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Justified & FX Dramas

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In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky, we talk about Justified! Spencer Sterritt returns to chat with Earl about the TV series’ latest season, what it means for its final season, and what makes it such an engrossing watch. They also talk about other FX dramas like The Americans, and The Bridge. And somehow, egos are revealed when they explain their hypothetical finale that is so good the producers have to hire them. (Spoilers for season 5, and general series for the entire podcast.)

Guests:
Spencer Sterritt – Editor-in-chief for We Eat Films

Supplementary notes:
Postmortems with showrunner Graham Yost

Audio notes: (56min. runtime)
0:00:55 – Thoughts on season 5, characters in holding patterns, and Raylan & Boyd
0:06:40 – Dewey Crowe, recurring characters, Tim & Rachel, and is Raylan justified?
0:18:10 – Michael Rapaport, issues behind the scenes, Elmore Leonard, and cameos
0:31:00 – Clint Eastwood, modern Western, being self-assured, and the writing
0:36:40 – Fargo, FX network, The Bridge, The Americans, Rectify, and Walton Goggins
0:49:25 – Speculating on final season, the Ava-Raylan-Boyd triangle, and our finale episode pitch

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The Comedy Boom

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On this episode, we take a look at the growing phenomenon of the comedy boom that’s happened in the past few years. Earl and Tony have recently dived into podcasts, which have led to a diverse discussion about what’s going on with the shows on Comedy Central, Louis CK’s creative and comedic works, how everyone seems to know each other in the community, and what the “democratization of culture” means for comedy. Along the way, they set up jokes with varying degrees of success, talk about some of their favourite podcasts and comedians, and realize how much content is out there.

Guests:
“Danger is my Username” Tony

Supplementary notes:
John Oliver takes on Carlos Danger
Patton Oswalt’s JFL Keynote Speech

Audio notes: (1hr. 1min. runtime)
01:30 – The Daily Show with John Oliver, and The Colbert Report
09:20 – Patton Oswalt’s speech and the comedy boom
12:45 – Louis CK and executing comedian’s style and vision on TV
25:30 – Comedy Central’s shows and “The next Chapelle’s Show”
37:00 – Everybody knows everybody else
38:50 – Online comedians, Picnicface, and Canadian comedy
41:50 – Comedy podcasts, Bill Burr, Aziz Ansari, and Pete Holmes
55:55 – The democratization of culture

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