Hosts explore the significance of comedy addressing aging characters (Part 2)

My favorite character who I have to say I think really influenced me was the older dog. I think she was the older daughter who was super neurotic. Okay, I'm pulling the picture right now. There were two daughters. Yeah. One was very neurotic and the other one was kind of like fast and loose. Was that. Was that the. The one. That one is the, like. Okay, so the neurotic one, Dinah Manoff, and then the other one, who's the cop? That was. Yes, the cop. Yes, that was Christy McNichol, who. But I loved. Yeah. Who's she? Well, Christy McNichol's kind of famous. Yeah. I am reading right here. She did leave the show in 1992 because she was diagnosed as being bipolar, which is interesting. Just a side note that, you know, sometimes you get mad when these characters leave the show. Christy McNichol, I just, I guess, I don't know. I mean, and I'm looking at her credits. I guess she was known to be familiar, but I don't, I don't, I don't know her from anything else. But it was really the older one who I thought was so funny in the relationship. There was just something, first of all, to pull back for a second. There was an hour block in prime time that was just about old people, by the way. It should be that still today, old people, I mean, retired old people doing old people, retired comedy. Like, this is not. I loved it. I mean, I would say that one of the most interesting things about Grace and Frankie is that you are exploring, like this age group of people that are severely underrepresented in tv. And I would. And that's the best audience. They're gonna be the most loyal audience. Well, it's so funny too, because I was always shocked with Grace and Frankie at how many young people watched it. Yeah, of course. Still watch it, but watched it when it was, you know, like gone in real time. And then I was. I was like, wow, these 20 year old girls, really young, young, young adults are connecting so deeply with these characters. That's so shocking. And then I remembered, wait a Second, I was 14. Connecting with. Yes. Bea Arthur on a level that was spiritual. On a. Like, I knew her in my bones and I felt her and I felt the burden of having to take care of your. I mean, these are not issues I was dealing with any.