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Kennedy Saves the World

From Sketch to Screen with Costume Designer Debra McGuire

Kennedy Saves the World

FOX News Podcasts

Entertainment News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

3.2639 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

You might not recognize her name, but you’ve definitely seen her designs. Debra McGuire, a costume designer and fine artist, has been behind some of the most unforgettable movies and TV shows out there. From Friends to Superbad, and of course, everyone's favorite, Anchorman, her work has helped shape fashion trends for decades. She and Kennedy take a trip down memory lane to the '90s and share how she styled the Friends cast. McGuire also reveals her favorite movie to work on and talks about why it’s super important for young adults to get involved in the arts.  Follow Kennedy on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KennedyNation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Kennedy Now Available on YouTube: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://link.chtbl.com/kennedyytp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@kennedy_foxnews⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join Kennedy for Happy Hour on Fridays! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWlNiiSXX4BNUbXM5X8KkYbDepFgUIVZj⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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hello and welcome to this episode of Kennedy Saves the World.

0:43.0

When you think about your favorite movies and TV shows, so often what you think about,

0:49.2

but are not distracted by, are the clothes and costumes that your beloved characters wore throughout.

0:57.8

And what a character wears is so emblematic of who they are and why you are connected to

1:07.5

their story.

1:08.5

Even if you don't think about it, there is a creative mind doing so much

1:14.3

work connecting with the writing and the lines and the storylines and the arc and the motivation

1:20.6

of this person and the artistry that connects the living person, the living person, the actor, who reads the lines and brings the

1:31.6

character to life and the creative vision of the showrunner and the show's writers and

1:37.7

the movie writer and producers and the person who brings all of that together to create one of the deepest

1:46.9

emotional connections that you have outside of the actor themselves is the costume designer.

1:52.5

You know, when we think about our favorite shows, we think about people like Deborah McGuire,

1:57.7

who is one of the most legendary costume designers who's worked in TV and film.

2:03.7

Deborah, welcome to Kennedy saves the world.

2:05.9

Thank you. Glad to be here. That was quite an intro.

2:09.0

So, you know, looking at what you do, anyone who has any sort of good personal style and a sense of artistry would look at your job and think of it

2:21.1

as a dream job. You've worked on friends, one of my very favorite movies of all time, Anchorman,

2:27.7

new girl, freaks and geeks, 40-year-old virgin, super bad. So is it a dream job being a costume designer for TV and film?

2:38.0

Well, you make it sound very glamorous, but, you know, our job is a very difficult job, and it's wonderful to be associated with all these fantastic projects,

2:53.6

but the work itself is, you know, it's difficult. The way that I have made that difficult

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