ĭoug claims that “The Garbage Pail Kids Movie” is the worst movie he’s ever seen, while his favorite movie is “Brazil.” He is also a fan of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Batman,” “Transformers,” “Animaniacs,” and “Ghostbusters.” ĭoug is a founder of Channel Awesome, the company that runs. Also, Roger Ebert used Twitter to call “A Tribute to Siskel and Ebert” (November 10, 2009), “The best, funniest video about Siskel & Ebert I’ve ever seen.” Doug has since had this statement hung up on his wall. Doug has featured Chester in “Nostalgia Critic” reviews.ĭoug has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine for the creation of, in which the article claims the site averages 16.5 million page views a month and makes $150,000 in revenue. The character Chester is a homeless man that rambles and oft goes on absurd tangents. Bum,” in the series “Bum Reviews.” The series reviews recently released films. ĭoug also plays the character, “Chester A. The episode was later re-released on an external website and brought back to the host site on December 12, 2010. In response, Doug released a “Nostalgia Critic” episode entitled The Tommy Wiseau Show, which mocked the film, its director, and the staff of Wiseau Films. In late February 2012, he reviewed “Ponyo” for his 200th episode and featured guest stars including Uncle Yo, LittleKuriboh and Spike Spencer.Įpisode 121 titled, The Room (July 13, 2010), was taken down shortly after its release following claims of copyright infringement from the film’s distributor Wiseau-Films. In January 2012, Doug started using commercial breaks with his “Nostalgia Critic” “Star Trek” movie reviews. In November, 2011, a false-episode titled “Top 11 Reasons He Won’t Review Digimon” was released, but the usual introduction is “CENSORED.” This episode was posted with information about the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act, informing viewers that if the act were to pass, the website would possibly be shut down. In April 2008, the videos were removed from YouTube but an arrangement between the company and content host in 2009 resulted in them being featured on YouTube once more. The “Nostalgia Critic” series was initially launched on YouTube in July 2007 but episodes were frequently removed by the website following complaints of copyright infringement. Videos on occasion feature other contributors on site. Cuts of the movie or television show are dispersed throughout the video to explain plot points or to display problems or idiosyncrasies. I remember it so you don’t have to.” Every episode, Doug wears a black hat and black suit with a white t-shirt and a loose red tie, and sits behind a beige wall. He begins every episode with the tagline, “Hello, I’m the Nostalgia Critic. ĭoug in “The Nostalgia Critic” series plays a sarcastic foul-mouthed critic in which he reviews poorly received films and tv shows. Other series of Doug’s include “5 Second Movies,” “Bum Reviews,” “Ask TGWTG,” and “Video Game Confessions.” ĭoug was born in Chicago, IL, on November 17, 1981. “The Nostalgia Critic” focuses primarily on reviewing bad film and television from the 80s and 90s. Doug Walker is best known for “The Nostalgia Critic,” a web series on the independent website created by Doug, thatguywith- (run by Channel Awesome).
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