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
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NOTES
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 483 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
🧳 Joe's review of Fellow Travelers at Primetimer
🌤️ Joe Reid on Bluesky
🏆 This Had Oscar Buzz on Patreon
🎞️ Vulture’s Movie Fantasy League
😆 5-best-foreign-import-comedies-you-can-stream-right-now.html">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
Joe Reid is back to talk about ripped McCarthyite Matt Bomer, plus a Simpsons Canon pitch and more!