Showtime’s new limited series, Fellow Travelers, takes us back to the 1950s AND the 1980s via Matt Bomer’s closeted Don Draper-esque life and loves — and the great Joe Reid is back in the guest chair to talk about whether the whole is less than the sum of a few very good parts; what Roy Cohn content might do a better job with midcentury context than this show; and how much sex creates character development. Then we went Around The Dial with Everyone Else Burns, The Fall of the House of Usher, and Paramount+’s Milli Vanilli documentary, and Tara plotted to get a tenth (!) Simpsons episode into the Canon. Seth Rogen’s ceramics hobby won, an ex-SNL writer lost, and we piled into the virtual minivan for a road-trippy Game Time. Moisturize your necks: it’s an all-new Extra Hot Great!
Guests
- 🦬 Joe Reid
Topics
- Lead Topic 🧳 Fellow Travelers
- Around The Dial ❤️🔥 Everyone Else Burns
- Around The Dial 🏚️ The Fall Of The House Of Usher
- Around The Dial 🏴☠️ Our Flag Means Death
- Around The Dial 🎙️ Milli Vanilli
- The Canon 👨🦲 The Simpsons S08.E16: Brother From Another Series
- Winner & Loser 👍 Seth Rogen
- Winner & Loser 👎 Kevin Brennan
- Game Time 📍 The Great American TV Road Trip
Notes
- 🧳 Joe's review of Fellow Travelers at Primetimer
- 🌤️ Joe Reid on Bluesky
- 🏆 This Had Oscar Buzz on Patreon
- 🎞️ Vulture’s Movie Fantasy League
- 😆 Tara on the best imported comedies to stream right now at Cracked
- 🎙️ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon
- 📷 Photo: Ben Mark Holzberg / SHOWTIME