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beautifully-lumpy · 1 year

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the beautiful person's journal - #13: puppicarus

i've been teasing it for a while...but i think it's time we talked about this guy.

my last fandom before getting back into caddicarus was within the WDAS/pixar movie sphere. and if you've seen encanto, then puppicarus is basically like the bruno of the caddicarus fandom. especially post-2020.

but as i said at the beginning of this post - we're gonna talk about him today!

so look below the cut, and get ready for quite the flashback...or a history lesson if you're newer!

~ exposition ~

so imagine you're a caddicarus fan who came along between 2020 and now. you just got done rewatching the main channel videos an...unholy amount of times, and you've finally decided to head over to the second channel to see what's going on over there. you find streams...tons of them. you peek at a couple, but don't watch them all the way through. you also look at those "best of" videos.

but then you scroll down a little farther, and you end up in the forbidden pre-2020 period. the mysterious period of which caddy told you to never look at. yet, you proceed.

you find random shitposts, the old skits caddy looked at, other discussion videos, an old room tour...it's all innocent, wholesome content.

but at the very top of this pre-caddy plays period is a strange set of videos titled puppicarus. they're uploaded out of order, but you don't realize that. you click on one of them, and you're then greeted by the actual debut of endigo's iconic 8-bit intro...and the reason why jim still sticks with the same caddicarus choir he recorded in 2012 when his voice hadn't deepened yet.

you then watch a skit with a puppet version of caddy attempting to take stan on a walk- OH MY GOD IT'S BABY STAN!!! HE'S SO TINY!!!

once the short 3-minute video ends, you try to read the comments but find they're disabled. the description has no links...just a couple sentences that read "made by cerys mackay. reuploaded here and taken away from the main channel due to too much negativity!"

you hover your cursor over the area where a comment section would normally be, touching the digital, ancient soil of [OLD], and you think to yourself..."something terrible happened here".

early history

on the 12th of july in 2015, the first caddicarus show episode in nearly 3 months was uploaded - the ballz 3D collab with yungtown. this episode wasn't meant to be taken seriously, as it was pretty much just a huge shitpost playing on how caddy's and luke's styles don't flow well together. however...people still took it seriously and complained. it was the first caddicarus episode in 3 months.

within this fever dream of an episode were the first appearances of caddy's tattoos (they'd already appeared in videos a few weeks before, but this was their first TCS appearance), a rap song performed by caddy and luke, the first sponsor segment for the pixel empire...but most importantly, it was the first appearance of a character named puppicarus.

after receiving this puppet for his 21st birthday, caddy decided to dedicate a sketch to him in this episode. this short sketch, titled "do it with puppicarus", had the puppet instructing viewers on how to make pasta...by smashing a combination of pop tarts, pasta noodles, and ham in a pan. he also appeared in the snow white episode for a small bit where he flipped the bird at caddy.

at first, this character was actually wonderfully received. he quickly became a hit with fans - the comment section of the video had nothing but praise for him. people were begging for puppicarus segments to become regular on the channel, and some were even begging for a series!

for the next several months, puppicarus would be occasionally mentioned in social media posts, but he wouldn't have any appearances on the channel. well, that was until...

the series

it was a friday morning in december 2015...the 18th, to be exact. an unexpected now-deleted update video dropped on caddy's channel, announcing a brand new friday series. we were informed several months earlier that a possible friday series could be coming to the channel; back in june, caddy uploaded an also now-deleted (and unfortunately unarchived) video where he announced that he was coming up with ideas for this friday show.

this friday show was the puppicarus show - a show where the titular puppet does just about anything. movie reviews, skits...anything was possible! the videos would be produced by cerys in a channel first - the caddick-mackay household had only just officially assembled with caddy moving in, and therefore a tighter schedule could be more possible with cerys' help.

later that day, the first episode dropped. this episode was called "walking the dog", and in it, puppicarus showed the audience how to walk a dog in his usual chaotic way. of course, the tiny stanley - only a few months old at the time - stole the show with his adorableness.

the next friday was christmas, so the episode for that day was a cute christmas message from puppicarus. during this message, he expressed how overwhelmingly positive the show's reception has been! well, gee, can't wait to see where this show goes in 2016!

after the channel returned from winter break in mid-january, the third episode "dating" premiered. in this episode, he got ready for a date with chloe! upon arriving to her house, he quickly made chloe uncomfortable with his "self-cleansing" hair, and upon finding this out, caddy threw him out of the second-story window. the poor puppet laid on the grass as he chewed on the flowers he got for chloe.

in the fourth episode, puppicarus reviewed "the revenant". this was pretty much just a normal quick movie review, just with a puppet as a gimmick...wait a minute, was arlo around at that point? did jim know who he was at that point? hmmmmm...

it would've been interesting to see where this show went next, but unfortunately, its life was cut short...

the fall

on january 23rd, 2016 - the day after the show's fourth and final episode was released, puppicarus was abruptly canceled. here is caddy's infamous twitter rant condensed into this one paragraph...

So, after the unbelievably unsupportive shit we've had to read through, Puppicarus has ended. Sorry to all that enjoyed it/gave feedback. [1] Constructive people = the best. We listened. But everyone else that decided to tear our lives to shreds over a fucking puppet, fuck you. [2] We only made Puppicarus a thing for MORE content for everybody. That's all. And it was thrown back in our faces. And it was a LOT of hate. [3] Trust me, I've ignored this shit for years - wouldn't be here if I didn't - but the level of hate here was utterly ridiculous. Not worth it. [4] Whoever was genuinely harsh/critical and tried to make it better - thank you. Meant a lot to Cerys. But Christ, it's not worth it. [5] This isn't a 'giving into the haters' scenario - I get plenty of hate on well-received videos - this was ANOTHER fucking level. [6] Disabling comments and likes defeats the point of making content - we WANT to see what people think - but not for this. Speechless. [7] I'll stick the vids on the 2nd channel soon, but after this shit, no way is it continuing. Cerys and I still want to feel creative. <3 [8] Thanks for the support everyone but being told to 'not give up' would be Cerys making content for the sake of views. Not what we want. [9]

soon after this rant was posted, the original uploads on the main channel were yoinked, and about 3 days later they were reuploaded out of order on the second channel.

so...what about that overwhelmingly positive reception? what on earth happened?

well, puppicarus was just one of the few factors that lead to the bust of the caddicarus channel's initial boom. there was a period between mid-2015 and early 2016 that i call the first intermediate period; during this period we began to see the problems with having so many shows on the channel.

we had this prosperous period from late 2013 until mid-2015 when thousands of new caddicarus fans came along daily - but not too long after the snow white video in august 2015, those numbers began to grind to a screeching halt. comment sections on youtube, twitter, and facebook began to grow more and more critical as caddicarus episodes became less common. december 2015 and january 2016 were particularly divisive months, as jim started taking up more sponsorships and the caddicarus show had a middling start to the new year with its season 5 finale blossom blast bastards. and of course, puppicarus was there through the climax of this bust.

the reception to puppicarus was not nearly as positive as jim initially made it sound...trust me, i was there. and it was VILE. i made one of those "hitler reacts" videos based on it. it was a different time. i was able to find this capture of the revenant review video - look at that like/dislike ratio. sure, it wasn't overwhelmingly bad, but there was still a considerable amount of dislikes. and usually, when shows on the channel got canceled, the show would stay on the main channel. this was the only instance in which the show was taken off and reuploaded to the second channel.

a couple weeks after this, the channel rebranded, getting rid of all the extra shows and making the caddicarus show weekly. current quickies became weekly on wednesdays, and the new show film fridays was released on fridays. this didn't really solve the channel's stagnation problem...the stagnation would continue until the channel's complete reset in 2020.

the character of puppicarus would appear in one more video - season 10's muppets racemania in 2018. he actually had a pretty major role as he was now a villain character, eager to get revenge on caddy for canceling his show. caddy beats him up in the cold open, puppicarus disguises himself as percy the parrot in the middle of the episode, and at the end he kills caddy with the slaughter gun. ahh, video game review show lore...

and after that...the puppet disappeared without a trace.

but what does mel think?

at the time, i very much enjoyed puppicarus, both the character and his show. then again, i pretty much ate up anything caddy would put out.

looking back at the series now, it was…a series! i mean, it had some cute moments, but…the funny was just…not really there? i mean props to cerys for her editing, you can tell these were the first videos she's ever done but they were still well-made. and i always love seeing the stepdaughters in vids, even though we only got to see one in this short-lived series.

but yeah...it certainly wasn't the best. wasn't HORRIBLE, but...eh.

so...can't you see why i had to make a completely separate post for puppicarus? lmao. there's just...too much to talk about. but yeah, this is a mostly forgotten part of caddicarus history due to how buried it is.

next entry will be about the channel's arduous climb to one million, and it'll release on whatever day caddy uploads the spyro video. after that, i'll probably start on those entries about the different eras of the channel - and i'll come up with more original names for those eras instead of using ancient egypt period names, lol. well i might stick with first/second intermediate period, those just fit too well.

#caddicarus #jim caddick #the caddicarus show #the BPJ #the beautiful person's journal #hidden block #hiddenblock

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punwolf · 4 years

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My Favorite YouTube Artists (includes female/PoC creators)

This list isn’t entirely for people of color or women, but if you want to support them, specifically, they’re noted. If you’re an artist or crafter or just want to get away from social media drama for a little while, here’s a few places you may want to visit. It will also help support women / poc if want to help out a little bit. How to support these people for free: Watch the video until the end. Don’t loop it, just watch all the ads and go to the end. Watch videos in their archive. Even old videos will give them income. If you’re not as interested in one, let it run in the background while you browse Tumblr. Put a “like” as a thumbs up. Subscribe. Set your notifications (the bell icon) to make sure you know when they release something new so you can watch it.

Leave a positive comment. This makes the YouTube algorithm notice it, even if the creator posted it months/years ago and may never respond.

The List NerdECrafter - originally from Egypt and now a Canadian. Her old videos are about sculpting and resin. She still does those, but she crafts and has fun. She’s family friendly and also does a “Cash or Trash” set of videos. These review craft kits and if they’re worth your money or not. Her sister occasionally comes on to help and if you like her brand of humor, they’ll keep you laughing. Lots of love and positivity here. Also she’s amazingly intelligent. She speaks 3 languages, is working on a 4th, and is a teacher. SuperRaeDizzle - a Mexican-American Latina. She has a wealth of information for the broke artist. She compares the cheapest art supplies from the Dollar Store / Walmart / etc. with the expensive ones. She gives tips and tutorials on drawing. Wonderful art resource. Family friendly but geared toward teens and up because of the level of experience needed to follow the tutorials. The Crafsman - a black man (I think - he uses a puppet and is shy about showing his face on camera.) He teaches about how to cast, make molds, create custom toys, and other types of crafts. Family friendly but best for adults because he uses chemicals, hot metal, and other things which need an adult to work with safely. More love and wholesomeness. MoriaElizabeth - a mixed heritage woman of Mexican descent. She does all kinds of art which is very child/family friendly. Best known for her Squishy Makeovers where she takes squishy toys and recreates them into something new. Bouncy, funny, and energetic - she tackles all sorts of art. Also known for a love of sprinkles and rainbows.

Darkest Raven Designs - I’m not sure of her ethnicity. She does crafting and focuses on miniature designs like dollhouse sized things. Very informative and uses household materials to get crafty. She’s got a series on Harry Potter if you’re a Potterhead. Family friendly but again probably best for teens and up because of the stuff used. ErgoJosh - a black man who is a wonderful artist and tries to help people improve their art. He does challenges periodically for any viewer to undertake and try to get better at their art. His voice is also amazingly soothing. Even his “roasts” are helpful and very mild. Positive guy. Jarvis Johnson - a black man who does humor with a message beneath it. Probably best known for going after content farms aimed at kids with bad messages. Chloe Rose Art - all kinds of art and a few skits. A woman creator who does digital art and acrylic paints. Just wholesome. Jazza - a male Australian with an upbeat attitude who does all kinds of art and character design. He also has a wealth of old tutorials from a few years ago. He’s active in the art community and trying to encourage everyone to create and share. AceOfClay - a white male American with insane polymere clay sculpting abilities. If you want to learn how to sculpt with Sculpy, he’s a great starting point. Family friendly but the tools and stuff he uses are geared toward teens and up. Bently House Miniatures - A woman who creates a lot of miniatures. She has a whole series on the Adams Family and on building a dollhouse from nothing but old cardboard boxes and junk around the house. Kid friendly but not as “excited” as someone like Jazza. Probably keep an adult’s attention more than a child’s. Graveyard Loon - I don’t think he’s monetized yet so don’t worry about the ads. He’s got a quirky sense of humor and does a mix of dark / cute art. The King of Random - if you liked Mythbusters, you’ll probably like this. Some science, some weirdness, all random - various hosts of different ethnicities and genders.

#youtube #supporting small creators #something to watch and take your mind off things if you need it right now

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kookies-n-key · 4 years

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*Not Kpop related but I know I have plenty of 1D stan followers so yep*

I actually can’t stop laughing today oh my god.

So our national broadcaster in Ireland (RTÉ) did a Comic Relief special the other day. One segment had Niall Horan singing (ily Niall best Westmeath boi).

Let me give some background:

So from 1986-2010 there was this thing called The Den which would run on RTÉ2 in the day time, and this was designated for shows and content aimed at kids. I’m not sure about other countries’ equivalents, but kinda similar to CBBC in the UK. A big part of The Den were the puppets that joined the presenters. For Comic Relief, one of the old hosts and a selection of the original puppet gang brought back the Talent On The Telly segment.

One of these puppets is named Dustin. Dustin is a turkey. We love Dustin. Fucking hell we sent him to Eurovision in 2008. That was a historic time for the Irish really.

Now we get to the part I’ve been laughing all fucking day about.

So for Talent On The Telly, the presenter says there’s a little boy from Mullingar up next. That little boy is Niall Horan who is very excited to be on The Den. He starts singing, puppets are all dancing along to it, everyone’s having a great time. Eventually, Dustin cuts Niall off jokingly saying WE WANTED HARRY STYLES.

This was HUMOUR.

For a CHARITY COMEDY SKIT.

And AMERICAN DIRECTIONERS are trying to CANCEL a fucking SOCK PUPPET TURKEY.

Jesus Christ this was a lighthearted joke by a fictitious bird whose given personality traits include sarcasm and quick wit. Not to mention Niall grew up loving him like all Irish kids for the last few decades.

Again:

They started hashtags and a whole social media campaign.

TO CANCEL A FUCKING SOCK PUPPET TURKEY.

My lungs can’t handle all this laughter.

#bruh non-irish directioners are wild lmao

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closetofanxiety · 6 years

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Nitromare: We Got Some Hot Action in the Ring Tonight

The date: Monday, November 15, 1999

The place: Little Rock, Arkansas, the Alltel Arena

The occasion: One month into the Russo-Ferrara tenure at WCW and “one fo the most important nights of 1999,” according to Tony Schiavone

H/t to Mark for the screen caps

We open up with an actual wrestling match. Or, I guess, an approximation of a wrestling match. Norman Smiley comes out in full football pads. Jimmy Hart comes out in a Renaissance Faire suit of armor. I never understood why they call medieval cosplay events Renaissance fairs. Different time periods, folks.

This is a terrible travesty, and Brian Knobbs comes out to hit Smiley in the head with an unprotected chair shot. The 1990s, ladies and gentlemen. The crowd is hot, at least. They are cheering Norman and booing Hart and Knobbs. I tell you what, Knobbs had a transcendentally cascading mullet deep into the 1990s. Good for him. Norman gets the pin in 4:46 after one of the worst table spots I have ever seen in my life.

“There’s more competition here than you’ll see in the World Series or the Super Bowl,” Bobby Heenan says. That seems preposterous, but the ‘99 Series saw the Yankees sweep the Braves, and the Super Bowl was a lackluster win for the Broncos. So ... maybe? Maybe Brain is correct?

We get recap and a backstage skit where some of the Nitro Girls scuffle. Russo was really eager to make the Nitro Girls into wrestlers.

The Outsiders come out. This is the episode where Nash has a horrific makeup job to make him look like Sid Vicious, which has attained a degree of immortality in wrestling social media circles where people post out-of-context screen captures. In fairness, it’s a pretty uncanny likeness: Big Kev looks like a “Spitting Image” puppet version of Sid.

Sid comes out to a big pop. Ah, this is the one where he says “You are only half the man I am, and I have half the brain you do.” This is kind of a classic episode for devotees of Sid’s unintentional comedy.

Backstage with Russo, who still hasn’t appeared on camera, berating Kim Page and telling her that she has to wrestle Asya. Russo is mad because Kim doesn’t want to be a Nitro Girl anymore. This is ironic, as Russo didn’t want the Nitro Girls to be Nitro Girls anymore.

Booker T comes out for a handicap match against Creative Control, the latest identity for Ron and Don Harris. I believe they were “Skull” and ... “8Ball” (?) in the WWE during the Gang Wars period. Here they are guys in suits enforcing the will of Russo. The crowd is still really hot. They love Booker T. The Harris Twins win clean (well, as clean as you can get in a handicap match) and the crowd is livid. Then the lights go out and the mysterious woman from last week is in the ring. She and Booker T go to town on the Harrises. WCW really wanted their own Chyna, boy.

Backstage with the Harris Twins being berated by Vince, who brings up their unsuccessful WWF gimmicks, namechecks Dutch Mantell and scoffs, “Yeah, remember DOA? That was really over.” If there was one thing WCW’s still-huge TV audience couldn’t get enough of, it was INSIDER MINUTIAE.

Evan Karagias comes out to wrestle your older cousin who never seems to hold a job for more than a couple of weeks. Approximately: a normal-ass guy in jeans and a tank top. This is Johnny Boone, the WCW referee that Karagias scrapped with last week. The commentary team does a bad job of explaining this. Madusa interferes, hypnotizing Johnny Boone with her womanly wiles, and Karagias gets the roll-up win in 2:50.

We cut to Dr. Death Steve Williams coming into the building with “Oklahoma,” one of the worst ideas of the Russo era. This was Ed Ferrara doing an impression of Jim Ross that included mocking Ross’ Bell’s palsy.

We have a five-way Piñata on a Pole match between El Dandy, Juventud Guerrero, Psicosis, Silver King, and Villano V. Most of the match is devoted to Ferrera’s shitty Jim Ross impression. Steve Williams looks like he would rather be getting a root canal. The average “BAH GAWD HE’S BROKEN IN HALF” YouTube parody clip is a better JR impression than Ferrara, who was last heard from teaching creative writing at the for-profit, accreditation-challenged money pit known as Full Sail University.

The match ends in a no-contest when Dr. Death runs in and beats up all the luchadors. It sucks. Everything about this sucks.

Goldberg vs. Curt Hennig with a needlessly complicated stipulation that involves Hennig’s career. It’s a good nasty brawl that starts in the back before the bell rings. Hennig could still perform at a high level even in this shitshow. He taps out to what might charitably be called a figure four in 4:23. Goldberg celebrates his victory by spearing and jackhammering Hennig, who has not lost his WCW contract despite losing the match, because he tapped out rather than getting pinned. Or something.

The Misfits come down with Vampiro, for a match against Berlyn. Or maybe it’s a handicap match? Or a tag match? Berlyn and the Wall (hur hur) are wrestling four guys, although three of them are the Misfits. One of the Misfits who is not Jerry Only (Doyle?) takes a chokeslam from the wall, and lands on his neck rather than his back. That looks extremely painful.

The Wall and Berlyn have the match won, but start fighting amongst themselves instead of getting the pin. Maybe one was from East Germany and one from West Germany. At any rate, after some arguing, the Wall gets the pin on Vampiro, who then gets whipped by a chain-wielding Berlyn.

For some reason, Torrie Wilson is being forced to referee a match by a still-unseen Vince Russo. She has to wear a bikini while doing it, because of course she does. She protests. “Have a cream soda!” Russo says, for some reason. Then he dismisses her by saying “Go on, hit the skids,” probably meaning “hit the bricks,” but “hit the skids” was certainly a fair summation of Nitro’s trajectory under Vince Russo.

Sid Vicious and Rick Steiner are wrestling. It immediately turns into a brawl through the crowd, which the crowd loves. Someone in the audience has a sign that says “Big Johnson, Inc.” This is all Sid, because Rick Steiner had pretty much had it by this point in his career. Sid powerbombs Steiner through the wooden stage, which is pretty great.

“The Millennium is upon us,” Sid tells Tenay backstage.

We’re backstage and the Barbarian and Gerry Flynn (Gary Flynn?) are having an “MMA-style fight” for some reason. There’s no explanation for any of this. “This is WCW’s version of a fight club,” Tony Schiavone says. Tony: the entire wrestling promotion is a fight club.

If this had been a real fight, Barbarian would have killed this guy, whoever he is. Barbarian is one of the famously legitimate tough guys in wrestling history.

I don’t know why this exists on this program. It ends.

Asya and Kim Page are going to have what a fan’s sign describes as a “cat fight,” with a bikini-clad Torrie Wilson officiating. “Oh Lordy!” Tony shouts. She’s not good at being a referee, because she gets into a (JOEY STYLES VOICE) catfight!!!! with Asya. Then the Filthy Animals come out and take Torrie away. Kim puts a sleeper hold on Asya, although there is now no referee, sexxxy or otherwise.

One thing this terrible exercise in self-hatred has taught me: I really like Kim Page.

David Flair comes out with a ref shirt and a crowbar. Kim Page runs away. Asya beats the shit out of Flair, dropping the elbow onto his crotch. “Right in the Man Department!” Heenan says, and I laugh out loud.

Flair turns it around and starts beating on Asya. The Revolution comes out and saves her. A match that started out as Asya vs. Kim Page ends as Dean Malenko vs. David Flair.

Now we have Scott Hall vs. Chris Benoit, another match in the never-ending heavyweight title tournament. “How Bout Those Hogs,” a sign in the crowd asks.

Hall comes out with Nash. Benoit comes out with Bret Hart, because Canadians stick together. Benoit was a Stu Hart guy too, if I recall correctly.

This could be a decent match. Hall still had gas left in the tank at this point, and Benoit was on the road to becoming arguably the best in the world.

It starts well, with both guys trying to take the measure of the other, eventually settling into an exchange of truly brutal chops. Hall gets the upper hand with the help of Nash. Hart is not doing much to help Benoit beyond pointing sternly at Nash.

“Marry Me Julie!” a sign in the crowd pleads. Julie: think hard about this.

Benoit rallies and knocks Hall out of the ring. Nash begins beating on Benoit as referee Nick Patrick looks on. For some reason this is not grounds for a disqualification. Bret Hart walks over and is very cross indeed, but doesn’t do anything. In the ring, Sid runs in and powerbombs Hall. Benoit gets back in the ring and hits his diving headbutt, then gets the win via submission. The whole thing takes 9:38. It’s OK.

Another match in the longest title tournament in history, because this will never end. Ever. This time it’s Bret Hart vs. Billy Kidman, and Rey is joining Tony and Brain on commentary. It’s pretty good, but before long Scott Hall and Kevin Nash walk out and start brawling with Konnan and Eddie Guerrero. For some reason. Kidman taps to the Sharpshooter in 3:46.

How is it possible that there are still matches left in this tournament? It evidently is, because we have another one: Buff Bagwell vs. Jeff Jarrett. Tony starts calling Jeff “The fair-haired child of ...” and then there’s like 10 seconds of silence, probably with Tony trying to remember if he’s allowed to mention Jerry Jarrett’s name on TV. He plays it safe and says, “... of the Powers That Be.”

The match gets off to a good start, and then the Harris twins come down to the ring. They interfere, but the referee doesn’t see it because he’s ... tying his shoe. Jarrett gets the win, and then he and the Harris boys beat on Bagwell. Dustin Rhodes runs in to make the save. The crowd loves it. An old-school babyface tag team of Dustin Rhodes and Bagwell probably would have been really popular, but why would you do something that people would want to see?

Backstage, Bill Goldberg slams his head against a Surge soda pop vending machine, and a can of Surge pops out. There is nothing more Late Nineties than this moment.

We’re getting a cage match now, pitting Malenko and Perry Saturn of the Revolution vs. Konnan and Eddie of the Filthy Animals. This isn’t the main event, meaning they set up and broke down the cage during the show.

Shane Douglas joins the commentary team. “You’re like every other mark on the Internet who thinks they can call this better than me,” Tony says. This sucks so bad.

Eddie gets handcuffed to the cage while Konnan brawls with Malenko and Saturn. “Eddie’s trapped like a bug in a rug!” Douglas says, apparently not understanding that turn of phrase.

Saturn and Malenko now handcuff Konnan to the cage, and we have a sexxxy bondage match. Douglas enters the ring and the referee calls for the bell at 2:57. They set up a steel cage for a match that didn't even last three minutes.

Luger and Liz come down to the ring for, I think, ANOTHER match in the Tournament That Cannot And Will Not End. It’s against Stinger. Luger tried to trick Sting into eating brownies loaded with laxatives before the match, because eating a plate of baked goods is absolutely part of Sting’s pre-match training regimen. Instead, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, trapped in some version of hell, intercepted the brownies and ate them. I hate that I am even typing these sentences.

Sting just starts beating the shit out of Luger, and the crowd loves it. This reminds me that there really was a WCW audience that just stopped following wrestling after 2001, instead of jumping to WWE or picking up on TNA. Sometimes that happens. America used to be full of boxing fans.

“These two men have been friends ever since they came into this sport together,” Tony says, then quickly corrects himself: “I mean, into this business together.” Did Russo ban mentions of wrestling as a sport?

The match is good until it Russofies:

Ref bump - Liz maces Sting - Lex puts Sting in the torture rack - Meng runs in and starts killing Luger - Liz maces Meng - mace means nothing to Meng - Meng puts Sting on top of Luger - ref counts the pin

Backstage, we’re in a toilet stall with Jim Duggan, feeling the effects of the laxatives. Why was I permitted to do this. To do any of this.

Finally, mercifully, it’s time for the main event: a streetfight between Sid and Nash. They start brawling outside the ring even before the bell.

“This is going to be the best pay-per-view in the history of pay-per-views,” Heenan says of the upcoming Mayhem 1999, which, as it would turn out, was not quite that good.

Back when I did a wrestling podcast, one of our running gags was that we were perpetually in search of a good Kevin Nash match. This is not that match. A lot of sluggish brawling around the ring, occasionally in the ring. I think a double axe handle is the only “move” in the first five minutes, apart from punches and knees.

“These two can go all night,” Brain says, perhaps while watching a VHS tape showing a Kawada-Misawa match instead of this.

There can’t be a single match without a run-in, and this time it’s Hall. He and Nash team up and start beating on Sid. It’s legal, because this is a streetfight. Then Goldberg runs in, but that is not legal for some reason. Maybe this is an anti-Semitic street where the fight is happening. The ref calls for the bell. There’s a disqualification. Sid now gives Goldberg a low blow and starts beating on him, and Bret Hart runs out to make the save.

This was completely bad.

#Nitromare #WCW #1990s wrestling #show reviews

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spongebob-connoisseur · 2 years

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damn that fan animation is so good and smooth props to them and it seems like they had a good time

but as i always know anything with steven universe related it will immediately be attacked 🙃

Yeah. People are acting like they're gonna make that the pernament style for the tv show SpongeBob SquarePants from now on. It's not. It's just a fun fan animation. Jeez, the people who worked on it deserve so so much better. It's fun and cute. Admittedly I found it a little strange but Nick does these collav things all the time with theor social media accounts where they feature other artists and creators. You don't see people sending hate mobs after the spongebob puppet skits.

It's a weird combination of SB fans beinf venomously hateful to any perceived change of SB paired with hatred for modern cartoons plus hate for SU. Anything SU related gets a lot of hate. I get not liking it or feeling disappointed in the series but this kind of behavior is unacceptable. Chill out man, it's just a drawing.

There's some criticism about how Nick would take down fan projects like the whole SB movie reanimated thing but happily feature others on their social media accounts. That's perfectly understandable since Viacom is so greedy and copyright claim anything related to their precious properties whether fair or not and most small creators can't afford to fight back the claims. But do you really think its fair to tear down the creators that did get featured?? You should be going after Nick and from the hate I've seen, they aren't. They're going after specifically who made the animation claiming they're ""corrupting spongebob"" it's pathetic.

#Ask #spongebob #the spongebob connoisseur #spongebob squarepants #sb #spongebon squarepants #spongebob meme

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Gorillaz | 2017 in Review

Ayyy happy new year!!! Relative to the entire year of waiting that was 2016, 2017 was a pretty packed year for Gorillaz and consequently, for me as a fan. To sum it up in three words- They came back! (Finally, someone let them out of their cage?) And there was a surplus of content- good, quality content. But there were also some letdowns. Which release falls into which category depends on who you ask. Like, pretty much every move Gorillaz made this year was met with both applause on one side and boos on the other. If I had to pick a word of the year for them, it would be “polarizing.” However, polarizing isn’t always bad, and there were many well thought out conversations, theories and fan content that resulted. Add in some scandal and disorganization and you’ve got a pretty wild twelve months. Under the cut I list some notable and memorable momentz.mp3 of the year, mostly for my own records but anyone is welcome to read.

Hallelujah Money (1/19/17)

Gorillaz started their year off with what was probably the most polarizing move of the year. Some backstory: January 2017 we still had no idea when the album was coming out. Actually, we didn’t even know IF the album was coming out like, we basically didn’t know wtf Gorillaz was doing. Then, on the day before the US inauguration they drop the video for Hallelujah Money, a video punctuated with Orwellian imagery for a song that sounded like a funeral march. Benjamin Clementine took a prominent role while 2D took a backseat (a trend that would persist throughout the singles) and, after the initial excitement, fans began to complain. “What happened to the fast paced music Damon promised?,” “Where is 2D? This doesn’t feel like Gorillaz?,” “Why do they need to make their music so political?” This only drove other fans to passionately defend the song. There is still no consensus on this song/video other than the agreement that “it makes more sense in the context of the album.” My personal take is that whatever point this video was trying to make is obscured by their backtracking in the form of bleeping out any mention of Trump’s name on the album. Go big or go home. And at this point in the year I think we can say it- Trump fucking sucks, okay? Trump sucks.

Dylan leaks the album (Mid-March 2017)

This is like, probably my favorite story. By the time March was upon us, we knew the album was coming soon but we still didn’t know when. The album was like a cryptid, rumored but never found. And then Dylan happened. Now to clarify, he didn’t leak the entire album and he didn’t do it on purpose but he did leak more than we were ready for. After the tracklist leaked, fans began googling the songs on video sites like youtube and dailymotion. When one fan google’d “Saturnz Barz” on vimeo, they were met with a mysterious password protected video. A couple tries later (the password was “2017″), they had access to “Saturnz Barz” one month before the album came out. And they found more- “Charger,” “Busted and Blue” to name a few. All of which were uploaded by Dylan Byrne, a lighting technician connected to Gorillaz who apparently didn’t know his private videos could still be found on search engines such as google. The fandom collectively lost its mind, some with excitement over the new music, others with indignation at fans who dare “disrespect Damon and Jamie” and that those listening to the leaks were going to be responsible for Humanz flopping. It was wild. Oh yeah, and I downloaded the leakz and Humanz didn’t flop.

Giant content drop of 2017 (3/23/17)

I use this particular picture of 2D here because I that we, on some level, were all 2D by the end of that fourth week in March. I’m using the “Saturnz Barz” video release date because that’s when it all began. I distinctly remember waking up on that day expecting to listen to a Damon Albarn interview and some new tracks on a UK radio show but by the end of the day we not only had new music (4 tracks, specifically) and the interview but we were also blessed with the perfect “Saturnz Barz” video which featured the band in the starring roles, gave us “the bath” meme (though that’s more of a curse now) AND an upcoming announcement of a “secret show” set to take place the very next day where the live band would play the entire new album. I think this was also the period where we finally learned the album’s name and release date. It was so much. Too much, but a good too much. Everyone felt alive. Phase 4 had officially begun.

Mocaps (April 2017- present)

Gorillaz debuted many new ways to depict the band this year but by far the most hilariously amazing method was through motion capture, abbreviated “mocap.” 2017 was in many ways the year of the mocap, specifically, 2D and Murdoc mocaps. Mocap Murdoc and mocap 2D graced us with the weather, Deezer ads, app videos, multi-lingual announcements, and even walked us around the Demon Dayz tour. My personal favorite moment was 2D telling Murdoc he fed a stray cat a kinder egg. I also want to give a special shoutout to Murdoc’s wonky eye. There was a time when we were all trying to find meaning in it. Was it an artistic choice? Had Murdoc gone blind in one eye? Was he possessed? The truth is none of the above. It was just, in the true spirit of what the mocaps models came to represent, wonky. I don’t think we all truly gave the mocaps the credit they deserved. In my eyes they are on the same level as the puppets AT LEAST. And I maintain that their potential has yet to be truly realized- Mocap carpool karaoke? Mocap SNL skit? The possibilities are endless.

Murdoc and 2D answer fan questions....live (4/20/17)

This also falls under the umbrella of the previous moment but I think it deserves its own mention because this was like, peak mocap utilization. Fans were allowed to submit questions that would them be answered by Murdoc and 2D live while we all watched. Their VA’s not only improvised these answers but also finally got the change to live out their personal headcanons. This interview was the first time we ever saw wiggly Murdoc. Much essential information was learned in this half hour event- 2D knows how to make theremin noises! Murdoc said “meme” and “twerk”! 2D sold the geep! Cyborg Noodle has taken to cycling! A lot of you seem to think I’ve been critical this phase which, while totally true, it also makes me think you possibly weren’t aware of this blog at this time because I love this interview and died when it was first released. And then I continued to love each and every subsequent awkward interview they had with actual human interviewers. The first quarter of the year was great (for me).

Reddit AMAs with the entire band, Noodle, 2D (2017)

I wasn’t an active fan during previous phases but my impression is that they didn’t have as many q&a’s with the band as this phase. The characters were very accessible this phase and, as I’ve mentioned above, at first this was great! But nothing good it forever. The Reddit AMAs, while highly entertaining, soon came to contradict past events and even past answers to earlier interviews. For example, we learned during the band’s AMA that Cyborg Noodle was NOT actually cycling somewhere in England but decapitated and being used as a pot in Noodle’s room. What was the truth? Later on, 2D had his own AMA which was cute but yielded significant nit-picking and criticism from fans including myself. For me,personally, the 2D AMA was the turning point. I didn’t mourn the loss of Cass Browne with other fans until that AMA. The difference in writing was and is glaring. For that reason, I didn’t pay much attention to the Noodle AMA but from what I saw, similar debate over her characterization (or lack thereof) took place. Tbh, I can’t picture a Noodle that types out “YAASS GURL!!1″ (or w/e it was) unironically but...I’m happy it brought joy to some fans. That all being said, regardless of writing quality the AMAs did a great job of engaging the fandom and initiating some interesting conversations.

Fans miss 2D so much that he gets his own impromptu video (6/8/17)

By far the most frequent concern over Humanz was the “lack of 2D.” It was on Tumblr, Reddit, Twitter, pretty much all social media. Despite this, no one ever expected Damon and Co. do acknowledge this let alone actually respond to it. Then, out of nowhere, 2D makes an announcement on the Gorillaz app and there it is- “Sleeping Powder” an exclusively 2D music video by 2D, starring 2D and some dorky dance moves. It was 2D’s “Dare.” The song was cute and even had its place on the tour set list. And that’s the power of 2D. And everyone was happy until people started joking that “Sleeping Powder” was written in a day and was still better than all of Humanz, and others chastising everyone for “making Damon feel bad enough to write a new song.”

Strobelite (8/6/17)

I’m not going to get into “Strobelite” too much. If you were there, you know what happened and what it led to (a certain liked Youtube comment and the later, Noodle’s answer during her AMA). “Strobelite” was also hyped up as a the band’s first official mocap video (despite “Sleeping Powder’s” release a month earlier) but unfortunately, was underwhelming to a significant portion of the fandom. Reasons included but were not limited to: no Russel mocap, very little plot, very little Murdoc, rumored cut scenes that DID involve Russel, and, yes, controversial shipping fuel. I don’t think “Strobelite” charted nor do I remember it being involved in any promo. I actually don’t know what happened to “Strobelite” outside of the, um, for lack of a better word,the discussion it spawned. There were also many theories about what Murdoc was doing at the bar. To this day, we still have no answers. What’s the plot for phase four again?

Gorillaz in Media (2017)

This isn’t exactly a singular moment but I want to highlight it anyways because the length to which they went to make this phase an immersive experience deserves a lot of credit. Not one but two apps were developed, one of which gave fans access to the band’s home and hosted events such as live listening parties so that fans could potentially meet. The other provided new content, art and access to secret concert locations. BUT THEY DIDN’T STOP THERE. With one of their sponsors they were able to construct actual, real “Spirit House” models for fans to walk through. Additionally, the band is accessible through their own music mixes on Spotify, Noodle has an instagram, G Magazine etc. I’m going to fit in the amount of sponsors they had under this category as well because, as annoying as they were to some, it did give us some cool new animation and ads (”We Got the Power” comes to mind, along with the Lenz ad). They put in work, they really did (though the topic of social media #justice4MurdocTube).

The Super Deluxe is never released...until it is (September 2017-November 2017)

I forget when the original release date was but what I do know it that it didn’t happen. Phase four slowed down in the latter half of the year, and I think this made everyone hyper-aware of what content was yet to come and that content was the Super Deluxe with *bonus tracks*. But then it never came. It was delayed until October, then October came and it STILL wasn’t there. Finally,in November, orders began arriving and songs were ripped and uploaded. Reactions ranged from elated to disappointed to simply confounded that the the entire thing cost around $400. You could say that it was very polarizing.

Honorable mentions

Humanz being released (I know, why isn’t this on the list? I decided against it because it leaked a week early so by the time it WAS released mostly everyone had already heard it), Demon Dayz fest streamed live, “Garage Palace” surprise video drop, G Magazine, G-Foot pop up shop steal fanart, Fans strike the fear of god into the Gorillaz team for forgetting Russel’s birthday, Humanz revealed as the fourth album title, Gorillaz announce a TV show, probably more that I’m forgetting.

Anyhow, what a year. I like to stay vague about my personal life here but to keep it simple, despite everything happening the world, on a personal level, it was a good year. I did a lot of growing, got some really great feedback at my field placement, tapped into some new hobbies and recently adopted two cats, brother and sister, whose names I’m still deciding lmao (leaning towards Oberyn and Elia). So yeah...here’s to that. I hope 2018 treats us all well <3.

#personals.#not tagging this because it reads more like a journal entry than anything else #but it is the #endofyear #post for this year eh so anyways #long post

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