308: On The Case With Perry Mason

Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson returns to the pod for the first time since Mark 1 to talk about an equally old-timey take on a beloved character: HBO's dark take on Perry Mason before he became the gold standard of TV defense attorneys. Is this imagining of his life before Raymond Burr canonical? Did we need to see that level of post-violence gore? And does EVERY cell of this show's being hate the LAPD? (Not that we're complaining about that.) Then we went Around The Dial with Sherman's Showcase, Legendary, Taste The Nation, and Lenox Hill, and Richard announced Tara's upcoming Forcening before humming a few bars of "La Vie En Ro" in his Sopranos Canon presentation. Jharrel Jerome won, Chris D'Elia lost, and the players got very animated during a Dan Cassino Game Time. Pass the time during a home marcel wave with this all-new Extra Hot Great!GUESTS👤 Richard LawsonTOPICSLead Topic: 🔍 Perry Mason (2020) Around The Dial: 🕺 Sherman's Showcase Around The Dial: 💄 Legendary Around The Dial: 🍽 Taste The Nation Around The Dial: 🩺 Lenox Hill The Canon: 🍝 The Sopranos Winner & Loser: 👍 Jharrel JeromeWinner & Loser: 👎 Chris D'EliaGame Time: 🧠 Simpsons Did ItNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 308 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Richard Lawson on Twitter💻 Richard at VanityFair.com🕺 The Sherman's Showcase Black History Month Spectacular❤️‍🔥 Tara's Floor Is Lava review at Primetimer📖 Richard's novel All We Can Do Is Wait at Penguin Random House🎧 The Quaid In Full podcast