Bradying Down To The ER Draft

Dave: [0:14] This is the Extra Hot Great Podcast, episode 570 for the week of July 7th, 2025. I am backstabbed floor friend, David T. Cole, and I'm here with disaster protocol, Sarah D. Bunting. Sarah: [0:32] We are closed to trauma. Dave: [0:35] Tension pneumothorax, Tara Ariano. Tara: [0:38] Just make a piercing hole. It's totally fine. I've seen it done many times. Dave: [0:41] And Destroyed Admit Desk, Laura Hampton. Laura: [0:45] Come on again? Dave: [0:49] Welcome everybody to a special episode of Extra Hot Great. If you're on the Discord, you know Beez or Laura. You know that she's been watching every episode of ER, all 10,000 of them in a giant rewatch. So when it came time for our next TV draft and we're thinking about ER, we knew we had to have Laura on the show. So welcome, Laura. Thank you very much for coming on. Tara: [1:12] Welcome. Sarah: [1:13] Laura. Thank you. Dave: [1:14] All right. So Laura has been so good as to set up the draft, but I will run it so she can actually play it. So we're going to do sort of the same thing we've done with past drafts, Star Trek, Law and Order. We have different categories of characters and some non-character categories to go through one at a time. They will pick, they will create their draft, they will create their lineup. And at the very end of everything, we will have three distinct ER lineups. And then you, the listeners, will go vote for which one is the best, the strongest. We've already decided that the prize is going to be a box of Band-Aids. So congratulations to whoever wins. A few rules to go through. We'll be talking about all 15 seasons of ER, including the 10,000 characters that inhabited. Some categories will be picking one character. Some categories will be picking two. And then the only real restriction we have is that you can't pick the same character from more than one category So if you like John Carter, you got to pick whether you want him to be your attending or your medical student He cannot be in both. That is it. I say we just dig into it guys. Are we ready to start the ER draft? Laura: [2:27] Yes. Dave: [2:28] All right. Let's get into it with our first category Oh, Our first category is you must choose one chief physician. This could be an ER chief, surgical chief, or the chief of staff. So we're talking about chiefs. Our guest, Laura, will be starting off. We got some choice here about who you're going for and why are you picking them? Laura: [2:50] I am going to go with Carrie Weaver. She was the, I can see why everybody wants that one. She seemed to be the most competent person overall. Good medical judgment. She had a few slips and misses there, but not like overtly racist or anything else like that. Tara: [3:10] All right. Dave: [3:10] I think everybody had that as their number one pick. So we got to already go to your alts. I am guessing by everybody's. So we're going to Sarah next. Sarah, what is your pick for Keith? Sarah: [3:24] Well, Carrie, you're always in my heart. But since that's off the board already, congratulations. Number one pick first round. But my pick is Donald Anspaugh. He had his issues, but he also seemed to be reasonable. And when other characters were being crazy or scheming, he tended to bring order. You'd kind of hate to just plug in a portly white dude right off the bat, but he seemed to have his shit together and I think was not, didn't end up being a disgracio. like, you know, we have Amanda Lee on this list. There are a lot of decent ones to choose from. And I think he is first and foremost, decent, like a decent choice. So Donald Anspaugh. Dave: [4:10] All right, Tara, you know, we're going to rotate, but you have last pick in this first one. So we've got a couple. I've heard you groan at each one of these. So I feel like you're now at your third choice. Tara: [4:21] Correct. But I think it's still a strong third choice. I'm going to go with David Morgan Stern played by William H. Macy, barely in the show at all, clearly a situation where he was even then too famous for them to have him like regularly recurring. He's a William H. Macy character, regular style, not William H. Macy shameless mode. He's just like very calm, competent, comes in, gets the job done, leaves, you know, this is what you want from a chief of staff. He's not going to be crazy authoritarian. He's just the kind of William H. Macy that you want. So that's my pick. Dave: [4:58] Do you know what the H stands for in William H. Macy? Tara: [5:00] Hospital. Dave: [5:01] Hospital. Correct. And that concludes Chief. Let's move on to category number two. It is attendings. We're all picking one attending, please. And we're going to rotate the order. So Sarah is first, then to Tara, and then to Laura. Sarah D. Bunting, your choice. Sarah: [5:21] All right. This is a tough one because you have, as sort of noted, you have a bunch of characters that are floating in and out of various categories. It's hard to know exactly where to pick them. I am tempted to take Carrie here, but I'm not going to. I'm going to go with the first one that everybody thinks of, Mark Green. Anthony Edwards was great in this role. Mark Green wasn't always in this role as ER attending, but as sort of the heart of the show, at least in the first half of its run, I think that you have to take Mark Green. And so that's what I'm doing. I think it's a solid choice, and I'm leaving Carrie Weaver for my wife. Dave: [6:02] All right, wife Tara, what is your pick for attending? Tara: [6:05] Surprise. I'm not going to pick her either since I didn't pick him as chief. I'm going to go with Luka Kovac, my number two crush object of his era. Sarah: [6:15] Just behind Scott Speedman. Tara: [6:17] It was really like you have one light, one dark, covers all your needs in terms of hair color. Sarah: [6:23] Gorgeous. Laura: [6:23] Gorgeous. Tara: [6:24] Yeah, he was great. Loved his accent. They screwed up his backstory. Do not care. Sarah: [6:29] Love him. Love him still. Tara: [6:30] Love him in practical magic. Sarah: [6:33] Oh, God. Tara: [6:34] Luka Kovac, still hot. Dave: [6:36] All right. So, Laura, that means you're last in this round. Third pick. What are you doing here? Laura: [6:41] I have to go with my ER crush, and we're talking my ER crush from the very beginning, and I feel very validated with all the people talking about the pit right now. I had him first. We're talking about John Carter, played by Noah Wiley. I was tempted to pick him either for medical student or intern resident, because he does get a little self-righteous. in those kind of middle seasons. But when he comes back at the end, he's very strong and kind of fills the Mark Green role in that last season. Dave: [7:14] I just noticed that Laura helpfully put the name of the actors next to the character names. And next to Abby Lockhart, we have My Attorney. So thank you very much, Laura, for that note. Tara: [7:25] That's right. Dave: [7:27] All right. Let's move on to our third category. My Attorney. All right. We are talking about interns and residences. And because there are 10,000 of those, we're going to let everybody pick two. And we're starting with Tara. So Tara, you're going to pick one. Everybody's going to pick one and they're going to rotate and do another sweep. Tara: [7:49] Got it. Well, since I'm up first, I'm just going to go ahead and pick Doug Ross, take him off the table for anybody else. I feel like the reasons are obvious, continue to be obvious to this day. It's like the er George Clooney character. This is what you want to see him doing. You know, if he's not robbing a casino, it's this basically. And I would trust Doug Ross to rob a casino also, frankly. Laura: [8:14] Very true. Tara: [8:15] Yeah, Doug Ross. Dave: [8:16] Okay, so we go back to Laura for your first pick in this category. Laura: [8:20] I've got to go with Peter Benton. I don't want to risk losing him in the surgeon category. Honestly, in my ER rewatch, I was stunned at how much I loved Peter. The second time around really was probably my favorite character of the rewatch and really grows a lot over all those seasons, but, you know, particularly during his residency. Dave: [8:41] How long did it take you to finish a 15 season ER rewatch? Laura: [8:45] So it should have theoretically taken me like about, I'd say seven months, but then I got to the like third to last episode and then a ton of life stuff happened, some of which involved being in hospitals a lot. So it kind of postponed it by a few months. And then I had to go back a little bit to kind of catch myself up. So I'd say probably 10 months. Dave: [9:08] That's pretty good. Laura: [9:09] Overall, but it could have been a lot shorter. Dave: [9:11] That's a lot of hospital show. Laura: [9:13] Yeah. And some of those seasons were some of those I watched very quickly. When I had COVID for part of it, too. So that part went by fast. Dave: [9:22] That's dedication. Thank you. Laura: [9:24] Yeah. Dave: [9:25] All right, Sarah, what do you got here for your first choice? Sarah: [9:27] I'm going to take John Carter here, just so I have him somewhere. His journey through the ER system was fantastic to watch. This is before he got, this is before like the chem era when he got really officious, which I didn't care for at this point, sort of pre-stabbing and everything that proceeded from that is, I would say, er, John Carter. So that's going to be my top choice in the intern resident category. Dave: [9:55] Okay, but. Tara: [9:56] Yeah, good choice. Dave: [9:56] We're not over yet. Everybody's got a second choice in this category. So we circle back to Tara. Tara: [10:03] I'm tempted to go with Nick Cooper, a Glenn Howerton character. It was like very early Glenn Howerton that I remember really liking at the time, even though, you know, he's another one who he's just sort of blew up and then they couldn't get him anymore, I assume. But since I already have one hottie in this category, well, I'm going to pick another one. But from the lady side. I'm going to go with Neela Rosgothra, played by Parminder Nagra. I always thought she was a really interesting character, loved her performance. Measured, but always got good stuff to do. Love her forever from Beckham and left her here as well. So, Neela. Dave: [10:37] Okay. Laura, your second selection, intern and resident. Laura: [10:40] I think I'm going to go with Abby Lockhart here. I know I could leave her for the nurse category, but I really liked her better in this part. When she was a med student, she was a little too unsure of herself. But when you get to the actual residency part, that character takes off again and is much more fun. Dave: [10:58] Close us out, Sarah D. Bunting. Sarah: [11:00] This is a tough one. There's a lot of strong contenders still on the board, but because she doesn't really turn up anywhere else, and because I feel like the show didn't do as much with her as it could or should have, I'm taking Georgia Fox's Maggie Doyle. She was a really good character. i wanted to see more of her in retrospect i think we probably got exactly as much as we should have we didn't have time to get sick of her line deliveries so uh yeah that's uh that's her the future saracidal maggie doyle yeah. Laura: [11:34] I almost went with her. Dave: [11:35] Can we just talk about some of the actors left on this list because there's just so many and er went on for so long that you forget who's on this show. Shiri Appleby. Busy Phillips. Sarah Gilbert. Glenn Howerton, you mentioned. Tara: [11:49] Yeah. Sarah: [11:50] Stamos! I know. Dave: [11:53] It's just a really deep bench here. Tara: [11:55] Yeah. Laura: [11:55] He was not a great character on the show, though. Tara: [11:58] I think I had already bailed by then. Dave: [11:59] Yeah. His name was Tony Gates. That sounds like a mob name. Hey, it's Tony Gates. Nobody comes in. Nobody comes out when Tony Gates is at the door. All right. we gotta move on, All right, we're all going to pick one medical student from a list of 15 possibilities. We're back to the top of the batting order. Laura's going first in this round. Laura: [12:26] I'm going to go with Lucy Knight. I know she got on a lot of people's nerves during her time there, but that was, I think, the character I really imprinted on because when she was on, that was when I really started becoming obsessed with the show and just saw a lot of similarities in myself to her. Dave: [12:44] Sarah D. Bunting, your choice for a medical student. Sarah: [12:47] I'm going to take another one that I thought they didn't do quite enough with. I mean, he got some chances to shine, but I thought the actor was, I don't know, doing some interesting non-melodramatic things and his backstory was pretty cool. That's Michael Gallant. He just had a sort of quiet charisma from the first time he showed up as a total noob that he was not really all that flappable. And I feel like the show did not exploit that as much as they could have, but I still enjoyed his character. So that is my pick. Dave: [13:19] All right. Tutara, close this out. Medical student. Tara: [13:23] Making it possible to have him in almost every category. This is where I'm going to put John Carter because I like him in his like baby doctor era right at the beginning when he's unsure and awkward and goofy and most dependent on Benton and most shattered when he doesn't get his approval. So yeah, Carter, Carter for me as medical student. Dave: [13:44] All right. Don Cheadle was a medical student on ER. Laura: [13:48] Yeah, just a few, just a few. I want to say like five episodes or less. Dave: [13:52] I have no memory of that. Tara: [13:53] This is way after you were watching. Laura: [13:55] Yeah. Dave: [13:56] Wow. Sarah: [13:56] All right. Dave: [13:57] All right. Next category coming at you. surgeon the fly boys of the hospital everybody hates them but everybody wants to be them the surgeons all right we are starting with sarah first then to tara then to laura for this category so sarity bunting you got first pick of surgeon we. Sarah: [14:21] Just get one right. Dave: [14:22] Yes it's. Sarah: [14:24] Uh tempting to take angela hicks because i i love me some cch but this is where i will be taking peter benton Damn it! Sorry! Laura: [14:35] Damn it's the last. Tara: [14:36] No, you know, this is a risky take. Sarah: [14:40] Yep. This is the draft life we have chosen. But yes, for obvious reasons, that run down the hall in that episode where Lucy and Carter have been stabbed is indelible. Top three moment of the show. Laura: [14:55] Literally watched that last night. Sarah: [14:57] Yeah. It just, I mean, it holds up. It really does. Laura: [15:01] Very well. Dave: [15:02] Is there a character on television who has a better opening credits moment than Peter Benton does in the air opening credits? Laura: [15:09] Definitely not. No way. Dave: [15:09] That anime floor slam punch thing that he does? Sarah: [15:12] No, it's the best. Dave: [15:14] Chef's kiss. Tara: [15:15] Nothing better. Dave: [15:16] All right, Tara, you're second here. Tara: [15:17] Well, since Benton is off the board and, you know, like I said, it's my own fault. I think Elizabeth Corday is a fine second choice, as long as everyone understands she is. it's not her fault they paired her with mark green and like his drippiest era she she is still a boss love her curly hair she's great and sister monica joan played her mom nothing wrong with that either i. Dave: [15:41] Know all right laura what is your pick for surgeon. Laura: [15:43] I think i am gonna pick angela hicks for this one once again another person who probably could have been around a lot longer and used a lot more, but when she was around was just absolutely perfect and didn't take shit from anyone. Dave: [15:58] One of the reasons why I'm not in the draft and I'm running the draft instead of actually participating is it because I think I would make all the wrong choices based on people that actually watch, like you guys. I'm like, why did anybody pick Robert Romano? Like, I know he's an asshole in the show. Sarah: [16:14] You'd be trying to pick him as like inanimate object. Best grease stain, Dave. It's not safe. It's not how it works. Dave: [16:22] Yeah, I think I'm memeing my choices in my mind, and I would have a disastrous lineup in the end. Laura: [16:27] No, on the rewatch, you realize just how bad he is in some of those later seasons. Dave: [16:34] Yeah, yeah, he's a bad dude, but I think he makes for good television, and I think that's where I'm having trouble with my internal choices as we go along. It's like, oh, I would have a very dysfunctional hospital. Very dysfunctional. All right. We're all going to pick two nurses. So everybody gets one and then we'll do the loop again. We are starting with Tara. Tara: [17:01] This category more than any others is the one where I went by who would I want to be looking after me if I was in the ER. So therefore, my first choice is Chuni. Oh, she's a great pick. She's got a great attitude. She always seems to be really up I think she would be a very reassuring presence by my hospital bed. And she's lovely. So Chuni Marquez, it's my first nurse pick. Dave: [17:30] Your first nurse, Laura. Laura: [17:31] Since Chuni is gone, I'm going with Halle Adams. Sarah: [17:35] Just absolutely wonderful presence. Laura: [17:39] Would absolutely want her as my nurse. Anytime she comes on the screen is just a comfort. Tara: [17:46] Yep. Dave: [17:46] Sarah scrambling to make an alt choice. Tara: [17:49] No, there's lots of good choices with the nurses. Laura: [17:51] Yeah. Sarah: [17:53] And you know who I'm not picking. So that takes that decision out of everybody's hands. Yeah. Since my top two are now gone, I will take Yosh Takata because he is sort of in the chuny, like we'll cut a side eye to the patient about a doctor. And that's the energy that you want personally in the ER. If you are sentient, like if you're conscious, you want some snark and he could bring that, but also seemed quite competent. Dave: [18:23] Back to Tara. Tara: [18:25] For similar reasons, I'm going to go with Malik, played by Deezer D. As long as it wasn't anything super embarrassing where he had to help me use a bedpan or something, I think he would be my choice. For my second nurse on my team. Dave: [18:39] All right, back to Laura. Laura: [18:40] I think I'm going to go with Shirley, who actually doesn't have a last name. Apparently, she is one of the OR nurses and, once again, who you would want assisting your surgeons because good assistants. make the surgeries for. Dave: [18:56] Sure all right and we're gonna close out with sarah's second choice for nurse. Sarah: [18:59] I'm just gonna say it is fucking wild who didn't get picked in this round and will not get picked because i'm taking lydia she seems fun hell yeah i could talk to her about crafting. Laura: [19:13] If you could pick and choose which seasons you got them from you could make a case for carol but you. Sarah: [19:20] Can't sure her. Tara: [19:21] Entire run sarah can't but one. Sarah: [19:23] Good one i mean yeah no like seasons one and two okay but once the doug shit takes off like when she's the chef okay but we'll get back to him. Dave: [19:34] Mary mccormick was a nurse on different mary mccormick oh. Sarah: [19:38] Yeah i was gonna say oh okay. Dave: [19:41] That's not air not the airlock okay good all right fine is this the spice heiress No. Tara: [19:48] You're thinking of Mary McDonnell. Sarah: [19:50] I hear you. Dave: [19:50] Oh, I'm thinking of Mary McDonnell. Not the same name at all. Tara: [19:52] No. Dave: [19:53] Terrible. Maybe I need to go to the hospital. Tara: [19:55] But Mary McCormack is an actor also. Sarah: [19:57] Yeah, but she's a U.S. Marshal. So different. Dave: [20:01] All right. Sarah: [20:01] Different vibe. Dave: [20:02] Belinda Cardellini also on this list. Nobody mentioned her, but good for Carol Hathaway for evading the ER draft. Tara: [20:11] She knows. I mean, she literally knows what she did because people yell it at her all the time. Dave: [20:16] Wow. All right. Wait, what did she do? Tara: [20:21] I don't want to get into you. Dave: [20:23] Okay. Tara: [20:23] Juliette Margulies is terrible politics. Let's move on. Laura: [20:26] Yeah. Dave: [20:27] All right. Our seventh category is pediatrician and PAs. Shallow bench here. Only five to choose from. So everybody needs to pick carefully. They got one choice. We're starting with Laura. Laura: [20:37] So I am taking Jeannie Boulay, who was kind of thrown in this category because there was literally only one PA the entire run of the show in pediatrics. I couldn't put her a nurse because while I love nurses, nurses are not PAs and I am a PA myself. And I think I'm not even joking here. I think it is because of VR and knowing I don't know if I would have known about the profession otherwise. So I'm picking Jeannie. Sarah: [21:03] I really thought about just saying 0110001110 and seeing if anybody knew who I was picking. Laura: [21:12] Cleobot. Sarah: [21:13] Yeah. But I am not picking her. I am picking Anna Delamico. I really like went heavy in this draft with characters that it was like, wait, where are you going? And she definitely was one of them. Maria Bello played her and she was, she had a really fun, spiky energy that the show then kind of was like, here's this weird backstory with James LaGrosse. Like what are, why, what are we doing? But still, she was cool. I love Maria Bello. I was the one who watched that Prime Suspect adaptation. She was pretty good at it. Justice for Bellow. But yeah, that's my pick. Dave: [21:49] If you're newish to the podcast and by newish, I mean, haven't been listening for 10 years and maybe only five, you perhaps didn't hear the story of Maria Bellow talking somebody down on a plane that was having a full blown panic attack. We were on that flight. Maria Bellows was sitting right behind us. And she went and like calm this person down. This person was having a bad time and we were nowhere near anywhere where we could touch down if it got worse or anything like that wow it was full-blown like night terror style panic attack and she did it she talked her down she stayed with her she did and uh i was very impressed so uh good for maria bello there yeah. Tara: [22:28] Maria bello also developed the screenplay for the woman king and produced it. Dave: [22:32] Yeah what. Tara: [22:33] A crazy career and now she's in a kevin williamson show. Dave: [22:35] Who knew all right close this up. Tara: [22:38] I will go with abby keaton then i guess because i'm not picking Michael Michelle as Cleo Finch either. So in the absence of other options, that's what it's going to have to be. I barely remember her, but Glenn Headley is now dead and we miss her. Dave: [22:53] So did nobody pick Doug Ross because they already picked him in other categories? Tara: [22:57] That's the case for me. Dave: [22:58] Okay. Sarah: [22:59] I just don't like him that much. Dave: [23:01] He seems like a crowd pleaser. Just going to say, Doug Ross, crowd pleaser, you may have cost yourself some votes. Laura: [23:06] I would have to quit my job if I didn't pick genies. Dave: [23:11] All right. Go with your heart. Go with your heart. All right. We are about halfway through. Let's move on. Next category, and Sarah will be starting, is Other Specialists. And there are quite a few, but we're only going to pick one. Sarah, your specialist choice. Sarah: [23:28] There are some real heavy hitters in here. I mean, I just was talking shit about Jack Kaysen in a recent episode of Extra Extra Heart Great. I mean, Tag. Remember him? I mean, he was really only a romance catalyst. Daniel Day Kim was on this show. I really have to do a rewatch of some of the latter seasons because, wow, you could tell me anyone was on the show. I would believe you. But I can confirm that Adele Newman was on the show. I really liked Erica Gimple's performance. Sorry, guys. I really liked the energy that she brought to the show. They used her exactly enough. And the character got stuck with some real, like, capital I issues, exposition shit. and Erica Gimple was a complete pro and later went on to Miles Fennell's mom on Veronica Mars and you can't beat that. So yeah, Adele. Dave: [24:23] I may have missed it, but what's her specialty? Tara: [24:25] She's a social worker. Dave: [24:27] Well. Tara: [24:27] I mean i can't say she's the reason that i am a social worker she's one of the tv reasons that if i do a late career pivot will be the reason i become a social worker but since i can't say her i'm going to say janet coburn damn it she was my second choice extremely indelible in of course loves labor loss but also just like generally does not have time for anyone's shit and she shouldn't because there's a lot of shit that goes on in the show and um yeah she's sick of it another another curly hair queen janet all. Dave: [24:59] Right so what's her specialty dara she's an ob-gyn got it all right laura close this out your specialist of choice i. Laura: [25:07] Think i'm gonna go with kim legaspie i think just if nothing else for the cultural impact that is the reason carrie came out in the later seasons but honestly if you look at the work she does too is just seems to be a really good psychiatrist so i'm gonna go with her nice. Dave: [25:28] So correct me if i'm wrong but this seems like a way to get an actor in for two or three episodes at most and then they disappear again because their specialty is not needed for the yeah okay so a. Laura: [25:40] Good chunk of them were on for a while like amy aquino was i i mean i don't know that she was on in the end but she's definitely in the last five seasons. Dave: [25:51] And she. Laura: [25:51] Started in the first. Dave: [25:53] Okay yeah we got chris sarandon here we got jamie kurt gerks jamie gertz gertz yep hey you like gertz donuts pickled gertz donut mad chanamic from twin peaks yep had a crush on her back in the day sure and her. Sarah: [26:12] Character's name is wendell mead it's horrible like now you're just making shit. Dave: [26:16] Up wendell mead is the cookie manufacturer that went out of business in the 60s when they refused to put enough sugar into it for today's modern taste. desk clerk this is a fun category looking forward to the choices here oh yay. Sarah: [26:32] I'm up first first yeah jerry duh obviously it's gotta be. Tara: [26:38] Jerry played by abraham the coob ben ruby love that guy miss him he should be around more yeah. Sarah: [26:44] He was great. Dave: [26:45] He's delightful yeah obvious first choice i think i think that i'm gonna guess that was everybody's first choice but let's find out laura was that gonna be your first choice if it wasn't taken it was yeah so what are you picking instead i'm. Laura: [26:56] Gonna go with randy just love her fun energy yep didn't put up with much i believe punched a patient at one point when he was getting out of line if i'm remembering correctly just great person to have around all. Dave: [27:11] Right sarah you're third i just noticed that your girl marissa hargitay is on this list. Sarah: [27:15] She plays such an irritating character she's so good at it though. Tara: [27:20] She is amazing she's incredible. Sarah: [27:21] As a desk clerk though vv bad um so with apologies to marhar superstar as cynthia hooper and also to frank martin because he was great as a cop on but as a cop on er former cop on er no thanks i'm gonna go with bob bob because bob in her homeland was a full surgeon and saved some butts and then we really didn't see her again which was a shame but she had a blunt bob to die for as it were she uh brought it when it was necessary and uh then vanished before she could get annoying mm-hmm. Dave: [28:03] All right, we've got paramedic, EMTs, and firefighters all rolled in here. And we've got 16 at least to choose from. And so a loss of choice. We are going with Laura first for this category. Laura: [28:19] I think I'm going to go with Reggie Moore on this one. Sarah: [28:23] Phew. Laura: [28:24] Cress Williams comes back again. But he is a police officer who winds up married to Jeannie. Tara: [28:31] She deserves it. Laura: [28:33] And then they break them up. She just, yeah, she deserves that. And then they break them up for no reason. Like it's a sideline in the final season, which obviously makes me really mad. So nice to look at and just never a bad thing to say about him on that show. Dave: [28:50] Chris Williams, he's from Black Lightning and 90210. Am I remembering this correctly from other podcasts? Tara: [28:54] Yes, you are correct. Dave: [28:55] All right. Very good. Tara: [28:56] Yep. Sarah: [28:56] And Veronica Mars, Mill's father. Yep. Dave: [28:59] All right, Sarah, what's your pick? Sarah: [29:01] Well, I'm torn. Because I have a couple of my only Buncey gives a shit style crushes on here. Thank you all in advance for understanding that I am obviously taking Shep, even though it did not end well. Really feel like he and Carol should have probably stayed together. IRL, I think maybe they both dodged a bullet. The actors when their relationship ended. But yes, LD is my pick in this category. Honorable mention to Donald Logue. But I bet I know who Tara's taken. Tara: [29:33] Well, it's not going to be him of what remains on this list. If I can't go with either of those, it's going to be Greg Powell played by George Eads, a pre-CSI George Eads. Sarah: [29:44] I thought you were going in a Daris direction. Tara: [29:46] Nah. Dave: [29:51] All right, we're back to one where everybody's going to be picking two. We're going to be talking about staff, significant others, and staff, family members. And oh boy, this list that Laura provided is 48 characters long. Tons of choice here. We're back to Laura at top of the batting order. Laura: [30:08] I am going to go with David Green. When you first meet him, you really hate him because he and Mark do not have a great relationship at that point. But he just has an absolutely beautiful arc and season. six, not only with Anthony Edwards, but his chemistry with Alex Kingston. When you go back and watch that is so good. And just a really heartbreaking, but really well told end of life story there. Dave: [30:35] So I assume this is Mark Green's father. Laura: [30:37] It's Mark's dad. Yeah. Tara: [30:38] Yeah. Dave: [30:39] It's John Cullum from Northern Exposure, right? Sarah: [30:42] Yes. Holling Finnecourt. Dave: [30:44] Nice. Sarah: [30:44] Which we called him in the recaps. Laura: [30:46] Yes, you did. Sarah: [30:47] Because we could never remember his name. Dave: [30:49] All right. So we're going to go to Sarah next here. Sarah: [30:51] Got to go with Jackie Robbins, Peter's sister, played by the great Candy Alexander. So many good moments for her, always sort of in extremis with that character. Like they really put Jackie through a lot and Candy Alexander could handle all of it. Dave: [31:09] Tara, your first choice for Staff's significant other or family. Tara: [31:13] Well, I mean, my second choice, but it's going to be Cam Likasu, played by Tandy Wade Newton, Carter's wife that he meets when he's working overseas. I feel like the reasons are obvious. She's played by Tandyway Newton, and she's great. Dave: [31:28] Rope it back to Laura for your second choice here. Laura: [31:30] I think I'm going to go with kind of a controversial one and do Claudia Diaz. That's just Sina Machado. I felt like I needed somebody from the later seasons, and she's introduced in the very last season as a first undercover cop, but then a cop who somehow completely completes the redemption arc of Archie Morris, who is a character I hated so much at the beginning. And at the end, you are extremely rooting for him and her. So I'm going to go with Claudia. Dave: [31:59] Okay, back to Sarah. Sarah: [32:01] I am really torn here. I have so many good choices left. And this might also be kind of well, actually, you know what, I considered taking Al Boulay because Michael Beach can do no wrong in my opinion, but I have to go with Millicent Carter played by the great Francis Sternhagen. She brings that shot of acid. Everyone else in his family also played by great actors, but just Cox, most of them, she is absolutely a queen and is to the very end. Spoiler. So good for her. Good for Franny. Dave: [32:40] Millicent Carter. What's up with people not naming their kids Millicent anymore? Tara: [32:43] I'm sure in Brooklyn people are. Dave: [32:46] No, that's true. Sarah: [32:46] Yeah. Tara: [32:47] So my next choice is going to be Rachel Green. Just kidding. The great thing about this show is how when they would bring in family character, like an extended family character, they were better than most, I think, at using those to elucidate what we already know and what we don't about the main cast. And so I'm tempted for that reason, even though I don't want to spend 10 minutes with her to say Chloe Lewis, because I think as much as she's annoying, she's like crucially annoying to the show. Sarah: [33:17] Yes, absolutely. Tara: [33:19] Instead, I'm going to go with a real villain, which is Ray Ross, Doug's father, played by James Garantino. A real bastard, but incredible story mover. So that's my pick. Sarah: [33:29] Flawless casting, too. Tara: [33:31] Absolutely. Dave: [33:32] All right. We're not picking a third. But if you had to go a little deeper into here, because there's still some big names that I recognize on this list. Who would you want just to bring into the fold just for chits and grins? Tara: [33:45] As my backup backup, I would say Michael Gross is Carter's dad. I thought he was really good. Sarah: [33:50] I had Sally Field. Laura: [33:53] Oh, I forgot about Sally Field on there. Sarah: [33:54] Too. Carla was also on my long list. Laura: [33:56] Carla, they screw her over at the end. Sarah: [33:59] God, they really do. Tara: [33:59] They sure do. Laura: [34:00] But, I mean, they had to get rid of the actress somehow is the problem. But she's such a great character when she's first introduced. Dave: [34:08] Is this the Mary McDonnell I'm thinking of? Tara: [34:11] Yes. Dave: [34:11] All right. Eleanor Carter. Tara: [34:13] The one whose name is not Mary McCormack? Dave: [34:15] Yeah. Sarah: [34:16] Eleanor. Dave: [34:17] I'm telling you, you know, one's got airlocks. The other one's got spices. Tara: [34:20] They're set. Dave: [34:20] They're fine. Danny Glover is on this list. Rebecca Des Morniers. Paul Dooley. Sarah: [34:26] Yeah, sure. Dave: [34:27] George Plimpton as John Carter Sr. What did he do on the show? And television spokesman George Plimpton. Laura: [34:34] He's around for like five seconds and then dies. Sarah: [34:36] He was extremely Plimptonoid. Laura: [34:38] Yes, very. Dave: [34:39] Marg from CSI is on here. Holy cow. Sally Field, Trixie from Deadwood, Stacey Keech. Tara: [34:46] Yep. Dave: [34:47] What was his show again? What was his, uh, Mike? Tara: [34:50] Mike Hammer. Dave: [34:50] Mike Hammer. Yeah. Wow. Look at all these people. Julie Bowentire. How come you didn't pick Roxanne? Roxanne, please. Tara: [34:57] Why indeed. Sarah: [35:00] Wow. Dave: [35:00] All right. Excellent. All right. We're almost to the end. We got three categories left. We're going to talk about patients and family members of those patients. We're going to pick two here, starting with Sarah. Sarah: [35:16] There's a lot of good ones on here. I have to take Jodi O'Brien first because she's in Love's Labor's Lost. Sorry, Tara. I have to leave Rex the Wonder Preemie for that? Just kidding. Jodi O'Brien, I mean, such an indelible performance from Colleen Flynn. And without that performance, nothing that happens after it and that just goes so horribly pear-shaped sticks with you. I mean, it's a great episode overall. And, you know, you can just listen to the canon presentation if you are not sure what I'm talking about. But, yeah, she is great. She is the engine that makes it go. Laura: [35:52] She made me break the rules for that one. I only put people on the list who had been in two episodes or more, with the exception of her and Rex the Wonderpreemie. Tara: [36:02] Of course. Sarah: [36:02] Yeah. Tara: [36:03] Oh, Rex has been Rex is in multiple episodes of this show and many others. Dave: [36:08] You got to explain Rex the Wonder Preemie, I think, here at this juncture. Tara: [36:11] This was a joke that I made in the in a recap about like the robot baby. And then it turned into covered. Sarah: [36:19] With raspberry jam. Laura: [36:20] Yes. Tara: [36:21] But then it turned into like whenever you can see a boom in a shot. The joke is it's because Rex the Wonder Preemie is holding the boom with its teeny tiny arms. Sarah: [36:29] T-Rex arms. Tara: [36:30] Okay yeah nice all right so. Dave: [36:33] Uh what's your first choice here tara. Tara: [36:35] I'm gonna go with bishop stewart played by james cromwell mostly because i speaking of recaps i remember him from episodes that i covered in in that era and you know you can't go wrong with the james cromwell character generally and certainly not here he's very well cast. Dave: [36:51] All right laura first choice. Laura: [36:53] I am going to go with Paul Sabricki. I don't know if this is like a real draft and we're playing a sport or something. Probably not what I would want to pick. Tara: [37:01] Sure, sure. Laura: [37:03] He is the one who stabs Carter and Lucy. An excellent performance by David Krumholtz. Very, very realistic portrayal of mental illness. Obviously, most people do not stab their medical providers. I want to add that caveat there. But he does a fantastic job in that role. Dave: [37:21] Okay, second choice is coming at you. back to Sarah. Sarah: [37:25] I was tempted to add in Mrs. Sabricki because she was really good, too. Tara: [37:30] Yep. Laura: [37:30] Oh, yeah. I actually forgot to put her in when I added in the family members. Sarah: [37:35] But not to worry, I am going to take Rex the Wonder Premium with honorable mention to Joy Abbott, who really set a chain of disastrous events and then departures in motion. My man Rex has been the gift they kept on giving across time and shows. Dave: [37:52] Yeah. All right. Tara, your second choice for Patient. Tara: [37:55] I'm going to go with Charlie Chiamingo, played by Kirsten Dunst. I won't spoil it, but a great early performance of hers before she was like really a thing and had great scenes with George Clooney as Doug. Dave: [38:08] All right. And closing us out with her second choice, Laura. Laura: [38:11] I'm going to go with Mary Cavanaugh, a.k.a. Madam X, played by Rosemary Clooney. She is a character that shows up periodically in the first season and basically just starts singing. And then eventually gets retrieved by her family members because she's wandered away from her nursing home or wherever she's living. But I just love that Rosemary Clooney got to be on the show with George Clooney. Dave: [38:38] All right. So this is the category where we bring somebody in for one episode and they disappear. Tara: [38:43] But this is to get somebody an Emmy nomination. Yes. Yes. Sarah: [38:47] Correct. Dave: [38:47] So honorable mentions or notable mentions, perhaps from anybody here. Tara: [38:52] Christina Hendricks had a really longer arc than I think you remember, but she was great. And that was before she really popped, too. Dave: [38:59] Ed Asner plays James McNulty. Sarah, thoughts? Sarah: [39:03] The fuck did he do? Tara: [39:04] No relation. Yeah, I don't know. Sarah: [39:06] We assume. I had Loretta Sweet on my long list. I thought that was a pretty compelling way into that story. Dave: [39:16] Wow. This list is huge. Yeah, it's crazy. Wow. Charlotte Ray. Red Buttons? Tara: [39:21] Dave, I don't know how many times I have to tell you we should start rewatching the show. Dave: [39:25] It's too much. I'm scared. Guys, I'm scared. Tara: [39:28] What, do you think you're going to die before we get through this? Laura: [39:29] Well, maybe. Tara: [39:30] I mean, you might. Dave: [39:31] It's a lot. Sarah: [39:32] Yeah, true. Dave: [39:33] Nobody mentioned Ben Hollander. Why didn't nobody mention Ben Hollander? You know, I had a clip ready. Tara: [39:39] I'm sure you did. Dave: [39:39] Who played Ben Hollander, you ask? I'll tell you. Laura: [39:42] Holy shit. What? Get to the basement. Bob Newhart's here. We are theaters. Tara: [39:53] New York City. Dave: [39:57] Our penultimate category is location. So we're now done with characters. Although the location can be a character. We all know this because everybody won't stop fucking saying it. Location. All right. So a location that you feel would strengthen your case for why you have the best ER lineup starting with Tara. Tara: [40:16] Helipad nothing happens there that isn't dramatic like what more do you need to say even before anyone was getting their arm cut off it was all it's always you know a high tension high stress situation if someone walks through the door they might just have like a sore throat if they're coming in by helicopter it's bad shit have. Dave: [40:36] They ever done a scene where the helicopter can't land so they just have to like throw the. Tara: [40:40] Organs in the cooler and hope somebody catches it because. Laura: [40:43] That Not to my recollection, no. Sarah: [40:46] Sure. Dave: [40:46] All right. Tara: [40:46] Missed opportunity. Laura: [40:47] Missed opportunity. Dave: [40:48] Yeah. All right, Laura, you're going to pick a location. Which one's it going to be? Laura: [40:51] I have to go with Ambulance Bay, aka the site of the helicopter smushing. Tara: [40:56] Of course. Laura: [40:58] I mean, and it's also, once again, before that happened, that's kind of where everybody convenes. It's where the basketball hoop is. Yeah. So I got to go with that one. Dave: [41:07] Okay. So Sarah, picking a location, what are you thinking? Sarah: [41:11] I went Doc Magoo's. This was my backup for the same reasons that, you know, a lot of conversations and sort of people gathering after a traumatic ER event or shift happens at Doc Magoo's. I wouldn't order anything there, but you're going to hear some pretty deep and meaningful convos. Laura: [41:29] Yeah. Tara: [41:29] I also liked how the design of it, like it made it when they shot outside. Obviously, it's all on a soundstage, but, you know, or in a lot or whatever. But it makes that whole space feel real in a way I like. Dave: [41:42] Is Doc Magoo's a bar or a restaurant? Tara: [41:44] It's like a diner. Dave: [41:45] Okay. Sarah: [41:45] Diner. Laura: [41:46] Diner. Dave: [41:46] Okay, guys, are you ready for our last draft category? Tara: [41:50] I wonder if Dave is going to just throw one in just for funsies, because he always loves an inanimate object category. Dave: [41:57] Well, this is the one I threw in here. Laura: [41:59] Yeah, you threw this in. I didn't have it. Yeah. Dave: [42:01] I insist it just be a category. And the last one is... A non-person hospital object. So kind of similar to a location, not a character, but something in or nearby the hospital that you think would help your chances to become the greatest ER draft of all time. We're starting with Laura. Laura: [42:22] I am going to go with Sternal Saw. Dave: [42:25] What is that? Laura: [42:26] So that is how you crack a chest open to do a thoracotomy. Well, actually, earlier in the season series run, You have to use kind of like a chisel and a hammer to crack a chest open. And then. Sarah: [42:39] But when Carrie gets it, it's like zoo zoo. Laura: [42:42] Yeah. Carrie runs it like she gets it for the department, runs a whole trial for it. And then it winds up being a huge part in the all in the family episode when they have to crack Lucy's chest open. So just kind of the opposite effect of when it's first introduced, just how sad and devastating it is. Sarah: [43:01] A lot of a lot of tempting things on this list but i added one that was not on the list that you know do i want to see it in any given episode no but do i want to see what happens if you don't have one also no and that's an emesis basin i will not be taking questions at this difficult time, oh no great minds and also ours what is it it's the kidney shaped plastic thing that you barfing. Dave: [43:30] Yep. Okay. All right, Tara, upset about that choice. Not on the list of ones that we just farted out, but somehow she picked it, she grabbed it from you. So what is your choice now? Tara: [43:42] That's something that has like personal meaning to me as someone who's had migraines since I was a child. Like my aunt had emesis basins because she worked at a hospital and she stole them probably. And so like, even though at other places it would be like, just puke in the garbage can from the bathroom or in this bowl that we'll pretend no one puked in when we use it to make cupcakes later. It was like, use an emesis basin. Anyway, I guess in absence of that, I'll have to go with chest tube because it's always very dramatic when it comes up. Who's allowed to do it? Who can't? Who knows what they're doing? Who's going to die if they don't get it? But emesis basin is my true choice. Dave: [44:24] I don't want to tell you guys your business, but you guys left helicopter on the table and people would vote for a helicopter. That would get you some votes for this. So helicopter was on this list, but nobody picked it. Tara: [44:35] I picked helipad. Dave: [44:37] I know, but the helicopter is the one that did it. The helicopter is the crocodile. You just pick the pond of crocodiles in. Surprise category coming at you. Tara: [44:46] What? Laura: [44:46] Oh, no. Sarah: [44:47] Oh, no. Dave: [44:49] Pick one character from a non-ER hospital show that should visit your lineup of ER for maximum synergy. I'll give you a little while to think about it. All right, Sarah D. Bunting, what is your choice for this surprise attack category? Sarah: [45:05] Well, I was like, oh, shit, I can't I can't put Frisco Jones from General Hospital in there because he's not a doctor. And then I was like, oh, but he's played another doctor on TV. That's how Dr. Peter Burns is going to come to county and clean shit up and then just start fucking his way through the entire staff, men and women. Dr. Peter Burns from Melrose Place, played by Jack Wagner, extremely schemey, scuzzy character who became kind of weirdly the heart of the show, along with Amanda Woodward, played by his, I think, later on real life GF, Heather Locklear. He also played Frisco Jones on General Hospital, probably my first real celebrity crush. And I can wedge him into any theoretical situation, as it were. And Will. So that is my answer. Dave: [45:57] All right. Sarah: [45:58] Dr. Peter Burns. Dave: [45:59] Thank you. Tara. Tara: [46:01] I'm tempted to say either Dr. Perry Cox from Scrubs, because I would love to see him interact with a lot of these characters, honestly, or like Cox versus Weaver. That's a fight I want to see. Honestly. Sarah: [46:14] Oh, fuck yeah. Tara: [46:15] I also really love he's only a one-off character, making a mental note to put him in the one-off character bracket sometime in the future. But Dr. David Norris, played by Chris Maloney. He's a pediatrician. cox like just doesn't like him after he has his first child and he's really funny has a has a huge prop phone in his office and then when he's trying to get rid of cox he picks it up like it's like this i mean i'm in this famous movie imagine a huge phone receiver and then tells cox like puts one finger on the the speaking part is like i have to take this it's really good but i'm not going to speak in either of those since i did not get to pick dr peter benson i'm going to take the Peter Benton of comedy, and that is Dr. Chris Turk, played by Donald Faison. Dave: [46:59] Ah, nice. All right. Laura: [47:00] Great choice. Dave: [47:01] Laura, what do you have here in the surprise attack category? You got to pick a doctor from another show. What do you got? Laura: [47:08] I think this is recency bias, but I am going with Dr. Mel King from The Pit. Sarah: [47:13] Yes. Laura: [47:14] Absolutely my favorite character on that show. Taylor Dearden, I think, is the character. Brian Cranston Jr. Sarah: [47:23] Yes, Cranberry. Laura: [47:24] But just really does a great job of showing neurodivergence in a realistic way, but also in a way that doesn't impede her performance at all. And also just has some of the funniest moments in that show, which are sorely needed, especially towards the end of the season. Dave: [47:41] Those are pretty solid choices. I'm going to throw one out there for my fictional draft that I've been completing my head. Tara: [47:46] Dr. Helicopter. Dave: [47:48] Dr. Helicopter. No, Rick Dagless, MD from Garth Marenghi's Dark Place movie visiting. Sarah: [47:55] Okay. Dave: [47:56] All right. We are done with the draft. Let's review everybody's picks one at a time so we can get a sense of your picks as a whole. We'll start in reverse order from our first round. So Tara Arellano, quickly go through your picks for each category so everybody can get a sense of it. of course, these will also be somewhere you can read them in the show notes. And but remember, folks, you need to vote on which one's the best. Tara, let us know who you pick. Tara: [48:24] Chief physician David Morgenstern, ER attending Luka Kovach, interns or residents, two of them, Doug Ross and Nila Rasgotra, medical student John Carter, surgeon Elizabeth Corday, two nurses, Chuni Marquez and Malik McGrath. A PA or pediatrician, it's a pediatrician, and it's Abby Keaton. One specialist, Janet Coburn. One desk clerk, Jerry Markovic. One paramedic, firefighter, or police officer, it's Greg Powell. Two significant others are family members, Cam Lacasu and Ray Ross. Two patients or family members of patients, Bishop Stewart and Charlie Chiamingo. Location is helipad slash roof, non-human hospital object, chest tube, Crossover character, Dr. Chris Turk from Scrubs. Dave: [49:12] All right. Nicely done. Sarah D. Bunting, let's hear your lineup. Sarah: [49:16] All right, as my chief, I have Dr. Donald Anspaugh. My ER slash attending is Mark Green. My interns and residents are John Carter and Maggie Doyle. My medical student is Michael Gallant. My surgeon is Peter Benton. My nurses are Lydia Wright and Yosh Takata. My PA slash pediatrician is Anna Delamico. My other specialist is Adele Newman. My desk clerk is Bob. My paramedic is Shep. My significant other slash family members are Jackie Robbins and Millicent Carter. My patients are Jody O'Brien and Rex the Wonder preemie as himself. My location is Doc Magoo's. My non-person hospital object is the Emesis Basin that ended my friendship with Tara for 30 years. And the crossover event doctor is Dr. Peter Burns from Melrose Place. Dave: [50:19] All right. Thank you, Sarah. Laura, let's finish up with your ER draft lineup. Laura: [50:24] Okay. So I had Chief Carrie Weaver attending John Carter. My interns slash residents were Peter Benton and Abby Lockhart. My medical student is Lucy Knight. surgeon is Angela Hicks. Nurses were Halle and Shirley. My PA slash pediatrician was Jeannie Boulay. My other specialist is Kim Legaspie. Desk clerk is Randy. First responder was Reggie Moore. Significant other slash family member, I have David Green and Claudia Diaz. My two patients are Paul Sabricki and Mary Kavanaugh. My location is the ambulance bay. My non-person hospital object is a sternal saw. And my crossover character is Dr. Mel King from The Pit. Dave: [51:11] Excellent. Thank you all. So listeners, you have to vote and make sure that one of these pulls ahead and becomes the ultimate ER lineup. But here's the twist. There are two polls. There's going to be one poll for what everybody's expecting, which ER lineup is the best ER lineup. But their other poll is going to be which lineup is a hospital you'd most want to visit to get treated. So there's two possible winners here, and that is your homework listeners. The poll link is in the show notes. You don't have to sign up for anything. You'll just go and you can vote. And then we'll be back next week and we'll let you know who won. this very important ER draft. Once again, Laura, thank you so much for setting all this up. Sarah: [51:58] That was a lot of work. Dave: [51:59] We really appreciate it. And I am so glad that you're here, but we're not done with the show yet. Everybody stick around. What the heck? You don't usually hear that version of the canon theme in this, the EHG Prime episode, but we're going to mix it up a little bit this week. We had a long, long first segment with our draft, so we're going to take what's usually the canon segment and make it the tiny canon segment, something that usually does not escape the bounds of our supplemental Friday podcast, Extra Hot. Great. We're keeping it on theme. Laura is presenting, so take it away, Laura. Laura: [52:39] I'm presenting a moment from the season two episode Hell in High Water for induction into the tiny hero canon. This episode centers around Doug, who after being disgraced from the ER from probably the 800th time in two seasons, is on the verge of quitting the ER forever. He's on his way to a benefit, which allows us to get George Clooney in a wet tuxedo. That is not the tiny canon moment, but feel free to use that for later on. It really doesn't hurt the case for it, however. But basically, he's pulled over when a boy comes to ask for his help for his brother, Ben, whose leg has become stuck in a tunnel that's becoming flooded. There's heavy rains, and he's at risk for drowning when Doug comes to his rescue. Laura: [53:22] Normally, there would be a clip, but it really is so visual what this moment is. So basically, we're going to skip that. And I'm going to just try and describe it, but I'm betting a lot of you could already visualize it in your head anyway. So when Doug finally frees Ben from the tunnel, the water just rushes out and you just at first see absolutely nothing above the water. And then Clooney pops out once, empty-handed, looks around, dives in the water again, pops up again empty-handed and dives to look for him. And when he pops out at the third time, he's holding Ben in his arms, but at the exact same time, he's being lit overhead from a news helicopter that has arrived. I think this image has been seared into my retina since I first saw the episode. And like I said, I think most people can bring it to mind without even having to look at the episode. It was probably in every single TNT promo when they ran the reruns. Sarah: [54:25] Mm-hmm. Laura: [54:26] Such a well-paced episode in general, but in particular that moment and the suspense of it. And then just quite honestly, the shot is just kind of beautiful in itself. Someone on the ER Discord, and I'm so sorry, I cannot remember who said it, but they noted that it's the exact moment you can see when Clooney became a movie star, which I agree with. And I honestly do really feel like that moment did carve a path for him. But for the show itself, it was a great out-of-hospital moment that they'd try and replicate again in the future, and then other medical shows would try and replicate in the future, but it really does not get better for that. And it's my classic tiny hero moment, and I hope you inducted into the tiny canon. Dave: [55:13] All right. Thank you. Laura, who wants to take first crack at this, our first tiny hero canon? Saree D. Bunding. Sarah: [55:19] I would love to. I still remember watching this on live TV and just being riveted and gasping at that shot and all the sort of references visually that it contained. There was like a Pieta quality to it. There was a X-Files were beaming you aboard quality to it also, let's face it. Yes, it did mark the moment when Clooney became movie star, but it also marked, I think, the moment that the show successfully finally got us fully on his side. I have rewatched a couple of times and always sort of trailed off when Cardellini shows up. It's really not her fault that it's the character. I haven't been able to stick with it past then, but I always watch all the way through at least the first six or seven. And Doug Ross has not aged well, in my opinion. Like, I don't think that his cowboy shit is charming. I think he's an emotional trifler. I think his leaving ruined the Carol Hathaway character. Sarah: [56:28] I'm sure there were a lot of other things going on, but it's like once they were both gone, it was like wipes hands. Great. Now we can go back to being a good show. But he was definitely cast for that frustrating quality of this guy that's like almost a good guy, but is just a shitty man boy that drives everyone crazy all the time. And this, I think, was like the ER writers testing, like, can we actually bring him back from whatever fuck knucklery he has committed in recent episodes? and it did work and it ruined not just er in a lot of ways but most medical shows and like first responder shows from doing a big set piece like that like if you couldn't touch the hem of that one's garment which you couldn't don't even show up like even the nbc promo department with the hero false that does a cheat shit like even they were sort of like it's not cluny to storm drain the fuck do you want us to do? Sarah: [57:31] It's Anthony Edwards in a helicopter that doesn't crash, LOL. So they really set themselves a job trying to top that. And this show often did in subsequent seasons, but this was the moment that ER, which had been so hyped and was so popular so quickly, I think this was also the moment that ER became an all-time show that was going to continue to be talked about long after it went off the air which it is and partly it's because of moments like this that were monoculture for sure and that's another that's another thing that like everybody at whatever time it was 10 41 p.m in your time zone saw this moment it was just knocked the fuck out because it's really good. Tara: [58:17] I mean, I'm glad that you mentioned the monoculture because I was going as well. This is a sweeps episode. It aired in November of 1995. And so it's like we now when you refer to something as being like network TV caliber, it's an insult. Because you forget like there used to be I mean, there still are. I don't want to, you know, tar all of network TV with the same brush. But normally something like this is not what you expect. And when they try to do it, like you said, on Grey's Anatomy or whatever, like it looks kind of cheap and shitty. and this like looks like laura said it's beautiful but it's also so scary yeah. Sarah: [58:50] It was really terrifying. Tara: [58:51] Yeah was. Dave: [58:53] It triggering because our recent experience with flooding. Tara: [58:55] Well i would have appreciated a content warning for that because sorry just did have a backroom flood in a terrible rainstorm i'll just say it worse than the one in this episode honestly was. Dave: [59:06] Trapped in the doorway. Tara: [59:07] And i had to save her just it was. Dave: [59:09] Pretty much this scene. Laura: [59:10] Did you get your car jack out and like. Tara: [59:12] Crank it open. Laura: [59:14] So she could get out. Dave: [59:14] You're gonna live tara you're gonna live. Tara: [59:17] And like just smack the. Laura: [59:19] Shit out of her you like. Tara: [59:20] Don't realize how much he's like really. Laura: [59:22] Like banging ben's head to keep him awake. Tara: [59:24] Yeah eric von detten also future celebrity mole winners i. Dave: [59:29] Just wave some m&ms under her nose. Tara: [59:33] Anyway sarah already said everything this is it's it's incredible it's it's it's so it's so sweepsie in like the good way that it used to be where it's like every single fucking thing in the month of November that was on TV was an event and earned the name. Sarah: [59:50] Yep. Tara: [59:50] And I miss that. This is what we've all lost from the end of the monoculture. And I'll just mention too, my canon reaction is brought to you. I'm staying on the medical theme as well by the National Network of Abortion Funds. And we'll link to that in the show notes. They can use your help and your money. So check them out. Dave: [1:00:06] Yeah. Sarah, do you want to plug something here too? since we're all over the map with segment changes? Sarah: [1:00:11] Why not? My tiny canon response was brought to you by libraryfinder.org. Find your local public library, get a library card, donate to them if you can. Libraries are key community and mutual aid resources all over the country, and will save you from dangerous book hoarding situations like the one in my home. Tara: [1:00:30] And they have so much more than books also. Dave: [1:00:33] Want to get on this action, Laura? Laura: [1:00:35] Sure. My plug is for your local epidemiologist. I think even before our recent political administration issues, there was a lot of medical information floating around. And now even sites like the CDC and things that were previous reliable are just not reliable anymore. So this is a great resource to go to if you have any medical questions. And I do have a side plug for the Discord. I just have to mention this. The way I first found all of you guys was because of reading ER recaps on television without pity. It was after Bestill My Heart, aka the stabbing episode. And it was the first cliffhanger that I needed somebody else to comment on. 15-year-old me would not believe at all that I get to sit with the three of you and talk about ER right now. So that only happens through the Discord and getting to rant about ER episodes. Dave: [1:01:32] Let's be honest. It's the two of them and the guy who kind of ran the forums, but that's okay. I accept it. All right. Getting back to this, I don't really have much to add except for the way they shot the George Clooney popping out thing. The first time he did it, it looked like he traveled so far. I thought it was like something from a Looney Tunes cartoon where they're chasing somebody through the building. You know what I mean? It was like, you're opening the door at the end of the hall, and now you're at the front door. It was like the spatial recognition failed, but it was still a very powerful scene. And they changed the focus and the depth of field so quickly when he pops up each time that it's like a very dynamic shot that really adds to the tension of it all. So, yeah, for all the other reasons, plus some great camera work by the director of photography there. All right, let's put this to the official vote. This is the Tiny Cannon, Sarah D. Bunting, Tiny Hero Cannon, worthy or not? Sarah: [1:02:23] Yes, it is. Dave: [1:02:24] Tariariano. Tara: [1:02:25] Yes, of course. Dave: [1:02:26] So, Doug, lifting Ben from the water, you are hereby inducted into the Tiny Hero Cannon. Tara: [1:02:37] Speaking of being lifted up and surprising outcomes, do you know what time it is? Dave: [1:02:42] Is it a game time we didn't think was going to happen? Tara: [1:02:44] Yes! Dave: [1:02:44] But Tara did it and now we're going to do it? Tara: [1:02:46] Surprise non-regulation game time! Tara: [1:03:00] This surprise non-regulation game time is keeping on the medical tip. Yep, we're going to call it The Body Makes the Score. I made you a game about body parts on TV. So in round one, I'm looking for TV series titles. I'll give you a series of clues. If you can get the title off the first clue, which is a medical condition that afflicts the body part in question, you'll get four points. If you still need more, I'll tell you the show I'm looking for. It's start and end date, and then it's worth three points. Even more than that, the network or platform the show was or is on getting it here into two points and then if you still need another clue i'll give you a star of the show and then the answer is worth one point you can guess at every point so these are all tv show titles that have body parts in them right okay good no single body part is in the game more than once although as we know some large body parts encompass multiple smaller parts for the sake of your success in round two you might want to keep track of the body parts that come up in round one so you know they won't be repeated but i'll go over the gameplay in round two when we get there The winner of this game will receive a medical-themed gift from me. There is a total of 21 questions across two rounds. There are no steel millers or gross worth equalizer challenge zones. I already said you can guess at every point. Let's throw it to Picky to see who is going first. We will start with valued guest. Okay, so our order is going to be Laura, Dave, Sarah. Are you ready to play The Body Makes the Score? Dave: [1:04:28] Yes. Tara: [1:04:30] Laura, your affliction is seborrheic dermatitis Skins? That is not correct This show was on from 2016 to 2023. Laura: [1:04:44] I need another hint. Tara: [1:04:46] It was on Netflix, Nope It starred Claire Foy Oh. Laura: [1:04:55] Clever See, I'm going to know all the body parts but I'm not going to know any of the shows and this is going to be my downfall. Tara: [1:05:02] Okay. Laura: [1:05:03] Yeah, I don't have it. Tara: [1:05:04] All right, what is it, Sarah? Sarah: [1:05:05] It is The Crown. Tara: [1:05:07] It is The Crown. Laura: [1:05:08] Oh, shoot. Sarah: [1:05:09] Cleverly written. Tara: [1:05:10] Thank you so much. I thought we were watching Ballerina last night and I was bored and that was the first one that I came up with when my mind was wandering. Dave. Dave: [1:05:21] Yes, ma'am. Tara: [1:05:22] Concussion. Dave: [1:05:23] Okay, so Herman's Head. Tara: [1:05:27] The show is on from 1986 to 1991. Dave: [1:05:33] Don't know. Tara: [1:05:34] Okay. It was on ABC. Dave: [1:05:37] Concussion. No, I'm going to need the last one. Tara: [1:05:39] It starred Howard Hessman. Dave: [1:05:41] Oh, head of the class. Tara: [1:05:43] Head of the class is good for one point. Sarah D. Bunting. Sarah: [1:05:47] Yes. Tara: [1:05:48] This is not an affliction. It's a treatment. And the treatment is microdermabrasion. Sarah: [1:05:55] Microdermabrasion. The face. Tara: [1:06:02] The show is on from 2023 to the present. Sarah: [1:06:08] Uh uh i need another hint please it's on peacock, uh all i could think of is true crime shit that's really dark last hint please natasha leone oh fuck poker face i was just watching that earlier for. Tara: [1:06:26] One point back to laura this affliction is conjunctivitis. Laura: [1:06:31] Okay. Eyes. I don't have it. Tara: [1:06:35] The show was on from 2018 to the present. Laura: [1:06:39] Another hint. Tara: [1:06:40] It is on Netflix. Laura: [1:06:42] No. Tara: [1:06:44] Stars Antony Perowski. Dave: [1:06:46] Who? Laura: [1:06:47] Yeah. I don't think that helped me at all. Tara: [1:06:53] It's Queer Eye. Sarah: [1:06:55] Oh. Oh, he's the food guy who wants you to put your lashes. Tara: [1:06:59] He's like guacamole or whatever. Dave: [1:07:01] All right. Tara: [1:07:02] Dave. Dave: [1:07:02] Yes. Tara: [1:07:04] Cankersore. Dave: [1:07:05] Cankersore. Big mouth. Tara: [1:07:06] Big mouth is good for four points. Sarah: [1:07:09] Damn. Tara: [1:07:09] Well done. First four point answer. Sarah D. Munting. Sarah: [1:07:12] Good job, Dave. Yes. Tara: [1:07:14] Arrhythmia. Sarah: [1:07:17] When calls the heart. Tara: [1:07:18] Good for four points. Sarah: [1:07:21] Speaking of Jack Wagner. Tara: [1:07:22] I almost said she's going to come up again. and then I didn't. That's a more carpal tunnel syndrome. Laura: [1:07:30] Nope, I need another hint. Tara: [1:07:32] The show was on from 2017 to 2025. It ended this year. Laura: [1:07:37] All I can think of is hand that rocks the cradle, but that is not it. Tara: [1:07:41] That is not it. It was on Hulu. Laura: [1:07:45] No. Tara: [1:07:46] It starred Elizabeth Moss. Laura: [1:07:49] Oh, The Handmaid's Tale. Tara: [1:07:51] Good for one point. Sarah: [1:07:52] Good job. Tara: [1:07:54] Sarah D. Bunting. Dave: [1:07:54] Nope. Sarah: [1:07:55] Nope. Tara: [1:07:56] David T. Laura: [1:07:57] Cole. Dave: [1:07:57] Yep. Tara: [1:07:58] Thank you. Bulging Discs. Dave: [1:08:00] Bulging Discs. Tara: [1:08:02] Correct. This is not something that afflicts your record collection. Different Discs. Dave: [1:08:08] Bulging Discs. Bulging Discs. So, welcome back, Carter. Tara: [1:08:15] Yes. Sarah: [1:08:16] Wow. Laura: [1:08:17] More points. Tara: [1:08:19] Sarah D. Bunting. Sarah: [1:08:21] Yeah. Tara: [1:08:22] Sciatica. and remember it's not back because back was said right, my sciatica. Sarah: [1:08:37] I don't know. I need a hint. Tara: [1:08:40] Well, this show was on from Get Comfy 1993 to 2011, then from 2022 to 23. And then it will be back later this year. Dave: [1:08:50] What the fuck? Sarah: [1:08:53] Project Hipway? Tara: [1:08:56] That's not correct. It was on MTV and then Paramount Plus. And when it comes back, it will be on Comedy Central. Sarah: [1:09:07] Uh, Jackass? Tara: [1:09:09] Nope, that's a good guess. Laura: [1:09:11] Oh, that's what I thought it was, too. Tara: [1:09:12] I wish it was coming back. Your star is Mike Judge. Laura: [1:09:16] Uh-oh. Sarah: [1:09:18] Oh, Beavis and Butthead. Tara: [1:09:19] That's correct for one point. All right, you each have one more question in this round, and then we'll do a score break. Laura, Achilles tendinopathy. Dave: [1:09:27] Oh. Laura: [1:09:29] Heels? Or heel? Dave: [1:09:31] What? No. Tara: [1:09:32] That's not correct. Sarah: [1:09:33] Oh, wow. Tara: [1:09:34] The show was on from 2017 to the present. Laura: [1:09:38] No. Tara: [1:09:39] It is on Fox. It stars Will Arnett. Dave: [1:09:47] Oh, God. Laura: [1:09:48] Yeah, I can't think of what that thing is. Which I'm happy to not know. Tara: [1:09:52] What is it? Dave: [1:09:53] It's Lego Masters? Tara: [1:09:54] It is Lego Masters. Sarah: [1:09:56] Okay. Dave: [1:09:58] Groans worthy. Groans accepted. Tara: [1:10:00] Dave. Dave: [1:10:01] Fantastic. Tara: [1:10:03] Plantar fasciitis. Dave: [1:10:04] Fuck me. Plantar fasciitis. Tara: [1:10:08] Yes. And this, I'll give you the extra hint that this title has the body part plural. Dave: [1:10:15] Six feet under. Tara: [1:10:17] Yes. Okay, Sarah, your affliction is body part redacted spurs. And this one is also plural. Sarah: [1:10:28] Bones. Tara: [1:10:30] It's on from 2021 to 2023 is this heels this is heels for three points all right let's get a score break. Sarah: [1:10:41] Well, David T. Cole is in the lead with 13. I have a more modest nine. And Laura is also here. Laura: [1:10:50] Extremely modest. Tara: [1:10:51] With how many? Sarah: [1:10:53] With one point. Tara: [1:10:55] We're on to round two. This time I'm looking for the names of TV stars that have body parts in their names. We're playing this a little more fast and loose with the body parts. This time they might be parts of a longer word and the spelling may not align with the way the body part is spelled. And this time there's only three clues. If you get it off the ailment, it afflicts. It's worth three. Next, I'll give you the show the person is best known for. From that clue, it's worth two points. And if you're still stumped, I'll tell you the body parts. So you can work back from that to the name. That's worth one. Sarah: [1:11:24] Okay. Tara: [1:11:24] Okay. So three, two, one. Laura: [1:11:26] And wait, none of the body parts repeat? Tara: [1:11:28] None of the body parts from the first round repeat. Laura: [1:11:31] Okay. Tara: [1:11:31] There's only nine of these. So don't get worried. Dave: [1:11:34] Too late. Tara: [1:11:35] Okay. Here we go. Laura. Tension headache. next this is a person that's in stranger things. Laura: [1:11:47] All the people i can think of don't have body parts. Tara: [1:11:50] Names the body part in question is brow oh. Laura: [1:11:55] Millie bobby brown. Tara: [1:11:57] That's good for one point, Dave. Dave: [1:12:00] Wait, walk me through how that's an answer for that. Tara: [1:12:02] Tension headache, it's in your brow. I Googled it. Dave: [1:12:06] Oh, oh, brown. Okay, sorry. Tara: [1:12:08] Millie Bobby Brown. Dave: [1:12:09] I didn't catch. Yeah, okay. So it can be part of a name. Laura: [1:12:12] I was busy trying to make head work again. Tara: [1:12:13] Yeah. Dave: [1:12:14] The part can be inside of a bigger name. Tara: [1:12:16] That's right. Dave: [1:12:16] Okay, so how many points was that? Tara: [1:12:17] That was worth one. Laura: [1:12:18] One. Tara: [1:12:20] Otosclerosis. O-T-O-S-C-L-E-R-O-S-I-S. Dave: [1:12:25] I said, look, Laura's nodding. She knows this stuff. Why aren't you in first place? Laura: [1:12:30] I know the body parts. I don't know anything else. That's the problem. Dave: [1:12:34] I will give you one of my devil's planned pieces if you tell me what that is. Laura: [1:12:40] Do you really want to know? Dave: [1:12:41] I do want to know if you can tell me. Laura: [1:12:43] Well, I'll tell you after you get it. Dave: [1:12:45] Okay, fine. Yes, before we reveal what it is, we'll quiz Laura on the medicinicity of it all. All right, once again, tell me. Tara: [1:12:53] Otosclerosis. Dave: [1:12:55] Odose. Tara: [1:12:57] Otosclerosis. Dave: [1:12:57] Otosclerosis. Tara: [1:12:58] O-T-O. Dave: [1:12:58] So, Sclerosis by the Shapeshifter from D-Space Nine. Tara: [1:13:01] O-T-O, not O-D-O. Dave: [1:13:03] I don't know any cognate stuff with that. Tara: [1:13:06] Okay. Dave: [1:13:07] Would you like the next? No, I'm just... Yeah, okay, sure, fine. Tara: [1:13:15] Talk Soup. Dave: [1:13:16] Talk Soup? Skunk Boy. I don't remember his name, though. Tara: [1:13:20] All right, do you want the body part? Dave: [1:13:21] Sure, fine. Tara: [1:13:22] Ear. Dave: [1:13:23] Ear. Oh, Kinnear. Kinnear. Tara: [1:13:28] I'll give you that. For one point, it is Greg Kinnear. Dave: [1:13:31] Yeah, of course it is. Tara: [1:13:33] Sarah. Sarah: [1:13:33] I forgot about that. Dave: [1:13:34] Wait. Sarah: [1:13:34] Yes. Tara: [1:13:35] What? Dave: [1:13:35] What is it? Laura: [1:13:36] So you know how you have bones in your ears that vibrate? Dave: [1:13:39] Let's say yes. Laura: [1:13:41] They don't. One of those doesn't vibrate. Dave: [1:13:43] Oh, okay. It's the anchor. Tara: [1:13:45] All right. Well, I think everyone knows what this one is. Sarah, emphysema. Sarah: [1:13:50] I need a hint, please. Tara: [1:13:52] This person is in Watson. Dave: [1:13:55] What the hell is Watson? Sarah: [1:13:56] Oh, yeah. Tara: [1:13:57] It's the new fake house show on CBS. Dave: [1:14:00] It's not another Sherlock thing. Sarah: [1:14:02] Basically. I'm really happy for this person. Maybe their name is Chester? Tara: [1:14:07] That's not correct. But we are looking for something with chest. Sarah: [1:14:12] Chester A. Arthur. Tara: [1:14:13] No. Sarah: [1:14:14] Chester Cheetah. Morris Chester. Morris Chestnut. Tara: [1:14:20] Morris Chestnut. Sarah: [1:14:22] It's too late. Dave: [1:14:23] That's a heartbreaker. Tara: [1:14:24] Laura. Sarah: [1:14:25] Is it? Tara: [1:14:25] We're looking for Slipped Body Part Redacted Syndrome. Dave: [1:14:29] That could be anything. You could slip everything. Tara: [1:14:33] I didn't see it come up for anything else. Dave: [1:14:35] I have, I slipped my toe once. Laura: [1:14:38] I'm guessing disc, but I can't remember if we did that one already. Dave: [1:14:42] I had a disc clue. Laura: [1:14:44] You did have disc clue. Tara: [1:14:45] But it was, yeah, it was for back, so it's not back. Laura: [1:14:48] Okay. Tara: [1:14:49] Do you want the next clue? Laura: [1:14:50] Next. Yeah, yeah. Tara: [1:14:51] This person was in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Laura: [1:14:55] It's not DJ Jazzy Jav. Tara: [1:14:58] Yes. You know when you injure your Jazzy? No. The body part I'm looking for is rib. Laura: [1:15:06] Oh, Alfonso Rivera? Tara: [1:15:08] That's correct. Ribeiro. Yeah. David T. Cole. Dave: [1:15:11] Yeah. Tara: [1:15:12] Tendinitis. Dave: [1:15:15] Tendinitis is the thing people get. As we all know, they get it in this body part, right? Tara: [1:15:22] Yep. Dave: [1:15:23] I almost had him eating trivia dog food. Tendinitis. Tara: [1:15:28] Yeah. Dave: [1:15:29] I wish I paid more attention to things that happened to, this is like an athlete thing. I should know this. Why don't I know what this is? I think I know roughly what it is. Tara: [1:15:37] I don't know, but I bet Sarah is going to know this one. Dave: [1:15:41] Tendinitis. Give me a clue. Tara: [1:15:43] This is a person that was in the Brady Bunch. Dave: [1:15:46] Brady Bunch. I don't know the actor's names in the Brady Bunch. Tara: [1:15:51] Oh, no, I fractured my looking land. It's not that. Dave: [1:15:57] Oh, shit. I can't. I can only remember like three names from. Tara: [1:16:01] All right. Dave: [1:16:02] Well, do you want the next hint? Tara: [1:16:03] Because it's not any of the main cast. Wrist. Dave: [1:16:06] Wrist. Wrist. Sarah: [1:16:08] Oh, wow. Dave: [1:16:09] Okay. I feel like this is no way I'm getting this. So I'm just going to go ahead and pass on this one. Tara: [1:16:13] Probably not. Who is it, Sarah? Sarah: [1:16:15] It's Robbie Cousin Oliver Wrist. Tara: [1:16:19] He's a twofer because he's also got. Sarah: [1:16:20] You got liver in his name. You are a monster. You are a monster. Tara: [1:16:25] Sarah. Sarah: [1:16:25] That's very good clue writing. Yes. Tara: [1:16:27] Scoliosis. Sarah: [1:16:30] Chris Pine. Tara: [1:16:33] That's not correct. This is someone- Why not? From Star Trek The Next Generation though. Sarah: [1:16:40] Oh God. Brent Spiner? Tara: [1:16:41] Correct. We're two points. Sarah: [1:16:43] Good job. Oh God, I'm exhausted. Tara: [1:16:45] All right. This is everyone's last question. You're welcome. Sarah: [1:16:50] All right. Laura mounting a comeback with three. I have 11. Deput T. Cole is 14. It's still kind of anybody's game. Laura: [1:17:00] Shut up. Tara: [1:17:02] Laura. Gout. Laura: [1:17:06] I need the show. Tara: [1:17:07] The show is The Vampire Diaries. Dave: [1:17:12] That's me. Imagining I had this question. I'm like, out. Laura: [1:17:15] Yeah, I'm not much better. Nope. Tara: [1:17:18] The body part is knee. Dave: [1:17:22] Dracneela. Sarah: [1:17:23] Oh. Dave: [1:17:26] Knee Sferatu. Laura: [1:17:28] I can't top those. Tara: [1:17:30] Okay, Sarah, what is it? Sarah: [1:17:32] It is Nina Dobrev. Tara: [1:17:35] It sure is Nina Dobrev. Sarah: [1:17:36] You absolute monster. Tara: [1:17:38] Dave, here's your last question. Dave: [1:17:40] This game is both delighting and enraging me. Sarah: [1:17:43] I know. Laura: [1:17:44] I feel like we'd do so well if we could combine four. Well, I mean, I would do better if I could vote for this. Tara: [1:17:49] You do not know how many I cut army wives, hip hop squares. Like I really, there was a lot of cruft. Dave: [1:17:57] Those were good decisions. All right, hit me. I need one point to clinch it as what I'm thinking, right? Tara: [1:18:02] Athlete's foot. Dave: [1:18:04] Athlete's foot. It's not somebody with foot in the name. Tara: [1:18:08] That's correct, because we already had foot in round one. Dave: [1:18:12] Oh my God. Well, this could be anybody, couldn't it? alright I'll take a hint I guess. Tara: [1:18:16] This person was in Punky Brewster, I think Laura and Sarah both know what it is Punky Brewster I'm. Sarah: [1:18:28] Gonna lock you in a refrigerator. Tara: [1:18:29] That is terrible that's true. Dave: [1:18:35] I only know Soleil Moon Frye from that show oh that's it. Tara: [1:18:39] What is it Soul Soul. Dave: [1:18:43] Oh, my God. I was... Okay. Tara: [1:18:46] Well, you got it, jerk. Dave: [1:18:48] You got two points. Sarah: [1:18:50] I am in awe both some and full of this game. Tara: [1:18:54] Sarah debunting. Sarah: [1:18:56] Let's just do it. Let's do it. Tara: [1:18:58] Hammer, body part redacted. Dave: [1:19:01] I could be anything. Sarah: [1:19:02] This could also be anyone. Which anyone is it going to be? Tara: [1:19:07] You might need the first hint. Dave: [1:19:09] Wild guess, Sarah. You can do it. Sarah: [1:19:19] No, I can't. I need a hint. Tara: [1:19:21] This person was in Monk. Dave: [1:19:29] Don't overthink it. This is your Soleil Moon Fry, by the way. Sarah: [1:19:35] I know, it totally is. It's much different when you're like, my mind is emptied of syllables. That's fantastic. I know. Dave: [1:19:52] For those of you listening at home. Tara: [1:19:55] The listener did not see. Sarah: [1:19:56] Just buzz me. I can't win. Tara: [1:19:58] What? Dave: [1:19:58] No. Wait, why did I just stick to the camera and wiggle at you? Tara: [1:20:03] Who is Monk? Dave: [1:20:05] Who plays Monk? Sarah: [1:20:08] My mind has emptied of words. Just buzz me, Jesus. Tara: [1:20:12] No. Dave: [1:20:13] No. You are answering this. Tara: [1:20:15] Who is it, Dave? Dave: [1:20:16] Who is the actor that plays Monk? Say his name now. Sarah: [1:20:19] I cannot remember his name right now. Dave: [1:20:21] You are lying. Sarah: [1:20:22] Fucking buzz me. It's Stanley Tucci. Tara: [1:20:26] It's time. Sarah: [1:20:28] Stanley Tochi. Tara: [1:20:29] Oh, Nisha Lube. Sarah: [1:20:31] Tony. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for finally putting an end to this. Tara: [1:20:35] All right. Dave: [1:20:36] Wait. Laura: [1:20:40] Impossible. Tara: [1:20:42] Okay. Let's get the final scores. Dave: [1:20:45] Sarah's so dumb. Sarah: [1:20:47] The final scores are. Laura had three. I had 11. David T. Cole had 16. Laura: [1:20:55] Good job, Jay. Sarah: [1:20:56] Congratulations. to us all. Dave: [1:20:57] Healthy as fuck. Tara: [1:20:58] The last one for a tiebreaker and you're all going to, you're all going to get it. Sarah: [1:21:01] Racist asshole. Tara: [1:21:02] Because this is for, for a steel meal. Dave: [1:21:04] Mm-hmm. Tara: [1:21:05] Osteoporosis bones yes. Dave: [1:21:08] Good job value guests pick it up thank you all right well that was a journey, thank you tara yep aggravating and perplexing yes. Tara: [1:21:23] You're so welcome. Dave: [1:21:24] Really entertaining salted. Sarah: [1:21:26] Caramel of games. Dave: [1:21:27] And enraging that is it for this very special er body parts episode We picked doctors and nurses, objects and locations in an effort to build the best ER team possible. Who lives? Who dies? That power is now yours, dear listener. Vote for the best lineup. The link is in the show notes. Don't call Laura a hero, but she got Dr. Ross's sewer-y hero moment into the tiny hero canon. And me, David T. Cole, was the winner of this week's non-regulation game time from Tara. Next up, oh my god, this was a one It's Tequila and Bonetti It sure is On Extra, Extra Hot Great What is that, you ask? Don't look it up What isn't it? Figure it out with us on the episode, I implore you Remember, We're listening I am David T. Cole And on behalf of Tari Ariano Cirrhosis. Tara: [1:22:24] Of the last week tonight with John Oliver. Dave: [1:22:28] Sarah Tony Bunting. Sarah: [1:22:31] Send him to mercy. Dave: [1:22:33] And Beezor. Laura: [1:22:34] Laura Hampton Stay awake You stay awake, slaps a child Dammit. Dave: [1:22:40] Stay awake Thanks for listening, we'll see you next time right here On Extra Hot Great, Provided you with Constructive comments and criticism of your. Laura: [1:22:51] Constructive Do they have negative numbers? There's a zero Zero it is That's it.