Leo Laporte plans to launch The New Screen Savers, regardless of the legal consequences, this Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 3:00 PM Pacific time. He even called in favors to his sycophantjournalistfriends to write puff pieces and he can’t waste that free press by delaying the launch.
We plan to ring in the new show with our own live chat where we always hang out. Join us, in a room where you won’t get banned for saying, for instance, “Leo has abdominal Pinocchio syndrome”.
North Korea is Best KoreaUnlike the North Korean-run TWiT live IRC ruled with an iron fist by Glorious Leader <&Dan> and General <@ScooterX>, you won’t be silently muted for saying “How is a priest, a man of the cloth, allowed to have a BMI of 45 when that’s a deadly sin? Is he a real priest at all?”
Join us for a lively bit of conversation between friends. And just in case you think you might want to say “Mike Elgum sounds like a malfunctioning Furby” or “Megan is working by the sweat of her brows” for some reason, know that we will not censor your speech.
Set your devices to remind you to join our chat around 2:45 PM Pacific on Saturday, just after THEEEEEEEEEEEE Tech Guy!
Poor little feller.The dismal download numbers, lack of advertisers, and entirely uninteresting content hung over Marketing Mavericks like the Sword of Damocles. That sword finally fell, and Marketing Mavericks is now cancelled without warning.
We haven’t found Tonya Hall’s Patreon campaign yet, but we’re hoping she can send us a link to help her promote her new ventures. She says she’s “on hiatus” (like the also-canceled Padre’s Corner), but Leo accidentally told the truth about what “hiatus” means on an open mic tonight.
We are with Tonya in her time of need, and we created her a farewell video below.
“Market the sizzle, not the steak.” — Tonya Hall on her last video podcast ever
The Editorial Board at Total Drama has been on top of all the latest developments with The New Screen Savers. We’ve covered it with our prediction that the launch was imminent (source by Leo’s on-screen leaks via HipChat). We covered the leak of the trailer the day the announcement was to take place. And finally, we posted our post-announcement analysis of where TWiT is heading with the new show, complete with possible legal troubles over the trademark held previously by Comcast-NBCUniversal.
However, many of our regular commenters have asked for sources relating to the cease-and-desist letter TWiT received from Comcast-NBCUniversal lawyers attempting to protect their trademark. We had some people outright disbelieve us. The video below will disprove that notion.
Hilton A. Goring could not be reached for comment.We are not lawyers (we haven’t contacted LegalZoom either, which is not a law firm), and we can’t comment about the probable outcome of this legal matter. However, we don’t understand Leo Laporte openly taunting Comcast-NBCUniversal who #Soup at least acknowledges previously held the trademark. Wouldn’t it make a bit of sense to postpone the show until the legal matter is resolved?
Nope. That’s not the way #soup does things. He forges ahead, no matter what anyone else thinks.
When you watch this video, make sure to keep watching. About halfway through, Leo Laporte pontificates on whether his audience would pay his legal bill for him. No kidding. Really. It’s worth 4 minutes of your life.
We hope TWiT reconsiders, given that they are placing themselves in further legal peril and even acknowledge “That’s not going to fool the lawyers”, in the video. We imagine it won’t, since Comcast-NBCUniversal can afford much better lawyers than TWiT.
If Leo Laporte does actually spit in their face (legally speaking) and continues with the relaunch (oh wait it’s not a relaunch now) on Saturday, join us in our chat room to discuss the show with us.
Not content to let Total Drama handle all the TWiT-related sarcasm, Leo Laporte has stepped up to the plate. The noted accidental-$8,000-lens-orderer had this to say on Facebook today in reference to tonight’s final episode of The Giz Wiz on TWiT:
“I’m gonna be crying my eyes out.”
We’ll set aside the code-switching of “I’m gonna” for now, but definitely check out some of the comments on #Soup’s post below, before they get deleted.
Join us in Total Drama Chat tonight at 4:30PM Pacific, where you won’t be banned for saying “ScooterX is a pile of human excrement” or “PadreSJ looks like a carnie from my nightmares” or “God Leo has really put on the weight.”
Disingenuous at best.The natives are getting restless.
Yesterday, #Soup happened upon “LeoLaporteSucks”, either through his web site or his newtwitter. Leo tried to act like LeoLaporteSucks has lost his edge, but we support LLS wholeheartedly.
Poor Gum wished for a @MikeElganSucks, so Total Drama has reserved the name for future use. Right now, nobody cares about Mike Elgan (and he doesn’t control the chat nazis that LeoLaporteSucks covers in his tweets, unlike Leo Laporte).
Thanks to an anon in the chat room for the video. Keep those submissions rolling in via the “Feedback & Tips” link on the right.
Stay thirsty, my friend.Our previous post regarding the Giz Wiz Patreon campaign came to the attention of OMGchad. We’re big fans of Chad and <> here at Total Drama, so it was concerning to us that he asked for donations given that Soup said they would redirect RSS feeds and provide other assistance. We felt this might lead to Leo Laporte getting money off the top of Chad and Dick’s donations.
Thankfully, today we learn this is not the case, and we encourage you to check out the Giz Wiz Patreon campaign and donate if you enjoy The Giz Wiz hosted by Chad Johnson.
@LarryPrettion TWiT will get no money from the Patreon. Going indepdendent was my idea, not TWiTs!
How the heck are ya, First Name Last Name? We’ve got a, um, super article for you to ruh-read today. It’s just super. Really, really uhhhh easy. In just a sec, we’ve got some news from Randal Schwartz, host of the show that time (and Leo Laporte) forgot, FLOSS Weekly, but first, check this shit out.
Village IdiotStarting around Jun 10, 2015, TNT will begin at 9:30AM Pacific and will last 90 minutes. This, of course, is in addition to the late time the show starts every single day due to Mike Elgan’s incompetence and EffenDumb’s nervous laughter and poor TD skills.
You might be asking yourself, why the heck would you add 30 minutes to such a daily shitshow that has actually gotten worse over time (even since Gum took over) and is a self-parody? Well, the editorial board has discussed possible reasons, and our only conclusion is that it must be #Soup/CeHO’s recognition that TNT is one of the only shows that is keeping subscriptions up. With CPMs falling, that extra 30 minutes affords them at least one more ad! Cha-ching! Keep up the great work Lisa!
Offer code TWiT. Photo CreditToday, April 29, 2015, Gum did a 3 minute ad, a 3 minute story, and then another 3 minute ad. They really aren’t even trying anymore. What is hilarious is that it was so obvious and embarrassing that the editors cut the Braintree add out and spliced it in at 3:15 of today’s Tech News Today.
Update: Chad has stated unequivocally now that not a dime from the Patreon campaign goes to Soup or CeHO. Click here to read more.
Rest in peace, idealistic Chad.Giz Wiz is gone from TWiT. That much we all know. Some readers may not know the back story. We are here to inform the masses.
Famed soup-slurper Leo Laporte used to employ Chad full-time as a TD and host of various shows. He first axed Chad’s shows and then later spun this as a good thing. #Soup just loooooooooooooooooooooooooves Chad.
They loooooooove Chad.Chad, much like Erik (peace be upon him), couldn’t really grasp the concept being fired, and still stuck around for the pittance that #Soup offered him weekly for the Giz Wiz. Having lost his job, Chad had little choice, so for this, we cannot blame him, and we still supported him. We knew he was on the way way out; that’s the way Leo operates. Leo never outright fires anyone. He prefers to cut off most of their money in an attempt to make them quit on their own and he hopes no one will notice the cause and call him on it (chat mods are there to enforce the silence). See: JRY, Snubs, Erik, Chad, etc.
The very insightful Richard Yes found the evidence and brought to light the fact that the cancellation of The Giz Wiz was imminent. Unfortunately, we were correct, but Leo Laporte couldn’t even be a man and tell Chad and Dick they were fired. Leo gave Chad and Dick the cold shoulder until after the Sunday TWiT when he announced The New Screen Savers. This was news to Dick and Chad. They found out via a phone call after he publicly announced it to everyone.
#Soup, never one to outright fire anyone, pushed them onto Patreon, since he saw that worked well to get rid of Chad once before.
TWiT cancelled and ended The Giz Wiz — so we decided to take it independent. https://t.co/Y2RhQ6N1bv
We wish Chad well, but we will not give one single dime to him until he explicitly states that #Soup and TWiT get no money from the Patreon operation. This is very concerning to us, because Leo said he is giving technical assistance to the fledgling podcast. We encourage Chad to clarify this matter as soon as possible in order to release the contributions from the Total Drama faithful. See the latest post regarding this matter where Chad clarifies that #Soup gets no money from this Patreon campaign.
Photo Credit: blu-news.org @ Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/95213174@N08/12266940413
The editorial board of Total Drama found out that we are not welcome in the European Union. Angela Merkel personally deported us back to the slum of .org and issued us a trespass warning.
Like Greece, we shall not take Merkel’s disrespect laying down. TotalDrama.Net is back and better than ever, ready to cover every soup-slurping, mic-muting, k-lining, host-firing moment of TWiT.
Call for Guest Writers
We can’t do this without you, the reader. We literally can’t because TWiT sucks so badly now that we can’t watch with the same frequency we used to. We rely on you for tips so we can go back and check the DVR to see what horrible thing they’ve done now and write about it.
This is still a lot of work for a small band of writers. We are calling on you to submit your own articles through the tip functionality of the site. If your writing/videos/images are good over several submissions, you will be given access to post to the site yourself. Give us a real email in this case (make a new anonymous one if you wish) so that we can get in touch with you.
Help us out and help us cover the “netcast” wasteland in Petaluma today!
PS: Gum says adding a picture makes a post more engaging. Did it work?
Elgum will literally (attempt to) read anything put in front of him on a prompter. He isn’t able to do this very well, of course, but today Megan Morrone co-hosted the shit-show called Tech News Today, and she had a joke of a story in the “News You Can Lose Segment.”
Why is this segment in a news show they want us to watch?
Leo Laporte has crowed over and over about how TWiT is aimed to be the CNN of Tech, but the following video illustrates how that’s a crock of shit.
The editorial board of Total Drama presents to you:
Mike Elgan Believing a Story
About a Wearable Banana
Exposing The Dark Underbelly of TWiT, Leo Laporte, and Failed CEO Lisa Laporte
