514: Is Fantasmas So Good It's Scary?

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4.7 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

We're thrilled comedian Josh Gondelman could come back to talk about Fantasmas, the latest show from Los Espookys's Julio Torres, which is as hard to describe as it was for us to resist. We talked about everything from fully realized re-imaginings of Alf, to comedy that doesn't have to prove it's smarter than you, to begging the universe to let Torres make American Vandal Seasons 3 through 85. Maybe the show's not for everyone, but it's okay with that, which is part of its charm. Later, we went Around The Dial with 9-1-1, Rachel Feinstein's stand-up special Big Guy, and Sarah and Dan's Justified marathon, and Josh hoped his Killing It Canon presentation would pay off (before 9 PM, of course. Timothy Olyphant won a second time, The Morning Show found a way to lose twice, and Dave was a poet who DID know it in a rhyming edition of Game Time. Put that clear-crayon project aside and have a listen.

GUESTS

👤 Josh Gondelman

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 👻 Fantasmas

Around The Dial: 🧑‍🚒 9-1-1

Around The Dial: 🎙️ Rachel Feinstein: Big Guy

Around The Dial: 🤠 Justified

The Canon: 🐊 Killing It S02.E03: It Follows

Winner & Loser: 👍 Timothy Olyphant

Winner & Loser: 👎 The Morning Show

Game Time: 🕰️ Game Rhyme 2020s Edition

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NOTES

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👻 Tara's review of Fantasmas for Cracked

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💄 Tara, Dave, and Pam Ribon think you should Listen To Sassy

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is going to be huge for you.
0:04.9	Don't lose it.
0:08.5	I lost it.
0:13.5	This is the Extra Hot Great Podcast, episode.
0:18.6	Episode 514 for the week, June 10, 2020.
0:26.6	I am Clear Crayon, David T. Cole, and I'm here with avant-garde letter, Sarah Debunting.
0:32.4	I'm proud to be niche.
0:34.0	Black puffer coat, Tara Ariano.
0:36.0	I give up!
0:37.4	And get out of gym class forever note, Josh Gondelman.
0:40.4	If he gets struck by lightning, you never have to do the president's physical fitness challenge.
0:45.1	Yes.
0:47.1	Welcome to Extra Hot Great for another week.
0:50.4	Joining us, he is a stand-up comic.
0:52.6	He's a writer.
0:53.4	He's an online pep talker. You've heard him
0:55.5	with us before, although it's been a while. Welcome back. Josh Goddalo!
1:00.0	Yes! Hello. Thank you so much for having me. It's such a pleasure to be back.
1:04.7	We're thrilled to have you to talk about HBO's new show Fantasmas. This is a show
1:10.3	that's almost impossible to summarize, but I will try.
1:13.9	Julio, Julio Torres, lives in a highly artificial city where different spaces are framed by metal poles and surrounded by unconvincing screen projections.
1:23.5	He's an artist whose many interests include consulting with Crayola on a clear crayon, but even in this fake world, he is dogged by the need for a proof of existence card, something he has very intentionally chosen not to acquire, but which may result in his inability to rent a new apartment when he gets evicted from his.
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