How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?

**How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?** is the 34th episode overall of Amazon Prime's *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* and the 8th episode of Season 4. It is also the finale episode of Season 4. It was released on Amazon Prime on March 11, 2022.

## Synopsis

*Midge and Joel debate Greek mythology. Susie finds a second phone line. A blizzard brings unexpected consequences.*

## Plot

Both families hold vigil as Moishe lies unconscious in the hospital after a heart attack. Abe ponders Moishe's legacy and writes a premature obituary. Lenny Bruce visits Midge backstage at The Wolford and apologizes for his earlier behavior. He has recommended Midge as Tony Bennett's opening act at the Copacabana. When the police suddenly raid The Wolford, Midge and Lenny flee in a snowstorm, ending up at his hotel room, where they consummate their will-they-won't-they relationship and have sex.

Midge discovers pills and a syringe in Lenny's travel case, though he brushes off her concern. Moishe recovers and is deeply touched by Abe's obituary. Moishe tells Joel that Mei must become a Jew before telling his mother, Shirley, about them. With Abe's support, a defiant Rose informs the other matchmakers she will not quit. Lenny's sold-out Carnegie Hall performance is a success. After, Lenny rebukes Midge for declining the Tony Bennett job and other gigs. He urges her to stop fearing failure and start performing. Midge then sets her sights on The Gordon Ford Show.

## Episode Notes

### Music

* Somebody’s Walking in My Dream performed by Perry Como
	+ *Title card.*
* Here Comes Heaven performed by Eddy Arnold
	+ *Shirley and Abe are at Midge's apartment.*
* Pineapple Princess performed by Annette Funicello
	+ *Midge and Joel at the hospital; Mei asks Joel for more money, as Shirley is winning in their game of mah-jongg; Midge and Mei talk.*
* Femininity performed by Eileen Rodgers, Original Broadway cast of “Oh Captain!”
	+ *The Wolford performance.*
* Jumpin' at the Woodside performed by Count Basie and His Orchestra
	+ *The Wolford is raided, so Lenny helps Midge escape; Midge, Lenny and several others who had escaped the raid, run frantically through the snowstorm; Midge and Lenny arrive at Lenny’s hotel.*
* Autumn Leaves performed by Jonny May
	+ *Midge and Lenny are inside the hotel lobby, sheltered from the snowstorm.*
* Someone to Watch Over Me performed by Blossom Dearie
	+ *Midge and Lenny share an intimate night in the Blue Room, where they succumb to their mutual feelings towards one another, leading them to have sex; they lay in bed afterwards, spooning one another; Midge goes into the bathroom and finds Lenny’s drug paraphernalia in a bag on the sink.*
* Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy performed by Dinah Shore
	+ *Abe, Rose and Joel return home with Moishe, bringing him back from the hospital.*
* Matchmaker performed by Julia Migenes, Tanya Everett and Joanna Merlin (from “Fiddler on the Roof”)
	+ *The Matchmakers receive their letters from Rose, telling them she’s not going to back down from doing matchmaking.*
* Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: Cuckoo! performed by Benjamin Britten
	+ *Midge fights through the blizzard after leaving Carnegie Hall and has a vision.*
* How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall performed by Sparks
	+ *End Credits.*

### Trivia

* The episode's title comes from a rumor, that a pedestrian on Fifty-seventh Street, Manhattan, stopped violinist Jascha Heifetz and inquired, *"Could you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?"* *"Yes,"* said Heifetz. *"Practice!"*
* In this episode, Lenny Bruce performed his Carnegie Hall set on October 1960, which also happens to be the same time of Kennedy succeeding as President.
	+ In real life, the set occurred on February 4, 1961.
	+ Kennedy, in real life, won on Nov 8, 1960.

## References

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