University of California (NOT California University…you’ll see) faculty member Bobby Krut returns to talk about Sandra Oh’s new English-department half-hour dramedy on Netflix, The Chair. We discussed the almost-perfect pacing and casting, underrating Amanda Peet at your peril, whether Holland Taylor should get a spinoff, and more. Then we went Around The Dial with Nine Perfect Strangers, Messyness, I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, and Unforgotten before Doug tasked us with adding a Russian Roulette-style trapdoor to a TV moment. Sarah wouldn’t let the bird rest in her Canon presentation for a fifth-season Cheers episode; true crime won and Mike Richards lost; and the truth was once again stranger than fiction in a Game Time animé sequel. Don’t pine for a crumpled podcast; listen to this shiny new episode of Extra Hot Great.
Guests
Topics
- Lead Topic 🪑 The Chair
- Around The Dial 9️⃣ Nine Perfect Strangers
- Around The Dial 🗑 Messyness
- Around The Dial ↩️ I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson
- Around The Dial 🙇♀️ Unforgotten
- Extra Credit 🔫 Russian Roulette
- The Canon 🍻 Cheers S05.E09: Thanksgiving Orphans
- Winner & Loser 👍 Josh Duhamel
- Winner & Loser 👎 Michael Richards
- Game Time 🧠 More Animé Bullshit