The brains behind “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
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4.8 • 545 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Amy Sherman Palladino and her husband, Dan Palladino, are deep in production for season three of their hit show on Amazon, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” It’s the story of Midge Maisel as she pursues a career in stand-up comedy in 1960s New York. The pair have already won a ton of awards for the show, including Emmys and a Peabody. They talk to us about the joys of producing a show for a streaming company, why no detail is too small to notice and how Midge’s story will end.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, it's Kyle Risdon with a brand new episode of the Corner Office podcast. |
| 0:07.8 | And for today's episode, we are going to start in a corner, but a corner stage. |
| 0:13.4 | Picture of 1960s, New York, Greenwich Village, one of those cellar-style comedy clubs. |
| 0:19.0 | A woman takes the stage. |
| 0:20.1 | So my life completely fell apart today. |
| 0:22.6 | Did I mention that my husband left me? |
| 0:24.7 | Woo-hoo! |
| 0:26.1 | Okay? |
| 0:27.1 | All right, but did I mention that he left me for his secretary? |
| 0:32.5 | She's 21 and dumb as a brillo pad. |
| 0:34.9 | And I'm not naive. |
| 0:36.2 | I know that men like stupid girls, right? |
| 0:38.6 | But I thought Joel wanted more than stupid. I thought he wanted spontaneity and wit. |
| 0:43.4 | I thought he wanted to be challenged. You know what I mean? |
| 0:46.2 | You two are going to be together forever. |
| 0:49.2 | Mitch Maisel, played by Rachel Brosnahan, is the titular character of the marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon. |
| 1:11.1 | Seasons one and two are out now. That was a scene from the first episode that you heard. And so far it has been a smash success. A whole lot of buzz. A whole lot of awards, too. A Peabody and some Emmys for comedy directing and comedy writing. Those last two went to the show's creator, Amy Sherman Palladino, who runs the show with her husband, fellow writer, producer, and director Dan Palladino, both of whom |
| 1:16.0 | I sat down with not too long ago. |
| 1:18.6 | Hi. |
| 1:18.9 | Hi, hi, how are you? Hi, Kai. I'm Kyle. I recognize the voice. |
| 1:23.1 | Their previous work includes Gilmore Girls, which aired originally on the WB starting in |
| 1:27.1 | 2000. It found a new audience, though, originally on the WB starting in 2000. |
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