Jerkbeast (partially lost Seattle public access comedy TV series; 2001-2002)
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Cover of the movie that was based on the show.
Status: Partially Lost
Jerkbeast was a comedy television show that aired on Seattle public access television (specifically, on the Seattle Community Access Network)[1] from April 6th, 2001 to September 25th, 2002.[2] The show featured a large foul-mouthed paper maché monster (the Jerkbeast) who would scream at and insult people who called in.[3] As the show's website described it: "It's a simple premise: 30 minutes of pure, blinding hatred directed at YOU, the viewing audience. Call in and try to out-swear us. You'll find it rather difficult."[4]
A movie with the same name (and featuring the same cast) was made a few years after the show ended.[5][6] Additionally, the cast formed a garage punk band called Steaming Wolf Penis.
About
One of the cast members, Calvin Lee Reeder (who played "Sweet Benny" on the show) writes on his website[7]:
I use to go to Brady’s house a lot. There was this particular pile of trash in the living room, and each time I went over there, it seemed to grow in horrible new ways. One day it became the Jerkbeast. Brady had plans to host a public access show wearing it. He did that. Brain Wendorf and I co-hosted 2 seasons of it alongside him on Scan-TV channel 77. We had a pretty strong following, and it was as all because of the Jerkbeast, the most creatively vile rapid-fire insulter Seattle public access had ever known. All social boundaries were ignored, and we received death threats on a regular basis.
It went so well we decided to turn it into a movie. The movie features the three of us in a band called Steaming Wolf Penis, Jerkbeast played drums. That band was so bad it gained a separate cult following. We played live quite a bit even toured England a couple of times. I’d say most people who saw us play didn’t even know we made a movie, probably never will.
Found Episodes
Some of the episodes were available on staticvideo.com[2] until around late 2008. Archive.org saved some of them, although the videos are very low quality.
In 2012, someone uploaded 4 episodes of Jerkbeast to YouTube.[8] The video is much higher quality video than the episodes on staticvideo.com.
In 2014, Justin Brown uploaded two episodes of Jerkbeast to Vimeo (S01E11 and S01E14).
In 2019, YouTube user gov' holocaustal uploaded 21 episodes of Jerkbeast, including a moderately-sized chunk of season 2.
As of 2021, all previously found, publicly available episodes have been taken down by the creator, Brady Hall,[9] though they are still available on Anonfiles.
List of Episodes
Season 1
| # | Air Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 6th, 2001 | Found |
| 2 | Apr 13th, 2001 | Found |
| 3 | Apr 20th, 2001 | Found |
| 4 | Apr 28th, 2001 | Lost |
| 5 | May 7th, 2001 | Found |
| 6 | May 14th, 2001 | Lost |
| 7 | May 21st, 2001 | Lost |
| 8 | Jun 1st, 2001 | Lost |
| 9 | Jun 8th, 2001 | Lost |
| 10 | Jun 15th, 2001 | Lost |
| 11 | Jun 22nd, 2001 | Found |
| 12 | Jun 29, 2001 | Lost |
| 13 | Jul 7th, 2001 | Lost |
| 14 | Jul 14th, 2001 | Found |
| 15 | Jul 21st, 2001 | Found |
| 16 | Jul 27th, 2001 | Found |
| 17 | Aug 3rd, 2001 | Found |
| 18 | Aug 10th, 2001 | Found |
| 19 | Aug 24th, 2001 | Found |
| 20 | Aug 31st, 2001 | Found |
| 21 | Sep 7th, 2001 | Found |
| 22 | Sep 14th, 2001 | Found |
| 23 | Sep 21st, 2001 | Found |
| 24 | Sep 28th, 2001 | Found |
Season 2
| # | Air Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 3rd, 2002 | Found |
| 2 | Apr 11th, 2002 | Found |
| 3 | Apr 18th, 2002 | Found |
| 4 | Apr 24th, 2002 | Found |
| 5 | May 1st, 2002 | Found |
| 6 | May 8th, 2002 | Found |
| 7 | May 15th, 2002 | Found |
| 8 | May 22nd, 2002 | Lost |
| 9 | May 29th, 2002 | Partially Found |
| 10 | Jun 5th, 2002 | Lost |
| 11 | Jun 12th, 2002 | Lost |
| 12 | Jun 19th, 2002 | Lost |
| 13 | Jun 26th, 2002 | Found |
| 14 | Jul 3rd, 2002 | Lost |
| 15 | Jul 10th, 2002 | Lost |
| 16 | Jul 17th, 2002 | Lost |
| 17 | Jul 24th, 2002 | Lost |
| 18 | Jul 31st, 2002 | Lost |
| 19 | Aug 7th, 2002 | Lost |
| 20 | Aug 14th, 2002 | Lost |
| 21 | Aug 21st, 2002 | Lost |
| 22 | Aug 28th, 2002 | Partially Found |
| 23 | Sep 4th, 2002 | Lost |
| 24 | Sep 11th, 2002 | Lost |
| 25 | Sep 18th, 2002 | Lost |
| 26 | Sep 25th, 2002 | Lost |
External Links
- Official website of Jerkbeast.
- Mirror of found episodes on Files.fm
- Mirror of found episodes on Dailymotion
- Mirror of found episodes on Archive.org.
- Clips from the show.
- Audio clips of various calls.
- Jerkbeast Flash animation.
- TV promo for Jerkbeast.
- Interview with Calvin Lee Reeder on Soundcloud.
- Another recording of S01E15.
- Another recording of S01E16.
- Another recording of S01E17.
- Another recording of S01E18.
- Behind the scenes footage of episode S01E19 (1/2).
- Behind the scenes footage of episode S01E19 (2/2).
- Another recording of S01E21.
- Another recording of S01E23.
- Another recording of S01E24.
- Another recording of S02E01.
References
- ↑ TV Schedule for SCAN-TV: April 1st - September 30th, 2002
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 List of Jerkbeast episodes
- ↑ https://vice.com/read/sweet-benny-has-a-new-movie
- ↑ Jerkbeast! The TV show that loves to hate you!
- ↑ Jerkbeast trailer UK
- ↑ Jerkbeast movie on Amazon.com
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131225220747/http://www.calvinleereeder.com/jerkbeast/
- ↑ https://youtube.com/user/chattyjerk2/videos
- ↑ Reddit account for "TheRealJerkbeast," explaining why the previously found episodes were taken down.