About this episode
Being The Ricardos , Aaron Sorkin's latest project as a big-screen writer-director is...also very much a small-screen project, so we are claiming it. Look, it's about TV (specifically, the stars and making of I Love Lucy ) and it's kind of on TV (members can stream it for free on Amazon Prime Video), so IT COUNTS. Anyway: joining us for the discussion is actual film critic Tim Grierson! Around The Dial takes us through film-to-TV adaptation Finding Magic Mike ; TV-to-film-back-to-TV adaptation MacGruber ; Insecure ; How To With John Wilson ; Dead Asleep ; and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . John Potts asks us to choose a TV getaway for our next imaginary holiday. Ilan brings us back to the TV-to-movie pipeline with a Canon presentation on The Simpsons episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie." Then we name the week's Winner and Loser before closing out with a Game Time that really decks the halls. No need to arrange a multi-cam setup: this podcast is for your ears only! GUESTS π€ Tim Grierson TOPICS Lead Topic: π Being The Ricardos Around The Dial: πΊ Finding Magic Mike Around The Dial: 𧨠Macgruber Around The Dial: π§π½ββοΈ Insecure Around The Dial: π How To With John Wilson Around The Dial: π Dead Asleep Around The Dial: π§ββοΈ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Extra Credit: π TV Getaways The Canon: π The Simpsons S04.E06: Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie Winner & Loser: π Texas Monthly Winner & Loser: π Peloton Game Time: π§ The Caroling Burnett Show II NOTES π Full episode notes can be found on the episode 386 page on ExtraHotGreat.com π¦ Tim Grierson on Twitter π "Aaron Sorkin Defends Being the Ricardos Casting Decisions" at The Hollywood Reporter π€₯ "What's Fact and What's Fiction in Being The Ricardos " π£ Tara's interview with Gloria CalderΓ³n Kellett at Decider π Tim at Screen International π Tim at Mel π Tim's book, This Is How You Make A Movie , at The Last Bookshop π Sarah's Dead Asleep review at Best Evidence