pplpod Episode 29 explores Garry Marshall’s singular run—from joke-stacked writers’ rooms to a TV empire and blockbuster films with unexpected warmth. We trace the journalist-turned-gagman who helped mint The Odd Couple on TV, then built a universe at ABC with Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy—star-making machines that launched Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Penny Marshall, and Robin Williams. We unpack Marshall’s producing playbook: friendly sets, audience-savvy premises, catchphrases with heart, and an instinct for casting chemistry. Then the pivot to features—Beaches, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, The Princess Diaries—where timing, sentiment, and screwball sparkle turned into global hits. Also on deck: creative partnerships, the Garry Marshall Theatre legacy, and how a Bronx kid taught America to laugh without cynicism.

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