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Here’s every time someone on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia says “god dammit.”
If you’ve ever needed a reminder of how brilliant this ensemble is, simply watch this mashup. It’s unreal how many ways you can deliver a single phrase.
Google decided to shame the entire nation at once by putting together a chart that maps the top “how to spell” searches by state between January 1 and April 30 of this year.
In perhaps the most telling bit of data on this map, South Dakota frequently looks up the spelling of “college.”
See the tweet from Google Trends here.
The history of the entire world in 20 minutes.
In the grand scheme of the entire universe, from the first seconds after the Big Bang to the moment you clicked on this article, 20 minutes is nothing. Bill Wurtz’s channel.
You should spend, like, an hour or two looking at these dog names. Immediately. The biggest bubbles represent the most common names: Bella (1995), Max (1153), Charlie (856), Coco (852), Rocky (823), and so on.
Google just dropped a document called “It’s Lit: A Guide To What Teens Think Is Cool,” a title that already invalidates whatever’s inside the damn thing.
Check out page 10 of the document for the full chart.
Watch actors perform side by side with their real-life counterparts.
FromLa Vie En Rose to The Fighter toCatch Me If You Can,this video essay from Vugar Efendi, lets the viewer decide how well the cinematic recreations pair up with the moments they’re based on.
This short, creepy video is pure, undiluted internet weirdness
Thus, the three-minute short film “Hi Stranger”byKirsten Lepore is a welcome shot of please-just-watch-it grain-alcohol weirdness.
How an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants predicted the rise of meme culture
SpongeBob SquarePants might not be the first show one would turn to for philosophical depth, but Quinton of the YouTube channel Quinton Reviews argues there’s more intelligence than meets the eye in the cheeky cartoon series.
School yourself on the history of horror films with YouTube’s foremost expert.
Horror contains multitudes. In the film world alone, the genre can manifest as psychological, physiological, allegorical, or sometimes just plain gross. Finding a way into its myriad nooks and crannies, however, can be a daunting proposition. Film fans always benefit from cinematic mentors, after all, and Dr. Udru is here for anyone in need of guidance.Open Mike Eagle’s new album, Brick Body Kids Still Daydream, is heavily influenced by the legacy of the Robert Taylor Homes, a former public housing project on the South Side of Chicago, which was unceremoniously torn down in 2007. (Today, all that remains at the site is a barren field.) Mike grew up in Chicago and often spent time with family living in the Homes. Upon revisiting the city and the former site of the Homes later in life, he was struck by the lack of commemoration for the thousands of residents who lived and died in the Homes. The realization that nothing remained in that space inspired the theme of the album.
For the inaugural episode of AV Docs, The A.V. Club spent a day with Open Mike Eagle at the site of the former Homes in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, exploring its legacy to understand the inspiration behind his new album.
Here’s why David Fincher makes his actors do 50 takes
“[David] Fincher is meticulous,” John Carroll Lynch, who co-starred in the director’s Zodiac told us during a recent Random Roles interview. “He’s after something. And it takes him 50 takes to get it.”
Here’s everything you need to know going into the Twin Peaksfinale
Twin Peaks’ return has been strange and nightmarish, filled with insane, offbeat humorandcreepy, bizarre moments of horror—basically, it’s been Twin Peaks.
HowGame Of Thrones filmed a battle that’s never been done before
In the newest videofromThe Nerdwriter, we see how every cinematic battle sequence in history takes from and builds on its predecessors.
Director Matt Shakman was able to create a battle that was not only emotionally gripping but easy for the viewer to follow.
The A.V. Club procured dipping sauces from the major fast food chains, separated by category, and taste-tested each one on a recent afternoon.
Check out the full review and rankings of Ranch, Specialty Ranch, Mustard, Buffalo, Sweet and Sour, Barbecue, Hot Sauce, Miscellaneous savory, and Specialty spicy sauces here.
Verdict:
Awesome sauces:
8. McDonald’s Sriracha Mac Sauce
7. KFC’s Creamy Buffalo
6. Chick-Fil-A’s Sweet & Spicy Sriracha
5. Arby’s Horsey Sauce
4. Taco Bell’s Diablo Hot Sauce
3. Popeyes’ Blackened Ranch
2. Popeyes’ Smok’n Pepper Jam Sauce
1. Chick-Fil-A Sauce
Endure every “that’s what she said” from The Office in one video.
Thank you, officialThe Office US YouTube account for distilling so much of your show into one impressive little package. (That’s what she said?)
With the smash success of Wonder Womanandthe casting of Jodie Whittaker as the new Doctor Who, it seems an effort is being made by the frontrunners in fantasy and sci-fi to allow women a spot at the top of what was traditionally a boys’ club. Need proof that the paradigm needed changing? Look no further than this studyfromThe Pudding’s Amanda Shendruk.
Thank you to @theavc for letting us kick off the eighth season of A.V. Undercover with such a beautiful ‘90s jam. Watch our cover of Hole’s “Violet” here: http://bit.ly/PhantogramAVClub
Burns is attuned to the finest of details, even going so far as to lay out the surgical trays to make sure they have the right instruments in the right order for the operation being filmed—a detail that probably goes unnoticed by the lay viewer, but has earned him praise in medical and historical circles.
If I had the memory for minutiae like this, this would be my actual dream job. This is honestly the coolest article I’ve read all week, having never heard of Stanley Burns before. Both consultant and collector, he’s about as close to a Victorian man of letters as you can get in real life (every time I tell people that my dream job is “man of letters” they laugh like I’m not dead serious). The link is tucked into the article, but definitely do not miss the photos in his collection, which include specific categorical groupings for photos of African Americans and Judaica.
Those collections are interesting for one thing, purely by the benefit of being rare, but Burns also tells the A.V. Club, “If you have a photograph then you have the truth of the event.” Photographs of Black Americans and Jews are therefore so important, and I’m so glad that he has those collections, because we still live in a world that distorts and devalues the importance of these groups and others today and in history. It’s upsetting that their erasure from history is a real risk, but it’s also heartening that those like Burns are dedicated to preserving them.
He also has a collection of (and wrote a book on) Victorian mourning photography, which explains why I love The Others so much (he was a consultant for the film). I’m still only a few episodes into The Knick, but if you can handle some gross medical stuff (and it does get both visually and conceptually disturbing) I’d definitely more than recommend it.
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