Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

49. Hostage (Fargo, S02E08)


Honourable Mention

  • Hanzee's not gonna take it anymore (Fargo, S02E08)
  • What's happened to South Park is happening everywhere (South Park, S19E09)
  • Joey Ryan and Danshoku Dino (Highly Questionable, 12-03-15)
  • Red and blue (Nathan For You, S03E07)
  • Santa Baby (Saturday Night Live, S41E07)

Stray Observations

  • "Want a baby carrot? You can't cry while you eat them. It's impossible." (The Leftovers, S02E09)
  • ♫: Sturgill Simpson – "The Promise" (The Leftovers, S02E09)
  • "Here he is, Reuben Sidsey, author of the book Anus." (Getting On, S03E04)
  • Dawn's Jackie O outfit (Getting On, S03E04)
  • "It's just a cheap attempt to rob me of my research, take my crown based on stolen and invented stool." (Getting On, S03E04)
  • "You stole 11 of my feces."
    "Oh, no such thing."
    "Waxy, wavy… I was the first to record waxy and wavy, and string bean, and nuggets." (Getting On, S03E04)
  • Mr. Freeze! (Gotham, S02E11)
  • "Can't live with them, can't turn them into cat food." (Fargo, S02E08)
  • "Consulting with a fortune teller is something a lot of Chinese people do, like using the dishwasher as a drying rack or not saying 'please.'" (Fresh Off the Boat, S02E09)
  • Anachronistic DMX celebrity (Fresh Off the Boat, S02E09)
  • "There is no such thing as a best friend. That's just something Hello Kitty made up to sell more Hello Kitty." (Fresh Off the Boat, S02E09)
  • "What do you recommend between the lamp chops and foie gras?"
    "Oooh, well, I mean, one's a murdered baby, the other one's a tortured adult." (Grandfathered, S01E09)
  • RT: Is there an Emmy for Casting Timothy Olyphant they can give THE GRINDER for casting Timothy Olyphant (The Grinder, S01E09)
  • "Are you hitting that?" (Empire, S02E10)
  • "Is you is or is you ain't my Mimi?" (Empire, S02E10)
  • "That fluffy couch really swallows you up. It's like sleeping on Precious." (Black-ish, S02E09)
  • "I'm all for supporting a dreamer. I am. I mean, I donated to Joe Lieberman." (Black-ish, S02E09)
  • "Seems like I made a perfectly understandable homonym error." (Black-ish, S02E09)
  • "You've got a French week." (Black-ish, S02E09)
  • Ex Machina parody (South Park, S19E09)
  • "Puerto Rico has the sluttiest birds." (The League, S07E12)
  • "Possums are basically rodent pomegranates." (The League, S07E12)
  • "She's just staring at nothing."
    "Just like one of them Peaky Blinders."
    [pause]
    "Okay, I haven't watched it yet. Jacqueline got us watching Rectify." (You're the Worst, S02E12)
  • "For most women, nails are the main way they can express to others what colour they like the most." (Nathan For You, S03E07)


Nathan has a Tom DeLonge motivational poster in his office (Nathan For You, S03E07)

  • Nathan's Asian accent (Nathan For You, S03E07)
  • "Folks at the hospital are smothered in your seed." (Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories, S02E02)
  • Death by deli slicer (Ash vs. Evil Dead, S01E06)
  • Kyle Mooney's physique (Saturday Night Live, S41E07)

#clipoftheweek

Live-Thog: Creed

Ice Cube and the cast of Black-ish.

Kevin Hart and The Rock.

Ice Cube and Kevin Hart.

Has Kevin Hart ever toplined a film by himself?


Young Adonis is young Andre on Empire.

The Creed house is tacky.

Avon and Wallace!

Heh. The Warriors are beating the Clippers by 27.

Rocky's mittens:

How many people are gonna do pull-ups on the Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk's pergolas now?

Nice oner.

Skyfall and chill.

Bianca's music kinda sucks.

Why is Mary Anne Creed's television tuned to ESPN? Was she watching Around the Horn?

Heh. Tebow, Tiger, and LeBron are PTI topics.

Idea: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, but with the Mexicans who work at Rocky's restaurant.

Adonis found the cancer pamphlets too quickly.

The music supervisor doubled down on Meek!

Stallone: "Fuck this chemo hair make-up. I'm just gonna wear a beanie for the rest of the film."

Ricky Conlan is Bray Wyatt.

Ricky Conlan is The Undertaker.

Ricky Conlan got a loaf of bread.

Coogler is emptying his stylistic flourish playbook.

Is that swollen eye make-up?

How has Adonis not been to the steps before? One of his first stops in Philadelphia was the Rocky statue, which is right next to the steps!

A post-credits scene in which Ivan Drago enters the Front Street Gym.

Creed 2: Adonis fights Ivan Drago's son Anton (Kristaps Porzingis), who Ivan raised like Marv Marinovich raised Todd Marinovich.

Idea: A reboot of Bad Boys starring Michael B. Jordan and Drake.

New Noise

Previously on Adam Riff™:
I am chuffed to present Backwash, a podcast by Adam Robot and I.


Episode 2:

1. Thanksgiving Side Dishes / Montana Fun
2. Santas in the Barn / Jon Glaser's New Shows
3. Blazing Team: Masters of Yo Kwon Do / Blazing Teens
4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 / Escape Rooms
5. Jessica Jones / Netflix
6. Jonah Ray / SF Sketchfest

We recorded this on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, but I think it mostly holds up.

#backwash

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

48. Staple Gun (Getting On, S03E03)


Honourable Mention


Stray Observations

  • "A doula is someone who supports you emotionally and physically and coaches you through the process."
    "Oh, I see. So sort of like a vaginal Gandalf." (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E08)
  • "Prayer circle by the solar panels." (The Walking Dead, S06E07)
  • "I'm coming." (The Last Man on Earth, S02E08)
  • I call for a moratorium on using "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed (The Last Man on Earth, S02E08)
  • Why does computer-generated blood still look so terrible? (Into the Badlands, S01E02)
  • "She just wants to promote her homeopathic vaginal cream made out of oyster shells, Cocoa Puffs, and hummus." (Getting On, S03E03)
  • "The world is not at war with women."
    "I'm in Pakistan. Shoot me in the head. I'm in India. Rape me. I'm in Saudi Arabia. Don't let me drive. I'm Kenyan now. Cut out my genitalia. I'm a Filipino nanny in Dubai. Beat me." (Getting On, S03E03)
  • "Who wants to man my anal horn booth?" (Getting On, S03E03)


(WWE Raw, 11-23-15)


(WWE Raw, 11-23-15)

  • ♫: Jethro Tull – "Locomotive Breath" (Fargo, S02E07)
  • RT: One of the murdered Gerhardt affiliate characters was named Roost Bolton (Fargo, S02E07)
  • "In astronomy, the word 'revolution' means 'a celestial object that comes full circle,' which, if you think about it, is pretty funny, considering here on Earth, it means 'change.'" (Fargo, S02E07)
  • "Walk her out, huh?"
    "What about you?"
    "I'm not saying don't come back…" (Fargo, S02E07)
  • "So this need for conquest, you know, trying to own things that aren't meant to be owned…"
    "Like people?"
    "That's an example…" (Fargo, S02E07)
  • Ron Swanson is "The Breakfast King of Loyola," heh (Fargo, S02E07)
  • RT: Because nothing says "we are totally not transporting drugs and weapons" like naming your business Legit Trucking (Fargo, S02E07)
  • ♫: White Denim – "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (Fargo, S02E07)
  • "Timothy Olyphant is…Rake Grinder." (The Grinder, S01E08)
  • "The Big Easy…just got hard." (The Grinder, S01E08)
  • "That's not a baby bump. That's a poo belly!" (Scream Queens, S01E10)


Arnold Schwarzenegger's son (Scream Queens, S01E10)

  • "When you next look at this liquid, you will realize that it's not whiskey you've been drinking your whole life, but your mother's feces."
    "Sometimes this comes a bit too easily to you." (The Knick, S02E07)
  • Ping Wu orgasming while sucking Bono's daughter's toes (The Knick, S02E07)
  • "You should be pregnant!" (The Knick, S02E07)

#clipoftheweek

Eater's Digest: Vancouver, BC 2

Previously on Adam Riff™: Eater's Digest: Vancouver, BC


October 2015
tacofino commissary / papparoti / terra breads / laurelle's fine foods / hawksworth / bella gelateria / purebread / phnom penh / tuc craft kitchen / ask for luigi / meat and bread



Crispy Chicken Taco (Tacofino Commissary)
black chili mayo, brussels sprout kimchi, radish sprouts, radish, green onion

Chicken karaage, to be exact.


Tuna Taco (Tacofino Commissary)
soy, sesame, wakame, ginger, wasabi mayo

This taco can't decide if it wants to be a taco or poke, and suffers as a result.

Pork Jowl Taco (Tacofino Commissary)
cabbage, fried shallot, pineapple, sriracha

Banana Churros (Tacofino Commissary)
ibarra chocolate, banana sriracha ice cream



Grape Bread (Terra Breads)
pine nuts, walnuts

Grapes are an underused pastry ingredient. Why do we settle for raisins?


Hawksworth was named the best restaurant in Vancouver, and the second best restaurant in all of Canada.

Chef Hawksworth loves green apple.


Yellowfin Tuna (Hawksworth)
kombu pickled cucumber, yuzu soda

A seemingly seamless sphere of tuna.


Hamachi Sashimi (Hawksworth)
yuzu kosho, tangerine, kohlrabi, shiso, crispy potato

Raw fish and curly fries? Delicious, actually.


Foie Gras Crème Brûlée (Hawksworth)
beet, orange, gingerbread

This ain't no crème brûlée I've ever seen.

Scallops Baked in Bone Marrow (Hawksworth)
parsley, brioche, lemon


Faloodeh Sorbetto (Bella Gelateria)
—Rose water sorbet with rice noodles mixed in – a play on one of the earliest known frozen desserts.

Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey Gelato (Bella Gelateria)
Banana Bread Gelato (Bella Gelateria)


Adults Only Cookie (Purebread)
dark chocolate, sea salt, rosemary

The rosemary adds a mint flavour. It's a mint chocolate cookie without mint.

Lemon Chèvre Brownie (Purebread)
—Lemon-flavoured goat cheese in a brownie is odd, but works.

Chocolate Coconut Cream Bundt Cake (Purebread)
—Not the Nanaimo bar in cake form that I thought it might be.

Raspberry Mocha Loaf (Purebread)



Marinated Butter Beef (Phnom Penh)
—Vietnamese carpaccio. A tad too sweet for me.



Beef Brisket and Pork Crackling Sandwich (Tuc Craft Kitchen)
double r ranch brisket, sourdough bread, dijon mustard, assorted pickles, salsa verde, served with smashed potato fries

Its parts are better than the sum.


Crispy Bucantini and Fontina Crocchette (Ask For Luigi)
—Classier deep-fried mac and cheese.


MISSED CONNECTIONS

Matcha and Dark Chocolate Butter (Churn)
—That's butter flavoured with matcha and dark chocolate.

Nanaimo Bar Spring Roll (Noodlebox)
coconut dipping sauce

Deep-Fried Nanaimo Bar (Pirate Chips)

#eatersdigest