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Dec 2023
1h 1m

Penny Marshall’s My Mother Was Nuts (wit...

Chelsea Devantez
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Chelsea and Meredith Scardino (Girls5eva) sit down with Penny Marshall’s memoir My Mother Was Nuts. From Laverne and Shirley, to A League of Their Own, to lusting after football players, this book will have you laughing, crying, and even cheering for a nepo baby.  Show Notes: Gina Davis Episode Farrah Faucet and Penny Marshall's Head and Shoulder's Commerc ... Show More
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