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'''Derrick Beckles''' is a Canadian writer, director, actor, and comedian from [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], [[Ontario]]. He is the creator and host of the [[Adult Swim]] television show ''[[Hot Package]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Hot Package|url=http://www.adultswim.com/videos/hot-package/}}</ref> creator of the "TV Carnage" compilations,<ref>{{cite web|title=TV Carnage|url=http://www.tvcarnage.com}}</ref> and helped found [[Vice Media|Vice TV]]. He hosts the [[Adult Swim]] show ''[[Mostly 4 Millennials]]''.
[[File:Derrick Beckles on Valder Beebe Show.jpg|right|thumb|Beckles discusses ''Mostly 4 Millennials'' in 2018]]
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'''Derrick Beckles''' is a Canadian writer, director, actor, and comedian from [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], [[Ontario]]. He is the creator and host of the [[Adult Swim]] television show ''[[Hot Package]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Hot Package|url=http://www.adultswim.com/videos/hot-package/|publisher=[[Adult Swim]]}}</ref> creator of the "TV Carnage" compilations,<ref>{{cite web|title=TV Carnage|url=http://www.tvcarnage.com|publisher=TV Carnage}}</ref> and helped found [[Vice Media|Vice TV]]. He also hosts the [[Adult Swim]] show ''[[Mostly 4 Millennials]]''.


==TV Carnage==
==TV Carnage==
Beckles recognized the appeal of poor programming in 1994 when he began releasing VHS mashups of [[spray-on hair]] infomercials, squirrel cooking shows, and public access freaks performing like no one’s watching.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bartkewicz|first=Anthony|title=Kult Status: TV Carnage|journal=Decibel|date=August 2007|pages=122}}</ref> These compilations led to the creation of TV Carnage, a bootleg home-video series in which Beckles distills all the strangest clips from late-night informercials, local-access programs, and found videos into hour-long DVDs.{{r|Haber}}
Beckles recognized the appeal of poor programming in 1994 when he began releasing VHS mashups of [[spray-on hair]] infomercials, squirrel cooking shows, and public access freaks performing like no one’s watching.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bartkewicz|first=Anthony|title=Kult Status: TV Carnage|magazine=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]]|date=August 2007|page=122}}</ref> These compilations led to the creation of TV Carnage, a bootleg home-video series in which Beckles distills all the strangest clips from late-night infomercials, local-access programs and found videos, into hour-long DVDs.{{r|Haber}}


While Beckles had been editing together [[Tex Avery]] cartoons with [[The Stooges]] songs to entertain his friends while in high school, the ''TV Carnage'' format didn't evolve into its current form until 1996. While bedridden and doped up on painkillers, Beckles began to assemble mashups with themes.<ref name="Haber">{{cite news|last=Haber|first=Matt|title=Slicing and Dicing the Vast Wasteland|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/arts/television/24habe.html?_r=0|accessdate=8 March 2013|work=The New York Times|date=24 April 2005}}</ref> In these mashups, Beckles treats well-known and unknown footage alike, sewing the scenes and moments together to create an absurd alternate entertainment universe.<ref name="articles.philly">{{cite web|last=Eichel|first=Molly|title=Splicing, dicing the craziest clips to create 'TV Carnage'|url=http://articles.philly.com/2011-03-11/entertainment/28680440_1_tv-carnage-bed-rest-love|publisher=philly.com|accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref>
While Beckles had been editing together [[Tex Avery]] cartoons with [[The Stooges]] songs to entertain his friends while in high school, the ''TV Carnage'' format didn't evolve into its current form until 1996. While bedridden and doped up on painkillers, Beckles began to assemble mashups with themes.<ref name="Haber">{{cite news|last=Haber|first=Matt|title=Slicing and Dicing the Vast Wasteland|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/arts/television/24habe.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=24 April 2005|access-date=8 March 2013}}</ref> In these mashups, Beckles treats well-known and unknown footage alike, sewing the scenes and moments together to create an absurd alternate entertainment universe.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eichel|first=Molly|title=Splicing, dicing the craziest clips to create 'TV Carnage'|url=http://articles.philly.com/2011-03-11/entertainment/28680440_1_tv-carnage-bed-rest-love|publisher=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|access-date=8 March 2013}}</ref>


A self-described, "slutty distributor of heavenly crap," Beckles calls the creation of ''TV Carnage'' his "way of screaming at the world."<ref name="Carpenter">{{cite journal|last=Carpenter|first=Cassie|title=The Master in Unpopular Culture|journal=Geek|date=July 2009}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason:Cannot find any journal named "Geek" (ProQuest, JSTOR, web search)|date=July 2021}} Though the compilations' original format was VHS, Beckles soon began producing DVDs. The format allowed for a wider audience and soon ''TV Carnage'' began to gain a cult following.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rafferty|first=Brian|title=Gleaming the Tube|year=2005|publisher=Spin|pages=58}}</ref>{{ISBN missing|date=July 2021}} [[Michael Cera]] has claimed, "''TV Carnage'' is some of the most brilliant stuff out there right now."<ref>{{cite journal|last=White|first=Nicholas|title=Michael Cera Stars in Trippy New Video for Islands' 'No You Didn't'|journal=Spinner|date=January 2011}}</ref>
A self-described, "slutty distributor of heavenly crap", Beckles calls the creation of ''TV Carnage'' his "way of screaming at the world".<ref name="Geek">{{cite magazine|last=Carpenter|first=Cassie|title=The Master in Unpopular Culture|magazine=[[Geek Monthly]]|date=July 2009}}</ref> Though the compilations' original format was VHS, Beckles soon began producing DVDs. The format allowed for a wider audience and soon ''TV Carnage'' began to gain a cult following.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Raftery|first=Brian|title=Gleaming the Tube|year=2005|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|pages=58}}</ref> [[Michael Cera]] has claimed, "''TV Carnage'' is some of the most brilliant stuff out there right now."<ref name=White>{{cite magazine|last=White|first=Nicholas|title=Michael Cera Stars in Trippy New Video for Islands' 'No You Didn't'|magazine=Spin|date=January 2011}}</ref>


''TV Carnage'' DVDs include:
''TV Carnage'' DVDs include:


* Ouch Television My Brain Hurts <ref>{{cite web|title=Ouch Television My Brain Hurts|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/ouch-television-my-brain-hurts}}</ref>
* Ouch Television My Brain Hurts<ref>{{cite web|title=Ouch Television My Brain Hurts|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/ouch-television-my-brain-hurts}}</ref>
* A Rich Tradition of Magic <ref>{{cite web|title=A Rich Tradition of Magic|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/a-rich-tradition-of-magic}}</ref>
* A Rich Tradition of Magic<ref>{{cite web|title=A Rich Tradition of Magic|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/a-rich-tradition-of-magic}}</ref>
* When Television Attacks <ref>{{cite web|title=When Television Attacks|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/when-television-attacks}}</ref>
* When Television Attacks<ref>{{cite web|title=When Television Attacks|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/when-television-attacks}}</ref>
* Casual Fridays<ref>{{cite web|title=Casual Fridays|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/casual-fridays}}</ref>
* Casual Fridays<ref>{{cite web|title=Casual Fridays|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/casual-fridays}}</ref>
* A Sore For Sighted Eyes<ref>{{cite web|title=A Sore For Sighted Eyes|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/a-sore-for-sighted-eyes}}</ref>
* A Sore For Sighted Eyes<ref>{{cite web|title=A Sore For Sighted Eyes|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/a-sore-for-sighted-eyes}}</ref>
* Let's Work It Out! <ref>{{cite web|title=Let's Work It Out!|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/tv-carnage}}</ref>
* Let's Work It Out!<ref>{{cite web|title=Let's Work It Out!|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/tv-carnage}}</ref>


Beckles hosted many of the premieres for the ''TV Carnage'' DVDs at porn theatres in Toronto.
Beckles hosted many of the premieres for the ''TV Carnage'' DVDs at porn theatres in Toronto.


==Vice TV==
==Vice TV==
After being a writer for Canadian publication ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'', Beckles worked with [[Johnny Knoxville]] and [[David Cross]] to develop [[Vice Media|Vice TV]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Harber|first=Matt|title=Slicing and Dicing the Vast Wasteland|journal=The New York Times|date=April 2005}}</ref>
After being a writer for Canadian publication ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'', Beckles worked with [[Johnny Knoxville]] and [[David Cross]] to develop [[Vice Media|Vice TV]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Harber|first=Matt|title=Slicing and Dicing the Vast Wasteland|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 2005}}</ref>


==Totally for Teens==
==''Totally for Teens''==
Beckles developed a pilot in 2009 for [[Adult Swim]] called ''[[Totally for Teens]]'' with Sabrina Saccoccio. The program was designed to be a "mock teen show directly inspired by ''[[Total Request Live|TRL]]'', Christian programming, and the [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]-era '[[Just Say No]]' campaign PSAs."<ref name="Carpenter"/> On the show, the audience is taught "questionable life lessons from its morally bankrupt host."<ref>{{cite web|title=Totally For Teens IMDB|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/tv-carnage}}</ref> The pilot was never picked up but eventually aired on Adult Swim's ''DVR Theater'' on January 19, 2011.{{cn|date=July 2021}}
Beckles developed a pilot in 2009 for [[Adult Swim]] called ''[[Totally for Teens]]'' with Sabrina Saccoccio. The program was designed to be a "mock teen show directly inspired by ''[[Total Request Live|TRL]]'', Christian programming and the [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]-era '[[Just Say No]]' campaign PSAs."<ref name="Geek"/> On the show, the audience is taught "questionable life lessons from its morally bankrupt host."<ref>{{cite web|title=Totally For Teens IMDb|url=http://tvcarnage.bigcartel.com/product/tv-carnage}}</ref> The pilot was never picked up but eventually aired on Adult Swim's ''DVR Theater'' on January 19, 2011.{{cn|date=July 2021}}


==Music videos==
==Music videos==
Beckles has directed music videos for various recording artists that include [[Melissa Auf der Maur]], [[Crystal Castles (band)|Crystal Castles]], [[Electric Six]], and [[Islands (band)|Islands]].<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date=January 8, 2010 | page=24 | last=Pais | first=Matt | title=Dynamic duo | id={{pq|420813941}}}}</ref> The video for Islands' song "No You Don't" stars [[Michael Cera]].{{cn|date=July 2021}} The list of videos includes:
Beckles has directed music videos for various recording artists that include [[Melissa Auf der Maur]], [[Crystal Castles (band)|Crystal Castles]], [[Electric Six]], and [[Islands (band)|Islands]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Pais|first=Matt|title=Dynamic duo|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 8, 2010|page=24|id={{ProQuest|420813941}}}}</ref> The video for Islands' song "No You Don't" stars [[Michael Cera]].{{r|White}}


The list of videos include:
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* [[Uncut (band)|Uncut]] – "Understanding the New Violence" – ''2006''

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* [[Crystal Castles (band)|Crystal Castles]] – "Vanished" – ''2008''
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* [[Uncut (band)|Uncut]] – "Understanding the New Violence" – ''2006''<ref>{{YouTube|yvuJ_9Ac8Fs|Uncut – "Understanding the New Violence" – ''2006''}}</ref>
* [[Electric Six]] – "Randy" – ''2008''
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* [[Crystal Castles (band)|Crystal Castles]] – "Vanished" – ''2008''<ref>{{YouTube|6e6Hj7MwWaI|Crystal Castles – "Vanished" – ''2008''}}</ref>
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* [[White Williams]] – "New Violence" – ''2008'' (Selected as one of the Top Videos of the Year by [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7565-top-40-music-videos-of-2008/4/|title = Top 40 Music Videos of 2008 - Page 4}}</ref>)
* [[Electric Six]] – "Randy's Hot Tonight" – ''2008''<ref>{{YouTube|lnFMRHASUaY|Electric Six – "Randy's Hot Tonight"}}</ref>
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* [[Tobacco (band)|Tobacco]] – "Motor Licker" – ''2010''
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* [[White Williams]] – "New Violence" – ''2008'' Selected as one of the Top Videos of the Year by [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 40 Music Videos of 2008 - Page 4|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7565-top-40-music-videos-of-2008/4/|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|sBXEjQ16H-I|White Williams – "New Violence" – ''2008''}}</ref>
* [[Islands (band)|Islands]] – "No You Don't"- ''2010''
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* [[Tobacco (band)|Tobacco]] – "Motor Licker" – ''2010''<ref>{{YouTube|aGmD60ai0Uk|Tobacco – "Motor Licker" – ''2010''}}</ref>
* [[Dirty Ghosts]] – "Ropes" – ''2012''
* [[Health (band)|HEALTH]] – "L.A Looks" – ''2016''
* [[Islands (band)|Islands]] – "No You Don't"- ''2010''<ref>{{YouTube|aTzA8XejLxE|Islands – "No You Don't"- ''2010''}}</ref>
* [[Dirty Ghosts]] – "Ropes" – ''2012''<ref>{{YouTube|4Lu9ydAkXzY|Dirty Ghosts – "Ropes" – ''2012''}}</ref>
* [[Neon Indian]] - "Techno Clique" - ''2016''
* [[Health (band)|HEALTH]] – "L.A. Looks" – ''2016''<ref>{{YouTube|ItXLnMsy8E8|HEALTH – "L.A. Looks" – ''2016''}}</ref>
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* [[Off!]] - "Holier than Thour" - ''2021'' <small>(Beckles didn't direct however acted in the video playing the role of Rock Jesus)</small>
* [[Neon Indian]] - "Techno Clique" - ''2016''<ref>{{YouTube|XeEPENRBa1g|Neon Indian - "Techno Clique" - ''2016''}}</ref>
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* [[Off!]] - "Holier than Thou" - ''2021'' Beckles didn't direct, however, he did act in the video playing the role of Rock Jesus<ref>{{YouTube|bI5t6wxUhN4|Off! - "Holier than Thou" - ''2021''}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*''[[Mostly 4 Millennials]]'' (2018)
* ''[[Mostly 4 Millennials]]'' (2018)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.tvcarnage.com}}
*{{Official website|https://www.tvcarnage.com/}}


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Latest revision as of 16:05, 23 February 2023

Beckles discusses Mostly 4 Millennials in 2018

Derrick Beckles is a Canadian writer, director, actor, and comedian from Scarborough, Ontario. He is the creator and host of the Adult Swim television show Hot Package,[1] creator of the "TV Carnage" compilations,[2] and helped found Vice TV. He also hosts the Adult Swim show Mostly 4 Millennials.

TV Carnage[edit]

Beckles recognized the appeal of poor programming in 1994 when he began releasing VHS mashups of spray-on hair infomercials, squirrel cooking shows, and public access freaks performing like no one’s watching.[3] These compilations led to the creation of TV Carnage, a bootleg home-video series in which Beckles distills all the strangest clips from late-night infomercials, local-access programs and found videos, into hour-long DVDs.[4]

While Beckles had been editing together Tex Avery cartoons with The Stooges songs to entertain his friends while in high school, the TV Carnage format didn't evolve into its current form until 1996. While bedridden and doped up on painkillers, Beckles began to assemble mashups with themes.[4] In these mashups, Beckles treats well-known and unknown footage alike, sewing the scenes and moments together to create an absurd alternate entertainment universe.[5]

A self-described, "slutty distributor of heavenly crap", Beckles calls the creation of TV Carnage his "way of screaming at the world".[6] Though the compilations' original format was VHS, Beckles soon began producing DVDs. The format allowed for a wider audience and soon TV Carnage began to gain a cult following.[7] Michael Cera has claimed, "TV Carnage is some of the most brilliant stuff out there right now."[8]

TV Carnage DVDs include:

  • Ouch Television My Brain Hurts[9]
  • A Rich Tradition of Magic[10]
  • When Television Attacks[11]
  • Casual Fridays[12]
  • A Sore For Sighted Eyes[13]
  • Let's Work It Out![14]

Beckles hosted many of the premieres for the TV Carnage DVDs at porn theatres in Toronto.

Vice TV[edit]

After being a writer for Canadian publication Vice, Beckles worked with Johnny Knoxville and David Cross to develop Vice TV.[15]

Totally for Teens[edit]

Beckles developed a pilot in 2009 for Adult Swim called Totally for Teens with Sabrina Saccoccio. The program was designed to be a "mock teen show directly inspired by TRL, Christian programming and the Reagan-era 'Just Say No' campaign PSAs."[6] On the show, the audience is taught "questionable life lessons from its morally bankrupt host."[16] The pilot was never picked up but eventually aired on Adult Swim's DVR Theater on January 19, 2011.[citation needed]

Music videos[edit]

Beckles has directed music videos for various recording artists that include Melissa Auf der Maur, Crystal Castles, Electric Six, and Islands.[17] The video for Islands' song "No You Don't" stars Michael Cera.[8]

The list of videos include:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hot Package". Adult Swim.
  2. ^ "TV Carnage". TV Carnage.
  3. ^ Bartkewicz, Anthony (August 2007). "Kult Status: TV Carnage". Decibel. p. 122.
  4. ^ a b Haber, Matt (24 April 2005). "Slicing and Dicing the Vast Wasteland". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  5. ^ Eichel, Molly. "Splicing, dicing the craziest clips to create 'TV Carnage'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  6. ^ a b Carpenter, Cassie (July 2009). "The Master in Unpopular Culture". Geek Monthly.
  7. ^ Raftery, Brian (2005). "Gleaming the Tube". Spin. p. 58.
  8. ^ a b White, Nicholas (January 2011). "Michael Cera Stars in Trippy New Video for Islands' 'No You Didn't'". Spin.
  9. ^ "Ouch Television My Brain Hurts".
  10. ^ "A Rich Tradition of Magic".
  11. ^ "When Television Attacks".
  12. ^ "Casual Fridays".
  13. ^ "A Sore For Sighted Eyes".
  14. ^ "Let's Work It Out!".
  15. ^ Harber, Matt (April 2005). "Slicing and Dicing the Vast Wasteland". The New York Times.
  16. ^ "Totally For Teens IMDb".
  17. ^ Pais, Matt (January 8, 2010). "Dynamic duo". Chicago Tribune. p. 24. ProQuest 420813941.
  18. ^ Uncut – "Understanding the New Violence" – 2006 on YouTube
  19. ^ Crystal Castles – "Vanished" – 2008 on YouTube
  20. ^ Electric Six – "Randy's Hot Tonight" on YouTube
  21. ^ "Top 40 Music Videos of 2008 - Page 4". Pitchfork.
  22. ^ White Williams – "New Violence" – 2008 on YouTube
  23. ^ Tobacco – "Motor Licker" – 2010 on YouTube
  24. ^ Islands – "No You Don't"- 2010 on YouTube
  25. ^ Dirty Ghosts – "Ropes" – 2012 on YouTube
  26. ^ HEALTH – "L.A. Looks" – 2016 on YouTube
  27. ^ Neon Indian - "Techno Clique" - 2016 on YouTube
  28. ^ Off! - "Holier than Thou" - 2021 on YouTube

External links[edit]

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