That Guy with the Glasses is a website that
showcases original entertainment for an audience including
video game enthusiasts and
movie buffs.
It primarily stars Chicago
native
Douglas Walker aka "That
Guy with the Glasses." The founder and administrator of the
site is Michael Michaud, in addition to being the CEO of the parent
company
Channel Awesome. The site
was launched in April 2008 after the original videos were removed
from
YouTube following complaints of
copyright infringement.
That Guy with the Glasses has been
a success, with 800,000 unique visitors, generating revenue of over
$10,000, per month. As a result of this, several sister sites are
planned, beginning with
Bar Fiesta and
Blistered
Thumbs.
The website is home to several episodic series, starring Douglas
Walker and others. The main Douglas Walker series are
5 Second
Movies (hyper-edited feature films),
The Nostalgia
Critic (reviews of 1980-90s films and television),
Ask
That Guy with the Glasses (comedy question and answer show)
and
Bum Reviews with Chester A. Bum (plot
summaries of current feature films). Other videos and written
articles are hosted on the site, including some minor series and
sketches starring Walker. Videos are now hosted by
Blip.tv after problems with earlier provider
Revver.
History
Walker's first appearance on the web was on the video website,
YouTube, in which he created satirical video
reviews of films and other media entertainment of the past and
present. While the videos gained a large fan-base, the series drew
complaints from major studios like
20th
Century Fox and
Lions Gate over
alleged copyright infringement. Despite Walker explaining in his
videos that his videos are satirical, and thus protected by the
"fair use" copyright clause, pressure from the studios resulted in
his Youtube Channels and video content being taken off the website.
Walker attempted to re-upload his content by assigning each video a
new, separate channel so that if one were deleted, the others would
be left intact. However due to continuing issues with Youtube,
Walker decided to leave the website altogether and create the
website
That Guy with the Glasses with Internet webmaster
Mike Michaud. Michaud had created the sites' parent company,
Channel Awesome, after he and two
others were laid off from
Circuit City
in 2007. Michaud has stated, "If we didn't lose our jobs, [the
business] wouldn't have happened anytime soon."
The site was re-launched in April 2008, and all of Walker's future
videos would only be posted there. The site later expanded to
feature content from various other contributors. In December 2008,
Walker appeared in a commercial for the
PBS documentary
Make 'Em
Laugh: The Funny Business of America, performing a series of
brief imitations of famous comedians, from
Charlie Chaplin to
Stephen Colbert. In 2009, Doug and Rob
Walker and Brian Heinz produced an iRiff of
The Lion King for
RiffTrax. In March 2009, the iRiff was chosen as
the winner of the website's RiffTrax Presents contest. The
performers received $1,000 and, with instruction from
Michael J. Nelson,
Kevin Murphy and
Bill Corbett, recorded a commentary for the
film
Batman Forever.
The Nostalgia Critic show averages 100,000 to 200,000
viewers per week, and the site as a whole has 14 million page views
per month. This is expected to increase following content-provider
Blip.tv's deal with Youtube in July 2009. As of July 2009, the site
earns more than $10,000 per month in advertising revenue and has
received more than $11,000 in online donations, with the company
expecting to earn $150,000 by the end of the year. In the third
quarter of the 2009
Fiscal year,
Walker's shows earned $53,000 with $32,000 from the Nostalgia
Critic alone. This revenue was generated by
run of network from Puma and
Starburst. The success of his
shows has allowed Walker to make a living performing and to quit
his previous job as an illustrator, as well as pay the salary of
co-founder/
COO Mike
Ellis.
Channel Awesome has plans to build on the success of
That Guy
with the Glasses with a network of new websites including
Bar Fiesta (covering Chicago entertainment and nightlife),
Blistered Thumbs (a spin off incorporating the current
site's videogame content) and
InkedReality (anime and
comic books). Mike Michaud told the
Chicago Sun-Times that he has 300 new show
ideas in the works, intends to discover more performers like
Walker, and has plans to increase revenue through sponsorships and
merchandising.
Revver issues
After contracting with
Live Universe,
Revver's earnings from July 2008 onwards were
still "pending", meaning that Revver had delayed payments to
unspecified date. On December 9, 2008, Revver sent a message to all
its users saying that earnings from June were transferred, and the
other earnings would be transferred as soon as possible. However,
many people still have yet to receive these payments.
Several of their most popular content providers, including
ScrewAttack and That Guy with the Glasses, have
also publicly posted complaints of Revver owing them vast amounts
of money on their websites and began moving their content over to
Blip.TV
5 Second Movies
Walker is considered an important figure in the "hyperediting"
trend. Currently,
5 Second Movies has had a total of 131
episodes. After the 101st episode, Walker said he will only make
them if he thinks of a very funny idea, because he has almost run
out of ideas and he does not want to run the series into the ground
and grow stale. After his videos were taken down from Youtube,
Walker made a video that parodied
Chris Crocker's "Leave
Britney Alone!" video, entitled "Leave 5 Second Movies Alone!"
Today, 5 Second Movies is something of an
internet meme, with several fan-made videos on
YouTube, although they are very rarely exactly 5 seconds
long.
Nostalgia Critic
Along with the 5 Second Movies, The Nostalgia Critic is the most
popular video series created by Walker, in which he plays the
titular Nostalgia Critic, a grumpy and easily aggravated character
who mostly reviews entertainment from the 1980s and 1990s. His
catch-phrase, "I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it, so you
don't have to," usually opens and ends each video. Not all reviews
are negative, such as the reviews of
the live-action
Transformers, (his first review),
Double Dare, and
Gargoyles. He also
does Top 11 countdowns ("Because I like to go one step beyond.")
and "Old vs. New" comparisons between two movies that share source
material.
In August 2008, the Nostalgia Critic sponsored a contest to find
someone to play the "Nostalgia Chick", who would act as his female
foil and answer requests he received to review female-targeted
shows and movies. The contest ended in a three-way tie between
Lindsay Ellis (who reviewed
Disney's Pocahontas), That
Chick with the Goggles (who reviewed
Sailor Moon), and MarzGurl (who reviewed
The Last Unicorn). The
Critic ended up giving the title to Ellis, who later adopted the
moniker "The Dudette", but still allowed That Chick with the
Goggles and MarzGurl to post videos on the site.
There are several
running gags in his
videos. For example, whenever a villain in the review is revealed
to have a generic goal to "you guessed it, take over the world" (or
sometimes take over a city, as in
Double Dragon's case), the Critic
will interrupt that video by inserting a clip of
M. Bison from
Street Fighter (played by
Raul Julia) yelling
"Of course!"
The Critic "dies" on several occasions, and even complains in the
Double Dragon review by stating "Is it just me, or have I
been dying a lot recently?" Whenever a suggestive or violent scene
occurs in a children's movie (such as
Mewtwo
destroying a lab and letting all of the scientists inside it burn
to death in
Pokémon: The
First Movie), he smiles and says sarcastically, "You know, for
kids!" In response to a
surreal and
pointless scene, the Critic will deem the scene as "A Big-Lipped
Alligator Moment" in reference to a scene in
All Dogs Go to Heaven; the gag
was first used in a review of
FernGully: The Last
Rainforest alongside the Nostalgia Chick, who also uses
the term. He makes fun of bad actors by saying in a mocking tone,
"I'm acting!". One other running gag is that whenever
Arnold Schwarzenegger appears in a
movie, the line "Put that cookie down!" from
Jingle All the Way is played. One newer
running gag is whenever something physically impossible or
ridiculous happens in a movie, the Critic will sometimes claim that
such a thing would only make sense if the person doing it was
Chuck Norris. He then proceeds to show
a graphic of Chuck Norris's head in front of a firework show while
exclaiming in a high, squeaky voice "CHUCK NORRIIIIIS!" Another gag
involves
the Burger King appearing
whenever the Critic says the word "elephant", although disappears
when an S sound is added, as the Critic abuses in one video. Also,
when an older character does something that could be considered
inappropriate with a younger character, he will yell "bad touch!"
then dial a phone and then describe the situation while messages
such as "keep it PG" flash on the screen. Whenever some kind of
strange monster pops out in a movie (such as in
The Pagemaster or
Alone in the Dark), the
line "Zuul, Motherfucker, Zuul!!!" - a reference to the demon of
the same name from
Ghostbusters - is played. There is also a
running gag which originates from the
Casper review. A hand-drawn
Casper says that the Nostalgia
Critic has no idea what the true essence of comedy is. Instead of
explaining what the essence of comedy is, he remains silent. The
Critic continues with the review, but about a second later, Casper
interrupts him and yells "TIMING!". The joke is repeated several
times in this review and was also used in the following one, making
it one of the running jokes of the series. These gags are often
subverted or
lampshaded in later
videos.
Nostalgia Critic vs. The Angry Video Game Nerd
Walker gained even more fame when he, as The Nostalgia Critic,
launched a satirical attack on fellow web comedian
The Angry Video Game Nerd (played
by James D. Rolfe). This fictional feud has been covered by
Internet Superstar host
Martin Sargent, who interviewed
Douglas Walker's character.
In June
2008, the Critic went to the Nerd in person at a video game
convention in Clifton, New
Jersey
, exchanged satirical fighting words leading to a
fake brawl in the parking lot, along with another Internet
personality, Captain S.
The Nerd agreed to review a bad film (the low-budget spoof film
Ricky 1), as long as the Critic
reviewed a poor video game (the video game version of the animated
film
Bébé's Kids).
The mock feud culminated in "The Final Battle," a lengthy fight
scene parodying popular films and cliches. Later "Geek Fight," a
collectible card game based on
the feud and things on their respective websites, was
released.
On May 10, 2009, Critic and the Nerd starred in "TGWTG Team Brawl",
which was filmed on location in Chicago, IL, and celebrated That
Guy With the Glasses' one-year anniversary. Various personalities
from both the Critic and Nerd's sites participated in a battle
between the "Reviewers", led by the Critic, and "Gamers", led by
the Nerd. The battle featured numerous references to videos of all
the Internet personalities. Eventually, Ask That Guy put a stop to
the fight by suggesting the two sides create crossovers
(ironically, by the end of the video, neither the Nerd nor the
Critic even remember why they began feuding in the first place).
This resulted in many video crossovers among the That Guy With the
Glasses personalities. The last of these crossover videos was a
joint review with the Nostalgia Critic and Angry Video Game Nerd
who reviewed a documentary about the
Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles' "Coming Out of their Shells" concert together.
After the review, the two reviewers resume their rivalry implying
more installments featuring their characters. ==Ask That Guy with
the Glasses== [[File:Ask That Guy with the
Glasses.PNG|thumb|right|Walker as That Guy with the Glasses]] {{See
also|List of Ask That Guy with the Glasses episodes}} The segment
involves Walker, wearing a blue robe, red ascot and carrying a pipe
and book, answering questions from his fans. He starts out each
segment by saying "Hello, didn't hear you come in" (saying hello in
a different language each time), followed by "Greetings and Welcome
to Ask That Guy with the Glasses". He proceeds to initially respond
to the first question with "That's a very good question",
regardless of how insane it may be. The narrator reads each
question and Walker responds with a comedic answer, sometimes
commenting on the person who asked it. He ends each video with,
"This is That Guy With the Glasses saying, there's no such thing as
a stupid question until you ask it." followed with a wink. "That
Guy" is portrayed as an [[upper-class]], yet [[perverted]] and
[[Mental illness|mentally disturbed]] person who is all-knowing (it
is said in several episodes that he is really a woman). He also
sometimes says "yes" after answering a question to confirm what he
just said. According to him, he also works part-time for Satan. In
"Ask That Guy Episode 30", That Guy with the Glasses asked his own
set of questions and invited viewers to submit their own answers.
Some of them were later featured in "Ask That Guy: User Edition".
==Bum Reviews with Chester A. Bum== [[File:Chester A
Bum.PNG|thumb|right|Walker as Chester A. Bum]] Chester Alfred Bum
(sometimes simply referred to as 'the Bum'), is a character created
by Walker to review current and new film releases (usually the film
opening with the widest release that weekend). The character was
created after the Nostalgia Critic's review of ''[[Cloverfield]]''
and Walker loved the voice of his impersonation of Hud from the
film so much that he created Chester out of it,{{cite
web|url=http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/site-news/interview/2503-columbia-college-qaa|title=
Columbia College, IL Q&A
Session|accessdate=2009-01-20|work=That Guy With The Glasses}}
though the origins of the character came from Doug's review of
''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''. His first review was
released in early May 2008 on the movie ''[[Speed Racer
(film)|Speed Racer]]''. It is mentioned several times that he uses
drugs, which seem to be the source of some of his erratic comments
("[[Submarine]]s are not [[monkeys]], they are [[human]] beings!"
or claiming that he used to live in a pie), though he later claims
to be a [[Mormon]]{{cite
web|url=http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/bum-reviews/2119-avgn-vs-nc-final-battle|title=AVGN
vs NC Review|accessdate=2009-08-08|work=That Guy With The
Glasses}}. On some occasions when he sees an extremely strange
film, he thinks he might have been on drugs at the time (such as
''[[Hellboy 2]]''). He also frequently voices his disgust about him
being a bum, and will comment on a movie being good, because "it
was shown in [[movie theatre|a warm, warm, building]]!" . Each
episode opens with a minuet by Boccherini, creating a refined
setting which is soon broken because Chester starts off most of his
reviews shouting "Oh, my God! This is the greatest movie I've ever
seen in my life!", regardless of Walker's actual opinion of the
movie. Throughout the review, he questions many aspects in the film
and even compares them to himself. His reviews consist of detailed
plot explanations, usually spoiling the films' endings. They also
follow a non linear structure, in which he will sometimes talk
about something completely unrelated or go off screen. He is also
prone to shout the word "Hooray!" when he is pleased with
something. He typically ends every review with his final verdict
and a plea for some change in his Styrofoam cup (shouting out,
"Change! You got change? Oh, come on help a guy out will ya?, Come
on, change!" in a voice similar to the bum played by [[Vance
Colvig]] in ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]''). Walker's actual opinion of the
film is presented in the end credits card (e.g. "Seriously though,
[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull|''Indiana
Jones'']] was okay." or "Seriously though, [[Watchmen
(film)|''Watchmen'']] was, um, weird."). Like Many of Doug Walker's
characters, Chester A. Bum cannot get killed off as demonstrated in
both the TGWTG Brawl when he was shot point blank range by Ma-Ti
with the Angry Video Game Nerd's Superscope gun. Also in the Alone
In The Dark movie review when he was one of the of the people being
shot during a strobe light shootout sequence parodying a scene in
the film. ==Other sketches and series== In addition to the above
series, Walker also performs short sketches. Some of them later
received sequels or are parts of newer, smaller series.
===The Bjork Show=== The Bjork Show is a series written by Walker
and starring Victoria Taylor.{{cite
web|url=http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/lag/tis/13479-ep02|title=The
Internet Show Episode 2: "The Bjork Show: What went
wrong?"|work=That Guy With The Glasses|accessdate=2009-11-25}} She
portrays a fictionalized version of [[Björk]] as the host of a
surreal [[talk show]] on [[Iceland]]ic [[Public Television]]. The
show's humor relies on a series of non-sequiturs from "Bjork", who
is portrayed as childish, unstable, sociopathic, and somehow
omnipotent. Bjork interviews celebrities portrayed by Walker,
including [[Edward Norton]] and [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], who act as
a straight man to Bjork's insanity, particularly being forced to
speak to inanimate objects such as a decaying [[baloney sandwich]]
and an armchair as though they were real people. ===That Cartoon
Show=== A new series that Walker started August 29, 2009. This
series shows off Walker's skilled illustrating abilities (he once
had a job as a freelance illustrator). Unlike most of Walker's
sketches, this one has no set plot or characters. Instead, it's a
compilation of spoofs of TV and films done in animation. For
example, episode one was a parody of ''[[LOST]]'' and episode two
is a parody of the old [[Honey Nut Cheerios]] commercials entitled
"Orangey Oh's". Walker provides all the animation as well as almost
all the voice acting. ===Cheerios 2=== The commercial begins with
Doug Walker enjoying a bowl of [[Cheerios]]. Suddenly, an invisible
announcer (voiced by Doug's brother Rob Walker) invites him to try
the new cereal "Cheerios 2" which contains more "whole grain oaty
goodness", fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Doug initially resists
the announcer's pitch since he does not want Cheerios to change
from those he enjoyed as a child. The announcer finally convinces
Doug by beating him up, then admits that Cheerios 2 are just the
original cereal with a 2 on the box. The Cheerios 2 box has gone on
to make cameo appearances in various videos starring the Nostalgia
Critic. ===Emo Jones=== On August 17 2009, Walker created a new
sketch entitled ''Emo Jones''. The sketch revolves around an Emo
named Jones telling small bits of his experiences in life that are
considered dark and lifeless. After each small rant of depression,
the word ''emo'' is quietly chanted. ===Flashbacks!=== Flashbacks!
was made to showcase Doug's earlier college films. *The first
episode aired on October 15th 2009, featuring a short comedy film
called "Go West", co-starring Walker's "at-that-time" girlfriend.
*The second episode is entitled "Life with Death", is a
mockumentary about the daily life of the Grim Reaper. *The third
episode entitled "The Room" was a short, simple horror film about a
man who buys a haunted house. *The fourth episode is Doug's first
ever video he had made, entitled "Modern Art", a video about an
artist struggling to come up with inspiration for an art contest.
===Lori Prince Live=== In late July 2008, Walker posted a pilot for
a series titled ''Lori Prince Live''. The show is a fictional news
show, its name being a satirical corruption of [[Larry King Live]],
that airs on GNN (Gotham News Network) and takes place in the same
continuity as the films ''[[Batman Begins]]'' and [[The Dark Knight
(film)|''The Dark Knight'']]. Prince (played by Walker) is the host
of a round table discussion show talking about the impact of such
issues as violence and drugs on society. [[Joker (comics)|The
Joker]] and [[Batman]], [[Mad Hatter|The Mad Hatter]] and [[March
Hare|The March Hare]] have guest starred. In these videos, Doug
Walker voices the Joker and his brother Rob voices Batman,
primarily imitating Bale's gravelly-voiced portrayal of the
character. ===Melvin; Brother of the Joker=== This is a "series
pitch" so to speak made by Walker, which did not go quite the way
it was planned. It received lower ratings than most of his other
work, and it's unlikely that he will do any more as Walker seems to
have disowned the sketch even though he sometimes jokes about it in
his other videos. The first episode consists of Melvin talking
about Rayguns, and being harassed by his mother to get up and do
something, leading him to knocking her out with medication. It was
due to this sketch that he appeared with eyeliner in the The Top 11
Dumbest Superman Moments. ===Theme lyrics=== Each episode consists
of Doug Walker playing the opening sequence to a famous or classic
TV show and singing original lyrics for the music. The lyrics are
often made to give the basic summary of the show, and oftentimes
either praise or criticize the show itself. Sometimes the lyrics
simply correspond to events that occur during the intro. Each video
begins with him quickly saying, "Songs that don't need lyrics but I
added them anyway. Ha!" The first show he did this for was
''[[X-Men (TV series)|X-Men]]'' in February 2009. Another notable
video was [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]]'s [[Doug]],
which Walker has expressed an intense hatred of for harassment he
recieved as a child due to the title. The video started out with
Walker singing of his irritation at the show, which slowly
developed into loud screeching of how it ruined his childhood. He
ends the video with 'Okay, that was a little harsh.' ===Video Game
Confessions=== Video Game Confessions features a British bartender
named Dominic (played by Walker) who works at the Pixel Palace, a
restaurant for video game characters.{{citeweb|title=Video Game
Confessions|url=http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/vgcon|work=That
Guy With The Glasses}} The show focuses around him telling of his
recent encounters and experiences with the video game characters in
a documentary style fashion. The characters' recollections reveal
them to engage in less clean activities than in their video games.
For example, episode one tells about [[Mario]] and his marital
problems with [[Princess Peach]] (mainly due to her obsession with
[[kink]] and a [[sexual fetishism|fetish]] of hers for dragons and
being rescued by Mario) and episode two talks about [[Sonic]] and
his drug-like obsession with Power Rings (and later
[[Methamphetamine|crystal-meth]] rings). He illustrates for us
these experiences by drawing them on a piece of paper with the
Pixel Palace logo on the top and a pictue of whatever character the
episode's about in the middle. Each episode ends with Dominic
acknowledging, "You see a lot of strange things as a bartender. You
see a lot of strange things at the Pixel Palace. So, I see a lot of
strange things as a bartender at the Pixel Palace. And that's no
lie. Swear to it." ==Other sections of the site== ===Other Video
Producers=== *'''The Dudette''' (Lindsay Ellis) lives in New York
City, and is from Tennessee. Having been crowned the "[[List of
Nostalgia Chick episodes|Nostalgia Chick]]" by Doug Walker, she
mostly reviews movies and television shows meant to appeal to girls
and produces lists, such as the "Top 11 Villainesses" and the "Top
10 Disturbing and Inescapable Christmas Songs". Except for Walker's
videos, hers are the most popular on the site.{{Citation
needed|date=September 2009}} She also stars in ''Thanks For The
Feedback!'', in which she responds to comments left to her on the
site. She appeared alongside the Nostalgia Critic in his review of
''[[FernGully: The Last Rainforest]]'' and in specials such as the
"TGWTG Team Brawl" and the visit to "Urkel House" from ''[[Family
Matters]]''. ===Blistered Thumbs=== Blistered Thumbs is a video
game subdivision of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com, mainly focusing on
video games. They produce comedy/spoofs/sketches, review video
games and produce a weekly podcast called ''Transmission Awesome''.
*'''AngryJoe''' (Joey Vargas) produces material that is mainly
about parodying and presenting the latest in gaming, mostly on his
[[Xbox 360]], his unofficial trademark console. *'''Ashens'''
(Stuart Ashen) is from England. Ashens does reviews of old, obscure
games (''Terrible old games you've probably never heard of''). He
also does reviews of terrible ripoff bootleg consoles on his
Youtube channel. *'''Benzaie''' (Benjamin Daniel) is from France
and is the creator and host of ''Games You Might Don't Know''. Once
joining the site, he added other shows, including ''FAQ You!'',
''Game Soundtracks You Might Don't Know'', ''Top 5'', ''5 Second
Games'', and ''Benzaie's Hard Corner''. *'''That Chick with the
Goggles''' (Krissy Diggs) lives in Missouri. She hosts the series
''Games I Grew Up On'' and ''Quickies'' (two minute-long reviews of
various video games). Like MarzGurl, she joined the site after
being a runner up for the Nostalgia Chick position. *'''Guru Larry
& Wez''' (Larry Bundy Jr. and Wesley Lock), also known as
[[ScrewAttack#ScrewAttack_Europe|ScrewAttack Europe]], present
''[[Wez and Larry's Top Tens]]'', ''[[Guru Larry's Retro
Corner]]'', Gamed1k and video game reviews from the UK point of
view. *'''JewWario''' (Justin Carmical) reviews Japanese only games
in a show called "You Can Play This". The only episode in which he
states that "You Can't Play This" is when he reviews Jump Super
Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars for the Nintendo DS. *'''Lee
Davidge''' is the host of ''Still Gaming'', a video game review
show that reviews games from all eras, from the Atari 2600 to the
Nintendo Wii. Instead of recording himself on a video camcorder,
Lee uses still images from a digital camera. His fiancée, '''Dena
Natali''', also talks about certain video games (usually [[survival
horror]]) on her similarly-done show, ''The Game Den''.
*'''LordKaT''' is the host of ''Until We Win'', where he guides the
viewer through old and very difficult video games. He briefly
discusses a game's background, before emphasizing its flaws,
challenges and giving tips on how to get through them. *'''Little
Miss Gamer''' (Lindsey Briggs) reviews retro games from all
consoles. *'''[[Press Start (film)|Press Start Adventures]]''' (Ed
Glaser) episodes are released on TGWTG. *'''The Spoony One''' (Noah
Antwiler) lives in Arizona, owner and proprietor of ''The Spoony
Experiment''. He primarily reviews horrible movies and video games
(though he specializes in video games). His most famous review is
that of [[Final Fantasy 8]], an eleven part review where he
explains why, to him, Final Fantasy 8 is one of the worst games
ever made. He eventually teamed up with Walker and now posts
several of his videos on the site, including the TGWTG Team Brawl
and his ''[[Alone in the Dark]]'' joint review with the Nostalgia
Critic and Linkara. He created some very popular characters like
"Doctor Insano" (Who was originally created for a segment in a
Linkara review) as well as Spencer D. Bum, a tribute to Walker's
character of Chester A. Bum. In real life he has a relationship
with internet blogger Nurse Scarlett (whom he refers to as Lady
Scarlett). *'''Bennett The Sage''' (Bennett White) reviews new
video game releases, good and bad, primarily for the [[PlayStation
3]] and [[Xbox 360]], and hosts a show called ''Fanfic Theater''
were he reads the best of the worst of fan fiction. He also does an
anime abridged series on YouTube entitled ''[[Elfen Lied]]: The
Abridged Series'', which he has recently discontinued due to his
workload. *'''Rollo T''' (Chris Larios), and '''Hope Within
Chaos''' (Sean Fausz), host ''That Guy with the Glasses''' official
podcast,
Transmission Awesome. The show generally recaps
the week, and usually has a special guest (usually a featured
talent) and talks with the guest about his/hers work they
contribute to the website. Former co-hosts include
Coldguy (Patrick Burden),
Mike
Michaud, and
Dr. Gonzo (Billy Smith).
While still employed by the company,
ThatAussieGuy
would sit in as a substitute if one of the co-hosts is
absent.
Inked Reality
- MarzGurl (Kaylyn Dicksion) lives in San
Antonio, Texas. Her videos include A History of Animation
and What's That Anime?. She has recently started a series
of short editorials about Anime, and a series called "Translation
Terrors" where she overlooks Japan to U.S. adaptations (or vice
versa) of anime and games. Like That Chick with the Goggles, she
joined the site after being a runner up for the Nostalgia Chick
position. She has a fictional on again off again relationship with
Linkara, having reviewed Cool
World alongside him.
- Team Four Star consists of various amateur
animators and voice actors from the United Kingdom and America.
Together, they produce DragonBall Z: The Abridged
Series and comically redub various episodes of the anime.
Recently, Team Four Star has been suspended by YouTube under legal
claims from Toei Animation. They are still trying to patch
relations with them, and will most likely re-post the videos on
their new account.
- Lanipator (Nick Landis) is a scriptwriter and
voice actor of Team Four Star and he does a segment on the
site called "Outside the Otaku" where he comments on popular manga
and anime. He also does an abridged series of his own on YouTube
entitled YuYu Hakusho: The Abridged
Series.
- MasakoX (Lawrence Simpson) is one of the
actors of Team Four Star and he has started a six part
series on tips for voice acting called MasaVox. He, along
with Vegeta3986, makes Naruto: The
Abridged Series on Youtube.
- That Dude in the Suede
(William DuFresne) hails from New Zealand
, and currently has several long running
series. The first of which, AMV Heaven, looks at
the best animated music videos all over the net. The second,
Animenia, has him reviewing some of the best and worst
anime out there. He has also made several 5 Second Movies. Suede
went on hiatus in January 2009 due to his affiliation with the
Mormon religion, going on a two-year mission for his church.
- Y Ruler of Time (Nikolas Freeman) hosts
Read Right to Left, a series in which he reviews manga
series.
- Linkara (Lewis Lovhaug) is a comic book critic
based in Minnesota who started with his own blog called Atop
The Fourth Wall and doing movie reviews for The Agony
Booth. The actual show uses an abbreviation of the blog's
name, making it AT4W. His
reviewing style consists of buying issues of bad comic books,
poking fun at several factors such as bad dialog (usually done in a
dramatic voice), art inconsistencies, and terrible story-lines. He
also did a Top 15 WTF Moments in Comics list for his first
video and creates 5 Panel Comics. For April Fools' Day
2009, he did a homage to Walker's Bum Reviews, reviewing "Watchmen" as Lester B. Bum. On May 10, 2009 a theme
song contest was announced; the winner was revealed June 12 as the
"Gunslinger Theme" by Vincent E. L.. He did a joint review of
Uwe Boll's Alone in the Dark with the Nostalgia
Critic and the Spoony One, and collaborated again with the
Nostalgia Critic in the review of Superman
IV. He has also done reviews with the Spoony One (such as
Blackest Night), and both have done several cameos in the other
ones videos (such as Linkara's review of Wolverine: Adamantium Rage
and Spoony's review of Clones of Bruce Lee).
Team TGWTG
- The Distressed Watcher (TJ Kincaid/YouTube user TheAmazingAtheist) reviews trailers for
soon to be released movies in his segment Trailer Failure, and
gives them an A-to-F rating.
- Film Brain (Mathew Buck) hosts a video series
called Bad Movie Beatdown, in which he gives negative
reviews to films he dislikes. He is also one of the article
writers, reviewing current movies.
- Mike J. (Mike Jeavons) "A British Person" as
he calls himself, and one of the newest members who reviews poorly
done sequels (and the The Wicker Man
remake) in a show called "Shameful Sequels". Other videos include
odd and absurd "facts" about England (such as: In England, goats
are at the top of the food chain, no British person can survive
without frequent consumption of tea and that England is free of
homosexuals, which, if they are to be discovered are burned alive)
and inserting himself into famous movie scenes.
- Paw (Paul Schuler) originally hosted Full
Circle, a look into the musical influences throughout his
life. His material tends to circle around music though recently he
has started to produce more video game oriented material, including
a Let's Play of King's Quest V. He recently started a music review
show called "Wi-Fidelity".
- Phelous (Phelan Porteous) reviews poorly made
horror movies as well as directing his own comedic shorts such as
Mortal Komedy and DragonBall
CG.
- Hope Within Chaos (Sean Fausz), was given a
spot as a featured author for his Epic Fail series of
videos after sending a long time in both the blogs sections, which
hosts non-featured authors, and as one of the hosts of
Transmission Awesome.
Article Writers
- TheCat (Cat Thompson) is an anime and manga
reviewer.
- Coldguy (Patrick Burden) does miscellaneous
articles mostly related to gaming.
- Last Angry Geek (Brian Heinz) does comic
reviews.
- The Other Guy (Rob Walker) is Doug's brother
and does various reviews.
- Storage and Disposal does animation
reviews.
- Matt Briner does reviews of mainly straight to
DVD movies.
Site Affiliates
- Marobot (Maro), is the official artist for
ThatGuyWithTheGlasses's The Nostalgia Critic reviews as he draws
accompanying art for each episode. He started with a picture
showing the Transmission Awesome team and has even been featured in
the Best of Blogs and Awesome Blogs of the Week. Administrator Mike
Michaud saw promise in his work and he's been drawing pictures for
the site ever since. His work started with the Critic's Garbage
Pail Kids review and eventually became official with the review of
Rock-A-Doodle.
- Welshy (Mat), maintains the official YouTube
channel for the site, making trailers as well as the new
Dailymotion and Break channels.
- The Game Heroes (Handsome Tom, Perfect Liz,
8-Bit Mickey and others), a gaming website started in March 2008
following Handsome Tom Hanley's firing from ScrewAttack and Liz and Mickey's departures to
follow Tom, have partnered up with TGWTG to publish their Game
Heroes videos on That Guy With The Glasses. Shows like: Classic
Game Review, Top 10s, The Music, and more.
- LittleKuriboh (Martin Billany), the creator of
the Yu-Gi-Oh; The Abridged Series.
Former Members
- ThatAussieGuy (Daniel Rizzo) was a former
Executive Producer of the company, and created such shows as
Transmission Awesome, Trailer Trash and produced other shows on the
website, he himself reviewed video games. He was released from the
site in June 2009 for unknown reasons.
References
- Interview between Handsome Tom of The Game Heroes
and That Guy with the Glasses
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