Jerkbeast (partially lost Seattle public access comedy TV series; 2001-2002)
This article has been tagged as NSFW due to its strong language and mature humor.
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, YouTuber 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 6, 2001 | Found |
| 2 | Apr 13, 2001 | Found |
| 3 | Apr 20, 2001 | Found |
| 4 | Apr 28, 2001 | Lost |
| 5 | May 7, 2001 | Found |
| 6 | May 14, 2001 | Lost |
| 7 | May 21, 2001 | Lost |
| 8 | Jun 1, 2001 | Lost |
| 9 | Jun 8, 2001 | Lost |
| 10 | Jun 15, 2001 | Lost |
| 11 | Jun 22, 2001 | Found |
| 12 | Jun 29, 2001 | Lost |
| 13 | Jul 7, 2001 | Lost |
| 14 | Jul 14, 2001 | Found |
| 15 | Jul 21, 2001 | Found |
| 16 | Jul 27, 2001 | Found |
| 17 | Aug 3, 2001 | Found |
| 18 | Aug 10, 2001 | Found |
| 19 | Aug 24, 2001 | Found |
| 20 | Aug 31, 2001 | Found |
| 21 | Sep 7, 2001 | Found |
| 22 | Sep 14, 2001 | Found |
| 23 | Sep 21, 2001 | Found |
| 24 | Sep 28, 2001 | Found |
Season 2
| # | Air Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 3, 2002 | Found |
| 2 | Apr 11, 2002 | Found |
| 3 | Apr 18, 2002 | Found |
| 4 | Apr 24, 2002 | Found |
| 5 | May 1, 2002 | Found |
| 6 | May 8, 2002 | Found |
| 7 | May 15, 2002 | Found |
| 8 | May 22, 2002 | Lost |
| 9 | May 29, 2002 | Partially Found |
| 10 | Jun 5, 2002 | Lost |
| 11 | Jun 12, 2002 | Lost |
| 12 | Jun 19, 2002 | Lost |
| 13 | Jun 26, 2002 | Found |
| 14 | Jul 3, 2002 | Lost |
| 15 | Jul 10, 2002 | Lost |
| 16 | Jul 17, 2002 | Lost |
| 17 | Jul 24, 2002 | Lost |
| 18 | Jul 31, 2002 | Lost |
| 19 | Aug 7, 2002 | Lost |
| 20 | Aug 14, 2002 | Lost |
| 21 | Aug 21, 2002 | Lost |
| 22 | Aug 28, 2002 | Partially Found |
| 23 | Sep 4, 2002 | Lost |
| 24 | Sep 11, 2002 | Lost |
| 25 | Sep 18, 2002 | Lost |
| 26 | Sep 25, 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.