292: Playing Games With Dispatches From Elsewhere

AMC already had a perfectly good Charlie Kaufman-esque property, but the network went with Dispatches From Elsewhere over Lodge 49 -- and while it's kind of Sarah's dream to fall into an alternate-reality scavenger hunt, first-time guest Dave Chen felt like the show would be more fun to "play" than to watch. Is it too twee? Too slow? Too divorced from the reality of non-celebrities? Or do the excellent cast and the In Search Of… graphics make it all worthwhile? Then we went Around The Dial with Love Is Blind, The Outsider, Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant, A French Village, and second-rate American TV in East Africa before Dave Cole declared transparent computer screens NOT the wave of the future. Dave Chen tried to give the Canon a bear hug by submitting the first-season finale of Succession for the Canon. Trebek won, disgracios lost (again), and IMDb throuples tested our wits during Game Time. Don't miss this dispatch from your podcast app; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!GUESTS👤 Dave ChenTOPICSLead Topic: 📬 Dispatches From Elsewhere Around The Dial: 🙈 Love Is Blind Around The Dial: 🍃 The Outsider Around The Dial: 🤰 Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant Around The Dial: 🇫🇷 A French Village Around The Dial: 🌍 TV in East AfricaI Am Not A Crackpot: 🤪 Transparent Computer ScreensThe Canon: 🏆 Succession S01.E10: Nobody Is Ever MissingWinner & Loser: 👍 Alex TrebekWinner & Loser: 👎 DisgraciosGame Time: 🧠 They Get AroundNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 292 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Dave Chen on Twitter🧐 Culturally Relevant with David Chen🤠 Decoding Westworld🎈 Tara on Party Of Five at Primetimer⚖️ Sarah on The Trials Of Gabriel Fernandez at Primetimer👃 The Sweet Smell of Succession