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
NOTES
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 369 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
📺 The Kominsky Method on Netflix
💰 The National Network of Abortion Funds
🔎 The "Bet-Crap" on Best Evidence
🔫 A Russian Roulette reference video