Previously on Adam Riff™:
There was an idea… To bring together a group of disparate people… To see if we could create something more…than a year-end list.
12 people select 10 things they loved from 2019 without any overlap, creating a "best of 2019" list unlike any other.
This year, selections will be posted in quasi real time.
THE LEAGUE
In randomly-generated snake draft order:
Molly
Scorbunny / Pixar / Cosmi's Deli's Chicken Cheesesteak (Philadelphia, PA)
Jon Y (me)
Grookey / Star Wars / Plan Check's Southern Fry (Los Angeles, CA)
Adam
Scorbunny / Star Wars / Hattie B's Hot Chicken Sandwich (Nashville, TN)
Jon B
Sobble / Star Wars / Highline's Buffalo style Crazy Train (Seattle, WA)
Aaron
Grookey / Marvel / Fuku's Knockout Spicy Fried Chicken Sandwich
Stan
Scorbunny / Pixar / The Commodore's Hot Breast (Brooklyn, NY)
Russell
Scorbunny / Marvel / O'Charley's Carolina Gold BBQ Chicken Sandwich
Logan
Grookey / Disney / Any Buffalo chicken sandwich
Ben
Scorbunny / Marvel / The NoMad Bar's Chicken French Dip (Las Vegas, NV)
Drew
Sobble / National Geographic / American Sardine Bar's Fried Chicken Sandwich (Philadelphia, PA)
Jon T
Sobble / Marvel / P.G. Clucks' Classic Sandwich (Toronto, ON)
Jeff
Grookey / Pixar / Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich
Alright.
With the first pick in the 2019 Draft, Molly selected…
R1 • Molly
1. Hustlers
R1 • Jon Y
2. Parasite
R1 • Adam
3. Perpetual Grace LTD
R1 • Jon B
4. Watchmen
R1 • Aaron
5. Avengers: Endgame
R1 • Stan
6. Fleabag
R1 • Russell
7. Damian Lillard ethers Russell Westbrook and Paul George in the NBA Playoffs
R1 • Logan
8. Marriage Story
R1 • Ben
9. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson's "The Day That Robert Palins Murdered Me" and "Focus Group" Sketches
R1 • Drew
10. Succession
R1 • Jon T
11. Baby Yoda
R1 • Jeff
12. Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood
R2 • Jeff
13. The Highwomen
R2 • Jon T
14. The Irishman
R2 • Drew
15. Barry: "ronny/lily"
R2 • Ben
16. Chernobyl
R2 • Logan
17. Euphoria
R2 • Russell
18. Midsommar
R2 • Stan
19. Waves
R2 • Aaron
20. Lizzo
R2 • Jon B
21. Pen15: "Community Service"
R2 • Adam
22. What We Do in the Shadows
R2 • Jon Y
23. The Other Two
R2 • Molly
24. Megan Thee Stallion and "Hot Girl Summer"
R3 • Molly
25. The other hot priest: David Acosta (Mike Colter) on Evil
R3 • Jon Y
26. Ramy: "Strawberries"
R3 • Adam
27. Aimee-Leigh and Baby Billy – "Misbehavin' (1989)"
R3 • Jon B
28. Booksmart
R3 • Aaron
29. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
R3 • Stan
30. Russian Doll
Me smoking with my friends who said we’d never touch a drug in our lives pic.twitter.com/myi9LzhAQq
— Epoman 👾 (@EpomanClassics) October 18, 2019
R3 • Russell
31. Paul Rudd: "Hey, look at us"
R3 • Logan
32. Marvel vs. Scorsese
R3 • Ben
33. Lil Nas X
R3 • Drew
34. Lamar Jackson (specifically Lamar in outfielder shades)
R3 • Jon T
35. Knives Out
R3 • Jeff
36. Control
R4 • Jeff
37. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum in Dolby Cinema
R4 • Jon T
38. Brienne getting knighted on Game of Thrones
R4 • Drew
39. Broad City's series finale
R4 • Ben
40. Megan Rapinoe and the United States women's national soccer team
This shot is beautiful and should be taught in any film studies class. pic.twitter.com/yKo8WccnC9
— chris person (@Papapishu) May 20, 2019
R4 • Logan
41. This shot is brilliant and should be shown in any film class
R4 • Russell
42. South Side
R4 • Stan
43. James Holzhauer breaks Jeopardy!
R4 • Aaron
44. Maggie Rogers
R4 • Jon B
45. Us
R4 • Adam
46. The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
Game devs: "But do people *want* to play evil characters?"
Untitled Goose Game: pic.twitter.com/7zIMBVrpLr
— Morgan Lockhart (@missdoomcookie) September 23, 2019
R4 • Jon Y
47. Untitled Goose Game
R4 • Molly
48. Dolly Parton's America
R5 • Molly
49. "It's ……….Rebekah Vardy's account"
R5 • Jon Y
50. Transit
R5 • Adam
51. The piano man scene in Under the Silver Lake
R5 • Jon B
52. Tuca and Bertie
R5 • Aaron
53. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
R5 • Stan
54. Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell!
R5 • Russell
55. Tyler, the Creator – IGOR
R5 • Logan
56. "This Life" by Vampire Weekend
R5 • Ben
57. Deadspin
R5 • Drew
58. The tribute to The Sting in Spider-Man: Far from Home
R5 • Jon T
59. Woman Yelling at a Cat
R5 • Jeff
60. Veep's series finale
R6 • Jeff
61. AEW Dynamite
MAGIC GOT ME DYING. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/S4zOBPa8e2
— House of Highlights (@HoHighlights) April 10, 2019
R6 • Jon T
62. Magic Johnson's resignation press conference
R6 • Drew
63. Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (and her not knowing who Van Halen is)
R6 • Ben
64. Tom Brady's sixth Super Bowl ring
R6 • Logan
65. Long Shot
R6 • Russell
66. Homelander, Queen Maeve, and the passengers of flight 37 from The Boys
R6 • Stan
67. The Farewell
R6 • Aaron
68. Schitt's Creek
R6 • Jon B
69. Hail Satan?
R6 • Adam
70. The Tampa Bay Lightning tying the record for wins in a season and getting swept by the 8th seed Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs
R6 • Jon Y
71. Trader Joe's Plantain Crisps
R6 • Molly
72. "Unlike Agholor"
R7 • Molly
73. The Bob Newhart episode of Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
R7 • Jon Y
74. YBN Cordae
R7 • Adam
75. Tesla Cybertruck
R7 • Jon B
76. Ready or Not
R7 • Aaron
77. Céline Dion, fashion icon
R7 • Stan
78. Emile Mosseri's score for The Last Black Man in San Francisco
R7 • Russell
79. Tekashi 6ix9ine's snitch-a-thon
R7 • Logan
80. Kombucha Girl
R7 • Ben
81. "Con Altura (feat. El Guincho)" by ROSALÍA and J Balvin
R7 • Drew
82. Sophie Turner sending it on the jumbotron and Juuling on set
R7 • Jon T
83. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "The Janitor Always Mops Twice"
R7 • Jeff
84. Jenny Lewis at the Ryman Auditorium
R8 • Jeff
85. Mindhunter
R8 • Jon T
86. Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow
R8 • Drew
87. The moon rover sequence in Ad Astra
R8 • Ben
88. My decade-long obsession with Jeffrey Epstein becoming worthwhile
R8 • Logan
89. "White Claw Summer"
R8 • Russell
90. When "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica drops in the opening of Triple Frontier
R8 • Stan
91. "IHOP Parking Lot (feat. Maya Rudolph and HAIM)" by The Lonely Island
R8 • Aaron
92. #gottafixfast
R8 • Jon B
93. Tammy and the T-Rex: Gore Cut
R8 • Adam
94. "Maclunkey"
R8 • Jon Y
95. Uncut Gems
R8 • Molly
96. Olivia Colman's incredibly inspiring Oscar speech that it turns out she was hammered during
R9 • Molly
97. Rihanna deciding to lend some clout to LVMH
R9 • Jon Y
98. One Cut of the Dead
R9 • Adam
99. Carly Rae Jepsen – Dedicated
R9 • Jon B
100. Ascender
R9 • Aaron
101. Joker making a step street in The Bronx a tourist destination
R9 • Stan
102. Julia Jacklin – Crushing
R9 • Russell
103. The Bodega Boys Soundboard
R9 • Logan
104. Operation Varsity Blues
R9 • Ben
105. DaBaby's music video catalogue
Challenge accepted! #bottletopchallenge pic.twitter.com/Rygijd6z5W
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) July 7, 2019
R9 • Drew
106. Mariah Carey's Bottle Cap Challenge
R9 • Jon T
107. Netflix and Hulu's dueling Fyre Festival documentaries
R9 • Jeff
108. The Brooklyn Nets
Final Round Blind Bonus Pick
Along with your final pick, please select something from 2019 that you have yet to experience as of 18 December 2019 but are keen on.
R10 • Jeff
109. FIFA 19/20 Ultimate Team
+ Mr. Robot's final season
R10 • Jon T
110. Big Mouth: "Florida"
+ Jojo Rabbit
why have I never thought of this before
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) August 28, 2019
R10 • Drew
111. That video where the guy fills a pepper with sunflower seeds, paints it, puts it inside an eggplant, paints it, then seals it inside a wall
+ The Witcher
R10 • Ben
112. Ryen Russillo's worst year ever
+ The Lighthouse
R10 • Logan
113. "Digital fur technology"
+ Death Stranding
R10 • Russell
114. The Nickel Boys
+ When They See Us
R10 • Stan
115. James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999
+ A Hidden Life
R10 • Aaron
116. Taylor Swift
+ Outer Wilds
R10 • Jon B
117. Jason Mantzoukas as the Big Bad Wolf
+ Black Christmas
how do I become as cool as this guy, The Coolest Guy pic.twitter.com/USIBAKp2Mz
— hunnaban trenchboss (@GILA_____) March 5, 2019
R10 • Adam
118. Pangzai
+ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
R10 • Jon Y
119. Hypnospace Outlaw
+ Little Women
R10 • Molly
120. North Bergen High School's production of Alien: The Play
+ You
UNDRAFTED!
1917
Big Thief
Kawhi Leonard
OK Boomer
Resident Evil 2
Storming Area 51
Unbelievable
Ben here. A few thoughts so far (before pick 38)
– I *really* wanted Avengers: Endgame, only because when Cap wields Mjolnir, it was maybe my favorite movie moment of the decade. Pure fan service, we knew it was coming, but… it was a nearly perfect moment. I've re-watched the scene a dozen times and it always gives me goosebumps.
– I originally wanted to claim A24's 2019 as a whole — Midsommar, The Lighthouse, The Farewell, The Last Man in San Francisco, Waves, Under the Silver Lake, Climax, Uncut Gems — a murderer's row of films (and one preview). Just titanic.
– HBO really had a fantastic 2019 in spite of fucking up GoT's ending (Succession, Watchmen, Chernobyl, Euphoria, Gemstones, Barry).
– Can't believe I got Nas X at 33 considering he had the biggest Billboard hit of all time… and it's really unironically good!