483: Planning A Stay With Fellow Travelers

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

😆 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