339: A Bridge & Tunnel Too Far

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, midnight

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Our esteemed colleague, "Pot Ledom"-ologist, and Long Island native Dan Rogge returns to analyze Edward Burns\'s thoroughly mediocre Bridge & Tunnel, about the post-college lives and loves of six suspiciously hot high-school friends...none of whom can seem to master the accent. A huge music budget (and equally large commitment to the sex scenes) can\'t make up for stilted dialogue, anachronistic argot, and Burns\'s Lena Dunham-esque estrangement from the real-world problems of his characters. We went Around The Dial with Perfect Life, Walker, an America\'s Next Top Model book, Everwood, and 9-1-1 Lone Star before contemplating our ideal 2024 presidential tickets in an Extra Credit, and then Dan proposed burning down Riverdale\'s fourth-season musical episode "Wicked Little Town" in his Nonac presentation. Jane Lynch won, Seventeen lost, and none of us had perfect 2020 vision in a mash-up Game Time from Dan Cassino. Chuck that EZ-Pass tag out the window: it\'s an all-new Extra Hot Great.

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GUESTS

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\\U0001f464 Dan Rogge

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TOPICS

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Lead Topic: \\U0001f309 Bridge & Tunnel

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f308 Perfect Life

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f920 Walker

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f460 America\'s Next Top Model

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Around The Dial: \\U0001fab5 Everwood

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f9d1\\u200d\\U0001f692 9-1-1: Lone Star

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Extra Credit: \\U0001f911 Commander On Screen

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The Nonac: \\U0001f9a6 Riverdale S04.E17: Wicked Little Town

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Winner & Loser: \\U0001f44d The Weakest Link

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Winner & Loser: \\U0001f44e Seventeen Magazine

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Game Time: \\U0001f9e0 2020 Double Vision

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NOTES

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\\U0001f5d2 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 339 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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\\U0001fae5 Dan recommends Emily VanDerWerff on The Leftovers

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\\U0001f4f0 Tara\'s Sassy piece in the New York Times Magazine

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\\U0001f484 The Listen To Sassy podcast

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\\U0001f3a7 The Quaid In Full podcast

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\\U0001f5fd The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast

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\\U0001f4f8 Photo: Epix

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