As Santa goes over his Who is Naughty and Who is Nice list, we here at #TotalDrama did too. Our editorial meeting concluded recently and we decided it’s time to present the Top Nine Evil Moves of 2014:
#9 — Laughing as slaves and interns clean his mess
The ALS challenge gimmick was too much to pass up. But this reluctant participant was too lazy to walk outside. Instead he did it indoors and laughed as his slaves slaved away.
#8 — Forcing Jason to work Sundays and tearing him away from his family
It was a sad day for the entire Howell household when Jason gathered the whole family to the dinner table. “No more seeing Dad on Sundays, no more baseball games or play recitals, the boss has stolen my Sundays. But I can sit home alone on Thursdays as mommy goes to work and you, my precious darlings, are in school” Not a dry eye, ne’er a one.
#7 — Conspiring with Padre to fire Shannon on her honeymoon
Uncovered by #Drama, it appeared Shannon’s time at TWiT was up until we broke that #scoup and saved her for a time. In an expected move of cowardice, the news that she was fired was scheduled to be forced on the young lass over her honeymoon. They did not want to tell her face to face and at that happy time they could send a quick email instead of telling her in person.
#6 — Disrespecting longtime friend Steve Gibson
In what can only be described as sheer and utter disregard for another human being, the glutton walks away for minutes on end while doing a podcast with Steve Gibson. Implying to his listeners the man is a bore who goes on and on.
#5 — Firing Amber without even a text after eight years of service
Remember, this man fired Erik Lanigan by text and chastised iYaz Akhtar for resigning by email. But Amber, she got neither an email or a text from this behemoth.
#4 — Firing Chad with no notice
We all know what happens to young boys who move to California chasing their dreams. But who knew the father figure would not give him some time or even a warning (we noticed he is wearing the same shirt as in #5 too #WTF) before shoving the twenty-something host out the door.
#3 — Making editors work nights on a whim
This was a gut wrenching day for the entire editing staff as their lives were upended as #Soup guzzled down a few hamburgers and fries.
#2 — Laughing at Elgum’s possible life threatening sickness
Now #TotalDrama is not big fans of the newsman but when we saw he may be dying we had some sympathy, not these two. CEHo and LEHo laughed and laughed.
#1 — Humiliating Sarah Lane on live stream after Elgum debut
It is no surprise who once again comes in at #1. In a textbook display of what psychologists call “Displaced Anger” the king goes off on Sarah for some mindless reason rather than admit he just made the biggest mistake of his life in firing Merritt and hiring a news anchor with zero broadcast experience. To be fair, how would you have reacted after watching his mind-numbing debut?
How is not interrupting Steven disrespectful, when you know his style and his usual bewilderment whenever some one, any one, throws him a question while he’s doing his monologue thing?
It’s not.
NormansThirdNipple» Quote comment
Did you see what Leo did while Steve was talking?
HelloWorld» Quote comment
Yep, he put on a show for his visitors and/or colleagues in studio, which didn’t even seem connected to what Steven was doing at the time.
This is almost 2 hours into Security Now, I can’t imagine many of the audience wouldn’t have taken a couple of minutes of Léo’s antics over Steven’s retelling of the ACME protocol.
NormansThirdNipple» Quote comment
What was the whole Shannon thing ? I missed that
Bonzo» Quote comment
Bonzo, there is detailed coverage on this blog on or about Oct 10- Oct 15
Ghostdog» Quote comment
Great post.
#4 is amazing.
DatGuy» Quote comment
Are you sure that santa photo isn’t the Home Theater Geeks guy?
no» Quote comment
#9 – Isn’t that sort of the job? This would be your job in entertainment on any stage, anywhere.
#6 – Why is this a big deal? Leo has stated countless times on Security Now itself that he gets up and does other stuff during the show, because he knows that once you set Steve on something, he can go on about it for five or ten minutes without any further input. It isn’t like Steve is unaware of this or like he has hid it from him or the audience whatsoever.
I mean, I find Leo an increasingly unlikable person, but it does everyone a disservice to shove trivial bullshit alongside legitimate gripes.
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