483: Planning A Stay With Fellow Travelers

Showtime's new limited series, Fellow Travelers, takes us back to the 1950s AND the 1980s via Matt Bomer's closeted Don Draper-esque life and loves -- and the great Joe Reid is back in the guest chair to talk about whether the whole is less than the sum of a few very good parts; what Roy Cohn content might do a better job with midcentury context than this show; and how much sex creates character development. Then we went Around The Dial with Everyone Else Burns, The Fall of the House of Usher, and Paramount+'s Milli Vanilli documentary, and Tara plotted to get a tenth (!) Simpsons episode into the Canon. Seth Rogen's ceramics hobby won, an ex-SNL writer lost, and we piled into the virtual minivan for a road-trippy Game Time. Moisturize your necks: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!GUESTS👤 Joe ReidTOPICSLead Topic: 🧳 Fellow TravelersAround The Dial: ❤️‍🔥 Everyone Else BurnsAround The Dial: 🏚️ The Fall Of The House Of UsherAround The Dial: 🏴‍☠️ Our Flag Means DeathAround The Dial: 🎙️ Milli VanilliThe Canon: 👨‍🦲 The Simpsons S08.E16: Brother From Another SeriesWinner & Loser: 👍 Seth RogenWinner & Loser: 👎 Kevin BrennanGame Time: 📍 The Great American TV Road TripSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 483 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🧳 Joe's review of Fellow Travelers at Primetimer🌤️ Joe Reid on Bluesky🏆 This Had Oscar Buzz on Patreon🎞️ Vulture’s Movie Fantasy League😆 Tara on the best imported comedies to stream right now at Cracked🎙️ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon📷 Photo: Ben Mark Holzberg / SHOWTIME