• TO BOLDLY GO – How two separate chance meetings with Star Trek writer/producer René Echevarria paved the way for both Jane and Drew.
• Jane remembers Drew’s first day at “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” – and so does Drew!
• Who is “It’s A Living” creator Jenna McMahon – and why is she using a pseudonym??
• What are the hidden similarities between “Facts Of Life”, “Desperate Housewives”, “Golden Girls”, “Sex And The City”… and “It’s A Living”?
• In Season One – are six characters too many? Can you have too many women?
• THE “CHARACTER TYPES” OF “IT’S A LIVING”: the Innocent, the Maneater, the Grounded Realist and the Smart Aleck – but who is who?
• What’s up with those ever-changing waitress outfits?
• How Ann Jillian was the “secret comedy weapon” of the show – and what happened when she got de-sexy-ied in Season Two?
• Could you have a character like Sonny today? And is he really playing that piano?
• What it means to re-watch a show with “nostalgia goggles”.
• Jane reveals her “Secret Trick” to writing Iconic Women!
• When Anne met Jane! Susan's sister and 8TL superfan, Anne Lambert, joins in to say hello and keep us talking during the break.

So join Susan and Sharon – and Jane and Drew – as they talk “Small Wonder”, syndication, “success pie”, swim-top switches -- and Piggy Barbecue!! 

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NOTE: This episode was recorded before the WGA and SAGAFTRA strike.