Adam Riff™

42. Brooke does it for the Vine (The Amazing Race, S25E04)

Honourable Mention

• Foo Fighters with Zac Brown: "War Pigs" (Late Show with David Letterman, 10-13-14)
• Don't Fck with Ping Wu (The Knick, S01E10)

Stray Observations

• "Time for me to get out there and spread my"
  "Legs."
  "Get out there and spread my legs?"
  "Well, either way…"
  "No. Not either way. Only wings." (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S02E03)
• Gina's countdown technique involves ending with the last names of famous Marks. The final challenge? "On your mark… Get Seth… Rogen!" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S02E03)
• The first trough victim is Oswald Cobblepot on Gotham (The Walking Dead, S05E01)
• "I got a beer."
  "Where in the world did you find that?"
  "In the refrigerator.
  "Huh. Must have been left by one of the Mexicans." (The Affair, S01E01)
• Oswald Cobblepot lost the role of Todd on Breaking Bad to Jesse Plemons (Gotham, S01E04)
• Siouxsie and the Banshees! (Gotham, S01E04)

Sal Maroni celebrates with a giant steak (Gotham, S01E04)

Josh Reddick bombs Chrisley (WWE Raw, 10-13-14)

• "Are you just eating a bowl of jelly?" (New Girl, S04E05)
• "Nothing sadder than a freaky Thursday." (Black-ish, S01E04)
• "Where are you going?"
  "I don't know. Maybe St. Petersburg, where they have real caramel corn." (American Horror Story, S04E02)

(American Horror Story, S04E02)

• "Never give power to the big man." (Peaky Blinders, S02E03)
• "Jewish women, for you, are off the fuckin' menu." (Peaky Blinders, S02E03)
• "The use of attractive people isn't going anywhere." (Shark Tank, S06E05)
• John Hodgman! (The Knick, S01E10)
• "Nothing breaks a man like a good cock punch." (The Knick, S01E10)
• "I can read left to right, not just up and down." (The Knick, S01E10)
• Heroin – heh (The Knick, S01E10)
• The Knick Season Grade: B
• "Think warm thoughts. Think of a fire."
  "Gah. I thought of a cold fire!" (Comedy Bang! Bang!, S03E11)
• "The National gets their check." (Comedy Bang! Bang!, S03E11)
• "Secretary of the Office: I nominate Ellie Kemper." (Comedy Bang! Bang!, S03E11)

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• Dyson's 20 Best Inventions of the Year

41. Hatsune Miku (Late Show with David Letterman, 10-09-14)

Stray Observations

• "I like tacos! [fart]" (Bob's Burgers, S05E01)
• "I just want to go home and crawl into bed and have a good long dutch oven cry." (Bob's Burgers, S05E01)
• "Also, I'm just an uncle so, no biggie." (Bob's Burgers, S05E01)
• "You embarrassed me in front of Derek Jeter."
  "You embarrassed yourssssself in front of Derek Jeter." (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S02E02)

Young Nucky's teeth (Boardwalk Empire, S05E05)

• "I, for one, refuse to be ruled by fear."
  "Husband!"
  "Coming dear." (Boardwalk Empire, S05E05)
• RT: "The Strain put a LOT of effort into disguising Massey Hall as some joint in Tribeca" (The Strain, S01E13)
• The Strain Season Grade: C+
• "The Balloonman gon' get ya." (Gotham, S01E03)

Meanwhile, at Wayne Manor… (Gotham, S01E03)

• The Driver Season Grade: C-
• "He called a scotch on the rocks a 'sco-ro.'" (New Girl, S04E04)
• "It looks like a little tiny pigeon's egg."
  "Don't you wanna hatch the bird?" (New Girl, S04E04)
• "I hate when Schmidt cries. He sounds like a ghost singing 'Hey Ya.'" (New Girl, S04E04)
• Matador Season Grade: C+
• "If laughter's the best medicine, then you're grape-flavoured Triaminic." (Modern Family, S06E03)
• "The nod is on the same primal level as a baby waving 'hi' – as a man scrunching up his face when a woman with a big butt walks by."
  "This is basic stuff."
  "Even the butt thing?"
  "Especially the butt thing. Basic black." (Black-ish, S01E03)
• Will continuity continue all season? (South Park, S18E03)
• "Salami vise." (The League, S06E06)
• "It's Lucky Strike. It's good for you." (American Horror Story, S04E01)
• Lobster hand shocker (American Horror Story, S04E01)

Meep the Geek (American Horror Story, S04E01)

• "I once carried out my own personal form of stigmata on an Italian. I pushed his face up against a trench, shoved a six-inch nail up his fuckin' nose, and I hammered it home with a duckboard. It was fuckin' biblical, mate." (Peaky Blinders, S02E02)
• "I'm standing my ground!" (Black Jesus, S01E10)
• Black Jesus Season Grade: C

(The Amazing Race, S25E03)

• Sons of GameStop (Shark Tank, S06E04)
• "There's the Emotionals, the Foodies, the Hasidics, and Gryffindor." (Saturday Night Live, S40E03)
• "Dan Cortese." (Saturday Night Live, S40E03)
• "Here's a joke: GOD." (Saturday Night Live, S40E03)

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