573: Is Hitmakers Out Of Tune?

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July 30, 2025 • 76 mins

Critic and podcaster Mark Blankenship returns to The Blankenship Chair to discuss Hitmakers, a reality show about songwriters that needs less contrived drama and more process -- but did appeal to a couple of our panelists as eye candy. Should you give it a try, or wait until one of its pop creations comes on in an elevator? We went Around The Dial with Happy Gilmore 2, Million Dollar Secret, The Challenge 41, and The Gilded Age spoilers before tapping our toes to a Canon pitch for Buffy's musical episode. A nepo Beatty won, Resident Alien lost, and Non-Regulation Game Time struck a chord with another round of Tube Tunes. We don't want to call it "fire," but it IS an all-new episode of Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS
👤 Mark Blankenship

TOPICS
Announcement: ❤️‍🔥 EHG Club Update
Lead Topic: 🤩 Hitmakers
Around The Dial: 🏒 Happy Gilmore 2
Around The Dial: 🤑 Million Dollar Secret
Around The Dial: 🏂 The Challenge
Around The Dial: 🐎 The Gilded Age
The Canon: 👩🏻‍🎤 Buffy The Vampire Slayer S06.E07: Once More With Feeling
Winner & Loser: 🪓 Ella Beatty
Winner & Loser: 👽 Resident Alien
Game Time: 🎶 Tube Tunes XVI

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NOTES
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site
💿 Mark Blankenship's Lost Songs Project
⛳️ The one Happy Gilmore 2 joke that made Tara laugh
👍 Tara's appreciation of Christopher McDonald
😳 A ranking of all the HG2 non-sports cameos
🔪 The latest true-crime reviews at Best Evidence
📷 Photo: Netflix

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