Show Notes
SYNOPSIS: Maddie and David have been together for a month, and she is wondering where their relationship is going. David tries to resolve the situation by taking her out on a proper date. They get a late start on the evening and end up at a laundromat, where they discuss their relationship, dance to the Muzak, and express their love for each other, but she still doesn’t know what she wants. Maddie leaves David in the laundromat saying she needs to be alone and think. She goes home, and the next thing you know, she’s on a plane, flying off into the sunset. There are three fantasy sequences in this episode. Maddie receives relationship advice from Dr. Joyce Brothers. David gets relationship advice from none other than Ray Charles while he sings and plays the piano in David’s living room. And the third is an homage to The Honeymooners filmed in black and white, in which Cybill, Bruce, Allyce, and Charles Rocket play the leads from the classic Jackie Gleason 1950's series.
GUEST STARS: Charles Rocket Dr. Joyce Brothers Ray Charles & The Raelettes Harold J. Surratt Stephanie Shroyer
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.
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SYNOPSIS: David arrives at Blue Moon to find the staff busily cleaning and polishing the office in preparation for Walter’s visit. Herbert is less enthusiastic, describing him as “the human goiter on the neck of life.” When Walter arrives, David introduces himself and downplays his relationship with Maddie, giving Walter a very different impression from what he has previously heard.
SYNOPSIS: David arrives at Blue Moon to find the staff busily cleaning and polishing the office in preparation for Walter’s visit. Herbert is less enthusiastic, describing him as “the human goiter on the neck of life.” When Walter arrives, David introduces himself and downplays his relationship with Maddie, giving Walter a very different impression from what he has previously heard.
SYNOPSIS: David arrives at Blue Moon to find the staff busily cleaning and polishing the office in preparation for Walter’s visit. Herbert is less enthusiastic, describing him as “the human goiter on the neck of life.” When Walter arrives, David introduces himself and downplays his relationship with Maddie, giving Walter a very different impression from what he has previously heard.
In this special episode of Moonlighting The Podcast, Grace and Shawna are joined by Margie Arnett, who worked as Cybill Shepherd’s stand-in and body double on Moonlighting.
SYNOPSIS: David insists he’s perfectly fine with Maddie’s surprise marriage to Walter Bishop—but only because he’s convinced it isn’t real. Determined to prove his theory, he begins testing Maddie’s feelings at every opportunity, even calling her “Mrs. Bishop” in front of clients. Maddie is furious, while Agnes quietly admits she’s heartbroken that the couple she always believed belonged together may never be. As Terri prepares to give birth and Herbert starts digging into Walter’s mysterious past, it’s clear that nothing about this marriage adds up. Meanwhile, Blue Moon takes on what appears to be a straightforward case involving a wife who shoots her husband after hiring the agency to pay off his mistress. But when new evidence emerges, Maddie and David uncover a far more complicated conspiracy. Their investigation culminates in a classic Moonlighting car chase featuring a Mercedes convertible, Maddie’s BMW, and an unlikely post office van, delivering the perfect blend of mystery, comedy, and chaos.