Should You Mark Dear Edward Return To Sender?
Episode 445, Feb 08, 2023, 10:00 AM
Mark Blankenship returns for AppleTV+'s latest sad-people series, plus a Cheers for the Canon, GBBO crackpottery, and more.
Primetimer's Mark Blankenship returns to his eponymous chair to talk about Dear Edward, an adaptation of a 2020 book that most of the panel found manipulative and stilted -- but others thought was moving and sweet. Does the show's success depend on what mood you're in when you sit down to watch? Why can't writers' rooms get middle-grade children's dialogue right? And how's Connie Britton's hair? After addressing these critical questions, we went Around The Dial with Not Dead Yet, Ghosts, and Buntsy's Cheers and Frasierrewatches. We took a quick break from the extended Crane-verse to hear Tomke out on why Bake Off hosts have lost their authority; then Sarah hoped to send the eighth season of Cheers out on a high note with her Canon presentation of the finale. Triplets won, TV news lost, and a Non-Regulation Game Time. Return your eye tables to the up-rolled position: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!
GUESTS
๐ค Mark Blankenship
TOPICS
Lead Topic: โ๏ธ Dear Edward
Around The Dial: ๐ชฆ Not Dead Yet
Around The Dial: ๐ป Ghosts (2021)
Around The Dial: ๐ป Cheers
Around The Dial: ๐๏ธ Frasier
I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐ฅฎ GBBO Judges
The Canon: ๐ป Cheers S08.E26 + E27: Cry Hard + Cry Harder
Winner & Loser: ๐ Three Identical Strangers
Winner & Loser: ๐ Network News Creeps
Game Time: ๐ถ Tube Tunes XII
NOTES
๐ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 445 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
๐ฆ Mark Blankenship on Twitter
๐ต Mark at The Lost Songs Project
๐ฉ๏ธ Linda Holmes's review ofย Dear Edwardย at NPR
๐ Tara's Pamela Ribon interview at GQ.com
๐ถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon
๐ท Photo: Apple TV+
GUESTS
๐ค Mark Blankenship
TOPICS
Lead Topic: โ๏ธ Dear Edward
Around The Dial: ๐ชฆ Not Dead Yet
Around The Dial: ๐ป Ghosts (2021)
Around The Dial: ๐ป Cheers
Around The Dial: ๐๏ธ Frasier
I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐ฅฎ GBBO Judges
The Canon: ๐ป Cheers S08.E26 + E27: Cry Hard + Cry Harder
Winner & Loser: ๐ Three Identical Strangers
Winner & Loser: ๐ Network News Creeps
Game Time: ๐ถ Tube Tunes XII
NOTES
๐ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 445 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
๐ฆ Mark Blankenship on Twitter
๐ต Mark at The Lost Songs Project
๐ฉ๏ธ Linda Holmes's review ofย Dear Edwardย at NPR
๐ Tara's Pamela Ribon interview at GQ.com
๐ถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon
๐ท Photo: Apple TV+