332: Investigating The Hardy Boys

Hulu and Canada's kids' broadcaster YTV have brought the world a new adaptation of the nearly-100-year-old boy detectives Frank and Joe Hardy, and we've enlisted Adam Grosswirth to join us in discussing it! A super-sized Around The Dial takes us through Selena: The Series, Nurses, Jingle Jangle, Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square, the original '70s version of The Hardy Boys, and Gangs Of London. After Joe M. uses his Extra Credit topic to have us write a character-revealing power ballad into an otherwise un-musical show, Adam makes his pitch for the "Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair" episode of Slings & Arrows to be inducted into The Canon. We crown the week's Winner and Loser, and close out with a Game Time perfectly tailored (heh heh) to our interests. Get your flashlight and your VERY loud walkie-talkie and listen in!

GUESTS

👤 Adam Grosswirth

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🔍 The Hardy Boys

Around The Dial: 🎶 Selena: The Series

Around The Dial: 🏥 Nurses

Around The Dial: 🔔 Jingle Jangle

Around The Dial: 🎄 Christmas On The Square

Around The Dial: 🔎 The Hardy Boys (1977)

Around The Dial: 🇬🇧 Gangs Of London

Extra Credit: 🤑 Once More With Feels

The Canon: 🏹 Slings & Arrows S02.E04: Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair

Winner & Loser: 👍 Vantage Point, getting a series adaptation at NBC

Winner & Loser: 👎 CBS Sunday Morning David Sedaris

Game Time: 🧠 Signature Look

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 332 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Adam Grosswirth on Twitter

🥴 The drunk episode of Overwhelming Positivity, "Two Hundred Headless Snowman In Review"

🎶 "The Latine Delegation Has Decided Netflix's Selena: The Series Is Not Good" at Jezebel

👗 Tara's review of Stylish With Jenna Lyons at Primetimer

🛩 Tara on Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant at Decider

👩‍🦰 Tara on the end of The Undoing at Dave Chen's Patreon

🎄 Wesley Morris;s review of Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square in The New York Times

🎧 Adam on Caroline And The Podcast

🔪 The 12 Days Of Best Evidence