364: Visiting Schmigadoon!

364: Visiting Schmigadoon!

Author: Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV July 21, 2021 Duration: 1:49:39

AppleTV+'s newest musical series, Schmigadoon!, strands a couple of contemporary big-city doctors in a strange town lost in time, requiring them to find their true loves before they can cross the bridge home. Did we true-love it, or did we feel trapped? New guest Sean Pflueger joins us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through American Horror Stories, Never Have I Ever, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Love, Victor, and Dr. Death. Don (on behalf of the @EHGAssist crew) uses his Extra Credit segment to let us give a TV character a late-night cable access show. Tara explains why she's not a crackpot for thinking the Marvel shows on Disney+ are just very expensive advertainment. Sean pitches Schitt's Creek's "Open Mic" for induction into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time with perfect pitch. Ladle up a big bowl of corn puddin' and listen in!

GUESTS

👤 Sean Pflueger

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🎼 Schmigadoon

Around The Dial: 🪦 American Horror Stories

Around The Dial: 🤞 Never Have I Ever

Around The Dial: 🏫 High School Musical: The Musical The Series

Around The Dial: 💕 Love Victor

Around The Dial: ☠️ Dr. Death

Extra Credit: 🚠 Cable Access

I Am Not A Crackpot: 🤪 The Marvel Shows On Disney+ Are Just 2020s Webisodes

The Canon: 💩 Schitt's Creek S04.E06: Open Mic

Winner & Loser: 👍 Crocs

Winner & Loser: 👎 Erika Jayne

Game Time: 🧠 Another Pair Of Jazz Hands

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 364 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Sean Pflueger on Twitter

🎼 Tara's Schmigadoon! review at VanityFair.com

☠️ Roundup of Dr. Death reviews at Best Evidence

🧵 Best Evidence's Dr. Death open thread

🗣 Tara's Joshua Jackson interview at VanityFair.com

🐦 EHG Assist on Twitter

🐊 "The Loki Season Finale Exit Survey" at The Ringer


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