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Crazy Ex Girlfriend
valentine’s day
Feb. 12, 2024
20 Sweet, Tenacious, Crazy Comedy Songs About Love Whether you love sex, friendship, yourself, or bologna, these songs have you covered.
By Grant Pardee
existential crisis barbie
July 25, 2023
Rachel Bloom Totally Doesn’t Think About Dying And she will not be discussing it in her Off Broadway comedy Death, Let Me Do My Show.
By Jason P. Frank
Filming Mr. Mayor Is Like Being ‘Shot From a Cannon’ for Vella Lovell The Crazy Ex-Girlfriend alum on finding her joke rhythm and the disarming charm of Ted Danson.
By Devon Ivie
the cut podcast
June 14, 2021
In Her Shoes: Rachel Bloom Stella Bugbee talks to Rachel Bloom about living life as a musical and surviving in a writers’ room for the Cut ’s limited-series podcast.
By the Cut
Rachel Bloom Sings ‘Stacy’s Mom’ on Adam Schlesinger Tribute Album Saving for a Custom Van features 31 covers from across Schlesinger’s long and wide career.
By Justin Curto
‘He Was the Music’ The creators, songwriters, and cast of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend remember Adam Schlesinger.
By Maria Elena Fernandez
forgive us father
Sept. 27, 2019
If Your TV Show Doesn’t Have a Hot Priest, What Are You Even Doing? From Fleabag to Derry Girls to Los Espookys, no buzzy show is complete without its very own hot priest.
By Michelle Cohn
vulture lists
Apr. 9, 2019
Rachel Bloom and the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Songwriters on Their 9 Toughest Songs From “We Tapped That Ass” to “The Miracle of Birth,” CXG ’s songwriting team breaks down their biggest challenges.
By Eric Thurm
vulture lists
Apr. 8, 2019
Every Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Song, Ranked The music of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend covers every topic from mental illness to period sex.
By Allie Pape
How Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ’s Creators Gave Rebecca Bunch Her Happy Ending “It’s not about auditioning for the missing puzzle piece. It’s about getting everyone to a place where they can healthily prioritize someone else.”
By Allison Shoemaker
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Series Finale Recap: 11 O’clockA perfectly pitched closer finds Rebecca and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend both coming to terms with themselves.
By Allie Pape
The True Love Story of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend This isn’t the happily-ever-after ending Rebecca Bunch moved to West Covina for. It’s better.
By Matt Zoller Seitz
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Takes Its Curtain CallThe creators of the CW’s beloved musical comedy say good-bye to West Covina.
By Allison Shoemaker
appreciations
Apr. 5, 2019
In Crazy Ex-Girlfriend , Nobody Was Ever Just a Sidekick Even the goofiest West Covina residents could break out into song and reveal deep inner lives. Here’s 11 times they did.
By Rebecca Alter
How Does Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ’s New Greg Stack Up to Original Greg? Replacing Santino Fontana with Skylar Astin between seasons changed the stakes for “Grebecca,” and for the series overall.
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Multiple UnicornsFor Rebecca, who once saw a grand romantic destiny written in the skies all around her, is an authentic but low-key love enough?
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Stand DownIf it really was necessary to call a truce in Rebecca and Audra’s “JAP Battle,” this is about as strong a wrap-up as we could have hoped for.
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: EncoresThe series heads into its final stretch with an episode that takes the characters back to where they started, to see what’s changed and what hasn’t.
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: On the NoseAs Rebecca takes the first steps toward her “big dream,” the rest of her pals are caught up in various forms of chaos.
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Let’s All Go to Raging WatersThe fun and waterslides are just window-dressing on a pitch-black episode about women overextending themselves.
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: How to Lose Your Mind in 10 DaysNathanial and Maya take center stage in an episode-length, beat-by-beat savaging of the romantic comedy genre.
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Baby BluesRebecca starts to come to terms with her past in an episode that strikes an impressive balance between emotion and humor.
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Pussyfooting“Stop ruining my vagina like you ruined musicals!”
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Greg PartyWest Covina’s favorite misanthropic barkeep returns with a new look, and a new sort of chemistry with Rebecca.
By Allie Pape
good one podcast
Dec. 3, 2018
For Rachel Bloom, All Roads Lead Back to Space Jam On this week’s Good One , Rachel Bloom talks about writing “Space Jam,” her first attempt at blending her musical and sketch-comedy backgrounds.
By Jesse David Fox
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Mom GuiltWith the glorious return of her mother Naomi, Rebecca attempts to cross another item off her list of unfinished business.
By Allie Pape
vulture festival la
Nov. 18, 2018
Rachel Bloom Wants to Make an Album of ‘Dirty, Dirty’ Songs Once Crazy Ex Ends “I have a song called Rub Your Pussy on It that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time.”
By Jackson McHenry
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Road To NowhereAn episode centered on a grab-baggy “road trip” theme marks time by throwing characters in new combinations, to no real end.
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: I Have (No) FriendsFaced with a major friendship shake-up, Rebecca responds with quiet grace and maturity — haha, just kidding, she obviously freaks out.
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Child StarsRebecca’s fame-seeking half-brother crashes the scene to sing, dance, and reveal some unflattering truths about his sister.
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Pretzel LogicAs CXG moves toward its grand finale, we’re bound to see more episodes like “I’m on My Own Path”.
By Noel Murray
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: The Mortification MashRebecca confronts the ghosts of her past in a Halloween episode.
By Allie Pape
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Cell-Block TantrumSeason four kicks off with Rachel in the slammer and those around here dealing with fallout from the previous season.
By Allie Pape
vulture lists
Oct. 12, 2018
By Marianne Eloise
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 4 Beats the OddsShows like CXG rarely get onto mainstream TV, much less sustain their concept over the long haul.
By Matt Zoller Seitz
new yorker festival
Oct. 7, 2018
By Trupti Rami
party reports
Aug. 17, 2018
By Natalie Walker
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Will Bring Back ‘Reimagined’ Greg for Final SeasonBut he’ll be played by Pitch Perfect ’s Skylar Astin, not Santino Fontana.
By Maria Elena Fernandez
she’s just a girl in love
July 14, 2018
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ’s Final Season Will Be SupersizedYou and your buttload of cats will appreciate the episode count.
By Devon Ivie
CXG ’s Rachel Bloom on Getting a Hilarious Mel Brooks Rejection“He went, ‘Rachel, I’m calling to tell you I’m not gonna do your f**king show.’”
By Stacey Wilson Hunt
niche drama
June 13, 2018
By Jackson McHenry
How Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Gets Away With Its Dirtiest Jokes Showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna breaks down how they avoid those pesky TV decency rules.
By Stacey Wilson Hunt
upfronts 2018
May 17, 2018
By Jackson McHenry
‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Duo Get Order for New Pilot, ‘Arranged’
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna is set to take on another project with the announcement of Arranged, a pilot she has […]
By Kenneth Arthur
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