The Five Spot: A Taskmaster Suggestion, Some Great TV News, And A Snowboarding Chimpanzee
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Some Shows I Watch To Chill Out A Little
Give your poor mangled brain a break for 30-90 minutes.
A Holiday F*ckin' Tradition
sing it, Brenda
The Five Spot: Aliens, An Inflatable Santa, And Seven Degrees Of Pluribus
Lord help me, this one gets stupid.
An Incomplete List Of People I Think Would Be Good In A 'Knives Out' Movie
[Paul Giamatti voice] I don't think so, Blanc
The Five Spot: Contraband Crab, Hiaasen Hive Thriving, And A Kelsey Grammer Hot Air Balloon Movie
Welcome to The Five Spot, a Friday roundup where I run down my top five things from the week. Most of the entries will be about film and TV, but there might also be ones about weird local news or sandwiches I ate or anything else, really. The whole thing
The Best Stuff I Watched In 2025
The best shows (and a few movies) I watched this year.
The Five Spot: Tarantino Yapping, A Bejeweled Egg Fiasco, And A RoboCop Statue
Titty Gajillions, Octopussy, and RoboCop walk into a bar...
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.
The Five Spot: David Chase, Lego Looters, And Rhea Seehorn Asking For A Bazooka
GIVE RHEA SEEHORN A BAZOOKA
LOUVRE HEIST TOP FIVE
Counting down my favorite things about the most important story in the world.
The Five Spot: Rihanna, Channing Tatum, And Vin Diesel Contemplating the Ocean
Also, a truly incredible moment of television.
the chair company
Why Is This Line From 'The Chair Company' Stuck In My Head?
Now here's a show that looks good so far.
The Five Spot: Chalamet's Ping Pong Skills, Ocean's Sequels And/Or Prequels, And My Secret AI Wife
Lots to cover this week, some of it both surreal and kind of hilarous.
The Theft Of Guy Fieri's Tequila Is Now A Matter Of National Importance
[extremely newscaster voice] we're rollin' out...