Usually, we leave this part until the end of the post, but this week, we want to start with it. Hugely special thanks to our loyal podcast sponsors. It is YOUR support of advertisers who choose to work with us that makes Busy Philipps Is Doing Her Best possible for us to produce, week after week, so we wanted to shout them out right up top & hope that you will consider patronizing their fine establishments! If you already have patronized them, thank you endlessly. If you planning on being a repeat customer, we would never recommend creating a new email address so that you can use our codes again as a first time customer. That would be diabolical. People probably do that, but *we* would never recommend that anyone try it ourselves, LOL!
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SO, with that bit of business out of the way, have you listened to this week’s podcast with Michael R. Jackson yet? We have been dying to get him on the show to talk about his Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning musical “A Strange Loop” for AGES! And it was so fun to talk to him about his creative process, the power of his inner white woman, his mixed feelings about Taylor Swift, why Tyler Perry won’t come see the show and what it was like knowing that Beyoncé’s mom was in the audience (sitting in front of Caissie) when the show has a couple of Beyoncé jokes in it! YOU CAN LISTEN TO THAT HERE!
THEN! THEN, THEN, THEN! Did you watch this week’s episode of Busy This Week on QVC+ yet? It was JAM PACKED with delight, including a surprise appearance by Isaac Mizrahi, who we then surprised with his favorite, internet star Devon Poole. Then, we did one-minute makeovers on the street. Plus our guest was TINA FEY! We painted portraits, talked #parkourover50, ate a donut cake, and, Tina had a very serious message for everyone at home that you need to heed. You can watch it AND SHOP IT here!
SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOUR BEST AT THIS WEEK?
Re today’s pod (6/19/24): Only 20 minutes in and I can personally relate to several of the topics — vermin, “mop bucket place,” and families of origin who hug five minutes after the screaming stops. This is why we’re Besties. We can follow and sometimes relate to wherever the bouncing ball in our heads take us. 💜
I loved both the podcast and Busy This Week this week! Of course! That story about Alfie and the middle of the night surprise (no spoilers) was hilarious. I’ve told it three times already. —One more thing. I need to know which donuts were used to make Tina Fey’s donut cake. AND I’ve enlisted one confirmed new QVC viewer to the show. 🍩 Have a great weekend, Besties!