The First Time w/ Scarecrow and Mrs. King

What TV show shall we cover for our first time? How about the pilot of Scarecrow and Mrs. King, starring Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner?

Susan and Sharon talk about the show, the stars, and the mysteries of this hit 1983 TV action-comedy drama. Amanda King is a divorced mother with two young sons looking for a job. When she cute-meets secret agent Lee Stetson, a.k.a “The Scarecrow,” she is swept up into a world of intrigue, spies and danger! Will her first case be her last? Or does Amanda find that being “a spy and a mom” is the best of both worlds? Can an 80s housewife have it all – romance, adventure, and Scout meetings? Susan and Sharon follow the clues and you can bet the man in the red hat we’ll find out! We also investigate…

Beverly Garland: the hotel AND the actress – Is she Amanda King’s mother – or Laura (Remington Steele) Holt’s!
Kate Jackson’s previous hit show: Was it Alley Cats or Harry’s Angels or….?
Why did the writers change Amanda from being married to divorced in the pilot script?
Who was the first female showrunner in TV history – and why did it take 30 years before there was another?
What was Amanda King’s superpower?
And what does all this have to do with Parks and Recreation’s Leslie Knope?

Join us for our “First Time” as we solve the mystery of whether or not Scarecrow and Mrs. King was a feminist show – a progressive show – or both? And was the word “boyfriend” cut from the original pilot script?

Have no fear: Susan and Sharon are on the case!

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Links from this episode:

Call Me a Cab by Taya Johnston - http://www.callmeacab.com
The Mrs. King Chronicles - http://www.mkcpodcast.com
Hosted by Lexie Fiema, Taya Johnston, Jenn Peterson, Miranda Thomas

Books:
How Tall Are You? A memoir by Greg Morton
https://www.amazon.com/How-Tall-Are-Greg-Morton/dp/1986177378

Television’s Female Spies and Crimefighters: 600 Characters and Shows, 1950s to the Present by Karen A. Romanko
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0786496371