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- 2 days ago46 min
Our Very Special Boy
Off Menu with Andi Osho — [00:02:29]Merlin’s latest Off Menu listening leads to Blue Lights, Gerry, and a Game of Thrones name that becomes its own joke. This is Osho’s November 4 episode.Blue Lights — BritBox Trailer — [00:02:29]Andi Osho’s Off Menu appearance prompts a detour through Blue Lights, Gerry, and Richard Dormer’s other familiar role.International Order of the Rainbow for Girls — [00:06:40]Remembering his mother’s Rainbow Girls involvement leads Merlin to measure the age of his own references.DeMolay International — [00:06:40]DeMolay joins Rainbow Girls in the conversation about old organizations and family memories.You Can See Everything — A24 — [00:08:04]The previous member show’s challenge is held for the aftershow so the hosts can discuss the film with spoilers.Steve Kornacki’s 2026 Election Livestream — [00:11:49]The central recommendation: the full 10-hour, 38-minute Kornacki Cam stream, including the production around the broadcast appearances. Merlin wants Kornacki and Adam back in the same room.Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library — Demonstration — [00:13:17]A misunderstood cartoon noise becomes a tour of familiar sound effects, including the quick entrances and exits Merlin recognizes in Portlandia.Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library — Sound Ideas — [00:13:26]The collection behind the sound-effects detour. Merlin recalls acquiring a CD of the familiar cartoon noises.Making a Murderer — [00:15:44]Wisconsin election geography reminds Merlin of the series, which concerns Manitowoc County.Shepard Fairey’s Barack Obama Portrait — National Portrait Gallery — [00:16:44]Alex recalls Grant Park in 2008; the Obama campaign imagery takes a darker turn in Merlin’s “Hope Drones” variation.Kurt Vonnegut — Slaughterhouse-Five — [00:21:53]Late vote counting brings Vonnegut’s “mopping up” description to Merlin’s mind.Instacart’s Carrot and Arrow — [00:26:15]Merlin explains the green arrow inside the carrot, while Alex’s difficulty spotting hidden arrows produces Arrow Blind.Paul Rand’s UPS Identity — [00:27:13]The old UPS package tied with string supplies the neighboring logo example. This page shows Rand’s actual identity work.The Man Behind the FedEx Logo — Lindon Leader Interview — [00:27:16]Alex’s difficulty seeing the hidden arrow supplies “Arrow Blind.” The logo’s designer explains how the arrow emerged between the E and x.Harry Nilsson — Me and My Arrow — [00:27:39]The logo conversation becomes a song through the word arrow.Harry Nilsson — Without You — [00:27:56]Merlin sings the refrain while asking Alex about Nilsson, before the Lennon anecdote.The Beatles — Penny Lane — [00:29:08]The Lennon and Nilsson story reaches a Beatles-song punch line.The Beatles — Yesterday — [00:29:16]The spoken Scrambled Eggs reference is taken as an allusion to Yesterday’s working title; the identification is an inference.<a href="
- 1 weeks ago1h 1m
Bent Necklady
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- 2 weeks ago1h 24m
Ghosts of Bad Expectations
LinksHow Did Amelia Earhart Die? And Was She Eaten By Crabs?Crew searching for Amelia Earhart plane lands at remote island infested with carnivorous crabsChicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (Live at Tanglewood 1970)Some Very Good Live Performances viia MerlinChicago (discography)The BoxIllinois (album)"Everybody's Mad!"Sam Reich Launches Dropout America | Breaking NewsThe Musical Theater Episode! | Um, ActuallyNathan For You - The Price-Match PlanNathan For You - Gas Station Rebate - Daniel's AdviceNathan For You - 'Smokers Allowed' PremiereYou Can See Everything | Official TeaserAlex needed to know the size of Coconut Crabs
- 3 weeks ago1h 11m
Zero Shits and Half Coffee
LinksAn Interview with a Very Important Motivational SpeakerKimberly Guilfoyle tried to blame her money-requesting texts on AI to save her job: report | The IndependentDonald Trump Deciding Whether To Fire Kimberly GuilfoyleGrouch | SNLGeorge Leaves A Bad Message | The Phone Message | SeinfeldMisophoniaYou Can See Everything | Official TrailerThe Social Reckoning – Official TailorMUSK | Official TrailerHow 'Musk' director Alex Gibney became a critic | KPBS Public MediaAlex GibneySteve Jobs: The Man In The Machine - Official TrailerSexually transmitted diarrhea is morphing into a superbugDropout | Vimeo Customer SpotlightMaria Bamford's One-Hour Homemade Christmas SpecialFreemasonryShrinersKnights of ColumbusColumbiettesUnforgettable Uri Geller Appearance | Carson Tonight ShowThe B-52’s - Rock Lobster on Saturday Night Live January 26 1980Bridge and tunnelJunk journalReadwise Reader | The first read-it-later app built for power readers.Logging symptoms associated with a medication | Apple Developer DocumentationSaving links to Tot - All thisSimple wrapper for Apple Reminders API (WIP)Obsidian plugin to import Apple Journal exports as Markdown notesLocal Apple Reminders for Codex and Claude: shared MCP tools and skills, with a self-contained Claude Desktop installer for macOS.A Confederacy of Dunces Graphic Novel
- Oct 7, 20261h 1m
It's Mostly Gambling
Links10 Minutes till BedtimeGood Night, GorillaPeggy RathmannPi-holeRelay MembershipGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelMatthew 18:21–22Where's Wally?I Want My Hat BackJon KlassenDropoutGame Changer Animated: Brennan's "Yes or No?" MonologueMake Some NoiseDropout | Vimeo Customer SpotlightBrennan Lee MulliganVic MichaelisSam ReichRobert ReichGame ChangerVery Important PeopleCollegeHumorFunny or DieThe LandlordBetween Two FernsZac OyamaAlly BeardsleyBreaking NewsTaskmasterDimension 20The Adventure ZoneNolzur's Marvelous Miniatures: OwlbearMichael WinslowNumismaticsCatch a FireExodusI Shot the SheriffPeter ToshThe Social ReckoningChris Evans Is Having Second Thoughts | GQChris EvansScott Pilgrim vs. the WorldKnives OutRian Johnson<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi" rel=
- Oct 1, 20261h 12m
Stress as a DLC
LinksThe Magic School BusValerie FrizzleWarioThomas the Tank EngineSir Topham HattThe Railway SeriesWilbert AwdryIsland of SodorNarrow-gauge railwayUGK feat. Outkast — Int’l Players AnthemApollo 13180-degree ruleKelvin waveSylvanian FamiliesLawn dartsCurious GeorgeCurious George — George Takes a Job (official clip)ArthurGreen LanternMacWhisperParakeet TDT 0.6B v3Entrance of the GladiatorsKenneth ParcellKing of the HillNasal stripIntake BreathingNeti potNaegleria fowleriFrank GorshinLouisiana PurchaseLindsay Ellis — I Tested Every Cruise Line to Find the Least EvilThe Flop HouseRoyal CaribbeanTriangle of SadnessTim & Eric — Cinco Food TubeNosediveBlack Mirror — Nosedive (full episode; unofficial upload)MelittaHomes & LandMean GirlsSumacAvailability heuristicDropout · <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDXXXJj9nax0fr0Wfc048g" rel="noopener n
- Sep 23, 20261h 8m
Super Measles
LinksI Tested Every Cruise Line to Find the Least Evil - Lindsay EllisWhy is Cats? - Lindsay EllisA Visual History of Every Interplanetary MissionHalf as InterestingProject FarmOffhand DisneyThe Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars HotelKuleshov effectHitchcock on Editing and the Kuleshov Effect - YouTubeYou Can See Everything | Official Trailer HD | A24Kuleshov Effect / Effetto KuleshovThe DropoutPareidoliaCoax — Channel-surf your Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby serverJellyfinPlexEarly Access & Beta Releases | Plex SupportInfuse - Video Player for Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac & VisionLaw And Order And Mr. Jerry Orbach - John MulaneyAudapolis | Prototype FundGitHub - bugbakery/audapolis: an editor for spoken-word audio with automatic transcriptionAI Transcription | Accurate Audio & Video to Text | DescriptVictor Garber on ‘Godspell’ and Playing JesusYou Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution Official TrailerDARVOBiblical MagiAu hasard BalthazarCharles and D.I.A.N.A. | SNL UKWeekend Update: Ed Sheeran, Robert Kraft and Diana's Swan Song | SNL UKSeries 7 | Taskmaster Wiki | FandomTaskmaster Season 22 - Full EpisodesShooting Stars Matt Lucas SupercutThe Young Ones (TV series)Bob Mortimer & Richard toilet
- Sep 3, 20261h 38m
Vacation Bottom
Links Connections — The New York Times Strands: Uncover Words. — The New York Times Download the Crossplay app — The New York Times Interview Task: RICHARD AYOADE | Taskmaster | Season 22 - YouTube The Celebrity Traitors series 2 - Wikipedia Series 22 | Taskmaster Wiki | Fandom The Ultimate Miriam Margolyes Experience | The Graham Norton Show - YouTube Strax – Doctor Who Figure 1:10 - Free 3D Print Model - MakerWorld Strax & The Memory Worm | The Snowmen | Doctor Who - YouTube Vastra | Tardis | Fandom Bella Ramsey - Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster | Acast Reconcilable Differences #294: Grumpy 37 - Relay It's All Too Much a book by Peter Walsh - Bookshop.org US About the Film | Jazz | A Film by Ken Burns | PBS Begin the Beguine - YouTube Eastbound & Down - Wikipedia Watch Free Live TV, Movies and TV Shows Online | Tubi The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin Watch Movies and TV Shows Free Online - Plex Emby — Your Personal Media Server Search results for melrin mann • Letterboxd Share your machines with other users · Tailscale Docs Relax with Coax iStat Menus “He’s 28 years old.” — A Dossier UPS Systems | UPS | CyberPower Uninterruptible power supply - Wikipedia APC Smart-UPS - Wikipedia
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