Moonlighting The Podcast

SYNOPSIS: When Maddie does not react after walking in on a strip-poker game David is playing with the employees, he realizes that there is something wrong. After some coaxing, Maddie confides in David that she has been having urges lately to go out “find a man and be bad.” For obvious reasons, he is extremely worried about her, so he decides to follow her. Later, a woman steals Maddie’s coat and h...

SYNOPSIS: Maddie and David have decided to give Herbert Viola more responsibility by putting him in charge of more cases. Agnes is not happy to hear this, as he has been at Blue Moon for only two and a half months and she has worked for Maddie and David for five years. A very feisty Agnes goes to Maddie’s office and tells them both that in those five years, she’s had only one day off and has been...

SYNOPSIS: Maddie and David have decided to give Herbert Viola more responsibility by putting him in charge of more cases. A very feisty Agnes goes to Maddie’s office and tells them both that in those five years, she’s had only one day off and has been late just three times, only one of which was her fault. She has also taken pay cuts in bad times and has never asked for a raise. Maddie and David t...

"NO NEW EPISODE AGAIN, AND AMERICA WANTS TO KNOW WHY." - RONA BARRETT. Many other programs have done clip shows that reflect past seasons' best moments. But Moonlighting liked to do things differently. Would we have it any other way?  This episode begins with gossip columnist Rona Barrett, who has arrived at the studio to ask why there is no new episode of Moonlighting (as was so common). Ron...

"NO NEW EPISODE AGAIN, AND AMERICA WANTS TO KNOW WHY." - RONA BARRETT. Many other programs have done clip shows that reflect past seasons' best moments. But Moonlighting liked to do things differently. Would we have it any other way?  This episode begins with gossip columnist Rona Barrett, who has arrived at the studio to ask why there is no new episode of Moonlighting (as was so common). Ron...

Cybill talks about her life with Film Director Peter Bogdanovich, having Orson Welles as a house guest, and behind-the-scenes details about the Moonlighting set and so much more. Originally from Memphis Tennessee, at the age of 16, she won the Miss Teenage Memphis title. Soon she was being cast in various modelling campaigns and became the “it” girl on the cover of magazines such as Teen and Glamo...

SYNOPSIS: This classic episode, very popular with Moonlighting fans, is an homage to the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, made in 1946 and starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. In the movie, an angel is sent down from heaven to show a frustrated businessman what life would have been like if he never existed. Maddie is forced to make her employees work over Christmas due to one of their client’s court...

SYNOPSIS: This classic episode, very popular with Moonlighting fans, is an homage to the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, made in 1946 and starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. In the movie, an angel is sent down from heaven to show a frustrated businessman what life would have been like if he never existed. Maddie is forced to make her employees work over Christmas due to one of their client’s court...

Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn are a writing team responsible for many episodes of Moonlighting. They also served as Producers on the show. Their many other credits include: Duckman Private Dick/Family Man, Mork & Mindy, Meet Joe Black and The West Wing. Jeff and Ron talk about how they met in the early days and their writing relationship along the way. They also give a behind-the-scenes...

Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn are a writing team responsible for many episodes of Moonlighting. They also served as Producers on the show. Their many other credits include: Duckman Private Dick/Family Man, Mork & Mindy, Meet Joe Black and The West Wing. Jeff and Ron talk about how they met in the early days and their writing relationship along the way. They also give a behind-the-scenes...

SYNOPSIS: A teenage “Moonlighting”’ fan is forced by his mother to do his homework rather than watch the show. His homework is to read William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” The show transforms back in time to a day in Padua, Italy, in 1593. The main characters of “Moonlighting”’ enact the remainder of the show with their version of William Shakespeare's play “The Taming of the Shrew”’ i...

SYNOPSIS: A teenage “Moonlighting”’ fan is forced by his mother to do his homework rather than watch the show. His homework is to read William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” The show transforms back in time to a day in Padua, Italy, in 1593. The main characters of “Moonlighting”’ enact the remainder of the show with their version of William Shakespeare's play “The Taming of the Shrew”’ i...

Grace and Shawna review some of the music changes that have been made to get Moonlighting streaming on HULU. Due to the many songs that were on Moonlighting, it was a difficult task to get it streaming due to all the music rights. Some songs had to go, but many have remained in the show. Have a listen to what Grace and Shawna have to say. MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW The show is all about the hit TV S...

SYNOPSIS: David informs Maddie that he has to leave town for a few days for a funeral, and drops a bomb on her - he’s been married before. Maddie is shocked by the news David told her before he left and Maddie has a dream depicting how she thinks the events in David’s past life unfolded. Maddie decides to follow him to New York. This is one of Moonlighting’s most iconic episodes that includes a da...

SYNOPSIS: Maddie is furious when David shows up late, hung over, and without the picture they promised the client in hand. Later, David informs Maddie that he has to leave town for a few days for a funeral, and drops a bomb on her - he’s been married before. Maddie is shocked by the news and decides to follow him to New York, David is happy to see her, but does not want to take her to the funeral...

BONUS: In this bonus episode Scott Ryan, the author of Moonlighting, An Oral History explains why he thinks this was the perfect song to accompany the Big Man on Mulberry Street episode. He does this while playing Big Man on Mulberry Street on his piano. Thank Scott for sharing! MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce...

SYNOPSIS: Maddie is furious when David shows up late, hung over, and without the picture they promised the client in hand. Later, David informs Maddie that he has to leave town for a few days for a funeral, and drops a bomb on her - he’s been married before. Maddie is shocked by the news and decides to follow him to New York, David is happy to see her, but does not want to take her to the funeral...

SYNOPSIS: Maddie is furious when David shows up late, hung over, and without the picture they promised the client in hand. Later, David informs Maddie that he has to leave town for a few days for a funeral, and drops a bomb on her - he’s been married before. Maddie is shocked by the news and decides to follow him to New York, David is happy to see her, but does not want to take her to the funeral...

SYNOPSIS: A Catholic Priest becomes infatuated with a woman who comes to confession on a regular basis. In her last confession, she informs the Priest that she thinks she wants to die. She leaves the confessional and he is unable to catch up with her only seeing the taxi cab drive away. He decides to hire Blue Moon to find this woman even though he doesn’t know her name or what she even looks like...

SYNOPSIS: A Catholic Priest becomes infatuated with a woman who comes to confession on a regular basis. In her last confession, she informs the Priest that she thinks she wants to die. She leaves the confessional and he is unable to catch up with her only seeing the taxi cab drive away. He decides to hire Blue Moon to find this woman even though he doesn’t know her name or what she even looks like...

SYNOPSIS: A married woman approaches Blue Moon to help find a man that she has been corresponding with. She says he is her secret admirer. She wants Maddie and David to contact this man and inform him that the letter-writing must now stop. While Maddie and David are investigating the case, both the woman and the secret admirer both die. The woman is murdered and the admirer jumps out of the window...

Grace and Shawna decided to choose Swing Music as their theme, and specifically purchased the rights as a homage to the iconic episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice." Even though this episode is set in the 40s era, they thought it was fitting to utilise this type of sound, as Swing Music was a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s. It beca...

SYNOPSIS: A woman approaches Blue Moon to help find a man that she has been corresponding with. She wants Maddie and David to contact this man and inform him that the letter-writing must now stop. Mysteriously, both the woman and the secret admirer both die, but Maddie and David believe they died under mysterious circumstances. A new character is introduced: Herbert Viola played by Curtis Armstron...

Ryan K. Michaels is the owner and operator of the moonlightingstrangers.com website. Ryan talks to Grace and Shawna about his love for Moonlighting, and how he has been a passionate fan since Moonlighting first aired in 1985. A large portion of his website is Fan Fiction, where Moonlighting fans can expand the universe of their favorite show. Ryan has scoured the web to find as much fan fiction an...

SYNOPSIS: Following an argument about their respective expectations of what a date should be, David challenges Maddie to provide him with a "fun" evening out, and he is to show her a "fine" evening out. He decides he’s going to take her to the theatre. He drives all around town to buy tickets but finds that they are all sold out. He thinks his luck has changed when a scalper approaches him with tw...