The Treat: Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino

0:00Amy Sherman-Palladino:It's The Treat. I'm Elvis Mitchell, and it's safe to say that what drives Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino, who we know as creators of shows such as Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Etoile, among other series, is their fascination with what can be found in the wonderful world of vinyl and where they found it. I'm Amy Sherman-Palladino. This is The Treat. About four days ago, a plane landed at Idlewild Airport. The plane came from the Middle East, bearing a man who claims to be 2 ,000 years old. I'm going to talk about the Mel Brooks Carl Reiner 2 ,000-year-old man albums because, weirdly, as a child, that's what I listened to.

0:48Amy Sherman-Palladino:What is the biggest change you've seen? In 2 ,000 years, the greatest thing mankind ever devised that I think, in my humble opinion, is Saran Wrap. You can put a sandwich in it, you can look through it, you can touch it, you can put it over your face and pull around and everything. It's so good. My father was a stand-up, so I had it there. On a loop, like on a loop, over and over and over and over and over. I would just listen to those albums. You know, there's something bigger than Phil. I mean, I just like, I still to this day, the style of comedy, the rhythms, the punchlines. It was just so ingrained in me that, you know, I mean, it's part of the reason that Lorelai Gilmore, the most Irish girl in the world, did nothing but speak like a Borscht Belt comic because it's just like, that is my comedy.

1:41Amy Sherman-Palladino:Yeah, I just realized. Oi is the funniest word in the entire world. I mean, think about it. You never hear the word oi and not smile. Impossible. Funny, funny word. Oh, dear God. Poodle is another funny word. Please drink your drink, Lorelai. In fact, if you put oi and poodle together in the same sentence, you'd have a great new catchphrase, you know? Like, oi with the poodles already. So from now on, when the perfect... I think it formed everything that I thought was funny. It informed the way I tell a joke, the way I write a joke. You know, they're the best of the best of the best. And without them, I would have no way of making money because it's the only thing I'm remotely qualified to do.

2:26Amy Sherman-Palladino:They were my college. They were my film school. They were my everything.

2:38Dan Palladino:My name is Dan Palladino, and this is The Treat.

2:45Dan Palladino:Listening to music has been such an important part of my life. A big turning point was when a store called Licorice Pizza opened up very, very, very close to where I lived. I'm not in love, so don't forget it.

3:06Amy Sherman-Palladino:It's just a silly phase I'm going through.

3:13Dan Palladino:It was one of those hippie, kind of, it had a connection to the 60s, it had ratty old couches, and it had a wonderful kind of curated selection of music. and when I finally got my paper out when I was 13, I was able to go down to Licorice Pizza when it opened, I think it was there on opening weekend, and start buying, I could buy two vinyl LPs a month and like maybe three 45s.

3:42Amy Sherman-Palladino:Early one morning the sun was shining I was laying in bed Wondering if she'd change at all If her hair was still red

3:51Dan Palladino:I was learning about the doors and it was a lot of 10cc. An early record I bought was Bob Dylan, Blood on the Track, still one of my favorite records.

4:02Amy Sherman-Palladino:And I was standing on the side of the road, rain falling on my shoes. Heading out for the East Coast, Lord knows I paid some dues. Getting through, tangled up in blue.

4:16Dan Palladino:I learned a lot more about music. My passion really grew just kind of looking at the album covers there. debating what I could afford to buy.

4:35Dan Palladino:I'd never heard of Peter Frampton. I walked in Licorice Pizza and there was a big display. Mike Myers does a joke that says, people of my age, they didn't buy Frampton Comes Alive, they were issued it. It's so true. I'd never heard of Peter Frampton. I walked in, I bought the album. It's a double album. I took it home, my brother was like, you know, he was in Humble Pie, because my brother was older and he had other stuff that he listened to. And he goes, why are you buying this record? I said, I have no idea. It's just like I had to buy this record.

5:09Amy Sherman-Palladino:Well, I woke up this morning with a wine glass in my hand. Who's wine? What wine? Where the hell did I die? Must have been a dream.

5:19Dan Palladino:Amoeba Records kind of fulfills that a little bit, but we really kind of lost something when we lost these local chains of shops, especially Licorice Pizza. Yeah, it's sort of where I became a man in music at that local Licorice Pizza on Sherman Way. Shadows grow so long before my eyes And they're moving across the stage

5:46Amy Sherman-Palladino:Suddenly the day turns

6:16Amy Sherman-Palladino:I'm Elvis Mitchell, and it's The Treat.