Hollywood Binge

Scott and Josh talk about the New York Times list of 20 best TV shows since the Sopranos, it includes the usual suspects; The Sopranos, Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad, 

2 episodes in 1! On the back end, Scott and Josh discuss the Apple's presentation to unveil their new streaming service APPLE +.

Scott and Josh agree with most of the list, but can’t believe ‘Six Feet Under’ did not make the list—wake up people! HBO’s ‘The Inventor; Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Josh does not like documentaries, ‘Free Solo’ now streaming on Hulu, Josh goes dark asking Scott when he thinks Alex Honnold will die... Josh’s Watching: ‘Shrill | Hulu’ + ‘Catastrophe | Prime Video’… Scott’s Watching ‘Manhunt | Acorn’ + ‘The Good Fight,’ talk Martin Clunes, is anybody watching The Goof Fight?… Josh’s Show to Revisit; ‘Formula One’ | Netflix… Scott’s Show Revisiting; ‘The Deuce’ | HBO… Scott is kicking himself and asking why he stopped on The Deuce, Scott can’t wait for the 3rd and final season, the VCR and spanking at home will be a major storyline in season 3… Josh’s Classic Recommendation; Battlestar Galactica | Hulu, the early days of streaming in raining Seattle… Scott’s Classic Recommendation; ‘Treme’ | HBO GO, Prime Video, the cleanliness of HBO GO compared to Netflix which has become a bit of a wasteland… Josh is Excited About; ‘VEEP’ | HBO… Scott is Excited About, ‘Barry,’ the greatness of NoHo Hank, Henry Winkler’s rebirth!, ‘Boomerang’ the movie, Eddie Murphy, Scott’s special shoutout to the tv series ‘Boomerang’ on BET, ‘Silk Stalkings’ now on Prime Video, back in the day:  CBS Late Night Movie///////47:30 Scott’s Intro to Apple + launch, 52:00 Scott and Josh talk Apple, the new streaming service, Apple News subscription, Apple Arcade, Steven Spielberg, Richard Gere, Hailee Steinfeld as Emily Dickinson, Showtime’s ‘Action,’ Scott talks about filming ‘The Best of It’ and how quickly things have changed in the gambling industry since the release of Eberly’s film, Oprah bringing her book club, culture clash, Jennifer Garner, Josh is yawning, The OA, Scott is pushing ‘Billions’ to the center of the table, ‘The Good Fight’ felt like it’s trying too hard in ep 2, Scott loves Shrill, Scott tells a Keifer Sutherland story about helping to carry his ex out a restaurant, The Dresden remains the last club still around from the movie ’Swingers,’ ‘Liquid Kitty,’ More excited; ‘Barry’ or ‘Veep?’ Josh is living’ large with ‘Crime Story’ streaming on Prime Video. Scott and Josh go over the long list of who’s who of guest stars on this Michael Mann classic, missing the late Dennis Farina.

Scott and Josh talk season 3 'True Detective (11:30) with spoilers!!!!!

Luke Perry, Dylan McKay and 90210 (41:45) 

(3:00) Weird City Origins, YouTube, working with Jordan Peele, chemistry between Ed O’Neill and Dylan O’Brien, surreal experience when the cameras were finally rolling after seven years after the initial idea, getting such a good cast being an anthology and Jordan Peele, working relationship with Peele on ‘Key & Peele’ and ‘Weird City,’ switching from writing sketch comedy to sci-fi episodes, working on ‘Cedar Rapids,’ friends with Ed Helms, working with Larry David on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ set, growing up a fan of sci-fi and sketch comedy, Bryant Lake Bowl, ‘Death Valley,’ getting hired for ‘Key & Peele,’ acting on Conan O’Brien sketches, 14.5 million views, ‘Weird City,’ hiring acting friends from Charlie’s improv days, Lavar Burton, and "Weird Al" Yankovic

‘You’ heading to Netflix, ‘The Office’ still a top 5 show on Netflix?, Matthew McConaughey making an appearance on season 3 of ’True Detective?’, Josh’s Currently Watching: 'You’re the Worst' (FXX + Hulu), glad its the final season; Californication/Rescue Me, FX NOW app, Scott’s Currently Watching: 'High Maintenance' (HBO), The Guy takes an adventure out of the season, The Guy’s beard, The Guy is a throwback bartender, Hot Dog & Pepsi at Costco,  Josh’s Current Recommendation: Dumplin’ (Netflix Original Movie), Danielle Macdonald, ‘Patti Cake$’ (streaming on Cinemax/MaxGo), Movies are people too, Jennifer Anniston, Odeya Rush, Dolly Parton, Josh showed his daughter ‘The Natural,’ ‘Eighth Grade,’ IMDB MOVIEmeter talk, Scott’s Current Recommendation: Friends From College (Netflix), Fred Savage, Sarah Chalke, Josh’s Classic Recommendation: Deadwood (HBO), ‘Deadwood’ the movie coming to a theater near you! Ian McShane, Scott’s 5 things that needed to happen if they were to make the movie, Powers Boothe, Titus Welliver, the ‘John From Cincinnati’ hate, HBO’s glory days 1999-2009, Scott’s Classic Recommendation (Cinemax + Amazon Prime Video): Kai the Amish maffia type, Ulrich Thomsen, Luke Hood, Anthony Starr, Frankie Faison, Alan Ball, ‘Towelhead,’ Josh’s Looking Forward To: ‘Russian Doll’ (Netflix | drops February 1st), Natasha Lyonne, ‘Sleeping With Other People’ (streaming on Netflix), Scott’s Looking Forward to: ‘Weird City’ (YouTube Premium | drops February 13th): written by Jordan Peel & Charlie Sanders, Michael Cera, Lavar Burton, YouTube streaming service, ‘Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television’ on the next Hollywood Binge: The Process with Ryan Hansen and Rawson Thurber Marshall 

Hi/Hello (0-:00), Streaming News; Hulu, Netflix, Disney, Warner Brothers,  4-Pack, Josh Currently Watching: True Detective (HBO), Mahershala Ali, Stephen Dorff’s Robert Redford hairdo, Scott Currently Watching: Sex Education (Netflix), Sex Education has the feel of a series set in the late 80s/early 90s, a grownup all-star version of 'Degrassi High' at times,  ‘Forever’, Gillian Anderson; she’s not British! Scott thinks she’s hot, sex guru, this isn’t the bathroom, Emma Mackey, character Eric, Josh Will Be Revisiting: ‘The Fall’ (Netflix), Gillian and her pension for English series, Josh’s take why he forgot about this series, Scott In-Production Recommendation: ‘Bonus Family’ (Netflix): why this Swedish series has won him over, what “Bonus Family” means, Josh Classic Recommendation: ‘The West Wing’ (Netflix), Aaron Sorkin at his best, Martin Sheehan in and the very good film ‘The American President’ (streaming on HBO GO/HBO NOW/On Demand), the greatness of John Spencer, originally suppose to be Rob Lowe’s show, if I can’t be the man—no one can be the man, Scott: ‘The Sopranos’ (HBO), Scott & Josh talk about HBO GO’s “Fan Favorite Episodes,” what happened to the Russian Mobster? Pie-O-Mine, can of Raid, Whitecaps!!!!! Season 6B Murderers Row: Chase, Weiner and Winter, Josh feels there might be too much ‘Sopranos’ talk, more ‘True Detective’ talk (SPOILERS thru 2 episodes!!!!!); return to greatness, season 2, Vince Vaughn, Mahershala Ali; the beautiful dynamic between him and his future wife (Carmen Ejogo as Amelia Reardon) and his partner (Stephen Dorff as Detective Roland West), working out analogy, the return of ‘Crashing’ and ‘High Maintenance’!!!!!!! Josh's Excited About: ‘Better Things’, new trailer, no more Louis CK, getting fat, kids fighting themes, Scott's Excited About HBO Perry Mason Reboot/Matthew Rhys project (HBO), Goodbye! Next week: Ryan Hansen + Rawson Marshall Thurber from 'Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes On Television' (YouTube Premium). 

Josh (Currently Watching): ‘Forever’, Amazon Prime Video, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph… Scott (Currently Watching): ‘You’, Lifetime + Netflix, Pen Badgley, Xoxo, Gossip Girl, Greg Berlanti, Brothers & Sisters, Dirty Sexy Money, Elizabeth Lil, God Friended Me, Early Edition, Kyle Chandler, You and Lil blowing up the IMDB Movie Meter, Josh says phooey to the meter, Friday the 13th (Series), Dead of Summer, What happened to the cast of Lost?, Part of Five alert! streaming on Netflix, Zach Cherry… Josh (Show to Revisit) ‘Peaky Blinders’, Netflix, Josh is shocked Scott doesn’t like it, Scott has only watched the pilot of ‘Peaky Blinders’ though… Scott (Needs to Revisit) ‘Goliath’, Amazon Prime Video, the greatness of Billy Bob Thornton, William Hurt, Tania Raymonde—another ‘Lost’ alum, Nina Arianda, Chez Jay, on location; Santa Monica… Josh (Recommendation: Completed Series) ‘The Americans’, Amazon Prime Video, winning the Golden Globe!… Scott (Recommendation: Completed Series) Prime Suspect (U.K.), Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Luther expansion of this series in tone?, Masterpiece Theater, PBS… Josh (Looking Forward to) ‘You’re the Worst’, FXX, Love ‘Terriers’, Shawn Ryan’s twitter account was too much for Josh, have you tried to a 5 act structure in 160 characters… Scott (Looking Forward to) ‘Crashing’, HBO, ‘High Maintenance’ gets the call up to Sundays, plus HBO pairs it with ‘Crashing’, Pete Holmes, ‘Sex Education’,  Artie Lange and his nose, ‘Bird Box’, ‘Roma,’ Beautiful Box’, biggest addiction; fantasy sports (Josh), soda (Scott), Timothee chalamet, Call Me By Your Name, ‘Miss Stevens’ and ‘Fundamentals of Caring’ two good little indie films on Netflix, look at the calendar, thanks! Good bye! 

Scott: Hi/Hello, Best of 2018! The forgotten one; Cobra Kai, Daniel Larusso, William Zabka, Pat Morita, more is less, is 10 enough? Best of 2018 (to see complete list go to hollywoodbinge.net); High Maintenance, Insecure, Bodyguard, The Americans, Homecoming, Atypical, Killing Eve, Barry, Bosch, Atlanta, Glow, Crashing, Babylon Berlin, The Good Fight, Love, Better Call Saul, Dear White People, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mr. Robot, iRobot, Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, Billions, Ray Donovan, Sharp Objects, Jack Ryan, Succession, Greenleaf, Lodge 49, Dirty John, Grown-ish, Dark, Making a Murderer, The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, The Staircase, Homeland, Sarah Steele, Run Lola Run, Netflix, Prime Video, HBO, Showtime, CBS All Access, BBC America, Hulu, FX Network and AMC… we’ll be back the first week of 2019!

Scott Hi/Hello, next week’s best of 2018 podcast, let’s get on with the holidays! Current: Josh | Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video). Scott | The Good Fight (CBS All Access), does josh think Marvelous is really a hot mess?, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, I’m Dying Up Here, Gilmore Girls, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Catskills, The Good Fight, season 2 could be in Scott’s top 5, Christine Baranski, Delroy Lindo, Rose Leslie, The Chicago Code: best theme song ever?, Soul of the Game, HBO Films, Blair Underwood, Revisit: Josh | Deutschland ’86 (Sundance), Scott: Dear White People (Netflix), What Sundance Now has to offer, Law & Order U.K., Scott asks: How did I forget to continue to watch Dear White People?, a closet filled to the brim, Recommendations: Josh | The Honourable Woman (Netflix), Scott | Red Oaks, Maggie Gyenhaal, Scott rambles about his love for Red Oaks, Caddyshack, Flamingo Kid, Craig Roberts, Fundamentals of Caring, Nash, real-life LA Red Oaks stories?, Richard Kind, Jennifer Grey, Paul Reiser, Gina Gershon, Freddy Roman, Excited About: Josh: The Ugly Delicious (Netflix), Scott | The OA (Netflix), could a surprise The OA drop be coming soon?, David Chang, Scott’s prediction, Netflix and Friends, Warner Brothers and Disney platforms, Golden Globes, The Americans, The Wire nixed, Killing Eve and Ozark… really Golden Globe worthy?, Barry, Bill Hader future Oscar nom sometime in the future?, Allison Brie, Glow, Footnotes: Sundance, Amazon doc series, Loretta, Netflix instant scene replay, Hulu and DirecTV working on adds when you hit the pause button, Vanity Fair drops 12/21 on Prime Video, Recommended Docs: Welcome to Kutsher’s: The Last Catskills Resort (Amazon Prime Video) and Tickled (HBO), TV Series: Escape at Dennemora, Canada’s most popular sitcom, ever comes to Amazon Prime Video, checkout hollywoodbinge.net and gives our podcast a review and/or rating! Thanks.