Writing Remington Steele with Robin Bernheim, Part One

80s TV Ladies

From Remington Steele to Princess Switch -
Susan and Sharon sit down with legendary television writer Robin Bernheim. Robin’s career began in her mid-twenties with the “Remington Steele” episode “Steele in the Chips”, co-written with series star and long-time friend Stephanie Zimbalist. In a career spanning five decades, Robin has gone on to write and produce episodes of “MacGyver”, “Matlock”, “Quantum Leap”, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “Star Trek: Voyager” and “Mystery 101”. Robin is the creator, writer and executive producer of Netflix’s hit “Princess Switch” franchise starring Vanessa Hudgins.
In Part One of our wide-ranging two-part conversation with Ms. Bernheim, we touch on …
- How almost dying in a plane crash led Robin to a forty-year career writing for television.
- Schoolmates and BFFs: how Robin and Stephanie met and became friends at Marlborough, a private all-girl prep-school in Los Angeles.
- Why NBC was so afraid of the "cookie" episode (fan favorite “Steele in the Chips”) – that they delayed airing it until the end of the season.
- That same episode’s all-star guest cast – including Geena Davis and Jean Smart!
- The Adventures of Being the Only Woman in the Writer’s Room, including: “The Mystery of The Secret Meetings in the Men’s Room”, “The Incredible Disappearing Assigned Parking Space” and of course “The Looming Glass Ceiling!”
- How Robin and Stephanie’s house in LA was the model for Laura Holt’s house in “Remington Steele” -- and what it was like to watch that house blow-up in Season 2, episode 3 – “Red Holt Steele”
So join Susan and Sharon as we dig deep into doubles, delicious cookies and dirty jokes in the writers room in Part One of our two-part Interview with Robin Bernheim. And make sure to tune in next time for Part Two where we answer the cliff-hanging question: Did Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist really get along on set (and off) – or not??
PLUS! An 80’s TV LADIES Holiday Shout-Out: Spook-tacular Halloween Episodes to watch from some of your favorite 80s shows including “Facts of Life”, “Roseanne”, and “Laverne & Shirley”!
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Netflix DVD - https://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Remington-Steele/70157284
Amazon Season 3 on DVD: NEED AFFILIATE LINK: https://www.amazon.com/Remington-Steele-Season-Stephanie-Zimbalist/dp/B000E6ESC6
Fansites:
http://steeleinlove.com
http://remingtonsteele.tv-website.com
Remington Steele Investigations FB:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100023066596358
Spook-tacular 80s TV Ladies Halloween episodes:
The Facts of Life “The Halloween Story” https://youtu.be/5qrog7YhCSY
Rosanne “Boo!” https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/boo/umc.cmc.2828pbs8cfkb2g5w3xplvx1ta
Laverne and Shirley “Ghost Story” https://youtu.be/Hv3J-ITWrxk
Broken Story play:
Check out the West Coast premiere of Broken Story. At NoHo's Sherry Theatre Nov. 4 - 27th.
Get Showtimes and Tickets: https://www.onstage411.com/newsite/show/play_info.asp?show_id=6206
White Horse Theatre: https://www.whitehorsetheater.com/broken-story-la
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