List of Channel Awesome shows
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Channel Awesome is a Naperville
-based online media production company. The shows produced by its subdivisions, the most notable being That Guy with the Glasses
, consist mostly of humorous video reviews.
that includes further film reviews, reviews on general topics, and other miscellaneous material by different contributors.
Naperville, Illinois
Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will Counties in Illinois in the United States, voted the second best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,853. It is the fifth largest city in the state, behind Chicago,...
-based online media production company. The shows produced by its subdivisions, the most notable being That Guy with the Glasses
That Guy with the Glasses
That Guy with the Glasses is a website that mostly showcases satirical reviews of movies and video games. It primarily stars Chicago native Douglas Darien "Doug" Walker as "That Guy with the Glasses". The founder and administrator of the site is Michael Michaud, CEO of the parent company Channel...
, consist mostly of humorous video reviews.
Blistered Thumbs
Blistered Thumbs is a subdivision of That Guy with the Glasses focusing on video games. They produce comedy/spoofs/sketches, review video games and produce a weekly podcast called Transmission Awesome. The subdivision now has its own website.- AngryJoe (Jose Vargas) produces material that presents current issues within the gaming community. He focuses on topics that are relevant to gamer culture. "The Angry Joe Show" is concerned primarily with the Xbox 360Xbox 360The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
, which is his unofficial trademark console. Joe is also a former co-host on "Transmission Awesome", who had to leave due to his new position as editor-in-chief of Blistered Thumbs. He is referred to as the one who "represents the gamers". - Ashens (Stuart Ashens) is a doctor of psychology from England. Ashens does reviews of old, obscure games (Terrible old games you've probably never heard of). On Channel Awesome, only a limited amount of the Doctor's material is featured (such as his reviews, sketches, and also his small television show on BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, "Ashen's Tech Dump"). Ashens is well known on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
for his reviews of the POP Station, a counterfeit PSPPlayStation PortableThe is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
. - Benzaie (Benjamin Daniel) is a contributor from FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and is the creator and host of Games You Might Don't Know (But Are Still Pretty Damn Sweet) in which he features old classic obscure games that he deems noteworthy. Since joining the site, he created more shows, including FAQFAQFrequently asked questions are listed questions and answers, all supposed to be commonly asked in some context, and pertaining to a particular topic. "FAQ" is usually pronounced as an initialism rather than an acronym, but an acronym form does exist. Since the acronym FAQ originated in textual...
You!, Game Soundtracks You Might Don't Know, Top 5, 5 Second Games, GameFap, and Benzaie's Hard Corner. Benzaie does have a co-host for these shows, a plush toy bear named Beary. Benzaie also features interviews with game developers throughout Europe with videos of the French gaming website Digital Games (where he apparently works as a reporter). He translates the interviews into English either by subtitle, or have another contributor do a voiceover. - Bennett The Sage (Bennett White) reviews new video game releases, good and bad, primarily for the PlayStation 3PlayStation 3The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
and Xbox 360Xbox 360The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
, and formerly hosted a show called Masterpiece Fanfic Theater where he reads "the best of the worst of fan fiction." He is also the host of "Animé Abandon" which focuses on random animé from the land of the rising sun that most people don't know about, though there are the occasional mainstream (i.e. Ghost in the ShellGhost in the Shellis a Japanese multimedia franchise composed of manga, animated films, anime series, video games and novels. It focuses on the activities of the counter-terrorist organization Public Security Section 9 in a futuristic, cyberpunk Japan ....
, Ninja ScrollNinja Scrollis a 1993 Japanese animated action thriller film set in feudal Japan, written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri who was best known for his previous thriller Wicked City . The character designs were done by Yutaka Minowa. The movie is in homage to the Ninpōchō series, ninja novels by Futaro Yamada...
, and Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend). Bennett also co-starred in one of "AskThatGuys episodes taking over the questions and answering them in ways that even AskThatGuy found offensive and distressing. - FarFromSubtle (Fraser Agar) is the creator of Awesome Video Games, a show where old games are looked at in the style of video game commercials of the '80s and '90s. A spin-off, Video Games Awesome, features the AVG cast playing more recent video games and giving live commentary, including hosting weekly community building sessions in MinecraftMinecraftMinecraft is a sandbox-building independent video game written in Java originally by Swedish creator Markus "Notch" Persson and now by his company, Mojang, formed from the proceeds of the game. It was released as an alpha on May 17, 2009, with a beta version on December 20, 2010...
. - Guru Larry & Wez (Larry Bundy Jr and Wesley Lock), also known as ScrewAttack Europe, present Wez and Larry's Top Tens, Guru Larry's Retro Corner, Gamed1k and video game reviews from a UK point of view. Like Ashens, Guru Larry and Wez feature obscure old English games that many people outside of the UK do not know about.
- JonTron (Jon Jafari) makes reviews, sketches, top 10's and a lot of other varied videos. He often acts as if he is drunk, especially in his reviews.
- JewWario (Justin Carmical) reviews Japanese import games in a show called "You Can Play This". The idea behind the show is to show the audience how to play simple Japanese import titles even without excessive knowledge of the language. He also hosts a news show called "The Gaming Pipeline" (formally known as Mario's Pipeline) which also features his co-host, Shuki. The show is a topic based discussion panel where the two hosts call attention to issues in the gaming community, such as games being art, or the importance of achievements and trophies in online gaming. Jew Wario is also a co-host the podcast, "Spine Breakers".
- Lee Davidge, from Tennessee, is the host of Still Gaming, a video game review show that reviews games from all eras, from the Atari 2600Atari 2600The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari, Inc. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in...
to the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360Xbox 360The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
. "Still Gaming" and most other shows by Lee portray him in still photographs that are edited together to shape a sense of motionStop motionStop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence...
, rather than showing the host in actual video. Lee is also co-host to the podcast "The Lee and Z Show" with Lindsey Briggs. - Dena Natali talks about certain video games (usually survival horror) on her show, The Game Den which is similar to "Still Gaming" in that it is also done only with still photographs. Dena is the host to "The Film Den" where she reviews and discusses themes of horror films, and "Pixels as Big as Cats" in which she reviews games on the Atari 2600.
- Leon Thomas is the host of Heart of Gaming, where he talks about flaws in game design or gaming culture. It has a dark tone with lot of mentions of drugs, sex and alcohol.
- PushingUpRoses (Sarah Wilson) hosts Let's Play Shortys, with playthroughs of games - usually with PawDugan or ToddInTheShadows as guests - and Vinyl Destination, with musical reviews and lists.
- Roo from Clan of the Gray Wolf (Joey Desena) hosts 16-Bit Gems where he positively reviews underrated and obscure games from the 16-bit era. He also hosts The Way Games Work where he teaches the audience how video game consoles and peripherals technically work.
- Hope Within Chaos (Sean Fausz), hosts Epic Fail, a show where he tells about shocking stuff found on the internet, usually YouTube videos. He also hosts "Sean's Game Reviews"
- The Spoony OneThe Spoony ExperimentThe Spoony Experiment is a website run by Noah Antwiler aka "The Spoony One" or just "Spoony"....
(Noah Antwiler) lives in Arizona, owner and proprietor of The Spoony Experiment. He primarily reviews horrible movies and video games. 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 also plays Dr. Insano who appears as the main nemesis in Linkara's Atop The Fourth Wall videos.
Inked Reality
Inked Reality is a subdivision of That Guy with the Glasses focusing on comics, anime and animation. The subdivision is intended to be spun off into its own website in the future.- EricPowerup (Eric Power) is an animator from Texas and has produced content related to video games.
- Happy Harry (Harry Partridge) is a UK based internet animator and comedian made popular by his short Saturday Morning WatchmenSaturday Morning WatchmenSaturday Morning Watchmen is a Newgrounds and YouTube viral video published on March 5, 2009. The video parodies the Watchmen comic book series, claiming to be a clip from a 1980s Saturday morning cartoon based on the series. The video was animated, written, composed and sung by Harry Partridge and...
. - JesuOtaku (Hope Chapman) is an anime reviewer who hails from Kentucky. She's also a member of the DesuDes Brigade where the majority of her videos are stored.
- The Last Angry Geek (Brian Heinz) is a reviewer of comic books and the TV show Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. He occasionally produces comedy bits for the site, and partnered with Rob and Doug Walker on their official RiffTraxRiffTraxRiffTrax are downloadable audio commentaries featuring comedians Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett heckling films in the style of Mystery Science Theater 3000, a TV show in which Nelson was the head writer, and later the host. The RiffTrax are sold online and delivered by digital...
projects. His shows include Comic Book Issues, You Know Who, and True Internet Story. - Linkara (Lewis Lovhaug) is a comic book critic based in Minnesota who started with his own blog called Atop The Fourth Wall (AT4W) and doing movie reviews for The Agony Booth. Linkara adapted his blog into a video series under the same name, where he reviews bad comic books. He also created 5 Panel Comics, summarizing comics in a way similar to Doug Walker's 5 Second Movies, and started a series called "The History of Power Rangers", in which he summarizes, reviews and analyzes every season of the Power RangersPower RangersPower Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes...
TV show. Unlike other review series, Linkara has a running story arc on his show. - MarzGurl (Kaylyn Dicksion) lives in San Antonio, Texas. She is an anime fan, usually attending numerous conventions. Her videos include A History of Animation, What's That Anime?, Translation Terrors and Anime News Editorial. Currently, she posts videos discussing current issues with the Anime and Manga worlds. Like That Chick with the Goggles, she joined the site after being a runner up for the Nostalgia Chick position. She is also doing an series introspective on all of the works of Don BluthDon BluthDonald Virgil "Don" Bluth is an American animator and independent studio owner. He is best known for his departure from The Walt Disney Company in 1979 and his subsequent directing of animated films such as The Secret of NIMH , An American Tail ,The Land Before Time , and All Dogs Go to Heaven ,...
, covering all of the animator's films as well as the video games he has worked on. - 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. For a portion of 2009, Team Four Star faced suspension by YouTube under legal claims from Toei AnimationToei AnimationToei Animation Co., Ltd. is a Japanese animation studio owned by Toei Co., Ltd. The studio was founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name...
. They have since moved to their own site.- 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 HakushoYuYu Hakushois a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. The name of the series is spelled YuYu Hakusho in the Viz Media manga and Yu Yu Hakusho in other English distributions of the franchise. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and...
: The Abridged Series. - MasakoX (Lawrence Simpson) is one of the actors of Team Four Star and he has made a six part series on tips for voice acting called MasaVox, as well as an anime review series called Anifile. He, along with Vegeta3986, made NarutoNarutois an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of...
: The Abridged Series on YouTube, until his resignation from the series in June 2011.
- 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
- That Dude in the Suede (William DuFresne) hails from New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, and currently has two long running series: Animenia, which looks at specific anime and general trends in the medium; and AMV Heaven, in which he showcases music videos consisting of anime clips. He has also made several 5 Second Movies. Suede went on hiatus in January 2009 due to his affiliation with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, going on a two-year mission for his church. However, in June 2011 he returned in the site's third anniversary video, Suburban Knights. His regular videos started soon after. - Y Ruler of Time (Nikolas Freeman) hosts Read Right to Left, a series in which he reviews manga series.
Team TGWTG
The most recent subdivision of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.comThat Guy with the Glasses
That Guy with the Glasses is a website that mostly showcases satirical reviews of movies and video games. It primarily stars Chicago native Douglas Darien "Doug" Walker as "That Guy with the Glasses". The founder and administrator of the site is Michael Michaud, CEO of the parent company Channel...
that includes further film reviews, reviews on general topics, and other miscellaneous material by different contributors.
- That Guy With The Glasses (Doug Walker), is the main contributor to the website, being host of the following shows:
- The Nostalgia CriticThe Nostalgia CriticThe Nostalgia Critic is a web television series starring Doug Walker as the eponymous reviewer. The series was initially launched on YouTube before moving to an independent site, That Guy with the Glasses, run by production company Channel Awesome...
, reviews of 1980-90s or early 2000s films and television (with occasional recent movies such as The RoomThe Room (film)The Room is a 2003 independent drama film starring Tommy Wiseau, who also wrote, directed, and produced the feature. In addition to Wiseau, the principal cast includes Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero, Philip Haldiman, Kyle Vogt, Carolyn Minnott, and Robyn Paris...
) by an ill-tempered and sarcastic critic. Most episodes are co-written with his brother, Rob Walker. - Bum Reviews, reviews of current movies by an enthustiastic beggar, Chester A. Bum.
- Ask That Guy With The Glasses, where Doug answers absurd questions that mostly verge on black comedyBlack comedyA black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
. - Video Game Confessions, where Dominic, a bartender with a Cockney accent, recalls encounters he had with classic video game characters.
- Theme Lyrics, where Doug creates lyrics for instrumental theme songs.
- The Nostalgia Critic
- Coldguy (Patrick Burden), along with being a former co-host of Transmission Awesome and founder of his own books and literature-based podcast, Spine Breakers, is the host of Foreign Delicacies, a review show of foreign films.
- CR! (Chad Rocco) is the host of Familiar Faces, a comedic/informative look at television cartoon programs primarily from the 80s and 90s, and focuses particularly on lesser-known characters from those shows. He also created There Will Be Cake, a review show of internet flash games. He is a graphic artist, and took over illustration duties for Linkara's webcomic Lightbringer. His face was never actually seen, until the Nostalgia Critic revealed his face, in episode 36.
- Dark Maze Studios (Ed Glaser) produces the animated series Press Start AdventuresPress Start (film)Press Start is a 2007 independent film produced by Dark Maze Studios. It stars Joshua Stafford, Peter Davis, Daniel Pesina, and Carlos Pesina. The film is a video game parody adventure comedy. It was released on DVD on September 25, 2007.-Production:...
, as well as the 80's style sci-fi series Robogirl, and the "remakesploitation" review show Deja View. - Diamanda Hagan is the Irish host of Diamanda Hagan: Lecher Bitch, a review show that focuses on obscure films, usually in the exploitation and horror genres, as well as highly critical recaps of the BBC series BonekickersBonekickersBonekickers was a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It debuted on 8 July 2008 and ran for one series....
. Diamanda is the Empress of "Haganistan" and is a supervillain with access to a wide variety of torture implements, weapons and an army of clones in black masks referred to as "the Minions", who she frequently maims, tortures and kills to burn off stress. - TheDudette (Lindsay Ellis) is The Nostalgia Chick, a female counterpart of the Nostalgia Critic. While originally the show featured mainly reviews of nostalgic movies and TV shows targeted at girls, the Nostalgia Chick eventually moved on to review other things such as David LynchDavid LynchDavid Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
's DuneDune (film)Dune is a 1984 science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. The film stars Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides, and includes an ensemble of well-known American and European actors in supporting roles. It was filmed at the Churubusco...
, and the original TronTron (film)Tron is a 1982 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Lisberger, and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It stars Jeff Bridges as the protagonist Kevin Flynn; Bruce Boxleitner in a dual role as security program Tron and Tron's "User", computer programmer Alan Bradley; Cindy...
. - Film Brain (Mathew Buck) is the English host of Bad Movie Beatdown, a film review show that explores movies that are considered outside the usual demographic for The Nostalgia Critic. Along with his show, Film Brain also posts written reviews that are not as comedic as the show, but are more to the point.
- Film Conscience (Luke Mochrie) reviews movies but lets "the voices of his head do the talking". The two "voices" (Phillip & Ringo) mirror how he felt the film positively and negatively, together with some minor sides of his personality, like Lucas the inner child and Wretch the inner horror fan. Luke is the son of Colin MochrieColin MochrieColin Andrew Mochrie is a Scottish Canadian actor and improvisational comedian, most famous for his appearances on the British and US versions of television improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.-Early life:...
and Debra McGrathDebra McGrathDebra McGrath is a Canadian actress and comedienne.-Education:Debra McGrath was born in Toronto in 1954. She studied theatre at Ryerson University.-Career:...
. - Iron Liz is Linkara's girlfriend and frequently appears on Atop The Fourth Wall. Her review show consists of looking at mainstream and rare role-playing gameRole-playing gameA role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
s, looking at factors such as character creation and gameplay. - Mike J (Mike Jeavons) is the host of Shameful Sequels, a review show that pokes fun at terrible and unnecessary Hollywood sequels to popular franchises. He often introduces himself with "Hello, I'm a British person" and often includes well known British stereotypes (such as drinking tea).
- Nash (Nash Bozard) is the host of What the Fuck Is Wrong with You?, which looks at and comments on ridiculous news stories, as well as Musical Chair, a show which takes a look at singers and musical groups he considers underrated. He also comments on original and occasionally newer episodes of Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. Nash has also hosted an internet radioInternet radioInternet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...
program, Radio Dead Air, since 2000. - The Sad Panda (Julien Diaz) along with providing music to a number of different shows on the site such as Phelous, Panda also does a variety of different sketches including Forget About It where he reviews famous movies such as Ghostbusters and Pirates of the Caribbean getting numerous details humorously wrong. He also reviews music in his show The Sound Pit.
- Skitch (Michael Schiciano) provides music to various shows on the site.
- Oancitizen (Kyle Kallgren) hosts Brows Held High, a show which reviews so called "arthouse" filmsArt filmAn art film is the result of filmmaking which is typically a serious, independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience...
like Dušan MakavejevDušan MakavejevDušan Makavejev is a Serbian film director and screenwriter, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
's W.R.: Mysteries of the OrganismW.R.: Mysteries of the OrganismW.R.: Mysteries of the Organism is a 1971 film by Yugoslav director Dušan Makavejev that explores the relationship between communist politics and sexuality, as well as exploring the life and work of Wilhelm Reich.-Narrative and documentary elements:The film intercuts documentary footage with,...
and Nicolas RoegNicolas RoegNicolas Jack Roeg, CBE, BSC is an English film director and cinematographer.-Life and career:Roeg was born in London, the son of Mabel Gertrude and Jack Nicolas Roeg...
's The Man Who Fell to EarthThe Man Who Fell to EarthThe Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1963 science fiction novel by American author Walter Tevis, about an extraterrestrial who lands on Earth seeking a way to ferry his people to Earth from his home planet, which is suffering from a severe drought...
. - Obscurus Lupa (Allison Pregler) is the host of Obscurus Lupa Presents, a show where she takes a look at what she calls "Z-Grade" moviesZ movieThe term Z movie arose in the mid-1960s as an informal description of certain unequivocally non-A films. It was soon adopted to characterize low-budget pictures with quality standards well below those of most B movies and even so-called C movies...
. - Paw Dugan (Paul Schuler) is a video producer and currently co-hosts Transmission Awesome. A self-stylized "music guru", Paw hosts a variety of shows dealing with music and/or video games, including Full Circle, Great Moments in Video Game Music, and Wi-Fidelity. Recently, he has begun reviewing Musical movies in the aptly titled Music Movies, where he praises the best songs and the worst songs of said movie.
- Phelous (Phelan Porteous) is from Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and hosts various shows, including Mortal Komedy, a Mortal Kombat parody series, Dragonball CG , a flash cartoon series that parodies Dragonball Z, and a review series in which he comments on both obscure and well-known horror films. He is known by his trademarks of inserting his own name into each title of the films he reviews and his frequent deaths in the frame story of his reviews, as well as his complete deadpan, sarcastic delivery to almost everything the site subjects him to. - The Rap Critic (Daren Jackson) reviews rap songs.
- The Cinema Snob (Brad Jones) hosts a review series that focuses primarily on obscure exploitation filmExploitation filmExploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...
s and z-list moviesZ movieThe term Z movie arose in the mid-1960s as an informal description of certain unequivocally non-A films. It was soon adopted to characterize low-budget pictures with quality standards well below those of most B movies and even so-called C movies...
. Brad Jones also hosts The Bruno Mattei Show, in which he and friends discuss the works of exploitation director Bruno MatteiBruno MatteiBruno Mattei was an Italian film director, screenwriter and editor who gained a cult following for a wide variety of exploitation films that covered many genres, ranging from women in prison to zombie films...
in chronological order, and Kung Tai Ted, where he plays a martial artist who studies cheesy fight scenes. - Todd In The Shadows (Todd Nathanson) reviews current pop songs of questionable quality, plays the piano and wears a gray hoodie in order to keep his true identity secret. When appearing on camera and with lighting, he usually wears a black mask to keep a reasonable amount of his identity covered.
- ThatSciFiGuy (Leo Thompson) reviews science fiction films, often assisted by Dr. Wiki, an anthropomorphized avatar of this siteWikipediaWikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
. Title cards are drawn by webcartoonist Nick Wright, creator of Treading Ground and The Idle State. - Blockbuster Buster (Eric "ERod" Rodriguez) Reviews bad Blockbuster films, he originated from YouTube in 2010 and became a member of The Site in September 5. 2011 by popular demand by his fans, He usually wears a Skull Shirt and has a Latino accent much like Angry Joe, Before he joined That Guy With The Glasses he posted his videos on the website Space Money Mafia Studios but when he was offered a spot on the TGWTG Site, he contacted SMMS's Owner and told him he be moving over to TGWTG on September 5.
Podcasts
Channel Awesome is home to many Podcasts:- Transmission Awesome: Hosted by Rollo T, Pushing Up Roses, Paw and Y Ruler of Time. The show focuses on the site TGWTG itself. Transmission Awesome usually has a special guest (usually a featured talent) and talks with the guest about his/her work. The show has a set structure in which the guest is introduced, site news is recapped and discussed, the musical break (known as the "Paw's Button"), the Awesome Blog of the Week, and Forum Focus. Former co-hosts have included Angry Joe (Joe Vargas), Hope Within Chaos (Sean Fausz), Coldguy (Patrick Burden), Mike Michaud, Dr. Gonzo (Billy Smith) and ThatAussieGuy.
- Lee and Z Show: Hosted by Lee Davidge and Lindsey "Z" Briggs, the show focuses on gaming culture and various topics that are important to the two hosts. Every episode the two play a game "Turbo Top Three". Due to Lee's absence, there have only been 10 episodes, the 10th being the 2 Hour Special.
- Scam Police: Hosted by Rollo T and Mike, the show focuses on Pulling Scams and Crank Calls on actual scammers. This show only has one episode in which the two call a man known to scamming people for money over the phone and attempt to get the man to confess.
- Spine Breakers: Hosted by Coldguy, JewWario and Rabbi, this show is all about books and the joy of reading.
- The Game Heroes: Hosted by Handsome Tom (previously a member of ScrewAttackScrewAttackScrewAttack . is a video game-related website that showcases original entertainment for an audience of video game enthusiasts. Its content is also shown on GameTrailers and IGN...
), this is actually a video podcast. The crew of the Game Heroes sit on a couch and feature interesting and obscure gaming news. - Nerd to the 3rd Power: Hosted by Dr. Gonzo, Cat Thompson, and Travis Excelsior this show focuses on all things nerdy, from video games, anime, to conventions.
Former reviewers
- Apollo Z. Hack (Matt Burkett) creator of the cinematic Reviewaverse Saga, and the more traditionally produced review series The HACKdown. In June 2011 he left the site voluntarily to fulfill other goals, as well as citing creative differences on his Facebook account. He has been on the site the shortest, for only 4 & 1/2 months.
- Little Miss Gamer (Lindsey Briggs) of PBC Productions reviews video games from all consoles, as well as investigating the lifestyles, and social interactions of gamers amongst each other and non-gamers alike through performance skits (such as asking complete strangers, including the actor Tom GreenTom GreenMichael Thomas "Tom" Green is a Canadian actor, rapper, writer, comedian, talk show host and media personality. Best known for his shock humour brand of comedy, Green found mainstream prominence via his MTV television show The Tom Green Show...
, to play SIMON out in public). Her show focuses on the idea that games may appear to be simple, but there is actually much to discuss. By the summer of 2010, she had retired the LMG title to focus on puppeteer work for the Jim HensonJim HensonJames Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and created advanced puppets for...
Foundation. - LordKaT (Jason Pullara) was the host of Until We Win. From Staten Island, NY, his show guides the viewer through the hardest and toughest games to the end and gives tips on how to get through the game without resorting to cheat codes and devices. Jason has appeared on "Transmission Awesome" on several occasions whenever the podcast's regular hosts are absent. Until We Win was officially cancelled by Pullara on February 15, 2011, claiming that he was a gamer, not a reviewer, and on March 15, 2011, he would do his own project at Justin.tvJustin.tvJustin.tv is a website created by Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, Michael Seibel and Kyle Vogt in 2007 that allows anyone to broadcast video online. Justin.tv user accounts are called "channels", and users are encouraged to broadcast a wide variety of user-generated live video content, called...
(though he has privately admitted on his stream another major reason why he left on the day he announced that he left TGWTG, but will not discuss it publicly). He left on good terms with TGWTG, and he has since stayed on as a business partner with Channel Awesome, and still occasionally makes cameos in other peoples videos (such as JewWario's Fanime video). On September 30, 2011, he brought back Until We Win on his stream in a different format, where he would play a difficult game on his stream, live, every Friday from 5 PM to 7 PM, and subscribers to his site can vote weather or not he should continue playing the game until he wins. He's the only former reviewer to still have his videos accessible on TGWTG. - S.G. (Rooney Enterprises (Sam Goldberg)) is the producer of ThatJewishGuy, a show covering Jewish media as well as cultural practices in JudaismJudaismJudaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
. ThatJewishGuy is known for his dry humor and calm persona. S.G. also produces Guy Lynor, (a pun on guyliner) where the title character is a hardcore rock and rollRock and rollRock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
archetype expanding on classic literature. Both of these shows attempt to be educational as well as entertaining. ThatJewishGuy was not renewed by the site in June 2011 in order to make room for new talent. - Riz (Dan Rizzo (Formerly ThatAussieGuy)) is an AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n video game reviewer, the owner and creator of "Bored Shitless" (Now Raving Entertainment). He co-founded Transmission Awesome, and helped develop the Blistered Thumbs section. Riz was dismissed in June 2009. Riz has since gone onto other various projects, but has been quite outspoken against the site and its group leaders. - That Chick with the Goggles (Krissy Diggs) lives in MissouriMissouriMissouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
. 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. As of January 2011 she has retired the character and left the site to pursue other interests. - Transylvania Television (Gordon Smuder) provided an adult-themed puppet show where the cast runs a television station out of a dank Transylvanian dungeon. TVTV was not renewed by the site in June 2011 in order to make room for new talent.
- The Distressed Watcher (Terroja Kincaid) hosted "Trailer Failure", a review show that takes a look at the previews for upcoming films. He also has done numerous top 10 videos featuring his favorite movie speeches, deaths, badasses, etc. TJ had also done a special series in which he critiqued each of the Star Wars prequels films in order (Episodes 1–3). He is also well known for being The Amazing Atheist, of YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
fame. TJ was let go in September 2011. On September 28, 2011, TJ posted a video on one of his YouTube channels giving a full explanation for his departure and that he has no hard feelings towards the site nor any of its producers for the decision. He explained that he was let go because the site leaders felt some of his Amazing Atheist content would scare away advertisers from the site.
Anniversary specials
Every year, the anniversary of the website is celebrated with a crossover video starring most of the featured reviewers.- TGWTG Team Brawl (April 2009): A fight between the Nostalgia Critic and The Angry Video Game NerdThe Angry Video Game NerdThe Angry Video Game Nerd , is the main character and title of a series of farcical retrogaming video reviews created by and starring James Rolfe...
escalates to a battle between the TGWTG comic and film reviewers versus the Blistered Thumbs game reviewers. - Kickassia (May 2010): The Nostalgia Critic decides to take over the Republic of MolossiaRepublic of MolossiaThe Republic of Molossia is an unrecognized micronation, founded by Kevin Baugh semi-humorously as a "dictatorial banana-republic" and headquartered solely from a tiny home near Dayton, Nevada....
with the help of the other Channel Awesome reviewers. A DVD of the special was released in October 2010. - Suburban Knights (June–July 2011): The reviewers enter a quest in search of the Gauntlet of Power while dressed as famous fantasy characters - such as the Nostalgia Critic as Link, Spoony as GandalfGandalfGandalf is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. In these stories, Gandalf appears as a wizard, member and later the head of the order known as the Istari, as well as leader of the Fellowship of the Ring and the army of the West...
, and The Cinema Snob as Indiana JonesIndiana JonesColonel Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., Ph.D. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials...
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External links
- ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com
- Blistered Thumbs
- Official YouTube
- The Channel Awesome Wiki The official wiki for Thatguywiththeglasses.com/Channel Awesome.
- Team Four Star's Website
- Official Nostalgia Critic blip.tv