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Clips 00:01 Hot wieners! Hot wieners! Get your wieners! Hot wieners! Big steaming wiener! Hot wiener! Dave 00:20 This is the Extra Extra Hot Great Podcast, episode 434 for the October 17th, 2026 weekend. Clips 00:32 Actually, when you go Dave 00:33 I am unspoken urinal positioning law stickler Clips 00:33 to Dave 00:36 David T. Cole, and I'm here with top-notch law person, Sarah D. Bunting. Sarah 00:41 I'm worried. Dave 00:42 And good guy in a white van, Tara Ariano. Tara 00:45 History's first Welcome to Extra Extra Hot Great for another weekend. Thank you so much for your support. We're delighted to have you here. To listen to us talk about the Lowdown season two. Not too long after the events of the Lowdown Season 1, we reunite with True Storyan Lee Ray Bon, Ethan Hawk. as he's being fated as a citizen journalist for his Heartland press piece about the Washburgs. At the award banquet he meets public defender Ginger Lafferty, Betty Gilpin. who puts Lee onto what could be his next big story. Why has a former client of hers named Miko Dean disappeared from the state prison system? Lee's barely started investigating before he has to deal with another troublesome guy, his estranged father, Lee Ray Bon Sr. Tommy Lee Jones. Sterling Harjo, who formerly brought us reservation dogs, created the lowdown and continues to run the show. Only two episodes have aired so far on FX october 14th. We got access. to six, but we will be careful about spoilers. Let's do the chen check-in. Sarah, should our listeners watch the lowdown season two? Sarah 02:02 Absolutely. Tara 02:03 Dave. Clips 02:04 Oh my god, I need that! Dave 02:05 Oh wait, one more thing Clips 02:07 Let the wide stick give you the edge. Dave 02:07 here. Clips 02:09 Speed stick super dry anti -perspirant. Dave 02:12 Uh low down. Tara 02:13 Yeah, I agree too. Sarah 02:14 Mm-hmm Tara 02:15 This is one of the best shows on TV right now, I would venture to say Let's get into it. The lowdown is partly about the importance of local journalism, even when the local journalist doing it is a mess and a fuck up, because you never know when a story about one incarcerated person dodging his lawyer is gonna end up being a lot bigger So far, how invested are you in what's going to become Lee's Crusade in season two, Sarah? Sarah 02:39 very the minute that it was uh revealed that one of the antagonists, I guess, from the premier episode is uh CO at this prison, I was like, Oh, sure. Tara 02:50 Mm-hmm. Yep. Sarah 02:52 And I'm sure there's no shortage of stories like this. Tara 02:55 Mm-hmm. Sarah 02:55 I'm sure this is something that has been on Lee's truth story radar for years and it's uh not a common thread exactly, but definitely a um large percentage of true crime material. Tara 03:11 So Sarah 03:12 comes back to stories like this about um crimes within crimes in the carceral state, blah blah blah. So I was intrigued. of course, and then equally intrigued by the fact that was kind of toying with our ideas and perceptions of Betty Gilpin. Tara 03:31 Yeah. Sarah 03:31 and previous roles that she's played and then, you know, makes her kind of as uh at sixes and sevens in some ways as Lee Ray Bond. So that was uh that was interesting. I am invested, always. Dave 03:47 I'm enjoying season two a lot. It still has that tone that it's a little hard to describe in a nutshell. Like I always get some Cohen Brother vibes from the low down. I always get justified, mixed in there a little bit, but all sort of through this weedy haze that makes it very easy going in a weird way, considering the stakes and the events of the lowdown and everything that happens around Lee. So it's working for me still and it is easy to enjoy when you add Betty Gilpin. I'm just gonna say it. Sarah 04:22 Mm-hmm, Dave 04:23 I think she might be attractive. Tara 04:25 Yes. Sarah 04:26 mm-hmm. Tara 04:26 I agree. And I think we're a pretty passionately pro-Betty Gilpin podcast Sarah 04:32 Yes Tara 04:33 Signing on for a project like this is part of what makes her so lovable. It also shows her great taste. We also saw her in Widows Bay this year, which she won an Emmy for for her guest role. I don't think I've ever had a bad time with a Betty Gilpin character, but how is she impressing you so far as ginger, Dave? Dave 04:48 Well, first of all, Capital Knockers. Tara 04:50 Sure. Often in t-shirts. Dave 04:52 I mean I was gonna say she wore that Weezer t-shirt pretty well, if you ask Tara 04:56 She did. Dave 04:56 me Tara 04:57 Mm-hmm. Dave 04:58 But disgusting things aside, she's really good and the way this character is both put together but also scare shitless is an interesting mix. Sarah 05:07 Mm-hmm Dave 05:08 You know, there's this sort of one at work and then one in front of Lee. It feels very real to me. Sarah 05:14 Agree. I think sometimes these projects can struggle with the credibility of characters who look like, you know, TV and film actors. Being a little too like uh not incompetent, but just like um uh Daffy or vague or situationally inept in a way that's not believable. Like, you know, a character who looks like this would have a certain level of confidence and competence that we're not seeing and want to see. But she is really good at conveying an actual person with dimensions that exist outside of how she looks. And of course, you know, she's beautiful, but she's not necessarily that like poreless extruded kind of beauty that you're like, this is not a person I believe has ever had a problem or qualm. Tara 06:08 Yes Sarah 06:08 And uh she's she's good at inhabiting a a character and a world like this where a lot of it really is uh reliant on the every even a broken clock ocity of achievement Tara 06:22 Mm-hmm. Sarah 06:22 if that makes any sense Dave 06:24 Yeah. Her problem in the story is that there is a prisoner, Brackets question mark, that has left the building, Brackets question mark, and she's in trouble. And then one night it happens off camera, somebody breaks into her house and she shoots them or is trying to break into the house. And she shoots them. And then the scene that we get where Lee has arrived and she's just like absolutely shaking kind of speaks to everything that Sarah was saying, you know, like Here are the events that the story needs to tell. It happened to this person, but this person is reacting in a way that seems believable in this universe. Tara 07:01 Yes. Dave 07:02 And the events that happened to her don't seem too outlandish either. Sarah 07:06 Well, but also her like adrenalized joy in announcing, I always knew I would shoot someone was like really a perfect distillation of this character. Tara 07:16 Yeah. Sarah 07:16 I think that it's like scratch her even slightly and there is like some Lee-esque crazy Tara 07:23 Mm-hmm. Sarah 07:23 beneath that sort of shapeless lawyer suit that she has on. Tara 07:27 Yes. And the incident also sets up Lee to be able to be like, well, I got I should check you just to make sure you didn't also get shot. She's like, why don't I have bullets in my tits? He's like, get undressed. She's like, they're not ticks. If like if she was shot, she would know. Anyway. Sarah 07:44 Yeah. Tara 07:45 I trust Sterling Harjo more than most showrunners on his ability to find very disparate performers who are gonna gel with one another in the worlds that he create. I don't know if I would have expected Expected Tommy Lee Jones to do that, but he really does. I'm gonna go to Dave since he saw more of him. What did you think of him here? Dave 08:03 Yeah, I mean he fit the bill. We know him from like let's say this is his character from old country, no country for old men. Tara 08:10 Yes, yep. Dave 08:10 He's just gotten older, a little more forgetful, and now he thinks he's Lee's dad. It has that sort of feel to it. The show does, right? I mean the show has a lot of similarities with that setting. Obviously, it's not quite as dark. But He is here, he is able, he's doing a good job being, sort of like I not quite sure if he's actually maybe soft in the head or this is all another dad con Tara 08:35 Right Dave 08:37 because he's a bad guy. That part of it, I think he's selling really well, as is the writing. Tara 08:42 Mm-hmm. Dave 08:43 So he's quite effective here. I just haven't got to the point where they're using him in a big way. Tara 08:48 Yeah. Dave 08:48 Yeah. Tara 08:49 I mean we see him in the second episode eating cereal with a silv a Dave 08:52 What a big guy. Tara 08:53 serving spoon Dave 08:54 Yeah. Tara 08:54 and I was like, I gotta get out of this guy's level. Dave 08:56 Yeah. Tara 08:56 He's he's really opening doors I never thought of Dave 08:58 I was thinking of you when I saw that Tara 09:00 Of course. Dave 09:01 How can I eat more cereal? It's like the uh what are we gonna do? Like, well, that Tabasco bot guy put the bigger hole on the top of the Tabasco bottle. Tara 09:05 Mm-hmm. Sarah 09:09 Mm-hmm. Dave 09:09 How about bigger spoons? Tara 09:11 Mm-hmm. Dave 09:11 Mm-hmm. Tara 09:12 Yeah. Lee's characterization is that he's a con artist, and we haven't really seen that in the early going yet either. But there's uh I mean I I have watched all six, I'll just say keep an eye on him because Stuff is yet to come with that aspect of his personality that we're Dave 09:26 I mean, you see little Tara 09:27 told early. Dave 09:28 glimpse of it. Tara 09:29 Mm-hmm. Dave 09:29 There's this one moment where he's sort of just idling time. at the bookshop and he's just you know rummaging around spying on things as you would do if you're left alone in somebody else's house and he finds like a dollar bill not in the cash register and he's sort of like picks it up and strains it on the corner of the desk and like folds it up, puts it in his pocket. Tara 09:47 Mm-hmm. Yeah. Dave 09:49 Little touches like that where you can tell he's just an opportunist. Tara 09:51 Mm-hmm. Yeah. Also the opening shot of him Walking along those train tracks in a gray suit with a red baseball cap is a it's a reference to Paris, Texas, which we really gotta see. I've been it's been on our list for ages. Yeah, I gotta fill in that gap in my cultural knowledge. Other character actors new to this season, we got Paul Schneider as Chili Franks in the second episode. He's a a another prison guard that Lee cultivates as a source. Dave 10:16 There's a whole sequence in that episode which I will just describe as boogie knights-esque Tara 10:22 Uh uh Sarah 10:23 Mm-hmm. Dave 10:24 Speaking of other things this uh uh production is sort of uh bringing into its mix. Tara 10:29 Mm-hmm. Dave 10:30 That was so well done Tara 10:31 Yes. Dave 10:31 That whole thing gave me the creeps and it went on for a while too. Tara 10:35 Yep Dave 10:35 And it's like one of my biggest nightmares to be trapped in the social setting with somebody that Seems a little off, but then you realize, oh my god, they're way off. Tara 10:45 Yeah yeah Dave 10:45 And then like, oh no, thank you. Please, testicles, bag, and body, bye-bye, flies out the window. Tara 10:51 Mm-hmm. We get Christopher Mince Place as Pooke, who is a foot guy represented by Ginger's office Dave 10:55 That was a that was Tara 10:58 man. Dave 10:59 Yeah Tara 10:59 That uh Ginger's gotta get information from him and like she's very again very all business and then she's like, alright, fine, and takes her shoe off and puts her foot on the table. Dave 11:08 I like the idea that the writer's room or whatever the casting director and the director were together. It's like who do we need? to play the toe sucking weirdo. It's like, oh, you gotta get McLovin, you know, like, yeah, absolutely. Tara 11:16 Mm-hmm. Yep. Yes. And uh John Hawks from Deadwood will be joining us later on in the season, so that's something else to look forward to. Dave 11:25 Yeah, great cast. And the great thing about season two is that I think he's having his pick of who to bring in, and you could tell he's going like that casting is so good. Tara 11:35 Mm-hmm. Dave 11:35 Like, even if you hadn't seen the show yet and you just got that list, you know, Gilpin, Jones, the guy from Parks and Rec, that wasn't Tara 11:42 Paul Dave 11:42 like when you see these, you're like, oh yeah, they're really gonna work in Tara 11:42 Schneider, yeah. Dave 11:45 universe. You know, they really all got that sort of dusty feel to them, you know what I mean? Tara 11:49 Yeah. Dave 11:49 Like I could see them all working there and they do, they all do. Tara 11:52 Mm-hmm. And the other fun of season two is uh like early in the awards banquet, for example, Lee brings all of his People from the block, like he brings Abel from the record store, the Josh Fatum character, the two um bodyguards that are absolutely no use to him at all also get to come, and Deirdre who works the you know, the desk and stuff. It's very like, oh, there's a found family and we saw them getting formed in season one and now they're like tight knit but also still fighting each other all the time. Dave 12:21 Kinda reminded me a little bit of the production crew from Better Calls All Sarah 12:22 Yeah Tara 12:24 Mm-hmm. Dave 12:25 that he had to use every once in a while. Tara 12:26 Yes. Dave 12:26 Family for a day. Tara 12:27 Also with Josh Vader, yes. Sarah 12:28 Mm-hmm. Dave 12:29 Yep. Sarah 12:29 Yeah Tara 12:30 The Private investigator to hyperlocal magazine managing editor is not one I think I've ever thought about before, but seeing Marty, the Keith David character at the Heartland Press in the first episode made so much sense to me. Sarah, I'm sure you were also delighted to see him back. Sarah 12:44 I was delighted to see him, Killer Mike's character in his matched shirts and eye patches. Tara 12:50 Yep. Sarah 12:50 Always a delight ca that character's continuing not outrage, but just like n non-plussedness at Lee Leeing is just a delight, and that he's doing it with kind of like two-thirds of his face is also a delight. I just love the texture of this show and its world. And it's impressive that it has this like Cohen magical realist quality that could get twee really quickly and somehow doesn't. It's impressive. And uh I'm very excited that it's back. Tara 13:28 We get to see more of him with uh the Michael Hitchcock character Ray, the other antiquities dealer that's sort of Dave 13:34 Hello, yeah. Tara 13:35 Lee's frenemy, the two of them, plus Lee R Lee Sr. have a caper. So Sarah 13:41 Oh Tara 13:41 that's something to look forward to later too. Sarah 13:41 my God, I can't wait. Dave 13:42 It's kind of impressive how we're just at the start of season two and how much of a world they built with all these different characters coming in. Tara 13:47 Yeah. Sarah 13:49 Mm-hmm Dave 13:49 Like it really does feel like an ecosystem now, which is Tara 13:51 Mm-hmm. Dave 13:53 Pretty good for what? This is the ninth, tenth episode, the ones that we've seen. Tara 13:55 Yeah. Mm-hmm. Dave 13:56 Yeah. Tara 13:56 The one knock I will give to the show is I I know why Lee has familiar attachments, I guess, other than his dad, but Lee's ex wife and daughter are real snooze. I just re I wish that this dentist would get a job outside of town and take them away somewhere 'cause I they're always the weakest to me Dave 14:14 They are the yes, they are the least written characters. They are the most one-note characters. Tara 14:18 Yes Dave 14:20 You know, the daughter that is always disappointed in in her dad. The mom who just wants to have as little time with him as possible because she's at that stage. Tara 14:28 Mm-hmm. Dave 14:28 Yeah, I can see that. Yeah, it would be nice if they could color color those a bit more. Sarah 14:33 I liked what they did with that character last year. Tara 14:36 The daughter or the mom? Sarah 14:37 With the daughter, I liked that they didn't feel the need to go the expected route with her like disappointment that then grows to admiration or whatever. Like they kept it they didn't keep it real exactly. I haven't really been in that position, but it seemed like a more um believable outcome and journey for them, but also that she has that similarity to him in nature and curiosity and that, you know, she might not be that psyched. about it, but there is also sort of a limit to how much more of that I want to see r Tara 15:13 Mm-hmm. Sarah 15:13 recursing. So Dave 15:15 Yeah. father and daughter being what it is because he's been sort of the semi-fuck up all his life Tara 15:22 Yeah Dave 15:23 and the reaction to that is to be a little more buttoned down as a child, I suppose. Tara 15:23 , mm-hmm Dave 15:28 You know, or just the opposite of whatever our parents were for a little while as in our tweens and and teens. So I buy that part of it. I just sort of wish they Could have done it in a way that seemed more married to the rest of the tone of the show. It just seems like they're sort of in a more Sarah 15:43 Yeah. Dave 15:45 traditional show those characters are from and they haven't sort of tweaked it for the Low down formula Tara 15:51 Yeah. Dave 15:52 as much as they Tara 15:53 Well even if sh Dave 15:53 could. Tara 15:54 if she was even a couple of years or older, so maybe we'll see this in future seasons, which Dave 15:56 Mm-hmm. Tara 15:58 fingers crossed we get them. Dave 16:00 Yeah. Tara 16:00 But there if she was like a young teenager, there would be more that she could do with Lee than what she can do is like, you know, I assume she's like thirteen, fourteen. If she was like seventeen, there would be more Sarah 16:12 Yeah. Tara 16:12 more they could integrate her with. Dave 16:14 Counterpoint Tara 16:15 Hmm. Dave 16:16 Justified City Primeval Tara 16:18 Yeah, that's a great point. Sarah 16:19 Oh, well Tara 16:20 Great point. Anyway, the Lowdown, great show. Sarah 16:22 uh Tara 16:24 Please watch it so they can continue making more. I mean, it's only coming to us a year after the first season, which is like unheard of Dave 16:32 Yeah. Tara 16:33 in cable. So reward them with your eyeballs. Sarah 16:34 Mm-hmm Tara 16:36 Thank us later. Dave 16:47 Uh-uh uh uh uh all right everybody it's time for ask eash gh Boop. Alright, it is time for Ask EHG, but first we must tackle last week's Ask Ask EHG, and let's spin the wheel of judgment and see who our judge is gonna be. Sarah, Sarah, you're the judge Sarah 17:25 Yay! Uh last week's question came from Bezoir Laura Dave 17:31 Sarah seems really excited to be the judge. I'm looking forward to this. Sarah 17:34 Which TV character reminds you the most of the other EHG Dave 17:39 Here we go Sarah 17:39 hosts? Lots of good answers here. I enjoyed Elspeth saying technically Sarah has been on TV so she can look like Sarah D. Bunting from that documentary. Uh thank you. Dave 17:52 All Sarah 17:52 I enjoyed that. Dave 17:52 right. Sarah 17:53 Adam Grosswirth said that Tara is Monica Geller, Sarah is CJ Craig, and Dave is Dr. McCoy. I feel like Dave enjoyed that, but our winner Dave 18:02 Yeah, that was good. Also, you know, go to hell. Sarah 18:06 Yeah, I mean, I feel seen for being tall. Dave 18:09 Yeah. Sarah 18:10 Our winner, because I am not above being pandered to, and may in fact put this answer on my CV, is Radish. Who said? Okay, go with me in this because it's vibes only mostly. Dave, Columbo without the wonky eye, a bit forgetful, enthusiastic about dogs, very smart and a little sneaky about it. likes a good gotcha on smart mouth jerks. Tara, Louise from Bob's Burgers, takes no shit, extremely smart, still has a gooey marshmallow center that she hides very well, appreciates good headwear. Sarah, since we can't go with Angie, Harmon, of Law in Order. Second runner-up for me is Avis Devoto Again, smart, funny, witty as hell, devoted to her friends, and not afraid to take anyone down to peg as needed, appreciates a fine piece of furniture. I mean, you know that I loved Julia, you know how I loved Avis, and that is gonna get you a passel of stickers, radish. Please reach out to Dave on the Discord for your prize. Dave 19:13 Judgment is absolute and carries the rule of law. We all know that. But I can I tell you what my favorite one was? Tara 19:17 Yes. Of course. Dave 19:20 It was Damon's, Tara, Liz Lemon, which would have been my answer to powered by spite. Oh my god, Tara is so Liz Lemon. Tara 19:29 Yeah, yes. Dave 19:30 Sarah's Daria, which I can see. Not fully Daria, but certainly you have Darian Sarah 19:33 Yeah. Dave 19:36 aspects to you And they put me as Dave Nelson from News Radio, which I think I'm not quite as put together as Dave Nelson in News Radio as a manager type. Somebody else popped in one just for me where I was Pete Hornberger, which I can also see a little bit. If we could turn those two into one person, I think we got something. Sarah 19:51 Mm-hmm Dave 19:55 But uh I thought Tara 19:55 Mm-hmm. Dave 19:56 oh I'm sorry, that's from Damon's wife Jen. That's not from Damon directly. Sarah 19:59 Yes Dave 20:00 So Jen, good job. And Aaron with the risk assist on Pete Hornberger. No, you both of you don't win anything. Sarah's judgment is the judgment. You get nothing except my thanks. Sarah 20:10 Mm-hmm. Dave 20:11 All right, let's get into your questions for us this week. Also, thank you for not being terribly mean. Tara 20:17 Yeah, I mean I assume they didn't. Dave 20:17 That was nice. Tara 20:19 I didn't look. Dave 20:20 Yeah. Tara 20:20 I just waited to be told Dave 20:22 Diatho has our first question. What's a good show to vibe check someone? Like you meet them. at a random holiday party. We were talking briefly about this last week, something where you can find out whether you want to hang out with this person in the future. So Tara, are you doing a vibe check at a holiday party? What shows are you asking them about to uh get that check? Tara 20:40 I would probably start with something I had enjoyed recently. I don't have like specific answers for this of like show titles, because I, you know, I think it's Setting dependent. I would start there. If it's something recent, it's more likely that they will have seen it. But my more positive version of this is to ask the last show they watched that they really loved, and then if it's bad, suggest something similar that I think is better. Like. Oh, you like Big Bang Theory? What about um Halt and Catch Fire? I don't know. Sarah. Sarah 21:10 Oh my God Amazing. I also had big bang theory in my bellwether list. Tara 21:15 Hmm. Sarah 21:16 I don't really ask about this kind of s stuff to vibe check people. Usually they find out what I do and then the vibe gets checked, whether I like it or not. Being stoked for the upcoming Harry Potter series is a red flag. Like crimson. Being a regular watcher of certain sitcoms is uh bellwether, like I said. And for me, I get a lot of like vibe checkables on the true crime side of things. So if they're really into oxygen stuff like Snapped, there's nothing wrong with any of the shows that I mentioned except the Harry Potter series Fix Your Heart or Die. It's just gonna require a code switch and better that I know that and can maybe steer them towards, like Tara was saying, something a little more I don't know, something that I could converse on a little more easily. Dave 22:04 Hmm. Sarah 22:06 Dave. Dave 22:06 I can tell you exactly who this is for. It is for our former dental hygienist at our dentist. Who always wanted to talk about TV, so you had to like come prepared, you know, have some things in your head Tara 22:17 Mm-hmm. Dave 22:17 about what you can actually uh Sarah 22:19 that you could easily articulate with your mouth open. Dave 22:22 But the first time I mentioned it and she was like, okay, what about I was like, uh oh, here we go. But she actually had pretty good taste in movies, so it was yep. Sarah 22:30 Okay. Dave 22:31 I actually do have particular shows to recommend for this exercise. I was thinking can't be too crazy out of the gate. Like you want to find somebody who has a sensibility close to yours. But you at first are like tempted to go to the extreme to find like, oh my god, we're the same. Like, hey, perfect stranger, I just met five minutes ago. Do you like Garth Merengi's Dark Place? I'm not gonna do that. Tara 22:52 No. Dave 22:53 But what I would do is like go to like thirty rock maybe. Tara 22:56 Mm-hmm. Dave 22:56 Like something that is well known that you can watch and continue to watch to this day if you wanted to easily. So that's a good vibe check for me. If you like that, then I think our senses of humor are in the same area. That'd be good for comedy, for drama, why not low down, since we're talking about her right now. Sarah 23:13 Mm-hmm. Dave 23:13 I think if you like the lowdown or reservation dogs, that I think that we would get along. And then on the flip side, the negative check, I would probably do like Real Housewives or like Hello, we're married now shows that Tara watches. Tara 23:25 Uh huh. Sarah 23:26 Hello, We're Married now shows that Tara Dave 23:29 Yeah. Sarah 23:29 watches. Dave 23:30 Yeah. Sarah 23:30 T -shirt. Dave 23:30 Yeah. Uh so those are my vibe checks. Tara 23:33 Yeah, all right. Dave 23:34 Rube Goldberg, please pitch a show where the main character's name is Cilantro. All right. Can't remember. I know we were talking about cilantro recently, but I don't remember the context, but doesn't really matter. Cilantro TV. Tara 23:44 Spa our favorite spices Dave 23:45 That's right. Sarah. Cilantro TV. Sarah 23:48 I'm immediately going to adapt the rules to my own will. A Soprano sequel in which Syl Ant, Think Jr. and Rose, Leah Priel, take over Vesuvio, mostly harmless garden state hijinks in Zue at Sill and Rose. Dave. Dave 24:06 My show is called Cilantro, but only the last four episodes because some people think it is a soap. Tar. Tara 24:13 It's time for the powerful Rosalez family, which has run a salsa empire for three generations, to pass the CEO job from ailing patriarch Salvador Salty Rosales, played by Tony Plana. to his granddaughter, Wharton Business School graduate, Cilantro, Jenna Ortega. Things are about to get spicy this season on Nacho Business. Sarah 24:34 Oh get out. That was good. Dave 24:39 Fandy, what are the streamers y'all subscribe to? I am going to let Tara answer this, but I think in our house it might be all. Tara 24:49 We subscribe to he and remember these are all write-offs for us. Apple TV, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu Netflix, Peacock, Paramount Plus, Prime Video. We formerly subscribed to MGM Plus and Stars also, but we dropped them probably in the past year or so because we were not watching them. Sarah 25:08 All of those plus MGM Plus, I'm the one. And occasionally dashing onto Britbox for six and one half days and then dashing back off again. Dave 25:19 Erica, your octopus friend, who chooses the snippet of dialogue from each show that airs at the beginning of the podcast? And how do you choose it? It is always a you know when you hear it kind of thing, or do you have to re-watch the episode sometimes to zero in on the best choice? So most of the time it happens here at Austin HQ, not all the time. So Sarah's like leading a three of these or Four sending challenge or something like that, then she'll she'll pick her clips for her own show that she's presenting. But generally, let's say for the lowdown this week. We'll be watching and we'll just have we just have ear now that like we'll hear a piece of dialogue. Our brain snaps into place after the line intro, somebody will say, and then we'll write down the time and do it. Tara 26:00 Yep. Dave 26:03 Uh so that's usually it how it happens. Elon, what's the nest gastronomic oh sorry, gastromimicry craze after Is It Cake and what B tier SNL alum should host it? Tara 26:16 Chocolate or Confectioneries, hosted by Cecily Strong. Dave. Dave 26:20 I don't really have any more information for you besides the host and title, but I think this rings very true. It is Celebrity Food Lookalikes, hosted by James Belushi. Sir Tara 26:32 Sure. Sarah 26:33 Is it Barf? A tour of world casseroles. Sorry, David Spade, you're up. Dave 26:40 Seth, I've long suffered from Sienna Miller face blindness. I'm so sorry. What actor are you unable to recognize, Sarah? Sarah 26:49 It's not so much unable to recognize, it's that I go through like 10 minutes of my life being like, oh, good for Mackenzie Aston, and then it's Taylor Nichols. Unless it's George Newburn. Shout out listen to Sassy. Tara. Tara 27:04 Other than not recognizing Raisin era Tom Berenger and high value target recently, none. This is my superpower. Sorry. Dave 27:13 Mill snack has one for you guys. Do the five heads on the cover art for Again with This recently updated now line up with the five stages of grief? With your answer, please explain who's on it. Sarah Sarah 27:25 Okay, so the five stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. I think you Could map them on to the various characters. Denial is Felicity Porter of Felicity. Tara 27:38 Yep. Sarah 27:38 Anger is Brandon Walsh, Dino Tara 27:39 Yep. Yep. Sarah 27:41 Two10. Tara 27:41 Mm-hmm. Sarah 27:42 Bargaining is Kimberly, because I wasn't sure where to put her. Tara 27:43 Yep Sarah 27:45 That's uh Kimberly Shaw from Melrose. Tara 27:47 Mm-hmm. Sarah 27:48 Depression is Crying Dawson from Dawson's Creek. Tara 27:49 Of course. Mm-hmm Sarah 27:51 And acceptance is Angela Chase. You could swap a couple of those, but I think that's probably the best, closest mapping. Tara, do you concur? Tara 27:59 Yep, I agree 100%. That's exactly the lineup I had. Dave 28:03 She asked if you concur. Tara 28:05 I concur Dave 28:06 Thank you. Diana has a question for us. What was the shortest amount of time that you lasted at a job tar? Tara 28:14 I I'm sure I've told this story before. I got offered a busing job at Golden Griddle, which is Canada's iHop, and Accepted and then unaccepted when I also got an offer from the public library, so negative two days. Sarah Sarah 28:28 I mean, only because they were summer jobs that lasted ten to twelve weeks Ten to twelve weeks. I tended to stick in jobs for a while. Longer than I probably should have, actually. Dave. Dave 28:40 Well, you went, Tara, for negative two days, but I had a short one. The first job I ever had in high school, I was three days at Burger King. If you need to place it in time, the new thing at Burger King that debuted the first day I was there was Burger King's Burger Bundles. Sarah 28:50 Mm-hmm. Dave 28:58 They were sort of like sliders, but they were all connected and you had to pull them apart. Like even the meat, if you'll imagine the meat, it was like three blobs connected very tenuously at uh at the ends where they met each other. Sarah 29:11 I hope they were connected tenuously. Dave 29:15 I got a call from the s guidance counselor at my school. The donut house across the street from the school was looking for a student to bake, so I got that job. quit Burger King, got my twenty dollars for the uniform back or whatever stupid thing they were doing. And uh that was a fucking great job for a high school student. It was late at night. uh and it paid per bake. So I went from a bake that took six hours and I figured how to get it down to about three and a half and I still made my money and everybody was happy. And I was flush with cash spreading around the town. Sean has our last question. Are there any interstitials that you remember from movies you taped from television? Sarah. Sarah 29:57 Not really, because my family tended to tape stuff off of HBO fancy So I know. Ow. Hello. No ads. No advertisements. Dave 30:07 Caviar with your dream on Sarah 30:09 Yes, please. Except the dream on. Hold that part. Dave Dave 30:14 Also, caviar's probably cruel. Let's just sit here and silence in the dark. Tara, you're not next, it's me! I put down Little House under Prairie 's house explosion episode or possibly TV movie. I know Kim explained the whole thing to us relatively recently. I can't remember if it was a special or not. But that is seared into my brain. So it was obviously something that was inside of something I was watching a lot on TV, because there's absolutely no way that I watched that as a child. But I still remember here's the house. Sarah 30:45 Uh huh. Dave 30:47 It's sort of a shot a little lower on the ground with the camera position and then ka-blamo the thing just explodes into like 10,000 million popsicle sticks. Char Tara 30:58 Uh nope Dave 30:59 Okay, great. Alright, here comes another question for us because surprise Sean wasn't the last one. I know how to scroll in the document. Shut up! It comes from MMD Miller, I believe perhaps a new question asker. Thank you for your question. What defunct podcast of your own or another television without pity alum do you wish was revived? So I did a special series on the Star Wars Holiday special. I did like six episodes, Sarah. You were on an episode with uh Sarah 31:31 Mm-hmm. Dave 31:32 B. Arthur. Sarah 31:33 Yeah. Dave 31:34 I did it under the name That's What We're Talking About, which I thought was very funny to me. Still makes me laugh, which sometimes I think should have continued for the occasional episode, just sort of like whenever I wanted it, because when Andor was coming around. It's like I need to just because of the name. I need to do an Andor Sarah 31:49 Yeah. Dave 31:49 recap thing called the Reboolean because it's Andor. And I thought that was very comfortable. Maybe laugh. Tara 31:55 That's pretty good. Dave 31:55 Yeah, you know when you have an idea for a name, you're like, well shit, I guess I gotta do a project around that. That was sort of that. Sarah 32:00 Mm-hmm. Dave 32:01 If I did actually have time, which is the reason why I don't do any of these, I do have a podcast idea, I think we'd be really great, but A, no time. B, there's no money in it. So probably will never happen. At the moment, I'm heads down on a non-podcast project uh with Dan and Tiff. So that's what's taking my time. Tara 32:18 Again, assuming I could make enough money off it for it to be worthwhile. I had fun doing Bride and Doom, the married at first sight podcast about whoops, we're married. Sarah 32:28 Oh my god, I I miss that one Tara 32:30 Yeah, but uh, you know, it would be hard to find find uh times that would work for Brian's who is my co-host Brian Rubinstein, since the time that we did it, he has had two children and is now a producer on Abbott Elementary. So his time is uh all booked up. Sarah. Sarah 32:48 I wish that John and I had completed the run of Veronica Mars for Go Pirates, but it just has not been scheduling wise feasible to go back to it. Podcasts, if you give a shit, actually are a lot of work and I just don't have time. Dave 33:02 Yep. Witty, perhaps also a new question ask, has your ask ass e-h g? Witty recently caught the season two premiere of Beverly Hills 90210. The A-plot was Brenda might be pregnant. The B plot was Brandon is too good to work at the peach pit. They are asking what other episodes of any show where the two plot lines feel as mismatch as that one. Have an answer for that? Go to our Discord. There is a channel called Ask as e-h Sarah 33:32 Close the portal, please. Dave 33:34 okay, we'll do that one sec. Or go to the website. The form is there. You can plop your answer there. And now, phew, closing the portal. Clips 33:42 Enough! I'm so sick and tired of hearing you people talk about food, food, food! Dave 33:48 All right, everybody, it's time for the Tiny Canon presenting this week. It is Sarah D watching the portal bunting. Sarah 33:56 Mm-hmm. Yes, I want to dance. Hello! I recently completed a rewatch of Mad Men. While I recommend doing so overall, a handful of episodes tried by patience. That actually includes the one that we're talking about today. Season six, episode eight, The Crash, aka the one where everyone at the agency takes, quote, energy serum and acts a fool while a con woman insinuates herself into Don 's apartment. The Crash has all the elements that tend to ruin a later Mad Men episode for me. Flashbacks to Don's adolescence that don't really add anything. A storyline that asks more of Kieran and Shipka's acting than it can reasonably give A storyline that asks us to keep giving a shit about fucking Sylvia and a belabored rendition of a drug or alcohol bender. In fact, I had considered pitching the crash as a no knack on the main podcast, but I couldn't quite justify it. It does manage to create a compelling parallel with the symbology of fever and its breaking John Hamm does do a deaf job portraying the single-minded confidence of the medically administered amphetamine user And it contains Ken Cosgrove's grimly determined and extremely accomplished tap dance of metaphorical import. We will hear those last two things in clip one Clips 35:19 Hello Kenny, how you feeling? My foot's like new. You think you'll have new work on Monday? I'll have 15 campaigns for you by then, but you have to get me in a room so I can look them in the eye. The timbre of my voice is as important as the content. I don't know whether I'll be forceful or submissive, but I must be there in the flesh. You understand that I have no power whatsoever. That's not true. Not if they like you. Oh, they like me all right. I'm their favorite toy. That's your job. It's my job. To take them to dinner at 80 miles an hour. It's my job. To stop a mile from the restaurant so they can have five pounds of crap legs and three bottles of beer apiece and then go get prime rib. It's my job to go hunting so they can fire off their guns and inch from my ear and laugh when I get startled because it's my job. Where'd you learn that? My mother. No. My first girlfriend. Dave 36:14 That's so bad. Let's say you just did the audio of it. Sarah 36:18 The reference to his foot, and the cane he is carrying in the scene that underscores the vaudeville of it all, derives from the episode's opener, in which Ken gets in a car wreck thanks to Chevy executives driving drunk, again. The tap dance he actually does here gets a voiceover from Ken, but the figurative one he has to do for the car company louts. The admin are uh driven to please That's maybe a bit much, but the tap dance itself is really quite something. In this legendarily visual medium of podcasting, it's a bit of a tougher selb, believe me when I say that Aaron Staten as Ken is a pleasure to watch. Staten apparently rehearsed the scene for two weeks with Mad Men choreographer Marianne Kellogg, P. S. Today I Learned Mad Men had a choreographer. And his first job was on Broadway in Mamma Mia, so Staten did have the chops to make a hoofing sequence go viral, which it did the minute it finished airing in May of 2013. Ken Cosgrove is one of Mad Men's more underrated characters in my opinion, used just the right way and to solid effect throughout, and his It's My Job tap dance is emblematic of that And just a fun moment in an otherwise scabbrous episode, so I hope you'll let it trip the light tiny canonic today. Tara 37:35 Thank you, Sarah. I'll go first. There's not I don't have a ton to say about this. It's all contained in the clip and we'll link it in the show notes. You should watch it because it's delightful. This is the straight guy who did musicals in high school version of when a sexy lady TV star makes the writers put in a scene where she sings. Which is definitely what we see Dave 37:56 Yeah, mm hmm Tara 37:57 more often. But this is the guy version of that. But I mean, you know, it's usually good when the ladies sing too, and this is also very good. Like he's dancing for real He clearly knows what he's doing. Sarah 38:06 Uh-huh. Tara 38:08 You can imagine him doing it on a stage. It's one of those moments that gives you a little more color for, I mean, obviously both the character, but the performer as well, that you can sort of project back into what their background was and what kind of training they actually had, because he nails it while delivering the monologue. Dave 38:26 Yeah. Tara 38:26 So nothing but love for this moment, Dave. Dave 38:29 Yeah, it's a little bit of pat in your head will rubber your stomach there, I think I would imagine with Sarah 38:33 Mm-hmm. Dave 38:33 doing all that acting while also tap dancing your way through your monologue, no small feet. One of the great things about this particular clip is that if we saw the next version of this after the next meeting he had to do, the dance would have moved into grim determination like Grimes from The Simpsons, where he's just absolutely done with the universe and he's just tap Sarah 38:57 Mm-hmm. Tara 38:58 Mm-hmm. Dave 38:59 dancing and then like something violent happens. This is one stage before that. So he's unraveling, but he hasn't quite completely gone off the cliff yet, to mix my metaphors. And I enjoy that energy for Ken. It's very apropos and he sells it so well with his tap dancing that is pointed but not yet absolutely devoid of hope. He's just got a little tiny bit there, you can tell. So great pick, great little moment. We'll have the link in the show notes. Go watch it for yourself because obviously his tap dancing is real and he's doing it and it all works together. Tara 39:39 Mm-hmm. Dave 39:39 All right. Thank you, Sarah. Tara, let's make this official. What say you for the tiny dance break cannon? Tara 39:45 Yay Dave 39:46 Me too, yay. So Ken's Tap Dance from Mad Men, you are hereby inducted into the extra hot, great, tiny dance break Ken! Clips 39:58 Americans love a winner. Yeah. And will not tolerate a loser. Nope. Dave 40:04 It is time for not quite winners and losers of the week. I will go first. Our first not quite winner is Kelsey Grammer. He is returning to NBC in yet another freight No. He is returning to NBC as the star of an EMT drama yet to be titled. It is in development. It comes from a Chicago Med alum. And even though we don't have a title yet, we do have a small clip. Clips 40:30 I know. I've been successfully assassinated. But I have one last thing to tell my country. Blackbeard's gold is buried in I'm a ghost now. Dave 40:56 And my other not quite winner is Prime Video acquiring previously unheard uh Princess Die audio for their uh show, her secret confessions. Here's a bit of that. Are you going a little fast? Sarah 41:12 Jesus. Dave 41:12 Um at that by not quite loser of the week. Sarah 41:16 Too soon somehow. Dave 41:18 The upcoming show, Newlyweds, co-creator Gail Lerner, is fired from her own show for creative differences before it even premieres. And here is a clip from that. Clips 41:30 I'd like to file for giveaways. Dave 41:33 All right, great. Sarah. Sarah 41:36 Okay, my not quite winner is forensic files, which is coming back from the dead amid a boom. In uh Vintage True Crime reboots. I am almost positive that this will not work. A big part of the original's charm was the narrator who Live to be like 98 years old, he was a war hero. Dave 41:58 Was he murdered? Sarah 41:59 No. Dave 42:00 No. Sarah 42:00 Sorry. Dave 42:01 Boo. Sarah 42:01 Uh he may be a ghost now, but he was not murdered. Dave 42:03 I'm a ghost Sarah 42:04 And then they rebooted it as like an hour-long thing, and I think Zachary Dave 42:04 now. Sarah 42:08 Quinto was involved, and it just did not work at all. Maybe they could just leave it alone. I mean, there were only twenty-eight thousand seasons of the first one. Just get the rights to that. But no, good luck to them, all. I will try it out, certainly. Not quite loser is Aaron Sorkin, who is threatening to revive the West Wing. Sir , no. Just no Dave 42:32 God, can you imagine West Tara 42:33 No Dave 42:33 Wing 2027 Tara 42:35 No Dave 42:35 and how excruciating that would be Tara 42:37 who would want to watch that Dave 42:39 Oh my god. I would dig a hole in the backyard, jump in it, somehow fill it back up with dirt, and wait until, I don't know, three, four years have passed, and then come back out. Tara 42:47 Oh my god. That that's my vibe check answer from before. If you tell me you want a 2026 West Sarah 42:53 Oh, my God. Tara 42:54 Wing, goodbye forever. Dave 42:56 Thanks a lot, Aerosaur, could Sarah 42:56 No Dave 42:57 you baby cicada? All right, Tara. Tara 43:03 My not quite winner of the week is the series adaptation of Meatballs coming to Canada's streaming platform, Crave. Dave 43:09 This is wild to me. Tara 43:11 Not because I care about this show, but because Lauren Ash is gonna be in it. And after we finished our most recent superstore rewatch, Dave and I both said we've we've let down Lauren Dave 43:16 Yeah. Tara 43:21 Ash as a culture. Sarah 43:23 Are you ready for the summer? Oh fuck, that's gonna be in my head for like six months now. Dave 43:26 I don't understand why they felt the need to use Meatball's IP.only thing I remember from Meatball's IP is something Sarah 43:36 Also we just closed the portal, do you mind? Dave 43:38 The only thing I remember from Meatballs is something you would never do today where they just call somebody spaz over and over again. Tara 43:44 Uh-huh Dave 43:44 That's literally the only thing I remember from that. Just seems like to me like somebody wanted to do wet hot American Summer and they just felt like they needed a hook Tara 43:51 Mm-hmm. Dave 43:51 But it feels like this wouldn't even need to be like branded meatballs or Porky's or anything like that. Tara 43:56 Yeah, I I don't think I ever saw meatballs. Dave 43:58 Meatballs is like third tier Tara 43:58 Is that crazy? Dave 44:00 those kind of things, right? Tara 44:00 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Dave 44:01 Yeah, Tara 44:01 It's Dave 44:01 it's just a weird choice. Tara 44:02 it's below Porky's, which I also don't think I ever saw. Dave 44:03 Yeah. Uh yeah, me either. Tara 44:05 Anyway, speaking of uh Sarah 44:06 Yeah. Dave 44:06 Yeah. Tara 44:08 peeking at people through holes in walls, Dave 44:09 Speaking about meatballs Tara 44:12 my not quite loser of the week Is Tom Welling, he was in New York for Comic Con last week and uh took a a photo out of his hotel room just at, you know, the streets all lit up and what he didn't realize was that his noon crank was visible in the reflection of the windows Dave 44:23 Oh, buddy Oh buddy, you eBay kettled it. Tara 44:32 He didn't Sarah 44:35 Uh Dave 44:36 Alright, everybody, buckle in Carrie Races, musical bobites. Tara 44:42 have to be Elenore 44:50 Woo! Kari 44:50 Woo! Elenore 44:51 Hello friends! Kari 44:51 Hello friends! Elenore 44:52 This is Carrie Race with a spooky season edition of the world's most dangerous musical moments Kari 44:52 This is Carrie Race with a spooky season edition of the world's most dangerous musical moments Elenore 44:58 on TV. Kari 44:58 on TV. Elenore 44:59 And Kari 44:59 And we are returning to a musical show I have discussed before, the Truly Outrageous Gem. Elenore 44:59 we are returning to a musical show I have discussed before, The Truly Outrageous Gem. Clips 45:05 Uh Elenore 45:06 So smash that icon for your Tubi Kari 45:06 So smash that icon for your tube app. Elenore 45:08 app. Cue Kari 45:08 Cue Elenore 45:09 up Kari 45:09 up Elenore 45:09 season two, episode sixteen, titled Trick or Tech Rat, and let's get into it. Kari 45:09 season two, episode sixteen, titled Trick or Tech Rat, and let's get into it. Elenore 45:17 And we have to start with the theme song the show was using at this point in time, which was significantly inferior to the original and wildly gender-specific. Kari 45:17 And we have to start with the theme song the show was using at this point in time, which was significantly inferior to the original and wildly gender specific. Clips 45:30 Exciting adventure, fashion and fame. Once you're a gem girl, you're never the same. Come on, come on and be a gem girl, Jam! Jem is my name, Jim. Elenore 45:41 I know this was the 80s, but Jem was just out there ignoring all the little he Kari 45:41 I know this was the 80s, but Jem was just out there ignoring all the little he's and they's who were seated Elenore 45:46 's and they's who were seated every week for the glamour, fashion, and fame. Kari 45:48 every week for the glamour, fashion, and fame. Elenore 45:52 Okay. Kari 45:52 Okay. Elenore 45:53 Don't worry, I see you, and we all know that being a gem Kari 45:53 Don't worry, I see you, and we all know that being a gem Elenore 45:56 girl is just a state of mind, however you identify. Kari 45:56 girl is just a state of mind, however you identify. Elenore 46:00 So this episode opens in the Kari 46:00 So this episode opens in the Elenore 46:02 absolute worst way possible for a gem Kari 46:02 absolute worst way possible for a gem Elenore 46:05 episode, which is a scene focusing on the orphans that Jericho slash Kari 46:05 episode, which is a scene focusing on the orphans that Jericha slash Elenore 46:10 gem Kari 46:10 gem Elenore 46:11 houses in her big mansion. Kari 46:11 houses in her big mansion. Elenore 46:13 I Kari 46:13 I truly don't know if we ever get a backstory on how they came to be, but I probably just forgot it because these orphans are the worst. Elenore 46:14 truly don't know if we ever get a backstory on how they came to be, but I probably just forgot it because these orphans are the worst. First, they are children, which groan. Kari 46:22 First, they are children, which groan. Elenore 46:26 And second, they are just one-dimensional characters that the writers use whenever they want to assign some nonsense trait that will drive an episode Kari 46:26 And second, they are just one-dimensional characters that the writers use whenever they want to assign some nonsense trait that will drive an episode Elenore 46:35 Case in point, Terry, a little blonde in pigtail braids, who is the biggest scaredy Kari 46:35 Case in point, Terry, a little blonde in pigtail braids, who is the biggest scaredy Elenore 46:41 cat since Shaggy and Scooby-Doo. Kari 46:41 cat since Shaggy and Scooby-Doo. Elenore 46:44 But oh wait! Kari 46:44 But oh wait. Elenore 46:45 Here's Ryo, who has shown up at midnight, side Kari 46:45 Here's Ryo, who has shown up at midnight, Side Elenore 46:49 eye, Kari 46:49 Eye , Elenore 46:50 asking for gem, not Jerica, side-eye. Kari 46:50 asking for gem, not Jerica, Side Eye, and wants to take the band on a late Elenore 46:53 and wants to take the band on a late night adventure, 10 side-eye Kari 46:56 night adventure 10 side-eye Elenore 46:59 emojis in a row. Kari 46:59 emojis in a row. Elenore 47:00 En route, we get a helpful summary of the episode's plot. Kari 47:00 In route, we get a helpful summary of the episode's plot. Clips 47:05 So where are we headed? You know the old opera house? Well sure. It's been closed for years. If the owner can't pay off the back taxes, the city's gonna sell it to the highest bidder. Could probably tear it down and put up a parking lot. Kari 47:18 Um, thanks for spelling that out for all us dummies, but no thank you to Ajah for ripping off that Joni Mitchell lyric and not even doing it in that weird voice Elenore 47:18 Um, thanks for spelling that out for all us dummies, but no thank you to Ajah for ripping off that Joni Mitchell lyric and not even doing it in that weird voice Joni Kari 47:28 Joni Elenore 47:28 uses at the end of Big Yellow Taxi. Kari 47:28 uses at the end of Big Yellow Taxi. Elenore 47:31 Put Kari 47:31 Put up a parking lot. Elenore 47:31 up a parking lot. Okay, so the owner of the opera Kari 47:34 Okay, so the owner of the opera Elenore 47:36 house is an old movie actor. Kari 47:36 house is an old movie actor. Elenore 47:38 He claims the opera Kari 47:38 He claims the opera Elenore 47:39 house is haunted. Kari 47:39 house is haunted. Elenore 47:40 Jem and the holograms decide to put on a benefit Kari 47:40 Jem and the holograms decide to put on a benefit Elenore 47:43 concert. Kari 47:43 concert. Elenore 47:44 Shocking. Kari 47:44 Shocking. Elenore 47:45 on Halloween Eve, excuse me, to raise money so he can pay off the taxes. Kari 47:45 on Halloween Eve, excuse me, to raise money so he can pay off the taxes. Elenore 47:52 The Misfits Kari 47:52 The Misfits Elenore 47:53 find out Kari 47:53 find out and plan a rival Elenore 47:53 and plan a rival concert Kari 47:55 concert Elenore 47:56 Those plot points, which any gem Kari 47:56 Those plot points, which any gem Elenore 47:58 viewer Kari 47:58 viewer Elenore 47:58 could have guessed after the first two Kari 47:58 could have guessed after the first two minutes, take us through the first half of the episode. Elenore 48:00 minutes, take us through the first half of the episode. But let's check in on how Terry is doing with all the Halloween festivities. Kari 48:03 But let's check in on how Terry is doing with all the Halloween festivities. Clips 48:09 Whoa! I hate Halloween! I hate it! Oh Elenore 48:16 Well, sorry Kari 48:16 Well, sorry Terry, your feelings are completely invalid, and let Jem tell you why Elenore 48:17 Terry, your feelings are completely invalid, and let Jem tell you why. Clips 48:22 A little girl can be alright, a sas and chill will give you a glow. A spoky eye can be dynamite. It's fun to be scared. Elenore 48:36 Don't want to utterly blow your mind, but guess what? Kari 48:36 Don't want to utterly blow your mind, but guess what? Elenore 48:39 The misfits have a different perspective Kari 48:39 The misfits have a different perspective Clips 48:42 Don't move now Decent Place is haunted, don't do them now Give me what I wanted, don't look now Get out what I'm looking at This place is haunted Elenore 48:54 Remember how I told you the episode was called Trick or Tech Rat? Kari 48:54 Remember how I told you the episode was called Trick or Tech Rat? Elenore 48:58 Tech Rat is this total crisping Kari 48:58 Tech Rat is this total crisping glover Elenore 49:00 glover sounding creep that works with the misfits doing tech Kari 49:00 sounding creep that works with the misfits doing tech Elenore 49:03 sabotage. Kari 49:03 sabotage. Elenore 49:04 And he's been in the episode for less than 20 seconds so far. Kari 49:04 And he's been in the episode for less than 20 seconds so far. Elenore 49:08 Hmm. Kari 49:08 Hmm. Elenore 49:08 Wonder if that means he's behind all the creepy shenanigans at the opera Kari 49:08 Wonder if that means he's behind all the creepy shenanigans at the opera Elenore 49:12 house. Kari 49:12 house. Elenore 49:13 If so, he's convinced Terry, who goes running off after being scared by a hologram Kari 49:13 If so, he's convinced Terry, who goes running off after being scared by a hologram of a ghost. Elenore 49:18 of a ghost. Ironic, don't you think? Kari 49:19 Ironic, don't you think? Elenore 49:21 She falls through a trapdoor and happens upon Techrat's secret lair where Kari 49:21 She falls through a trapdoor and happens upon Techrat 's secret lair where Elenore 49:25 yep Kari 49:25 yep Elenore 49:26 He's creating all the crazy shit happening. Kari 49:26 He's creating all the crazy shit happening. Clips 49:29 Everything's working perfectly. What do you think of these special effects? Shattering the mirror with ultrasonic sound was a nice touch. Don't do that! It controls the subsonic vibrations that are shaking the Elenore 49:42 So Terry Kari 49:42 So Terry rescues the real opera Elenore 49:43 rescues the real opera house owner. Kari 49:45 house owner. Elenore 49:45 I'm sure you've already guessed that Eric Raymond, the Miss Kari 49:45 I'm sure you've already guessed that Eric Raymond, the Ms. Elenore 49:48 Fitzleazy Kari 49:48 Fitz sleazy Elenore 49:49 manager, locked Kari 49:49 manager, locked the owner in the basement and has been impersonating him. Elenore 49:54 Then Kari 49:54 Then the big confrontation at the end involves Jem finally remembering she has her own hologram Elenore 49:54 the big confrontation at the end involves Jem finally remembering she has her own hologram-making device and scaring Techrat Kari 50:00 making device and scaring tech rat off Elenore 50:02 off with the fakest looking hologram of what I think are supposed to be zombie versions of gem Kari 50:02 with the fakest looking hologram of what I think are supposed to be zombie versions of gem Elenore 50:07 and the band. Kari 50:07 and the band. Elenore 50:09 Then it's time for the Misfits to get their comeuppance Kari 50:09 Then it's time for the Misfits to get their come-uppance Elenore 50:12 in the form of lightning Kari 50:12 in the form of lightning Elenore 50:14 strikes Kari 50:14 striking and deflating the tent they set up across the street for their Elenore 50:14 and deflating the tent they set up across the street for their concert. Kari 50:18 concert. Classic. Elenore 50:19 Classic. And another track from Jem and the Holograms played over a montage of Terry falling in love with Halloween Kari 50:20 And another track from Jem and the Holograms played over a montage of Terry falling in love with Halloween Elenore 50:27 or Kari 50:27 or Elenore 50:28 whatever. Kari 50:28 whatever. Clips 50:29 We can change it, the fears and doubts begin. We can change it and make it rise There's so much we can do and change it We can make it real Elenore 50:43 And that's it. Kari 50:43 And that's it. Elenore 50:44 This episode needed like 75% Kari 50:44 This episode needed like 75 % Elenore 50:46 more tech Kari 50:46 more tech Elenore 50:47 rat. Kari 50:47 rat. Elenore 50:48 I love that little freak. Kari 50:48 I love that little freak. Elenore 50:49 But overall, I guess it was just the right amount of scary Kari 50:49 But overall I guess it was just the right amount of scary Elenore 50:52 for losers like Terry that can't handle much. Kari 50:52 for losers like Terry that can't handle much. Elenore 50:55 Until we meet again, my friends, remember, it's fun to be scared. Kari 50:55 Until we meet again, my friends, remember, it's fun to be scared. Elenore 51:00 Blah! Kari 51:00 Blah. Dave 51:06 Well, speaking about something that's happened in between those two segments, do you know what time it is? Tara 51:10 Listener game time. Dave 51:11 Perhaps. Sarah 51:11 Listener Tara 51:12 Mm-hmm Sarah 51:12 game time. Dave 51:25 Welcome back to Listener Game Time. It's time to relax and have some fun! Clips 51:30 I speak, of course, of karaoke. Dave 51:32 This is the third game time of the month, the month of Amy Allenspach. Five trivia-minded games to test your knowledge of the peanut buttery VHFs and chocolatey UHFs of TV history. The month scorers so far are Kim with two. Everybody else looking to get on the board. And today we are playing. Clips 51:49 The ancient Japanese art of karaoke Dave 51:52 Amy explains the goal is to correctly guess the character that performs a popular song in The Agent Art of Karaoke I'm going to give you a bunch of info about the karaoke performance in the TV show. You name the performer, so the actor here. If you get it right off the bat, I'm going to give you two points. If you need a clue, I can give you the show name after which the answer is worth one point, but you only get one guess. Here is a an example in honor of the voice we heard right at top. All right, here's how it works. I'm going to give you the network when it aired, the song and the setting we have on Fox from February 2001. Lola by the Kinks being performed in a restaurant orbiting the Earth. Now we're looking for the character on the show who performed that if you don't know that I can give you the show. I'm seeing a lot of blank faces. So I'm gonna say the show is Futurama. Anybody know it now? First name okay Yeah, Sap Brannigan is correct. That would have netted you one point. That's how you play. Shall we get into it? Are we ready to play? Clips 52:54 The ancient Japanese art of karaoke Kari 52:58 Let's go. Elenore 52:58 Let's go Kim 52:59 Yeah. Sarah C 53:00 Yeah, I think Dave 53:02 Once more with feeling. Are we ready to play? Sarah C 53:05 Yes. Dave 53:05 Alright, there we go. Kim 53:05 Yeah. Elenore 53:06 Yes Kari 53:06 Yes. Dave 53:06 Alright, let's sort of pick and see who's going first. Clips 53:10 We will start with valued guest. Dave 53:12 All right, so we're gonna start with Kim, go to Eleanor, then to Sarah. Kim, here is your first set of clues This karaoke performance was on the WB in October 2014. The song is I'm Too Sexy by Wright Said Fred. and it was performed at a bar on karaoke night. Kim 53:34 You said October twenty fourteen. Dave 53:36 That's right. Let's just say every time I say WB, well let's just say WBslash C W because it's unknowable when it changed over. You try to look on Wikipedia and it's it's blacked out. Kim 53:47 October twenty fourteen. I I'll need a hint, please Dave 53:49 Okay, the show in question is supernatural, a show that is still running. All right, Kim, here is your first. It is on the WB or perhaps the CW, October 2014. The song is I'm Too Sexy by Wright said Fred. It is performed at a bar on karaoke night. Kim 54:09 Okay. I would like a hint, please. Dave 54:11 The show in question is supernatural. What character from Supernatural performed karaoke? Kim 54:17 Okay, I'm gonna do a mental coin flip Dave 54:19 Yep. Kim 54:20 because I think there's two brothers, and I'm gonna go with Dave 54:20 Good take. Kim 54:25 Dean. Dave 54:25 What's the other one? Kim 54:27 Sam, I think. Dave 54:28 You got it right, Dean. Kim 54:29 Oh, okay. Dave 54:30 That's good for one point. Eleanor, the network is Pop TV. The month is February 2018. Simply the Best by Tina Turner is being karaoked at a open mic night in a shop. Elenore 54:45 Great. Kari 54:45 Great I'm not familiar with pop Elenore 54:46 I'm not familiar with pop Kari 54:47 TV, so I'll have to check it out after this. Elenore 54:47 TV, so I'll have to check it out after this. Uh Kari 54:51 Uh Elenore 54:51 I'll take the hint, please. Kari 54:51 I'll take the hint, please. Dave 54:52 All right. The show in question is that's the American one. The actual original network. Actually, I'm gonna give you the network if it helps you, okay? Because I feel like Pop TV is a bit of a misnomer. I'm making a Dave T. Cole judgment call, judgment call. CBC would be the actual network I would put in there Which is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Elenore 55:11 What year? Kari 55:11 What year? Elenore 55:11 I'm sorry. Kari 55:11 I'm sorry. Elenore 55:13 Yes, yes. Kari 55:13 Yes, yes. Dave 55:14 Okay. Elenore 55:14 That Kari 55:15 That much Elenore 55:15 much I know Kari 55:15 I know Dave 55:16 Alright. Alright, so February 2018, Simply the Best by Tina Turner, performed at an open mic night in a shop All right, do you still need the show? Elenore 55:28 Oh, I just remembered that the answer would be the character, and so Kari 55:28 Oh, I just remembered that the answer would be the character, and so no, I don't need any hints at all Elenore 55:31 no, I don't need any hints at all because I don't know the answer Kari 55:34 because I don't know the answer and will not know the answer. Elenore 55:35 and will not know the answer. Dave 55:37 All right. So what is the show then? I think you've figured out that you don't know anything about the show. Elenore 55:41 Oh, I don't know. Kari 55:41 Oh, I don't know. Elenore 55:42 I was just gonna guess some Canadian show like Shoresy. Kari 55:42 I was just gonna guess some Canadian show like Shoresy. Dave 55:43 Oh Yeah. Okay. No, we're looking for Shits Creek here. That was Patrick from Shits Elenore 55:49 Of course. Kari 55:49 Of course. Dave 55:50 Creek. Kim 55:50 Okay. Dave 55:51 Okay, Sarah. On NBC Sarah C 55:53 Yes Dave 55:54 January 2003. The song is Delta Dawn by Tanya Tucker, performed at a piano bar. Sarah C 56:01 Hint please. Dave 56:03 The show is Friends. Sarah C 56:05 Uh I'm assuming it's one of the friends, and let's say it is uh the only friend I like, Phoebe Buffet. Dave 56:14 It was the ugly naked guy. Kim 56:14 Still me on Tara 56:15 No, steal Kim 56:16 Yeah. Dave 56:16 All right, steel meal Tara 56:16 me a Kim 56:18 It was Monica Dave 56:18 Monica Geller is good for one point on the steel mill. Well done, Kim. And Kim, here is your full question. The WB slash CW, September two thousand. The song is Mandy by Barry Manilow, sung at a karaoke bar. Kim 56:34 September two thousand. Dave 56:36 Yeah. Kim 56:37 Um Dave 56:38 We're all getting over the Y2K bug, putting our lives back together. Kim 56:43 Um yeah, I'll need a hint, please. Dave 56:45 The show was Angel. Kim 56:47 Oh um Dave 56:48 So who performed that song on Angel? Kim 56:49 was it Angel Dave 56:51 Yeah, there you go. Angel from Angel. Nicely done. Eleanor, UPN, January 2005, One Way or Another by Blondie, sung at a bar on karaoke night. Do you know the performer? If you don't, you can ask for the show name. You only get one guess, though. Elenore 57:11 I feel like Kari 57:11 I feel like Elenore 57:13 I feel like this is from Buffy and the person like Kari 57:13 I feel like this is from Buffy and the person like Elenore 57:16 sets on fire while they're singing it, but I think I'm just mixing a bunch of things up in my head, so I'll take the show. Kari 57:16 sets on fire while they're singing it, but I think I'm just mixing a bunch of things up in my head, so I'll take the show Dave 57:22 All right, the show in question is Veronica Mars. Elenore 57:26 Oh Kari 57:26 Oh, um Elenore 57:28 um then Kari 57:29 then Elenore 57:30 Veronica Kari 57:30 Veronica Dave 57:30 Yeah, we're noticing a pattern here. Veronica Mars from Veronica Mars, yes. Okay. Sarah. HBO, March 2013. The song is Stronger by Kanye West at a party. Sarah C 57:44 Hint, please. Dave 57:46 The show is girls. Sarah C 57:48 Oh, uh then let's say it is the girl herself, Lena Dunham, whose name is Girl Elenore 57:57 Steelmeal. Kari 57:57 Steel meal. Dave 57:57 Steel meal, let's hear it. Elenore 57:59 That's Marty. Kari 57:59 That's Marty. Dave 58:00 Marty picks Elenore 58:00 This is the only one I knew, so I was hoping I would get it. Kari 58:00 This is the only one I knew, so I was hoping I would get it. Dave 58:01 up uh Tara 58:02 And how Dave 58:03 Marty picks up a point for Eleanor. Nicely done. All right, to Kim. Apple TV, September 2020. Let it go from frozen at a karaoke bar. Kim 58:14 Um Dave 58:15 Who sang it? Kim 58:17 I'll take a hint. Dave 58:18 The show is Ted Lasso. Kim 58:20 Oh. Dave 58:21 He's like this guy and he's good at football, but he has to go teach the other type of football and it was like this hilarious thing. Kim 58:28 I'm gonna guess Ted, because I don't know any characters on that show. Dave 58:31 Your incorrect the pattern has failed. It was Rebecca Rebecca Eleanor, your network is ABC, December 2014. Chandelier by Sia at a karaoke bar. Elenore 58:44 I'll take the hit. Kari 58:44 I'll take the hint. Dave 58:45 The show is selfie. Remember selfie? Kari 58:49 Of course not. Elenore 58:49 Of course not. Dave 58:50 Yeah. Elenore 58:51 Uh Kari 58:51 Uh Elenore 58:51 I'm gonna guess Kari 58:51 I'm gonna guess selfie. Elenore 58:53 selfie, uh Dave 58:54 Yeah. Kari 58:54 Uh Elenore 58:56 Braxton Kari 58:56 Braxton Dave 58:59 I love that guess. Eliza Dooley. Eliza Dooley was your answer. Back to Sarah. ABC.that's our ABC, not your ABC.don't get confused. February 2011. Angel of the Morning by Juice Newton, which by the way, if you're having a little trouble, little Juice Newton will clear you right out. Elenore 59:17 Mm-hmm. Kari 59:17 Mm-hmm. Dave 59:18 As performed in a living room. Sarah C 59:20 I could sing it, but let's have the hint Dave 59:21 Do it. Okay. Sarah C 59:23 You'll call me angel Kim 59:24 Angel Sarah C 59:25 on Kim 59:25 on Sarah C 59:25 the Kim 59:25 the mon Sarah C 59:25 morning angel Dave 59:28 Nice. Sarah C 59:28 So maybe before you leave You better cut that Dave 59:31 Your show is Modern Family Sarah C 59:34 Modern Family Oh, in that case it is the one with the head that's a square. Uh and I do not know what that character name is, or is it the one that Tara Dave 59:42 What? Sarah C 59:46 is in a Fight with the lady Uh please buzz me out and somebody steal it. Dave 59:51 Alright, character's name we're looking for is Gloria. Gloria Pritt. Sarah C 59:56 Oh, okay. Sorry. Dave 59:57 Kim, WB or CW. We don't know. We can't know. May 2007. I will always love you by Dolly Parton at karaoke Kim 01:00:07 Oh. Dave 01:00:07 night at a bar. Kim 01:00:09 This is actually the first one I thought of when he would talk about the game, because this is Lorelei Gilmore from Kilmore Girls. Dave 01:00:14 You are correct from Gilmore Girls two-point answer first of the game Eleanor AMC, our first AMC show, August 2011. The song being performed as Major Tom by Peter Schilling at a karaoke bar on video. Elenore 01:00:31 At Kari 01:00:31 At a karaoke Elenore 01:00:31 a karaoke bar Kari 01:00:32 bar Elenore 01:00:33 on video Kari 01:00:33 on video Dave 01:00:33 Yeah. Elenore 01:00:33 on AMC. Kari 01:00:33 on AMC. Dave 01:00:35 Yeah Elenore 01:00:36 Ooh. Kari 01:00:36 Ooh. Uh Elenore 01:00:37 Uh Sounding like not Kari 01:00:39 Sounding like not the Walking Dead, which is the AMC show I know of. Elenore 01:00:40 the Walking Dead, which is the AMC show I know of. Um, I'll take the Kari 01:00:44 Um, I'll take the hint, please. Elenore 01:00:46 hint, please. Dave 01:00:47 The show in question is breaking bad. Elenore 01:00:49 Breaking bad, okay. Kari 01:00:49 Breaking bad, okay. Elenore 01:00:52 Um, I'm gonna guess Kari 01:00:52 Um, I'm gonna guess Elenore 01:00:56 Walter. Kari 01:00:56 Walter. Dave 01:00:59 Walter is incorrect. We were looking for Gail Bedeker. The tragic tale of Gail Alright, this will take us into our score break. It is for Sarah FX on Hulu from June 2023. The song is Before the Next Teardrop Falls by Freddie Fender at karaoke bar. Sarah C 01:01:21 Hint, please. Dave 01:01:22 The show is The Bear, which is a show about a restaurant. Sarah C 01:01:27 It is. I used to work in restaurants in the eighties. Lots of shouting, lots of harassment, lots of cocaine. Dave 01:01:31 Yeah. Yeah I Sarah C 01:01:33 So I watched half of the first episode of this wonderful show. Dave 01:01:35 You're like I lived it. Sarah C 01:01:37 and was so triggered Dave 01:01:38 Yeah. Sarah C 01:01:39 I couldn't watch any Dave 01:01:40 How many times were you locked in the Sarah C 01:01:40 more. S Dave 01:01:41 me freezer? Sarah C 01:01:43 um couple. Depending on what you mean by meat freezer. Dave 01:01:47 I just mean a me freezer, but I don't want to pursue that line of questioning any further. Sarah C 01:01:49 Hmm. Dave 01:01:52 Do you know the name of the performer, the character here? Sarah C 01:01:55 I literally don't know any of the names of anybody, so I'm terribly sorry. Somebody steal it. Dave 01:02:01 Nope. We're looking for Tina. Tina here. Tina was the performer there. All right. Tara, I would like the scores here. We are well over halfway done. Tara 01:02:10 Okay, well, uh Eleanor has four, Kim has three, Sarah looking to get on the board. Dave 01:02:15 All right, and we are now at round two, which means all answers have two singers. Sarah C 01:02:17 Eleanor, Eleanor. Dave 01:02:21 It is duet karaoke time. Are you ready, Kim? Fox, January 1991, the theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes, sung at a sushi bar's karaoke room. Just talking about shaft. Kim 01:02:37 And it's two people Dave 01:02:39 Two people all round. Can still ask for the show as the hint, and we'll go from two points to one point, but you only get one guess. Kim 01:02:45 Yeah. I would like the hint, please. Dave 01:02:49 The show is The Simpsons. So I guess this is the game show allowed the Simpsons, but not the last one. Kim 01:02:55 I'm glad I asked, 'cause I was thinking the X Files, maybe. Dave 01:02:58 Hmm. Kim 01:02:59 Um oh I'm think maybe it's Barton Lisa? Dave 01:03:04 You are correct. Good for one point. Kim 01:03:05 Okay. Dave 01:03:05 Nicely done. This is question seventeen. Tara 01:03:08 Screen Kari 01:03:09 Studio Dave 01:03:09 Thank you. Sarah C 01:03:09 C'était Kim 01:03:10 Check it out. Sarah C 01:03:10 l'eau. Dave 01:03:10 NBC February 2013 for Eleanor. Islands in the Stream by Dolly and Kenny at a party. Elenore 01:03:21 I've seen this with my own eyes Kari 01:03:21 I've seen this with my own eyes Elenore 01:03:23 and heard it with my own ears. Kari 01:03:23 and heard it with my own ears. Elenore 01:03:25 I will take the show. Kari 01:03:25 I will take the show. Dave 01:03:26 All right. The office colon America Forever or whatever we're calling it. Kari 01:03:31 Yes. Elenore 01:03:31 Yes. All right. Kari 01:03:33 All right. Dave 01:03:33 So who sang that on The Office? Two characters did that. Kari 01:03:37 Yeah, um Elenore 01:03:37 Yeah, um Michael, Scott, and Kari 01:03:40 Michael, Scott, and Elenore 01:03:43 Carol Kari 01:03:43 Carol Dave 01:03:45 He had it half right. Michael and Jim. Michael and Jim. Elenore 01:03:50 All right. Kari 01:03:50 All right. Dave 01:03:52 Sarah! Wow, that was a real defeated great. CBS, February 2006, Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John and Kiki D at a karaoke bar. Sarah C 01:04:05 Hit please. Dave 01:04:05 How I met your mother. Sarah C 01:04:07 Oh, another show I don't watch. Uh, but I did hear Dave 01:04:11 Yeah. Well, I hope you're paying attention to where we were mentioning character names earlier. Sarah C 01:04:14 Last week or the week before, I heard some names. Dave 01:04:17 That's it. Sarah C 01:04:18 So let me say um Barney and uh Jill Dave 01:04:24 I don't know who Jill is, but Barney's correct. We're looking for I mean Barney is a character, not here. Lillian Marshall is what we wanted here. Sarah C 01:04:30 Now there you go, yes. Dave 01:04:31 Alright, this is Question Ed. Clips 01:04:32 Oh my day. Oh die hold nine eight. Oh nine day. Dave 01:04:36 We're back to Kim NBCnovember 2011. Kiss from a rose by Seal at a karaoke booth in a mall Kim 01:04:45 What was the network? Dave 01:04:46 NBCnovember twenty eleven Kim 01:04:50 N Dave 01:04:50 Kiss from Kim 01:04:50 D C Dave 01:04:51 a Rose at Kim 01:04:52 um Dave 01:04:53 a mall Kim 01:04:54 I will need a hint, please Dave 01:04:55 The show is community. Kim 01:04:57 Oh, community. Dave 01:04:59 Yeah. Kim 01:04:59 Let's see. Dave 01:05:00 Two performer uh two characters from community performed. Kim 01:05:00 What two people? Dave 01:05:03 Who are they? Kim 01:05:03 I'm gonna guess Troy and Abed. Dave 01:05:06 That's a really good guess. We were looking for uh Dean Pelton and Jeff. They performed that Kim 01:05:12 That makes sense. Dave 01:05:13 Eleanor Fox, December 2004, Afternoon Delight by Starland Vocal Band at a Christmas work party. Kim 01:05:24 Oh, that's appropriate. Elenore 01:05:27 Oh Kari 01:05:27 Oh my gosh, I've seen this too. Elenore 01:05:27 my gosh, I've seen this too. The sh I'll take the show. Kari 01:05:28 There sh I'll take the show. Dave 01:05:30 The show is Arrested Development. Elenore 01:05:34 Okay. Kari 01:05:34 Okay. Elenore 01:05:35 Um Kari 01:05:35 Um Elenore 01:05:36 I'll say that's Kari 01:05:36 I'll say that's Elenore 01:05:39 the Kari 01:05:39 the Elenore 01:05:40 the George Bluff Kari 01:05:40 the George Bluff Elenore 01:05:41 played by Michael Sarah Kari 01:05:41 played by Michael Sarah Elenore 01:05:43 and Maybe. Kari 01:05:43 and Maybe Dave 01:05:46 They had one half right. It's maybe and Michael played by Jason Bateman Elenore 01:05:50 Damn. Kari 01:05:50 Damn it. Dave 01:05:50 there. Still probably just as gross. I mean I I I don't want to debate which is grosser here. Kim 01:05:55 Maybe if she's grosser Dave 01:05:57 Yeah, I don't know. Sarah C 01:05:57 Chrysler Dave 01:05:59 I don't want to be the champion of less gross in this situation as the winner. Kim 01:06:00 , Elenore 01:06:02 Yeah, no need to pick Kari 01:06:02 Yeah, no need to pick Dave 01:06:03 Sarah! Let's get this and we'll get another score break, Tara, just before we end it all up. Tara 01:06:08 Okay. Dave 01:06:09 NBCnovember 2013. Summer Nights from Greece at a karaoke bar. Sarah C 01:06:16 Hint please. Dave 01:06:17 Parks and Wreck Sarah C 01:06:19 Uh let's say it's uh Ben and Leslie Dave 01:06:26 One half of that right. Leslie and Jam. The uh counselor everybody hates. Tara 01:06:31 Yeah Dave 01:06:32 All right, let's get the scores. Everybody has one question left. Tara 01:06:35 Well, um Sarah has still looking to get on the board, but Kim and Eleanor are tied with four Dave 01:06:43 Oh Tara 01:06:43 points Elenore 01:06:43 Wow Kari 01:06:43 Wow Tara 01:06:43 each. Dave 01:06:44 all right, here we go. Everybody's last question. Make it count. Kim, CBS, January 2009. The song is Any Way You Want It by Journey in a Living Room. Kim 01:07:01 Any way you want. Uh it's so hard not to start singing these songs when you say them. Dave 01:07:05 You Sarah C 01:07:05 Yes, very Dave 01:07:06 hey, go ahead. Elenore 01:07:06 Mm-hmm. Sarah C 01:07:07 much Dave 01:07:07 It's behind Patreon. Sarah C 01:07:07 so Dave 01:07:08 Nobody's gonna hear it. Spotify can't touch us. Kim 01:07:12 Um, all right, January and you said CBS. Dave 01:07:14 Yeah, CBS January 09 Kim 01:07:15 Ur. Dave 01:07:17 performed in the living room. Kim 01:07:17 I'm gonna I'm gonna need a hint Dave 01:07:20 The show is Big Bang Theory. Kim 01:07:23 Oh, okay. Let's see. Who would have in the living room. Anyway, and it's two people still that we're looking for. Dave 01:07:30 Two people, yes, I'm gonna give you a hint, Stephen Hawking not among them. Although if that was, that would be great. Kim 01:07:38 In a living room. Dave 01:07:40 Any way you want it. Kim 01:07:43 I will Elenore 01:07:44 Oh Kari 01:07:44 Oh Kim 01:07:44 guess Elenore 01:07:45 my god. Kari 01:07:45 my god. Tara 01:07:46 Okay Dave 01:07:47 What Kim 01:07:49 Uh what what are their names? Um Raj and Howard Dave 01:07:58 Sheldon and Leonard's mom, Bev, were the characters here. Kim 01:08:01 How Dave 01:08:02 Alright, Eleanor, you ready for your last one? One point here will do it for you. Elenore 01:08:06 Okay. Kari 01:08:06 Okay. Dave 01:08:06 Fox. Kim 01:08:07 do you think Dave 01:08:08 Oh boy. Fox, March 2018. What's up by four non-blondes in a karaoke room? Elenore 01:08:17 Oh Kari 01:08:17 Oh Dave 01:08:17 Based on past performance, I predict a tie Elenore 01:08:17 my god. Kari 01:08:18 my God. Dave 01:08:20 here at the end. Kari 01:08:22 I'll take the show. Elenore 01:08:22 I'll take the show. Dave 01:08:23 The show is Brooklyn99 Elenore 01:08:26 Oh Kari 01:08:26 Oh Elenore 01:08:27 damn Kari 01:08:27 damn Elenore 01:08:27 it. Kari 01:08:27 it. Elenore 01:08:28 Uh Kari 01:08:28 Uh Elenore 01:08:29 all right. Kari 01:08:29 all right. Elenore 01:08:30 I already forgot the name of the guy whose name I didn't know, so Kari 01:08:30 I already forgot the name of the guy whose name I didn't know, so Dave 01:08:32 Yeah. Can I give you a hint? You're never gonna get it in a million years if you don't know Holt. Elenore 01:08:35 So I'm gonna go with Jake Kari 01:08:35 So I'm gonna go with Jake Elenore 01:08:38 and Kari 01:08:38 and Elenore 01:08:39 M Kari 01:08:39 Melissa. Elenore 01:08:39 Melissa. Dave 01:08:40 You're half right. Jake and Judy. Judy. Kim 01:08:44 Oh. Tara 01:08:45 Dad Judy Dave 01:08:46 Yep, Doug Kim 01:08:46 I remember that now, yeah. Dave 01:08:47 Judy. All right. Sarah, here we go. This question is worth 100 points. AMCoctober 2018. The song is Winter Takes It All by ABBA at a karaoke bar. Or as most people say, ABBA. Sarah C 01:09:03 Head please. Dave 01:09:05 The show is Better Call Saul. Sarah C 01:09:08 Oh well I'm going to in that case say it's uh slippin' Jimmy and the lady one. Dave 01:09:14 The Lady One! Do you have a character name? Sarah C 01:09:17 I do in the recesses of my brain. I'm sorry I can't pull it. Dave 01:09:21 That's okay, it wasn't her anyways. Sarah C 01:09:22 It doesn't matter anyway, I'm so Dave 01:09:24 Jimmy and his brother Chuck is who we were looking for. Sarah C 01:09:27 Ah, okay, so it Dave 01:09:28 Yeah Sarah C 01:09:28 it wasn't the lady one. Dave 01:09:30 All right. Sarah C 01:09:30 It was the spinal tap Dave 01:09:31 I think I know the scores, but let's hear them, Tara. Sarah C 01:09:31 one. Tara 01:09:34 We're still tied, four to Dave 01:09:36 Alright. Tara 01:09:37 four. Dave 01:09:37 Alright. Here comes the tiebreaker between Eleanor and Kim. I'm going to give you the same pieces of information to always have. This song is being performed by three characters at once. Name the show or any of the three characters first Any piece of that, and you get the point. Are you ready, Eleanor? Elenore 01:09:55 Ready Kari 01:09:55 Ready. Dave 01:09:55 Are you ready, Kim? Alright, here we go. Fox May. 2010. The song is Midnight Train to Georgia at a karaoke bar. Sarah just made the face like this is the one question all day that she knows. Alright, there we go. Fox, it is May 2010. Three people are singing Midnight Train to Georgia at a karaoke bar. I'm gonna give you each a guess. If you don't get it, we can do second guesses until we all just give up. Alright, I'm gonna start giving you character names. Now the answer has to be the show. Chase. Foreman Kim 01:10:35 Oh, that's Even New Show. Dave 01:10:38 You're out. Kim 01:10:38 Oh Dave 01:10:39 Here is the last clue. Think about it carefully, Eleanor. Elenore 01:10:42 All right. Dave 01:10:42 Third character, house Kari 01:10:42 All right. Elenore 01:10:46 Is that House Kari 01:10:46 Is that House Dave 01:10:47 It's house. Elenore 01:10:47 M Kari 01:10:47 M Elenore 01:10:47 D? Kari 01:10:47 D Dave 01:10:48 Yeah Tara 01:10:51 Woo. Clips 01:10:52 Valued guest. Valued guest. Dave 01:10:55 Oh, a squeaker at the end with the tiebreaker. Tara 01:10:59 That Kim 01:10:59 Good job. Dave 01:10:59 Love Tara 01:10:59 was Dave 01:11:00 it. Tara 01:11:00 very exciting. Elenore 01:11:01 Hard fought Kari 01:11:01 Hard fought, Kim. Elenore 01:11:02 Kiv, it's just obviously my superior knowledge was shining through there at the end. Kari 01:11:02 It's just obviously my superior knowledge was shining through there at the end. Dave 01:11:02 Yeah We got two more matches this month. It's still anybody's month, including Sarah, who's gonna force a tiebreaker. We'll see you back next week. Whew! Well guys, that is it for another episode of Extra, Extra Hot Great. We read the cards for the second season of The Lowdown. Before answering your burning ass EHG questions like what shows are you filtering people by and what's the next Fake Out Food Show? Sarah tap danced her way to the first tiny dance break Ken with Ken on Mad Men. We celebrated those who weren't quite the best and worst of the week. Carrie Race talked about gem and we wrap it all up with our middle mark in this month's All Amy Listener Game Time series with a win for Eleanor. Next up, it's Crystal Lake with Dan Rogi on EHGprime. Remember. Clips 01:11:59 We're listening. Dave 01:12:02 I am David T. Cole and on behalf of Tara Ariano Tara 01:12:05 Well, ain't you full of piss and vinegar? Dave 01:12:07 and Sarah D. Bunting Sarah 01:12:09 I'm gonna look through your stuff. Dave 01:12:11 Thanks for listening, everybody, and we'll see you next time right here on Extra, Extra Hot Great. Clips 01:12:27 Um let's get out of here. Come on. Alright, yeah, heck yeah. Yeah. Uh let's do it. Place is dead anyway. Dijon Auvoir. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. What does that mean again? This is Extra Hot Great Minis. Today's topic is Big Screen to Small Screen 2017. I am asking today, which 2017 movie would you most like to see adapted as a TV series? In what genre? On what network? Who would you cast? And how would the story change? My original answer was get out because it's my best movie of the year, but it's kind of already happening in a way, because I was thinking as an anthology. But that's basically what Jordan Peel's Twilight Zone reboot for CBLcBS All Access will probably be. So instead I went with Thor Ragnarok and I would put it on Netflix since they get all the Marvel shows that are mostly good, unlike ABC.sorry guys. And I would change it in in that I would make it an animated series, uh, because it's has very vibrant color palettes, very visually interesting, and I would keep it on Sakar, the garbage planet. So that we would let could let new characters cycle in through the prison slash gladiatorial system and see how they do. And I in terms of casting, I actually think Jeff Goldblum would probably reprise his role as the grandmaster for something like this because he seems game, but if he won't, it could be a great opportunity. I chose I Tanya. Oh my god, so did I. You could have could because we just watched it together. Yes. And I honestly think you could do A hundred percent anything with this. Like you could do Allison Janney's already on TV and I think Anna Ferris could play Tanya Harding if you wanted her to. You could just take the whole cast of mom and just turn it into I Tanya. Or you could do it as a Ryan Murphy joint on FX. Or you could do it like office style as a mockumentary 'cause it already sort of borrows from that. And I think if that I'd maybe put Jenna Fisher in as Tanya Harding. You could do anything with iTani and I think it would make the best T V show of the year. I a hundred percent thought that already was gonna be an American crime story season, and I googled it and was like, oh no, I just dreamed that. Anyway, Jessica, you had the same. Go ahead. Yes. This is cause Heather and I watched this together the other night. My idea was to take it and put it on HBO and make it into like an anthology series. So Tanya is the first episode, but all of them would be self-contained stories about figure skaters because they all have good stories. Like Oksana Bayul is like an orphan and like all kinds of drama happens in uh in the the figure skating world. And that way, because it's on HBO and it's prestige and each episode is like a standalone, you could get extremely famous people to do it because it wouldn't be like a giant time crunch. like you could have um Sersha Ronan be Exana Bayul or like there's a whole lot of opportunities here. You could have a an 80s episode and like have Torvalin Dean. You could have a Brian Boitano episode. Like I feel like this would be very Rich uh material. Sarah. I haven't even seen it yet, but most of the stuff that I have seen is either a documentary or animated. So kind of problematic, but I'm nominating the post Because I am obsessed with Watergate. I am obsessed with all the president's men. I am obsessed with processing narratives of all sorts, but especially about journalism, which is really hard to do. put it on probably a streaming service because I think they're a little better about figuring out where the story, like how long it needs to be and stuff like that. Justin Hartley as Woodward, Adam Goldberg as Bernstein, and what the hell, Hanks and Streep as Bradley and Graham, because they wouldn't need to be in every episode, because Watergate really only did go on for only so long, even though it felt like a really long time Uh one is a great way to dispose of annoying kid characters from other TV shows, and that is it, the series. He just visits town to town and eliminates annoying child uh characters from favorite shows. You want Bran out of Game of Thrones? No problem, here comes it.