Should You Gamble On McMillions?

Episode 288,   Feb 05, 2020, 12:00 AM

Even though Eve and Sarah D. spend most weekdays thinking about the true crime that's worth your time for their newsletter, they still didn't know much about the Mobbed-up McDonald's Monopoly-game fraud case that's at the center of HBO's McMillions. Will this docuseries join the scam-umentary pantheon alongside The Dropout and The Imposter? Is Doug Mathews the write-in presidential candidate we need now? And why aren't off-camera docu directors ever mic'd properly? After we considered those questions, we went Around The Dial with BoJack Horseman, The Outsider and other HBO Sunday-night offerings, the end of The Good Place, and Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet. Eve screened an episode of Home Movies for the Canon; then Tim Robinson won and Terry Crews lost, before we filled in the blanks -- in pen! -- in a history-making Game Time. Grab a light meter and go undercover for an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

👤 Eve Batey

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🍔 Mcmillions

Around The Dial: 🐴 Bojack Horseman

Around The Dial: 😶 Curb Your Enthusiasm

Around The Dial: 😦 The Outsider

Around The Dial: 😇 The Good Place

Around The Dial: 🧚🏻‍♀️ Mythic Quest

The Canon: 🏆 Home Movies S04.E01: Everyone's Entitled To My Opinion

Winner & Loser: 👍 Tim Robinson

Winner & Loser: 👎 Terry Crews

Game Time: 🧠 TV Crossword

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 288 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🍟 The Daily Beast post on the case

🍟 Margaret Lyons's review for the NYT

☕️ The documentary about the McDonald's hot-coffee lawsuit

🍟 Dr. Marcia Chatelain's Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America

📙 Tara on Citations Needed

🐴 Tara's BoJack review for VF

🔪 Sarah on Ted Bundy: Falling For A Killer on Primetimer