624: Teed Off At The Hawk

Will Leitch is back for a very sportsy episode, as we contemplate Will Ferrell’s new golf sitcom, The Hawk — as well as when Ferrell got in a rut and how he could get out, why the universe thinks we need TWO golf shows right now, and what the show could have done to avoid wasting talented co-stars (“been a movie instead” is probably the answer). We went Around The Dial with The Five Star Weekend, Breaking Bad, and High Potentialbefore Sarah teed up a first-season Sports Night for Canon consideration. The New Yorker won, Big Bang Theorylost, and we waded into the ever-proliferating recap-podcast water hazard for Game Time. Crank the speakers on your golf cart and have a listen!

GUESTS
👤 Will Leitch

TOPICS
Announcement: 🧑‍💼 Salesperson Draft Results
Lead Topic: ⛳️ The Hawk
Around The Dial: 🗓️ The Five-Star Weekend
Around The Dial: 👨🏻‍🔬 Breaking Bad
Around The Dial: 🫆 High Potential
The Canon: 🥌 Sports Night S01.E16: Sally
Winner & Loser: 🌲 Paige Williams
Winner & Loser: 🙄 Jim Parsons
Game Time: 🎧 Leave It To The Professionals

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NOTES
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site
📕 Get Will Leitch's book, Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride, in paperback
🏌️‍♂️ Talking about Stick in EEHG 357
🤑 The second Commercial Pitchman Draft from EHG 622
💄 Listen To Sassy Club
🧠 Our original discussion of High Potential in EHG 528
📚 Speaking of paperbacks, they're on sale at Exhibit B. Books
📷 Photo: Colleen E. Hayes / Netflix