'21 Gavage

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Previously on Adam Riff™:

Adam Riff™'s 2021 retrospective festivities conclude with a triptych of playlists.

First, Squidz Bop, my 18th year-end audio pastiche:


cover art by our mate Jon Wilcox

  1. Great Dead Men Y: The Last Man 0:18
  2. Breath Away 24kGoldn 2:51
  3. I'm Afraid (Dawn's Song of Fears) Sara Bareilles 3:22
  4. Done With Drugs The Dirty Nil 3:29
  5. Lazarus (feat. Boj) Dave 3:24
  6. NO SURPRISE Turnstile 0:45
  7. Bashir With the Good Beard Lady Parts 2:06
  8. Yoni Pop Benjamin Earl Turner 2:54
  9. Nothing Else Matters My Morning Jacket 3:26
  10. Point and Kill (feat. Obongjayar) Little Simz 3:06
  11. Song in E Julien Baker 2:44
  12. RAPSTAR Polo G 2:46
  13. Edgar's Prayer (feat. Amy Keys) Jamie Dornan 2:26
  14. Long Distance Conjoined Twins Home Is Where 3:27
  15. fafo Zack Fox 2:38
  16. Jail Kanye West 4:57
  17. TVA Natalie Holt 2:29
  18. James Jesus Angleton Ghost of Vroom 4:03
  19. TAKING TRIPS Vince Staples 2:37
  20. I'm an Island Boy (feat. Kodiyakredd) (The Kiffness Remix) Flyysoulja 2:14
  21. Positively Clark Street Telethon 4:11
  22. Waitin' on Ya Genesis Owusu 5:44
  23. Greasy Frybread Sten Joddi 2:48
  24. Days Like These Low 5:21
  25. Tiramisu Ché 2:27
  26. Thumbs Lucy Dacus 4:25
  27. BAD SELECTION The Armed 3:45
  28. THAT'S WHAT I WANT × GOOD 4 U (Lil Nas X × Olivia Rodrigo) AnDy Wu 3:14
  29. Kriminel Mach-Hommy 2:36
  30. That Funny Feeling Bo Burnham 5:01
  31. Love You More (feat. Nate Ruess, Gunna, and Jeff Bhasker) Young Thug 3:41

A taut (for me) 1:39:07.

Aaaand a Spotify stream with just two tracks missing:

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

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2. Cleveland Drops (Monday Night Football, 03 Jan 2022)

Stray Observations

  • The Joker + "You're kind of like Batman or something." (Dexter, S09E09)
  • ♫: Idles – "War" (Dexter, S09E09)
  • Misty saving Nat from relapsing (Yellowjackets, S01E08)
  • Poor litter-bearers (The Book of Boba Fett, S01E02)


(The Book of Boba Fett, S01E02)

  • "Your lives are a gesture of our civility." (The Book of Boba Fett, S01E02)
  • ♫: Karaoke Smash Mouth – "All Star" (Station Eleven, S01E08)
  • ♫: TLC – "Creep" (Station Eleven, S01E09)
  • "Excuse me, you all need to take it down a notch. It's the holidays. People are trying to die." (Search Party, S05E01)
  • Julio Torres (Search Party, S05E03)
  • "What happened, officer?"
    "Drowned."
    "But it's only four feet of water."
    "I've seen it before with pool boys. They see a dead bee and fixate on it. Next thing you know, they fall head first against the bottom. Let this be a lesson to you, huh? Let the bees float." (Search Party, S05E03)
  • ♫: Charles William – "Bulletproof Hearts" (Search Party, S05E05)
  • "We were all fascinated by her. I masturbated to her a few times." (Search Party, S05E06)
  • "And do you carry Hot Baby?"
    "Oh, the hot sauce just for babies?"
    "Are you jealous that my husband is the inventor of Hot Baby?
    "I am." (Search Party, S05E08)
  • Joe Pera (Search Party, S05E08)
  • "They're going to break the fucking glass!"
    "They can't. It's bulletproof."
    "Why would it be bulletproof?"
    "Because I'm mafia. Might as well say it." (Search Party, S05E09)
  • "Can't you kill him? Aren't you mafia or something?"
    "My role is more like the gossip." (Search Party, S05E09)
  • "Oh, before she choked on her last breath, she asked me to give you this." (Search Party, S05E09)
  • "Wait, where is Aspen?"
    "In his room. He's been up there all day playing with his abacus." (Search Party, S05E10)
  • "This woman has no brain."
    "Yes, I do!"
    "No, she's a completely brain-dead moron."
    "No, no! I'm just leggy!" (Search Party, S05E10)
  • "There's gonna be a lot of time traveling in the next few decades, and this is the safest hub for it 'cause the number one danger of time travel is ending up in the middle of a wall that got built in that spot. You don't wanna suddenly materialize in the middle of a wall." (Search Party, S05E10)
  • "Did you guys get fruit leather? Some fucking faggot has fruit leather in his bag." (Search Party, S05E10)
  • </Search Party>

Unchewed Shrimp

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I'll be lucky to make it to Minority Report.

Shit, humanity will be lucky to make it to Minority Report.

I give humanity until Alien, though, heh.

Mike Judge overshot Idiocracy by half a millennium.

Idea: A medical drama set in Brazil in which the patient of the week is always Jair Bolsonaro.

Truss

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THE HYPE HOUSE (NETFLIX)
Premieres Friday, January 7

Get an inside look at social media's most talked-about creator house as they navigate love, fame, and friendship while living and creating content together.

"When I grow up, I want to create content."

NEXT INFLUENCER (PARAMOUNT+)
Returns Thursday, January 13

Returns?

Season three?!

Hosted by past winner and TikTok star Owen Holt, the new season of Next Influencer follows a group of content creators who compete in a series of challenges to prove they have what it takes to become the next big influencer.

One contestant will win a prize package that includes a talent contract with ViacomCBS Gen Z studio Awesomeness.

ViacomCBS Gen Z studio head: Owen, why do you deserve to be Next Influencer?

#FOLLOWME will feature aspiring influencers as they compete in various business-themed challenges to build their follower bases.

ABC has landed Mars Wrigley as corporate integration partner, which means many of the show’s challenges will weave candy and gum products such as M&Ms, Skittles, Snickers, Starburst, Twix, Orbit, and Extra into the mix.

"The contestants will have to incorporate brand points as 'pitch points' across their social media – so the challenges will be critiqued on how well they align with the brands' messaging as they create mini video campaigns."

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

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1. Grown Ups (The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles, S02E06)

Honourable Mention

  • ♫: A Tribe Called Quest – "Excursions" (Station Eleven, S01E07)

Stray Observations

  • "You only have leverage if I am not willing to make you talk, which, in this case, means that you have no leverage at all." (Yellowjackets, S01E07)
  • "We already at $5,000."
    "What?!"
    "Five Gs, like the cell phone." (Insecure, S05E10)
  • "I don't want you to regret anything."
    "I don't." (Insecure, S05E10)
  • "This is birthday dick you deserve." (Insecure, S05E10)
  • "She's such a good mom. Dresses nice, one braid." (Insecure, S05E10)
  • ♫: Birthday songs (Insecure, S05E10)
  • "I feel like our friendships just got hard all of a sudden." (Insecure, S05E10)
  • "Now remember, birthday sex only happens once a year, so try that thing I told you about. If you black out, you did it right. If he black out, call for help." (Insecure, S05E10)
  • ♫: Kelis – "Bossy (feat. Too $hort)" (Insecure, S05E10)
  • </Insecure>
  • "You don't want to be another Sir John Gielgud, do you?" (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E10)
  • "Regal Beagle!" (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E10)
  • "I am not Stockholm tapping." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E10)
  • "There's never been a moment of my life that I did not have total penis awareness." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E10)
  • "It's a lot to do, just to have more than one wife."
    "Yeah. I gotta say, it's an appealing proposition, though. Because you have one, after two days, you go to number two. You get tired of two, you move on to three. By the time you're done with three, you're ready to go back to one. It's like a manager with a pitching staff." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E10)
  • "You've heard the Tabernacle, the choir?"
    "What's more beautiful than castrated boys singing?" (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E10)
  • "That's not a hug! That's like an old-time photographer pose." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E10)
  • Alexander Vindman (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E10)
  • "You know what a good book title would be? China and Russia on That Bullshit." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E10)
  • "Before you get to the gate, grab me one of those neck pillows…and two Slim Jims. They don't have 'em over there." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E10)
  • </Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11>
  • "He wants you to pay him."
    "What? I'm the crime lord. He's supposed to pay me." (The Book of Boba Fett, S01E01)


(How To with John Wilson, S02E06)


(How To with John Wilson, S02E06)


(How To with John Wilson, S02E06)

  • </How To with John Wilson, S02>


(MacGruber, S01E06)

  • "Oh, my fucking dick!" (MacGruber, S01E06)
  • "Oh, what's so funny, huh? You think about your favorite Dilbert quote? Huh, you little fuckin' dumbass Dilbert fan?" (MacGruber, S01E06)
  • "By the way, I am a Dilbert fan." (MacGruber, S01E06)
  • "But I was wrong. 'Cause you're not a piece of fuckin' shit. You're a piece of fucking friend." (MacGruber, S01E06)
  • "That's right, MacGruber. I did it all for the nookie." (MacGruber, S01E06)
  • ♪ "Let me make it up to you, baby." ♪ (MacGruber, S01E06)
  • "So yeah, he may be hung like a butterfly, but he stings like a gnat." (MacGruber, S01E06)
  • MacGruber wiping his butt cliffhanger (MacGruber, S01E06)
  • "Tomato, 'toe-muh-toe.'" (MacGruber, S01E07)
  • "Private Fukk" (MacGruber, S01E07)
  • "Hey. Sharold."
    "Yeah?"
    "Livestrong." (MacGruber, S01E07)
  • Laurence Fishburne talking about the Architect (MacGruber, S01E07)
  • "Nice job, Piss." (MacGruber, S01E07)
  • "So we now think your father is the Architect, and we're basing that on information we got from one of your farts?"
    "Looks like someone's finally playing chess." (MacGruber, S01E08)
  • "Are you sure about this?"
    "Vicki, people lie. Buttholes don't." (MacGruber, S01E08)
  • </MacGruber, S01>

Looking forward:

The Top 10 Fight Scenes of 2021

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Previously on Adam Riff™: The 2021 Draft


10. M.O.D.O.K. vs. Monica • Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.


9. Hutch vs. Thugs • Nobody

8. Max vs. Henchmen • Xtreme


7. Xu Wenwu vs. Ying Li • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

6. Am vs. Karre • Star Wars: Visions

5. Omni Man vs. Guardians of the Globe • Invincible

4. Ji-woo vs. Tae-ju • My Name

3. Jean de Carrouges vs. Jacques Le Gris • The Last Duel

2. Kenshin vs. Enishi • Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

1. Cheung Sung-bong vs. Yau Kong-ngo • Raging Fire

see also:

The 2021 Draft

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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 2021 without any overlap, creating a "best of 2021" list unlike any other.

The League
Circle, triangle, star, or umbrella? / Which Loki variant are you? / Which Britney Spears song are you?

In randomly-generated snake draft order:

Russell
Umbrella / 2012 Loki / "Me Against the Music"

Ben
Triangle / Kid Loki / "Toxic"

Aaron
Circle / Classic Loki / "Stronger"

Devon
Triangle / Sylvie née Lady Loki / "Circus"

Adam
Triangle / President Loki / "Gimme More"

Molly
Star / Sylvie née Lady Loki / "Work Bitch"

Jeff
Triangle / Cyclist Loki / "I'm a Slave 4 U"

Drew
Umbrella / Alligator Loki / "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"

Jon Y [me]
Circle / President Loki / "You Drive Me Crazy (Stop! Remix)"

Jon B
Circle / Kid Loki / "Oops!… I Did It Again"

Stan
Circle / Classic Loki / "Lucky"

Noelle
Umbrella / Kid Loki / "Overprotected"

Alright.

With the first pick in the 2021 Draft, Russell selected…


R1 • Russell
1. Squid Game
Television Series / S01 / Netflix

Ben: Am I allowed to take "MCU TV shows" as a whole?
Jon: Let me check.

Drew: Would you let someone draft "every MCU movie that came out this year"?

Jon: League says no.


R1 • Ben
2. Loki
Television Series / S01 / Disney+

Ben: There are shows I liked more, but there's no way this is making it back to me.


R1 • Aaron
3. Deathloop
Video Game / PC, PlayStation


R1 • Devon
4. Inside Job
Television Series / S01 / Netflix


R1 • Adam
5. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson's "Karl Havoc" sketch
Television Scene / S02E01 / Netflix


R1 • Molly
6. Hacks
Television Series / S01 / HBO Max

Jeff: Damn, Deathloop already off the board.


R1 • Jeff
7. The back half of Succession S03
Television Series / E06-E09 / HBO


R1 • Drew
8. Dune: Part One
Film / Dir: Denis Villeneuve


R1 • Jon Y
9. Bo Burnham: Inside
Television Special / Dir: Bo Burnham / Netflix

Jon Y: Y'all really let Inside slip to me.


R1 • Jon B
10. The Milk Carton Kids – "New York Lonely Boy" from Girls5eva
Song | Television Series / S01E03 / Peacock

R1 • Stan
11. C'mon C'mon
Film / Dir: Mike Mills

R1 • Noelle
12. Nine Perfect Strangers
Television Series / S01 / Hulu

R2 • Noelle
13. The Harder They Fall
Film / Dir: Jeymes Samuel / Netflix


R2 • Stan
14. Reservation Dogs
Television Series / S01 / FX on Hulu

Adam: Fuckin' Stan. I should have flipped my picks.


R2 • Jon B
15. The Nice House on the Lake
Comics Series / What if the gang got together and the worst happened?

R2 • Jon Y
16. The Underground Railroad: "Chapter 9: Indiana Winter"
Television Episode / S01E09 / Amazon Prime Video / Chaos reigns on Valentine Farm

R2 • Drew
17. Fala Chen and Tony Leung's fight in the forest in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Film Scene / Dir: Destin Daniel Cretton

R2 • Jeff
18. Lucy Dacus' album Home Video
Music

R2 • Molly
19. "Were you silent, or were you silencedt?"
Interview Question / Oprah with Meghan and Harry / CBS


R2 • Adam
20. Pig
Film / Dir: Michael Sarnoski


R2 • Devon
21. Boldy James and The Alchemist's album Bo Jackson
Music

R2 • Aaron
22. Mare of Easttown
Television Series / S01 / HBO

R2 • Ben
23. For All Mankind: "The Grey"
Television Episode / S02E10 / Apple TV+ / Tracy and Gordo sprint across the surface of the moon to avert a nuclear meltdown while wrapped only in duct tape

R2 • Russell
24. CM Punk and Bryan Danielson join AEW
Wrestling

R3 • Russell
25. It's a Sin
Television Series / S01 / HBO Max

R3 • Ben
26. r/HermanCainAward, and anti-vax, COVID-denying talk radio hosts dying over and over
Subreddit | Make Bereave


R3 • Aaron
27. WandaVision
Television Series / S01 / Disney+

R3 • Devon
28. The Suicide Squad
Film / Dir: James Gunn

R3 • Adam
29. Taylor Swift, intellectual property law, and due dilligence [sic] disasters
Twitter Thread


R3 • Molly
30. We Are Lady Parts
Television Series / S01 / Peacock


R3 • Jeff
31. The Beatles: Get Back
Television Special / Dir: Peter Jackson / Disney+

R3 • Drew
32. Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend's swollen testicles
Tweet | Meme


R3 • Jon Y
33. Psychonauts 2's level design
Video Game / PC, Xbox


R3 • Jon B
34. Titane
Film / Dir: Julia Ducournau

R3 • Stan
35. Mythic Quest: "Backstory!"
Television Episode / S02E06 / Apple TV+ / C.W. Longbottom's origin

R3 • Noelle
36. Ted Lasso: "Beard After Hours"
Television Episode / S02E09 / Apple TV+ / One crazy night

R4 • Noelle
37. All the beautiful Blackity Blackness of Love Life S02
Television Series / HBO Max


R4 • Stan
38. Christina Ricci's manic energy in Yellowjackets
Television Performance / S01 / Showtime

Stan: I know this is early, but there is no way this is getting back to me.

R4 • Jon B
39. The story of Vader Johan from Big Mouth: "A Very Big Mouth Christmas"
Television Scene / S05E08 / Netflix

R4 • Jon Y
40. Flatbush Misdemeanors
Television Series / S01 / Showtime

R4 • Drew
41. Celebrity-endorsed fast food
Marketing Trend / The Shawn Mendes Bowl at Chipotle / The BTS Meal and Mariah Menu at McDonald's / Megan Thee Stallion Hottie Sauce at Popeyes

R4 • Jeff
42. Verstappen vs. Hamilton, and the 2021 F1 season
Sports / Auto Racing

R4 • Molly
43. The intense feeling of dread created by The White Lotus
Television Series / S01 / HBO


R4 • Adam
44. The return of over-the-top album rollouts
Music Promotion / St. Vincent / Kanye West Ye / Lil Nas X / Adele

R4 • Devon
45. Westside Gunn's album Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B
Music

R4 • Aaron
46. Halo Infinite
Video Game / Xbox

R4 • Ben
47. TOMPA BAY
Sports / NFL Football / Super Bowl LV / Tampa Bay Buccaneers / Tom Brady


R4 • Russell
48. Jamie Dornan's Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar and Belfast musical double-double
Film Scenes / Dir: Josh Greenbaum | Dir: Kenneth Branagh

R5 • Russell
49. It Never Ends: A Memoir with Nice Memories by Tom Scharpling
Book / A memoir of a life writing comedy amidst a lifelong struggle with mental illness

R5 • Ben
50. The History of the Atlanta Falcons
YouTube Series

R5 • Aaron
51. The Other Two S02
Television Series / HBO Max


R5 • Devon
52. Invincible
Television Series / S01 / Amazon Prime Video

R5 • Adam
53. The Ever Given getting stuck in the Suez Canal
I'm too old for this ship

R5 • Molly
54. Ben Affleck's 2021 redemption arc, peaking with the triumphant return of Bennifer
Back Baby Back


R5 • Jeff
55. Olivia Rodrigo
Musical Artist


R5 • Drew
56. Ziwe
Television Series / S01 / Showtime


R5 • Jon Y
57. The voice cast for Illumination's Mario movie
He's so cool

R5 • Jon B
58. The Lady and the Dale
Television Series / S01 / HBO / Profile of car entrepreneur, lifelong scammer, and trans pioneer Elizabeth Carmichael

R5 • Stan
59. The Power of the Dog
Film / Dir: Jane Campion / Netflix


R5 • Noelle
60. "Damn!" – Kevin Hart's reaction to Don Cheadle's age
Television Moment / Hart to Heart / S01E02 / Peacock

R6 • Noelle
61. Joshua Bassett coming out of the closet a week before Olivia Rodrigo released Sour

Jon Y: Duplicate pick. Select again.

R6 • Noelle
61. "Double homicide…"
Television Moment / Joseline's Cabaret: Atlanta / S01E01 / Zeus

Jon Y: Do you want the meme or the curse? Because the meme is from 2020.
Stan: Shit, I wanted the meme. I saw it on the big board and didn't check.

R6 • Stan
62. Nick Castellanos home run

R6 • Stan
62. Jeopardy! fails to make one (1) hire
Drop the Mike

R6 • Jon B
63. Tricking Rick Mitchell into Kissing the Dog Across the Country!
Film Scene / The Mitchells vs. the Machines / Dir: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe / Netflix

R6 • Jon Y
64. The Twitter thread about dating inspired by Dell and Sonya Curry's divorce
They pegging out here…


R6 • Drew
65. Selling Sunset's Christine Quinn, the supervillain the streaming era deserves
Television Character / S04 / Netflix

R6 • Jeff
66. No Sudden Move
Film / Dir: Steven Soderbergh / HBO Max / A document theft in 1954 Detroit grows increasingly tricky

R6 • Molly
67. Anything for Selena
Podcast Series / A quest to understand how Selena Quintanilla has become a potent symbol for tensions around race, class, and body politics in the United States


R6 • Adam
68. The hyper-capitalization of everything and questionable ethics of digital ownership via NFTs
Planet of the Bored Apes

Devon: My next pick is this ENTIRE THREAD lol.
Jon Y: Sorry…
Devon: NO WAY YOU TOOK THAT THREAD.

R6 • Devon
69. Guilty Gear Strive
Video Game / PC, PlayStation


R6 • Aaron
70. Metroid Dread (finally!)
Video Game / Switch

R6 • Ben
71. AJR – "Way Less Sad"
Song / OK Orchestra LP

R6 • Russell
72. The Jenkins and Jones Podcast: "The Wild Boy Power Rankings of Bishop Sycamore High School"
Podcast / E189

Russell: I was going to take the Dell Curry single life thread, but I was too late.

R7 • Russell
73. The Milk Crate Challenge, and the pursuit of viral infamy
Meme

R7 • Ben
74. Burna Boy – "Kilometre"
Song

Ben: I would pick "Saweetie's 2021," but Drew swiped her at 41.

R7 • Aaron
75. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy being good
Video Game / PC, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox


R7 • Devon
76. Batman going down on Catwoman
Debate | Television Moment That Wasn't / Harley Quinn / S03 / HBO Max

R7 • Adam
77. Ten Year Old Tom
Television Series / S01 / HBO Max / Ill-fated misadventures of a remarkably average kid

Adam: Jon Bell was saving this for last. Ha. Fuck you, Jon Bell.

R7 • Molly
78. Rose Matafeo being insanely delightful in Starstruck
Television Performance / S01 / HBO Max

Molly: I was worried I was saving her for too late.

R7 • Jeff
79. The launch of Nextlander following Brad, Alex, and Vinny's departure from Giant Bomb
Video Game Media Empire

R7 • Drew
80. Jazmine Sullivan's album Heaux Tales
Music


R7 • Jon Y
81. Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
Film / Dir: Junta Yamaguchi

R7 • Jon B
82. Ultramega
Comics Series / A cosmic plague has spread, transforming everyday people into violent, monstrous kaiju

Adam: God damn it. Jon Bell picked my next pick. He picked BOTH comics I wanted.

R7 • Stan
83.

R7 • Noelle
84. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
Television Series / S01, S02 / Bravo

Drew: Damn, a steal of a pick. Right up there with Jen Shah's assistant sneaking that purse out of Meredith's boutique. Grand larceny!

R8 • Noelle
85. WizKid – "Essence (feat. Tems)"
Song / Made in Lagos LP


R8 • Stan
86. Licorice Pizza
Film / Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson

Jon Y: Fuck! I gambled on drafting this at 88 and lost.
Stan: I was only able to see it because I'm on a last minute work trip to New York.
Jon Y: [shakes fist at Stan's employer]

R8 • Jon B
87. Stern's Godzilla pinball machine
Mechagodzilla

R8 • Jon Y
88. "Death in the Family": Hitman III's murder mystery mission
Video Game / PC, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox

R8 • Drew
89. Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop in Hawkeye, capping off a banner year for famous part-Filipinos
Television Performance / S01 / Disney+ | H.E.R. wins an Oscar / The Saweetie Meal at McDonald's / Silk Sonic

R8 • Jeff
90. Home Is Where's album I Became Birds
Music

R8 • Molly
91. A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib
Book / A reflection on how Black performance is inextricably woven into the fabric of American culture

R8 • Adam
92. The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton
Comics Series / The world's most unlikable action star has been found dead, and his previous television sidekicks are looking to solve the mystery

Adam: Jon Bell was going to pick this. I'm glad I got it because that's too many comics for one man.

R8 • Devon
93. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
Video Game / PC, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox

R8 • Aaron
94. And Just Like That…, and Peleton's ad in response
Television Series / S01, S01E01 / HBO Max | Viral Marketing


R8 • Ben
95. The Savannah Bananas making baseball fun again
Sports / CPL Baseball


R8 • Russell
96. Will Smith's mid-life crisis
Wild Wild West Philadelphian | Television Series / Welcome to Earth / S01 / Disney+

R9 • Russell
97. Meet the Richardsons S02
Television Series / Dave

R9 • Ben
98. Doom Patrol S03
Television Series / HBO Max

R9 • Aaron
99. Search Party S04, and its gonzo finale
Television Series | Television Episode / S04E10 / HBO Max / Dory witnesses her own funeral

R9 • Devon
100. Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
Television Series / S01 / Hulu

R9 • Adam
101. Trey Parker and Matt Stone's $935 million South Park deal with ViacomCBS
Muchas Casas Bonitas

R9 • Molly
102. The Sex Lives of College Girls
Television Series / S01 / HBO Max / Four freshman roommates discover (or reinvent) themselves

R9 • Jeff
103. The NBA playoffs, and a new generation of superstars making the leap
Sports / Basketball / Giannis Antetokounmpo / Devin Booker / Trae Young

Drew: Castellanos was more like 2020, right?
Jon: Yup.

R9 • Drew
104. The surreal, ever-evolving debacle that is Ben Simmons' standing with the Philadelphia 76ers
Sports / NBA Basketball

R9 • Jon Y
105. John Cena apologizing for calling Taiwan a country
Film PR / F9: The Fast Saga / Dir: Justin Lin

Adam: Ah, you gotta be kidding. "Celebrities apologizing to Israel and China" was gonna be my next pick.


R9 • Jon B
106. What's the Furthest Place From Here?
Comics Series / A post-apocalyptic coming-of-age story about the things that matter most – your survival, your loved ones, and your record collection

R9 • Stan
107. Angel Olsen's 1980s cover EP Aisles
Music


R9 • Noelle
108. Regé-Jean Page's meteoric rise to stardom off of Elizabethan mommy porn
Television Series / Bridgerton / S01 / Netflix

Final Round Wild Card Pick
Along with your final pick, please select something from 2021 that you have yet to experience as of 15 December 2021 but are keen on.


R10 • Noelle
109. Zola
Film / Dir: Janicza Bravo

+ Don't Look Up
Film / Dir: Adam McKay / Netflix

R10 • Stan
110. Courtney Barnett's album Things Take Time, Take Time
Music

+ The Worst Person in the World
Film / Dir: Joachim Trier

R10 • Jon B
111. Friend of the Devil: A Reckless Book
Graphic Novel / When a missing woman shows up in the background of an old B-movie, troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless is drawn into Hollywood's secret occult underbelly

+ Red Rocket
Film / Dir: Sean Baker


R10 • Jon Y
112. It Takes Two
Video Game / PC, PlayStation, Xbox

+ Spider-Man: No Way Home
Film / Dir: Jon Watts

Jon Y: Y'all really let No Way Home slip to me.

R10 • Drew
113. AITA for "perpetuating ethnic stereotypes" about Jorts?
Reddit Post

+ The Witcher S02
Television Series / Netflix


R10 • Jeff
114. Wet Leg, and the "2005 blog buzz" atmosphere around their breakout
Music Band

+ The Matrix Resurrections
Film / Dir: Lana Wachowski

R10 • Molly
115. "Father, son, and House of Gucci."
Film Quote / House of Gucci / Dir: Ridley Scott

+ The Tragedy of Macbeth
Film / Dir: Joel Coen / Apple TV+

R10 • Adam
116. Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007) by Dan Ozzi
Book / The stories of 11 bands and their major label debut albums

+ The Book of Boba Fett
Television Series / S01 / Disney+


R10 • Devon
117. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Film / Dir: Andy Serkis

+ Boldy James and The Alchemist's album Super Tecmo Bo
Music

R10 • Aaron
118. Resident Evil Village, and its tall vampire lady who made the internet horny
Video Game / PC, PlayStation, Xbox

+ Cobra Kai S04
Television Series / Netflix

R10 • Ben
119. Zoom Cat Lawyer
Viral Video

+ Midnight Mass
Television Series / S01 / Netflix

R10 • Russell
120. Cinnamon Toast Shrimp Tails
You tellin' me…

+ Chillin Island
Television Series / S01 / HBO

Jon Y: Jensen Karp: Mr. Irrelevant. Milkshake Ducked into oblivion.

20 HBO/HBO Max series/films!

Jeff: Picking Matrix for my wild card over Station Eleven might be my biggest miss in the history of the draft.

Undrafted!
Arcane
Crying in H Mart
Doja Cat
Drive My Car
Eve Fartlow
Framing Britney Spears
Logan Paul vs. Floyd Mayweather
Lupin
The Many Saints of Newark
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Omori
Only Murders in the Building
Pokémon Unite
Polo G
r/WallStreetBets and GameStop
SNL Hosts Introducing the Musical Guest
Star Wars: Visions
Steve Burns' Blue's Clues video
The Super League
Turnstile
Yassification
Zack Snyder's Justice League

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Previously on Adam Riff™:
1. Cobra Kai
2. The Simpsons
3. WandaVision
4. Mr. Mayor
5. Search Party
6. WandaVision
7. The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears
8. It's a Sin
9. Ginny and Georgia
10. WWE SmackDown
11. AEW Revolution
12. Zack Snyder's Justice League
13. Invincible
14. Made for Love
15. Jeopardy!
16. Exterminate All the Brutes
17. Chad
18. Invincible
19. Girls5eva
20. That Damn Michael Che
21. Let's Be Real
22. Ziwe
23. Bo Burnham: Inside
24. We Are Lady Parts
25. Ziwe
26. Dave
27. Flatbush Misdemeanors
28. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
29. Dave
30. Starstruck
31. American Horror Stories
32. Rick and Morty
33. Reservation Dogs
34. Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens
35. Reservation Dogs
36. Nine Perfect Strangers
37. Heels
38. The Premise
39. Star Wars: Visions
40. Only Murders in the Building
41. The Premise
42. Dear White People
43. Only Murders in the Building
44. Chucky
45. The Love Trap
46. South Side
47. Saturday Night Live
48. Hawkeye
49. How To with John Wilson
50. PEN15
51. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

52. Good Pho U (The Next Thing You Eat, S01E04)

Honourable Mention

  • Molly and Taurean eating appetizers (Insecure, S05E09)
  • Frank eats a turd (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, S15E07)
  • Charlie erupts in tearful agony (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, S15E08)

Stray Observations

  • "So where's the food? Nigga really in the mood for a quiche. You a ham, no ham? You Kosher?" (Insecure, S05E09)
  • "Hey, I read somewhere that Denver has 0.001 Black people per capita, so, for every person, there's only 0.001 Black people. You about to be a fraction, nigga." (Insecure, S05E09)
  • "Oh, no, sir. L.A. got some bomb barbecue spots."
    "Yeah, I mean, you got Woody's, Bludso's, Moo's Craft, Ray's." (Insecure, S05E09)
  • "Nah, once people have Texas barbecue, they know what's good."
    "Barbecue must not be good enough to keep 'em there." (Insecure, S05E09)
  • ♫: 6ixbuzz – "Up and Down [feat. Pressa and Houdini]" (Insecure, S05E09)
  • "Get to movin', tartare." (Insecure, S05E09)
  • "What you're doing right now, is you puttin' bad miles on your johnson. You never heard of a car have highway miles and fuckin' city miles?"
    "I never heard of miles on a johnson."
    "Right now, we got dick depreciation." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E09)
  • "Also, when I get excited, I jump up suddenly, like at a sports game or something, a little, little, little, little pee-pee escapes. I wanna wear white pants with you." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E09)
  • "Where's all this stuff come from?"
    "Most of this comes from, uh, women who died at Park La Brea Apartments." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E09)
  • "I've never had goulash."
    "Me either."
    "Nice knowing you, pre-goulash." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E09)
  • Morning Becomes Eclectic (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E09)
  • "Maybe we're not goulash guys." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E09)
  • "So my vagina has to get involved in this whole fucking thing?" (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E09)
  • "Look at this beautiful senior that I'm with." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E09)
  • "Have a vagina viewing another time." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E09)
  • "I'm not gonna get the, uh, vaginal surgery."
    "Why?"
    "Well, Susie gave me a little sneak peek and…I do not want any part of that. It was like a melted cave." (Curb Your Enthusiasm, S11E09)
  • "Kate, you're my partner." (Hawkeye, S01E06)
  • "It worked, bro, we went to Maroon 5 instead." (Hawkeye, S01E06)
  • Hawkeye Season Grade: C
  • "I knew you couldn't host a dinner without a motive." (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, S15E07)
  • "He had me up against the wall. What was I supposed to do?"
    "Not eat a poopy!" (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, S15E07)
  • "I'm so sorry about Frank. I can't believe he tried to feed you shit." (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, S15E07)
  • "Now I hate to say this, you know, but it is an emergency. So I'm just gonna blurt it right out. Bros before hos." (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, S15E08)
  • "I was trying to decompress my Vitruvian spine. I'm sorry!" (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, S15E08)
  • "Don't you dare get another shamrock tattoo, you son of a bitch!" (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, S15E08)
  • "To be fair, COVID killed your dad. I just gave it to him." (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, S15E08)
  • "Goddamn it! This is exactly what I was worried about. It's the end of the Vitruvian era! It's over!" (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, S15E08)
  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season Grade: C
  • License plates (How To with John Wilson, S02E05)
  • "Hello, Lon, Baker, Bex, other assorted pieces of fucking shit." (MacGruber, S01E05)
  • "Oh, I see. So when the going gets tough, the tough run back to their floppy-dicked husbands." (MacGruber, S01E05)
  • ♫: Crash Test Dummies – "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" (MacGruber, S01E05)
  • "You have any idea what it's like to see your mother's brains splatter all over your face and cake?" (MacGruber, S01E05)
  • "Why won't you just cum on me?" (MacGruber, S01E05)
  • "Tongues intertwined, twisted, coiled liked two serpents. Like the two snakes on that medical doctor symbol." (MacGruber, S01E05)
  • "I don't close my eyes and trace Barrett's testicles with my tongue, remembering every wrinkle and pimple on yours. And I don't round the horn with my mouth and nose, hoping to helplessly fall down your rabbit hole like…Alice in the looking glass, forgetting myself, forgetting everything, becoming at once tiny and giant, losing myself in your musky, damp, verdant…life-giving earth." (MacGruber, S01E05)

The Final AR™TV World Drama Champion: Succession
The Final AR™TV World Comedy Champion: How To with John Wilson

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Top titles of 2021:
1. Kitchen Nightmares's YouTube channel

Top 2 television title sequences of 2021:


2. Snabba Cash


1. Yellowjackets

Top 3 Ringer podcasts about Succession of 2021:
3. The Prestige TV Podcast Friday precaps
2 The Prestige TV Podcast Wednesday deep dives
1. The Watch Monday instant reactions

Top 4 guests on Kara Swisher's official Succession podcast of 2021:
4. Organizational psychologist Adam Grant
3. Mark Cuban
2. Party designer for the wealthy Ken Fulk
1. Anthony Scaramucci

Top 5 problematic Jeopardy! hosts of 2021:
5. Ken Jennings
4. Mayim Bialik
3. Dr. Oz
2. Aaron Rodgers
1. Mike Richards

Top 6 MAGA Masked Singer contestants of 2021:
6. Honey Boo Boo
5. Larry the Cable Guy
4. Willie Robertson
3. Johnny Rotten
2. Rob Schneider
1. Caitlyn Jenner

Top 7 Black supporting characters in a new series of 2021:
7. Kareem (Flatbush Misdemeanors)
6. Marcus (Hacks)
5. Lamar (BMF)
4. Homer (The Underground Railroad)
3. Agent 355 (Y: The Last Man)
2. Earl (Blindspotting)
1. Yogi (Love Life)

Top 100 cringiest scenes from a Netflix original of 2021:

This should be an annual supercut. I'd make it myself if I consumed more Netflix content.

"Pound back jerk chicken" (Ginny and Georgia)
Addison Rae singing (He's All That)
Ed (Cowboy Bebop)…