Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

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3. Blurred Vision (WandaVision, S01E02)

Honourable Mention

Stray Observations

  • Soft version of Dory's apartment (Search Party, S04E01)
  • ♫: BLACKPAW – "Allow Me [to Destroy You]" (Search Party, S04E01)
  • "Like many citizens today, I too have been brainwashed by the arts and leisure elite." (Search Party, S04E02)
  • "[chanting] Mayor fight!" (Mr. Mayor, S01E03)
  • "Don't you have anyone in your life who just pushes all your buttons?"
    "Harvey Milk." (Mr. Mayor, S01E03)
  • "If she's really your Harvey Milk, this train's off the tracks." (Mr. Mayor, S01E03)
  • "High school never ends."
    "What? No! I don't wanna have to run the mile again." (Mr. Mayor, S01E03)
  • "Do you set your own jellies, dear?" (WandaVision, S01E01)
  • "Is gum food?"
    "Well, my understanding is that it's purely for mastication."
    "No, I don't do that." (WandaVision, S01E02)
  • "I'm a regular eating machine." (WandaVision, S01E02)
  • "I too have some top secret gossip to share: Norm here's a Communist." (WandaVision, S01E02)

Still the AR™TV World Drama Champion: P-Valley
Still the AR™TV World Comedy Champion: How To with John Wilson

Fweedom

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Previously on Adam Riff™ (Jun 2020):

// Los Angeles to San Francisco

I see a sheriff's car entering the roadway and slow down. It moves behind me and flashes its lights.

Sheriff: Do you know how fast you were driving? 90 in a 65.

But everyone drives 90+ on this stretch of I-5…

I call the traffic court.

Jon: How much is the bail amount?
Clerk: $489.

Jon: And I can avoid a point on my public record with traffic school, right?
Clerk: No. You are not eligible for traffic school.
Jon: Why not?
Clerk: You were driving 27mph over the speed limit. The maximum for traffic school is 25mph over.

There goes my premium…

[pause]

I call customer service.

Jon: Why is my premium double what I paid last year?
Northern California AAA Agent: You have two points – a collision from 2018 and a speeding ticket from 2020. And because you have two points, you don't qualify for a good driver discount.

Jon: I currently live in Southern California. Might changing my address lower my premium?
Agent: Let me check.

Agent: Your premium becomes $4,398.76 in Southern California.
Jon: Oh, heh. Never mind then. I'll just pay the $3,400.00.
Agent: Uhh… This is a recorded line, on which you said you moved to Southern California, so…

It's only $1000 more than what I would have paid. The stimmy will cover $600 of that. Just a $400 mistake…

Southern California AAA Agent: With the 2018 point rolling off next year, your 2022 premium should drop to…$3540.00.

[pause]

Jon's Father: KEKW. Why would you think that car insurance would be cheaper in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA?

Jalapeño Pringles and a blunt

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Who is this jobber on Cobra Kai?

Finance bro.

Ivy Leaguers.

Is it a song Trent Reznor composed for Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile or Pixar's Soul?

Lost
Somewhat Damaged
Just Us
We're in This Together
Epiphany
Pilgrimage
Betrayal
Complication
Falling
The Big Come Down
The Great Beyond
The Great Below
Enjoy Every Minute
I'm Looking Forward to Joining You, Finally

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

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2. Wes Andersimpsons (The Simpsons, S32E11)

Stray Observations

  • "Fox Kidz" (Mr. Mayor, S01E01)
  • "Aren't you a little old for the name Jayden?"
    "Thank you for noticing. I'm actually one of the oldest Jaydens you'll ever meet. Born in 1981, I like to think I might be the original Jayden." (Mr. Mayor, S01E01)
  • "Orly, your phone's out here, so I know you're gonna cave eventually."
    "Stop controlling my narrative!" (Mr. Mayor, S01E01)
  • "Being mayor if 90% photo ops and animal funerals."
    "Not just any animal – Dog with a Blog." (Mr. Mayor, S01E01)
  • Justin Bieber promoting a chair (Shark Tank, S12E09)
  • Lupin Season Grade: C

Still the AR™TV World Drama Champion: P-Valley
Still the AR™TV World Comedy Champion: How To with John Wilson

jukebox twenty

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Previously on Adam Riff™:

Adam Riff™'s 2020 retrospective festivities conclude with a triptych of playlists.

First, Mad MMXX, my 17th year-end audio pastiche.

Next, Four Seasons Total Soundscaping, a very different mix curated by our mates Adam [Rozett] Robot and Jon Bell.

Finally, Good & Twenty, curated — and DJ mixed — by our mate DJ Benny C:


cover art by our mate Jon Wilcox

Alternate title idea: The Masked Dance.

  1. Good & Twenty DJ Benny C 1:09:03

• DOWNLOAD MP3

Aaaand the unmixed version:

Previously on Adam Riff™:

Our favourite songs. One per year.

Update:

JON
1. Radiohead – "The National Anthem" [2000]
2. Finch – "What It Is to Burn (Demo)" [2001]
3. Spoon – "Stay Don't Go" [2002]
4. The Mars Volta – "Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt"
5. Ratatat – "Seventeen Years"
6. The Mountain Goats – "This Year"
7. DragonForce – "Through the Fire and Flames"
8. Frank Turner – "The Real Damage"
9. The Wonder Years – "You're Not Salinger. Get Over It."
10. So Many Dynamos – "New Bones"
11. Jamie Lidell – "Your Sweet Boom"
12. M83 – "Midnight City"
13. Jai Paul – "Jasmine (Demo)"
14. CHVRCHES – "The Mother We Share"
15. CFO$ – "Worlds Apart"
16. Oneohtrix Point Never – "No Good"
17. Kanye West – "Ultralight Beam"
18. GoldLink – "Crew (feat. Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy)"
19. Panic! at the Disco – "High Hopes" [2018]
20. Labrinth – "Still Don't Know My Name" [2019]
21. Bartees Strange – "Boomer" [2020]

Jon: "Boomer" sounds like all of my musical interests in three minutes. It's exciting, energetic, soulful, catchy. I can't wait to sing and dance along to it live.

ADAM ROBOT
1. Snapcase – "Typecast Modulator" [2000]
2. Rival Schools – "Travel by Telephone" [2001]
3. City of Caterpillar – "And You're Wondering How a Top Floor Could Replace Heaven" [2002]
4. Every Time I Die – "Ebolarama"
5. Codeseven – "All the Best Dreams"
6. Comeback Kid – "Wake the Dead"
7. Jesu – "Silver"
8. Rob Crow – "Up"
9. Russian Circles – "Campaign"
10. Coalesce – "Wild Ox Moan"
11. Deftones – "Rocket Skates"
12. Touché Amoré – "Home Away From Here"
13. Torche – "Kicking"
14. Coliseum – "Fuzzbang"
15. Violent Soho – "Covered in Chrome"
16. Baroness – "Chlorine and Wine"
17. Joyce Manor – "Last You Heard of Me"
18. Charly Bliss – "Westermarck"
19. Daughters – "The Reason They Hate Me" [2018]
20. Angel Du$t – "Want It All" [2019]
21. Higher Power – "Seamless" [2020]

Adam Robot: Something about this song from really connected me to my teenage self. There's touches of alt-rock, shoegaze, post-hardcore, nu-metal, and divisive vocals – basically everything I was into at 17. It really transported me out of 2020.

BEN
1. Outkast – "B.O.B." [2000]
2. Gob – "I Hear You Calling" [2001]
3. Justin Timberlake – "Cry Me a River" [2002]
4. The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army"
5. Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out"
6. "Trapped in the Closet" Bloc Party – "This Modern Love"
7. TV on the Radio – "Wolf Like Me"
8. UGK – "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) [feat. Outkast]"
9. MGMT – "Time to Pretend"
10. Passion Pit – "The Reeling"
11. LCD Soundsystem – "Dance Yrself Clean"
12. M83 – "Midnight City"
13. Bruno Mars – "Locked Out of Heaven"
14. Daft Punk – "Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)"
15. Duke Dumont – "I Got You (feat. Jax Jones)"
16. Major Lazer × DJ Snake – "Lean On (feat. MØ)"
17. G.L.O.S.S. – "Give Violence a Chance"
18. Kendrick Lamar – "DNA."
19. Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin – "I Like It" [2018]
20. Lil Nas X – "Old Town Road – Remix (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)" [2019]
21. Dua Lipa – "Physical" [2020]

Ben: Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia was my album of the year. I listened to it, and this song on it, more than anything else in 2020. It's incredibly unfair that I never got to drop "Physical" for a packed dance floor.

Bell and 'Zett Face the Music

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Previously on Adam Riff™:

Adam Riff™'s 2020 retrospective festivities conclude with a triptych of playlists.

First, Mad MMXX, my 17th year-end audio pastiche.

Next, Four Seasons Total Soundscaping, a very different mix curated by our mates Adam [Rozett] Robot and Jon Bell:

Rejected cover/title ideas:

—Replace the dollar bill on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind with a $1200 stimulus check.

—Scrooge McDuck diving into a $1200 stimulus check.

—Lloyd Dobler holding up a black square.

—MuAnon.

—Something something Social Distortion, but Social Distancing.

—The cover of Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. with a mask instead of a hat in his back right jeans pocket.

—The cover of Madvillain's Madvillainy with a face shield covering MF DOOM's mask.

—OnlyBands or OnlyJams.

—MTV's logo, but WAP. Upside down M. "AP" instead of "TV." Wrap-up Audio Playlist.

—The Looney Tunes color rings. Zoomey Tunes. The black circle in the center just reads "Porky Pig" in white text as if his camera is off.

—The cover of NOFX's White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean, but White Masks, Six Feet and a 'Tine. "20XX" instead of "NOFX."

—XX XX Hard Quarantine Age Phonography (XXX Hardcore Teenage Pornography).

A MAD Listen at 2020

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Previously on Adam Riff™:

Adam Riff™'s 2020 retrospective festivities conclude with a triptych of playlists.

First, Mad MMXX, my 17th year-end audio pastiche:


cover art by our mate Jon Wilcox

Alternate cover idea: The cover of Outkast's Stankonia with Black Spy and White Spy as Big Boi and Andre 3000.

  1. DaBaby "Jeopardy!" 0:13
  2. Rockstar Mario Judah 3:17
  3. Boomer Bartees Strange 3:18
  4. SONGS ABOUT YOU CHIKA 4:02
  5. Michael Jackson "High Fidelity" 1:54
  6. Long Porridge Radio 4:51
  7. In Your Eyes The Weeknd 3:58
  8. I'm a Virgin The Weeknd / "American Dad" 3:02
  9. All Along the Uxbridge Road Chubby and the Gang 1:45
  10. Man in The Box William Maranci (feat. DJ Benny C) 5:26
  11. Feel Like I Do Vin Diesel 3:06
  12. Kerosene! Yves Tumor 5:06
  13. peace Taylor Swift 3:54
  14. Grow It Back Again Ron Low 3:31
  15. God Is Perfect Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist 3:59
  16. RASCAL RMR 3:00
  17. Don't Start Now Hayley Williams 3:10
  18. Lost but Never Alone Oneohtrix Point Never 4:19
  19. Sting "Maxxx" 0:13
  20. Just Us Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 2:43
  21. Cardi Mii Leonz 2:46
  22. The Sky Is Falling Oceanator 5:47
  23. Ladies Fiona Apple 5:25
  24. Over the Limit (feat. DOM KENNEDY) Benny the Butcher 4:15
  25. Jaja Ding Dong Will Ferrell and My Marianne 1:38
  26. Fox Dogleg 2:50
  27. Take Care in Your Dreaming (feat. Denzel Curry, Tricky, and Sampa the Great) The Avalanches 5:00
  28. David Bowie "Breeders" 0:06
  29. Where Did You Go? sinai vessel 5:36
  30. Throat Baby (Go Baby) BRS Kash 3:38
  31. Plastic Doll Lady Gaga 3:42
  32. Ween "Close Enough" 0:13
  33. Routine Pain Spanish Love Songs 4:23
  34. Fallin' J. Alphonse Nicholson 2:48
  35. before you go Moses Sumney 2:06
  36. The Most Muscular Nobuo Uematsu 1:40
  37. Caution The Killers 4:30
  38. The Bigger Picture Lil Baby 4:13
  39. Come on Eileen "What We Do in the Shadows" 1:23
  40. Dammit Antarctigo Vespucci 5:33
  41. Salut NNAMDÏ 5:21
  42. Jail Lil Dicky 10:08

2:27:24 – almost as long as Wonder Woman 1984, but a better use of that time, imo.

Aaaand the free tier stream that's a third unplayable:

The 2020 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 2020 without any overlap, creating a "best of 2020" list unlike any other.

THE LEAGUE
McDonald's Meal
[Travis Scott / J Balvin / Quavo / Diplo]
—
K.K. Slider Song
Fantasy Verzuz Battle

In randomly-generated snake draft order:

Drew
Travis Scott
"K.K. Gumbo"
Rihanna vs. Madonna

Russell
Quavo
"K.K. Cruisin'"
Metallica vs. Guns N' Roses

Jeff
Quavo
"Hypno K.K."
Taylor Swift vs. Tom Petty

Stan
Quavo
"K.K. Reggae"
Phil Collins vs. Adele

Noelle
Quavo
"K.K. Cruisin'"
Janet Jackson vs. Mariah Carey

Ben
Quavo
"Comrade K.K."
Fleetwood Mac vs. Paul Simon

Jon Y [me]
Diplo
"Soulful K.K."
Blur vs. Oasis

Molly
Quavo
"K.K. Bossa"
Mariah Carey vs. Whitney Houston

Jon B
Diplo
"K.K. Metal"
Robert Smith vs. Morrissey

EJ
Travis Scott
"K.K. Cruisin'"
Aphex Twin vs. Boards of Canada

Aaron
Quavo
"Café K.K."
Mariah Carey vs. Jennifer Lopez

Adam
Travis Scott
"K.K. Metal"
Rick Rubin vs. Ross Robinson

Poor J Balvin.

Alright.

With the first pick in the 2020 Draft, Drew selected…


R1 • Drew
1. Donald Trump, one-term president
this claim is disputed


R1 • Russell
2. David Guetta shouting out George Floyd's family with a remix of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
a threat to justice everywhere


R1 • Jeff
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and it releasing one week into COVID-19 lockdowns
video game / ns

R1 • Stan
4. The entrancing, 10-minute "Silly Games" dance scene in the middle of Small Axe: Lovers Rock
tele film / dir: steve mcqueen / s01e02 / prime video


R1 • Noelle
5. Harry Styles hinting at his sexual fluidity in the music video for "Watermelon Sugar"
two directions?


R1 • Ben
6. The Last Dance saving our sanity in April and May
limited television series / espn / netflix

R1 • Jon Y
7. How To With John Wilson
television series / s01 / hbo / hbo max

Adam: I knew you'd get my number one. I knew it would be your first pick. Amber can attest because I was yelling about it when I found out I picked last.
Jon: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

R1 • Molly
8. Four Seasons Total Landscaping
intentional press conference location?


R1 • Jon B
9. Possessor
film / dir: brandon cronenberg


R1 • EJ
10. PlayStation 5
video game console


R1 • Aaron
11. The Last of Us: Part II
video game / ps4

R1 • Adam
12. Quibi's absolute and total failure
short-lived, short-form streaming platform

R2 • Adam
13. Reply All #168: "The Case of the Missing Hit"
podcast episode

R2 • Aaron
14. Dua Lipa
musical artist

Ben: AAARRROOONN!!!


R2 • EJ
15. All Gas No Brakes
internet series / youtube / instagram

R2 • Jon B
16. Ted Lasso
television series / s01 / apple tv+

R2 • Molly
17. The Old Guard, and Gina Prince-Bythewood finally getting her snaps
film / dir: gina prince-bythewood / netflix


R2 • Jon Y
18. The Great
television series / s01 / hulu


R2 • Ben
19. Verzuz
internet series / instagram live / apple music

R2 • Noelle
20. Lovecraft Country
television series / s01 / hbo / hbo max

R2 • Stan
21. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
film / dir: céline sciamma


R2 • Jeff
22. ZeroZeroZero
television series / s01 / prime video

R2 • Russell
23. Normal People
television series / s01 / hulu

R2 • Drew
24. Rudy Gobert as America's COVID coal mine canary
mic check

R3 • Drew
25. Folklore by Taylor Swift
music album

R3 • Russell
26. Nyles and Sarah's bar dance in Palm Springs
film / dir: max barbakow / hulu

R3 • Jeff
27. Phoebe Bridgers
musical artist

Stan: Fuck. Jeff took Phoebe Bridgers one spot ahead of where I was going to do it.
Jeff: Okay, well, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Palm Springs, and Folklore were pretty much my entire list otherwise. She was all I had left!


R3 • Stan
28. I May Destroy You
television series / s01 / hbo / hbo max

R3 • Noelle
39. Dave
television series / s01 / fxx / fx on hulu

Jon: Goddammit!
Noelle: You snagged The Great from me, so now we're even.

Adam: Just Dave? Not Dave pooping? Booooo!
Noelle: The whole show, every detail about it is so incredible. I couldn't pick!


R3 • Ben
30. Literally everything Marc Rebillet did, "Essential Workers Anthem" in particular
musical artist / song


R3 • Jon Y
32. Nomadland
film / dir: chloé zhao

R3 • Molly
32. High Fidelity: "Uptown"
television episode / s01e05 / hulu

R3 • Jon B
33. Betty
television series / s01 / hbo / hbo max


R3 • EJ
34. Yves Tumor
musical artist

R3 • Aaron
35. The Saved by the Bell revival
television series / s01 / peacock


R3 • Adam
36. Dick Johnson Is Dead
film / dir: kirsten johnson / netflix

R4 • Adam
37. Ahsoka Tano's live-action debut in The Mandalorian: "Chapter 13 – The Jedi"
television episode / s02e05 / disney+


R4 • Aaron
38. The Ellen DeGeneres Show's toxic work environment
behind "be kind"

R4 • EJ
39. QAnon
???

R4 • Jon B
40. VFW
film / dir: joe begos

R4 • Molly
41. John McEnroe's narration for Never Have I Ever
television series / s01 / netflix


R4 • Jon Y
42. Nate: A One Man Show
comedy special / netflix

R4 • Ben
43. Despite its ending (ugh), the NBA bubble
magic city

R4 • Noelle
44. Jolene saying "Good job, cracker" at the end of The Queen's Gambit
television series / s01 / netflix

R4 • Stan
45. PEN15
television series / s02 / hulu

R4 • Jeff
46. The mindless comfort of binging network sitcoms
superstore / single parents / cheers


47. Fleetwood Mac regaining cultural relevance with the Cranberry Juice Skateboard Guy
viral tiktok video turned meme

R4 • Drew
48. Megan Thee Stallion's New York Times op-ed
written argumentative piece

R5 • Drew
49. The Flight Attendant
television series / s01 / hbo max


R5 • Russell
50. P-Valley
television series / s01 / starz


R5 • Jeff
51. Hamilton Leithauser's quarantine concerts from his rural family farm
everyone who pretended to like me is gone

R5 • Stan
52. Fetch the Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
music album

R5 • Noelle
53. The "Brown Skin Girl" section of Black Is King
music video / film / dir: beyoncé / disney+

R5 • Ben
54. After Hours by The Weeknd
music album


R5 • Jon Y
55. What We Do in the Shadows
television series / s02 / fx / fx on hulu

R5 • Molly
56. Americans figuring out how much Prince Charles sucks while watching The Crown
television series / s04 / netflix

R5 • Jon B
57. Hawkeye: Freefall
comic series / marvel

R5 • EJ
58. People being repeatedly dunked on for making Parasite memes that show they don't understand the film's themes
class clowns clowned

R5 • Aaron
59. Marvel's Avengers, the worst game I've ever put 100+ hours into
video game / ps4

R5 • Adam
60. Dorktown: The History of the Seattle Mariners
internet series / sbnation / youtube


R6 • Adam
61. RMR – "Rascal"
song

R6 • Aaron
62. Harley Quinn
television series / s01+02 / dcu / hbo max


R6 • EJ
63. Travis Scott's copious brand collaborations
astroworld domination

R6 • Jon B
64. Beef House
television series / s01 / adult swim

R6 • Molly
65. You Must Remember This' Polly Platt series
podcasts


R6 • Jon Y
66. Mario Judah, enfant terrible
musical artist


R6 • Ben
67. Hasan Piker's Twitch channel
abi lobby

R6 • Noelle
68. Little Fires Everywhere
limited television series / hulu

R6 • Stan
69. The fertility dance in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
film / dir: jason woliner / prime video / very nice

Stan: I may have been inclined to take this slightly earlier to ensure the most dance-heavy draft ever.

R6 • Jeff
70. 18.xx games
online board game platform


R6 • Russell
71. Black Squares
performative slacktivism / blackout tuesday / instagram

R6 • Drew
72. The simultaneous ascensions of DaBaby and Lil Baby
musical artists

R7 • Drew
73. The 12-minute, one-shot action sequence in Extraction
film / dir: sam hargrave / netflix

R7 • Russell
74. WarnerMedia destroying theatrical windows after the pandemic release of Tenet and the launch of HBO Max both flopped
zany to the hbo max / totally insane-y, nolan's bane-y

R7 • Jeff
75. Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen, and its perfect timing
podcast


R7 • Stan
76. Ziwe Fumudoh's interview show
internet series / instagram live

R7 • Noelle
77. Amber and Barnett from Love Is Blind
television series / s01 / netflix

R7 • Ben
78. YHLQMDLG and El Último Tour del Mundo by Bad Bunny
music albums


R7 • Jon Y
79. The Safdie brothers' music video for Oneohtrix Point Never's "Lost But Never Alone"
cut gem [censored snuff video on phone]


R7 • Molly
80. Sohla's triumphant rise from the ashes of the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen dumpster fire
el-waylly show

R7 • Jon B
81. Bandcamp Fridays
aural stimuli

R7 • EJ
82. Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn) by Jay Electronica leaking online, to him releasing it still unfinished as a Tidal exclusive, to it being removed from Tidal
ongoing music album saga

R7 • Aaron
83. Schitt's Creek, and it winning all the Emmys
television / s06 / pop / netflix


R7 • Adam
84. The Follow-Up
short film / dir: ben berman

R8 • Adam
85. Jonathan Mann's remix of Jolee Dunn's "I Wonder What's Inside Your Butthole"
song

R8 • Aaron
86. The actual release of The New Mutants ushering out crappy Fox X-Men films
film / dir: josh boone


R8 • EJ
87. Mitch McConnell looking like Tarman from Return of the Living Dead
kind of blue

R8 • Jon B
88. The Microphones – "Microphones in 2020"
[44-minute] song

R8 • Molly
89. Brad and Jen's Zoom flirting during Dane Cook's Fast Times at Ridgemont High virtual table read
tasty waves

R8 • Jon Y
90. John Cena and Bray Wyatt's Firefly Fun House "match"
wwe wrestlemania 36

R8 • Ben
91. Cori Bush, Marie Newman, and Jamaal Bowman successfully primarying shitty centrist libs
evictories

R8 • Noelle
92. Addison Rae's weird and not-so-borderline-inappropriate friendship with Kourtney Kardashian
teen, mom


R8 • Stan
93. Time
film / dir: garrett bradley / prime video

Jon: Three of your picks are Amazon Originals.
Stan: It's not sponcon.

R8 • Jeff
94. Tracy Chapman's election eve performance on Late Night with Seth Meyers
singin' "talkin'"


R8 • Russell
95. MJF and Chris Jericho dueting aggressively in "Le Dinner Debonair"
wrestling segment / aew dynamite / 21 oct / tnt


R8 • Drew
96. The OnlyFans economy going mainstream
cumfundme

R9 • Drew
97. America's simultaneous disgust and fascination with Emily in Paris
television series / s01 / netflix

R9 • Russell
98. The Bill Simmons Podcast: "A Truly Sad Week in America, Plus the 2005 NBA Redraftables With Ryen Russillo"
podcast episode / 31 may

R9 • Jeff
99. The Strokes' improbable comeback with The New Abnormal
music album

R9 • Stan
100. Gunda
film / dir: viktor kosakovskiy


R9 • Noelle
101. Saweetie and Quavo's DM origin story igniting the "How it started vs. How it's going" meme
culture


R9 • Ben
102. Among Us
video game / mobile / ns / pc


R9 • Jon Y
103. Boys State
film / dir: amanda mcbaine, jesse moss / apple tv+

R9 • Molly
104. Dolly Parton donating $1 million to vaccine research and basically saving the world
it's all taking and no giving

R9 • Jon B
105. Chris Fairbanks: Rescue Cactus
comedy special

R9 • EJ
106. Ho, Why Is You Here? by Flo Milli
music album

R9 • Aaron
107. The Sonic the Hedgehog mulligan becoming the highest-grossing video game film of all time
film / dir: jeff fowler


R9 • Adam
108. Eric Andre surprise tucking at the end of Legalize Everything
comedy special / netflix

Final Round Wild Card Pick
Along with your final pick, please select something from 2020 that you have yet to experience as of 15 December 2020 but are keen on.

R10 • Adam
109. Tim Robinson parodying a Michigan stay-at-home protest
Instagram Story
+ Promising Young Woman
film / dir: emerald fennell

R10 • Aaron
110. Xbox Series X/S
video game consoles
+ Wonder Woman 1984
film / dir: patty jenkins / hbo max

R10 • EJ
111. Ghost of Tsushima
video game / ps4
+ Kendrick Lamar's fifth album
judges?

R10 • Jon B
112. The dialogue between Blair and Sterling Wesley on Teenage Bounty Hunters
television series / s01 / netflix
+ Synchronic
film / dir: justin benson, aaron moorhead


R10 • Molly
113. Dionne Warwick's niece teaching her what Twitter is
social medium
+ Bridgerton
television series / s01 / netflix


R10 • Jon Y
114. BPM: Bullets Per Minute
video game / pc
+ Hades
video game / ns / pc

R10 • Ben
115. Matt Cutshall's emo joke videos culminating in "A Letter to Ashley," the best song parody in years
might delete
+ Better Call Saul
television series / s05 / amc

R10 • Noelle
116. "It's the      for me"
tiktok roast meme
+ Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
film / dir: george c. wolfe / netflix

R10 • Stan
117. Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee
music album
+ One Night in Miami
film / dir: regina king / prime video

Jon: Heh. Another Amazon Original.
Stan: I had no choices! Fuck Bezos.

R10 • Jeff
118. [My uncle] Dan Baum's New York Times obituary
rest in tweets
+ Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
video game / ps4 / ps5


R10 • Russell
119. Class Action Park
film / dir: seth porges, chris charles scott III / hbo max
+ The Midnight Sky
film / dir: george clooney / netflix

R10 • Drew
120. Paddy Considine's flawless Southern accent in The Outsider
television series / s01 / hbo / hbo max / el cuco irrelevante
+ Sound of Metal
film / dir: darius marder / prime video

UNDRAFTED!
90 Day Fiancé / Big Ed
The Boys
Carson Shearer's dance
Clubhouse / Parler
Cyberpunk 2077
Dancing Ghanian pallbearers
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Final Fantasy VII Remake
First Cow
Gal Gadot's "Imagine" video
"Glizzy"
Griselda Records
Hamilton
The McCloskeys photo
Patrick Mahomes
"private island all tested negative multiple times wear a mask"
Roddy Ricch – "The Box"
This you?
Thom Brennaman's apology
Tiger King
The XFL

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