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Jason K Pargin, author@jasonkpargin.bsky.social |
So the co-creator of Space Ghost and one of the guys who basically helped invent Adult Swim today works as a delivery driver for Amazon. I'm referring to Andy Merrill (voice of Brak, who put together the SG pilot in a storage closet at Turner) who apparently got extremely screwed in the deal.
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The saddest girl to ever hold a martini
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this is devastating
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Don Bones
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Holy shit what
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Richard the Sod
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This is absolutely the worst thread. Thank you for sharing 🫤
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Michelle, aka Ms. Geek 2024
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The animation business is brutal.
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Scott C Bourgeois 💣
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This is somehow both surprising and unsurprising at the same time.
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@crypticthree.bsky.social
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This makes me so fucking angry/sad
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Gaylord Felcher
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I had not heard this but am not suprised. Sad. That show is classic!
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anthony
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and let’s not forget what they did to C. Martin Croker www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/th...
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Secretoriginz
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Source?
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yeahwellokay
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I was so obsessed with Brak, that when I was an undergraduate in the 90s, I had my college change my school email address to brak@universityname.
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Rae
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Damn, this sucks. Space Ghost was such a staple for me.
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Dustin
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That’s horrifying but not surprising. Society rewards the worst.
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Murbs’ Sox
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Ugh. Of course.
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Dwight Williams (💉x 8) + 😷
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🤬
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It's Chaos, Be Kind
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Just to be clear, he was one of the co-creators of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The Space Ghost character itself was created by (I think) Alex Toth in the 60s. This is just as a point of clarification, and in no way undermines the fact that Andy seems to have gotten a raw deal.
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Josh Bycer
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It's been a rough time as an animation fan between hearing of this and how so many shows over the past 10 years are completely out of sight thanks to streaming deals and then being removed.
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ricky cilantro
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that is heartbreaking
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~ ~ Kewl Boromir ~~
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Well that's the most depressing thing I read today
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Sage 🏳️⚧️
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what the fuck Brak‘s actor got screwed over??? i love his work 😔
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Wayne Fryback
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Maybe Harvey Birdman can represent him pro bono. But seriously, that's fucking awful. ☹️
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ArcPyre
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Thanks 🙂👍 This information made my day just a little bit shittier
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Randy Burgertime
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I read an article about this that said he felt he was at rock bottom, but I couldn't find anything in that article that explained why he felt that way. Thank you for clarifying.
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Jared, unpopular Emo 🖤🦄 - 🔞🌶️🍆✊🏿✊🏼🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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That’s absolute shit and I’d have sued the fuck out of them… I’m SURE some lawyer in L.A. would have LOVED to take that case…
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Warhammerchick
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What the fuck
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Graham
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Adult Swim greenlighting MDE is looking WAAAAAAAY more sus now.
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@chartreuse.bsky.social
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I have multiple friends who formerly worked at Cartoon Network as animators, including one of the Adult Swim lead animators. They were all treated incredibly poorly. Nobody was paid appropriately for their work, layoffs were always a thing, etc. The culture there was hellish.
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Thomas Heaney
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WTF? That show was genius. *cartman 'oh, god dammit'.gif*
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Wendell Albright
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But the suits and executives, they made a killing and THAT'S what important, amirite?
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Will Arther
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WHAT That… I can’t even express the absolute rage.
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Panic Restaurant
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This makes me furious in ways I’m struggling to articulate
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🇱🇷kwh🇺🇸
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Nothing wrong with being an amazon delivery driver, thats how Jeff Bezos got his start
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Jason K Pargin, author
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Also the voice of Frylock on ATHF (Carey Means) works as a dishwasher at a restaurant, or at least he did until he had health issues and his wife had to start a gofundme:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-ta...
wtf is this fucking industry
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Roland Guiscard
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It just feels so pointless. I've worked all my life for nothing, and now I see the people I admired, same shit.
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Jennifer Schaffroth
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I love this show so much, and I hate this
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Shayne from Missouri
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Jason wins today's Nobel Prize for making me give a depression shrug.
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Serenity Now!
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I came across Andy on Twitter after I’d changed my avi to Brak for lulz, & people kept assuming I was him. Super nice guy, still picks up VO/creative work when he can. Posts fun stuff on YouTube/Twitter. From what little I know of him, he deserves the world’s riches. George Lowe’s also on Twitter.
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Lord Alpha
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I get what you're saying, but for clarity, Space Ghost (the character) was created by Alex Toth for Hannah -Barbera. SG Coast to Coast is what he created. Another classic show, imo.
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Jay Schiavone
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As Jeff Bezos might say, “So happy for you to have this opportunity to prosper in today’s fast paced employment environment.”
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(The Ennui Aztec) Stephen Ray Garza
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SA warning
There was also this that got next to no traction as there were some weird fan issues when he was trying to get sober/ a bunch of frat bros just saying learn to take a joke like frats aren't sexually assault pledges all the time.
hornet.com/stories/mc-c...
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Julia S.
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what the actual hell though he will never have to buy his own drink/coffee/lunch when I’m in the room; it’s the least I can do
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ren
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I was just telling someone the other day how much I loved Space Ghost Coast to Coast
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Paul “Madlib” Atreides
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genuinely thought Andy had died. so sorry to hear this
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