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Moonlighting The Podcast

Jay Daniel, Executive Producer & Director

Season 2, Ep. 46

Grace and Shawna interview the Executive Producer and one of the Directors of Moonlighting, JAY DANIEL.


Jay was also an Executive Producer on many other shows such as;

Roseanne,

Cybill, &

The Naked Truth


Jay talks about how he started in the business, the clocks on the eastern building, Bruce and Cybill's relationship, working on the Cybill show, working on Roseanne, Glenn’s process to get the script the way he wanted it to be, Gerry Finnerman who was the Director of Photography, Robert Turturice the costume designer for Cybill on Moonlighting, the Atomic Shakespeare episode, some Moonlighting locations, the "T'was the episode before Christmas" episode, and you should hear his reaction to how many door slams there are so far!

 

AND SO MUCH MORE!!


Thank you Jay for a very informative and humourous interview.



MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW

The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting that aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.


Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.


They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.



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