When it comes to fall drinking, “darker,” “richer,” and more “robust” are the keywords we look for. This is true in whiskey, where we enjoy sipping higher proof Scotches, cask strength bourbons, and spicy ryes. But it’s equally true when it comes to our craft beer-drinking habits.
In most areas of the country, there’s a slight chill in the air as venture deeper into October, marking the time to set aside our summery IPAs, pale ales, pilsners, and wheat beers in place of darker beers. Specifically — for our purposes today — darker, malty lagers.
You’ll find eight of our favorite fall lagers listed below. Some are black lagers, some are Vienna lagers, and others just carry a strong malt backbone. All are well-suited for fall drinking. Click the price if you want to buy some for yourself.
This no-nonsense, straight forward fall seasonal lager is amber-colored and loaded with Vienna malts and Styrian Golding hops. It’s no-frills, slightly sweet, and known for its malty, caramel flavor well-suited for chilly fall nights.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find highlight aromas of caramel and bready malts and slightly floral hops. The palate is filled with toasty, caramel malts, freshly baked bread, wet grass, and a nice herbal, slightly spicy hit of hops to round everything out nicely.
Bottom Line:
This is an exceptional, simple Vienna lager. It’s loaded with caramel and bready flavors that pair perfectly with slightly bitter, floral hops.
This 4.8% ABV dark lager from Asheville’s Burial Brewing is the warming, in-your-face lager you’ve been waiting for. It’s almost as dark as a stout but loaded with toasted oak, caramel malt, and bready flavors that will remind you that it’s still autumn.
Tasting Notes:
Complex notes of toasty malts, fresh-baked bread, slightly bitter coffee, and floral hops greet you on the nose. Sipping it brings forth hints of floral hops, oatmeal, caramel malts, fresh brew coffee, sticky toffee, and a nice, dry, sweet finish.
Bottom Line:
This is a very complex, dark lager that bridges the gap between lager and stout well. It’s loaded with roasted malt flavor as well as slightly bitter hops. It just works.
Eliot Ness was a well-known prohibition agent who is widely regarded as the man who brought mobster Al Capone to justice. In his honor, Great Lakes brews this year-round amber lager. It’s 6.1% ABV, malty, rich, and an all-around great fall lager.
Tasting Notes:
Aromas of caramel malts, toasted wood, dried fruits, and a gentle, nutty sweetness are prevalent. On the palate, you’ll find hints of toffee, roasted malt, tree nuts, and just a hint of spicy, floral hops. The finish is dry and slightly sweet.
Bottom Line:
There’s a reason this is one of Great Lakes Brewing’s most highly regarded beers. It’s a great example of the Vienna lager style and one that you’ll want to drink all year long. Not just in the fall.
New Belgium 1554 is truly a unique beer. It’s dark in color, but it doesn’t fall under any of the conventional styles. Instead, it’s a zwert. You can be forgiven if you’ve never heard of this style — it’s a mostly forgotten beer style that uses gruit (a mixture of herbs) for bittering. This dark lager is also brewed with Pale, Carapils, Black, Munich, and Chocolate malts as well as lager yeast and Nugget hops.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is filled with scents of biscuit-like malts, caramel corn, rye bread, and slightly spicy, floral hops. Taking a sip brings the drinker into a world of Noble hops, coffee beans, caramel malts, as well as toasty, fruity, slightly hoppy flavors.
Bottom Line:
This surprisingly well-balanced beer might be surprisingly dark in color, but it’s filled with bready, malty, sweet flavors that pair well with the slight hop presence.
During the early fall, many Jack’s Abby fans turn their attention to its Oktoberfest-style beer Copper Legend. But as the days grow colder and shorter, Smoke & Dagger is much more appropriate. This 5.6% black lager is known for its slightly smoky, rich, malty flavors.
Tasting Notes:
Scents of dark chocolate, freshly brewed coffee, caramel malts, and slight smoke greet your nose before the first sip. When you take a sip, you’ll be greeted with notes of roasted malts, more dark chocolate, espresso beans, and a nice, gentle kick of smoke at the finish.
Bottom Line:
This is a truly complex, well-balanced beer. If you enjoy a darker beer with hints of chocolate, coffee, caramel, and just a kiss of smoke, this is the fall beer for you.
pFriem is a big name in the craft beer world. While you can’t go wrong with any of this Oregon-based brewery’s offerings, we suggest its Export Lager for your fall drinking pleasure. This 5.7% lager is brewed with Pilsner and Weyermann CaraHell malts as well as Perle, Saaz, and Tettnanger hops and lager yeast.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is a complex mix of grassy, herbal, floral hops and caramel, bready, biscuit-like malts. The palate is more of the same with some dry hay, floral hops, sweet toffee, bread-like malts that are all rounded together with a subtle, dry, sweet finish.
Bottom Line:
This is a great beer to slowly work your way into fall. Even if the temperatures haven’t dipped yet, the floral hop presence will refresh you. If it is a chillier day, the malt presence will warm you.
Novice beer drinkers probably believe Ballast Point begins and ends with its iconic Sculpin IPA. But the San Diego-based brewery has a lot more up its sleeve. Its Longfin Lager is a great, malty respite from its bitter, floral summery IPA.
Tasting Notes:
This sessionable lager begins with aromas of bready malts, Noble hops, and nice nutty, fruity scents. The palate dances with notes of caramel malts, freshly-based bread, toffee, and floral, slightly spicy hops. It’s light, refreshing, and malty.
Bottom Line:
The lightest beer on this list, Ballast Point Longfin Lager might be the perfect gateway beer between summer and fall. It’s still light and refreshing but has enough malt presence to hold up well on a crisp fall day.
This 5.3% Vienna Lager tastes like fall in a can (especially if you don’t like pumpkin spice). It’s surprisingly light with a ton of malt presence that makes it an ideal beer from the warmer early fall days to the chilly, often bitterly cold days to come.
Tasting Notes:
This amber-hued beer begins with a nose of toasted, caramel, bready malts as well as lightly bitter, herbal hops. Sipping it reveals more toffee, caramel, biscuity malts that ease into dry hay and herbal hops. It all ends in a malty, sweet, caramel finish.
Bottom Line:
This beer is crisp and filled with bread-like caramel malts and light hops. It’s well suited for early fall drinking on a back porch or deck.
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Iron Maiden is one of the most recognizable and successful heavy metal bands of all time. Since 1975, they’ve sold over 100 million albums worldwide that are always presented with visuals that are straight out of an elaborate sci-fi novel cover. You’d think that by now, their role within pop culture would not be understood as the antiquated notion of some satanic cult, but rather of purveyors of upper-echelon heavy metal, rock and roll, and A LOT of headbanging.
But not to Debbi Lynn, a #concernedparent at Eden High School in St. Catharines, Ontario. Lynn started a petition on Change.org to remove Principal Sharon Burns from her post because she objected to photos on her Instagram page where Mrs. Burns (no relation) had donned full Iron Maiden swag. At press time, this petition had 343 signatures.
Students at the high school were quick to support a principal who is entitled to enjoy Iron Maiden as she pleases and filed a counter-petition (with over 5,500 signatures already) to keep Mrs. Burns around. The students’ petition makes it clear that not only is Eden not a religious school, but that Mrs. Burns has in fact been open-hearted to all denominations.
“She has made eden a safe space for so many people. She spreads nothing but love and kindness, and is probably one of the best and most enthusiastic principals the school has ever had.”
In response, Lynn added a note to her petition indicating that she doesn’t want Burns transferred because she loves Iron Maiden, but because there’s a “SATANIC SYMBOL” (caps are hers, not mine) in one of her photos, in the forms of a “666” inside of a heart with an arrow through it. It seems as though the parents who have called for Mrs. Burns’ transfer are unaware that the “666” is a reference to the Iron Maiden song, “The Number Of The Beast”; one of the band’s most recognizable tracks and arguably singer Bruce Dickinson’s finest moment with the band. Perhaps if Lynn had heard Dickinson’s damn near impossible yowl at the song’s onset, then maybe she too would understand why Mrs. Burns is such a fan?
If there’s one thing the whole food world both adores and adores arguing over, it’s pizza. Let’s face it, we all grew up with our local joints, pizza houses that hold a special place in our souls. So special, in fact that we’ll easily get heated when arguing about what makes the “best” pizza and which toppings “belong” on your pie.
George Kalivas — a music marketer from Windsor, Ontario — has plenty of strong pizza takes of his own. So much so, in fact, that he made a whole dang documentary film about how his hometown pies are, indeed, the freakin’ best. Sure, he’s 100% aware of how nostalgia and “delusions,” as he calls them, frame the way we talk about our favorite slices of pizza. But he still wants to make a strong case that Windsor’s pies have every right to step into the limelight.
The nostalgia-vs-legit-culinary-cred dichotomy is one that Kalivas and director Tristan Laughton — Toronto-based digital artist and director — hit on with endearing charm in their film, The Pizza City You’ve Never Heard Of. That title itself is very apt. I consider myself a pizza aficionado. I’ve eaten the stuff from the jungles of the Congo to the streets of Sao Paolo to the rooftops of Rome. And it’s true, I’ve never heard of Windsor-style pizza — even though it’s a mere stone’s throw from Detroit. So I was stoked to jump on a call with Kalivas to talk about his hometown pies and what makes them special. We also took turns breaking down some of our favorite spots to eat pizza around the world.
Let’s dive right in. I’ve never heard of Windsor pizza even though I love Detroit pizza, which is from right north of Windsor, Canada. Tell me: what is Windsor Pizza?
So Windsor-style pizza is something that’s been around for 70-plus years. It all started with a place called Volcano Pizzeria. They’re the originators of our unique flavor profile and style.
First and foremost, you mentioned Detroit. If you’re from Windsor, you have a lot of friends and family in Detroit. A lot of people feel like they live in both places sometimes. So when my friends from Detroit come over, the first thing they say is our dough is right in the middle between thick and thin. It’s not as thin as a Chicago tavern-style pizza or as thin as a New York slice, but it’s not as thick as a Sicilian or grandma slice. It’s right in the middle.
The one thing that we love to do in Windsor is we use heavy cornmeal when making the crust. So you can find cornmeal in places like Chicago with the tavern-style, we go a little bit extra with the cornmeal and flour mix. And it just has this consistency that’s unique to our city. The thickness is like, I don’t even know how to explain it, man. It’s like nowhere else I’ve seen.
Gotcha.
The next thing that people always bring up when it comes to Windsor-style pizza is the sauce. Our sauce is sweet and spicy. We don’t have that middle-of-the-road, mild taste. It’s pretty distinct. It’s pretty sweet, but it also has a little bit of bite to it. In Windsor, every place follows that same recipe that started at Volcano. They might have tinkered with it over the past 70-plus years, but for the most part, they’re using that same sauce.
The third thing is the high-fat mozzarella we use. We use a local cheese from Galati Cheese Company, it can only be found in Windsor and around Southwestern Ontario. When I say high fat, man, I’m talking high fat. And that cheese is something that… if they don’t use that cheese at a pizza place in Windsor, Windsorites can pick it out right away and they won’t be back.
Over the past years, pizzerias have tried to use other cheese for maybe some cost-saving issues or whatever it may be. That’s probably lasted three to four weeks until they got complaints and had to go back to Galati. It’s just the taste that we’re fucking crazy for, man. People think I’m a representative of that company like it’s my uncle or something. I don’t know them. I met them when we did the doc. It’s just that they make a product that we absolutely love.
Crust, sauce, cheese… All crucial. What else makes this pizza so “Windsor”?
The next thing is the way we do our toppings. So first and foremost, the most beloved way to eat a Windsor-style pizza is called the “Large Super.” The Super is shredded pepperoni, canned mushrooms, green peppers, and bacon. So we’re the only place on the globe — as far as I know — that shreds their pepperoni. We do not serve grease cups on our pizza. You don’t have to take a paper towel and dab it before you eat it.
Man, canned mushrooms?
We love canned mushrooms. We don’t eat fresh mushrooms. Everybody is obsessed with canned mushrooms, man. And why do we do this? It all started with Volcano in 1958. These guys did it that way and it’s just what we’ve become accustomed to, you know what I mean?
So one thing that’s crazy about Windsor that a lot of people don’t know, we’re a small city of fewer than 300,000 people. We border Detroit. We have a very unique relationship with Detroit. We have Detroit radio, Detroit TV. A lot of us don’t have Canadian accents. We don’t really say “eh” at the end of everything. We’re a unique type of Canadian. Yet, we have the most pizzerias per capita in all of Canada, a city of less than 300,000.
Some of these places have over a dozen 12 locations in the same city. Some may have only five, but I assure you that they all are booming. They’re all thriving and they’re all in the exact same city. Windsorites won’t eat anything else.
The doc is about us having incredible pizza. I’m truly confident that we have some of the best pizza in the world, but at the same time, we really wanted to highlight the culture around it. There’s a real culture. There’s a real family tree that stems over 70 years. When you ask a Windsorite what’s the best pizza place and if there’s another Windsorite standing next to them, you’re going to get two answers, and then you’re going to get a 30 minute back and forth that gets heated.
There’s a lot of fun to it, but that’s basically what we are.
So let’s dive into that nuance a bit. I grew up in a small town with two pizzerias and I felt like half the town went to one, the other half of the town went to the other joint. Looking back, they’re not that different. What makes Volcano’s different than say the next big chain and what do people nitpick from each?
If you were to visit Windsor and go to all these places, I bet you that you would say they’re all alike, they’re all the same.
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Or at least very similar, right?
Right. And they’re all similar because they’re truly following the recipe that Volcano started back in the day. So the one thing is for someone who knows pizza as well as you do, you do realize that we actually do have our style. Just for some reason, those four or five things that I mentioned make this unique flavor profile that we’ve had for years.
The second thing is I brought up a little bit of delusion. It all has to do with where you were born and raised. Where did your mom and dad order pizza from? And before we started this documentary, we polled over 400 people in Windsor to give us their top three. That process was a lot more difficult to narrow down who we were going to feature than we anticipated. The reason why we asked for three from every single person was that you grow up in a certain neighborhood, you live and die by your neighborhood pizza place. But then you grow up and you move, you might move to the other side of town. You get a job, you do whatever, and then you get your second place. But there are people that won’t even admit to their fathers that they order from the next place, you know what I mean?
I model it kind of like sports. If you’re from a sports town, it’s that type of vibe, and it has a lot to do with nostalgia, where you were raised, and who raised you. It becomes something that you’re proud of.
That makes total sense. You see the same thing everywhere, especially around food. I dig that you’re showing people who are actually making this pizza while also showing people who are making ingredients for the pizza.
Let’s look at the bigger picture here. When you see Detroit-style pizza blowing up. There’s Detroit-style in Berlin, London, Tokyo, Austin, Pizza Hut. It’s f*cking everywhere. Is there a little bit of you that’s jealous because, where’s the love for Windsor-style pizza? And did that drive you to make this doc?
I’ll tell you exactly why I did this man. So when I was 18, I moved to New York City for school. I was quickly introduced to Di Fara, John’s of Bleeker, things like that and I became not only obsessed with their pizza but obsessed with the culture. My friends who I made when I was there introduced me to this mom-and-pop way of living. We were eating at TGI Fridays and places like that when I was 18. When I got there, they told me, “We don’t eat that shit here. What do you want? You want ribs? You want a burger? You want pizza? I’ll show you where to go.” That’s when we did this neighborhood-style thing. And that basically changed my life for the better.
Up until now, 35 years old, I’ve gone all over and I’ve always been super curious to find out about different regional things. What are they popular for? What’s the thing you need to try when you go into that city? And I’ve seen a lot of places. Originally, I always thought nothing’s going to be on TV unless it’s a big market from Chicago, LA, New York, places like that. You’re probably not going to see it. But over the past five or so years, I’ve seen a lot of smaller market cities get a lot of love in Bon Appétit or Eater or someplace like that. Not to mention that we have a real food culture and there’s a history behind it.
And it started to fucking bother me, man. The name Windsor has never been seen anywhere in any of these places, large or small. And if you’re not from the Midwest, you probably have never even heard of the city, because as you see from the doc, we don’t really have like these blazing superstars that we’re exporting out of our city in different fields. We’re very low-key. We don’t really self-promote. We’re not that good at that. And I just felt like my hometown deserved to get a little bit of shine because I feel like we’re doing something at a level that would surprise most.
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The passion comes through in the film, but also I kind of feel like the reason we know about these places is that they have champions that tell the world about it. And it’s obviously a good pizza and it’s very Midwest inspired in its heartiness.
We’re confident. We’re so confident about the product and trust me, man, I’ve met a lot of reluctant people during the making of this. I’ve been arguing about this for years. This just didn’t start last year for me. Since I was 18, I’ve been having conversations with a lot of people. Doesn’t matter the city I’m in, you get a fucking earful from me when you talk about pizza. And I’ve made a point to, whether it’s musicians that are performing in Detroit or Cleveland or whatever, that I have a relationship just to prove it to them. I brought a lot of people to my hometown. Everybody’s surprised. They’re like, “How is this possible?” They never would’ve thought that they would like our pizza as much as they did.
And it’s true, man. It takes a champion. It takes somebody to force gatekeepers to look in that direction. I know about Old Forge, Pennsylvania’s pizza. How the hell do I know about that?!? I don’t know anybody from there, but I’ve seen it. In two, three years, I’ve seen people cover that area.
Hell, I’ve covered it thanks to having spent so many years in the Maryland/Virginia area.
I think you kind of understand what I’m saying. I’m just trying to do whatever I can and to turn this into further coverage of the region. If I end up seeing it on a bigger documentary or a bigger TV show or whatever after this, then it’s a job well done.
Let’s say I’m in Detroit for work and I’m going to pop over the bridge. Which three spots should I be hitting from breakfast, lunch, and dinner pizza?
A lot of people have asked me this question and I’m scared. I’m scared to say it because I have such beautiful community support as of today. The city is rallying behind me.
Okay, let me say this. First and foremost, I grew up in a neighborhood called Fontainebleau. Sounds a lot nicer than it probably is. There’s a place there called Windsor Pizza, not the most unique name. I grew up on that pizza. So some might call me biased in Windsor. That’s my absolute favorite place because it’s what I know.
I’m going to say the director of the film — who was introduced to Windsor Pizza for the first time over those seven weekends that we were there — is probably going to say Amloze. That joint has only been around for ten years and ten years in Windsor is nothing in the pizza game. This guy came out of nowhere and reached back to the people of the neighborhood to find out exactly what they wanted. They guide him and he’s making some of the most incredible pizza Windsor’s ever seen. So I’ll say Amloze.
A third one I’ll throw out there is, let me say Antonino’s. But, man, they’re all great. Every place is f*cking awesome. We’re going to have people in this city who’s going to argue with the six places that we profiled in doc, you know what I mean? But I’ll throw Antonino’s as a third. Go see my guy, Gill.
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So let’s make it a little bit lighter here. One place. What’s your favorite place to eat pizza in the U.S.?
Honestly, man, doesn’t matter if it’s the regular slice or the square. I love both. I don’t think I’ve been back to New York since I graduated from school and have not gone there. I make time every time.
Let’s expand it out a bit. Where do you hit in Europe?
If I’m going to bring up Europe, I’m just going to say Naples right off the bat. So where I live right now in Toronto, there’s a diehard obsession with Neapolitan style here. 90 percent of the places, that’s what they’re making. Woodfire, all that. And I don’t want to say I’m sick of it because I could fold a margherita and eat it like a taco. I love it as much as everybody else, but I feel like that’s all we eat here.
So what place are you hitting in Naples?
It’s L’antica da Michele. I thought the pizza was unbelievable. It was as good as everybody said it was, but standing outside of that spot and eating that pizza was like … I almost started crying. This is the vibe I’m looking for, you know what I mean? I was there with my wife. It was unreal. I don’t know. You can’t recreate that. You can try your best and design something to make it look like the outside of that and stuff like that. But that was truthfully an incredible experience eating outside of there just posted up on a little circular table.
There’s nothing quite like it. There’s this little spot in Palmero, Sicily that I love too. It’s called Pizzeria Frida and they do a quadri pizza there where they fold over the edges to make it a square. So the crust becomes like a stuffed crust. And, man, it’s just perfection. Plus, it’s Sicily so you know it’s the most ridiculous, bright, fresh ingredients on top.
So I stayed a couple of nights in Palermo. There’s a little beach town in the northwest of Sicily and the pizza was incredible there. I mean, obviously, the pistachio and the pasta and stuff like that was next level. The seafood was next level, but they had better pizza than I thought they were going to have.
It’s also crazy how small some of those shops in Italy are. They’re often hole-in-the-walls with two siblings working the dough, oven, and service. It’s…
It’s magic.
If you have a fridge for dough, a marble counter, and a good oven. You don’t need much space. Then after that, it’s, I hate this because it’s cliche, it’s just love. Love for the game.
Love and experience man, you know what I mean? These pizzaiolos, they were watching other people do it for their whole lives and that’s how they learned. It’s a different touch, man. It’s a different touch than learning from, like, a YouTube tutorial. And that’s why I fucking love it all, man.
When Janae was a young child, her grandparents gifted her a snow globe. She was mesmerized by it, which caught her family’s attention as it was one of the first “toys” she had ever really played with.
Janae has a rare genetic disorder called Williams Syndrome, which causes a host of developmental and physiological challenges, including learning delays and issues with various organs. At 15 years old, Janae has already been through two open-heart surgeries and countless other medical procedures.
Many kids with Williams Syndrome don’t play with toys, preferring to engage with people rather than things. In fact, extreme friendliness and abundant love for everyone they meet are unique features of people with Williams, which is part of why Janae’s aunt, Stefanny Avera, describes her as having “a heart of gold.”
“It is by far her ‘special ability,’ although medically it is classified as a disability,” says Avera.
When Janae showed a keen interest in snow globes, her family started collecting them in their travels to give to her. She kept the collection on a special shelf in her bedroom.
But one night in January, Janae awoke to a terrible crashing sound. Her snow globe shelf had fallen off the wall, shattering her collection and devastating Janae.
“I was on the phone at the time with her mom and I heard her just bawling,” says Avera. “She was so worried that everyone would be upset that they broke and that she’d never get new ones.”
Avera wanted to do something to help, so she turned to the local community. She posted a photo of Janae on the Nextdoor app to reach her Thornton, Colorado neighbors and explained what had happened. She thought maybe she could buy some used snow globes from people in the community to help Janae rebuild her collection.
“I expected to get maybe a dozen for her to start,” says Avera. “It blew up.”
The snow globes started pouring in—and so did people’s stories.
One woman donated a Disney snow globe that was given to her years ago during her first job at Disney World.
A traveling nurse who collected snow globes all over the U.S. gifted Janae her entire collection.
Another woman donated three globes that had belonged to her sister who died of cancer 12 years ago. She said this felt like “the perfect opportunity to move forward and let her love for them move on.”
A couple who had received two snow globes when they lost a child gave one of them to Janae.
“People dropped them off crying happy tears, watching Janae cry happy tears,” says Avera.
Janae’s reaction to receiving the influx of snow globes could not be more precious.
People were happy to help and eager to share what their snow globes meant to them.
“We were told many times it was therapeutic to be a part of it all,” says Avera. “There were people who told us entire stories about lost loved ones who also collected, people whose children collected them too and heard her story and gifted her some from their collection, people who had loved ones with special needs and love being a part of gifting Janae one.”
Nearly ten months later, Janae still gets snow globes dropped off once in a while. “We even get them in the mail from people who heard about it on Nextdoor through friends and they mailed them,” says Avera.
Janae has gotten 86 snow globes so far as a result of Avera’s Nextdoor post, including globes that have been sent from six different states. When she gets duplicates, Jane gifts them to other kids, keeping the generosity flowing.
When asked how she feels about her snow globes, Janae said, “I’m just happy and blessed to have been given them.”
It’s incredible how people will step up to help out when asked. Janae’s shelf falling may have felt tragic at the time, but her aunt reaching out to her neighbors resulted in a wave of support and heartfelt human connection, which is what being part of a community is all about.
“To see not only our community but people across the country share and reach out, to see so many people cry and share in this moment of happiness has been an amazing and humbling experience,” says Avera.
In honor of Neighbor Month, Nextdoor is celebrating the people and places nearby that make our neighborhoods wonderful. Share a story about why you #LoveYourNeighborhood on your @Nextdoor newsfeed for a chance to be featured for Neighbor Month.
Muppets Haunted Mansion (Disney+ special) — After several Muppets-themed Christmas offerings, it’s about time that we’ve received a spooky installment, and let’s face it, more Miss Piggy is always a good thing. Gonzo takes center stage here while attempting to survive the evening in (according to the synopsis) “in the most grim grinning place on Earth.” The special’s actually inspired by all four of the Disney Haunted Mansion attractions that are scattered around the globe, and three original songs (“Rest In Peace,” “Life Hereafter” and “Tie The Knot Tango”) will surface, along with plenty of celebrity cameos along with the all-star Muppets cast.
Madame X (Paramount+ movie) — In this concert documentary, Madonna takes viewers on tour with her (from way back in January 2020, so pre-pandemic, obviously) all the way to Lisbon, Portugal. Her set included 48 onstage performers, including other musicians and dancers, and she’s here to share her vision with the rest of the world. Her statement on the film points towards reaching out to fans “at a time when music is so deeply needed to remind us of the sacred bond of our shared humanity.”
And in case you missed it…
Squid Game: (Netflix series) — This Korean show’s on track to be the streamer’s most-watched show ever and has been topping the charts in 90 countries in counting. It’s not real stuff, but the show tells the story of hundreds of desperate contestants who play a deadly survival game, all to win billions of prize money, at the best of… who? (That aspect is mysterious until you watch.) The consequence of losing the games-within-the-games is certain death, and people truly can’t get enough of the premise or the show’s execution (pun fully intended), along with a blistering critique on capitalism.
Here’s some regularly scheduled programming:
Nancy Drew (Friday, CW 9:00pm) — Season 3 begins with Nancy working to unravel the mysterious death of a young man during Horseshoe Bay’s annual Harvest Carnival.
SNL (Saturday, HBO 11:29pm) — Kim Kardashian West (is she still using the West? who knows) hosts with musical guest Halsey.
The Equalizer (Sunday, CBS 8:00pm) — Queen Latifah’s McCall wants out, but she gets pulled back in (like The Godfather III, sort of!) when a detective-client comes calling.
The Walking Dead (Sunday, AMC 9:00pm) — This zombie-apocalypse universe’s flagship series returns for one final rodeo with two spinoffs (Fear The Walking Dead, The World Beyond) still in motion, so it’s time to wrap this puppy up before the various shows’ timelines begin to intersect. This week, it’s stormy in Alexandria and Meridian’s fending off a herd.
Scenes From A Marriage (Sunday, HBO 9:00pm) — It’s season-finale time for this Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain-starring miniseries remakes Ingmar Bergman’s 1970s project original as directed by HBO regular Hagai Levi with a contemporary spin, including all of the love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage, and divorce that one would expect. Considering the Isaac-Chastain chemistry on hand, it’s a remake worth perusing.
Buried (Sunday, Showtime 9:00pm) — This limited true-crime series details the story of Eileen Franklin, who suddenly experiences a decades-old memory of witnessing her childhood best friend get raped and murdered. This realization leads to the case of Susan Nason being reopened after stumping police for almost 20 years.
The Walking Dead: The World Beyond (Sunday, AMC 9:00pm) — Season 2 begins with an episode called “Koneskans,” which translates to “Consequences” in Haitian Creole. This week, the group’s attempting to cover tracks while, elsewhere, unfamiliar surroundings greet some outliers.
American Rust (Sunday, Showtime 10:00) — Jeff Daniels can swing between being comedic and dramatic, and in his new Showtime series, American Rust, he’s decidedly the latter and latest star to take on a complicated cop role after Kate Winslet’s turn in Mare of Easttown. And notably, Bridges’ new role is also set in Pennsylvania and unravels a murder. This week, an anonymous eyewitness sets Harris in motion while an old partner pays him a visit, and Lee’s looking for some professional advice.
Nuclear Family (Sunday, HBO 10:00) — This three-part documentary series sees filmmaker Russo-Young get extremely personal to examine the true nature of family. The story launches in the late 1970s with Ry and Cade being brought up by two lesbian mothers, only to have an unexpected lawsuit rattle the family’s world.
Last Week Tonight (Sunday, HBO 11:00) — John Oliver, baby.
Here’s some more streaming goodness for the weekend.
The Closer (Netflix comedy special) — Dave Chappelle’s stand-up comedy run with Netflix has been a lucrative one for both parties, and it’s sixth-and-final chapter time. Expect plenty of controversy and line-crossing (he defends J.K. Rowling and DaBaby, for example), as is customary for the man on the mic to deliver. And there’s no telling whether Chappelle and Netflix’s common goodwill (after CEO Ted Sarandos helped him receive The Chappelle Show license back, along with millions of dollars) will result in a re-upping of a deal beyond this installment, but for now, the comedian (with returning, Emmy-award winning director Stan Lathan) is closing things out.
Doom Patrol: Season 3 (HBO Max series) — DC’s struggling misfit superheroes are back for another round. Brendan Fraser has received plenty of raves for his fury-filled Cliff Steele/Robotman, but don’t count out the rest of the crew. There’s Matt Bomer as the bandage-wrapped Negative Man and Diane Guerrero as Crazy Jane, which is actually a role that requires Diane to play dozens of incarnations, including a very timely take on a Karen. This season, the sh*t hits the fan with a time machine.
Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life: Season 1 (Discovery+ series) — Eli Roth has so much going on over at Discovery+ this month (following his recent real-life horror/Shark-Week film on the streamer) that one has to wonder… is he running the joint? It’s a valid question, but more to the point, this series present personal accounts on those who have survived feeling like they’re been dragged through hell and fought their way back. One woman suspects that her home’s a portal to hell, and an abandoned asylum appears to be ground central for an evil presence while a demon curse follows a Mexican-American woman who wants the truth about intergenerational hauntings.
Welcome to the Blumhouse: Madres/The Manor (Blumhouse films on Amazon Prime) — This week’s Hallowee-themed double dose follows a Mexican-American couple (in 1970s California) who are weathering a troubled pregnancy while being besieged by horrific visions, which might be part of a legendary curse. Then, a woman moves into a famous nursing home, where a supernatural force might be controlling all residents. Naturally, she’s unable to escape her confines, and no one believes her. This sounds like hell on earth.
Acapulco: Season 1 (Apple TV+ series) — Vacation-based shows are all the rage following The White Lotus and Nine Perfect Strangers, so get your next fix here with the story of a 20-something cabana boy in Acapulco’s most in-demand resort. Naturally, he discovers that the job is not all fun and games, given the demanding clientele and other demanding professional and personal circumstances. Get ready for a bilingual focus, too, with both Spanish and English coming in hot while the main character, Máximo Gallardo, also attempts to avoid temptations.
One of Us Is Lying — The New York Times bestselling novel comes to life when a group of give teens (the brain, the beauty, the jock, the criminal, yes, this sounds like a John Hughes imitation) go to detention, and one of them (the outcast) does not emerge. Hey, it happens. Was the death an accident? Not likely. Naturally, the four remaining students all become suspects, and all of them are looking sketchy. Again, it happens!
Jacinta (Hulu documentary) — Intergenerational trauma is real in this real-life story of what happens when a mother and daughter both end up in prison. This is no Orange Is The New Black take, and both women are attempting to battle their own addictions and other demons while doing time at the Maine Correctional Center. It’s bleak, but it’s a valuable watch with director Jessica Earnshaw shooting with a verité approach.
Sexy Beasts: Season 2 (Netflix series) — Well, no one expected this show to return so soon, so I guess that one could consider it a… force of nature? It’s a nightmare of a concept, and one can’t look away from the trainwrecky aspect of people going into hours of prosthetic work to go on a date. And I’m not sure, really, if these contestants find it more or less hurtful to be rejected without any consideration of looks? That’s either so much better or so much worse than the usual dating hell out there. Yet obviously, someone did this poor rabbit dirty. Will Rob Delaney return as well? Surely, he can’t let the bunny down.
As William Shatner prepares to (technically) go to space on the second flight of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket, the iconic TV actor entertained the crowd at New York Comic Con 2021 on Thursday with his apprehensions about the trip. While joking that he was initially going to turn down the space flight until he realized that he doesn’t have much going on these days, Shatner explained how he had hoped to be on the first Blue Origin mission, but he had to settle for the second launch instead. And while going to space is pretty amazing, the Star Trek actor didn’t quite appreciate how his participation was pitched to him. Via Mediaite:
“Then there was an old lady with them, and then there was a young lady,” he said as the crowd laughed. “So finally they came to me on the second thing, and they said, ‘Alright, how would you like to go up? You’ll be the oldest guy in space.’”
“I don’t want to be known as the oldest guy who went to space — I’m bloody Captain Kirk, for God’s sake!” Shatner, 90, exclaimed to a cheering crowd.
Jokes about his vanity aside, Shatner is looking forward to the mission. Although, he admitted to the crowd that he’s still trying to think of something profound to say during the flight. “I’ll try and think of something to suggest how deeply I feel about the experience of looking into the limitless distance,” he said.
Personally, we’d go with screaming “KHAN!” for the full 11 minutes, but you do you, Shatner.
It looks like we’re all getting to spend An Evening With Silk Sonic a lot sooner than previously thought. After the duo consisting of pop-funk megastars Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak declared their album delayed so they could touch up the “parts that need a little more… grease,” they made an abrupt about-face this afternoon, announcing the album’s title and moved-up release date, November 11, with a photo post featuring funk godfather Bootsy Collins.
The anticipation for their album has been sky-high ever since they released their groovy debut single as a group, “Leave The Door Open” in March of this year. Since then, they’ve performed the chart-topping throwback at the 2021 Grammys, the iHeartRadio Music Awards, and the BET Awards. Their second single, “Skate,” was released in July, advancing the retro-futuristic sound of “Leave The Door Open” and proving that the duo had even more funk in store for their fans.
Silk Sonic also joked about adding golden-voiced R&B singer H.E.R. to their roster and even created a jingle for SelvaRey Rum. Meanwhile, it looks like their full album will hit just in time for the holidays.
An Evening With Silk Sonic is due 11/12 via Atlantic Records. You can pre-save it here.
Bruno Mars is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
It’s been 18 months since Deontay Wilder stepped in a ring for an actual fight, more than double the longest layoff between bouts of his boxing career. The former WBC heavyweight champion has always been active, a fast riser through the heavyweight ranks knocking out anyone who dared accept his challenges, and has defended that title at least twice a year since earning the belt with a lopsided decision win over Bermane Stiverne in 2015.
For many fighters, an 18-month layoff would bring about concerns of ring rust, but Wilder thinks his oft-delayed trilogy fight with Tyson Fury was a blessing in disguise. It offered him the rare opportunity to take a step back and, in his words, reinvent himself as a fighter.
“Actually, it has been refreshing to have such a long layoff,” Wilder told Uproxx on a video call this week. “We’ve been optimistic about it. It’s benefited us to go into camp and really focus on things that we need to do. I know we had to stop and then get back in there, stop, then get back. So it’s been an emotional roller coaster, but I think it’s been great. It allowed me to spend even more time with my guys — I love my brothers, I love my team, I love my family. So, it’s been very refreshing for me, and I think I speak for all of us when I say we’ve had some our greatest times being together like we’ve been. Because we all been trapped in together, and it’s just been a learning process for us. It allowed me to be able to reinvent myself, rejuvenate, and become refreshed, and now I’m ready to reintroduce myself to the world as Deontay Wilder.”
After suffering the first loss of his professional career to Fury in their second fight — a TKO finish that still causes him to bristle at the mention of his corner throwing in the towel in the seventh round, even if objective observers largely agreed with that decision —Wilder has spent the last year and a half making some dramatic changes. Gone are his longtime trainers, the ones that threw in the towel in an effort to protect him. In steps Malik Scott, who once tasted the fury of Wilder’s vicious right hand in a knockout loss to the soon-to-be champ in 2014.
Wilder is coy about the differences we’ll see from him as a fighter. Ever the salesman, the Bronze Bomber says fans will have to tune in and see for themselves, but Scott has spoken in camp and during fight week about how Wilder is a more well-rounded boxer.
That is the evolution of Wilder that many have been waiting on. His knockout power has carried him to the top, but most believed he needed to be more diverse in his skills beyond that punishing right hand to stay there. Fury seemingly proved those questions right in the first two fights — although the right hand nearly bailed Wilder out in the first with a near-knockout in the final round — and now, it’s up to Wilder to show how much he’s truly been able to reinvent himself over the past 18 months.
Fury’s defensive skills and ability to dictate the pacing and spacing of a fight have posed problems for Wilder in the past, as Fury closes down his space to unleash that right hand and makes life awkward on him inside. We’ve heard promises of a greater commitment to the jab and body work from Wilder, but that’s all talk until we see it in action. Wilder knows that, too, which is why for all the appreciation he has for a lengthy layoff to refine his craft, Saturday night can’t arrive soon enough.
“We all have just been determined,” Wilder says. “We all have rededicated ourselves to this sport. We all have put in the hard work. Everyone has a part to play on this team, and everyone have played it very well. We’ve strived to be perfect, and we’ve strived to make perfect permanent. And, man, it’s just been a lot of joy, it’s been a lot of fun to work beside so many great men. And that’s why we just can’t wait. We’re looking forward to Saturday night, to finally get this over with. You know, I know how to speak for myself, [long sigh], it’s been a long journey for me, man. This has been one of the longest training camps, one of the longest journeys I’ve ever took in my life.”
The former champ has a sense of calm about him, something he says is attributed to the trust he has in the work he’s put in and the relationship he’s built with Scott. It’s a process that can take years for some trainers and fighters, but for Wilder and Scott, their previous relationship as opponents-turned-friends made it happen almost immediately when they started camp.
Some have posited that Wilder hired Scott to avoid hard critiques, while others have insisted Scott has Wilder’s ear enough to get him to believe he needs to make changes to shore up other areas of his craft. We’ll find out just how successful this partnership can be come Saturday night and whether the talk of a new and improved Wilder is anything more than that. Wilder, for his part, seems ready to be done with the talking portion of the proceedings, antsy to get to Saturday night. For the first time in a year and a half, he can do what he feels he was born to do: put on a show and be violent.
“We don’t usually get trilogies, and when we do get them, the fighters try to make the best of it,” Wilder said. “I’m sure me and Fury is gonna make the best of it. And I want it to be the best trilogy that’s ever happened in the history of boxing. I’m putting my life on the line. I’m putting my heart in it, my energy, my soul, just for that to happen. So stay tuned. It’s gonna be amazing.”
That ’70s Show was never a ratings giant, but it was popular enough to run for eight seasons (200 episodes!) and launch the careers of Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Laura Prepon, and Topher Grace. Fox even tried to start a That [Fill-In-The-Blank Decade] Show universe with That ’80s Show, starring a pre-It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Glenn Howerton, but it only lasted one season.
Maybe Netflix will have better success with That ’90s Show.
Netflix has given a formal series green light to That ’90s Show, a followup to Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner’s hit That ’70s Show. Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp will anchor the spinoff, reprising their roles as Red Forman and Kitty Forman, respectively. They will executive produce That ’90s Show alongside its creators, That ’70s Show alum Gregg Mettler, who serves as showrunner, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner and their daughter Lindsay Turner.
The Wisconsin-set show takes place in 1995 and follows Eric (Grace) and Donna’s (Prepon) daughter, Leia, “who is visiting her grandparents for the summer where she bonds with a new generation of Point Place kids under the watchful eye of Kitty and the stern glare of Red. Sex, drugs, and rock ’n roll never dies, it just changes clothes,” the Deadlinedescription reads. So, sex, drugs, and rock ’n roll wears JNCO jeans now?
Outside of Smith and Jo Rupp, no other That ’70s Show cast members have a current agreement to appear in the spinoff, but the expectation is that “a number of them” will. It’s also unclear who will provide the theme song. Might I suggest Weird Al?
Charli XCX and 100 Gecs have both suggested, but not outright officially announced, that they have new albums not far off on the horizon. Now, thanks to a recent Twitter interaction, we now know a bit more about when both artists plan to drop their respective projects.
Yesterday, 100 Gecs took to Twitter to declare, “the album will be coming early 2022.” As if that wasn’t exciting enough, Charli then replied to the tweet, “Same. Ish,” indicating that she too is dropping an album at or around early 2022.
Charli and the many Gecs have formed a working relationship over the past couple years. In early 2020, 100 Gecs and Rico Nasty remixed their song “Ringtone” and brought Charli and Kero Kero Bonito into the fold. A couple months later, Charli returned the favor with her single “Claws,” which she made in collaboration with 100 Gecs’ Dylan Brady.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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