Derrick Beckles is a Canadian writer, director, actor, punk rock singer and comedian from

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. He is the creator and host of the

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television show ''

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'', creator of the "TV Carnage" compilations, helped found

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. He also hosted the

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show '' Mostly 4 Millennials,'' after starting off fronting the Toronto ban
Black Jello

TV Carnage

Beckles recognized the appeal of poor programming in 1994 when he began releasing VHS mashups of spray-on hair infomercials, squirrel cooking shows, and public access freaks performing like no one’s watching. These compilations led to the creation of TV Carnage, a bootleg home-video series in which Beckles distills all the strangest clips from late-night infomercials, local-access programs and found videos, into hour-long DVDs. While Beckles had been editing together

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cartoons with

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songs to entertain his friends while in high school, the ''TV Carnage'' format didn't evolve into its current form until 1996. While bedridden and doped up on painkillers, Beckles began to assemble mashups with themes. In these mashups, Beckles treats well-known and unknown footage alike, sewing the scenes and moments together to create an absurd alternate entertainment universe. A self-described, "slutty distributor of heavenly crap", Beckles calls the creation of ''TV Carnage'' his "way of screaming at the world". Though the compilations' original format was VHS, Beckles soon began producing DVDs. The format allowed for a wider audience and soon ''TV Carnage'' began to gain a cult following.

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has claimed, "''TV Carnage'' is some of the most brilliant stuff out there right now." ''TV Carnage'' DVDs include: * Ouch Television My Brain Hurts * A Rich Tradition of Magic * When Television Attacks * Casual Fridays * A Sore For Sighted Eyes * Let's Work It Out! Beckles hosted many of the premieres for the ''TV Carnage'' DVDs at porn theatres in Toronto.

Vice TV

After being a writer for Canadian publication ''

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'', Beckles worked with

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to develop

''Totally for Teens''

Beckles developed a pilot in 2009 for

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' campaign PSAs." On the show, the audience is taught "questionable life lessons from its morally bankrupt host." The pilot was never picked up but eventually aired on Adult Swim's ''DVR Theater'' on January 19, 2011.

Music videos

Beckles has directed music videos for various recording artists that include

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, and

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. The video for Islands' song "No You Don't" stars

. The list of videos include: * Uncut – "Understanding the New Violence" – ''2006'' *

– "Vanished" – ''2008'' *

– "Randy's Hot Tonight" – ''2008'' * White Williams – "New Violence" – ''2008'' Selected as one of the Top Videos of the Year by

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– "Motor Licker" – ''2010'' *

– "No You Don't"- ''2010'' *

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– "Ropes" – ''2012'' *

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– "L.A. Looks" – ''2016'' *

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- "Techno Clique" - ''2016'' *

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- "Holier than Thou" - ''2021'' Beckles didn't direct, however, he did act in the video playing the role of Rock Jesus

References

External links

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Black Jello official YouTube
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TV Carnage

Vice TV

''Totally for Teens''

Music videos

See also

References

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