523: Going Ape For Bad Monkey

523: Going Ape For Bad Monkey

Author: Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV August 14, 2024 Duration: 1:58:44
Florida transplant Al Lowe Huff is back to talk about Bad Monkey, the Apple TV adaptation of Carl Hiassen's Sunshine State-noir book, and the ways it lets Vince Vaughn's...Vince Vaughn-ing find the apex of its expression. We also discussed the show's great casting, realtor shade, meta voice-overs, and unwelcome references to True Detective before we went Around The Dial with Couples Therapy, My Life Is Murder, and the fifth season of Justified. Hallie had one more thing for us to consider in a Nonac pitch for a 1990s zombie Columbo, before The Gilded Age won and a Red Sock lost. Finally, we wedged in a sequel to a Trivial Pursuit-based Game Time, so load up your battered vintage cooler with an armload of popsicles and join us!

GUESTS

👤 Allison Lowe Huff

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🐒 Bad Monkey

Around The Dial: 🛋️ Couples Therapy

Around The Dial: 💀 My Life Is Murder

Around The Dial: 🤠 Justified

The Nonac: 🧥 Columbo S10.E05: No Time To Die

Winner & Loser: 👍 The Gilded Age

Winner & Loser: 👎 Jarren Duran

Game Time: 🥧 The Return Of Televisual Pursuit

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NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site

🙉 Tara's Bad Monkey review at Cracked

🩻 We're talking about Scrubs on AWAWT later this week!

📚 Save on "headliner" true crime at Exhibit B. Books

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