Kareem, Paul Rudd, Mo Salah, and the 75-year-old who struck out a minor leaguer in a real game
These are the best things I found on the internet this week!
Hello all!
I realize I usually save movie talk for Fridays, but in case some of you all only check out this edition of the newsletter I wanted to say briefly that Everything Everywhere All At Once is incredible, mind-blowing, and easily one of the best movies in the past several years. Go see it as soon as you can, and make sure you check out my spoiler-free review on Friday. Much to discuss!
Until then, here’s your usual dose of the best, most interesting and most entertaining content I found on the internet in the past week!
Admittedly, this week’s crop hues very close to my personal interest areas. Normally I do my best to cast a net wide across the culture and let my curiosities expand into many different areas, but this week the best of the best kept coming back to sports and entertainment. Hope you still enjoy.
What’s the coolest story or thing you found on the internet this week? Reply to this email and shoot me a link. Would love to hear from you.
The buzziest story of the week definitely comes from the Washington Post, who found out that Facebook (Meta) has been paying a right wing marketing firm to attempt to smear the public perception of its rival, TikTok. And they’re doing it in the most Boomer way possible.
Last week’s edition was all about The Slap. Me and Daniel Radcliffe are all slapped out at this point. But I wanted to give Kareem Abdul-Jabbar the final word on “The Slap,” since his opinion was characteristically thoughtful and definitive.
The best piece of writing you’ll see this week comes from Jeff Pearlman in Sports Illustrated, an emotional telling of the aftermath of wide receiver Henry Ruggs III’s fatal car accident in Las Vegas through the eyes of a local drug addict who attempted to pry the victim from the wreckage.
You may never see a youth sports video as savage as this kid roundhouse punching his competitor during a track meet. Is it bad that I find the outrage from the parents in the stands hilarious though?
What’s the best position to sleep on an airplane? (If you’re tall like me it’s a rhetorical question, and the answer is pain). The Washington Post put together this sometimes helpful, sometimes tongue-in-cheek graphical presentation of reader suggestions. Seriously, who has the cahones to lay down in the aisle?
Ok ok, I lied. One more piece of Slap content. James Corden hit the SEO goldmine by combining The Slap with the most viral song in the world, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” into this funny musical skit: “We Don’t Talk About Jada, No No.”
Paul Rudd was on Conan’s podcast this week, and managed to keep up the greatest and longest-running gag in late night talk show history. If you aren’t in on the joke this is going to seem a little strange, but dive down the rabbit hole and you’ll be rolling on the floor laughing.
Soccer superstar Mo Salah missed a penalty kick to send his home country of Egypt to the World Cup. The catch? He had dozens of lasers shining in his eyes as he attempted to take the penalty. It’s one of the wildest and most blatant sports fan interactions I’ve ever seen.
Meanwhile in the minor leagues, this 75-year-old fan came down out of the stands and recorded a strikeout during a legitimate professional game. It’s just one of the bits that make the Savannah Bananas the greatest show in minor league baseball — like if the Harlem Globetrotters played games that actually counted. And the crazy thing is this team wins!
Not sure if you’ve caught any of the discourse around the movie Morbius, but let’s just say the one thing that can bring all corners of our country together is how much people hate this movie. The greatest summation of why Morbius sucks, both specifically and theoretically in the larger scope of IP, comic book storytelling, comes courtesy of GQ.
Thanks for reading and sharing! Like I said up top, I can’t wait to tell you all about Everything Everywhere All At Once on Friday!