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Today we interview the Exec Producer and Writer on Severance Season 1, Chris Black, a man who has been writing TV since the mid-90's! Weird Science, Sliders, Cleopatra 2525, Star Trek: Enterprise, Desperate Housewives, Mad Men, Ugly Betty, Lone Star, Outcast, Invincible, Severance (which is why he's here today), and most recently, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.

Chris oversaw the Severance Season 1 writer's room and is the credited writer on Episode 8 (though as you'll learn in today's interview, which parts of which episode which writer actually wrote gets a bit complicated.)

Part 1: How Did This Get Made?
Part 2: Episodes 1-3 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 3: Episodes 4-6 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 4: Episodes 7-9 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 5: Interview with Chris Black, Executive Producer and Writer on Severance

CHRIS' BEVERAGE PAIRING:
Cali Squeeze Blood Orange Wheat Ale, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, San Louis Obispo, California
Brewed with real blood orange for maximum refreshment. A crisp, ruby red beer with juicy orange and fresh citrus flavors, that always go down easy. Cali Squeeze is a Hefeweizen (wheat ale) that includes barley malt, malted wheat, toasted wheat, and Cara-malt. Refreshing, low in bitterness, pale yellow, and slightly hazy.
5% ABV, 15 IBU

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The best TV show of 2022, sez us! This is the first in a 5-part series covering all of Severance Season 1, the show created by Dan Erikson, directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, and starring Adam Scott.

Part 1: How Did This Get Made?
Part 2: Episodes 1-3 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 3: Episodes 4-6 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 4: Episodes 7-9 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 5: Interview with Chris Black, Executive Producer and Writer on Severance

In this episode, we cover Episodes 7-9, the final episodes of Season 1, all directed by Ben Stiller, and cover the wine pairings for these episodes.

THE WINES:

DALLAS' WINE
No new wine pairing from Dallas! He says stick to the Cab Francs from the previous episodes:
2019 Red Newt Cellars Cabernet Franc, Glacier Ridge Vineyard, Finger Lakes, New York
or
2022 Domaine des Sables Verts Saumur-Champigny "Glouglou"

DAVE'S WINE
Brady Vineyard Paso Robles Cabernet Franc 2021
A warmer weather Cab Franc compared to Dallas' picks. Dave says you need the greater intensity for these intense final episodes - more extraction, more "sweetness" (not literal sugar sweetness, but jamminess), yet still with Franc's acidic and green pepper bite. The wine featured in the show is from the Lorimar Winery but that Cab Franc is not currently avaiable, so Brady Vineyard's also from Paso, is an excellent, available alternative!

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The best TV show of 2022, sez us! This is the first in a 5-part series covering all of Severance Season 1, the show created by Dan Erikson, directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, and starring Adam Scott.

Part 1: How Did This Get Made?
Part 2: Episodes 1-3 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 3: Episodes 4-6 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 4: Episodes 7-9 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 5: Interview with Chris Black, Executive Producer and Writer on Severance

In this episode, we cover Episodes 4-6, all directed by Aoife McArdle, and cover the wine pairings for these episodes.

THE WINES:

DALLAS' WINE
2021 Cantine Barbera Notrix Perricone Terre Siciliane (Sicily, Italy)
Grape varieties: Perricone 90%, Catanese 10%
A lively ruby color with violet shades that meet a playful nose of red berries and geranium flowers. Its solid tannins define a medium-bodied palate, where spicy notes of star anise and ginger stand out against a persistent saline background.

DAVE'S WINE
2019 Red Newt Cellars Cabernet Franc, Glacier Ridge Vineyard, Finger Lakes, New York
Or any cool climate Cab Franc will likely do! Though this one from Glacier Ridge vineyards contains a smoky, earthy dimension that truly pairs with the noir-style of these episodes!

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The best TV show of 2022, sez us! This is the first in a 5-part series covering all of Severance Season 1, the show created by Dan Erikson, directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, and starring Adam Scott.

Part 1: How Did This Get Made?
Part 2: Episodes 1-3 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 3: Episodes 4-6 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 4: Episodes 7-9 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 5: Interview with Chris Black, Executive Producer and Writer on Severance

In this episode, we cover Episodes 1-3, all directed by Ben Stiller, and cover the wine pairings for these episodes.

THE WINES:

DAVE'S WINE
Pitys Ritinitis (aka Retsina) NV
100% Assyrtiko from vineyards in Katarrachia and Mantineia, Greece. With, of course, pine resin added! That's what makes it a "retsina"! A daily drinker in Greece, the vegemite of Greece, it tastes like wine made from an alien to everyone else.

Ancient Greeks used to seal off wine-filled amphorae with pine resin. The resin would then seep into the wine itself, and act as a preservative! They came to love the flavor, too, and so the practice continues to the present day. Note that most modern Greek wine does NOT do this, only those marked "Ritinitis" or "Retsina".

DALLAS' WINE
2022 Domaine des Sables Verts Saumur-Champigny "Glouglou"
An mostly "natural" wine (minimal sulfites have been added, but the winemakers work as "naturally" as possible and are in the process of being certified organic). Crafted in the Loire valley, the Saumur-Champigny AOC in specific in a 16 hectare domanie, this is 100% Cabernet Franc and is meant to be drunk young. Fresh red fruit, high acidity, soft tannins, and subtle hints of florals and fresh earth.

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The best TV show of 2022, sez us! This is the first in a 5-part series covering all of Severance Season 1, the show created by Dan Erikson, directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, and starring Adam Scott.

Part 1: How Did This Get Made?
Part 2: Episodes 1-3 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 3: Episodes 4-6 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 4: Episodes 7-9 (and wine pairings with those episodes)
Part 5: Interview with Chris Black, Executive Producer and Writer on Severance

In this episode, we run through the history of the show, cover how an unknown writer, Dan Erikson, got his script into the hands of the one and only Ben Stiller, how Stiller got Adam Scott onboard, and got the greenlight from Apple TV.

We also tangent quite a bit, and discuss spoiler culture and maybe we should take more personal responsibility for that, then speaking of responsibility, we discuss “consumer responsibility” when viewing streaming selections and/or attending the theater, plus pretension in both Hollywood and the wine industry.

It's a bloody great talk! Though your mileage may vary. :P

We will get to specific episodes and the wine pairings starting in Part 2!

Dan Erickson's 2011 short film, League of Wonder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwGe1O57jXo

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The artist on the brand new Toxic Avenger comic talks the OG Troma movie that started it all! And what do you drink with toxic?

Fred Harper has a background in fine art, caricature art, editorial art, mural art, and more, but he always comes back to comics, baby. The new Toxic Avenger is written by fellow artist Matt Bors and the two are putting together something seriously special.

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THE WINES (and Tequila!)

Fred's Tequila
Casamigos Reposado Tequila
The George Clooney tequila brand's dark tequila, Fred says it's smooth and needs no chaser!

Dallas' Wine
Gérard Bertrand Trouble XP Blanc “Cloudy Wine”
You just knew one of us had to got he “natty” route when pairing with Toxic Avenger! Note that “Trouble XP Cloudy Wine” comes in white, rose, and red, Dallas specifically paired the white/blanc.

Dave's Wine
Domaine Haut Bridau Picpoul de Pinet (for a balanced version)
TECH SHEET
Or...
Bonny Doon’s Picpoul from the Central Coast of California (for a real lip smacker of a sharpity share sharp wine! You'll feel CLEAN when you're done with this one!)

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With special guest BRYANT DILLON, President and co-founder of Fanbase Press, the GLAAD Media Award-winning and Eisner and Harvey Awards-nominated comic book publisher and geek culture website. Bryant hosts his own weekly podcast, The Fanbase Weekly, which can be found, much like ours, wherever fine podcasts are cast, and on fanbasepress.com

Fanbase Press is celebrating its upcoming 15th Anniversary with the launch of its very first Kickstarter for a Deluxe Hardcover Edition of Jordan Hart and Bruno Chiroleu's RIPPLE EFFECT, the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated series about a superhero with an invisible disability. Everybody click that link above and check it out!

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THE WINES (and Not Wines)
DAVE'S WINE
2020 Marichal Reserve Collection Tannat, Canelones, Uruguay
Tannat is one of the great age-worthy, intense red wines of the world that has found a home in Uruguay where it is the national grape! Aged for 12 months in 70% new oak barrels, this is still a young wine with rough edges to spare, but as I say in the podcast - "drink 'em young!" The intensity and "angularity" (sharp edges) are why it pairs so well with Romulus! Plus filmmakers Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues are both of Uruguayan descent.

DALLAS' WINE
Kleine Draken Pinotage Paarl 2022
Located on the Western Cape of South Africa. Fermented on skins 12 to 18 days after which the skins are pressed and inoculated with malolactic bacteria to initiate a 2nd fermentation. Then the wine is filtered and stabilized prior to bottling.

Bright ruby red in color (which suggests good acidity!) Medium-bodied with well-balanced tannins and the telltale Pinotage burnt rubber/leather note. An intense red for an intense movie!

BRYANT'S NOT-WINE
Lo-Carb Monster Energy Drink
According to the Monster website:
"Monster Energy Lo-Carb packs a powerful punch and has a smooth, easy-drinking flavor, but without glucose. Get the big bad Monster buzz you know and love, but with a sweet & salty citrus twist w/ only 30 calories per can!"

Part of Bryant's childhood, and a drink he associates with the franchise and also, frankly, Monster is missing out on insane branding opportunities by not having drinks for every Alien flick, every Predator flick, every kaiju flick, etc. Monster - get on that shit!!!

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Today we tackle the Chinese sci-fi sensation, the first book in the "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy by Liu Cixin, the first Asian winner of the Hugo Award.

THE WINES WE PAIRED WITH THIS ALBUM!

Dallas' Wine
Filipa Pato 'Dinamica' Bairrada Branco 2023
A blend of 80% Bical and 20% Arinto that has been aged for 5-6 months on the lees. 11.5% abv.

Dave's Wine
2016 Telescope Mavrud Bulgaria
This wine features an indigenous Bulgarian red varietal, Mavrud. The grapes were carefully harvested and sorted by hand. Following fermentation, the wine was aged for ten months in French oak barrels.

You can currently purchase this for $9.99/bottle + free shipping with 6 bottles or more (so $59.94 for 6 bottles, free shipping!!!) at Big Hammer Wines:
Get Deal Here While it Lasts

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