The Best Stuff I Watched In 2025
The best shows (and a few movies) I watched this year.
brian grubb
The Five Spot: Tarantino Yapping, A Bejeweled Egg Fiasco, And A RoboCop Statue
Titty Gajillions, Octopussy, and RoboCop walk into a bar...
mad men
Congratulations To Mad Men's Vomit Hose Operator
This is a great day for the unsung heroes.
An Incomplete List Of Things I Am Thankful For Right Now
The complete list would take forever. Not made of time over here.
The Five Spot: Knives Out, Hollywood Cheese, And Rental Hedgehogs
I will take any excuse to link to my favorite Conan bits.
Happy Two-Year Blogiversary
Read to the bottom for a special celebratory offer.
The Five Spot: Poker Face Blues, Escaped Flamingos, And My Problem With The Pope's Movie List
Lots to get to this week. Mostly about flamingos.
pluribus
Reasons To Watch Pluribus, Ranked
Listen to me.
The Five Spot: Miss Piggy, Keanu Reeves, And Golden Toilets
Oh look, a headline that sums up this entire newsletter's existence.
THE LOWDOWN
'The Lowdown' Was So Good
Just an incredible piece of television.
frito-lay
The Five Spot: Jesse Plemons, A Rental Car Flim-Flam, And Tom Cruise Getting Annoyed
"How can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?"
Cell Phone Companies Will Not Stop Sending Celebrities To The Middle Of Nowhere
I need this to keep escalating.