595: The TV Superhero Bracket

For our latest game of Would You Rather?, we asked past guests, friends, and listeners to challenge us with brand-new TV-related scenarios. They came through with some of the craziest conundrums we've ever contemplated. Listen to find out how sick they, and we, actually are!TOPICSLead Topic: 🤔 Would You Rather?SUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site

For this special episode, we're returning to the bracket format, but slimmed down for just your three co-hosts: we made up an Elite Eight of TV superheroes -- no one from the DC or Marvel universes allowed -- and argued through which deserved to go all the way. Which hero stands atop the rest of our selected comers? Listen and learn! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🦸🏻 The TV Superhero Bracket SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦅 Jonathan Chase from Manimal 🐆 Manimal's opening credits ⏳ Dan Vasser from Journeyman 🕰️ Journeyman on Wikipedia 📏 Cootie from I'm A Virgo 👨‍🚀 Steve Austin from The Six Million Dollar Man 🃏 Charlie Cale from Poker Face 🚗 Brett Matthews from Turbo Teen 🤺 Samurai Jack 📠 Awesome-X from Frisky Dingo

We are off this week for EHG Prime but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 330: Gone Fishing With John We aren't sure about J M Buffy's reasons for forcening us to watch early-nineties cult show Fishing With John, but we mostly liked the surrealist slow-TV vibes we got from musician/actor John Lurie's rando travelogue. Ask EHG went deep on Ken Marino's Emmy reel, snacking cereals, and a Sean Bean reboot of Mr. Bean before Dave pitched a CSI cold open for the Tiny Canon. We made Not Quite Top 11 Lists about TV fish, cartoons, and holiday title puns, and wrapped (geddit??) things up with an Extra Credit Game Time from Sarah Claus. Dry off your mittens and have a listen! TOPICS 15s Of Fame: 😮 Do Doo Do Doo Do Forcening Pool: 🎣 Fishing With John S01.E04: Willem Dafoe Ask EHG: 💉 TV Tattoos Tiny Canon: 🐀 C.S.I. S02.E23: The Hunger Artist Not Quite Top 11: 🌺 Inappropriate Movies You Most Want To See Made Into A Mortal Kombat/Toxic Avenger/Beetlejuice Style 90s Saturday Morning Cartoon Not Quite Top 11: 🎄 Shows We're Relieved Never One-Off Changed Their Titles For Christmas Episodes Not Quite Top 11: 🐟 TV Fish Game Time: 🎅🏻 Merry Quizmas Mini: ❄️ Making Our Hallmark (Dec 2016) SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🎣 Fishing With John S01.E04: Willem Dafoe 🔥 "To Build A Fire" by Jack London 🐀 CSI S02.E23: The Hunger Artist on Hulu 📷 Photo: HBO

For this special episode, we ponder three Canon pitches from listeners like you. Did we give The West Wing's "Evidence Of Things Not Seen" a standing ovation like a trip of eggs on the vernal equinox? Were we forced to tell Would I Lie To You?'s S06.E06 some hard truths? Will we all soon be putting out our shoes to receive blueberry muffins thanks to A.P. Bio's "Katie Holmes Day"? Listen to find out. TOPICS The Canon: 🥚 The West Wing S04.E20: Evidence Of Things Not Seen The Canon: 🍎 Would I Lie To You S06.E06 The Canon: 🫐 A.P. Bio S04.E08: Katie Holmes Day SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 😎 Again With Again With This 179: Let's Watch The A.P. Bio Episode "Katie Holmes Day"! [membership required] 🪜 "'A.P. Bio's Glenn Howerton And Mike O'Brien Discuss The Brilliant Absurdity Of Season 3's 'Katie Holmes Day'" at Decider

In what has become one of our most diabolical annual traditions, we're playing Mullendash again. This year, our guest contestants are: Stephen Falk, with whom the game was initially developed back in the 2000s, and Mullendash newcomers David J. Roth and Jeff Drake. Who can most craft the most convincing Mullenian punchlines? Who can divine the true Mullen from the counterfeits? All is revealed in our latest episode. GUESTS 👤 Stephen Falk 👤 Jeff Drake 👤 David J. Roth TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧠 Mullendash SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 😬 The first Mullendash episode from 2023 🫥 The second Mullendash episode from 2024 🏀 Defector 🤬 The 9 Chickweed Rage podcast 📸 Stephen Falk on Instagram 🫵 You're The Worst on Hulu

Once again again, we made some of our Valued Guests stick around after their tapings and muse about TV in our version of a What If? Find out where their imaginations took them in this very special yearly EHG tradition! GUESTS 👤 Sarah Baker 👤 Omar Gallaga 👤 Daniel D’Addario 👤 Kari Race 👤 Krystal Farmer 👤 Stephanie Green 👤 Adam Grosswirth 👤 Brandi Brown 👤 Taylor Cole 👤 Robert Krut 👤 Jessica Morgan 👤 Adam Sternbergh 👤 Mark Blankenship 👤 Eve Batey 👤 David Bunting 👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧠 Guest Thought Experiments SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🤨 2024 Guest Thought Experiments 🧐 2023 Guest Thought Experiments 🤔 2022 Guest Thought Experiments

We are off this week for EHG Prime but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 360: Did Our Latest Meal At The Bear Give Us Gas? The Bear is back for its fourth season on (sigh) FX on Hulu. Was it a fully satisfying banquet, or did it repeat? We'll tell you everything. Ask EHG requires us to consider such matters as the post-Quibi shows that should have been Quibis, and the best food to eat in your car. Tara pitches Pace Picante's early 90s "New York City?!" spot for the Commercial division of the Tiny Canon. Then we crown the Not Quite Winners and Losers of the week before closing out on an Extra Credit power-ranking the hosts of Family Feud. Grab a napkin and tuck in! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🐻 The Bear Ask EHG: 👃 Smell You Later Tiny Canon: 💃 Winner & Loser: ⚽️ Twenty-Twelve Winner & Loser: 😤 Untitled McConaughey / Harrelson Comedy Winner & Loser: 🌬️ Dark Winds Winner & Loser: 🕵🏻‍♂️ Sherlock Winner & Loser: 💌 You're Cordially Invited Winner & Loser: 🤷‍♀️ Jameela Jamil KRTMATIWOTVLM: 🎡 Little House On The Prairie S04.E11: Meet Me At The Fair Extra Credit: 💁🏻‍♂️ Power Ranking The Hosts Of Family Feud Mini: 🇸🇪 Lost In Ikea (Apr 2018) SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🚀 "How Much Must O'Brien Suffer?" at Reddit 🥫 Pace Picante "New York City!" 📷 Photo: FX

A Manhattan real estate scion is believed to have killed his first wife in The Beast In Me, the new entirely fictional Netflix thriller series that is NOT about Robert Durst. Durst you watch it? Stephanie Early Green returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge), the latest from Steve Coogan; S19 of Married At First Sight; and JFK: What The Doctors Saw. Stephanie pitches the "Dinner Party" episode of The Office for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close on a Beastly Game Time. Quit plotting out the jogging path you want to build and listen! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏃🏻‍♂️ The Beast In Me Around The Dial: 🧠 How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 🩻 JFK: What The Doctors Saw The Canon: 🍷 The Office (US) S04.E13: Dinner Party Winner & Loser: 🙋‍♂️ The Boys From Brazil Winner & Loser: 🤫 The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives Game Time: 🦊 The Beasts In Me, Me Being TV SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🟢 Stephanie's website ✍🏻 Daniel Fienberg's review of The Beast In Me at The Hollywood Reporter 🤝 Street Forum ATX on Open Collective 🎥 The Zapruder film episode of Good Night America on Wikipedia 📚 Kennedy materials (and all other #majorcase) 20% off at Exhibit B. Books 📷 Photo: Netflix

Vince Gilligan returns to the prestige airwaves with Pluribus, an apocalyptic Rhea Seehorn vehicle that's getting uniformly great reviews -- and Jeff Drake returns to the podcast to talk about why WE aren't all on the same page with its world-building, self-consciously beautiful shot compositions, and more (though we all DO agree that Seehorn is the President of Acting). We went Around The Dial with Stumble, The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, and Who Hired The Hitman? before Jeff went nuts with a Canon pitch from The Dick Van Dyke Show. All's Fair won, Kim Kardashian's bar-exam support team lost, and we reeled in the years with a historical-TV Game Time. Polish off that rosé and join us! GUESTS 👤 Jeff Drake TOPICS Lead Topic: 📡 Pluribus Around The Dial: 🩼 Stumble Around The Dial: 📔 The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling Around The Dial: 🔫 Who Hired The Hitman? The Canon: 🥜 The Dick Van Dyke Show S02.E20: It May Look Like a Walnut Winner & Loser: ⚖️ All's Fair Winner & Loser: 😩 Kim Kardashian Game Time: 📅 Which Came First? SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Jeff Drake on Bluesky 🚧 Jeff's podcast about "9 Chickweed Lane" 💌 Paul F. Tompkins on the Taskmaster podcast 🤔 Get those Would You Rather? prompts to Tara 💵 Sarah's Who Hired The Hitman? review 😿 Get (or give) some assistance with pet expenses at Pet Help Finder 📷 Photo: Apple

Bottoms star and co-writer Rachel Sennott has created a new sitcom star vehicle, I Love L.A., for HBO, all about the world of Zoomer influencers. How much could we take? L.A.'s own Nick Rheinwald-Jones joins us to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through Nobody Wants This S02, Wayward, Aileen: Queen Of The Serial Killers, and Down Cemetery Road. Dave pitched "Those Old Scientists" from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a new season of Game Time, kicking off with a Cassino special. Grab your limited-edition Chipotle bowl and listen! GUESTS 👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤳 I Love LA Around The Dial: 🕍 Nobody Wants This Around The Dial: 🗺️ Wayward Around The Dial: 😵 Aileen: Queen Of The Serial Killers The Canon: ⏳ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S02.E07: Those Old Scientists Winner & Loser: 🛟 Dave Foley Winner & Loser: 💸 Ridiculousness Game Time: 👵🏻 Odd Age Out SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Bluesky 🙅🏽‍♀️ The bad Nobody Wants This thinkpiece 🌮 Donate to Street Forum ATX 🥨 The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank 👑 Sarah's review of Aileen: Queen Of The Serial Killers at Best Evidence 📍 Find a Little Free Pantry near you 😬 Yo, Is This Racist? on Apple Podcasts 📷 Photo: Kenny Laubbacher / HBO