Adults assembles the Avengers of man-on-the-street creators

If you use social media , you've seen a man-on-the-street interview.

You know the type: punchy, short-form digital series where you get to know an interviewee in record time.

Some shows, such as Track Star or Gaydar , use specific subjects like music or queer history as entry points.

Others, like Are You Okay? or Subway Takes , invite guests to rant about a topic of their choosing.

These series have taken over your feeds and Hollywood press tours alike, and for one episode, they take over FX's sitcom Adults .

SEE ALSO: 'Adults' Season 2 is the hardest I've laughed at a sitcom this year In Adults Season 2, episode 7, titled "C Alert," Paul Baker ( Jack Innanen ) laments having what he and his friends call "man-on-the-street face," a condition that makes him a target for New York City's street interview content creators . (Due to his Canadian politeness, he can never turn them down.) However, by the episode's end, Paul Baker embraces his man-on-the-street face to help his housemate/will-they-won't-they love interest Anton (Owen Thiele), who's gotten in trouble at work for saying "cunt." While the word's positive connotations in queer ballroom culture have led to wider reclamation and resurgence, especially online , it still carries quite a bit of baggage in America; hence Paul Baker's quest to encourage its normalization through street interviews.

Tiff Baira and Jack Innanen in "Adults." Credit: FX Cue a montage of Paul Baker fumbling his way through appearances on highly popular, real-life man-on-the-street shows, including Gaydar , hosted by Anania ; Are You Okay? , then-hosted by Brianna "Bri" Morales; Recess Therapy , hosted by Julian Shapiro-Barnum ; Street Hearts , hosted by Tiffany "Tiff" Baira; and Track Star , hosted by Jack Coyne.

The sequence is a hysterical, cameo-filled conclusion to the episode, but also a tribute to the reach and influence of man-on-the-street content creators.

SEE ALSO: 'Adults' creators Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold react to fan fiction about the show According to Adults creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw , the idea to bring man-on-the-street interviewers into Season 2 started with the show's writers taking walks around New York City for inspiration.

One day, in Washington Square Park, they noticed several interviewers pulling people aside for their own segments.

"One of the writers was like, 'isn't it funny that we haven't seen that on TV yet?'" Shaw recalled in a video interview with Mashable.

"It feels like such a present part of New York culture right now." To capture this aspect of New York culture — which, in turn, becomes digital culture when it's posted online — Adults reached out to several New York-based street-interview content creators about appearing as themselves in the show.