''Totally for Teens'' (also known as ''The Best of Totally for Teens'' or ''Totally 4 Teens'') is an American failed
television pilot
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created by
Derrick Beckles
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and Sabrina Saccoccio for
Cartoon Network
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's late night programing block,
Adult Swim
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and s is an American adult-oriented television programming block that airs on Cartoon Network which broadcasts during the evening, prime time, and Late-night television, late-night Dayparting, dayparts. T ...
. It eventually aired on Adult Swim's "DVR theater" on January 19, 2011.
Production
Filmed in
Brooklyn, New York
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,
[ the ]pilot episode
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for ''Totally for Teens'' was written and produced by Derrick Beckles
Derrick Beckles is a Canadian writer, director, actor, punk rock singer and comedian from Scarborough, Ontario. He is the creator and host of the Adult Swim television show ''Hot Package'', creator of the "TV Carnage" compilations, helped found Vi ...
, who also starred in it. Produced alongside Ari Fishman (former ''The Daily Show
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'' producer from 2000 to 2005) and directed by Chris Grismer
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, ''Totally for Teens'' ran for approximately 12 minutes, and was released on January 6, 2009.Comedy Central
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showed interest in the show and several actors were interested in working with him if it were to be picked up.[ ''Totally for Teens'' has had regular screenings at Street Carnage's "Monster Island",]
Summary
Described as a low-quality, live-action retro after school show, ''Totally for Teens'' is a parody of shows marketed for the teen demographic, which utilizes "teen lingo" and "teen styled" wardrobes.
In an interview with the ''Tea Party Boston'', Beckles himself describes the ''Totally for Teens'' and his role in it as being "this teen show that never existed; basically I’m trying to give these teens the worst set of ethics and morals possible."rap
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duo ''Riff Raff'', who perform a song "D-I-S-E-A-S-E", which is about practicing safety against the contraction of AIDS
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in front of their classroom as part of an assignment, from a 1987 educational film
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. Sketch comedy and man-on-the-street segments are also featured. It also stars Leo Fitzpatrick
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Career
He was ...
as a cross dressing
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drug dealer, named "Mookie". Derrick is shown holding a lit cigarette, despite his opposition in real life as part of the Truth.com campaign, and in show as he attempts to dissuade a teenage boy against smoking. Street Carnage itself has called ''Totally for Teens'' a "warped teen show meets hyperactive video editing meets equal parts obnoxiousness and genius".[
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Cast
Pilot episode
Release
''Totally for Teens'' was released on DVD
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as part of ''Adult Swim in a Box
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'' on October 29, 2009, on an extra DVD of Adult Swim pilots, along with '''', '' Korgoth of Barbaria'', ''Welcome to Eltingville
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'', and the pilot episode of ''Perfect Hair Forever
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''. The pilots DVD was re-released alone in June 2010.Adult Swim Pilots
DVD overview at adultswimshop.com
References
Sources
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External links
''The Best of Totally 4 Teens''
at Adult Swim
''Totally for Teens''
at the Internet Movie Database
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Adult Swim pilots and specials
Television pilots not picked up as a series
2009 short films
2011 television specials