{"podcast":{"title":"Melissa Rivers' Group Text Podcast","slug":"melissa-rivers-group-text-podcast-886192","podcast_index_feed_id":886192,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/HURRD7814854385","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/melissa-rivers-group-text","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/381ccbb0-8b82-11ed-8565-4b5f42ac6ab5/image/2aacb11d482c49137a064d5e047a6df9.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Melissa Rivers","episode_count":379,"summary":"Melissa Rivers’ Group Text is where pop culture, celebrity buzz, and real talk collide. With her trademark wit, candor, and insider perspective, Melissa breaks down the biggest headlines, hottest reality TV moments, fashion hits and misses, and the stories behind the stories. Whether she’s joined by headline-makers, Hollywood favorites, or her funniest friends, Melissa brings sharp observations, unexpected laughs, and conversations that reveal the human side of fame. It’s the kind of unfiltered, hilarious chat you’d expect from your most entertaining group text, only with a few more Hollywood names in the chat. A Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a digital media and commercial video production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network and learn more about our other services today on HurrdatMedia.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T04:19:12.068795+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/melissa-rivers-group-text-podcast-886192"},"episode":{"title":"Annie Potts is the Best Medicine","slug":"annie-potts-is-the-best-medicine","published_at":"2026-02-17T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/melissa-rivers-group-text-podcast-886192/annie-potts-is-the-best-medicine","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/melissa-rivers-group-text-podcast-886192","url":"https://pdrl.fm/8424d8/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/HURRD8633421104.mp3?updated=1771268300","audio_url":"https://pdrl.fm/8424d8/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/HURRD8633421104.mp3?updated=1771268300","summary":"Annie Potts has starred in some iconic movies and TV shows - “Ghostbusters,” “Toy Story,” “Designing Women,” and “Young Sheldon” just to name a few. Annie talks with me about her latest role as Aunt Sarah the “lobsterwoman” on “Best Medicine” (new episodes air Tuesdays at 8pm ET on FOX and stream the next day on HULU); how she balanced motherhood amidst 22-episodes-a-season on “Designing Women”; her now-viral “Tonight Show” moment with Shelley Winters; and what convinced her to take the role of Bo Peep in “Toy Story” (hint: it wasn’t her agent who talked her into it!). 00:00 From Tomboy to Lobster Woman 01:35 Adapting Doc Martin for Best Medicine 03:49 The Weird Leap Into TV & Film 04:44 That Shelly Winters Tonight Show Moment 06:10 How Ghostbusters Really Happened 07:29 Working With Bill Murray & Improv Chaos 08:56 Feeling Lost in an Improv Room 09:44 Designing Women & Ensemble Magic 11:28 Being a Workaholic 12:48 Raising Kids While Filming 26 Episodes 15:13 Becoming Bo Peep in Toy Story 17:29 Taking Grandkids to Disneyland 21:27 Broadway Debut at 57 23:56 Learning the Trapeze at 62 24:57 The Near-Fatal Car Accident at 21 26:27 Roles That “Got Away” 27:41 Why She’ll Never Retire 29:16 The Las Vegas Memory With Joan Rivers 30:43 Craft Services & Raising Kids on Set This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or the Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Annie Potts has starred in some iconic movies and TV shows - “Ghostbusters,” “Toy Story,” “Designing Women,” and “Young Sheldon” just to name a few. Annie…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2138,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/melissa-rivers-group-text-podcast-886192/episodes/annie-potts-is-the-best-medicine/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/melissa-rivers-group-text-podcast-886192/annie-potts-is-the-best-medicine.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}