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Adrian Kerrison
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Conversation analyst studying all the different ways crowds of strangers manage to say the same thing, in the same way, at the same time. He/him
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To...traverse the snow?
A scene from "Skinner's Sense of Snow", a Simpsons episode where Principal Skinner and some students have been snowed-in to the elementary school. The students have revolted against Principal Skinner's strict authority, so in an attempt to get help he has put a classroom gerbil - Nibbles - in an orange plastic ball and set him out onto the snow to crawl for help.
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Was the main course a thousand plastic meatballs?
Tim Robinson as a character who has bought an irresponsible amount of brown fedoras and plastic meatballs with the intention of making a movie about the mob. He is currently trying to recoup his costs by convincing people to use them as props for a baby shower. In the image he is aggressively reassuring a woman about the viability of the fedoras, stressing that "They're Stanzos. They're nice."
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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They feel like this, but for fashion.
A scene from The Simpsons where a comedian has made a dry joke and Homer expressed confusion. Lisa tried to explain the joke, Homer still doesn't get it, so Lisa simply said, with resignation, "it's just a joke." Homer looks gleeful as he says, "oh, I get it." Then he begins laughing heartily as he continues, "I get jokes."
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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The Judd Apatow series "Undeclared" is set in California and in the pilot they correctly play "Beer Pong" with paddles. Because most people are correctly playing "Beirut" with their hands (as we did at UNH, so the'paddles at nerd schools' data holds up)
Loudon Wainwright lining up a shot in the pilot episode of Undeclared Loudon's opponent in the scene, a young Seth Rogen
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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A scene from Parks & Recreation where Tom and Donna are having their annual "Treat Yourself" day where they buy extravagant treats. They have brought Ben along, because he looked sad, and after he has hated every expensive indulgence so far they finally ask what would be a treat for him. They are now at a comic book store where Ben is wearing a full Batman costume. Ben is looking embarrassed about it, but Tom steps in and says "if that costume somehow makes you happy" Tom continues, "you're gonna buy it" In the original scene Tom continues, "and you're gonna wear it out of the store, okay?" But here the words have been changed to "and you're gonna wear it for an Italian psych experiment, okay?" Ben looking emotional and wistful as he stares into the distance through his Batman cowl and says "I'm gonna treat myself"
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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A scene from 30 Rock where the writers are watching an old phone sex commerical that Liz did when she moved to New York. An awkward young Liz is playing tug-of-war with another woman in a black dress. Liz says, with resignation, "I remember *that* girl" The camera cuts back to Liz, looking annoyed, "she cried all day"
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Funny how the tech guys are trying to live forever, because the energy of the finance guys is like
Krusty the Clown looking surprised as he says "but I don't plan to live that long." This is from the episode where he is busted for tax evasion, and when the IRS discusses garnishing his salary for the next 40 years to recoup the missing money he responds that he doesn't plan to live that long.
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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A police officer approaches Leo Spaceman, Chris Parnell's doctor character from 30 Rock, and informs him "you've just been named surgeon general of the United States" Leo looks straight into the camera while leaving the room and says, "Hey, that's a series wrap on Leo Spaceman, suckers!"
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Exciting to watch DAZN hit one of the universal milestones: learning there are two Miamis
The link for Toledo @ Miami (OH) on DAZN, which has recently started streaming NCAA sports in Europe. DAZN has the game listed as Toledo @ Miami, with logos for the Toledo Rockets and the University of Miami Hurricanes
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Put this in the history textbooks next to 2025 Democratic Leadership
A scene from The Simpsons where a trio of nerdy college students that Homer befriended are kicked out of school for a prank he dragged them along to. The nerds have just happily handed their wallets over to Snake (Springfield's most famous criminal) who appraoched them and introduced himself as the "wallet inspector". Snake laughed about his ridiculous scam working and runs away. Homer looks concerned and says, with trepidation: "Hey! That's not the wallet inspector."
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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America ripped off Supermac's? SMDH
An advertisement for the Irish fast food burger chain Supermac's, featuring a burger that is structurally-identical to a McDonald's Big Mac and a red and white carton of french fries next to the words "Tasty & Tempting" which is part fo the chain's jingle of "Tasty and tempting food at Supermac's"
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Over and over and over
A four panel meme of a scene from The Office. In the scene Michael Scott is attempting to recruit some of his employees to a sidehustle selling calling cards. Jim asks how this obvious scam is *not* a pyramid scheme and Michael roughly draws out the structure of the scheme while explaining that it's plainly not a pyramid scheme. Before he can finish Jim gets up and draws a triangle around the structure Michael has drawn, bringing attention to its literal pyramid shape. Michael looks on in distress and sullenly says "I have to go make a call..." In this version Michael begins "It's not phrenology" as he draws on the presentation board. In the second panel he continues "It's not even an -ology, per se. It's-" while Jim begins to draw. The third panel has them both looking at the presentation board, which now has an image of a classic phrenology diagram of a person's head with areas of their scalp labeled with the virutes and vices that supposedly relate to the measurement of bumps and ridges of the skull in those spaces. In the final panel Michael again says, simply, "I have to go make a call..."
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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A shot from the movie Blades of Glory where Will Ferrell's figure skater character is drunkenly performing in a wizard costume during a Children's-Show-on-Ice production. He is bent over a mushroom and saying "Damn it. I just threw up in here, people.
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Cindy Energy:
A sketch from I Think You Should Leave where employees are going through Conflict Resolution training. The facilitator pauses the video for a discussion on a training video where an employee is being pressured to take less credit for a project she works on. They ask what the woman in the video could have said in reply, and an employee in the training overly-gleefully suggests "Back away, banana breath! What the hell di dyou just eat? A Banana?" while other employees look on in confusion and concern.
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Ooo!
A diagram of a man sitting in a chair holding a video game controller, an arrow over his head indicates that he has gone from a laid-back posture to leaning forward with his elbows on his knees, suggesting a much more "locked-in" posture.
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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I naturally assumed he was a Gaelic Footballer (especially as Ulster University is his prior school) and it is absolutely breaking my brain that he was a HURLER who ended up the #13 KICKING recruit. A 6'6', 230lb hurler playing tight end going for jump balls could make some weird sense! But KICKING?
A "player signed" graphic shared on Jack Cassidy's instagram account. IT has Western Kentucky's "Tops" logo with "SIGNED" in big letters underneath it and "HILLTOPPER FOOTBALL" in smaller text. The photo next to Jack's name is of him playing hurling, which is an Irish sport played with the hands and a flattened stick. Though, as the Gaelic Athletic Association manages both Hurling and Gaelic Football (which is played with the hands AND feet) there is a good chance he would have played both at some point. But it looks like he was a hurler at senior level, not a footballer. Just has to be a super crazy athlete I guess!
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Tim Robinson from the I Think You Should Leave Pig Monster sketch, looking disgusted and frustrated, as he says, "That was the most consequential day because now I know I don't like my work."
October 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Rodger Meyers Jr. (the studio head that makes Itchy & Scratchy on The Simpsons) from the episode where they add Poochie to the cast. He's ordering the writers to come up with a name for the character, saying "Something along the lines of, say...'Poochie', only more proactive!" But in this version "Poochie" has been changed to "Tusky" Once he leaves the room, one of the writers turns the other and says "So, 'Poochie' okay with everybody?" But in this version Poochie has been changed to Tusky
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Have fun! From my experience, Lowell is a very solid wrestling town. Had my favorite US experience at an NXT show there:
October 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Was just thinking about this one yesterday, which I never remember when people specifically ask for "Simpsons gags that live in your head"
Ned Flanders as a problematic child being observed for a social experiment. He is currently bullying another small child while shouting "Whee! I'm Dick Tracy! BAM! Take THAT, Prune-Face!" He immediately starts bullying another child, shouting "Now I'm Prune-Face, take THAT, Dick Tracy!" Finally he puts a third child in a headlock and shouts, "Now I'm Prune Tracy. Take that, Dick-" and is cut off by the researcher rushing in, shouting "Ned, stop it at once! Stop it!"
October 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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It's like Barney Gumble got turned into a bear.
Barney Gumble from The Simpsons. Particularly from the scene in Deep Space Homer where he gets a drink of (non-alcoholic) champagne to celebrate his graduation from astronaut training, his eyes get wide and his mouth slacks open as he portends: "it BEGINS"
October 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Post a fictional comedian who definitely would accept an invitation to the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

(but only as part of a plea deal for crashing his blimp into THE LINE, Liz Lemon)
Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan from the sitcom 30 Rock
September 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Sam Elliott from an appearance on Parks and Rec where. He is sitting at a campfire and pointing at Ben Wyatt. He begins, "well, I can tell byt he indigo on your chiclets" and continues "that you've been drinking blueberry wine."
September 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Really smart strategy for playing Blake, Murphy, and Alexa
September 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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The Principal from The Breakfast Club, looking annoyed (as is his natural state). He is labeled as "prescriptivists"
August 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM