535: Can The Brady Bunch In The White House Count On Your Vote?

We thought a far-out distraction from current events was the way to go this week -- so we went to a fictional White House with accidental president Mike Brady, via 2002 TV movie The Brady Bunch In The White House. Should you take the tour -- or is this second-generation photocopy of an already-mediocre nostalgia brand not a candidate for your attention? We went Around The Dial with the new season of Abbott Elementary, the Criterion Closet series, and Mad Men before Ari wove together a Canon case for a sixth-season Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Tapestry." Prestige casting won, Amazon lost, and we voted early often for film-adaptation shows in Game Time. It's your patriotic duty to listen now!

GUESTS

👤 Tim Grierson

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🏛️ The Brady Bunch In The White House

Around The Dial: 🏫 Abbott Elementary

Around The Dial: 📀 The Criterion Closet

Around The Dial: 🥃 Mad Men

I Am Not A Crackpot: 🤖 AI On Taskmaster

The Canon: 🔪 Star Trek: The Next Generation S06.E15: Tapestry

Winner & Loser: 🍯 Arlios Winners

Winner & Loser: 🦾 Prime Video

Game Time: 📺 Honey, I Shrunk The Screen

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NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site

📀 The Criterion Channel on YouTube

🙅‍♂️ Tim Grierson on X

🎬 Tim's profile of director Sean Baker for the LA Times

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📷 Photo: Paramount Television