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The Watch

‘The Great’ Is Very Good. Plus Kristen Bell on ‘Central Park,’ ‘Veronica Mars,’ and ‘Frozen.’

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Some musings on getting older (3:44) and then ‘The Great,’ a show you may have skipped over because it looks just fine, but is worth your time (16:07). Plus, Kristen Bell joins the show to talk about her new show ‘Central Park,’ as well as her iconic roles in ‘Veronica Mars’ and ‘Frozen’ (32:44). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Guest: Kristen Bell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network. This week, the Ringer is launching a new podcast

0:04.9

feed called BoomBust. It's a new hub for narrative podcasts documenting the rise and fall of

0:10.2

companies, celebrities, and trends. Season one, hosted by our own Alyssa Breznak,

0:15.3

takes you through this spectacular journey of HQ trivia, the one's $100 million

0:20.2

industry-altering company turned disaster. Alyssa interviewed dozens of former employees,

0:26.0

investors, journalists, and fans bringing you the behind-the-scenes story of how HQ crumbled

0:31.2

from within. Subscribe to BoomBust HQ trivia and check out the first two episodes out now on

0:37.5

Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:41.9

I need support to have the clear room. Stand up and walk now!

0:47.3

Hello and welcome to the Watch. My name is Chris Ryan. I am an editor at theRinger.com

0:52.4

and join me on the other line. He'd like a bear! It's an agree-well! Do you want to explain that

0:59.5

to people? Of course. Well, there was a time I think in culture where it was okay to make

1:05.2

these sort of obtuse references and it would just be like you do the work. You know, you find me

1:11.0

somewhere down the rabbit hole where I am, but that's a reference to the new Hulu show The Great,

1:16.2

which we were talking about a little bit today. Andy, we were also joined by

1:20.8

an all-time watch guest, I think, for both of us. The star of 2004's Spartan.

1:28.2

Kristen. 2013's Frozen. 2019's Frozen 2. With probably a bunch of stuff in between.

1:35.2

Kristen Bell is on the watch. We talked about Frozen a lot. Andy and Kristen Bell talked a lot about

1:40.3

Frozen. I talked to her about Veronica Mars. Okay, but let's set this up more charitably. She and

1:47.4

her people reached out and they were like, Kristen wants to come on the watch to talk about her new

1:52.0

Apple TV plus Max show. Yes, which is very adorable. And it's an animated show co-created by her

2:05.6

Frozen co-conspirator, Josh Gad, along with Lauren Bishard, who does Bob Spurgers. Great cast,

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