Amy Sherman-Palladino, creator of 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' and 'Gilmore Girls'

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Amy Sherman-Palladino has worked on some of the most unique programs to be ever greenlit for the TV screen. You've seen her work on Gilmore Girls. For three seasons, she was a writer on Roseanne, and wrote some really iconic episodes. Her latest work can be seen on Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Amy Sherman-Palladino joins us to talk about what she learned working on Roseanne in her early 20's, and how that experience helped her create Gilmore Girls. Plus, did you know the Gilmore Girls pitch kind of happened by chance? Of course, we'll take some time to talk about Mrs. Maisel , too!

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:12.3	I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:13.6	Amy Sherman-Paladino is the mastermind behind the marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
0:18.5	She created the Gilmore girl.
0:19.8	She was a writer on Rosanne.
0:22.0	Those three are some of the most unique shows to have ever graced our airwives.
0:27.0	They all follow families that were a little bit bonkers, dealing with the ups and downs
0:32.2	that life throws us all, finding happiness, rebuilding after loss.
0:36.4	What love really means.
0:37.9	They're also all about women, but maybe not the kind of women that you expect to see
0:42.2	on TV.
0:43.2	Amy Sherman-And the idea of taking a woman who was not a 1950s housewife who was dissatisfied
0:49.1	with her life or staring at a window thinking there's something better out there, but a woman
0:52.9	who really loved her life, who really thought, I've scored.
0:57.5	This is great.
1:00.2	Having that ripped out from under her and then discovering this whole other way to live,
1:06.6	that was a journey that I thought was worth taking.
1:09.0	It's Bullseye.
1:10.0	My guest is the wonderful Amy Sherman-Paladino.
1:19.8	She's the creator of the marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
1:22.5	The show circles around Midge Maisel and her dysfunctional family.
1:26.4	She starts the show as a housewife in 1950s, New York.
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