Dennis franz wife8/7/2023 ![]() INSKEEP: Well, it's short enough to fit on a Christmas invitation. I think I use it on a Christmas invitation once. And he's got a joke about Jesus that is just - I can listen to that. The joke with Max von Sydow when he's been watching TV, and Barbara Hershey comes back and she's just been having an affair with Michael Caine - and he's an artist, he doesn't leave the loft. INSKEEP: You flagged for us what you describe as perhaps your favorite joke of all time. In addition to the really wonderful female characters that he writes, he writes just great jokes. ![]() INSKEEP: And when you talk about dialogue that has a rhythm to it, there's great, great Woody Allen dialogue. And these sisters who are so deeply - their lives are so intertwined and yet there's a lot of jealousy and a lot of resentment. SHERMAN-PALLADINO: It's one of his classic, some say his best, about a group of sisters and their loves, lives, and it's just classic vintage Woody Allen at his like top, top of his game. ![]() One of the movies on here is Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters" from 1986. INSKEEP: Well, let's go through some of this list. And there's something about having Woody Allen - very, very familiar Woody Allen going on in the background that it's somehow - it's music to me. I write a lot of rhythm 'cause it's fast and yappy. SHERMAN-PALLADINO: Yeah, to drown out the other voices. INSKEEP: So more voices is the answer to that. INSKEEP: You know, it's hard for me to imagine concentrating with the TV on right in front of me, but that is exactly what she does.ĪMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO: I can't write in silence. That includes shows she watches while writing. MONTAGNE: As part of our series Watch This, Amy Sherman-Palladino joined us from NPR West to talk about what she watches. INSKEEP: ABC Family is about to start the winter season of her new show, "Bunheads," a name taken from the nickname for ballerinas. MONTAGNE: "Gilmore Girls" helped establish the WB Network, now known as the CW. The characters are smart, witty, offbeat and fast-talking. Her ensemble casts include kids to seniors. Writer, director and producer Amy Sherman-Palladino made her name with shows in which large numbers of women interact onscreen, and large numbers of women tend to watch.
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