Adult Swim De-platforms Comedian Sam Hyde

Adult Swim De-platforms Comedian Sam Hyde

Adult Swim has caved to internal pressure and announced the cancellation of Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace, a counter-cultural sketch comedy show helmed by notorious prankster and comedian Sam Hyde. Three weeks after Brett Gelman announced that he was severing ties with Adult Swim due to their treatment of…
December 6, 20163 Comments
Series Ruined by Breakout Characters

Series Ruined by Breakout Characters

Even a writer's strongest, purest vision can be undone if his own characters have other ideas. Sometimes a secondary character can emerge from the background and steal the spotlight from the rest of the cast. These breakout characters are often benign, but greedy network and studio involvement can create a…
November 8, 20169 Comments
Operation: Silent Night

Operation: Silent Night

The wait is over! Star Wars: The Force Awakens has finally been released to enraptured audiences. Unfortunately, I was not among them. The only showing that wasn't sold out was in 3D, which to me doesn't make movies look three-dimensional so much as it turns them blurry and induces migraines. Instead…
December 19, 2015