288: Should You Gamble On McMillions?
Even though Eve and Sarah D. spend most weekdays thinking about the true crime that's worth your time for their newsletter, they still didn't know much about the Mobbed-up McDonald's Monopoly-game fraud case that's at the center of HBO's McMillions. Will this docuseries join the scam-umentary pantheon alongside The Dropout and The Imposter? Is Doug Mathews the write-in presidential candidate we need now? And why aren't off-camera docu directors ever mic'd properly? After we considered those questions, we went Around The Dial with BoJack Horseman, The Outsider and other HBO Sunday-night offerings, the end of The Good Place, and Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet. Eve screened an episode of Home Movies for the Canon; then Tim Robinson won and Terry Crews lost, before we filled in the blanks -- in pen! -- in a history-making Game Time. Grab a light meter and go undercover for an all-new Extra Hot Great!
GUESTS
TOPICS
Lead Topic: 🍔 Mcmillions
Around The Dial: 🐴 Bojack Horseman
Around The Dial: 😶 Curb Your Enthusiasm
Around The Dial: 😦 The Outsider
Around The Dial: 😇 The Good Place
Around The Dial: 🧚🏻♀️ Mythic Quest
The Canon: 🏆 Home Movies S04.E01: Everyone's Entitled To My Opinion
Winner & Loser: 👍 Tim Robinson
Winner & Loser: 👎 Terry Crews
Game Time: 🧠 TV Crossword
NOTES
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 288 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
🍟 The Daily Beast post on the case
🍟 Margaret Lyons's review for the NYT
☕️ The documentary about the McDonald's hot-coffee lawsuit
🍟 Dr. Marcia Chatelain's Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
