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Currently: TBD 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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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · Sep 4

It's Episodic Medium subscription drive time! A last-ever discount, a new tier, and, starting next week, Only Murders in the Building reviews by yours truly! www.episodicmedium.tv/month-to-mon...

Month-to-Month: Episodic Medium's Fall Schedule & Subscription Drive

Our last ever 20%-off deal and an introductory offer for our Loyal Viewers

www.episodicmedium.tv

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 3m

Creating an at-home William Castle situation by letting the Roomba run while I watch Halloween III.

Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams in 1993, backing up Zelda Williams' 2025 assertion that this is not what he'd want.

Quote from Robin Williams: “In ‘Mork & Mindy,’ they did Mork dolls--I didn’t mind the dolls; the image is theirs. But the voice, that’s me; I gave them my self. When it happened, I said, ‘You know I don’t do that.’ And they apologized; they said it was done by other people.”

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 2d

reminder that you don't have to keep seeing google AI search results if you don't want to. these folks have a very easy way to make all your google searches just run through google web search:

tenbluelinks.org

How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

tenbluelinks.org

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 3d

Making my debut in The Atlantic, weighing in on Colin Jost's new impression but mostly talking about Bad Bunny loving Kpop Demon Hunters www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

‘SNL’ Wants to Meet You at the Watercooler

The show opened its 51st season by making a case for its pop-culture savviness.

www.theatlantic.com

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 3d

Making my debut in The Atlantic, weighing in on Colin Jost's new impression but mostly talking about Bad Bunny loving Kpop Demon Hunters www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

‘SNL’ Wants to Meet You at the Watercooler

The show opened its 51st season by making a case for its pop-culture savviness.

www.theatlantic.com

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 6d

It was the very best kind of interview: I could sit back and let Mel spin a yarn and just pipe in with the occasional follow-up or nudge toward the next topic.

Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 6d

I approve!

Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 6d

And while you're there, they can direct you to this personal essay by yours truly—which, in 10 days, will no longer be my final A.V. Club byline www.avclub.com/mr-autumn-ma...

Reconciling with Mr. Autumn Man

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 6d

As always, for further Mr. Autumn Man reading, visit your local library and ask them to point a computer's web browser to this article from the late, great MEL Magazine melmagazine.com/en-us/story/...

Meet the Real Mr. Autumn Man

In 2012, Erik Adams became the embodiment of the dudely fall aesthetic: hot coffee, cardigans and plaid. Today, you’d never recognize him

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 6d

This is cute: www.totalwine.com/curated-coll... (And more appropriate than its creator could've realized, because the first time I got good and truly drunk, it was on an apple-cider-and-spiced-rum concoction.)

Total Wine's "Mr. Autumn Man Collection," featuring seasonally appropriate boozes. Label: "Pumpkin, coffee & spice pari with cozy flannels & cool nights."

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 6d

Tyler speaks the truth!

Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 6d

I can only guess it's someone who's never known the warm embrace of a flannel blanket, who could almost certainly benefit from an emergency infusion of butternut squash soup.

Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 6d

The Mr. Autumn Man re-promotions can be both a source of vanity _and_ humility.

Anonymized Bluesky reply to the Mr. Autumn Man repromo: "I hate Mister Autumn Man"

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, hello

The Onion @theonion.com · 6d

Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt https://theonion.com/mr-autumn-man-walking-down-street-with-cup-of-coffee-1819574012/

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 7d

September 30: October 1:

The author, in the photo for the Onion article headlined "Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt"

It's the same picture: The author, in the photo for the Onion article headlined "Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt"

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 20d

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was a mistake

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 21d

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

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Myles McNutt @memles.bsky.social · 27d

It's nice to be known, much as it was nice for Episodic Medium subscribers that @erikadams.bsky.social was reviewing this personal attack of an Only Murders in the Building episode instead of me.

www.episodicmedium.tv/review-only-...

I spent half the episode thinking that the timeline re: characters’ ages made absolutely no sense. I spent the other half thinking, “I bet this will drive Myles crazy.”

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 28d

Screenshot from the opening titles of the TV series Half Nelson, featuring two squares of B-roll and text. In the left square, a happy looking bull terrier. In the right square (which is spinning into frame, L.A.'s Union Station.) Text over the images: "Introducing Tony as Hunk."

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Myles McNutt @memles.bsky.social · 28d

13 years ago Erik took over my Office beat, and now he's AT IT AGAIN, that scoundrel. (But seriously, really nice to have a fresh set of eyes on the show as it continues its charming if challenging grasp at longevity).

Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 29d

I'm giving you a proposition that you can't turn down: A review of a mobbed-up Only Murders in the Building premiere over at Episodic Medium

Review: Only Murders in the Building, "Nail in the Coffin" | Season 5, Episode 1

The ever-expanding trove of secrets in the Arconia spins our heroes into a mob story

www.episodicmedium.tv

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 29d

Nine runs later, Meadows just got his second hit of the seventh.

Detroit Tigers (Unoffical) @nottigers.bsky.social · 29d

clutch time Parker 🐅 #RepDetroit

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 29d

Hello, I didn’t check the delivery address when I ordered some Chipotle delivery just now so if you are in Chicago and would like a chicken burrito go to:

The Chicago Hotel Ambassador
1301 N State Pkwy
Chicago, IL 60610

It’s at the front desk. Enjoy!

A sad little brown bag on a counter in a hotel lobby

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 29d

I'm giving you a proposition that you can't turn down: A review of a mobbed-up Only Murders in the Building premiere over at Episodic Medium

Review: Only Murders in the Building, "Nail in the Coffin" | Season 5, Episode 1

The ever-expanding trove of secrets in the Arconia spins our heroes into a mob story

www.episodicmedium.tv

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 29d

The headline The Onion posts in response to every mass shooting in the United States: "‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens." Photo features a state trooper's patrol vehicle behind police tape in front of a single-story school.

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's a huge bummer, and I wish there were a way to break the cycle that wasn't every critic starting their own newsletter or blog — which I think has helped the profession stay afloat to some degree, but I worry about the sustainability of all of us bobbing along out there on our own. (5/end)

Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · Sep 8

But we're doing our readers and ourselves a disservice with this thinking, which turns into a viscous cycle where only the "safest" bets get taken, and no one's encouraged to seek out the stuff that would most benefit from a review. (4/x)

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