Rihanna vs. Avril, John Mayer vs. Pepé Le Pew, and more

This week in “Thanks, Internet!”: a new game show, the rainbow circa 1692, a 90s alt-rock supercut, rap’s smallest fan,and Rihanna’s singular meet and greets.

1. John Mayer or Pep Le Pew?

If you haven’t been paying attention to Billy Eichner, you have some catching up to do. The comedian has reinvented the celebrity interview and the game show at a time when we’re inundated with an endless supply of both. His strategy: take to the streets of New York and keep everything at a New Yorker’s pace.

The archive is filled with gems, including appearances byPaul Rudd, Amy Poehler, and Anansa. This week Billy’s guest is Olivia Wilde, who plays the first-ever round of“John Mayer or Pep Le Pew?” Eichner reads a quote and Wilde has to guess if it came from the contemporary musician or the animated skunk. The game works really well because Pep is a terriblemisogynistand John Mayer is John Mayer.

2. 1692, in color

Pantone may have cornered the contemporary market on color guides, but a few centuries ago, one A. Boogert was the man. That’s the name provided for the author of an incredible handwritten tome that attempts to identify every color known to man circa 1692. The book is a work of art, and has spent much of its life in obscurity. But a recent blog postrevived it for the digital age. The book lives at Bibliothque Mjanes in France — lucky for us, the entire thing is available for high-resolution browsing here.

3. Now That’s What I Call Nonsense!

I’m not sure if anyone has done an empirical study but from the looks of this supercut, the 90s were a Golden Age for gibberish lyrics. That’s not to knock the songs. Half of these hooks were the soundtrack of my Canadian youth. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation itself is responsible for this compilation, which gathers the “doot-doot-doots, woah-ohs, and na-na-nas that defined a decade” — from 4-Non Blondes toThird Eye Blind to Ben Folds Five— and brings them back around for the ultimate nostalgic chorus.

4. Rap’s Smallest Fan

Any way you slice it, Yung Lenox is a badass. The 8-year-old Seattle resident recreates album art while listening torap records from the last two decades. For a human being younger than Twitter, the illustrations are actually pretty good. So good, in fact, that Yung Lenox opened his first West Coast art showthis week.

5. Rihanna Wins the Meet-and-Greet

BuzzFeed momentarily quelled all the haters this week with ascrolling comparisonof the meet and greet styles of Rihanna and Avril Lavigne. Unsurprisingly, the Barbadian is much warmer than the Canadian. Rihanna shows her willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty to ensure an unforgettable experience for her most devoted fans.

Thanks to Julia Henderson and Eliza Grace Martin.