453: Should You Press Play On Tetris?

Monty returns to talk about Apple+'s rights-clearance/Cold-War espionage tale, Tetris, and how it stacks up against the actual game. Spoiler: most of the panel would have preferred playing to watching, but we did like some of the performances, and Sarah didn't mind a certain true-crime trifecta. Next, we went Around The Dial with Unstable, The Exhibit, Yellowjackets tasting notes from our esteemed colleague Eve Batey, and a Perry Mason credits game before Monty asked "will they or won't they" about a late-season episode of Moonlighting. Gehrig won, Fleiss lost, and we interrogated the origins of various TV objects in another Game Time round of 19 Questions. Grab a lawyer and your passport, it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

👤 Monty Ashley

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🕹️ Tetris

Announcement: 🥹 Patreon Update

Around The Dial: 🏚️ Unstable

Around The Dial: 🎨 The Exhibit

Around The Dial: 🥩 Yellowjackets Human Meat Tips

Around The Dial: 🕵🏻‍♂️ The Perry Mason Game

The Nonac: 👶 S05.E01: A Womb With A View

Winner & Loser: 👍 Lou Gehrig

Winner & Loser: 👎 Bachelor Nation

Game Time: 🤔 19 Questions

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NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 453 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Monty Ashley on Twitter

🎞️ Monty and Rhias vs. Movies

🕹️ The Digital Antiquarian on Tetris

🧱 A deep dive on Tetris-block names

🌺 Tara on Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. at The Daily Beast Obsessed

🎧 Succession on Decoding TV

🎨 Doug Dale's Canon pitch for Work Of Art in episode 394

🔦 Sarah and Eve at Best Evidence

📷 Photo: Apple TV+