Panty Pose

**Panty Pose** is the 21st episode overall of Amazon Prime's *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* and the 3rd episode of Season 3. It was released on Amazon Prime on December 6, 2019.

## Synopsis

*Rose and Abe move into less than desirable new digs. Midge struggles with her act as Shy's tour kicks off. Joel and Mei spark a connection.*

## Plot

Susie meets with Harry Drake and his lawyers regarding Sophie. Harry has a contract with Sophie, which prompts Susie to find a loophole. Abe and Rose bid goodbye to their long-time home now that Abe no longer works for Columbia University, which owns the apartment. Shy and his entourage fly to Las Vegas to kick off the tour. Midge's New York-oriented set receives a cool reception from the Vegas audience. Reggie continues tightly overseeing the tour operations and protecting Shy. After her act bombs, Susie pushes a dejected Midge to do a spontaneous performance in the hotel's bar area, which is well received. Mei encounters Joel eating alone at a Chinese restaurant and joins him. Abe and Rose arrive at the Maisels' new house in Queens.

## Episode Notes

### Historical References

   **Carol Kaye**

This episode introduces the fictional character, **Carole Keen**, who is inspired by **Carol Kaye,** an American musician, who is one of the most prolific recorded bass guitarists in rock and pop music, playing on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over fifty years. Kaye began playing guitar in her early teens and after some time as a guitar teacher, began to perform regularly on the Los Angeles jazz and big band circuit. She started session work in 1957, and through a connection at Gold Star Studios began working for producers Phil Spector and Brian Wilson.

After a bassist failed to turn up to a session in 1963, she switched to that instrument, quickly making a name for herself as one of the most in-demand session players of the 1960s, playing on numerous hits. She moved into playing on film soundtracks in the late 1960s, particularly for Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifrin, and began to release a series of tutoring books such as *How To Play The Electric Bass*. Kaye became less active towards the end of the 1970s but has continued her career and attracted praise from other musicians.

During the peak of her years of session work, she became part of a stable of Los Angeles-based musicians which went by a variety of informal names, but has since become known as "The Wrecking Crew." Her work with the group led to her prominent role in the eponymous 2008 documentary film. Ms. Kaye, now 84 and retired, has one of the music industry's all-time great career resumes, having recorded bass and guitar on thousands of seminal recordings, perhaps as many as 10,000, depending on the source. Nicknamed 'The First Lady Of Bass', she is one of the prime movers in the instrument's history and has been featured in *Bass Player* and elsewhere on many occasions.

### Music

* IV Finale Allegro Con Brio performed by Kodaly Quartet
	+ *Abe and Rose are arguing over where they’re going to move to in a week's time.*
* Manhattan performed by Blossom Dearie
	+ *Midge says goodbye to her childhood home.*
* Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) performed by Julie London and Gregory Porter
	+ *Midge and Susie are in the airplane with Shy and his entourage, ready to fly to Vegas.*
* Luck Be a Lady performed by Frank Sinatra
	+ *Midge, Susie, Shy and his friend Henry arrive at the Phoenician Hotel in Las Vegas, where fans are swarming.*
* Volare performed by Production Music Library
	+ *Midge and Susie play on the machines.*
* Pennies from Heaven performed by Louis Prima
	+ *Midge and Susie run through the casino and outside to see ‘Mrs Maisel’ on the marquee sign.*
* Tara's Theme from ”Gone With the Wind” performed by John Williams, Itzhak Perlman & The Boston Pops Orchestra
	+ *Abe plays the piano after having packed up the apartment.*
* Cling a Ling performed by Dee Clark
	+ *Joel spots Mei at a Chinese restaurant, where they end up dining together and getting to know one another a little better.*
* They Say It's Wonderful performed by performed by Shy Baldwin (Darius de Haas)
	+ *Shy performs at Las Vegas; Midge and Susie dine with Angie, the head of food and beverage at the hotel.*
* Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby performed by Reggie and Shy Baldwin (Stirling K. Brown and Darius de Haas)
	+ *The two of them perform an impromptu performance together, after Midge does a set.*
* Open the Door, Richard performed by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Cast
	+ *Shy Baldwin, Reggie, the band and entourage sing in the kitchen of the Phoenician hotel.*
* Runnin' Away performed by Sly And The Family Stone
	+ *End credits.*

## References

1. ↑ This description was taken from *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Amazon page.*