Sometimes American remakes of British comedies are big hits, like The Office! And sometimes they’re not, like Taskmaster. Where does The CW’s take on Would I Lie To You? land? Panel show aficionado Dan Cassino returns to discuss it. Around The Dial takes us through Minx, The Ultimatum, Beforeigners, Julia, and Atlanta. Dave S. uses his Extra Credit to challenge us to reinvent the dating show à la The Courtship (except…good). Listener Françoise pitches the Top Chef All-Stars episode “Restaurant Wars: One Night Only” to The Canon. Then after naming the week’s Winner and Loser, tag! It’s on to a Game Time full of taglines. You won’t want to miss this one, and that’s the truth!
Guests
Topics
- Lead Topic 🙊 Would I Lie To You
- Around The Dial 🦦 Minx
- Around The Dial 🖐 The Ultimatum
- Around The Dial 🪓 Beforeigners
- Around The Dial 🍳 Julia
- Around The Dial 🥤 Atlanta
- Extra Credit 👩❤️👨 Beyond The Courtship
- The Canon 👩🍳 Top Chef S08.E07: Restaurant Wars: One Night Only
- Winner & Loser 👍 Better Call Saul
- Winner & Loser 👎 Dancing With The Stars
- Game Time 🧠 TV Taglines of the 21st Century
Notes
- 🐦 Dan Cassino on Twitter
- 👃 The Classic WILTY channel on YouTube
- 🦦 Kathryn VanArendonk's review of Minx on Vulture
- 💄 The Listen To Sassy podcast
- ♣️ The Listen To Sassy Club
- ⏳ Nina Metz's Beforeigners review at the Chicago Tribune
- 😖 Dan's new book, Gender Threat: American Masculinity In The Face Of Change at Stanford University Press
- 👎 "Why are Republicans so focused on restricting trans lives?" by Dan Cassino at the Washingon Post
- 🗽 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast
- 🕵️♀️ The Best Evidence newsletter
- 📷 Photo: The CW