Everything Is Terrible!
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Everything Is Terrible! is an artist collective based in Los Angeles that finds and edits dated, campy clips from VHS tapes. The collective was founded in 2007 by a group of friends who met while attending Ohio University.[1]
Activity and reception
According to
While they are known for posting videos online of re-edited footage, the collective has also created 8 feature-length found-footage documentaries.[2] In 2009, the group released its first film titled Everything Is Terrible! The Movie, made using the same style of VHS clips featured on their website. The A.V. Club called the video "a portal into a world halfway between showbiz and real-life—a look at how the people who make entertainment for a living think the rest of us saps actually live", adding that it's "simultaneously enlightening, hilarious, and deeply sad".[5] Paste Magazine called the film "the best (worst?) clips from a range of categories [spun] together like a terrible salad".[6] Wired has praised one of the collective's more popular clips titled "Infomercial Hell" – a series of clips from different infomercials pasted together – calling it "depressing" as well as "terribly funny".[7] Since 2009, they have toured the US, Canada, and Europe, showcasing films and presenting a puppet variety show. In 2019, they opened their "semi-fake" East Los Angeles storefront at 754 S. Atlantic Blvd to the public, housing their VHS and DVD collection alongside immersive installations.[1]
Notable videos
One of their most popular videos is a clip titled "So Your Cat Wants a Massage?" – an instructional video that was designed to show people how to massage a cat. It has over 4 million views on YouTube.[2][8] The video's creator, Maryjean Ballner, has since appeared as a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman.[2][9] According to Ghoul Skool, despite her feelings that "YouTube can be a very negative place", Ballner thanked Everything Is Terrible! for bringing back something which she had not seen in over 15 years.[10]
Other notable videos include an
Filmography
Video series
- Everything Is Terrible! (2007–present)
- Memory Hole (2014–present)
Films
- Everything Is Terrible! The Movie (2009)
- 2Everything 2Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
- Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez! (2012)
- Everything Is Terrible! Holiday Special (2012)
- EIT! Does the Hip-Hop Vol. 1: Gettin' a Bad Rap! (2013)
- Comic Relief Zero (2013)
- Everything Is Terrible! Legends (2015)
- The Great Satan (2018)
- Kids Klub! (2022)
TV pilots
In other media
Two Everything Is Terrible! founders, Nicholas Maier and Dimitri Simakis, created and wrote a live-action television pilot starring Paul Reubens and Eric Bauza entitled Giggle fudge, USA!, which premiered in April 2016 on Adult Swim. In Giggle fudge, USA!, Reubens acts as a TV host who introduces videos taken from Memory Hole (a previous collective title) in a matter that copies America's Funniest Home Videos, to the point that show's creator, Vin Di Bona, is credited as a producer.
See also
- Found Footage Festival
- Derrick Beckles, creator of TV Carnage
- Tim & Eric
- Red Letter Media
References
- ^ a b Hitt, Tarpley (July 28, 2019). "The Keepers of Pre-Internet Pop Culture Finding Genius in Absurdity". Thedailybeast.com.
- ^ a b c d e Raz, Guy (January 23, 2010). "'Everything Is Terrible' Digs Up Gems Of The VHS Era". NPR. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Bromwich, Jonah Engel (December 15, 2016). "You Had Them at 'Jerry Maguire': This Art Exhibit Stocks Just One Movie". The New York Times.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Everything Is Terrible! The Movie / Rip! A Remix Manifesto". The A.V. Club. July 8, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Chapman, Gray (June 4, 2009). "Everything Is Terrible: The Movie to Feature the Best of the Worst of Video Mash-Ups". Paste. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Watercutter, Angela (April 19, 2010). "Screen: Video Scavengers Spin Cultural Slag Into Comedy Gold". Wired. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ "So Your Cat Wants A Massage?". YouTube. August 18, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ "Late Show with David Letterman - Pet Massage". CBS (from YouTube). December 9, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ^ Simakis, Dimitri (January 23, 2010). "'Everything Is Terrible' Digs Up Gems Of The VHS Era" (Streaming audio) (Podcast). NPR. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Alvarez, Alex (April 8, 2011). "This Exists: 'Yello Dyno' Hunts Down Pedophiles". Mediaite. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Pomranz, Mike (January 14, 2010). "Everything Is Terrible Wants Your 'Jerry Maguire' VHS Tapes". Tosh.0. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Schmadeke, Steve (April 27, 2009). "Everything is Terrible blogs tales of terrible tapes". Chicago Tribune blog. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Pomeranz, Mike (February 25, 2010). "Jay Leno 'Is Terrible'". Tosh.0. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
- The Huffington Post. March 27, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2011.