Entertainment Educational: Viral TikTok Examples

Anthony. Yeah. Did you see that the U.S. actually bombed Iran today? Yeah, I saw that. What do you think about that? It's a classic dictator strategy. Always trying to start a war to distract us from all the shit going on in the country. Distracts the media, first of all, because they're all talking about, you know, a world war three is going to pop off. And it takes away media attention from the protests going on, from the economy tanking. What do you think this is going to lead to now that we've attacked them? On the one hand, Iran can't really do anything about it. And from a strategic standpoint, Russia can't really do anything about it either. They've spent all of their military power in Ukraine thanks to the Biden administration and their handling of that. So there's not really anybody that's there to oppose it, but it's just unnecessary to start with and could cause a lot of issues economically. Iran currently controls the Strait of Hormuz, which is the water passage that a lot of oil gets shipped out on and a lot of other trade as well. So if that gets disrupted because of this, then we could see oil prices shoot up. How do you think this is going to affect the average American? I'm not concerned in the sense that we're like directly threatened, but if I start a war, we could see people who are currently in the army who are relatively safe right now are suddenly being sent to the Middle East again. We could see the war as an excuse to brand people as un-American because they oppose it, increase gas prices, or just dislike of us in the world because we're starting another unnecessary war, you know, American imperialism and all that. Do you think this is the start of World War III? I think it's the closest we've ever been. I don't know if it's going to be the start or not. It just depends on how Iran and Russia react and what Israel does with this. If we just bomb these sites and we leave it at that, probably not. But if this is used as a pretext to put troops down, maybe. We've been kind of in a Cold War for a long time, and this could be the start of it popping off. Didn't Trump need Congress's approval in order to actually initiate these strikes? It's a bit of a gray area. The president does have the authority to initiate certain emergency military actions, but there hasn't been any type of state of emergency declared or really any justification for this. Whether or not he could legally do it is a little gray, but, you know, as we've seen from the last couple months, you know, what is legal and what is not has gone out the window. So I don't think anything's going to come of it from a legal standpoint. What do you think about all of the Republicans who are now saying they don't agree with this, they didn't want to get involved in this war? I'm sure they believe that now, but...

Coach Tyler Wall passing away mid-MrBeast challenge really proves that anything can happen at any given moment. For those of you who don't know who Coach Tyler Wall was, he was a coach in one of MrBeast's new challenges. If you lose 100 pounds, you win $250,000. And what Coach Wall did was assist this man, Madge, right here throughout the entire challenge. No matter what, Coach Tyler Wall was always there to give Madge support throughout the entire challenge. And out of nowhere, on day 85 of this challenge, Mads got the news that his coach, Tyler Wall, had randomly passed away. Now, at the moment of me recording this challenge, Madge got the news that his coach, Tyler Wall, had randomly passed away. Now, at the moment of me recording this video, nobody really knows what caused this to happen to Coach Tyler Wall, but he was only 38 years old when that happened to him. And it happened to him very, very unexpectedly. For the love of God, this dude was a fucking fitness coach, man. A very healthy guy. And the fact that this happened so unexpectedly really does prove that anything can happen at any given moment. So if you have any friends or family members who you hold very close and dear to your heart, make sure you... healthy guy. And the fact that this happened so unexpectedly really does prove that anything can happen at any given moment. So if you have any friends or family members who you hold very close and dear to your heart, make sure you tell them how much they mean to you and how much you love them every single day. Because at any given moment, anything can happen, man. Out of every possible piece of media this scenario could have occurred in, it's actually wild that this happened in a MrBeast video. Usually MrBeast videos are very happy, uplifting, and upbeat. But this MrBeast video was very different. Watching Madge deal with the passing of his coach, while not only grieving the loss of his coach, while not only grieving the loss of his coach, getting over the loss of his coach, and watching this whole character development of his character Madge in a fucking MrBeast video is fucking crazy, man. And the fact that this man actually pulled it off and ended up winning the challenge in the end is genuinely so inspiring, man. How can you not be proud of this man, Madge? The story of this man, Madge, is genuinely so inspiring. And the fact that this man was able to win this challenge after losing somebody who he said in his own words, This challenge in the end is genuinely so inspiring, man. How can you not be proud of this man, Madge? The story of this man, Madge, is genuinely so inspiring. And the fact that this man was able to win this challenge after losing somebody who he said in his own words felt like family to him is actually insane, bro. The amount of mental strength that must take to will a person to do that is wild.

Not many people know this, but the theme song to The Big Bang Theory was written in two minutes in the shower, 15 minutes before the songwriter had to turn it in because he didn't want to do it, and ended up becoming the most successful thing he's ever done. The Big Bang Theory ran for 12 seasons, had a peak viewership of 20 million people, and was one of the most successful sitcoms of all time. One of the most beloved aspects of the show is its theme song, which was written by the Bare Naked Ladies, or specifically one of its co-founders, Ed Robertson. But what many people don't know is that this very catchy, very popular, very beloved song was written in two minutes by Ed Robertson while he was in the shower, right before he had to turn it in to the show's creator. Story goes that Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre reached out to the Bare Naked Ladies through their management, asking that they make a theme song for his new sitcom about a bunch of scientists living in an apartment together and the band kind of just thought the whole thing was stupid and they didn't want to do it. They had no interest in making a theme song for a sitcom. They thought the premise of the show sounded kind of stupid and they had no idea who Chuck Lorre was or how successful his previous hit sitcoms like Two and a Half Men were. However, their management team convinced them that they should take the deal. They agreed to do it and then promptly just forgot about it and didn't work on it for months. Cut to the morning that the song is due. Ed Robertson has not worked on it at all and he's telling his managers that he just wants to back out of the deal and not do it but they tell him you need to make this song do you know who this guy is this is gonna make your career so 15 minutes before they have to turn the song in ed robertson jumps into the shower and spends two minutes coming up with a concept and writing the lyrics in his head for what would end up becoming the Big Bang Theory theme song. Which, you know if you've heard the song, is basically one long run-on sentence that's describing the historical scientific progress of man up until today. Robertson jumped out of the shower, picked out some chords on a guitar, recorded himself singing the song into a voice memo or something like that, sent it off to Chuck Lorre, they loved it, it became the theme song, and the rest is history. And Robertson himself has gone on record as saying that that song is the most successful thing that they've ever done as a band, including their initial smash hit One Week from the late 90s. And while we don't know exactly how much money the band has made from the song. Back in 2015, there was a lawsuit brought on the Barenaked Ladies from one of their former bandmates, Stephen Page, who claimed that he was owed 20% of their royalties. And in that lawsuit, he said that the band has made millions upon millions of dollars from just that song. So they made multi-millions of dollars from essentially just two minutes of work that a dude did while he was in the shower, which just goes to show you that there is literally no such thing as a bad idea. Hold on, I'm going gonna make a couple million dollars right now.

Estamos en una calle muy peligrosa debido a este bache olvidado, donde gracias a Dios no ha habido ningún accidente.

I'm not even joking when I say this, but this whole men, men, men trend might be the worst thing to happen all 2025. Tell me why the fuck I'm seeing motherfuckers go up to random people at parks and start recording them with this whole men, men, men audio. This dude is just chilling on a swing, doing absolutely nothing wrong, and this person has the audacity to go out of their way and start fucking recording him for no reason. That dude is literally minding his own business, and you're the one who's going out of your way to try and paint him as some sort of villain when he's literally just fucking on a swing, bro. Most of these videos are just, like, recording random people without their consent, and that's just not- literally minding his own business and you're the one who's going out of your way to try and paint him as some sort of villain when he's literally just fucking on a swing bro most of these videos are just like recording random people without their consent and that's just not okay because i can guarantee you that this motherfucker has no idea that he's being recorded and posted on the fucking internet if i was in this kid's situation and i was being posted on the internet like this without even fucking knowing, I would be pissed, bro. And also, can we talk about the fact that we're still doing fucking gender wars in 2025? Can we just learn to fucking gender wars in 2025? Can we just learn to love and respect each other a little bit more? And that goes for men, too, bro. There are so many men who go out and post disgusting shit about women on the internet all the fucking time. That shit's not okay, bro. Gender wars in the big 25 is cringe as fuck.

I just learned some more details about the Bonnie Blue 2000 Men Challenge. And those details are that she is going to lock herself in a glass box and let these 2000 men do whatever the fuck they want to her. All I have to say is anyone who participates in that needs to be locked up behind fucking bars. Is anybody going to talk about the fact that Bonnie Blue is essentially going to have 2000 men SA her for 24 hours straight while she's locked in a fucking glass box? Are you fucking kidding me? Nobody is talking about this shit, bro. Nobody is talking about the ground rules that Bonnie Blue has laid out for this 2,000-man challenge. Those- 24 hours straight while she's locked in a fucking glass box? Are you fucking kidding me? Nobody is talking about this shit, bro. Nobody is talking about the ground rules that Bonnie Blue has laid out for this 2,000 men challenge. Those ground rules are that those 2,000 men are allowed to do whatever the fuck they want to her for 24 hours straight. If you are a woman and you are watching this shit happen, how can you not feel offended, bro? You are basically watching this woman set you back so many years. And this bitch, Bonnie Blue, is making it seem like it's a fucking joke, essentially. I say this with the utmost respect for many years. And this bitch, Bonnie Blue, is making it seem like it's a fucking joke, essentially. I say this with the utmost respect for Bonnie Blue. In TikTok, this isn't harassment and bullying. All I'm trying to say is that this bitch is going to let 2,000 men SA her for 24 hours straight, and she is actively undoing all of the work that women have put into advocating against SA for many, many, many years.

If you got anything from the latest episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians is that you need to live your life as a woman before you end up like a Kourtney, okay? And what do I mean by this? I mean you don't want to be that bitter woman that sees every woman pouring into herself as a threat to you. And I always tell you guys, correct me in the comments if I'm wrong, but like Kourtney, what? you come into a space and the first thing you want to do because you're feeling uncomfortable, you're feeling underdressed, is start going on and on about how oh yeah I just don't do that anymore it's just not my thing this and that well if it's not your thing then shut up and I'm so passionate about this because I feel like as women we have all experienced this you have all experienced that girl who believes she's better than you because she is lazier than you because if we're being honest it's just laziness like you didn't put any thought into your outfit of course you didn't do your makeup of course you didn't do your nails of course you didn't do your hair of course you didn't accessorize because you're lazy with yourself because you treat yourself at the same value and level as the patriarchy sees you because what do you mean i just don't do that anymore i just don't dress up anymore keep it to yourself they're literally dressed up they have on heels they have on beautiful dresses and i think really the issue comes from the fact that they have kept up with themselves. I'm just gonna be real, I think really that's where the animosity is coming from because Kim and her are only like a year apart, her and Kourtney are only like a couple years apart and they look snatched, they look good for their ages and no tea no shade, Kourtney looks like someone that does not do a lot with herself and that's okay but it's like if they are comfortable with letting you be simple, why are you so uncomfortable when they steal the spotlight?

I don't know why you're on the run, but I don't know why you're on the run.

James has a small dick. Oh, well, it's not the end of the world. It's really small. How small? Too small. Well, size isn't everything. Three inches? Well... Hard? Eww. Hmm. Is he a good kisser? Oh, who the f*** cares? His dick is like a gherkin. It's so terrible. Listen to me. I'm a bad person. Don't beat yourself up. You had certain expectations and you're disappointed. Why? Why? Why does he have to end up a small ? I really like him. I thought you loved him. Well, I would love we'd all been there. That's for sure. I was once with a guy the size of one of those little miniature golf pencils. Couldn't tell he was trying to mirror erase me i'm sorry it's just it's funny let's not lose perspective there are ways to work around it i don't want to work around it i love it i love it inside of me i love looking at it i love everything about it. When I blow him, it's like nothing. Nothing. Can you talk to him about it? No. It's the only thing we can talk about. What am I going to do? How is he with his tongue? Samantha is a size queen, and she is very unapologetic about it. She loves them big. Unfortunately, she falls in love with a guy who is very below average, and is definitely a deal-breaker. But it doesn't make Samantha a bad person, because she has needs and basic expectations. Sometimes compatibility is more important than love because in the long run love will faint but resentment will continue to grow. It's very uncomfortable, it's very unfair but it happens a lot in real life. Like I have a friend who is tall, good-looking and he always complains why am I single, why am I single? I know why he is single but I can never tell him that because it will destroy his ego.

To you Don't you know that you're toxic? And I love what you do Don't you know that you're toxic? It's getting late to give you up I took a step from my devil's path Slowly, it's taking over me. You are getting undone. It's in the air, it's all around. It's in the air, it's all around.

वीपियन यूज करते हो तो अभी डिलीट कर दो क्योंके अब आप लोग जो है वो बिना वीपियन के ही मिया साब और जोनी भाई का दिदार कके बाद आपने ज़्यादा को आपने सेलेक्ट कर लेना था इसके बाद आप बिना वीपिन के अपना कोई भी फेवरेड बाय देवे एक चीज कमेंट में लाजबी से बताओ के आपका फेवरेट खिलाड़ी या खिलाड़न कौन है

How many people know this, but episodes of South Park are fully written and animated in six days or less, and the process for how they do it is way more genius than you think. This is the reason why something like Stephen Colbert being fired by Paramount, and then South Park dropping an entire episode about it just a week later can happen, which is incredibly rare in animation. To put it into perspective, a more traditionally animated TV show like Family Guy can take upwards of a year to fully create and finish an episode of the show. But because of this process, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, can run the show much more like a late-night talk show or a weekly sketch comedy show like SNL where they can talk about timely topical matters as they're happening and drive the conversations in real time. The process is very simple, and they've been doing it since 2002, back whenever the show was originally airing on Comedy Central. And it basically boils down to this. On Monday, they get together with all the writers and they brainstorm ideas for the episode. They come up with the episode that they're going to do for the week, and then late into the night, Trey Parker and Matt Stone write the script. On Tuesday, the voice actors start recording all the dialogue from the episode and passing it off to the animators as they're finishing it. And throughout the rest of the week, the VO actors and the animators work in tandem with the VO artists recording the dialogue and passing it off to the animators the animators rigging up the scenes and rinse and repeat but the genius And throughout the rest of the week, the VO actors and the animators work in tandem with the VO artists recording the dialogue and passing it off to the animators, the animators rigging up the scenes, and rinse and repeat. But the genius comes in how the show is animated. You see, originally South Park was animated with a bunch of cut-out construction paper on a big slab that Trey Parker and Matt Stone would personally animate. And this took a long time. Even when the show got bigger and they got more animated and involved in this whole construction paper process, it still was a super time-intensive process. But then in around 2002, they created a custom workflow in the 3D animation software Maya to essentially emulate the cardboard construction paper aesthetic of the show. And from that point forward, the show essentially became a 3D simulation of this construction paper style where they can just drop in shapes and stack them up on top of each other and edit them with digital keyframes. And in this way, the show can be edited lightning fast. And so in that way, by Friday or Saturday, the episode is essentially done and they're just putting the finishing touches on the editing and then they can deliver it off to Paramount Plus or whatever platform that the episode's going out on. As a matter of fact, the process has only gotten faster over the years, and it's reported that many episodes of the show are actually edited in more like three or four days, which is just astonishing for a full 30 minute animated show. And the South Park Boys just signed a $1.6 billion contract with Paramount, so it's clearly paid off for them. And real quick, if you like my videos and you want to see more in-depth writing for me, you can do that here.

Not many people know this, but the creator of ALF was so obsessed with people thinking that he was a real alien and not a puppet that it completely destroyed the popularity of the character and sabotaged his entire career. Everybody of a certain age remembers ALF, created in 1984 by Paul Fusco, and became massively popular in the late 1980s, like Taylor Swift Beatles popular. He had three TV shows, a sitcom, and two cartoons. He had a video game. He starred in dozens of comics. But then suddenly, almost as quickly as he appeared, he just completely vanished. The two animated shows were canceled in 1989, and then in 1990, the sitcom ALF was abruptly canceled after only four seasons, despite great ratings. And everybody just kind of stopped talking about ALF. And the reason was that Paul Fusco, ALF's creator, was obsessed with people thinking that he was a real, actual alien that came down to Earth and became an actor, and this obsession completely sabotaged his entire career. First of all, the sitcom ALF was insanely elaborate and tedious to shoot, and everybody involved in the show despised making it. Because Fusco refused to break the illusion of ALF being a puppet, he wouldn't let the studio audience ever see the puppeteers or the bottom part of the Alf puppet, and he also would never break character. So they had to build these elaborate trenches and tunnels throughout the bottom of the set so the puppeteers could travel through them while they were shooting and stay hidden. A complicated network of trenches was very dangerous, and the cast and crew hated shooting on the set. Some of them even fell and hurt themselves during production. This method also made the production of the show take upwards of three times longer than any normal sitcom and made the show insanely expensive. Max Wright, the actor who played Willy on the show, hated it so much and became so frustrated that one day he actually got into a physical fight with ALF. Not Paul Fusco, the puppeteer, the actual ALF puppet. He attacked it so overwhelmed by the technically demanding shoot and had to be pulled away. He was actually invited to host SNL multiple times, but each time Paul Fusco demanded that they would have to build elaborate trenches under the set of SNL, and each time SNL politely declined. Cut to 2002, and ALF was invited to guest star on the 75th anniversary episode of SNL, but the production found his demands so frustrating that his role was drastically cut down to a very brief cameo. And then in 2003, Alf got a new TV show called Alf's Hit Talk Show, but it was abruptly canceled after seven episodes because it was too expensive to make because of his insane demands to make Alf seem like a real guy. And then in 2012, an ALF movie was announced by Sony, but then it was abruptly canceled because Sony refused to meet Paul Fusco's demand of

In the 2000s, authorities in Europe discovered a female serial killer who had committed dozens of crimes all over the European continent, but her true identity was way crazier than you think. The investigation was started in the early 2000s after the same DNA evidence was discovered at two very similar crime scenes in Germany. One was in 1993, and it was the murder of a 62-year-old woman, and the other one was in 2001, and it was the shooting of a 61-year-old man. At the time, the authorities thought they had some kind of serial killer on their hands who was preying on elderly people and went into long periods of hibernation. But then the crimes that they started connecting with his DNA started to get weirder and the crimes weren't just murders there was also armed robberies burglaries drug busts all with this exact same person's DNA evidence at the crime scene. The crimes weren't just happening in Germany they were happening all over Europe particularly in Austria and France. And then in 2007, a police officer in Heilbronn, Germany named Michelle Kaiswetter was out on patrol whenever an unknown figure walked up to her cruiser, pulled out a gun and shot her point blank in the head. Lo and behold, this same person's DNA evidence was found at the crime scene. And so from that point on, this person was dubbed as the Phantom of Heilbronn. Authorities at the time were absolutely stumped about this. How could this person be traveling all across Europe, committing all of these various seemingly unrelated crimes with no pattern whatsoever across decades? This person would have to be in their late 40s at this point and getting away with it for all of these years. The only thing that they knew after years of investigation and studying the DNA was that this person was a woman. And real quick, if you like my videos and you want to see more in-depth writing from me, you can do that here. By 2008, the Phantom of Heilbronn, this mysterious female serial killer slash criminal mastermind, was linked to over 40 incidents of murders and other various crimes, and authorities were still no closer to figuring out just who the hell this person was. And then in 2009, a random man in France was arrested. And during his booking process, they discovered the Phantom of Heilbronn's DNA on his belongings. And authorities were like, what is going on? Who is this person? How is their DNA getting on all of these different unrelated crimes throughout the entire continent? And then they dug just a little bit deeper and finally discovered the identity of the Phantom of Heilbronn. It turned out that this DNA belonged to a female worker at a cotton swab factory in Germany who was producing the cotton swabs that were being supplied to police precincts throughout Europe. And apparently this factory was cutting corners and not following all the rules and procedures around making.

Тёмная ночь разделяет любимая нас, И тревожная чёрная стена пролегла между нами.

Not many people know this, but the real-life ghost hunters that the Conjuring franchise was based on had a dark secret that involved underage 15-year-old child brides. Many people are familiar with Ed and Lorraine Warren, the married ghost hunting couple that became famous throughout the 1940s to the 1980s for their many investigations into hauntings, ghost sightings, and demonic possessions. And also, their exploits inspired many successful films and film franchises throughout the years, including the Amityville Horror, the Haunting in Connecticut, the Annabelle series of films, and most notably, the Conjuring series of films. The Conjuring movies in particular actually were based on the lives of Ed and Lorraine Warren and starred fictionalized versions of them, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, and became one of the most successful horror franchises of all time. But they left out one very dark detail about their lives. It was the fact that in the early 1960s, Ed Warren worked as a bus driver at a high school to make ends meet while they got their paranormal investigation business up and running. And during this time, as about a 35-year-old man, he met a 15-year-old high school student named Judith Penny, fell in love with her, and started a romantic relationship with her. Allegedly. Judith Penny claims that in 1963, at the age of 15 years old, she moved into Ed and Lorraine Warren's Connecticut home and lived in an upstairs bedroom and began her life as Ed Warren's secret mistress. So that's what she claims, but is there proof? Well, shortly after she moved in, a neighbor actually noticed what was going on and called the police on the Warrens. But for some reason, instead of Ed Warren being arrested, Judith Penny was arrested for juvenile delinquency and spent a night in jail. And so throughout the rest of the late 60s and 70s, Ed and Lorraine Warren went on to become famous for all their big cases like the Amityville haunting, the Cheyenne Johnson case, the acquisition of the Annabelle doll, the infield poltergeist, so on and so forth. But the entire time, Judith Penny was living as Ed Warren's mistress, and Lorraine Warren had full knowledge of it. of the Annabelle doll, the infield poltergeist, so on and so forth. But the entire time, Judith Penny was living as Ed Warren's mistress, and Lorraine Warren had full knowledge of it and was allowing it to happen. Allegedly. But this wasn't the only dark secret that the couple were keeping. Judith Penny claims that throughout their marriage, Ed Warren was physically abusive to Lorraine, and that in 1978, Judith Penny became pregnant with Ed's baby, and the couple forced her to have an abortion, which is especially ironic considering their strong Catholic image. Ed Warren passed away in 2006, Judith Penny moved on and got married to a more age-appropriate man, and in 2013 Lorraine Warren teamed up with Warner Brothers to produce the first Conjuring film, which depicts Ed and Lorraine Warren as a loving, committed, heroic couple who notably are not in a pedophilic cuckold situation. And as an interesting side note, the contract between Warner Brothers and-

この度、大倉忠義は結婚する運びとなりました。 そして小さな命を授かりました。 お相手は一般の方になりますので、温かく見守っていただけますと幸いです。ファンの皆様、関係者の皆様の支えのおかげで、グループも20年を超えることができました。今後も変わらず応援していただけるよう そして後輩の力になれるよう 一層の努力を重ねてまいりますので 引き続き温かい今後も変わらず応援していただけるようそして後輩の力になれるよう 一層の努力を重ねてまいりますので 引き続き温かいご指導とご便達を賜りますよう お願い申し上げますとコメントを発表しました

You know, now that Samara has decided to take a social media break, although I believe that the announcement was an emotional manipulation tactic, I do hope that she takes the time to reflect on maybe how her personal experiences and biases are starting to bleed into her activism and not in the best way. Due to the contents of this video, I will be using the word fat, not in a derogatory or an offensive manner, okay? Literally by its actual definition., the word fat as an adjective means a person or an animal having a large amount of excess flesh. Now, if you have a problem with that word, if it triggers you, your beef isn't with me, it's with Webster in his dictionary, all right? And I'm going to need you to properly identify that because that word fat is neither negative nor positive. It is simply a description. Okay. Getting into Samara and how I believe that her personal experiences have started to blur the lines in her activism. Okay. Right. So she admitted herself that school and her adolescent years is where she first learned to hate her body. All right. This is something that she has admitted, which is why her activism in tackling fat phobia or fat phobic areas in life and society is so personal for her. Okay. Which is a beautiful thing, but oftentimes personal experiences, if not always will impact how you view things. It will your personal experiences are going to impact how you see things in the future. Now let's get into the whole situation with Cardi B and her, right? So Cardi B had an inside joke with her plus size fans that started off of Twitter by the plus size fans, okay? And then Samara decided to insert herself in said conversation due to her personal experiences. She felt offended. She felt triggered. And so she decided to speak up. Not only did she insert herself, but she was passive aggressive as she did it. Addressing Cardi B talking about, didn't you do a song with Lizzo? Didn't you do this? Didn't you do that? I know Cardi B didn't do this. Doing all of that, right? Again, about a situation that had nothing to do with her. absolutely nothing to do with her. Now, some people are going to say, but she's an advocate. That's what she does. That's her job. Okay, cool. Copy. Cardi B responds and lets her know, hey, listen, it's not like that at all. This is actually where the joke stemmed from. I didn't even start it. My plussize friends my plus-size fans started it and this is literally just how we joke they get my humor I get

If you grew up watching Adult Swim, the guy who created your entire childhood was completely screwed out of his legacy by Cartoon Network, and he works as an Amazon driver now, and the story just gets way more messed up from there. Since Adult Swim launched in 2001, it's been a cultural juggernaut, defining many people's childhoods, but its origins date back all the way to 1994, and none of it would have been possible without a man named Andy Merrill. At the time, Cartoon Network was a brand new cable station, having just launched in 1992 and relying heavily on playing reruns of old cartoon libraries that their parent company, Turner Broadcasting, owned. But in 19... Time Cartoon Network was a brand new cable station, having just launched in 1992 and relying heavily on playing reruns of old cartoon libraries that their parent company, Turner Broadcasting, owned. But in 1994, they wanted to get into original programming. And so two lower level employees named Andy Merrill and Mike Lazo co-created a show called Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The concept of the show was that they took animation cells that the company owned from a Hanna-Barbera cartoon from the 60s called Space Ghost and repurposed them to make a new show where Space Coast was the host of a talk show and he would interview real-life celebrities and do a bunch of zany gags. Andy Merrill co-created the show as well as voicing Space Coast in the first couple of episodes before being replaced by George Lowe and also most famously was the voice of Brack. It was a hit for Cartoon Network. It was so successful that the show's other co-creator, Mike Lazo, was made the executive vice president of programming for Cartoon Network, and his production company, Ghost Planet Industries, which was eventually retitled to William Street, became the de facto production arm for the station. They went on to produce several spinoffs of Space Ghost Coast to Coast with a similar style and humor, such as C-Lab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and The Brack Show, which Andy Merrill co-created and starred started. These shows were all run together in an unannounced block in the early hours of the morning in December of 2000 as a test run but then were brought together into a permanent late night block of programming called Adult Swim in September of 2001. In fact you might not remember this but Adult Swim premiered on Septembernd of 2001, only nine days before 9-11. But despite having co-created the show that started this entire empire and directing and co-creating several of the other shows that aired on Adult Swim, Andy Merrill was never elevated to executive status like his friend Mike Lazo and stayed in lower level programming and voice acting positions for years at the company. Merrill left Cartoon Network in 2013, likely due to layoffs, though it's unclear. Never having been given any proper ownership, credit, or most importantly royalties for any of these shows that he helped create and this empire that he helped build, he was forced to start driving as an Amazon delivery person to make ends meet. He also supplements his income with occasional convention appearances and some voiceover work. This all came to light in 2024 when somebody on Twitter made a post about the 30.

John's performance style was extroverted and he had a great need to connect. Hello, I'm Mr. Mambo. If you think of Monty Python, you think of Second City, you think of Saturday Night Live, he was one of the top performers out of all of them. And John, who could not hide his frame when he would be doing Julia Child or he would be doing Pavarotti, The only time you saw a big man doing stuff like that was like Jackie Gleason or Lou Costello. It had to be like literally a guy making jokes about his size and he simply didn't. Bruno! He and Eugene doing Dr. Tongue and Bruno. Oh, it's the best. They were scary movies that ended up not being that scary. And they were all kind of 3D based. But the idea of creating a very cheap 3D effect was a really funny idea.

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Not many people know this, but the opening theme song on every single one of the almost 900 episodes of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood was completely different for a very fascinating reason. So everybody knows and loves Fred McFeely, a.k.a. Fred Rogers, a.k.a. Mr. Rogers, and his beloved PBS children's show, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. But not as many people know that he actually graduated from college with a Bachelor's of Music and composed all of the music and songs on the show. But Mr. Rogers wasn't just singing to pre-recorded backing tracks on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Every single song was performed live in studio while they were taping. There was an in-studio pianist who performed every song alongside Fred Rogers on the show from 1968 until 2001. And I know what you're thinking. I clickbaited you because technically every song was different because it was being performed live, but that's not even what I mean. It's actually really fascinating. Because Mr. Rogers didn't just get any pianist to perform on the show. He got world-renowned, improvisational genius, concert jazz pianist Johnny Costa. Who was way more famous and way more valuable than to be a performer on a children's PBS show. But he said that he only did it because he was semi-retired and just liked Mr. Rogers. Fred Rogers was such a good guy that he was able to pull a modern-day Beethoven out of retirement to play on a kid's show. But Mr. Rogers made one other smart move. Instead of telling Johnny Costa to just stick to the sheet music and play what he composed, he told him to just go wild with it. Do it for the ears of a child. I didn't do it this way. I wouldn't do that so I figured, well. Fred loved it. I kept doing it and the people loved it. And because Johnny Costa is literally a genius, he played every single iteration of every single song on every single episode of the show completely differently. So I dare you, go watch the opening theme song of any-