TGWTG "Nostalgia Critic" / Doug Walker, Rob Walker, Mike Michaud, Mike Ellis, Holly Christine Brown, et al - The Incompetent Predator-Protecting Upper Management of Channel Awesome, Doug Still Not That Funny

[Dr. Kaufman]

One interesting thing to note is that Doug's Facebook page, on which he usually posts once every couple of days at least, has been inactive since Monday. He's not even posted the new Woody Woodpecker review on his page yet, and the Youtube channel has only just released a Tamara's Never Seen (that document clearly). I think this is definitely getting to him and Rob behind the scenes, and if there's to be any actual progress in driving a wrench between the Walker Brothers and Michautist, I think we need to continue what we're doing and encourage people to release new information, and for stragglers like Brad and Sage to jump ship.

 

[Armchair Psychologist]

I'm pretty sure this is how things are going down at CA right about now

 

[QWaffen]

Quinton hits on a good point. In spite of Michaud's complete, total incompetence, if they fire him, their brand is fucked. Doug and/or Rob are terrible businessman and the only utility Channel Awesome serves at this point is as a sort of autopsy. What went wrong, and how does one avoid that for the future?

 

[Slap47]

Quinton hits on a good point. In spite of Michaud's complete, total incompetence, if they fire him, their brand is fucked. Doug and/or Rob are terrible businessman and the only utility Channel Awesome serves at this point is as a sort of autopsy. What went wrong, and how does one avoid that for the future?

Nothing went wrong. It was rotten to the core from the start.

 

[Dr. Kaufman]

Quinton hits on a good point. In spite of Michaud's complete, total incompetence, if they fire him, their brand is fucked. Doug and/or Rob are terrible businessman and the only utility Channel Awesome serves at this point is as a sort of autopsy. What went wrong, and how does one avoid that for the future?

Thing is, Doug and Rob don't necessarily have to have a business even, they could just run a smaller channel and do videos through there, like most normal YouTubers do. They have enough of an audience to be sustainable doing that, people threw 90k at that Indiegogo, they could probably make a living off Patreon just making weekly reviews. Even the most exceptional of popular content creators could manage that.

Not saying they will, because of a combination of greed and cowardice, but anything that gets Michaud away would help them infinitely.

 

[Xarpho]

One interesting thing to note is that Doug's Facebook page, on which he usually posts once every couple of days at least, has been inactive since Monday. He's not even posted the new Woody Woodpecker review on his page yet, and the Youtube channel has only just released a Tamara's Never Seen (that document clearly). I think this is definitely getting to him and Rob behind the scenes, and if there's to be any actual progress in driving a wrench between the Walker Brothers and Michautist, I think we need to continue what we're doing and encourage people to release new information, and for stragglers like Brad and Sage to jump ship.

I feel like Brad's probably locked into a contract. He's more talented than Doug but his refusal to leave or say bad things about Michaud is telling.

 

[Dr. Kaufman]

I feel like Brad's probably locked into a contract. He's more talented than Doug but his refusal to leave or say bad things about Michaud is telling.

Maybe, but I think it's more likely Brad doesn't want to risk burning bridges with the Walkers. I think Brad's the kind of guy who just wants the drama to all die down, and not rock the boat, even though Spoony's appeared in a fair bit of CA content even after his high profile firing.

 

[Fritzocrat]

I don't know whats more surprising. The fact that Doug sold the NC IP or the fact that he's seemingly the only person on the site to do so. I wonder if they tried to tie up some of the other big names like Spoony or Joe.

This Michaud character is approaching Vince McMahon levels on the "Evil CEO" scale and it's terribly entertaining to watch his legacy burn to the ground.

I'm almost tempted to whip out the fiddle.

 

[Ten2Nine]

I love the fucking dislikes and comments that were recently given out (and will most likely continue given Channel Autism's current situation).

Here are a few other videos Michaud appears in:

Spoiler: More spergery

(11:38 mark)

(6:30 mark)

Unfortunately, there was nothing I could find of him getting punched in the face. Sorry, guys.

Used your list to cut together all the Mike Michaud parts from those 'FilmFellas' roundtable discussions:

 

[BrunoMattei]

Used your list to cut together all the Mike Michaud parts from those 'FilmFellas' roundtable discussions:

Michaud is like a scared little bald boy who is pretending to be a big time mobster.

 

[Someone in a Tree]

I feel like Brad's probably locked into a contract. He's more talented than Doug but his refusal to leave or say bad things about Michaud is telling.

I doubt he's locked in a contract. If that were the case, then how come all the other producers have been able to leave so abruptly without any issues? I think the real answer is the one Brad Jones gave before: he's close friends with the Walkers and doesn't want to leave. The Walkers are business associates of Michaud, therefore he's remaining mum on recent events.

 

[QWaffen]

Brad dindu nuffin, he a good boy

 

[KillThemCrackasBabies]

Used your list to cut together all the Mike Michaud parts from those 'FilmFellas' roundtable discussions:

Motherfucker should've used some of that Blip money for some speech therapy. Holy shit.

 

[Country Matters]

I doubt he's locked in a contract. If that were the case, then how come all the other producers have been able to leave so abruptly without any issues? I think the real answer is the one Brad Jones gave before: he's close friends with the Walkers and doesn't want to leave. The Walkers are business associates of Michaud, therefore he's remaining mum on recent events.

Besides, he has nothing to lose by staying. He's a popular contributor and him being on the site doesn't make him earn less, or get less views.

He's probably treated very well by management, as well. It would be pointless for him to leave, he has nothing to gain by it.

 

[CWCissey]

If I remember rightly Brad was the first to get a Michaud approved Patreon.

Brad clearly holds a lot of sway at CA or knows just how to manipulate the Stooges (I wonder what he has on them to be honest...)

 

[LordofCringe7206]

Used your list to cut together all the Mike Michaud parts from those 'FilmFellas' roundtable discussions:

God damn, his lisp is so annoying. How can anyone keep up a conversation with him?

On top of that, I know Michaud is a fucking retard of colossal scales. But how stupid are those other guys in that video that they actually think he's a smart person? Or were they just placating him to make him feel better about himself?

If I remember rightly Brad was the first to get a Michaud approved Patreon.

Brad clearly holds a lot of sway at CA or knows just how to manipulate the Stooges (I wonder what he has on them to be honest...)

Probably video evidence of Rob, Doug and Mike sucking each other off in the back of the Chicago studio.

 

[ComeoutandJULAY]

God damn, his lisp is so annoying. How can anyone keep up a conversation with him?

On top of that, I know Michaud is a fucking exceptional individual of colossal scales. But how stupid are those other guys in that video that they actually think he's a smart person? Or were they just placating him to make him feel better about himself?

I actually think the opposite was the more likely case. They must have had a field day filming these shows because whether they were good at their jobs on their own or not didn't matter—they felt better being around this lisping re-tard, Michaud the Fraud, because it ended up making them look like competent e-businessmen by comparison.

It's like that one scenario that pops up in high school a lot where the popular chicks would juxtapose themselves with the homelier looking girls to look even hotter than they probably really were themselves.

 

[KillThemCrackasBabies]

If I remember rightly Brad was the first to get a Michaud approved Patreon.

Brad clearly holds a lot of sway at CA or knows just how to manipulate the Stooges (I wonder what he has on them to be honest...)

I would imagine they were confident enough to intimidate women, but if anyone could stand up to them to any extent, they'd crumble. I don't see Brad standing for any shit, and this mush mouthed faggot sure as fuck wasn't going to intimidate anyone with a dick.

 

[doubledigitgendergap]

I actually think the opposite was the more likely case. They must have had a field day filming these shows because whether they were good at their jobs on their own or not didn't matter—they felt better being around this lisping re-tard, Michaud the Fraud, because it ended up making them look like competent e-businessmen by comparison.

It's like that one scenario that pops up in high school a lot where the popular chicks would juxtapose themselves with the homelier looking girls to look even hotter than they probably really were themselves.

Yea I the dude in the blue shirt talks to Michaud like a teacher tells a kindergartener's finger painting of horrors is amazing, also the brown dude looked annoyed

 

[VermilionFluttershy]

It pretty much has been dying a slow painful death for years. However, what was a small flame growing very slowly has suddenly been hit with a big gust of wind and has now spread everywhere.

You know how, whenever you go camping with a group, there's always that one guy that gets shit-faced and squirts a whole bottle of lighter fluid into the fire? To me, Mike and the Walkers' career is that fire. The people who put this together are the drunk guy. And us? We're the lighter fluid.

We (as well as many now former fans) are the ones that sped up the inevitable breakdown. The drunk simply brought the bottle of lighter fluid to the campfire.

Well, that's how I like to think of it.