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
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
- 🍟 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