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Mini: Time Capsule for May 2012

Glark — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:33 +0000

Looking back at the box-office champs from 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago this month. Spoiler: SEQUELS AHOY.

Mini: Animal House

Glark — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:00:09 +0000

Which non-animated animal movie stars impressed us the most?

Mini: The Actor Trap

Glark — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:00:18 +0000

Which of today’s stars could hang with those of the golden age of film — and which of those old-timers could headline movies if they were alive today?

Mini: TV To Movie Adaptations

Glark — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:00:48 +0000

We pick our favourite TV series-turned-feature films.

#83: It Sucks Title Pun Title

Glark — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:38:08 +0000

For some reason, Tim Burton made a movie version of Dark Shadows, and for some even more mysterious reason, we watched it. After giving it a thorough going-over, we move on to considering the admission of the Flight Of The Conchords episode “Yoko” to The Canon. Dave makes a rare appearance in this week’s Winner and Loser segment, and then it’s on to another bare-knuckle fight of a Game Time.

Episode Rundown

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:00 Dark Shadows
0:17:15 The Canon: Flight of the Conchords‘s Yoko
0:34:30 Winner and Loser of the Week
0:37:15 Game Time: We, Robots
0:54:15 Outro

Mini: Putting Character On The Map

Glark — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:00:02 +0000

What are our favourite movies or TV series in which the setting could almost be described as a character unto itself?

Mini: Good Trailer Bad Movie

Glark — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:00:10 +0000

When the movie doesn’t live up to its marketing.

Mini: Pooperpowers

Glark — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:56:01 +0000

Which movie superheros have the lamest or least useful powers?

Show Notes

Fametracker’s X3: Revenge of the Unheralded Mutants featuring Shard.
Panels from The Red Bee

#82: Red Baron Pizza Friends

Glark — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:18:33 +0000

After a discussion of 2012′s first big summer movie — The Avengers — we take a look at the season ahead: what each of us into; what we should be into, but aren’t; and what no one alive should be into. Tara shares a Tiny Triumph regarding her recurring SNL Sketch Predictor. To circle back to The Avengers, we consider the submission of the “Our Mrs. Reynolds” episode of Firefly to The Canon. Then we name the week’s Winner and Loser, before Tara tries to dig her way out of her Game Time season deficit.

Episode Rundown

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:15 The Avengers
0:18:30 Summer Movie Excitement Roundtable
0:46:45 Tiny Triumph
0:49:45 The Canon: Firefly‘s Our Mrs. Reynolds
1:10:00 Winner and Loser of the Week
1:12:45 Game Time: They Call Me Pun Dog
1:31:30 Outro

Show Notes

Mini: Rank This: All-TV Edition

Glark — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:00:50 +0000

Time to rank things according to our capricious whims! Listen for ordered lists of 90210 characters, Cylons, SNL Presidents, and more!

Mini: Against the Grain

Glark — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:00:59 +0000

Look, we’re all unique snowflakes here at EHG. We contain multitudes. We are, like Libya, lands of contrast. So what kinds of entertainment are we into that run counter to everything we claim to be about?

Mini: Kevin Kline

Glark — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:00:14 +0000

You know who’s super-swell? Kevin Kline. You know who should find more ways to be in our lives? Kevin Kline. Listen as we tell the great Kevin Kline what to do.

Mini: Pop Culture Politicians

Glark — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:00:11 +0000

While we’re thinking about Veep, how about a discussion of our favorite elected officials from film and television. Spoiler: “Diamond” Joe Quimby suffers an embarrassing shutout.

#81: Has The President Called

Glark — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:13:23 +0000

This week, we’re back on the HBO Half-Hour Comedy with a Female Lead beat, talking up the political comedy Veep. Does it measure up to the past work of Armando Iannucci, specifically The Thick of It? And is it too mean or NOT MEAN ENOUGH? From there, the Iannucci theme continues with a Canon submission for the “Bravealan” episode of the Britcom I’m Alan Partridge. [NOTE: Joe would like to apologize for not reviving his hilarious Alan Parsons Project joke from Twitter this week.] The week’s winner and loser are crowned, and then it’s time for a salaciously titular Game Time. Can Joe make it a perfect 5-for-5 on the season??

Episode Rundown

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:00 Veep
0:13:45 The Canon: I’m Alan Partridge‘s Bravealan
0:36:30 Winner and Loser of the Week
0:39:15 Game Time: We Have A Title
0:53:15 Outro

Show Notes

Veep pilot on YouTube
Stephen Colbert singing with Julie Andrews
Game Time author Trip Payne’s Triple Play Puzzles

Mini: Forget Me Now

Glark — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:00:40 +0000

We consider pop culture products that have so degraded over time that we can’t trust our memories of them, as well as those we wish we could Eternal Sunshine out of our minds forever.

Mini: Important Pop Culture Food: Homer’s Hoagie

Glark — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Just because it has mushrooms sprouting off it doesn’t mean it isn’t still okay to eat.

Mini: Dubious Movie Victories

Glark — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:47:20 +0000

Which alleged triumphs are actually, when you think about it, kind of a letdown?

Mini: Important Pop Culture Objects: Office Space Printer

Glark — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:55:44 +0000

Die motherfucker DIE motherfucker DIE!

#80: A Voice Of A Generation

Glark — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:17:14 +0000

Richard Lawson of The Atlantic Wire joins us as we take our legally mandated turn commenting on HBO’s polarizing Girls, and on the feature Cabin In The Woods (and we cannot stress this enough: do NOT listen to the Cabin segment unless you’ve seen the movie!). Richard presents the “Eric Visits” episode of Undeclared for submission to The Canon. Then it’s on to the week’s Winner and Loser, and to Game Time, where Tara is prepared to crack some skulls if it means ending her season-long losing streak.

Episode Rundown

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:00 Girls
0:18:30 The Cabin in the Woods
0:32:45 The Canon: Undeclared‘s Eric Visits
0:52:05 Winner and Loser of the Week
0:54:00 Game Time: Timeline
1:07:00 Outro

Show Notes

Mini: Ironic Punishments Division

Glark — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:00:51 +0000

We’re not saying any of us WILL be sent to hell. But if we were, what kinds of ironic punishments would the Prince of Lies have in store for us, based on our pop culture tastes?

Mini: Renaming Rights

Glark — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:00:33 +0000

Remember how the old-school Hollywood stars with problematic names all adopted more marquee-worthy screen monikers? We’ve got some suggestions for the stars of today.

Mini: Dance Movies

Glark — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:00:59 +0000

Oh, you want recommendations for dance movies? We miiiiiight have just what you’re looking for.

Mini: At Death’s Door

Glark — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:00:06 +0000

What are some of the best death scenes ever depicted on the big screen? Grab your wake-up cup and find out.

#79: We Are Marshals

Glark — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:17:05 +0000

This week, Tara, Dave, and Joe were joined by guerrilla contributor (and frequent guest) Mark Blankenship for a law-abiding discussion of the season finale of Justified. Did the EHG gang embrace Season 3 with open arms? Plus, Joe gives particular attention to the season’s diverse gallery of baddies with a countdown of the 10 best villains. Sticking with the U.S Marshals tip, then, it’s time to talk about the return of Chris Elliot in Adult Swim’s Eagleheart. And since we are ALL ABOUT SEGUES this week, the canon submission is for Chris Elliott’s culty ’90s sitcom Get a Life. And after a winner and loser of the week are chosen, it’s time for another shouty edition of the TV theme song Game Time.

Episode Rundown

0:00:00 Intro
0:02:15 Justified
0:16:00 I Made A List: Top 10 Justified Villains
0:27:15 Eagleheart
0:34:30 The Canon: Get A Life‘s Spewey and Me
0:48:15 Winner and Loser of the Week
0:51:45 Game Time: TV Theme Quiz: G
1:18:00 Outro

Show Notes

Joe’s Justified recaps on Vulture
Tara interviews Chris Elliot for Grandland
Zac Efron will unhook your bra.

Mini: Pop Culture High

Glark — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:00:32 +0000

Which fictional schools would we most like to attend?

Mini: Guest Star Dystopia

Glark — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:00:39 +0000

Which guest stars/bit players are we least happy to see?

Mini: Favourite Saturday Morning Cartoons

Glark — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:00:31 +0000

Looking back on a time when kids had to wait until the weekend to watch a damn cartoon.

Show Notes

#78: Two For Flinching

Glark — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:08:50 +0000

This week, we discuss a documentary in the classic Important Bummer genre: Bully (to which you can now safely take your kid, thanks to its new PG-13 rating!). The film inspires Joe to propose an out-of-the-box solution to the problem of bullying in a new installment of I Am Not A Crackpot. Joe also presents a fictional take on bullying — the Popular episode “Caged” — for submission to The Canon. Then we name the week’s Winner and Loser, and it’s on to a Game Time that isn’t quite shipshape.

Episode Rundown

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:45 Bully
0:31:00 I Am Not A Crackpot
0:33:30 Dewey Donation System
0:34:45 The Canon: Popular‘s Caged
0:54:30 Winner and Loser of the Week
0:57:00 Game Time: O Captain My Captain
1:18:00 Outro

Show Notes

Please consider helping kids by donating to libraries in need. Details at Dewey Donation System.

Mini: Book Adaptations

Glark — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:00:15 +0000

What are the best and worst examples of books being adapted into movies. The EHG will tell you, but you’d probably like the written transcript a lot better.

Mini: Musicians Acting

Glark — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:00:31 +0000

The success rate for musicians expanding their horizons to the acting realm is really spotty. Sometimes, you get David Bowie in Labyrinth. Sometimes you get Mick Jagger in Freejack. Sometimes you don’t even know which of those examples is supposed to be the good one.

Mini: Time Capsule for April 2012

Glark — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:00:05 +0000

A look back at the top movies from 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago finds a hammy Jon Voight, a talky Quentin Tarantino, a glitzy Hollywood noir, and a litany of ethnic stereotypes.

Mini: Surfer Girl Movies

Glark — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:00:33 +0000

After a week at Surf Camp, Tara has returned with some demands for more (and more widely-available) movies on the subject of girls who surf.

#77: The Hollow Coxswain

Glark — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:26:00 +0000

EHG sports reporter Will Edmondson returns to the show in time to provide valuable rowing-based context for the long-awaited season premiere of Mad Men. What’s the state of Don and Megan’s relationship? How many fucks does Roger give about Joan’s baby? All will be revealed! From there, it’s a discussion of the new Seann William Scott hockey movie Goon, a very scientific list of the greatest sports-on-TV theme songs of all time, and a Canon submission for The Simpsons‘ “Homer at the Bat.” Then, after all that sports — plus a winner and loser of the week — all those sports give way to a Game Time dominated by HARDCORE MATHEMATICS. At EHG, we contain multitudes.

Episode Rundown

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:30 Mad Men
0:17:30 Goon
0:32:30 We Made A List: Sports Show Themes
0:43:45 The Canon: The Simpsons‘ Homer At The Bat
1:02:15 Winner and Loser of the Week
1:04:30 Game Time: I Was Told There Would Be No Math
1:16:15 Outro

Show Notes

The final tally for Game Time is off due to an (off-air) error during the game. Tara should have one less point and Will should have one more.
Deadspin’s article on this week’s Canon submission: The Making Of “Homer At The Bat,” The Episode That Conquered Prime Time 20 Years Ago Tonight

Mini: Premise vs. Execution

Glark — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:00:18 +0000

Hopes were so high. It all seemed like such a great idea. The pieces were in place. And then the finished product just blew it. Check out which movies we’re talking about.

Mini: Favourite 70s Sitcoms

Glark — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:05:01 +0000

This extra credit asks for our favorite sitcoms from the 1970s. No, nobody picked Joanie Loves Chachi. But only because that’s from the ’80s.

Mini: Drag Race Catchup

Glark — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:00:44 +0000

Tara and Joe give their assessment of the coming-to-a-climax RuPaul’s Drag Race season, while Dave asks pertinent questions.

Mini: Effective Dystopias

Glark — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:00:29 +0000

After taking in the bleak, sinister future depicted in The Hunger Games, it’s time for a discussion of our favorite dystopias in movies and — GASP! — books.

#76: Hungry Are the Damned

Glark — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:32:57 +0000

Dust off your maps of Panem, put on your gaudiest Capitol wig, and settle in as the EHG gang hashes out The Hunger Games! Hard-hitting topics include the proportions of Josh Hutcherson’s face and the origins of scary computer-dogs. From there, Joe delivers an update on his Blowsy Blondes (which also doubles as a Tiny Triumph) (which then triples as a sad plea for calm among the huggerati). Dave presents The Twilight Zone‘s “Time Enough at Last” for Canon consideration, a winner and TWO losers are chosen for the week, and it’s do-or-die time for this season of Game Time. Only one can survive!

Episode Rundown

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:00 The Hunger Games
0:22:00 Joe’s Blowsy Blondes Update
0:27:00 The Canon: The Twilight Zone‘s Time Enough At Last
0:41:45 Winner and Loser of the Week
0:45:30 Game Time: Still Hungry
1:00:45 Outro

Mini: Quality TV Pilots

Glark — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:00:44 +0000

Generally, the pilot tends to be the worst episode of even a great series. But which are some of the pilots we love that bucked this trend?

Mini: Rank This: Simpsons Characters

Glark — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:00:59 +0000

We’re ranking stuff again, guys.

Mini: Canadian TV Gems

Glark — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:00:25 +0000

What are some of the Canadian TV shows we’ve loved that Americans might not know about?

Show Notes

Mini: Kill The Messenger

Glark — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:00:04 +0000

Which advertising pitchmen/women/things do we find most objectionable, and how would we replace them?

Show Notes

#75: You Are Still Not A Crackpot

Glark — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:58:58 +0000

Once again, we asked YOU to tell US to share unpopular or obscure pop culture opinions that might make some people (not us) think you’re crazy — and throw in a few of our own. Then it’s on to the penultimate Game Time of the season. The stakes are SO HIGH.

Episode Rundown

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:45 I Am Not A Crackpot
0:53:15 Game Time: No Small Part
1:11:15 Outro

New Podcast Feed URL

Glark — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:13:08 +0000

Reminder that our podcast feed moved after episode 72. So copy the new podcast feed (http://extrahotgreat.com/feed/audio/) and update the URL in your software of choice if you are having issues.

Mini: Pied Pipers

Glark — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:00:01 +0000

Which shows were so indelible that we’ll follow their cast members just about anywhere?

Mini: Important Pop Culture Food: Popplers

Glark — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:00:50 +0000

If you promise not to sue us, you can stick ‘em up your nose!

Mini: Portlandia

Glark — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:00:50 +0000

We look back on Season 2 of Portlandia.

Mini: Love Broker

Glark — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:00:05 +0000

Bravo made yet another reality show you haven’t even heard of, much less watched. But someone watched it! Someone named Tara.

#74: Second Seasoning

Glark — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:13:31 +0000

This week, we celebrate the return of one of the best animated series on TV, Bob’s Burgers, as well as Joe’s Tiny Triumph of correctly predicting a key development on a reality show. (Guess which one! You may NOT be surprised.) Joe offers up the “Miserable” episode of The Critic for submission into The Canon. Tara and Joe then name the week’s Winner and Loser, and then it’s on to Game Time — which, as the season draws to a close, is MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.

Episode Rundown

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:00 Bob’s Burgers
0:12:30 Tiny Triumph
0:14:00 The Canon: The Critic‘s Miserable
0:33:45 Winner and Loser of the Week
0:36:00 Game Time: Dine and Dash
0:48:30 Outro

Show Notes

Behind Bob’s Burgers

Mini: Time Capsule for March 2012

Glark — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:00:03 +0000

What were the big movies in March five/ten/fifteen/twenty years ago? What movie did Wild Hogs best at the box office? Listen and learn!