Staff writer for The A.V. Club, co-host of Everything To Guppy on the Duckfeed podcast network, creator of the idea "What if John Wick fought Dracula?"https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlzjrlpgdc2217 May 2026 04:32 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzjrlpgdc22https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlzcuiviuc22Streaming at 8 p.m. tonight. Don't even care if we beat The Douglord. Just having fun with my friends.17 May 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzcuiviuc22https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlytrib2a22tHe asks! The hard! Questions!16 May 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlytrib2a22thttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlybfzcgfc2tI was on The A.V. Club's Staff Picks rotation with new film critic @mcastimovies.bsky.social this week; she picked a great-sounding Richard Donner flick, while I celebrated a show where Bob Mortimer destroys fellow comedians by making a funny sound with a chair https://avclub.com/last-one-laughing-uk-inside-moves-richard-donner16 May 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlybfzcgfc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlwsbem7gk2zStreaming at 8 p.m. tonight. These ones are going to be failures. Saying that now! Predestined failures. Real loser shit! You have my word.16 May 2026 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwsbem7gk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlwehx2g3s2zha ha i got mad https://www.avclub.com/chatgpt-adds-connect-your-bank-accounts-functionality15 May 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwehx2g3s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlw57a3yec2zI wrote about Dead As Disco, a really cool idea in desperate need of a better game attached to it https://www.avclub.com/game-theory-dead-as-disco15 May 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw57a3yec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlrsv53aos2rI got distracted by life and missed the 12th anniversary of my first A.V. Club byline. System says I'm now listed as an author on 13,120 articles. If you find the single halfway-decent one, you win a prize!14 May 2026 02:54 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrsv53aos2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mloqerxcpk2yTfw you've worked a long shift at the "being an asshole" factory12 May 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloqerxcpk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlopuvcp5k2yDamon hosting SNL recently means YouTube resurfaced his and Leslie Jones' Weezer bit and there may be no better sketch that gets absolutely ruined by the show's "chorus of commenting straightmen" thing.12 May 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlopuvcp5k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlhmemxp622oStreaming tonight at 8 Pacific, to be specific. At some point failure must inevitably give way to success, unless it don't. Regardless.10 May 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhmemxp622ohttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlgzjlhauk26One nice thing about working the Saturday news shift is that you have time to really luxuriate in the beauty and power of the English language:09 May 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgzjlhauk26https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlf4gqtoyk26Streaming tonight at 8 p.m. Pacific, as we continue to explore different definitions of success in Elden Ring: Nightreign. My buddy John's birthday is this week, which can mean only one thing: TOTAL VICTORY THROUGH BIRTHDAY MAGIC09 May 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlf4gqtoyk26https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mleue23jok26I saw a bunch of outlets running cheerful stories on The Price Is Right handing out its biggest single-game win ever and not one highlighting that it's because it's a sponsored pricing game paid for by sports betting site BetMGM https://www.avclub.com/price-is-right-record-win-sports-betting-betmgm08 May 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleue23jok26https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlepr2xfrk26I genuinely fucked up my sleep schedule this week because I was having such a good time writing an essay, getting my thoughts together, finding the little jokes and tributaries of ideas to explore, that I didn't want to stop to go to bed. People giving that joy over to machines are fuckin' aliens.08 May 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlepr2xfrk26https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mleenpk3p22wI got me some thoughts on Vampire Crawlers, the exhausting sugar rush of video game card games. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleenpk3p22whttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlciq2ud3c26What's that? Your new game successfully evokes the wistful and powerful feelings of being a teenager? Awesome, awesome, let me just double check that I haven't constructed my entire adult life as a bulwark against the shitty kid I was at 17 and his even shittier feelings.08 May 2026 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlciq2ud3c26https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlceo4diys26Big news, I'm suing Dreamworks and Illumination after receiving incontrovertible proof that the Despicable Me team based The Fat Minion off a picture from my Jaundice Phase circa 2008.07 May 2026 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlceo4diys26https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlcb5bda5k26I was doing a deep read of the Oscars eligibility rules today (as one does) and learned that hair and makeup awards can only be applied to work done on a human. I think this is wrong. If you give a really kickass haircut to a Labrador and it makes the movie better, that should be acknowledged.07 May 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcb5bda5k26https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlc6a4cuic26Are we absolutely convinced Kash Patel hasn't escaped from a 2006-ish Dane Cook comedy called like "Federal Bureau Of Intoxication," about a slacker frat bro who accidentally pees into the same fountain as the current FBI director and magically switches bodies? [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc6a4cuic26https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mlc4gllwwk2lI keep fantasizing about upgrading the house's coffee game from our crappy drip setup, and then every review I read for potential upgrades is like "I love my Flemtex, it only takes 62 hours to brew and my son (also named Flemtex) died while trying to clean it. And only $430!!"07 May 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc4gllwwk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3ml4vtxwwl22eI've been on a lil' Tom King kick since re-reading Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow for work and Mister Miracle's final issue is a chilling reminder that no matter how much work you do on yourself or how you try to think through it there is simply no escape from Los Angeles comedy podcasters05 May 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4vtxwwl22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mkwtbjtd2224Name your top 15 shows ever, gut instinct only, ugh who cares what I think but American Dad! Andor Archer Arrested Development Better Call Saul Jeopardy! Game Changer Home Movies MST3K Peep Show Person Of Interest Succession Taskmaster The Adventures Of Pete And Pete The Thick Of It03 May 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwtbjtd2224https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mkvvdoplus23No stream tonight, because I'm going to Modridge's record release show in Portland tonight. WHAT'S MODRIDGE YOU ASK?!!!!!!!! modridge.bandcamp.com/music https://modridge.bandcamp.com/music03 May 2026 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvvdoplus23https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mkvc3qxdv223I'm not saying I have a laser-like focus on what's actually wrong with our society but I'm seeing a lot of these "Gut feeling best 15 TV show lists" floating around and not one of them mentions "The News." HMMMMMMMMMMMMM!02 May 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvc3qxdv223https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mkv6bp35ss23Haven't seen Animal Farm, but Serkis talking about how he changed the ending to give young people "hope" is really bugging me. The ending of Animal Farm is not bleak to disempower or depress you. It's a catalyst. You watch characters fail to save themselves and it's supposed to itch under your skin.02 May 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv6bp35ss23