is in town! We watched the where Dorothy is auditioning for Jeopardy and she's taking studying and winning way too seriously. Also, Rose is back to her Candy Striper volunteer work at the hospital and it's so stressful that the girls give her a dog. We talked ...

We had the totally great Kristin Lytie (@KristinLytie, Beast Village Comedy Festival, Spaceship Comedy) and also the awesome Molly Dean (@WLDbrryHashTart, The Freakin' A's, Comedy On Fire) on the Golden Girls podcast! Hooray! We watched the one where Dorothy is fixated on a Beatles cover band and she falls in love with a George Harrison impersonator. Also, Blanche starts dating a guy that will ...

We had the fantastical Chris Wilmoth (@TheRealBRoch, Rent Money Comedy, Off The Rails at the VFW) on the Golden Girls podcast! Huzzah! It's a molest-isode! We watched the one where Dorothy gets together with an old high school teacher who is, as we all agreed, super creepy. Also, Rose is producing a show at the TV station and gets Dorothy and Blanche to be guests and let's just say, things go t...

This week our guest is the great Hannah Heard (@hahahannah421) on the Golden Girls podcast! Hooray! It was the one where Sophia finds a boyfriend in the personals but it comes with a price, his sister, and she has a very bad plan for their relationship. Also, Rose is visited by an old lover who she does not remember at all. C-plot: Blanche gets striped of all her womanly powers. We talked about...

We had the superbly, amazing comedy writer Julie Seabough (@Julie Seabough, Rolling Stone, Variety) on the Golden Girls podcast! We had a pope-isode! We watched one where the Pope is coming to visit Miami and Sophia is hunting him down so he can help bless her dying friend Agnus. Also, Blanche points out that Miles might be cheating on Rose. C-plot: Dorothy and Blanche compete to see who can gi...

We had the superbly great Danielle Arce (@DanielleArce, Breakfast Babes, DanielleLand) on the Golden Girls podcast! We watched a soldier-sode! It was the one where one of Blanche's hook-ups comes back from the fighting in the Gulf War to be with Blanche again... But Blanche doesn't remember him. Also, Sophia is writing her will and she's trying to make sure Dorothy gets nothing. We talked about...

We had Golden Girls superfan Valerie Roberts (@ValleyValAZ, Tempe Center for the Arts) on the Golden Girls podcast! Valerie won all 3 Golden Girls prizes at our last live show at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, so yes, we had to have her on. It’s a ghostisode! We watched the one where Blanche’s family plantation is being torn down and she will do everything to stop it! Also, Sophia gets a visit f...

We had male comedian Bill Laskowski (@BillLaskowski, Big Pine Comedy Festival) on the Golden Girls podcast! It was an Italy-sode! It was the one where Dorothy goes on a cruise with a new lover and leaves Blanche in charge of Sophia, who decides that this is a good time to visit Italy all by herself. Also, Rose is fed up with Miles because he's become very cheap lately. We talked about harassing...

We had the magical Kerrilynn Gallagher (@kergal14, PHX People, Lady Killers) on the Golden Girls podcast! It was a hurricanisode! From the infamous NBC's Hurricane Saturday, a one-off cross-over programming block with Empty Nest and Nurses! It's the one where a hurricane's a comin' and Sophia is the only one who seems to care, Dorothy catches her sister Gloria having sex with Stan who is still ...

We had the lovely Andrew Ryan Fox (@KillRyanFox, Slapped Jack Black in the face, Andrew Ryan Fox Live At The Velvet Underground! album)  It was a fake recap episode! We watched the one where Dorothy somehow goes on a date with a very popular bachelor and makes everyone else jealous. So the remaining three Golden Girls stay up late and go back in time: telling horrible dating stories! We talked ...

We had the awesomeness that is Iesha Renee (@IeshaRenee6, Arizona's Funniest Person with a Day Job Finalist, Big Pine Comedy Festival) on the Golden Girls podcast! AND it was a tiredcast. We watched the one where Rose is writing roast jokes for a co-worker which Blanche decides she's going to date and it turns out he's a mama's boy. Also, Stan ambushes Dorothy during a therapy session and the i...

We had the totally fun Jeremiah Coughlan (@haha_jcough, Crom Comedy Festival, Hudson Comedy Festival) and the amazingness that is Pauline Yasuda (@PaulineYasuda, California's Funniest Female Winner, The Bill Engvall Show) on the Big Pine Comedy Festival's live Thank You For Being a Podcast! We sat at Blendz in Flagstaff and watched the one where Dorothy tries to write a letter to her dead fathe...

We had the amazing Jihan Sabir (@JihanSabir, The Ebony Mic) on the Golden Girls podcast! It's a secretsode! It was the one where the girls find out that Blanche's house isn't up to code to have so many tenants living in her home and one Golden Girl has to eventually leave. Also, we find out that Sophia has been married before she was married to Dorothy's father. And Rose knows building codes! W...

We had Mary Upchurch (@maryupchurch on Insta, Jesterz) and Jack Galvin (@realjackgalvin, Big Pine Comedy Festival) on the Golden Girls podcast! Huzzah! It's a wheelchairsode! It's the one where Dorothy hires a nurse to help with Sophia who is wheelchair bound and the nurse starts stewing up trouble. Also, Blanche enters her grand-daughter into the Little Miss Miami beauty pageant and Blanche ge...

We had the wonderful Brett Erickson (@iBrettmypants, The Unbookables, The Doug Stanhope Podcast) on the Golden Girls podcast! AND. IT. WAS. AWESOME! It was Golden Girls meet Murder She Wrote: We watched the one where the Golden Girls attend a murder mystery night for Blanche's work and there turns out to be a real murder... And Blanche is the main suspect! Also, Sophia steals a bunch of silverw...

We had the amazing Gina Brillon (@GinaBrillon, The Fluffy Movie, Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham) and the incredible Kim Porter (@Kimboheinie, L.A. Drama Critic's Circle Award, Phoenix New Times' Big Brain Award) on the Golden Girls podcast! Hooray! We watched the one where Blanche develops some old photos and discovers that Rose's ex-husband Charlie may have possibly slept with Blanche! Also, ...

We had the most amazing person in the world on the podcast, the awesome Mariana Desamito (@comedicfailure on Insta, @cobelita on Snap)! We watched the one where a kids' school play being put on at Dorothy's school is under siege because the kids in the play got the measles. So, the girls volunteer to act and sing in the Golden Girls version of Chicken Little! Hooray! Also, a love-scorned obitua...

We had NO GUEST! It's just Anthony Desamito (@AnthonyDesamito, FOX's Laughs, The Doug Stanhope Podcast) and Genevieve Rice (@genevieverice, The Dana Gould Hour, Bird City Comedy Festival founder) on the GG Podcast! Huzzah! We watched the second part of what turned out to be a flashback-isode, our FAVORITE kind. It's the conclusion of the one where Sophia is arrested for setting her old retireme...

She's back! It's Molly Dean (@WLDbrryHashTart, The Freakin' A's) on the Golden Girls podcast again... Hooray! It's a flashback-isode! We watched the one where it's revealed that Sophia was the one who set her retirement home on fire from episode one! And during this ordeal, the Golden Girls somehow reminisce about everything from being a slut to saving marine mammals. We talked about the Latins...

Our guest this week is Joe Kaye (@JoeCharlesKaye, Canteen Points) on the Golden Girls podcast! It's a Stan-isode. We hungover-ishly watched the one where Dorothy enters a bachelorette auction and Stan wins her! Also, Sophia's brother Angelo visits under bad circumstances. AND Dorothy and Stan inherit an apartment building. We talked about how the movie Point Break was created, Rosebud diapers a...

Our guest this week it's Jessie Balli (@chatterboxaz, Storyline, Yarnball). We watched the one where Dorothy decides to go on a date with a guy who stood her up on prom night, so of course she has ulterior motives. Also, Blanche goes on a crash diet so she can fit into her wedding dress and C-plot: Sophia tortures her with food. We talked about MySpace's flowing blessings, Gulliver's Island rol...

This week's guest is the great Jimmy Callaway (@Jimmytheworm, Lupo Danish Never Has Nightmares, Splitsider) on the Golden Girls podcast! We watched the one where Blanche tries to join "The Daughters of the South" and she discovers some shocking information during the process. Also, Miles is back from hiding in an Amish community because the Cheeseman has gotten out of prison and is out looking ...

We had the superbly great Scott Luhrs (@luhrsman, Chatterbox, In Vino Veritas) on the Golden Girls podcast! Hooray! We watched the one where Blanche is mistaken for the mother of her grand-daughter by a new love interest and has to continue the deception to be with him. Also, Dorothy is having trouble with her honor students because they are way too smart for her. And Sophia and Rose put on a v...

It's the supz aweome Pallavi Gunalan (@PallaviGunalan, Mom Party, Desi Comedy Fest) is our guest this week on the Golden Girls podcast! We ate unnecessary vegan pizza and watched the one where Blanche begins to fall in love with a regular booty call, but does he feel the same way? Also is up for a weekend reporter position at her job and is covering... wait for it... A DOG SHOW! We talked about...

We had the totally super fun Deidra Kathleen (@DeidraKathleen, Rosemary's Food Baby, In Case You Missed It) on the Golden Girls podcast! Hooray! It was a false pretense-isode! We watched the one where Dorothy pretends to get Sophia a job at a nursing home but really it's just a way to get Sophia to be watched over by the home. Also, Blanche and Rose land a gig at a mall as models for the local ...

We had the totally awesome Andrea Guzzetta (Insta: @andreaguzzeta, Milwaukee Comedy Festival) eat Thai food with us while we watched Golden Girls! It was a late night, sleepycast! We watched the two-parter where Rose's previous partner Miles' friend Ray starts hanging out with Rose and Rose begins to be stalked by his jealous wife. Also, Dorothy reveals to Sophia that she has been dating Stan b...

We had the awesome Victor Martinez Jr. (@VictorMcomedy, The High Tonight Show, Garage Mic) on the Golden Girls podcast! We smoked and hung out at the Palihouse Hotel in West Hollywood courtesy of Genevieve Rice and watched and amazing episode; we watched the one where we find out that Rose's boyfriend Miles is living under the witness protection program hiding from a mobster that he snitched on...

This was fun! We had Xchel Hernandez-Zendejas (@HiSilentX, Married to Bravo, Hot Off the Hotdish) and Joleen Lunzer (@PaleGurl, FOX's Laughs, Dissecting the Set) on the Golden Girls podcast in Genevieve's hotel room in West Hollywood! We watched the one where Blanche's gay brother Clayton is back and this time he's gayer than ever... because he's getting married! To a dude! A Blanche cannot und...

It' s the amazing Hana Michels (@HanaMichels, Funny or Die, The Hard Times) on the Golden Girls podcast! Hooray! We watched the one where Rose's relationship with Miles has become very predictable, so Rose signs them up for skydiving classes. Also, Blanche starts dating a guy who is very verbally abusive and no one can talk her out of seeing him. crowd oooos And the c-plot is Sophia shames Doro...

We had the loveable, supz kewl Danny Williams (@trunk_liquor, Off The Rails Comedy) on the Golden Girls podcast! Hooray! We watched the one where Sophia's cross-dressing son Phil passes away and the funeral is for some reason in Miami. Which means that Sophia has to be in the same room with her daughter-in-law Angela, who for some other reason, doesn't like. Funerals, ya know. We talked about c...

We had the super kewl Mo Urban (@SomeMoComedy, Comedy at the Wench, The Estrogen Hour) on the Golden Girls podcast immersed in a Tucson hotel paradise. We watched the one where Blanche picks up a guy at the library and it turns out that he's in a wheelchair, so obviously the old wheelchair joke book is dusted off. Also, Rose gets a supz cute puppy and everyone is angry about it, especially Doro...

We the super, uber awesome April Walterscheid (@Walterschnitzel, April Got Fired, The Improv Podcast) is our guest this week on the Golden Gils podcast! Yay! This was a Blanche-isode! Blanche gives advice to Rose to not have sex and gives Sophia advice to have sex and pretty much ruins everyone's lives. And Dorothy is bitter about it all. We talked about gay wine painting, fake orgasms and auto...

It's the superb Dave Williamson (@DaveWComedy, FOX's Laughs, NickMom Night Out) on the Golden Girls podcast! We were surrounded by beautiful Chihuahuas as we watched the one where we learn that Blanche's late husband had faked his death. Also Dorothy is being courted by two celebrities, Sonny Bono and Lyle Waggoner. We talked about magical umbilical cords, horse costumes and The Phantom Menace ...

THIS WAS FUN! We had Patrick Hastie (@PatrickHastie, Jack Knife Comedy, College Humor), Robert Buscemi (@RobertBuscemi, Surprise!, You Made It Weird) and Amanda Hurley (@amandajunemoon, Bear Trap, Beast Village Comedy Festival) on the LIVE Golden Girls podcast at the Bird City Comedy Festival in Phoenix! Again at the lovely Renaissance Hotel, where the night before we had a 100 person hotel par...

We had the pun-tastic Stephen Holleman (@HollemanJokes, Comedy Chow at Hooters) on the Golden Girls podcast!!! And we had pizza from Lucifers and a visit from Tom Whalen (@TommyntheCutmen) who delivered our pizza! It was the one where Sophia decides to become a nun after her friend from a convent dies. Also, Blanche borrows Rose's car to rear end men on the road that she basically wants to bang...

We had the super fantastic Jackie Kashian (@jackiekashian, The Jackie and Laurie Show, I'm Not the Hero of This Story on iTunes!) on the Golden Girls podcast and it was a Stanisode! We ate chicken pizza and watched the one where Dorothy is full on dating Stan again and nothing can seem to stop them. Also, Rose has a new super needy co-worker who won't stop talking chatting with her! We talked a...

We had the always loveable, wonderfull Dan Hoen Hull (@VeryBadBuddhist, The Storyline, Then It Got Weird...) on the Golden Girls podcast! Fab! We watched the one where Dorothy gives the high school football star a failing grade and the student body hates on her. Also, Rose's dentist ends up being a Creepy McCreeperson. We talked keeping cellphones in your bra, slut shaming priests and what happ...

It was the wonderful Marnee Burrus (@bagel_fett, Then It Got Weird, Bird City Comedy Festival) on the Golden Girls podcast! It was amazing!!! We watched the one where Blanche's childhood mammy Viola visits the Miami house! But, Blanche had not seen Viola since she had left without saying good-bye when Blanche was a child. And Sophia hires a matchmaker for Dorothy. We talked about Mulan, revenge...

We had the ever-so-lovely Everett Byram (@rad_milk, Boy's Club, The Daily Dot) was our guest this week on the Golden Girls podcast! We watched the one where Dorothy tries to help an agoraphobic man who hasn't left his apartment since before Nixon's gate was watered. Also, Rose is dead set on finding out what Blanche's birthdate is to throw her a birthday party. We talked about banjo eyes, the F...