Good stories are bad lives

The NFL announced today that Kings of Leon will open festivities at the Draft Theater in Cleveland on Thursday, April 29 as part of the NFL Draft Concert Series presented by Bose.

Heart lead singer Ann Wilson will sing the National Anthem.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District's All-City Choir will perform a special rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

Cleveland local cover group The Sunrise Jones will serve as the House Band and will provide entertainment in between Draft selections. [source]

Ric Flair will officiate a slap fight…


Banijay Rights' Fabulous Dads, a Danish show in which sons bond with their fathers by teaching them how to become Drag Queens.

BBC Studios' Filth involves super-cleaners going head-to-head to tidy up majorly messy homes.

Nippon and ITV Studios' game show Stacking It!, which sees families compete to build the biggest towers of consumer goods, with the winning team taking home their stack.

Who wants to take home a bunch of giant martinis?

I assume the challenge was to stack on top of a slanted glass, because…

Stacking It! is the latest format the two organisations are collaborating on, following the announcement last year that ITV Studios had acquired the international production rights for Nippon TV's game show format Red Carpet Survival. [source]

Game Show Idea: Eight Red Coins.

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

16. Photo Op (Exterminate All the Brutes, S01E03)


Stray Observations

  • "God invented Uzis so niggas ain't got to be smart." (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • "Ain't so fun when the rabbit got the gun, huh?" (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • N.W.A. Jerome (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • "Nigga, my money long as Rosecrans." (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • Franklin staring at Tanosse (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • Khadijah smashing an ashtray on Skully's head (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • "Well, I ain't about to fuck up my pedicure for no bill collector." (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • "Franklin didn't get into this hustle because he saw what you had. He did it because he saw what I didn't." (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • "You gave everything to your country. I know how it is. You bought into the dream. It's time to cash in on the reality." (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • "Lee. You ain't say nothing about no gun to my head." (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • "So why not work with us?"
    "We don't work for niggas." (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • "Hold up. How you gonna offer these bitches a job before me?" (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • "Damn, babe, why you ain't get the name-brand Q-tips?" (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • "Saw on the news what happened with Irene."
    "Yeah, no, don't drink and drive." (Snowfall, S04E09)
  • "Me having a pet."
    "Well, no. Dogs don't wear pants. If you don't wear pants, you can't be on the furniture." (Made for Love, S01E08)
  • ♫: Petit Biscuit – "Forever Being" (Made for Love, S01E08)
  • Made for Love Season Grade: D


(Top Chef, S18E03)

  • "I'll say what everyone's thinking – this dish is too white." (Top Chef, S18E03)
  • "United States Pentagon: Parking in Rear" (Invincible, S01E06)
  • "You built me." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E05)
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E05)
  • "I need to understand."
    "You understand. Every Black man does." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E05)
  • "They will never let a Black man be Captain America. And even if they did, no self-respecting Black man would ever wanna be." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E05)
  • "Why didn't you use the metal arm?"
    "Well… I don't always think of it immediately. I'm right-handed." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E05)
  • "You weren't amending, you were avenging." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E05)
  • "I can't fight. I'm a cleric. Clerics don't beat ass."
    "Well, they heal ass. That could be useful in battle."
    "An ass healer?"
    "A mythic proctologist."
    "Let's go heal some ass." (Mythic Quest: Everlight)
  • ♫: "Stay in place / for me / while I pee" to "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks (Mythic Quest: Everlight)
  • "Die, lesbian!"
    "Jesus, Jo."
    "Yeah, we're dipping into some hate crime territory over there."
    "'Die, bitch'?"
    "That's misogynist."
    "Just 'die'?"
    "Works for me."
    "That's fine." (Mythic Quest: Everlight)
  • "The winner is… Brad from monetization." (Mythic Quest: Everlight)
  • "The point is, you can't defeat darkness with a dick."
    "I could." (Mythic Quest: Everlight)
  • "The art of killing at a distance became a European specialty." (Exterminate All the Brutes, S01E03)
  • "The stubborn privilege of superiority and comedy." (Exterminate All the Brutes, S01E04)
  • "American scholars have largely abandoned the role of public intellectuals to pundits and entertainers. No proof, no arguments are necessary. It is opinions against opinions. Shamelessly passing off impudence as reason." (Exterminate All the Brutes, S01E04)
  • Exterminate All the Brutes Season Grade: C

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Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

15. History Potpourri (Jeopardy!, 05 Apr 21)


Honourable Mention


  • "This literally tastes like shit. And I know. Ah, the park." (Birdgirl, S01E01)
  • "That vag attacked my client." (Birdgirl, S01E01)
  • "You say 'faux' instead of 'fuh.'" (Birdgirl, S01E01)
  • ♫: "This Love" parody (Chad, S01E01)
  • "Hey, Marjorie. I…got your feminine napkin." (Chad, S01E01)
  • "Are you wearing leather shorts?" (Chad, S01E01)
  • ♫: Punky Brewster theme (Chad, S01E01)
  • "What happened, Chad?"
    "I was tricked into being a booty call and I'm freaking out now and I want— I want my mommy."
    "It's okay, Chad. Your mommy is kissing right now, but I am here for you." (Chad, S01E01)
  • "What happened?"
    "Chad's booty was called tonight." (Chad, S01E01)
  • "Please turn on my Fortnite light." (Chad, S01E01)
  • Josh Hartnett (Exterminate All the Brutes, S01E01)
  • ♫: Bunny Wailer – "Dream Land" (Exterminate All the Brutes, S01E01)
  • ♫: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – "This Land Is Your Land" (Exterminate All the Brutes, S01E02)
  • "The Times sent this over. It's, uh, champagne."
    "It's Korbel." (Snowfall, S04E08)
  • "DEAD SHOW Tonight in SF" (Snowfall, S04E08)
  • "I realized you either join the system and become what you hate, or fight it and let it destroy you."
    "So, what's it gonna be?"
    "Well, that's just it. Now I don't have to choose. I've found the best of both worlds. Their system, my way." (Snowfall, S04E08)
  • "I'm putting all you bitches on notice right now." (Snowfall, S04E08)
  • "I'm done getting caught between the two of you. No longer a mother and wife first. Start taking care of myself." (Snowfall, S04E08)
  • Jerome's rings (Snowfall, S04E07)
  • "Tomorrow you'll wake up. Next time you won't." (Snowfall, S04E07)
  • Reginald VelJohnson voicing Principal Winslow of Reginald VelJohnson High School (Invincible, S01E05)
  • "The very concept of a Super Soldier will always trouble people. It's that warped aspiration that led to Nazis, to Ultron, to the Avengers."
    "You're talking about our friends."
    "The Avengers, not the Nazis." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E04)
  • "The desire to become a superhuman cannot be separated from supremacist ideals." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E04)
  • "Your TT would be proud of you." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E04)
  • "When I was young, we used to come here for fabulous dinners and parties." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E04)
  • "Don't engage him. He's just gonna extort you and do that stupid head tilt thing." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E04)
  • Ayo literally disarming Bucky (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E04)
  • "I can't believe he pulled an El Chapo." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E04)
  • "Power just makes a person more of themselves, right?" (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E04)
  • "My world doesn't matter to America, so why should I care about its mascot?" (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E04)
  • ♫: Försent – "Cuz × Greekazo" (Snabba Cash, S01E01)
  • Snabba Cash Season Grade: C

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Crawford Bock

How long until Netflix produces its own The Challenge?

Or Battle of the Netflix Stars – Noah Centineo, Jonathan Van Ness, Ali Wong…


Meanwhile, on David Cross' Wikipedia page:

4.1 Criticisms and feuds

4.1.1 Larry the Cable Guy
4.1.2 James Lipton
4.1.3 Alvin and the Chipmunks
4.1.4 Scott Stapp

Cross is friends with the Beastie Boys. He is sampled on the beginning of the group's single "Ch-Check It Out." Mike D did not believe that this was Cross' voice in the sample, and Cross says he had to perform the voice in front of Diamond to prove it was actually him.


Flimber Jurbles

A Seattle-style hot dog, sometimes referred to as a Seattle Dog, is a hot dog topped with cream cheese and sautéed onions.

Cream cheese?


Michigan hot dog – a steamed hot dog on a steamed bun topped with a meaty sauce, generally referred to as "Michigan sauce." [source]

Michigan hot dogs of upstate New York, not to be confused with Coney Island hot dogs of the state of Michigan.

Michigan sauce bears little resemblance to Detroit Coney sauce, with no offal and barely any Greek flavor, although the texture is similar to Flint sauce. [source]

Michigan sauce, Detroit sauce, Flint sauce…

Coney Island hot dog » Regional and local varieties » Michigan »

The Coney Island developed in Michigan is topped with a beef heart-based sauce, one or two stripes of yellow mustard, and diced or chopped onions.

Detroit style
Detroit style sauce is a bean-less chili sauce.

Flint style
A dry hot dog topping made with a base of ground beef heart, which is ground to a consistency of fine-ground beef. Restaurants then add chopped onions sautéed in beef tallow.

Jackson style
Jackson style uses a thick hearty sauce of either ground beef or ground beef heart. The Jackson style was late to the usage of beef heart.

Kalamazoo style
Topping served on a skinless frankfurter.

Idea: America Dog – A bacon-wrapped dirty water half-smoke topped with beef heart chili, cole slaw, cream cheese, and radioactive green relish.

Idea: Chicago Roll – Like a Rainbow Roll, but California Roll topped with Chicago-style hot dog toppings.

Idea: Seattle-style pizza – Cream cheese instead of mozzarella.

"Seattle-style" should mean "features cream cheese," like how all California-style food features avocado. Philadelphia Roll? No, Seattle Roll!


I thought these were tacos at first.

what in the matrix hell?


How To with John Wilson × The Mandalorian, because the internet.


Ty and I have been watching YouTube videos in which people debunk popular food hack/kitchen trick videos, and I'm fascinated by the hustle of it all. Collectively, said source videos and reaction videos are a net zero contribution to the world.

I wonder why creators of deceptive food hack/kitchen trick videos don't also make videos debunking them. Cut out the parasites, profit twice.

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

14. Orgasm Review (Made for Love, S01E01)


Honourable Mention


Stray Observations

  • "Take this shit and get the fuck out of here."
    "Uh-uh— Nuh-uh. We did a lot of work to set this motherfucker up and drug him."
    "Yeah, I broke my nails putting him in the trunk, so…"
    "Come on. How about four grand? Okay. Three grand? Uh, we got babysitters for this. $500?" (Snowfall, S04E07)
  • Pouring malt liquor on grilling burger patties (Snowfall, S04E07)
  • "You looking…not as bad." (Snowfall, S04E07)
  • "Thwarted, nigga." (Snowfall, S04E07)
  • "The thing is, everybody talks when they're drowning." (Snowfall, S04E07)
  • ♫: Frank Ocean – "Bad Religion" (Genera+ion, S01E08)
  • "All of my knowledge of love is drawn from things you'd definitely judge me for."
    "Like what?"
    "Do you know Anju and Kafei from Legend of Zelda?" (Genera+ion, S01E08)
  • ♫: Lullaby "Savage" (Genera+ion, S01E08)
  • "I mean, I'm assuming whichever one we choose, whoever's gonna adopt them is someone local, and sentencing this kid to a life in Anaheim just seems straight-up criminal." (Genera+ion, S01E08)
  • "'Jesus is the reason for the season'? Are we sure we want to leave the baby here? I'm getting homeschooling vibes." (Genera+ion, S01E08)
  • "'Sunny beaches and secluded coves, Laguna is Southern California's most alluring beach town.'"
    "I don't know. Like, what kid's, like, 'Life ain't perfect, but at least I got secluded coves'?" (Genera+ion, S01E08)
  • Genera+ion Season Grade: C
  • Ray Romano fucking a sex doll (Made for Love, S01E01)
  • "Give me the bitch, bitch!" (Made for Love, S01E02)
  • "I'm crying."
    "You're not, actually, though." (Made for Love, S01E03)
  • ♫: Tim Heidecker – "Say Yes" (Made for Love, S01E03)


(Top Chef: Portland, S18E01)

  • Halo-halo (Invincible, S01E04)
  • ♫: Bazzi – "Paradise" (Invincible, S01E04)
  • "Do you know who I am?" (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E03)
  • "If I may…"
    "No!" (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E03)
  • "It is a masterpiece, James. Complete. Comprehensive. It captures the African-American experience."
    "He's out of line, but he's right." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E03)
  • "What's up with Madripoor? You talk about it like it's Skull Island." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E03)
  • "We have to fix this. I'm the only one who looks like a pimp."
    "Only an American would assume a fashion-forward Black man looks like a pimp." (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E03)
  • The writer of John Wick wrote John Wick (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E03)


(The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E03)

  • "I came out first. You're supposed to follow me. […] It's in every action movie!" (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, S01E03)
  • "I'm such a Forgetful Frankie Muniz. That's not a joke, he had a serious head injury." (Solar Opposites, S02E03)
  • "She tried to save the Na'vi while making smoking look cool again. What the fuck did you ever do?"
    "You will never be strong enough, cool enough, or confident enough to get a woman like Sigi Weave." (Solar Opposites, S02E03)
  • "Terry, for the last time, salsa is not a real apology. And you know the only food I like eating at those Mexican restaurants are those sliced radishes!" (Solar Opposites, S02E03)
  • "Wait, didn't Shlorp blow up like a new Lizzo single? Topical."
    "Yes, but this uses a temporal address that can send the letter back in time to before Shlorp went boom‐boom‐pow. I was trying to piggyback on‐on‐on your, on your reference to music." (Solar Opposites, S02E03)


(Solar Opposites, S02E03)

  • "Pete Davidson" (Solar Opposites, S02E03)


(Solar Opposites, S02E03)

  • "Are you threatening me, Idris Elba?" (Solar Opposites, S02E03)


(Solar Opposites, S02E03)

  • "I don't wanna change! I like who I am now! I like wearing women's eye shadow and murdering you!" (Solar Opposites, S02E03)
  • "It's worse than the nightmare on Helms Street, which is what they call the time a Port‐a‐Potty emptying truck tipped over on Ed Helms' private drive." (Solar Opposites, S02E04)
  • "You're not an executive story editor on the hit Fox drama Bones anymore. This is real life." (Solar Opposites, S02E04)
  • "I'm gonna work in finance because I've always wanted to be a shit head." (Solar Opposites, S02E04)
  • "It's not a blow job, sweetie. It's a blow career." (Solar Opposites, S02E04)
  • "Okay, what if I did fuck crack cocaine?" (Solar Opposites, S02E04)
  • "Yeah, I have a really important sales cum— I mean, conference balls— no, I mean a team skeeting— uh, shaftholder meeting— I mean, my shattered ass is healing—" (Solar Opposites, S02E04)
  • "They had a really good Arby's…to get fucked in." (Solar Opposites, S02E04)
  • "This is from Samuel by Sam Jackson for Kangol. It's the exact model he wore to the premiere of his Capital One commercial." (Solar Opposites, S02E05)
  • "We gotta be careful, too. 'Cause according to VeggieTales, cheating will make you a gay potato." (Solar Opposites, S02E05)
  • "Where do you shop, T.J. Minimum?" (Solar Opposites, S02E05)
  • "Can't you read?"
    "Of course I can."
    // Ron Howard: "He can't." [Arrested Development sting] (Solar Opposites, S02E05)
  • "Come out, Jen. We can go to a coffee shop that has a painting of wings on a wall, you can pose in front of it, so fun." (Solar Opposites, S02E05)
  • "Oh god, we're so sorry. A homeless guy in a Hulu sweatshirt made us do it!" (Solar Opposites, S02E05)
  • "Ooh, that's right, it's the entire series of Terriers on Blu‐Ray." (Solar Opposites, S02E05)
  • "Someone's gonna find out we're big cheaters and then they're gonna kill us just like they did with Lance Armstrong."
    "He wasn't killed, they just took one nut." (Solar Opposites, S02E05)
  • "Joe Rogan is our generation's Maya Angelou."
    "Our generation already has a Maya Angelou. It's Mark Cuban!" (Solar Opposites, S02E05)
  • "According to Peter, the, uh, Okja‐type character…" (Solar Opposites, S02E06)
  • "The prosecution claims Korvo created a giant pig thing that self‐cooked racks of award‐winning ribs out of its chest, whose blood tasted like delicious barbecue sauce, and when struck 'shat out all the fixins.'"
    "Dammit, that does sound like something I would do. Right down to the 'fixin" shits." (Solar Opposites, S02E06)
  • "He spent a few nights in the woods, then he moved on with his life, got his MFA in interpretive dance, couldn't find work, duh, so he got a job at the Apple Store with all the other people who have MFAs." (Solar Opposites, S02E06)
  • "Oh no, Magic Shell!" (Solar Opposites, S02E06)
  • "I bought some Solar Opposites masks from the Hulu Store's going‐out‐of‐business sale. I also got 15 PEN15 pens that are also dildos." (Solar Opposites, S02E06)
  • "Don't you dare mansplain the Predalien to me." (Solar Opposites, S02E07)
  • "Please, don't touch my dick when I'm dead." (Solar Opposites, S02E07)
  • "This alien is educating my things!"
    "Stop right there, you dirty alien!"
    "Oh God, I can read? What if I gain empathy? What if I learn things that force me to re-evaluate my hardline conservative opinions?" (Solar Opposites, S02E08)
  • ♫: Ke$ha – "Die Young" (Solar Opposites, S02E08)
  • Midsommar (Solar Opposites, S02E08)
  • "Holy shit, I guess we're in a 'there-can-only-be-one' Highlander-type situation."
    "Wait, I thought that show was about a hot nurse who goes back in time to get her ass eaten out?" (Solar Opposites, S02E08)
  • Solar Opposites Season Grade: C

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