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A weekly challenge show hosted by Alex Cox and Merlin Mann.

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June 10, 20261 hr 4 min

Lady COBOL

Links Midol - Wikipedia Use Only as Directed - This American Life Ayds 1952 advertisement - Ayds - Wikipedia Ayds Candy Commercials - YouTube Six Degrees of Joan Crawford Archive — You Must Remember This Be Kind Rewind YouTube Channel - Vulture Joan Crawford Accepts Anne Bancroft’s Oscar | 1963: Pt. 1 - YouTube Casting the Women of Valley of the Dolls | PT 1 - YouTube How Carrie Fisher Blurred Fact and Fiction - YouTube Philosophy Tube - YouTube Project Farm - YouTube Every Frame a Painting - YouTube Oceanliner Designs - YouTube An Oral History of Amy Schumer’s “Last Fuckable Day” Sketch | Vanity Fair Inside Amy Schumer - Last Fuckable Day (ft. Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Patricia Arquette) - YouTube 79th Annual Tony Awards Performances YouTube Playlist When Will My Life Begin? - Tangled Belle - Beauty and the Beast Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid My Shot - Hamilton Maria - West Side Story (1961) Out There - The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Tale of Orthosomnia: I Am so Good at Sleeping that I Can Do It with My Eyes Closed and My Fitness Tracker on Me Obsessed with a perfect night’s sleep? You might be making it worse Sleep perfectionists: the exhausting rise of orthosomnia | Sleep | The Guardian Navigating Chronic Insomnia In A Sleep-Obsessed Culture - YouTube

June 3, 20261 hr 24 min

The Biggles Protocol

Links Borpus | Do By Friday SNL Trump Impressions - YouTube Donald Trump 2012 Tweets About Kristen Stewart | PS Celebrity Good Time | Official Trailer HD | A24 - YouTube Good Time (film) - Wikipedia Harold Hill Sings "Seventy-Six Trombones" in THE MUSIC MAN (1962) | TCM - YouTube Monty Python Life of Brian - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life - YouTube Celebrate Sara Ramirez with a Look Back at Spamalot | Playbill "My Heart Will Go On" Featuring Marla Mindelle | TITANIQUE on Broadway - YouTube Radiohead - No Surprises - YouTube Black Sabbath - War Pigs - YouTube Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (Official Music Video) - YouTube Theme Song | Adventure Time | Cartoon Network - YouTube Nathan Fielder The Rehearsal Halloween Costume: Everything You Need Doctor Who Serial Generator The Simpsons - Bart auditions for Radioactive Man - YouTube The Simpsons - Bart On Conan O'Brien - YouTube Gavin & Stacey - Wikipedia Ep 252: Jason Mantzoukas - Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster | Acast Laszlo and Sean being good-time boys for 4 1/2 minutes - YouTube MacBreak Weekly: Macworld Expo Skubatu Hoodie -- SCOTTeVEST 101 Men's Travel Vest with Hidden Pockets | SCOTTeVEST The Logo Shirt Tee by Relay | Cotton Bureau Slim Rotation Chino Pants | Old Navy Nike Air Max Alpha Trainer 6 Men's Workout Shoes. Nike.com Nike Flex Experience Run 12 Men's Road Running Shoes. Nike.com Amazon.com: bitplay Magnetic Mini Pouch, Magsafe Compatible Phone Pouch, Tear Resistant Everyday Carry Card Holder, Key Slot with Water Repellent Zipper, Grey : Cell Phones & Accessories Lanyards! MBT USA Official Store HOKA ONE ONE® Solimar 2 for Men | HOKA ONE ONE® TOM BIHN Synik 22, Everyday Carry & Travel Backpack, 22L TOM BIHN Brain Bag, Maximalist EDC Backpack, 36L, 14" x 18" x 9" Merino Wool Socks | Smartwool US The full archive of Roderick on the Line is now available!

May 27, 20261 hr 22 min

Dried Grudge

Links Godzilla - YouTube More Cowbell - SNL - YouTube Bachman–Turner Overdrive - Wikipedia Audiobookshelf Get This Potato In The Golf Hole Without Touching The Green - YouTube And Away... Audiobook by Bob Mortimer Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Audiobook by Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse Bob Mortimer: "I once set fire to my house with a box of fireworks." | Would I Lie To You? - YouTube Top Hat Trailer - Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers 1935 Musical - YouTube Top Hat - Wikipedia The Gay Divorcee - Wikipedia Top Hat - Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers | That’s Dancing | Warner Archive - YouTube Paul Frees - Wikipedia The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends - Wikipedia Many Voices of Paul Frees - YouTube The Tobolowsky Files Every Episode of Troy and Abed In The Morning | Community S1-6 - YouTube Chick tract - Wikipedia Caddyshack - Wikipedia The Dancing Gopher - YouTube The Wire | Snoop Buys A Nailgun - YouTube Abed Ruins Stephen Tobolowsky's Class - YouTube Reconcilable Differences #287: Died of Robots - Relay You Actually Share Your Brain With a Silent Stranger - YouTube Brian Regan - The Emergency Room - YouTube Have Fun Storming The Castle - YouTube

May 20, 20261 hr 28 min

Legs Is Gone

Links Oh, Nice Things Are Nice - YouTube Bob's Burgers - "Heist Things Are Heist" End Credits - YouTube Miniature People Waiting – Realistic Figures - Free 3D Print Model - MakerWorld Merlin Mann: "Miniature People Waiting – Rea…" - Mastodon On Permanence: Barbara Shawcroft’s ‘Legs’ and the Challenges of Public Art | KQED Controversial Vaillancourt Fountain by Canadian artist dismantled in San Francisco | Globalnews.ca The Big BART Macrame · Barbara Shawcroft’s rope sculpture at Embarcadero BART · 1978–2022 Vaillancourt Fountain - Wikipedia New State Law Slashed SF's Housing Permit Timeline. Will Builders Follow? | KQED The New Colossus - Wikipedia Statue of Liberty - Wikipedia Lost Cause of the Confederacy - Wikipedia Home Page | Chicago Park District Park No. 571 “Fuck me in the face.” — Taskmaster S20E03 “Thompson” · A Dossier Pablo Picasso. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Paris, June-July 1907 | MoMA An Absolute Casserole: The Taskmaster Compendium: Alex Horne: 9781529441529: Amazon.com: Books Stop Making Sense - Wikipedia Michelin Guide - Wikipedia Jiro Dreams of Sushi - Wikipedia Helvetica (film) - Wikipedia "Documentary Now!" Juan Likes Rice and Chicken (TV Episode 2016) - IMDb Documentary Now! 2015 S02E02 Juan Likes Rice & Chicken - YouTube The Beach Boys - The Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights 2CD - The Beach Boys Official Store Frank Oz/Yoda Bloopers @GuyGilchristMusic - YouTube On Set Sound Original Unedited Yoda Puppet Scene Frank Oz - YouTube Off Menu, for Merlin Building a Dossier

May 13, 20261 hr 8 min

Food and Swords

Please watch this space. Full dossier coming soon.

May 6, 202657 min

Butt Thorn

Links “I know it when I see it” - Wikipedia Antonin Scalia - Wikipedia Clarence Thomas - Wikipedia Mycroft Holmes (Gatiss) | Baker Street Wiki | Fandom Zizing 'Em Up: Hughes brothers molded early on by Toronto's hockey culture | NHL.com Spotlight (film) - Wikipedia Toy Story 3 | The Incinerator - YouTube The Kinks - Wikipedia Unholier Than Thou | Crooked Media John Mulaney: Peace Be With You What the Cuck?! | Decoder Ring - YouTube Does Every Hotel Room Have a Cuck Chair? - Thrillist Venial sin - Wikipedia Mortal sin - Wikipedia Ninety-five Theses - Wikipedia Eucharistic adoration - Wikipedia St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | Wood Statue Hand Carved St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Statue Linden Wood St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Sculpture Bryon Noem Camgirl Interview (Lydia Love) - YouTube "I wish she had an only fans." Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Red Button Extras Season 1 - YouTube Stewart Lee Complete Red Button Extras SLCV S2 - YouTube BBC Red Button - Wikipedia Taskmaster Season 7 - Full Episodes - YouTube Julian Clary - Wikipedia Kevin Eldon - Wikipedia Chris Morris (satirist) - Wikipedia Paul Sinha - Wikipedia

April 29, 20261 hr 23 min

Factory Settings Mustache

Links Loopback Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster Off Menu — Amy Gledhill episode Off Menu — Florence Pugh episode Off Menu — Amanda Seyfried episode Off Menu — Maisie Adam Off Menu — Bob Mortimer Off Menu — Claudia Winkleman Mean Girls (2004) Fleabag (the play) Edinburgh Festival Fringe The Absolute Casserole Book Saturday Night Live UK The Prince Andrew Plan Cold Open | SNL UK - YouTube The Last Supper | SNL UK - YouTube Another 45 Seconds with Fouracres | SNL UK - YouTube George Fouracres - What Kind Of Irish Is Your Grandad - SNL UK - YouTube SNL: The Rundown Studio 8H tour with Chloe Fineman Mystery Show Roderick on the Line ROTL 624 — Links Quotidian Public Radio) Found My Place - Blog - Song: "Lost in Space" Merlin Mann - "Just Fine" - YouTube Matthew Butterick typefaces Hüsker Dü New Order The Smiths Perks of Being a Wallflower "Asleep" by The Smiths "Hand in Glove" Hatful of Hollow Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady Fugazi Sunny Day Real Estate Descendents Introducing Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they’ve built Rushmore (1998) Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel by Ryan North and Albert Monteys Ryan North Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five (1972 film) Lyle Lovett – Joshua Judges Ruth Thomas Flight Why Do Wes Anderson Movies Look Like That? - YouTube Moonrise Kingdom The Grand Budapest Hotel The Darjeeling Limited Wes Anderson American Express commercial The Testament of Ann Lee Trash Theory (YouTube) Trash Theory —Before My Chemical Romance: How Emo Became Emo Trash Theory — "The Universal Appeal of Ever Fallen In Love" Olivia Rodrigo — "drivers license" Fake Problems (Chris Farren) — Too Cold To Hold Merlin's Vibe Playlist, "Ann Lee-Adjacent" Alex's Vibe Playlist, "Unstuck"

April 22, 20261 hr 4 min

A Beautiful Escalation

Links Spider League on Late Night: Tim Robinson, Brooks Wheelan and Zach Kanin Talk Battle of the Spiders - YouTube Do By Friday Fiverr Songs I Think You Should Leave - Hot Dog Car I Think You Should Leave - Brian's Hat Adventure Time - Card Wars Jeff Foxworthy - You Might Be A Redneck If...(1993)(Music City Tonight 720p) - YouTube 45 Seconds with Fouracres - SNL UK "You're Not Our Natural Born Son" Opening of The Jerk - YouTube Lucia Keskin (Chi WIth A C): Tiny things and boiled pasta | Off Menu Podcast - YouTube Taskmaster Shorts Chris Fleming on Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend - YouTube Chris Fleming “Lightly Toasts” Seth in His Comedy Special; Reenacts Their New England Upbringings - YouTube Chris Fleming on Nightmare Stand-Up Gig, Jacob Elordi Kissing Jimmy & Being in a Super Bowl Ad - YouTube Chris Fleming and Drew Barrymore Share a Kiss in Wacky Game of Bingo! | The Drew Barrymore Show - YouTube Chris Fleming: Showpig Chris Fleming: Hell | Peacock Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace | HBO Max The Roches - Hammond Song - YouTube The Roches (1979 album) The Testament of Ann Lee Sybil (Schreiber book) - Wikipedia Sybil (1976 film) - Wikipedia Dissociative identity disorder Songs from the Big Chair — Tears for Fears God's eye (craft) Sand mandala Bill Paxton Bill Pullman Paxton or Pullman?

April 15, 20261 hr 1 min

Coke Fight

Links What's the difference between Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and Diet Coke? George Michael - Careless Whisper The Simpsons — "Team Homer" The Office — "Fun Run" Deep Dish Swift (Chicago Swift conference) Blackmagic Design cameras Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive AP Bio (NBC/Peacock series) Sam Campbell — TEDx "The Humpty Dance" — Digital Underground Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? | The New Yorker Simon Willison's Weblog Gavin & Stacey Last One Laughing Taskmaster Season 21, Episode 1 - 'Cube is good.' | Full Episode - YouTube

April 8, 20261 hr 20 min

Lemon Difficult

Links Video Heaven (2025) — dir. Alex Ross Perry Lucia Keskin (Chi With A C) doesn’t learn ANYTHING the hard way | Off Menu Podcast - YouTube "Difficult difficult lemon difficult" - YouTube Jury Duty Todd's Chants - Jury Duty Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Nirvana the Band the Show (TV series) Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Movie Clip - Hardware - YouTube The Testament of Ann Lee Space Ghost Coast to Coast Difficult difficult lemon difficult - In the Loop Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Blackberry (film) F for Fake F for Fake (1973) - How to Structure a Video Essay - YouTube Sam Campbell Wanted To Be Diane Morgan’s Servant on Last One Laughing - BBC - YouTube George Fouracres - What Kind Of Irish Is Your Grandad - SNL UK - YouTube Kathy - SNL - YouTube I’ll Never Buy A Low Quality Phone Case Again! $1,300 Phone Ruined! - YouTube Spotlight (film) Doubt Ben Hur Snails and Oysters Scene in Spartacus Gore Vidal and Bill Buckley face off, 1968 DNC The Lifelong Feud Between Truman Capote and Gore Vidal, Explained | Vanity Fair Irma Vep (TV series) Going Clear — dir. Alex Gibney Repo Man — dir. Alex Cox Ex Machina — dir. Alex Garland HyperNormalisation — dir. Adam Curtis Hamlet 2000 Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh Hamlet with David Tennant Technology Connections — CD series Technology Connections — LaserDisc series