367: Mr. Corman's Existential Crisis

367: Mr. Corman's Existential Crisis

Author: Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV August 11, 2021 Duration: 1:37:53

Kamille Washington of the Unfriendly Black Hotties podcast is back to discuss Mr. Corman, a (possibly too) slow-building show about a musician turned grade-school teacher/anxiety sufferer and his angst. Did star/producer/crafty coordinator Joseph Gordon-Levitt take on too many jobs -- and not enough fresh story? Why couldn't the show be about Arturo Castro's character? And can we look forward to a Debra Wingeraissance? We went Around The Dial with First Wives Club's second season, FBoy Island, Real Housewives Of Potomac, CNBC crime shows, and UFO; then Courtney and Craig asked us which TV characters are the most likely to vape obnoxiously (and none of us had any trouble answering). We conferred on whether a New Girl episode was adorkable enough for the Canon, then declared a Winner and a Loser of the week before finding out whether a superpowered Game Time was our kryptonite. Get your sneakers off the couch and listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great.

GUESTS

👤 Kamille Washington

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🥱 Mr. Corman

Around The Dial: ♣️ First Wives Club

Around The Dial: 🍆 FBoy Island

Around The Dial: 🤷‍♀️ The Real Housewives Of Potomac

Around The Dial: 🥷 Super Heists

Around The Dial: 💶 Money Court

Around The Dial: 🛸 UFO

Extra Credit: 💨 Who Here Vapes?

The Canon: 👧🏼 New Girl S02.E15: Cooler

Winner & Loser: 👍 Law & Order: Organized Crime

Winner & Loser: 👎 Michael Richards

Game Time: 🧠 Alter Egos

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 367 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Follow Kamille Washington on Twitter

✋🏽 Listen to the Unfriendly Black Hotties podcast

🎥 Daniel Fienberg's Mr. Corman review for The Hollywood Reporter

🦤 Jen Chaney's at Vulture

🏝 Joe Reid reviews FBoy Island for Primetimer

🗣 Tara's Paul Scheer interview at Decider

📰 The Best Evidence newsletter

📷 Photo: Apple TV+


Ever find yourself finishing a show and immediately wanting to dissect every detail with friends who get it? That’s the feeling you’ll find each week with Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV. This isn’t just a recap service; it’s a lively, thoughtful, and often hilarious conversation that picks up right where the credits roll. The hosts dive deep into the latest episodes, standout performances, and those baffling plot twists that dominated the cultural conversation, treating television with the serious analysis and genuine passion it deserves. You’ll hear sharp reviews that go beyond simple thumbs-up or down, exploring what worked, what didn’t, and why. The discussion naturally spans the spectrum from buzzy new series to enduring film influences, reflecting a broad and discerning taste. Tuning into this podcast feels like grabbing a seat at the table with the most insightful TV enthusiasts you know, where the talk is as engaging as the shows themselves. It’s a consistent source for smart, entertaining commentary that celebrates and critiques the world of screens, big and small.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 502

Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV
Podcast Episodes
549: Kinfolk Kerfuffle [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:49
Family Feud is a game show that has delighted audiences for decades by challenging teams of related players to guess answers supplied by randomly selected survey subjects. Completely unrelatedly, our latest special episo…
548: RSVP-ing To You're Cordially Invited [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:37
After NBC screwed up Charles Star's booking by dropping The Hunting Party series premiere weeks early, it's fitting (?) that he should, instead, join us for a Prime Video original movie about a scheduling snafu: the Nich…
547: Will You Find Any Trouble In Paradise? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:53
Sterling K. Brown takes the lead in Paradise, and in the investigation that drives Hulu's new paranoid thriller -- and Rolling Stone's lead TV critic, Alan Sepinwall, is back to discuss both. Do the layered flashbacks wo…
546: Does SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night Actually Go Far Enough? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:03
With Saturday Night Live about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its series premiere, Peacock has assembled four documentary specials about how the show is made. Do any of them really advance our knowledge about this…
545: Should You Wade Into The Pitt? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:29:50
Various legal proceedings aside, The Pitt is ABSOLUTELY not ER...but if you liked ER, Fug Girl Heather Cocks agrees with the panel that you'll like Max's new and extremely gnarly medical drama. It has all the ingredients…
544: How Long Will We Remember Doc? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:24
Amy is a hard-charging doctor who's alienated almost everyone in her life. Then amnesia following a car accident erases the last eight years of her life from her memory. Can she start over and fix what she broke during t…
543: Taking A Journey In The World Of David The Gnome [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:36
We are off this week for EHG Prime but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 313: Taking A Journey In The World Of David The Gnome. It's time again for us to submit to the wishes of listeners like you, which is h…
542: Showing Proper Deference To Star Maidens [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:44
We are off this week for EHG Prime but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 296: Showing Proper Deference To Star Maidens. We're in the doldrums of mid-May. None of the week's TV premieres lit us with a fire of…
541: Stuffing Your Stocking With Holiday Canons [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:13
One week out from Christmas, we're bringing you a special all about the holidays. Will festive episodes of The Twilight Zone and Frasier take their place in our TV Hall of Fame? Will a famous failure of a Veronica Mars e…
540: A Second Run At Mullendash [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:33:32
It had been far too long since we played Mullendash, one of our favorite games, so we reached out to our network and gathered three people who write jokes for a living: standup comic Brandi Brown; comic and former Desus…