The Golden Girls Deep Dive Podcast

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe! In Season 2 Episode 12, Sophia is having a birthday and Dorothy is planning a huge surprise--she's flying her mother's sister, Angela, in from Sicily. Shenanigans ensue when it turns out SOPHIA AND ANGELA HATE EACH OTHER. Get ready, Cheesecakes, for the great Nancy Walker!! Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe! In Season 2 Episode 11, the ladies are each be heading out on Christmas Eve to spend the holiday with family. Shenanigans ensue when they get held up – literally – by a sad Santa at Rose’s grief counseling center. Also, does anyone know who's feeding the minks while the ladies are away? Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe! In Season 2 Episode 10, Rose… is going through a bit of a dry spell, and so decides to place an ad in the personals. Shenanigans ensue when nobody responds, so Blanche and Dorothy begin writing letters to Rose under the nom de plume Isaac Q. Newton. I mean, what could possibly go wrong? ALSO, SOPHIA HAS A STALKER AND NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT! Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe! In Season 2 Episode 9, Dorothy has been laid off from work and is looking for a new job when Blanche insists that she come work with her at the museum. Shenanigans ensue when Dorothy is assigned to organize and run the annual banquet – an assignment Blanche had been hoping for. Oh, and Rose brings a dog home and Dorothy is not pleased. Great! More Rose and Dorothy drama!! Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe! In Season 2, Episode 8, the ladies take a dream vacation to an island in the Caribbean. Shenanigans ensue when the resort turns out to be… anything but what was advertised in the brochure. Meanwhile, Patrick falls in love with one of the three guys staying in the room next door to the ladies, and Sophia stays at home to try to woo the gardener (Yes, apparently the ladies have a gardener!). To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe! In Season 2, Episode 7, things get a little steamy when Rose’s daughter, Bridgette, and Dorothy’s son, Michael, pay their mothers a visit at the same time. Shenanigans ensue when Blanche suggests that Bridgette and Michael and take in an evening at the symphony together. Which, of course, ends up with the two coming home and making a symphony of their own… if you know what I mean. And this leads to a Dorothy and Rose showdown for the ages! Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES!!! Today is the day! At long last we got to sit down with our hero, Jim Colucci, author of the definitive book about The Golden Girls, called Golden Girls Forever. As you'll hear him promise, this is just the first of many many conversations we'll be having with Jim in episodes to come. In this conversation, Jim shares the absolutely hilarious, and dare I say touching, story of securing his interview with Bea Arthur for the book. The story is just as outrageous and nail-biting as you'd imagine! GO GRAB YOURSELF A COPY OF JIM'S BOOK! CLICK HERE! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe! In Season 2, Episode 6, Blanche’s father comes to Miami for a visit ("Big Daddy is comin' for a visit!) and has an announcement: he’s engaged to be married. At first, Blanche is thrilled, but shenanigans ensue when Blanche meets his fiancee, who happens to be younger than her. OH, AND WE HAVE THE GREATEST B-STORY OF ALL TIME as Dorothy and Rose enter a song writing contest. Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe! In Season 2, Episode 5, Dorothy's old friend, Jean, is coming to town. And guess what? SHE'S A LESBIAN!! Shenanigans ensue when Jean realizes she's falling in love with Rose. Oh, and Sophia is renting porn and watching it on the living room TV. Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe! In Season 2, Episode 4, we meet everyone's least favorite next door neighbor, Frieda Claxton! The ladies circulate a petition to save a 200 year old oak tree on Frieda's property only to discover that Frieda would be happy to have the city cut it down. Shenanigans ensue when the matter is taken to court where Rose tells Frieda to drop dead, and then... Frieda does! Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME TO EPISODE 28 OF THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls and we end each episode with a fully researched deep dive into something from the Golden Girls universe! In Season 2, Episode 3, Dorothy has hit her dating stride just in time for Stan to need her by his side. So, smartly, Dorothy dumps depressed Stan on Blanche, but then Dorothy can't handle it when Blanche and Stand actually hit it off! Shenanigans ensue when Rose and Sophia go into the sandwich making business. Say it with us, "BACON, LETTUCE, POTATO." For this week's deep dive, Jenn is telling us all about the fascinating and heartbreaking life and career of the late great Joan Rivers! Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WELCOME TO EPISODE 27 OF THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls and we end each episode with a fully researched deep dive into something from the Golden Girls universe! In this episode, the house is being fumigated and the ladies move to a hotel on Miami Beach. Blanche, having won tickets for herself, Dorothy, and Rose to meet Mr. Burt Reynolds, found a hotel that attracts a... different clientele. Shenanigans ensue when the ladies are mistaken for sex workers and land themselves in jail. Sophia comes to save the day... but it's gonna cost the gals dearly! For this week's deep dive, Patrick is telling us all about the life and career of Mr. Burt Reynolds - how he became an actor almost by accident and then spent most of his career turning down what would go on to be some of the most iconic roles in movie history! Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WELCOME TO EPISODE 26 OF THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls and we end each episode with a fully researched deep dive into something from the Golden Girls universe! In this episode, Blanche panics when she takes a pregnancy test and leans that she's pregnant. She quickly discovers, however, that she is not pregnant and has in fact started menopause. Shenanigans ensue when we learn that Dorothy and Rose ARE BREEDING MINKS IN THE GARAGE. It makes absolutely no sense BUT WE LOVE THEM ANYWAY. For this week's deep dive, Patrick tells us all about the 80s classic film "Mannequin", which was Estelle Getty's first major film role! Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You know our new best friend, Clinton Kelly, from his 10 seasons as the co-host of "What Not To Wear" and from his Emmy winning role as a co-host of ABC's "The Chew", but did you know he's a GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST SUPERFAN! In fact, one of the first things he said to us was "I like the Golden Girls, but I LOVE this podcast." Swoon! Check out our chat about all things style, some of the famous (or infamous) Golden Girls outfits, and his EPIC story about a childhood visit to Action Park! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME TO EPISODE 25 OF THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls and we end each episode with a fully researched deep dive into something from the Golden Girls universe! In episode 25, WE GET THE GOLDEN GIRLS ORIGIN STORY!! We find out how they all became roommates AND shenanigans ensue when Patrick points out the one plot point that could possibly derail the whole thing? For the week’s deep dive, Jenn is giving us all the tea on Mame, the musical and, ahem, film that put Bea Arthur's talents on full display and was the beginning of the lifelong beautiful friendship between Bea and Dame Angela Lansbury. Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME TO EPISODE 24 OF THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls and we end each episode with a fully researched deep dive into something from the Golden Girls universe! In episode 24, THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME! BIG DADDY IS COMING TO MIAMI! That’s right, Blanche’s father is bringing all his Southern charm for a visit… but he also has an announcement. Shenanigans ensue when a neighbor’s tree falls onto the ladies’ lanai and Sophia has to put a Sicilian curse on the guy to get him to take care of it. For the week’s deep dive, Patrick is telling us the story of Ellen Stewart, who created the downtown Off-Off-Broadway theater La MaMa. It was at La MaMa that Torch Song Trilogy, the play starring Estelle Getty which led to her landing the role of Sophia on The Golden Girls, was created, and the woman behind the theater's creation was a trailblazer in the downtown arts scene. Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME TO EPISODE 23 OF THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls and we end each episode with a fully researched deep dive into something from the Golden Girls universe! In episode 23, Rose’s sister, Lily, who is learning to live as a blind person comes for a visit, and Rose must make the difficult decision to either go live with Lily in Chicago or encourage her Lily to learn to take care of herself. Shenanigans ensue when the ladies decide to have a garage sale to raise money to buy a new TV. Turns out they all have a lot of garbage they don’t quite want to let go of. For this week’s deep dive, Jenn is giving us the fascinating backstory on the show’s set decoration. How exactly did the ladies end up with so much wicker? You’re about to find out! Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! Come see Patrick on tour! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WELCOME TO EPISODE 22 OF THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls and we end each episode with a fully researched deep dive into something from the Golden Girls universe! In episode 22, Rose loses her job at the grief counseling center, so she starts inviting former patients to the house for treatment. Shenanigans ensue when the ladies find out that Rose is desperate to find another day job, but can’t seem to land one. Also, Blanche is trying to lose a few pounds and Dorothy is VERY EXCITED (cue jazz hands) for a date with an old… flame. Pun intended. For this week’s deep dive Jenn is telling us all about the GROUNDBREAKING 1992 film Stop or My Mom Will Shoot starring Estelle Getty and Sly Stallone. OK, groundbreaking might be going a bit far, but you will not BELIEVE the shady backstory about how Sly got the part or WHICH OTHER GOLDEN GIRL WAS ORIGINALLY OFFERED THE MOM ROLE. This one is wild, y’all. Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CHEESECAKES! We're off this week for Thanksgiving, so we're bringing you another FABULOUS bonus episode! This week we're chatting with 80s and 90s sitcom ICON, Stacy Keanan. We all loved Stacy on those TV show staples of our childhoods--"My Two Dads" and "Step By Step" and you will be absolutely obsessed to learn how she got her big breaks, what is was like growing up on TV, and why she decided to step away from acting to pursue a law career in Los Angeles! And, of course, we chat all about her favorite Golden Girls episode: "Clinton Avenue Memories." And we'll be back next week we our regular recap and Deep Dive for episode 22! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WELCOME TO EPISODE 21 OF THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls and we end each episode with a fully researched deep dive into something from the Golden Girls universe! In episode 21, it's a week before the volunteer awards ceremony, AKA The Social Event of the Season, and all of the women except Sophia come down with the flu. And we ask, what could be more fun than being on death’s door with your best friends? Shenanigans ensue when the gals start fighting over who will win the big award. For this week’s deep dive, Jenn will tell us all about the life and amazing career of casting director Allison Jones. Wait. Till. You. Hear. About. The. Christmas. Scaries. Our episodes are researched by Jess McKillop, Patrick Hinds, and Jennifer Simard. All of our sources can be found on our website. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @GoldenGirlsDeepDive To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices