Scandal Water

“At the core, it’s all about unconditional love,” Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill said of her parents’ relationship. But Lucy and Desi’s story was also that of two people who, together, pushed boundaries, built their own empire, and ultimately changed the face of television.
In part 1 of this special 2-part episode on Lucy and Desi, you’ll hear about the two tragedies that impacted Lucy’s childhood, the story of how Lucy and Desi met, what it took to convince the TV execs to cast Desi as Lucy’s husband in I Love Lucy, and so much more. As an added bonus, featured in this episode are audio clips from Carrie and Jeff Ketterman, the husband and wife comedy team who have created their own Lucy and Desi tribute show. 
If you didn’t already love Lucy, you will by the end of this episode!

Betty White, beloved actress, comedian, and a woman who truly was older than sliced bread, passed away on New Year’s Eve of 2021, just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday.
‘First woman of television,’ shameless flirt, ardent animal advocate… Betty was all this and so much more. Join us as we discuss the life and legacy of Betty White, and also dig into the rumored conflict with one of her Golden Girls costars.
Thank you for being a friend, Betty! We miss you already.

What says Christmas more than murder and blood? Yes, you read that correctly!
In our first episode of the December series, “Hooray for Holidays,” Candy and Ashley explore the custom of telling ghost stories at Christmastime-- a practice that originated long, long ago, but was popularized again during the Victorian era, primarily thanks to Charles Dickens. 
As Jerome K. Jerome wrote in 1891, “Whenever five or six English-speaking people meet round a fire on Christmas Eve, they start telling each other ghost stories...It is a genial, festive season, and we love to muse upon graves, and dead bodies, and murders, and blood.”
So grab a cup of hot chocolate and snuggle in while Candy and Ashley dig into the grave tradition of telling scary Christmas stories. And as an added bonus, you’ll get to hear Ashley read a short excerpt from a spooky Victorian tale!

Top 3 signs you’ve achieved classic sitcom status: 
The language and story lines still resonate 60 years after the premiere
2.The famous and talented lead actors are still best-known for the roles they played in this sitcom
Marvel decides to mirror one of the most well-known sitcom episodes in WandaVision!
 
You don’t want to miss this episode where Candy and Ashley discuss the classic The Dick Van Dyke Show, featuring one of Ashley’s all-time favorite actors in the starring role.  #ScandalWaterPodcast #DickVanDykeShow #WandaVision #DickVanDyke #MaryTyler Moore #ClassicTV #SitcomHistory #MarvelCinematicUniverse #MCU #RetroTV #PopCultureHistory #VintageTV #NostalgiaPodcast

What says Thanksgiving more than chucking live turkeys out of a helicopter? 
Well, that’s exactly what happened in the classic television episode of WKRP in Cincinnati called “Turkeys Away.” If you know the show, you know the famous punch-line. But did you ALSO know the plot was loosely based on a REAL event? Listen in as Candy and Ashley discuss why “Turkeys Away” is still considered one of television’s all-time best Thanksgiving episodes, even after 40+ years.#ScandalWaterPodcast #TurkeysAway #WKRP #WKRPinCincinnati #ThanksgivingEpisode #SitcomHistory #ClassicTV #RetroTV #AsGodIsMyWitness #TVHistory #ThanksgivingTradition #PopCulturePodcast #ComedyHistory

The term ‘scandal water’ earns its name this week as the two ladies delve into the great quiz show scandals of the 1950s. Listeners will hear about the rise of the quiz show phenomenon, the chain of events that led whistle-blower Herb Stempel to expose the corruption on Twenty-One, and the impact this had on the TV quiz show genre. #ScandalWaterPodcast #QuizShowScandal #TwentyOne #HerbStempel #1950sHistory #TVHistory #ClassicTV #PopCultureHistory #TrueCrimeCommunity #HistoryPodcasts #CorporateScandal #VintageTV

In episode 7 Candy introduces Ashley to the cultural phenomenon Cobra Kai. Calling on interviews with actors and producers of the hit show, Candy pulls back the curtain to share callbacks, Easter Eggs, and intentional choices made by the Cobra Kai show creators to satisfy both die-hard Karate Kid fans and also newer viewers.  
 
Warning: This episode contains spoilers.#ScandalWaterPodcast #CobraKai #KarateKid #CobraKaiNeverDies #MiyagiDo #StrikeFirst #JohnnyLawrence #DanielLaRusso #NetflixSeries #EasterEggs #TVSpilers #PopCulturePodcast #Nostalgia #MartialArts

In episode 6 Candy and Ashley give you something to sink your teeth into when they explore the popular expression “Jumping the Shark.” The two not only discuss the origin and evolution of this well-known phrase, first coined by a group of college buddies, but also take a deep dive into the episode of the popular TV series Happy Days that inspired this toothsome term. The episode ends with a discussion of other shows the two believe to have jumped the shark. #ScandalWaterPodcast #JumpingThe Shark #HappyDays #TVHistory #PopCulture #Fonzie #ArthurFonzarelli #Nostalgia #ClassicTV #TVTropes #FlopEra #NewEpisode

Join us Tuesday, November 2nd for our first of FIVE episodes celebrating the world of television in our series, "Thankful for Television!" Candy and Ashley dive into a classic show that gave rise to a pop culture saying, a film that has become an instant modern television classic, a scandal that paved the way for westerns, a doomed turkey, and a beloved sitcom that has withstood the test of time. 

Long before podcasts, and even before TV, there was the golden age of radio. Episode 5 of Scandal Water focuses on what is arguably the most well-known radio event of all time, the broadcast of “War of the Worlds” on October 30, 1938, that sparked widespread panic. But was it as horrific and extensive as reports indicated? And why were those Americans so quick to believe their world was being invaded? Candy and Ashley explore these questions in their Armchair Psychologist segment. #WaroftheWorlds #FakeNews #OrsonWelles #MassHysteria