Sister, Can You Spare a Kidney? (Guest: Barrett Blackman)
Out on the Lanai: A Golden Girls Podcast
H Alan Scott, Kerri Doherty
4.5 • 605 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Out on the Lanai, we’re heading back to Season 1 for a deep dive into "Transplant," and we’ve got the perfect guest to help us navigate the drama of Blanche’s sister Virginia.
Joining us is Barrett Blackman, host of the podcast So Good We Named It. Together, we tackle the high stakes of kidney donations, the iconic shade of the early episodes, and why the chemistry of the girls was already so lived-in by episode four.
We also chat with Barrett about his latest project, The Big "Half & Half" Rewatch Podcast, where he's revisiting the early 2000s sitcom classic.
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| 0:00.0 | Picture it, Los Angeles, 2026. Welcome to Out on the Lanai, the only Golden Girls podcast you're ever going to need to listen to. I am H. L. and Scott. |
| 0:21.3 | Now, Carrie is off this week because, you know, baby, she got got Coco, |
| 0:26.1 | little Oreo and Coco at home. |
| 0:27.6 | We officially are nicknaming the new baby Coco, which I love so much. |
| 0:31.7 | Coco and little Oreo. |
| 0:33.0 | But she's off this week because of babies. |
| 0:34.8 | And so this week I will be joined by total friend of the pod, |
| 0:40.0 | fabulous Golden Girls podcaster, Barrett from So Good, we named it. We had so much fun together. |
| 0:47.0 | We chatted about the season one, episode four episode transplant, you know, the one where Virginia says, |
| 1:12.3 | Don Blanche. There's a reason why Barrett wanted to watch this episode. But I'm going to let him say that for himself when we come back in just a little bit. So, so much fun, so much fun this episode. This episode, I actually learned something about the actress who plays Virginia. |
| 1:14.3 | It's Shiree or Sheree North. |
| 1:15.6 | I can't get her name right. |
| 1:18.1 | And I'm sorry, God rest her soul. |
| 1:20.0 | But she is fantastic. |
| 1:27.5 | And I learned something about her in my research that is kind of eerie in terms of the storyline of this episode. |
| 1:46.8 | You're definitely going to want to stick around for that. We also talked, of course, a lot about whether we would give each other, not each other kidneys. Maybe I asked him if he'd give me his kidney. I don't think he's going to give me his kidney. But whether if you would give, like a family member, a kidney, I think I would. I'm pretty sure that I would. but Barrett, Barrett has some things to say. |
| 1:46.0 | So we had a lot of fun chatting about this episode. I particularly liked Sophia |
| 1:51.6 | in this episode. But yeah, there's lots to discuss in this episode. Also on the Rusty Anchor Happy Hour, |
| 1:57.3 | I am flying solo. So it's another unhinged time with me on the Rusty Anchor |
| 2:03.8 | Happy Hour because you know you're just dying for some unhinged moments with me, aren't you? |
| 2:09.4 | Aren't you? Aren't you? So yeah, stick around because I will be right back with Barrett from |
| 2:15.0 | So Good We Named it to talk about the season one episode four episode Transplant. So we'll be right back with Barrett from So Good We Named it to talk about the season one episode |
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