Out on the Lanai: A Golden Girls Podcast

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty revisit The Golden Girls season 1 episode "The Custody Battle," where they discuss sex with clowns, if underwear is a scam, and whether Sophia actually had a favorite child.  Join the GG VIP Club at Patreon.com/GoldenGirlsPodcast Watch video versions of the podcast on YouTube.com/OutonTheLanai For more Golden Girls greatness, visit OutOnTheLanai.com...

Kerri and H. Alan/Sadie Pines are wrapping up their Pride Month coverage of Betty White and Jennifer Love Hewitt's super gay-not-gay best friendship! This week they're breaking down Jennifer Love Hewitt's final appearance on "Hot in Cleveland." They discuss Chris Elliot's wiggy wig, milkshakes in pop culture, and why Victoria's storyline feels straight out of The Golden Girls.  Join the GG VI...

Kerri and H. Alan/Sadie Pines are continuing their Pride Month coverage by breaking down another project starring BFFs Jennifer Love Hewitt and Betty White! This week they're watching the first two episodes of a three-episode arc featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt on "Hot in Cleveland." They discuss Victoria and Blanche Devereaux's similar parenting styles, Betty White's Irish accent, and the genius o...

Kerri and H. Alan/Sadie Pines are continuing their Pride Month coverage by breaking down another project starring BFFs Jennifer Love Hewitt and Betty White! This week they're watching the 2011 Hallmark Hall of Fame movie "The Lost Valentine," where they discuss the criminal hotness of the entire cast (we're looking at you, Sean Faris!), Betty's immense talents as a dramatic actor, and why it's wei...

Happy Pride Month! For all of June, we're covering the wonderful working friendship of Betty White and Jennifer Love Hewitt, starting with Betty's 2010 appearance on Lifetime's "The Client List!" They discuss happy endings, 2010 fashion, and a world where Rose Nylund and Isaac Newton ended up together.  Join the GG VIP Club at Patreon.com/GoldenGirlsPodcast Read the People Magazine article HE...

Rachel Ekstrom Courage, author of the New York Times bestselling Murder by Cheesecake, is back with her second Golden Girls cozy mystery: Death on the Lanai. In this episode of Out on the Lanai: A Golden Girls Podcast, we dig into what it was like to write a locked-room mystery set in a gorgeous, crumbling Biscayne Bay mansion, why Blanche Devereaux is the heart of this new book, and how a single...

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty revisit The Golden Girls season 2 episode "A Piece of Cake," where they discuss the origin of "Get bent," goals before fifty, and their favorite birthday desserts. Join the GG VIP Club at Patreon.com/GoldenGirlsPodcast Click below to save $50 off LifeRX and join H. Alan Scott on their health journey using the code: ALAN LifeRX: https://tinyurl.com/mv8yzu...

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty watched a season 1 episode of "Murder, She Wrote" featuring a few Golden Girls familiar faces, like Father Frank, Glen #1, Glen #2, and Charmaine Hollingsworth! They discuss trying to solve the murder, Jerry Orbach's eyes, and how wild it was to see a priest getting romantic with Blanche's sister.  Join the GG VIP Club at  ...

This week we're giving EVERYONE the gift of bonus content! For those who haven't yet joined the GG VIP Club on Patreon, we hope sharing this week's Rusty Anchor Happy Hour inspires you to join! Kerri shares a crazy story about transporting a new couch, while H. Alan shares fears about cushion farts. Plus: We use Chat GPT to solve a few of The Golden Girls' most iconic predicaments. Cheers! &n...

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty revisit The Golden Girls season 7 premiere episode "Hey, Look Me Over," where they discuss the number of men in Blanche's B.E.D. book, an awkward studio audience moment, and what they would do if they were in Rose's shoes.  Join the GG VIP Club at   Patreon.com/GoldenGirlsPodcast Watch video versions of t...

This week, H. Alan chats with Billy Lorusso, the wildly funny creator behind some of the internet's best Golden Girls content. Billy has built a following by doing characters and videos that ask the most important question of our time: what would Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and Sophia think of today's headlines? After geeking out over his social media genius, we turn our attention to Season 3, Episode...

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty revisit The Golden Girls season 4 episode "Stan Takes a Wife," where they discuss the pronunciation of "Zah-bornack," the hardest kind of acting, and that time H. Alan almost died at The Hungry Bear. Join the GG VIP Club at   Patreon.com/GoldenGirlsPodcast Watch video versions of the podcast on  YouTube.c...

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty are breaking down Bea Arthur's seven years as the Shoppers Drug Mart spokesperson! After watching the commercials they discuss the pharmacist's serial killer smile, how Bea's relationship with Santa resembles Dorothy and Stan and why celebrities in the past only did commercials that aired outside of the U.S. Watch the full playlist of Shoppers...

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty break down a season 3 Mary Tyler Moore Show episode titled "Mary's Father," which surely inspired The Golden Girl's episode "Forgive Me, Father." They discuss the comparisons and differences, Betty White's Blanche-like attitude, and how exactly priests get paid.  Watch this episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show on  YouTube Follow...

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty revisit The Golden Girls season 3 episode "Bringing Up Baby," where they discuss how they'd spend "fun money," if the pig was animatronic in that one scene, and why it's time to rename "geriatric pregnancies."  Watch H. Alan's interview with Jamie Lee Curtis at SXSW on  YouTube! Join the GG VIP Club at &n...

The Golden Girls is returning to free broadcast television for the first time in 29 years, and we had to talk about it. Starting March 16, the show is coming to MeTV, which means more people than ever, whether they have cable or not, can fall in love with Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and Sophia all over again. Eliot Glazer joins us to celebrate this very big deal for very devoted fans. Watch the full co...

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty revisit The Golden Girls season 6 episode "Older and Wiser," where they discuss the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, why Dorothy's plan is terrible, and why H. Alan can't eat Dairy Queen ice cream.  Join the GG VIP Club at   Patreon.com/GoldenGirlsPodcast Watch video versions of the podcast on  YouTube.com/Outon...

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty are breaking down the 1983 short-lived game show "Just Men" hosted by the fabulous Betty White! They discuss the weak gameplay mechanics, the sexiness of Steve Sax, and whether the word "cock" was said on daytime network television.  Watch Just Men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg0O_2SLCnk Join the GG VIP Club at &nb...

This week on Out on the Lanai, we're joined by writer Hiko Mitsuzuka for a deep dive into the career of Herb Edelman, the man behind Dorothy's delightfully insufferable ex-husband, Stan Zbornak. We discuss their favorite Stan episodes, how Edelman elevated Bea Arthur's Dorothy and made her funnier, and the wild story of how his career took off after Mike Nichols happened to get into his cab. It's...

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty revisit The Golden Girls season 1 episode "Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?", where they discuss Dorothy's revenge outfit, the best vacuum for cleaning up all that rice, and what might have happened to Chrissy in that tanning bed. Plus: stick around to the end for a surprise performance from one of our favorite G...

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 gir...

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty watch the season 5 premiere episode of Hot in Cleveland, which was broadcast live! They discuss the hilarious Golden Girls reference, whether a certain actor broke on purpose, and the type of person who would get plastic surgery while holed up in a cabin.  Join the GG VIP Club at   Patreon.com/GoldenGirlsPodcast Wa...

H. Alan Scott/Sadie Pines and Kerri Doherty revisit The Golden Girls season 1 episode "The Operation" where they discuss the history of Morton's Neuroma, the brilliance of Anne Haney, and why Dorothy's fear of that hospital was completely warranted.  Join the GG VIP Club at   Patreon.com/GoldenGirlsPodcast Watch video versions of the podcast on&nbs...

Grab a fork and pull up a chair! This week, we’re heading to the therapist's office as we break down the classic Season 3 episode, "Three on a Couch." Joining us on the lanai is the legendary Dr. Cheesecake (Danielle Soto) to help us diagnose exactly why Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche can’t seem to share a living space without a total meltdown. Follow all things Dr. Cheesecake: https://www.instagram.c...

As the production staffer who spent the most cumulative time with the "Girls" over the show’s legendary seven-year run, Isabel Omero offers a perspective that no one else can. She shares what it was like working under Susan Harris, the visionary creator of The Golden Girls and Soap , and how the "Witt/Thomas/Harris" magic was made. She also gives insight into what it was like working so intimately...