408: Enrolling In Lovestruck High

408: Enrolling In Lovestruck High

Author: Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV May 25, 2022 Duration: 1:10:56

Some maniac got the idea to throw a bunch of British adults (and one Irish adult) into a fake American high school set and make them date each other in the manner of teen movie characters; some other maniacs decided to discuss this brand-new offering from Amazon Prime Video on this podcast, and we've brought back Brandi Brown to join us! Around The Dial takes us through Hacks, New Scandinavian Cooking, and Naked City. Tara pitches the Shrill episode "WAHAM" for induction into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that will have you under its spell. The bell is ringing, so find a seat in homeroom and join us for our latest podcast!

GUESTS

👤 Brandi Brown

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 💘 Lovestruck High

Around The Dial: 🪚 Hacks

Around The Dial: 🥘 New Scandinavian Cooking

Around The Dial: 🌉 Naked City

The Canon: 🏆 Shrill S02.E06: WAHAM

Winner & Loser: 👍 Smash

Winner & Loser: 👎 TV-adjacent criminals

Game Time: 🧠 We Get Letters

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 408 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Brandi Brown on Twitter

😭 Tara's essay "When Did Emmy-Friendly Comedies Stop Being Funny?" at VanityFair.com

😵 The Listen To Sassy Club, which is hosting a Zoom watch-along of Weekend At Bernie's on May 25 at 8 PM ET

💥 The Smash Boom Best podcast


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