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And Just Like That...The Writers Room

“They Wanna Have Fun”

And Just Like That...The Writers Room

HBO Max Podcasts

After Shows, Tv & Film

4.1610 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Executive producers Michael Patrick King, Julie Rottenberg, and Elisa Zuritsky join co-executive producer Samantha Irby and executive story editor Lucas Froehlich to discuss “They Wanna Have Fun.” Highlights include Harry’s Bergdorf betrayal, Anthony’s rough introduction to Dottoressa Gianna Amato (played by Patti Lupone), and the birth of party doula Miranda. Plus, the story behind Seema’s (custom!) Louis Vuitton eye patch and Carrie and Miranda’s “delicate soufflé of a fight.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Did someone order Fawn?

0:07.0

God, Miranda, those are, wow, gosh, those are very pink.

0:12.0

Her favorite color.

0:14.0

Oh, where do you want the karaoke machine?

0:16.0

Aunt Carrie.

0:17.0

Um, is not here an option?

0:20.0

Hello, lovers, welcome back to End Just Like That, the writer's room, the official companion podcast of And Just Like That from Max.

0:27.9

I'm Michael Patrick King, writer director and executive producer of An Just Like That.

0:31.4

And I'm here today with executive producer and writer Julie Rotenberg.

0:35.7

Hi.

0:36.3

And executive producer and writer Elisa Zoritzky. Hello. And co-executive producer and writer Julie Rotenberg. Hi. And executive producer and writer

0:37.6

Elisa Zoritsky. Hello. And co-executive producer and writer Samantha Irby.

0:42.0

Hello. As well as executive story editor and writer Lucas Frolic. Hey, hey. Hi, everybody.

0:48.5

Well, today we're here to discuss episode seven written by Lucas and directed by Anou Vallia.

0:56.2

And the name of this episode is they want to have fun and if you want to have fun please go watch the episode before you listen

1:00.9

to us talking about it on the podcast because that will be fun now before we start Lucas I want you to

1:06.4

tell us about the title they want to have fun as compared to girls just want to have fun. What's the

1:12.0

editorial choice you made? Well, I mean, it is also a lyric from the song, and it's like the very

1:18.0

end lyric where they want to have fun. And it just kind of, it was felt more to me a little bit more

1:22.6

fresh than girls just want to have fun. And also just, it emphasizes the theme of everybody trying like so hard for

1:29.1

certain aspects of like trying to make, uh, force von for Miranda and, and trying to put a good

1:35.3

face on Charlotte to like make this birthday a certain thing and Harry trying to make it a perfect

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