Erik Adams
@erikadams.bsky.social
Currently: Sundance Institute (through February '26)
Previously: IGN, IndieWire, The A.V. Club.
Eternally: Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater
erikmadams.com / [email protected]
Previously: IGN, IndieWire, The A.V. Club.
Eternally: Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater
erikmadams.com / [email protected]
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We must defeat AI kitsch by spreading vintage, handcrafted kitsch
Gonna repost this every time I see its AI monstrosity of a sequel.
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Gonna repost this every time I see its AI monstrosity of a sequel.
We must defeat AI kitsch by spreading vintage, handcrafted kitsch
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Gonna repost this every time I see its AI monstrosity of a sequel.
Gonna repost this every time I see its AI monstrosity of a sequel.
We must defeat AI kitsch by spreading vintage, handcrafted kitsch
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Gonna repost this every time I see its AI monstrosity of a sequel.
Reposted by Erik Adams
Reposted by Erik Adams
Time to re-up the Inventory @emilystjams.bsky.social and I wrote for the AVC, many holiday seasons ago... www.avclub.com/look-kids-it...
“Look kids, it’s Eddie Cantor!”: 12 obscure Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons from years past
“Look kids, it’s Eddie Cantor!”: 12 obscure Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons from years past
www.avclub.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Time to re-up the Inventory @emilystjams.bsky.social and I wrote for the AVC, many holiday seasons ago... www.avclub.com/look-kids-it...
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Appropriately timed for the holiday weekend. Nobody gets him — he's the wind, baby.
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Appropriately timed for the holiday weekend. Nobody gets him — he's the wind, baby.
We put Bizarro in charge of our public health.
This is infuriating—RFK Jr and crew are trying to discourage pregnant women from getting Covid vax, claiming they are concerned about autism. RESEARCH shows getting Covid while pregnant increases frequency of autism (and more) for the kid and puts mom at risk for serious respiratory/clotting issues.
The CDC's guidance on COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women has been off and on and now off again. But a recent study highlights the risk of COVID-19 during pregnancy, by @deldeib.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We put Bizarro in charge of our public health.
Fall 1996. I'm playing NBA Jam with my friend Steve. His mom yells down the basement stairs: "It's on!" Steve switches off the Genesis and flips the TV to a Comedy Central rerun of The Creeping Terror. My life takes on an entirely new trajectory.
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Fall 1996. I'm playing NBA Jam with my friend Steve. His mom yells down the basement stairs: "It's on!" Steve switches off the Genesis and flips the TV to a Comedy Central rerun of The Creeping Terror. My life takes on an entirely new trajectory.
I didn't want to bungle or bobble the Fingal dobbel.
It’s thanksgiving week so I wanna see some MST3K posting, quotes, pictures, clips, gifs! Meanwhile I’m going to go to a department meeting and try to pay attention while I wonder if there’s beer on the sun
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I didn't want to bungle or bobble the Fingal dobbel.
Just putting it out there to any and all editors that I'll be available to write Muppet stuff around the launch of the new Muppet Show special.
Sabrina Carpenter arrests Miss Piggy at the final show of her Short n’ Sweet tour in Los Angeles.
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(📸: prfctsabrinas | Twitter/X)
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Just putting it out there to any and all editors that I'll be available to write Muppet stuff around the launch of the new Muppet Show special.
On the topic of genre mash-ups that emphasize the "comedy" part:
The Chair Company playing on a completely different level tonight
Everything comes together in The Chair Company's sublime climax
Everything comes together in The Chair Company's sublime climax
www.avclub.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
On the topic of genre mash-ups that emphasize the "comedy" part:
Making this type of list is an impossible negotiation between assessing the filmmaking, the jokes, and where the quality of one boosts the other—the "how many laughs in that?" argument that roiled the production of the #6 pick.
That said: 82 comedies better than Wet Hot? Patently absurd.
That said: 82 comedies better than Wet Hot? Patently absurd.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Making this type of list is an impossible negotiation between assessing the filmmaking, the jokes, and where the quality of one boosts the other—the "how many laughs in that?" argument that roiled the production of the #6 pick.
That said: 82 comedies better than Wet Hot? Patently absurd.
That said: 82 comedies better than Wet Hot? Patently absurd.
Groundbreaking innovations from The Unaccountable Company That Doesn't Make Money
This feels like one of those stories you're going to look at a year from now and say to yourself, "Why didn't I move more of my portfolio into cash?" **
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
🎁
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Groundbreaking innovations from The Unaccountable Company That Doesn't Make Money
The Chair Company playing on a completely different level tonight
Everything comes together in The Chair Company's sublime climax
Everything comes together in The Chair Company's sublime climax
www.avclub.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The Chair Company playing on a completely different level tonight
Recent Gmail discourse has me thinking once more of the ultimate authority on these stupid machines and the only rational, justifiable use for them: A 58-year-old industrial film directed by Jim Henson.
"Paperwork Explosion"
YouTube video by The Jim Henson Company
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Recent Gmail discourse has me thinking once more of the ultimate authority on these stupid machines and the only rational, justifiable use for them: A 58-year-old industrial film directed by Jim Henson.
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Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
When you're well-versed in putting torture on screen
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
When you're well-versed in putting torture on screen
SCROOGE: What's today, my fine fellow?
BOY: [Makes the sound of the Windows 3.1 fanfare, but slowed way down and run through half a dozen filters]
SCROOGE: It's New Oneohtrix Point Never Day! I haven't missed it!
BOY: [Makes the sound of the Windows 3.1 fanfare, but slowed way down and run through half a dozen filters]
SCROOGE: It's New Oneohtrix Point Never Day! I haven't missed it!
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
SCROOGE: What's today, my fine fellow?
BOY: [Makes the sound of the Windows 3.1 fanfare, but slowed way down and run through half a dozen filters]
SCROOGE: It's New Oneohtrix Point Never Day! I haven't missed it!
BOY: [Makes the sound of the Windows 3.1 fanfare, but slowed way down and run through half a dozen filters]
SCROOGE: It's New Oneohtrix Point Never Day! I haven't missed it!
"You're kinda slacking off on the house-shaking there, Ron."
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"You're kinda slacking off on the house-shaking there, Ron."
Timeline synchronicity @sitcompeople.bsky.social @columboscreens.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Timeline synchronicity @sitcompeople.bsky.social @columboscreens.bsky.social
So the Jesse Welles Colbert spot is a nice little slice of late-night agitprop, but it also left me thinking "They yassified Hopalong Conor Oberst doing 'When the President Talks to God' on Leno!"
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
So the Jesse Welles Colbert spot is a nice little slice of late-night agitprop, but it also left me thinking "They yassified Hopalong Conor Oberst doing 'When the President Talks to God' on Leno!"
You heard him, kid: Post rare Husses
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
You heard him, kid: Post rare Husses
Dawning on me, 30 years later, that the tagline for these is a riff on This Is Spinal Tap
Vibes are bleak in honor of a dipshit being a dipshit here's a thread of my favorite this is SportsCenters
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Dawning on me, 30 years later, that the tagline for these is a riff on This Is Spinal Tap
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Marty Supreme is about a guy named Marty with sour cream and tomatoes. I hope everyone is having a nice Sunday
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Marty Supreme is about a guy named Marty with sour cream and tomatoes. I hope everyone is having a nice Sunday