Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair is back to talk about the latest product off the Marvel industrial complex assembly line: Disney+’s Loki. We discussed everything from Religion 101 to DB Cooper to mid-century production design to canonical gender identity — but should you make TIME (…sorry) for the show? Then we went Around The Dial with Younger, Starstruck, Bargain Block, Crime Scene Kitchen, The Housewife and the Hustler, and a weird movie on HBO Max, and then it got REALLY weird when we all sent in the clowns for David Ellis Dickerson’s Extra Credit. Richard signed our yearbooks “I hope this overlooked-classic Simpsons episode stays sweet” in his Canon presentation; Farrow won and Toobin (and pooin’) lost; and a role-playing Game Time had us all wondering if we’d (IMD)be crowning a season winner. Grab your timey-wimey remote: it’s an all-new Extra Hot Great!
Guests
Topics
- Lead Topic 🐊 Loki
- Around The Dial 🐣 Younger
- Around The Dial 💫 Starstruck
- Around The Dial 🏷 Bargain Block
- Around The Dial ⏲ Crime Scene Kitchen
- Around The Dial 💸 The Housewife And The Hustler
- Extra Credit 🤡 Send In The Clowns
- The Canon 🏆 The Simpsons S07.E25: Summer Of 4 Ft. 2
- Winner & Loser 👍 Catch And Kill
- Winner & Loser 👎 Ultimate Slip 'N Slide
- Game Time 🧠 Role-Playing Game
Notes
- 🐦 Follow Richard Lawson on Twitter
- 🏚 Richard at Vanity Fair on HGTV: “Home Truths: How HGTV, Magnolia, and Netflix Are Building a Massive Space in the Stream”
- 👨❤️💋👨 Richard on Luca
- 👀 Richard's podcast Still Watching
- 🫅 Richard's other podcast Little Gold Men
- ⏳ And Richard's book, All We Can Do Is Wait
- 🐩 Rose Matafeo: Horndog on HBO Max
- 🖕 Tara's Kevin Can Go F*ck Himself review at Primetimer
- 🧐 VF's Chris Murphy on whether we can/should keep enjoying Housewives what with all the felonies
- 📷 Photo: Disney+