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That Aged Well

Ally McBeal (1997) - Uber Lawyers, Bus Hits & a Boa Moment

That Aged Well

That Aged Well Podcast

Tv & Film, Arts, Film Reviews, Performing Arts

4.9762 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

This week on That Aged Well, Paul and Erika take a closer at one of the most iconic shows of the 90’s, Ally McBeal! The show took over the culture for a year or so, Calista Flockhart became a household name, Vonda Shepard sang a lot of songs…and it achieved all the goals of feminism at the same time! Or wait, did it do that last one?

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Hosts: Paul Caiola & Erika Villalba
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0:00.0

Hey folks, have you ever stayed up late wondering things like, what do extraterrestrial radio signals and a mushroom from Texas have in common?

0:08.6

Or what is a number station and why is it so spine-tigglingly creepy?

0:15.3

Well, Erica and listeners, Shane and Duncan of Midnight Facts for Insomniacs, actually have an entire podcast about that.

0:23.9

Midnight Facts for Insomniacs is a podcast of fascinating facts.

0:28.0

Paul, what's your favorite fascinating fact?

0:30.1

The fact that B.B. Newworth is the only actress to have played all three principal roles in Chicago during a single run of that show.

0:35.0

That is fascinating.

0:35.8

It is. I find it endlessly fascinating.

0:38.8

From the psychology of gambling to the evolution of cats. They do the research so you don't have to.

0:45.6

Now, wait a minute. What's your favorite fascinating fact? The fact that they used to use vibrators to

0:50.0

cure hysteria back in Victorian times, which is so hilarious because it's like women were just like,

0:55.0

oops, I have hysteria again. Oh no. What am I to do? So everyone, tune into midnight facts for

1:02.2

insomniacs wherever you are listening to us. I have recently had to fast for a day before a medical

1:08.3

procedure. Oh, okay. Not for your girlish figure? No. Sadly, no. My girlish figure remains exactly as girlish as it was before. However, I had to fast for a day. So you have chicken broth, you know. Oh, so I'm starting to guess what this medical procedure was. Yeah, yeah. And I would like to state that the entire country, nay, perhaps the entire world is being scammed by the scam that is low sodium chicken broth. Oh, agreed. That is water. That is disgusting. It's not even water. It's not. It's like water at least is refreshing. Yeah. And that is, it's got a viscousness to it that I don't care.

1:45.6

I hate it.

1:46.2

I hate it. I usually don't buy it, but I had like an open one in the fridge. I must have cooked with it. I'm never buying it again. Every, every recipe that asked me to get low sodium chicken broth can fuck right off. I'm getting full sodium chicken broth and I'll cut back on the salt that I add. How's that?

1:59.1

How do you like that?

1:59.9

How do you like them apples?

2:00.7

How do you like them apples recipes?

2:02.6

Honestly, like chicken broth and I'll cut back on the salt that I add. How's that? How do you like them apples? How do you like them apples recipes? Honestly, like I like chicken broth, some of it is so good. Uh-huh. And then some of it is just disgusting and you like brand by brand. You're not, it's, it, it, it, it, the correct brand is collagen. If anyone's wondering, collagen, chicken broth. Not chicken stock, chicken broth.

2:18.1

That's the good shit.

2:18.8

Thank you.

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