I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey. To Summer Night City, where you won’t get two for the price of one but you will get a bonus co-host, our very special guest star Amy Spalding! Shine your super trouper on and on and on us and we’ll gimme gimme gimme a man (Dick Cavett) awkwardly interviewing one of our favorite bands (ABBA) after (probably not actually) midnight. Knowing me, knowing you, knowing us, it’s going to go to some weird places, and mamma mia will we talk about musicals! Thank you for the music!

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With Our Very Special Guest Star…Amy Spalding!

Amy Spalding is the author of several novels, including the bestselling For Her Consideration, We Used to Be Friends, and The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles), which was named a best book of 2018 by NPR, the Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, and more. She is a recipient of the 2023 Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award for the authentic, funny, and diverse representation of the LGBTQ+ community in her books.

Amy grew up in St. Louis and now lives in Los Angeles. She has a B.A. in Advertising & Marketing Communications from Webster University and an M.A. in Media Studies from The New School. Amy studied longform improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

Her new book, In Her Spotlight, drops February 24. It’s the final book in the Out in Hollywood literary universe, but the books are all standalone, and this one is a great jumping on point for theatre fans in particular. And superhero fans. And Amy Spalding fans, which all of us here at Muppeturgy most assuredly are.

Amy previously appeared on our show to talk about Florence Henderson and Anne Murray.

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