Mindy Sterling

Yeah, is wonderful.

Mindy Sterling.

Come on.

She's

And me, Brett Morris.

This episode's guest was played by Mindy Sterling.

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they did that in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Yeah, uh, the lesbians that raised, uh, the Grinch, one of which is played by, um, Mindy Sterling, Groundlings legend and Frau from the Austin Powers movies.

Oh, yeah.

Um, she explains to Cindy Lou.

That goes for you, too.

Yes.

Um, different Mindy Sterling movie.

But, um-

In other music-related random trivia, the theme song, Without Us, was performed through most of the series by Johnny Mathis and Denise Williams.

However, for the first 10 episodes that aired, it was a version recorded by Dennis Tufano and Mindy Sterling, AKA Frau Farbissina-

[laughs]

... from Austin Powers.

I read that, and it, you know, like, in Wikipedia it'll have, like, the hyperlink.

Yeah.

And I'm like, "Maybe there's just another Mindy Sterling." And I clicked on, I was like, "Nope.

It's Fra- [laughs]

Yes! This is the first film in the Austin Powers franchise, directed by Jay Roach, written by Mike Myers, starring Mike Myers as Austin Powers, Mike Myers as Dr.

Evil, Elizabeth Hurley as Vanessa Kensington, Michael York as Basil Exposition, Mimi Rogers as Mrs. Kensington, Robert Wagner as Number Two, Seth Green as Scott Evil, Mindy Sterling as Frau Forbissena, Charles Napier as Commander Gilmore, Will Ferrell as Mustafa, Clint Howard as radio operator, and Bert Bacharach as Bert Bacharach.

International man of mystery, what I like to call Brett when he's on the podcast.

Yes, he is the international man of mystery.

Yeah.

Sam McMurray as Lester Lehman, Mindy Sterling as Iris Clark, who I think is hilarious in this movie.

Because now did, I think that was around the time The Spy Who Shagged Me came out, or was that a year later? So she was really being known as Frau at that point as well.

So when she was in it, I was like, oh my God, this is, who is this divine woman is in this movie as well.

Mindy Sterling, what a comedic talent.

Oh, I love

her.

wait

We have Mike Myers as Austin Powers, Dr.

Evil, and Fat Bastard; Heather Graham as Felicity Shagwell; Michael York as Basil Exposition; Robert Wagner as Number 2; Rob Lowe as Young Number 2; Seth Green as Scott Evil; Mindy Sterling as Frau Farbissina; Verne Troyer as Mini-Me and Elizabeth Hurley as Vanessa Kensington.

It also features cameos by Jennifer Coolidge, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Kristin Johnson, Rebecca Romijn, Willie Nelson, Tim Robbins, and Jerry Springer.

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me was written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers and was directed by Jay Roach.