607. Doris Day featuring Al Jorden and George Weidler

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

History, Comedy

4.5 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Actress and singer Doris Day built a giant career in Hollywood on the image of the All-American Girl, a perfectly relatable Girl Next Door, virtuous and funny. It was pure spin, with Groucho Marx once quipping, “I’ve been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.” Doris herself chafed at the limitations of the typecasting and how utterly at odds it was to the life she was actually living. In this first part of her story, Alicia takes us through her start in show business, her first two husbands, and a whole lotta playing the field in 1950s Hollywood. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to ⁠info@amplitudemediapartners.com⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, friends. It's Alicia. And Stacey, hello and welcome to a delightful spring holiday weekend encore episode.
0:08.0	You ain't kidding. We mentioned Doris Day in the Sandra D. episode. Healthy sex, remember? And Doris Day,
0:15.8	her April 3rd birthday just a few days ago reminded me of this banger of a tale. Happy birthday,
0:21.3	Doris Day. Doris's marital misadventure qualified is so trashy. It is worth a revisit.
0:28.4	We hope you enjoy today's double feature of this TD alum classic and legend.
0:35.7	Welcome friends to another episode of trashy divorces, everybody's favorite good podcast about
0:41.4	bad relationships. My name is Stacey and we are so happy to have you joining us today.
0:46.7	Alicia, you are as is your want bringing us back to Old Hollywood.
0:51.4	That I am. Hey, you friends, Alicia here, and it is time. Finally,
0:56.8	for America's sweetheart, the girl next door with the most terrible picker in husbands, Doris Day.
1:05.7	For all of the success in her career, her love life and her four marriages are all terrible, all terrible, each
1:13.3	terrible in their own distinctive, terrible way. This story is so chock full of trashy. This episode is
1:20.9	going to take Doris through her first two husbands, Al Jordan and George Weedler, a few love
1:27.0	affairs before we bring Doris to hubby number three
1:30.2	It is a real sentimental journey this week
1:34.1	With Shea the bad picker, Doris Day
1:37.3	Stacey, I think we have to
1:39.5	Go, go, go.
1:55.7	All right, Alicia, as we know, I am not an old Hollywood buff.
1:56.9	You are.
1:58.8	It's my favorite stuff.
2:01.1	Doris Day, she of the bad picker.
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