Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

47. Final Destination (Chucky, S02E07)


Honourable Mention

  • Fondor Escape (Andor, S01E11)

Stray Observations

  • "Men love The Godfather because they feel emasculated by modern society. It's a fantasy about a time when they could go out and solve all their problems with violence and sleep with every woman and then come home to their wife who doesn't ask them any questions and makes them pasta."
    "Hey, hey, hey. It's a normal male fantasy."
    "No, movies like that socialize men into having that fantasy."
    "Movies like that exist because men already do have that fantasy. We're hard-wired."
    "Mm. Comes with the testosterone."
    "No. Gender is a construct. It's created." (The White Lotus, S02E03)
  • "If Ryan is king, I'm Oliver Cromwell, right? If he's Gladstone, I'm Disraeli. If he's A.S. Byatt, I'm Margaret Drabble!"
    "Compare things we know!"
    "Eh, never been a big sports fan."
    "Well, they're not sports stars. They're sister novelists who feuded like rappers."
    "I'm still without a frame of reference." (Avenue 5, S02E06)
  • "How do you get hurt in a club exclusively devoted to cuddling?"
    "You told people to deal with him, so he got violently compressed."
    "Well, just find the culprits and have a word with them. Uh, no, that sounds like code for violence too. All right, well, I better go and pay Matt a special visit. Hey, I've done it again. I've got mafia Tourette's." (Avenue 5, S02E06)
  • "She was killed by a fatal floor." (Avenue 5, S02E06)
  • "See, this is how it goes with autocracies. It starts out, and it's all caviar and wiping your ass on a swan's neck, and then pretty soon, you're perforating dissidents." (Avenue 5, S02E06)
  • "Did Judd pay you to do this?"
    "No, I thought I'd wear an outfit that you'd like to get me out of as quickly as possible."
    "Ugh."
    "And I have no imagination, so I copied her." (Avenue 5, S02E06)
  • "What just happened?"
    "I believe the old industry term is a 'reverse Soprano.' They're all definitely dead." (Avenue 5, S02E06)
  • "What have you done lately?"
    "I don't have lately. I have always. I have a constant blur of plates spinning and knives on the floor, and needy, panicked faces at the window, of which you are but one of many." (Andor, S01E11)
  • "The mystery of your former triumphs have been vanquished. I can sleep peacefully now." (Andor, S01E11)
  • Syril stealing money from his mother (Andor, S01E11)
  • "How many do you think made it? How many of us made it out alive?"
    "Not enough." (Andor, S01E11)
  • "Well, I love the holidays, and this year Barbara Howard's Little Helpers will be making the most adorable handprint Christmas trees."
    "And my kids will be doing hand turkey art, and I'll be recycling it to soak up all the snow that gets through the cracks in the windows."
    "Children's hands really seem to carry the holidays." (Abbott Elementary, S02E08)
  • "Ms. Howard."
    "Yes?"
    "What's S-L…"
    "It is, uh…the Saint Louis University of Technology." (Abbott Elementary, S02E08)
  • "This one's just an egg." (Abbott Elementary, S02E08)
  • "You may want to have that children checked out for salmonella." (Abbott Elementary, S02E08)
  • "I believe that gluten intolerance is just internalized white guilt." (Abbott Elementary, S02E08)
  • "The parent of one of my students has a very unsavory marking across her bosom."
    "The mom with the 'bitch' tattoo?"
    "Loved that book. Movie was meh." (Abbott Elementary, S02E08)
  • "How could anyone find this tata tattoo hot?" (Abbott Elementary, S02E08)
  • "Chinese people hate my tattoos." (Abbott Elementary, S02E08)
  • "You can never upset a professional bitch like myself." (Abbott Elementary, S02E08)
  • Ava adding sugar to her coffee (Abbott Elementary, S02E08)
  • "Forever Bitch apparel" (Abbott Elementary, S02E08)
  • "Not Ralph Jr.!" (Abbott Elementary, S02E08)
  • R.I.P. Jennifer Tilly (Chucky, S02E07)


(Chucky, S02E07)

  • "I would never be left to rot like this. There are people who love me."
    It's one thing to be celebrated, Sam. It's another thing entirely to be loved." (American Horror Story, S11E09)
  • </American Horror Story, S11>
  • "Listen, it's been a hard month. I just need some me time."
    "I-I ha… All of your time is you time, Rachel."
    "These days, he only ever said her name at the end of sentences." (Fleishman Is in Trouble, S01E01)
  • "She's a drunk."
    "Phillip.
    "I'm sorry. Alcoholic. A person with alcoholism. An alcoholic-American." (Fleishman Is in Trouble, S01E01)
  • Adam Brody playing a character named Seth (Fleishman Is in Trouble, S01E01)
  • "It was best not to think about the block universe. Toby didn't want to think about any theory of life in which the thing you were dealing with was an absolute reality. He couldn't bear the scope of regret and missed chances and alternate choices. He didn't want to think about possibility anymore. Possibility was a trap." (Fleishman Is in Trouble, S01E02)
  • "Look at that sunset. It's so pretty, isn't it? You know, but you have to remember, sunsets are also problematic, you know, because they're only for the wealthy. In cities, there are tall buildings so you can't see it. You know, you got to come to a place like this just to catch a glimpse of what would be one of the true, free pleasures in life, you know?" (Fleishman Is in Trouble, S01E02)
  • "Can you believe he's the nominee? It's hilarious."
    "Well, at least she'll win, right?"
    "Well, I don't know that she'll win. I don't like her that much, but at least with him, we can keep our money, you know? Also, her voice, drives Rich crazy." (Fleishman Is in Trouble, S01E02)
  • Lizzy Caplan in a Ween shirt (Fleishman Is in Trouble, S01E02)
  • "Slice, slice, baby. Slice, slice. Dun-dun dun how the rest of the song goes." (Mythic Quest, S03E03)
  • "♪ Every morning there's a halo. ♪" (Mythic Quest, S03E03)

Countless Blacks

In 2019, Fox News' streaming service Fox Nation launched an awards show for regular people called The Patriot Awards, honoring people in categories like the Most Valuable Patriot Award and the [Back the Blue] Award.

For the first time they are offering upsells, giving fans a chance to buy tickets to live broadcasts of shows hosted by Tucker Carlson, Greg Gutfeld, The Five and others.

Fox is planning book signings, meet and greets, podcast recordings and merchandise sales (including Fox News "ugly Christmas sweaters").

It's a strategy that is also appealing to advertisers and sponsors, who are a critical piece of any live event puzzle.

BravoCon, for example, held its last event last month, and had 19 sponsors, with some, like Bud Light Seltzer and Lay's, integrating their products into the event itself.

Fox Nation's Patriot Awards has lined up the restaurant chain Golden Corral.

Unsuspecting tyrant double-decker beef fort

feature film special: FANTASY FOOTBALL (PARAMOUNT+)
Premieres Friday, November 25

Everything changes when Callie A. Coleman discovers she can magically control her father Bobby's performance on the football field.

When Callie plays as her dad, a running back for the Atlanta Falcons, in Madden NFL 23, Bobby is transformed from a fumblitis-plagued journeyman to a star running back bound for superstardom.

With the NFL Playoffs looming and the pressures of Callie's new commitment to her friends on the robotics team mounting, the two must forge ahead to keep the magic a secret.

The Falcons are up 28-3 in the Super Bowl when Callie is called away by the robotics team.

Alas, it's a Paramount/CBS film, so no Cleatus integration.


SHAQ (HBO)
Premieres Wednesday, November 23

More Lakers-related 2022 programming?!


DEATH IN THE DORMS (HULU)
Premieres Monday, November 21

These are the stories of the kind of danger that no college student is ever prepared for: a life cut short just when it was getting started, not by accident but by foul play.

Each procedural episode of Death in the Dorms will examine a different murder of a college student in the U.S.

[pause]

Tonight: When a shower drain overflows with semen…

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

46. Rael Talk (Andor, S01E10)


Honourable Mention


Stray Observations

  • "They'll be coming and going. You see, they're locals. They're my local friends."
    "Oh. They come and go. I see." (The White Lotus, S02E02)
  • "Guess who I am?"
    "Uh…"
    "Watch, watch."
    "Peppa Pig." (The White Lotus, S02E02)
  • "Very sexy. Brava. Brava, Monica." (The White Lotus, S02E02)
  • "'Passengers' contains the word 'ass' 'cause that's how they see us. Well, not anymore. I see people with two eyes. You know what else has two I's? 'Citizens.'"
    "He means the spelling!"
    "All right, opaque wordplay! Never a bad time for it."
    "You know what else has two I's? Whiskey on the rocks." (Avenue 5, S02E05)
  • "Oh my God, will they be tortured?"
    "No. They'll just be held in the same room. So, yes." (Avenue 5, S02E05)
  • "People, the system isn't working. There's too many I's in the citizens' assembly."
    "Oh, he means the spelling, but also the number of people." (Avenue 5, S02E05)
  • "And I will be your Jesus. But without the abdominal strength." (Avenue 5, S02E05)
  • "I'm not cut out for this. I'm just a patent attorney."
    "Oh, come now. There's no such thing as 'just' a patent attorney." (Avenue 5, S02E05)
  • "Power doesn't panic." (Andor, S01E10)
  • "I'd rather die trying to take them down than die giving them what they want." (Andor, S01E10)
  • "One of the indulgences of great wealth is freedom from other people's opinions." (Andor, S01E10)
  • "It's a lot to think about."
    "I'm not thinking about it."
    "That's the first untrue thing you've said." (Andor, S01E10)
  • Chucky eating Andy (Chucky, S02E06)
  • "Maybe I teach you Egyptian Ratscrew." (American Horror Story, S11E08)
  • "Don't brown your whites, Henry." (American Horror Story, S11E08)
  • "It smell like the manager mean as hell." (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "This guy Demarcus studied under real sushi masters in Japan." (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "I've got a prescription for Eze. It's spelled E-Z-E, like easy, I mean, not like Eazy-E, but E-Z…E?" (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "Sorry, I'm just running late for my float sesh."
    "Uh… I-I'm sorry, I overheard what you were saying. Were you talking about a sensory deprivation session or shitting?" (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "We used to be a book club. Now, we call ourselves the flo-teps." (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "I had to stop going because I got too deep into it. The visions in the tank can be so intense. I started to lose track of what was real."
    "Yes. I… I-I sometimes get into it too much. When-when that happens, though, I found a little trick to help anchor myself."
    "What is that?"
    "A thick Judge Judy."
    "Wait, wait a minute. What in the hell are you saying?"
    "Thick Judge Judy. Yeah."
    "Like, thick thighs and tіts?"
    "Yes, and booty, really, you know, doesn't matter which body part you use, but, uh, the idea is, Judge Judy is always on TV, right? So if I see her and she's thick, I know I'm in the tank." (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • Random towels (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "Sup!" irasshaimase (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "I'm sorry, this my mama car."
    "Your mother drives a murdered out Nissan Altima?" (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "Step out of the vehicle, ma'am."
    "Act white, just…" (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "Step over to the curb for me, please. Walk a straight line. Arms out wide. Touch the tip of your nose with your forefinger. How many seasons of Homeboys in Outer Space were there?" (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "Could I interest you on a refill of, uh, hot white Hennessy?" (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • Kevin Iso (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • A black-owned sushi restaurant playing Asian-sounding rap music (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "Not one person ate the blowfish. Not one. Just a bunch of Yelp reviews that all said the same thing: 'This nigga serving poison fish.'" (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "This entire dinner, you have been staring across the street at a modern day Coon Chicken, served to you by an Aunt Jemima, who lies to you repeatedly, telling you it is her recipe and that she is benefiting from it. It is not her recipe. You know who owns that recipe? An Italian man and his family, none of which have married Black. I heard some of them even moved from New Orleans to New Jersey. New…Jersey." (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "Look outside. That's the future. That's our future. Salted and battered. Being sold back to us in our own image." (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • "Food tastes better when you think you're about to die." (Atlanta, S04E10)
  • </Atlanta, S04>
  • "I still have it somewhere, if you'd like me to quote verbatim. Off the top of my head, without immediate recourse to the text: 'If you ever fuck¡ng speak to me again, I will scratch your eyes out, you selfish, conniving b¡tch.'"
    "It was 'cunt,' I believe."
    "'Bitch,' I'm quite certain."
    "Well, it seems like I would've gone with the alliteration of 'conniving cunt.'" (The Peripheral, S01E05)
  • "I told them to 'suck my duck,' which obviously isn't what I meant, but autocorrect boned me." (Mythic Quest, S03E01)
  • "'Some time ago I was given a rather unfortunate prognosis, and I decided to script the conclusion of my own story. In a moment, I shall climb into a Ford Thunderbird and drive off into the Grand Canyon, knowing I ended my story like no other. A true original.'" (Mythic Quest, S03E01)

There is no vape in team

Rock isn't dead; it just ossified.

Modern rock in 2022 is mostly modern rock in 2012.

Who played the previous festivals?

Almost Acoustic Christmas 2018: Death Cab for Cutie, Chvrches, The Interrupters…
Almost Acoustic Christmas 2019: The Interrupters, Jimmy Eat World, Twenty One Pilots…
ALTer Ego 2020: Coldplay, The Black Keys…
ALTer Ego 2022: Coldplay, Twenty One Pilots, Imagine Dragons, Måneskin…

Half of the ALTer Ego 2023 line-up has headlined Coachella.

Antifa Caramel

Targeted streaming ads amuse me.

While watching Reservation Dogs in August, Hulu served me election ads for sports gambling propositions that featured and were paid for by California Indian tribes. Once season three of Reservation Dogs ended, however, I never saw said ads again. They were replaced by election ads for, like, dialysis and affordable housing.

While watching a particularly gay season of American Horror Story in October, Hulu served me ads for HIV medication and HIV testing. Moreover, immediately following a scene involving a dog, Hulu, out of nowhere, served me an ad for Chewy. It had previously not appeared in the AHS: NYC ad rotation.

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

45. Simp Lord (Andor, S01E09)


Honourable Mention

  • Death Tome (The Simpsons, S34E06)

Stray Observations

  • "She's one fast slut." (The White Lotus, S02E01)
  • "Yeah, I think we're their diverse friends. Their White-passing diverse friends." (The White Lotus, S02E01)
  • "That kid's Arturo Sandoval's son." (Let the Right One In, S01E04)
  • "Oh! Did you see his face? I'm using that next time I need to climax." (Avenue 5, S02E04)
  • "Why are you marking it red?"
    "Because it's only got two toddlers and a pregnant woman in it."
    "Right, so you mark it green."
    "Green? No, red. Red means I've eliminated the room."
    "No, Rav. Red, red means danger. There are beetles that understand that!"
    "What? So, you want me to change all of these?"
    "So that green doesn't mean 'may contain cannibal'? Yes, please. If you wouldn't mind." (Avenue 5, S02E04)
  • "The Flesh Prince is a stowaway, right?" (Avenue 5, S02E04)
  • "His skin color?"
    "Average."
    "So, he's brown?"
    "Huh?"
    "Well, if his skin was the average of the human race, it must be pretty fucking brown."
    "Uh, yeah. Yeah."
    "Oh, my g— Frank! We know he's White. You'd rather let a cannibal loose than admit to being casually racist?" (Avenue 5, S02E04)
  • "Relax, Iris, timing is my middle name. Actually, it's not. It's Twam." (Avenue 5, S02E04)
  • "He's a liberal and a cannibal!" (Avenue 5, S02E04)
  • "Put him in the brig! Welcome to your vegan years, my friend! Was that right?" (Avenue 5, S02E04)
  • "Herman Twam Judd, what have you done?" (Avenue 5, S02E04)
  • "Well, I'll tell you what I don't want from you, yodeling away in my ear, is you being the power behind the throne, pissing on the throne, and then complaining that the throne smells of piss!"
    "What a phallocentric metaphor."
    "Okay, Ryan, I am not pissing on your throne. And, Rav, I could totally piss on a throne." (Avenue 5, S02E04)
  • "Why is it red?"
    "Oh, uh, red for not recording, right?" (Avenue 5, S02E04)
  • "The very worst thing you can do right now is bore me." (Andor, S01E09)
  • Bix screaming, cut to drilling (Andor, S01E09)
  • "I find you a job, I press your uniform, I prepare two meals a day, I move mountains to scrape you off the floor and put you back on your feet, and what do I reap? What is the return on my investment?"
    "We were talking about you snooping on me."
    "The shadow of a son, a tenant, a stranger." (Andor, S01E09)
  • "Find yourself a husband?"
    "Wasn't on my list of things to do."
    "Well, you need a widower at this point. Who's left of any value at your age?" (Andor, S01E09)
  • "At least you've not gone political, Vel. All the interesting people are getting very tedious these days." (Andor, S01E09)
  • "Dragon Ball Z, Gundam figures, Attack on Titan. A lot of anime. Wait, I think the last one was manga?" (Abbott Elementary, S02E07)
  • "I saw the commercial about the school on Hulu when I was watching One-Punch Man." (Abbott Elementary, S02E07)
  • "Wait, so you are saying that we're just gonna have to see this commercial forever, and there's no way we can get it off the air?"
    "You could pay for Hulu without commercials." (Abbott Elementary, S02E07)
  • "If we stoop to their level, we're no better than they are. They go low, we go high."
    "Yeah. Eyes, nose, throat." (Abbott Elementary, S02E07)
  • "Ayo, talent manager, what you doing hanging out with that dirt?"
    "Oh, nothing. I just like coming out to the garden. I don't ever touch it or do anything to make it better." (Abbott Elementary, S02E07)
  • "We gotta put a stop to this. Parents are calling me names. A couple of them said that I look like somebody who I definitely do not."
    "Deuces, Squidward." (Abbott Elementary, S02E07)
  • "I cannot escape that commercial. It's like T-Pain in '08." (Abbott Elementary, S02E07)
  • "Barb, you taught that doorknob? You just a secret Sith, huh?" (Abbott Elementary, S02E07)
  • "I just put out my album, METH-od to My Madness, on Reeq Reqords. Yup. That thing went double mahogany. Yeah. It's on top of The Chartz, which is a Spotify playlist that I made." (Abbott Elementary, S02E07)
  • "We need to get those remains in our bag and bury them somewhere safe."
    "Safe? Wh-what is safe for a rotting twink, Patrick?" (American Horror Story, S11E06)
  • "My parties were the place to be. No fatties, no fems." (American Horror Story, S11E06)
  • "Hey, guys. It's your boy, These Backhoes Ain't Loyal. Thanks for coming out to my channel today. If you want to see more backhoe tractor content, make sure you hit that 'subscribe' button." (Atlanta, S04E09)
  • Bacon fake-out (Atlanta, S04E09)
  • ♫: Ray Charles – "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (Atlanta, S04E09)