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232: New Year, New Batch Of FMK Matchups Jan 02, 2019

Show notes

Happy new year! It may comfort you to know that we did not resolve to be less ridiculous in 2019, which is how we have brought you another very special all-FMK episode -- this time, also implicating Nick Rheinwald-Jones. How did your FMK submissions shake out? Find out now!

GUESTS

👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 👰 FMK

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 232 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter

231: Deck The Halls With The RuPaul's Drag Race And Nailed It! Holiday Specials Dec 19, 2018

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'Tis the season to be...janky? Not for us -- we got a top-of-the-line guest, Kevin P. O'Keeffe, to join us -- but janky is Nailed It!'s specialty, and we're here for their melty, slapped-up brand of holiday cheer, including the joy Jacques brings to the world, '80s-movie slow claps, and those hilarious reveals. But we're also discussing the RPDR "Holi-Slay Spectacular," and that hour was not on everyone's nice list despite a festive effort at twerking from Ru and Michelle's stunt doubles. Later, we go Around The Dial with Dr. Pimple Popper, Runaways, Teen Mom: Young And Pregnant, and Little Drummer Girl, and give reality-show side character spin-offs in this week's Extra Credit. Tara lugs her Canon seating chart up to the panel with a One Day At A Time finale before we declare Steve Sanders a winner, and Carlton and his dance a loser (maybe? ask Dave). And Game Time gifted us a look at the before-and-after roles for the casts of legendary shows. Dog rest ye, merry listeners: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.

GUESTS

👤 Kevin O'Keeffe

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 💄 RuPaul's Drag Race

Lead Topic: 🍰 Nailed It

Around The Dial: 🧴 Dr. Pimple Popper

Around The Dial: 🏃‍♀️ Runaways

Around The Dial: 🤰 Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant

Around The Dial: 🥁 The Little Drummer Girl

Extra Credit: 🤑 Reality-show spin-offs for side characters

The Canon: 🏆 One Day At A Time (2017) S01.E13: Quinces

Winner & Loser: 👍 Ian Ziering

Winner & Loser: 👎 Alfonso Ribeiro

Game Time: 🧠 On The Map, Off The Map

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 231 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

👠 Kevin O'Keeffe's YouTube show, "The Kiki," on Twitter

230: Grabbing Our Mics For Season 2 Of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Dec 12, 2018

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Here's hoping you rested your ears over Thanksgiving, because they're getting battered by Season 2 of Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Sherman-Palladino superfan Nick Rheinwald-Jones is returning to discuss whether it killed or bombed. Around The Dial clicks through the Comedy Central sketch special Goatface, Magic For Humans, The Comedy Lineup, and a whole slate of food shows, including Top Chef, The Final Table, and The Great British Bake Off. For her Extra Credit question, Caroline asks us each to identify a show recommended by a trusted source that just didn't take. Nick pitches Community's "App Development And Condiments" for induction into the Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and close up with a Game Time that's a bit pricey. You don't need to pay a cover charge to hear our whole set!

GUESTS

👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🎤 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Around The Dial: 🐐 Goatface

Around The Dial: 🪄 Magic For Humans

Around The Dial: 🎤 The Comedy Lineup

Around The Dial: 🍽 The Final Table

Around The Dial: 🧑‍🍳 Top Chef

Around The Dial: 🥐 The Great British Bake Off

Extra Credit: 🤑 Recommended shows that didn't "take"

The Canon: 🏆 Community S05.E08: App Development And Condiments

Winner & Loser: 👍 RuPaul's Drag Race

Winner & Loser: 👎 Kevin Hart

Game Time: 🧠 The Price Is Correct

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 230 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter

🏨 Touch all of Nick's things at his '70s-style L.A. AirBnB

229: The Christmas-Creep TV Forcening Dec 05, 2018

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It's just the three of us for our EHG "holiday episode" -- a meditation on the theme of Christmas creep. And yeah, they DO start playing carols in the mall on, like, November 2 these days...but that's not exactly the definition "creep" that became central to our discussion as we contemplated a Hill Street Blues that contained literally all the acting, plus plenty of judgment of singletons; an All In The Family double episode in which a hate crime led to a lengthy crisis of faith for Edith, who was not that crime's victim; and a Pickle & Peanut segment that abandoned us all in the Uncanny Valley. So when we say "Christmas creep," get ready to shudder as you deck the halls with a very special Extra Hot Great.

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 👮‍♂️ Hill Street Blues S03.E12: Santaclaustrophobia

Lead Topic: 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 All In The Family S08.E13 & S08.E14: Edith's Crisis Of Faith

Lead Topic: 🥜 Pickle & Peanut S02.E17: Merry Mo-Cap

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 229 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🥜 Watch Pickle & Peanut's Merry Mo-Cap

228: Making A Break For It With Escape At Dannemora Nov 28, 2018

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Resident upstate...er, resident Kim Reed is back to talk about Ben Stiller-directed drama/thriller/Shawshank aspirant Escape At Dannemora. We discuss everything from accents to wardrobe to pacing to whether trying to recreate '70s thrillers is a worthwhile goal. Should Sarah keep watching past Episode 4? Keep listening and find out. After that, we debate whether Dave would Hate This Jekyll-and-Hyde thing on The CW, and go Around The Dial with two comedy specials, Catastrophe, The Final Table, Wellington Paranormal, 30 For 30, and a Very Special Again With This announcement; we also saved five TV characters each in today's lifeboat Extra Credit; declared Ice T's breakfast a winner and NBC a loser, and tried to recognize patterns in Game Time. Tunnel on over to an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

👤 Kim Reed

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🚓 Escape At Dannemora

Around The Dial: 🦍 Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape

Will Dave Hate This?: 🎭 Jekyll & Hyde show on the CW

Around The Dial: 🥗 Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh

Around The Dial: 🌋 Catastrophe

Around The Dial: 🍽 The Final Table

Around The Dial: 👻 Wellington Paranormal

Around The Dial: 🥍 30 For 30

Extra Credit: 🤑 Put 5 TV characters in a lifeboat

The Canon: 🏆 Game Of Thrones S06.E10: The Winds Of Winter

Winner & Loser: 👍 Ice-T

Winner & Loser: 👎 NBC's Megyn Kelly experiment

Game Time: 🧠 Test Patterns

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 228 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🥯 Ice T eats a bagel at last

227: Getting High On Narcos: Mexico Nov 21, 2018

Show notes

Netflix's Narcos has moved to a new time period and a new location with the spinoff Narcos: Mexico, and Maggie Serota has joined us to talk about what's changed as our attention turns from Colombian cartels to ones closer to a certain famous border. Around The Dial clicks through Showtime's Shut Up And Dribble, A&E's The Clinton Affair, perennial segment star Patriot, and an update on Teen Titans Go!. Tara makes the case for inducting The Larry Sanders Show's "Where Is The Love?" to the Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser and -- just in time for Thanksgiving -- a Game Time to gorge on. Light up a joint or a field of weed visible from space (we don't judge) and join us!

GUESTS

👤 Maggie Serota

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 💊 Narcos: Mexico

Around The Dial: 🏀 Shut Up And Dribble

Around The Dial: 👗 The Clinton Affair

Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 Patriot

Around The Dial: 💨 Teen Titans Go!

The Canon: 🏆 The Larry Sanders Show S05.E03: Where Is The Love?

Winner & Loser: 👍 Bosch

Winner & Loser: 👎 Brian Austin Green

Game Time: 🧠 Order Up

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 227 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Maggie Serota on Twitter

💿 Maggie at Spin.com

🪓 Maggie's deep dive on So I Married An Axe Murderer

226: Talking Through Our Memories Of Homecoming Nov 14, 2018

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As Amazon brings the scripted podcast Homecoming to TV in an adaptation starring Julia Roberts -- apparently she's done some films? -- we welcome Mark Lisanti to talk about its music, its colour scheme, and how engrossing we found its conspiracy thriller storyline. Around The Dial takes us to two comedies by and for fortysomething women (Baroness Von Sketch Show and Sally4Ever), two other Amazon series (The Romanoffs and Patriot), the ninth season of The Real Housewives Of New Jersey, and Dave's latest forcening: Teen Titans Go!. We consider a very regal Extra Credit query from Corey before Mark pitches 30 Rock's "Succession" for The Canon. We name the week's Winner and Loser, and then kick off a new season of Game Time with an outing that requires us to dig deep into our facility with the alphabet. Grab a giant helping of gnocchi and listen!

GUESTS

👤 Mark Lisanti

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🥳 Homecoming

Around The Dial: 👑 Baroness Von Sketch Show

Around The Dial: ⏰ Sally4Ever

Around The Dial: 🇷🇺 The Romanoffs

Around The Dial: ⚔️ Patriot

Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ The Real Housewives Of New Jersey

Around The Dial: 💨 Teen Titans Go!

Extra Credit: 👑

The Canon: 🏆 30 Rock S02.E13: Succession

Winner & Loser: 👍 Jesse Pinkman

Winner & Loser: 👎 Ice-T

Game Time: 🧠 Letters From Philo

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 226 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Mark Lisanti on Twitter

225: House Of Cards Season 6 Faces The Nation Nov 07, 2018

Show notes

Netflix's political potboiler returned last weekend -- without its former linchpin in the Frank Underwood role. WE returned with first-time guest Kathryn VanArendonk to talk about whether this is the one Netflix-original season that actually felt too short; which is more egregious, Doug's beard or Claire's pregnancy pad; and what the franchise might have gained by just coming back in five years' time with all-new characters and no Spacey baggage. We went Around The Dial with Will & Grace, Superstore, The Shivering Truth, the original Rake, and Bodyguard before exclaiming, "Great Scott!" at the lives, loves, and butts of a first-season Outlander. Julianne Hough won, Alec Baldwin and Kevin James lost, Tara ad-ded value to the episode with her non-regulation Game Time. Fili-bust out your earbuds; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.

GUESTS

👤 Kathryn VanArendonk

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🃏 House Of Cards

Around The Dial: 👩🏻‍🦰 Will & Grace

Around The Dial: 🏪 Superstore

Around The Dial: 🥶 The Shivering Truth

Around The Dial: 🍂 Rake

Around The Dial: 💂‍♀️ Bodyguard

The Canon: 🏆 Outlander S01.E07: The Wedding

Winner & Loser: 👍 Julianne Hough

Winner & Loser: 👎 Kevin James and Alec Baldwin

Game Time: 🧠 Promotional Considerations

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 225 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter

🤦‍♀️ Diane Lane biffs the Bechdel test

🏚 Tara on Homecoming (warning: spoilerish)

💂 Kathryn on that Bodyguard twist

📆 The Appointment TV podcast

224: Getting Spellbound By Charmed And Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina Oct 31, 2018

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With Hallowe'en upon us, we decided to take a look at this season's two witch remakes: The CW's Charmed, and Netflix's Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina. Eve Batey joins us to discuss whether they put a spell on us, or if we wished we could burn them at the stake. Around The Dial stops at The House On Haunted Hill, Iron Fist's second (and final) season, and Counterpart. Find out whether the climax for Seinfeld's "The Contest" is its induction into The Canon. And then, after you learn the week's Winner or Loser, you can play along with a Game Time full of memorable First Impressions. It's no toil and only good trouble in our latest Extra Hot Great podcast!

GUESTS

👤 Eve Batey

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🧙‍♀️ Charmed (2018)

Lead Topic: 👻 The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina

Around The Dial: 👻 The Haunting Of Hill House

Around The Dial: 🥋 Iron Fist

Around The Dial: 👯‍♂️ Counterpart

The Canon: 🏆 Seinfeld S04.E11: The Contest

Winner & Loser: 👍 Sofia Vergara

Winner & Loser: 👎 Megyn Kelly

Game Time: 🧠 First Impressions

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 224 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Eve Batey on Twitter

💞 Tara's Twitter thread on Runaway Heart

🗞 Eve's Inside Media newsletter

223: Life After Roseanne On The Conners Oct 24, 2018

Show notes

The Conners debuted last week, sans its controversial founder -- and Sarah Baker made HER EHG debut to talk about everything from how the show handled "Roseanne"'s death to the healing properties of Goodman and Metcalf to whether we'll keep watching without a possible train-wreck as motivation. We went Around The Dial with The Cool Kids, Get A Room With Carson And Thom, a Camping/Splitting Up Together comparison, and a German Flying Circus before Dylan Garsee hoped an RPDR All Stars episode would get to sashay-you-stay into the Canon. A Midwife won, Marvel lost, and a monstrous game time had us all screaming -- on an all-new Extra Hot Great.

GUESTS

👤 Sarah Baker

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🛋 The Conners

Around The Dial: ⛺️ Camping

Around The Dial: 💔 Splitting Up Together

Around The Dial: 😎 The Cool Kids

Around The Dial: 🪟 Get A Room With Carson And Thom

Around The Dial: 🎪 Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus

The Canon: 🏆 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars S02.E05: Revenge Of The Queens

Winner & Loser: 👍 Emerald Fennell

Winner & Loser: 👎 Marvel's Street Team