Do By Friday

By Merlin Mann and Alex CoxComedy Society & Culture Technology

Do By Friday episodes

October 07It's Mostly Gambling
Links
10 Minutes till Bedtime
Good Night, GorillaPeggy Rathmann
Pi-hole
Relay Membership
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Matthew 18:21–22
Where's Wally?
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
Dropout
Game Changer Animated: Brennan's "Yes or No?" Monologue
Make Some Noise
Dropout | Vimeo Customer Spotlight
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Vic Michaelis
Sam Reich
Robert Reich
Game Changer
Very Important People
CollegeHumor
Funny or Die
The Landlord
Between Two Ferns
Zac Oyama
Ally Beardsley
Breaking News
Taskmaster
Dimension 20
The Adventure Zone
Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures: Owlbear
Michael Winslow
Numismatics
Catch a Fire
Exodus
I Shot the Sheriff
Peter Tosh
The Social Reckoning
Chris Evans Is Having Second Thoughts | GQ
Chris Evans
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Knives Out
Rian Johnson
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Kathleen Kennedy
16-inch softball
Social deduction game
Stuart Brown: Play is more than just fun
Mille Bornes
White elephant gift exchange
Christmas Party (The Office)
Junk journal
What is junk journaling? A free, lightly feral hobby that is perfect for 2026 | Vox
Wreck This Journal
Robert Shields
Bay Wheels
Robert Moses
The Power Broker
1 hr 2 min
October 01Stress as a DLC
Links
The Magic School Bus
Valerie Frizzle
Wario
Thomas the Tank Engine
Sir Topham Hatt
The Railway Series
Wilbert Awdry
Island of Sodor
Narrow-gauge railway
UGK feat. Outkast — Int’l Players Anthem
Apollo 13
180-degree rule
Kelvin wave
Sylvanian Families
Lawn darts
Curious George
Curious George — George Takes a Job (official clip)
Arthur
Green Lantern
MacWhisper
Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3
Entrance of the Gladiators
Kenneth Parcell
King of the Hill
Nasal strip
Intake Breathing
Neti pot
Naegleria fowleri
Frank Gorshin
Louisiana Purchase
Lindsay Ellis — I Tested Every Cruise Line to Find the Least Evil
The Flop House
Royal Caribbean
Triangle of Sadness
Tim & Eric — Cinco Food Tube
Nosedive
Black Mirror — Nosedive (full episode; unofficial upload)
Melitta
Homes & Land
Mean Girls
Sumac
Availability heuristic
Dropout · Free videos on Dropout’s YouTube channel
Merlin's Shared Dropout Clips - YouTube
Emotional labor
Nickel and Dimed
THINK (IBM)
Getting Things Done
David Allen — The Natural Planning Model
Maria Bamford
Safe
Water Lilies
Alan Watts — The Wisdom of Insecurity
Gene Kranz
Fight Club
Project management triangle
For All Mankind
ZZ Top — Legs
Vic Michaelis
Very Important People · YouTube: Princess Emily — free full episode
Very Important People — Augbert (Dropout) · YouTube: 18 official Augbert clips
Game Changer · YouTube: The Sound Impression Challenge — free full episode
Make Some Noise · YouTube: A Celebrity’s Unflattering Wax Figure Reveal — free full episode
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom · YouTube: Amy Vorpahl Simply Loses Her Mind — free full episode
Stefon
Game Changer — Count the Rice (Dropout) · YouTube: first 14 minutes — free preview
Game Changer — Lie Detector (Dropout) · YouTube: free full episode
Zac Oyama as Tommy Shriggly — Very Important People (Dropout) · YouTube: free full episode
Very Important People — Princess Emily (Dropout) · YouTube: free full episode
Brennan Lee Mulligan
My Mom’s Having a Baby — ABC Afterschool Special and title themez
1 hr 13 min
September 23Super Measles
Links
I Tested Every Cruise Line to Find the Least Evil - Lindsay Ellis
Why is Cats? - Lindsay Ellis
A Visual History of Every Interplanetary Mission
Half as Interesting
Project Farm
Offhand Disney
The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel
Kuleshov effect
Hitchcock on Editing and the Kuleshov Effect - YouTube
You Can See Everything | Official Trailer HD | A24
Kuleshov Effect / Effetto Kuleshov
The Dropout
Pareidolia
Coax — Channel-surf your Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby server
Jellyfin
Plex
Early Access & Beta Releases | Plex Support
Infuse - Video Player for Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac & Vision
Law And Order And Mr. Jerry Orbach - John Mulaney
Audapolis | Prototype Fund
GitHub - bugbakery/audapolis: an editor for spoken-word audio with automatic transcription
AI Transcription | Accurate Audio & Video to Text | Descript
Victor Garber on ‘Godspell’ and Playing Jesus
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution Official Trailer
DARVO
Biblical Magi
Au hasard Balthazar
Charles and D.I.A.N.A. | SNL UK
Weekend Update: Ed Sheeran, Robert Kraft and Diana's Swan Song | SNL UK
Series 7 | Taskmaster Wiki | Fandom
Taskmaster Season 22 - Full Episodes
Shooting Stars Matt Lucas Supercut
The Young Ones (TV series)
Bob Mortimer & Richard toilet story | Travel Man
Man Down (TV series)
House of Fools (TV series)
Rik Mayall in Man Down
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule (Documentary, 2014)
1 hr 9 min
September 03Vacation Bottom
Links
Connections — The New York Times

Strands: Uncover Words. — The New York Times

Download the Crossplay app — The New York Times

Interview Task: RICHARD AYOADE | Taskmaster | Season 22 - YouTube

The Celebrity Traitors series 2 - Wikipedia

Series 22 | Taskmaster Wiki | Fandom

The Ultimate Miriam Margolyes Experience | The Graham Norton Show - YouTube

Strax – Doctor Who Figure 1:10 - Free 3D Print Model - MakerWorld

Strax & The Memory Worm | The Snowmen | Doctor Who - YouTube

Vastra | Tardis | Fandom

Bella Ramsey - Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster | Acast

Reconcilable Differences #294: Grumpy 37 - Relay

It's All Too Much a book by Peter Walsh - Bookshop.org US

About the Film | Jazz | A Film by Ken Burns | PBS

Begin the Beguine - YouTube

Eastbound & Down - Wikipedia

Watch Free Live TV, Movies and TV Shows Online | Tubi

The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin

Watch Movies and TV Shows Free Online - Plex

Emby — Your Personal Media Server

‎Search results for melrin mann • Letterboxd

Share your machines with other users · Tailscale Docs

Relax with Coax

iStat Menus

“He’s 28 years old.” — A Dossier

UPS Systems | UPS | CyberPower

Uninterruptible power supply - Wikipedia

APC Smart-UPS - Wikipedia
1 hr 39 min
August 26Lifestyle Baby Reporter
Links
South African police arrest two Thai men for allegedly smuggling parrot eggs | South Africa | The Guardian

Alex (parrot) - Wikipedia

Kuleshov effect - Wikipedia

Sherlock Holmes and Watson Conversation in a cab

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle | Project Gutenberg

Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series) - Wikipedia

Wishbone (TV series) - Wikipedia

Wishbone | The Slobbery Hound

Scoop (2024 film) - Wikipedia

SCOOPS a book by Sam McAlister - Bookshop.org US

Email reveals how editor ‘killed’ Jimmy Savile story – Channel 4 News

The Diana Interview: Revenge Of A Princess | Ep1

The Queen (2006 film) - Wikipedia

Spotify executive: Harry and Meghan are ‘grifters’ | CNN

The Mayfair Set - Wikipedia

Adam Curtis: The Mayfair Set (1999)

The Time Tax a book by Annie Lowrey - Bookshop.org US

Nathan for You - Wikipedia

Pillows and Blankets - Wikipedia

Pillows & Blankets | Community

Accidental Tech Podcast

Nope | Universal Pictures At Home

Predators (2025 film) - Wikipedia

That time To Catch A Predator kinda killed a guy.

To Catch a Predator - Wikipedia

'To Catch a Predator Suicide' - Bill Conradt Suicide on NBC to Catch a Predator

Watch The Perfect Neighbor | Netflix Official Site

Watch Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere | Netflix Official Site

J.J. Bittenbinder, Street Smarts: The safety expert who terrified audiences with his crime-avoidance tips.

John Mulaney - Street Smarts

Paedogeddon - Wikipedia

Brass Eye Special - Paedogeddon
1 hr 47 min
August 19Seasonal Chicago Honesty
Links
On the final season of HBO's VEEP with the cast and creative team

Veep l Jonah Married his Step Sister

Veep - Wikipedia

“Sure, Jan.” 😂 | A Very Brady Sequel (1996) | The Legendary Fake Boyfriend

"The Brady Bunch" The Not-So-Ugly Duckling (TV Episode 1970)

Lloyd Hennick | VEEP Wiki | Fandom

Mark Gatiss’s Dream Meal 🍽️ | Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster Podcast

Sherlock and John's First Meeting | A Study In Pink | Sherlock | BBC

The League of Gentlemen - Wikipedia

Quote Origin: Everybody Has Plans Until They Get Hit for the First Time – Quote Investigator®

Getting Things Done - Wikipedia

Inbox Zero

Russia - Yeltsin On Campaign Trail

Adam Curtis - Wikipedia

Hypernormalisation | Full Documentary | Adam Curtis

The Trap | Adam Curtis Full Documentary | What Happened to Our Dreams of Freedom | Part 1

SHIFTY (2025) ADAM CURTIS complete

TraumaZone by Adam Curtis Part 1-7

The Century of the Self (Full Adam Curtis Documentary)

Guest Host Rosie O’Donnell Makes Her Talk Show Return

OMC - How Bizarre (Official Music Video)

Chris Fleming: The one thing young people should reject if they want a rewarding life and career

A Cyborg Manifesto | The Anarchist Library

All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace by Richard Brautigan
1 hr
August 05Cockney Surgeon
Links
"Hello Joe!" - The Simpsons

Turkish Van

Petfinder

Wheres Captain Kirk - Spizz Energi (Official Video 1979)

Athletico Spizz 80 - Clocks Are Big + Where's Captain Kirk + Soldier

VA Urgh! A Music War (1980) - Full Movie

"Shitting Clits" - Jonah Ryan

5ives

Dunkirk

Tenet

Memento

Elizabeth Debicki

Celebrity Heights

Aimee Mann

Squeeze

Squeeze: Take Me I'm Yours

The Night Manager

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hollander

Civil War - Guns N' Roses

Canary trap

Trakt

Merlin's Trakt lists

Really Good Penultimate Season Episodes

Great First Scenes

The Troubles & Northern Ireland

The Garveys at Their Best -The Leftovers

Chernobyl

SNL Sends Up Netflix's 'The Hunting Wives'

Letterkenny

Blue Lights

The Red Wedding - Game of Thrones

The Rains of Castamere - Game of Thrones

Blackwater - Game of Thrones

Battle of the Bastards - Game of Thrones

Interlude -The Righteous Gemstones

Aberfan disaster

The Troubles

Jacqueline du Pre & Daniel Barenboim - Elgar Cello Concerto

Schubert Piano Quintet D667 The Trout Jacqueline du Pre, Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas

Blue Valentine

Blue Ruin

Blue Is the Warmest Colour

Green Room

Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story

Bit Rot | American Scientist

Von Neumann probe

Solid-state drive

Synology

Relax with Coax

Steve Kornacki

It's A Wonderful Life (End Scene)

Steve Kornacki analyzes midterm primary election results | Kornacki Cam |

Kornacki tackles water spill during live election coverage
1 hr 2 min
July 29Multiple Magician Situation
Links
Scoop

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Criterion Collection

Janus Films

Descript MCP overview

Gaines Burgers

Barbara Gaines

Mr. Coffee

1981 Gaines Burgers Dog Food TV Commercial

Offal

Trotters (pig's feet)

Alpo

Roderick on the Line

Skeuomorphism

Armando Iannucci

Armando Ianucci Taskmaster Season 21 Interview

The Day Today

Alan Partridge

Steve Coogan

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(film)

Time-Turner

Alfonso Cuarón

When the wrong director changed Harry Potter forever

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(film)

Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express

And Then There Were None

The Godfather Part II

Lionel Bart's Oliver!

Oliver & Company

Damn Yankees

When Harry Met Sally...

Canary trap

Diet Coke

Jim Carrey

Bruce Vilanch

Alex Cox

Repo Man

Tyrell Corporation (Blade Runner)

Kurt Vonnegut

Liz Winstead

Scott Forstall

Fun Home (musical)

"Ring of Keys"

Alison Bechdel

Fun Home (graphic novel)

Conan & Sona's Meeting With Human Resources

Apollo Robbins

Apollo Robbins TED Talk
1 hr 10 min
July 22Childhood Whore
Links
Halide

Halide's Process Zero

Not Boring's !Camera

NetNewsWire

"How Vandy Bested the Ivies" — New York Magazine

Porchey (Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon)

The Crown

Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert

"One Day More" (Encore)

"Bring Him Home" (Encore)

Oppositional defiant disorder

Wordnik

The Weather Underground

1968 Democratic National Convention protests

Ken Burns effect

The World at War

The World at War, complete series (Internet Archive)

The World at War, Ep. 1: "A New Germany" (YouTube)

Eva Braun

Traudl Junge

Theodor Morell

Berghof

Kehlsteinhaus

Operation Barbarossa

Liberty ship

Special Relationship

Battle of Stalingrad

Georgy Zhukov

Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact

The Rest Is History Podcast

Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War

Griffin and Sabine

The Day of the Doctor

The War Doctor

"No sir, all thirteen."

Conspiracy

Dr. Strangelove

The Death of Stalin

Band of Brothers

Pressure

Fleabag

The Best of The Crown Cast | The Graham Norton Show

"The Audition" | Mr. Show
1 hr 1 min
July 15Generational Lemonade Money
Links
Philips Hue

The Crown (TV series)

Tommy Lascelles

Martin Charteris

Lord Porchester ("Porchy")

Michael Adeane

Royal Family (1969 documentary)

Pepe Silvia (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

Digimon

Martin Bashir's Panorama Interview with Princess Diana

Sirius Black (Harry Potter)

Emerald Fennell

Helena Bonham Carter

Sean Spicer

Jason Isaacs

The Death of Stalin

The OA

River Song (Doctor Who)

Emma Corrin

Operation Mincemeat

MI5

Elizabeth Debicki

Mohamed Al-Fayed (Mou Mou)

Sydney Johnson

Louis B. Mayer

The Queen (2006 film)

Aberfan disaster

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Blue book exam

Drafts App

IMAP

POP (Post Office Protocol)

Anne Lamott - Bird by Bird

Natalie Goldberg - Writing Down the Bones

Stephen King - On Writing

Strunk and White - The Elements of Style

Pomplamoose

LaCroix

Cannes Film Festival

Caen, France

Band of Brothers

Laurence Olivier

Saving Private Ryan

Dunkirk (2017 film)

Tenet (film)

Robert Pattinson

The History of IMAX and Why The Odyssey is its Culmination - YouTube

IMAX

The World at War (documentary)

Pressure (2026 film) - Wikipedia

Andrew Scott

One-Ingredient Banana Ice Cream Recipe
1 hr 24 min