Fred Entertainment (formerly Movie Poop Shoot and later Quick Stop Entertainment) is a pop-culture website. The site was founded as Movie Poop Shoot by director

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to promote the 2001 movie ''

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''. The site served as the launching pad for SModcast, Smith's popular comedy podcast. In early 2010, Smith released control of the site over to editor Ken Esteban Plume, who re-branded the site as Fred Entertainment. Quick Stop Entertainment became Fred Entertainment on January 1, 2010. It was taken over and is now owned by Ken Plume, former editor of Quick Stop Entertainment.

History

Quick Stop Entertainment's original incarnation as "MoviePoopShoot.com" was set up as a parody of websites such as "

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", and was featured in ''

''. The site began producing editorial content on June 17, 2002 under editor

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. Ryall ran the website for four years until 2005, when he left for

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. In May 2006, the site was named Quick Stop Entertainment after the hiring of new editor Ken Plume, one of the founding members of IGN FilmForce. The site's staff also makes appearances at fan-conventions, and in 2008 hosted a panel at

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, in

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in 2008 which featured the members of Snydecast and Cabin Fever. Quick Stop also co-hosts the Gonzo Film Festival (founded by Ken Plume and Widgett Walls in 2003) with needcoffee.com on the Saturday of the event. In 2008, Ken Plume created the online songwriting contest, "The Masters of Song Fu." The contest is described as a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors are presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They are given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries are voted on by the public. After three preliminary rounds, the challenger who has received the most votes goes head to head against one of the "Masters of Song Fu" in a single song battle. This song is also voted on by the public and the winner is crowned the "Master of Song Fu!" Masters of Song Fu is now a regular feature of ASiteCalledFRED.com. The winners of Song Fu were: One:

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, Two: The RiffTones (from

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), Three:

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, Four: Berg & Jerry, Five: Joe Covenant Lamb, Six:

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. Some other notable former Song Fu competitors include;

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and

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who wrote what he subtitled 'Ron Nasty's Last Song for the competition. There were also two Song Fu 'Specials': The Holiday Special, for which

wrote an exclusive track, and the Red Nose Day Special. In 2010, Bagged & Boarded became a live show at

's SModCastle.

Featured content

Podcasts

*Ken P.D. Snydecast - w/

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and Ken Plume *Cabin Fever - w/ Aaron Poole and Brian Fitzpatrick *Monkey Talk - w/

Paul Dini Paul McClaran Dini (; born August 7, 1957) is an American screenwriter and comic creator. He has been a producer and writer for several Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics animated series, most notably ''Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995 ...

and Rashy * Bagged & Boarded- w/ Matt Cohen and Jesse Rivers *A Bit Of A Chat - w/ Ken Plume and various celebrities

Columns

*Opinion in a Haystack - by Bob Rose *Thingamabobs - by Ken Plume *Toy Box - by Michael Crawford *Trailer Park - by Christopher Stipp *TV or Not TV - by Will Willkins *Game On! - by Ian Bonds *Comics & Comics - by Matt Cohen *Comics in Context - by Peter Sanderson *Musical Myspace Tour- by Aaron Poole *Party Favors - by Joe Corey *Hands Down"Hands Down"
Fred Entertainment.

Defunct columns

*About Town - by Thom Fowler (2002–2004) *Off the Radar - by Thom Fowler (2002–2004)

References

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External links

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