If I recall correctly ABC also never gave the show a consistent timeslot, which can often be the kiss of death for a show on it's own, at least in the days before on-demand streaming.
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- Mr. Tomlinson's feud started after members of the now-defunct Reddit site r/opieandanthony got his Twitter account suspended, causing him to threaten some bored trolls who never heard of him with a libel lawsuit. The trolls responded predictably.
- Mr. Tomlinson has been instructed many times by friends, family, police, and attorneys to stop engaging with his trolls, and that continuing to provoke them will cause him to be trolled even more. Mr. Tomlinson wilfully ignores this advice.
- He would eventually file a defamation suit against 60 anonymous people which was dismissed with Mr. Tomlinson being ordered to pay $34,762.25 for opposing parties' attorney fees.
- He ended up paying $83,736.99 due to his unsuccessful attempts to dodge the court-ordered judgement, for which he faced jail time and contempt charges.
- He also filed 2 frivolous restraining orders against people who had engaged in First Amendment-protected behavior (one for texting him and another for attending his contempt of court hearing), both of which were dismissed.
- Early on in the lawsuit, Mr. Tomlinson vandalized his own motorcycle and submitted a false police report blaming the people he was suing.
- He accidentally sent surveillance video of the alleged vandal to a troll. The individual in the video is very obviously Patrick S. Tomlinson.
- Mr. Tomlinson has never submitted this video footage during any of his many media tours, and desperately tries to scrub it from the internet.
- Mr. Tomlinson claims that the surveillance video was initiated by his "motion-activated" camera, which only collects "30 seconds at a time", despite the video being 32 seconds long and beginning several seconds before the "vandal" enters into the frame.
- On 13 April 2023, the individual responsible for calling the fake emergences (SWATs) to Mr. Tomlinson's house, a SWAT-for-hire dealer named "Torswats", revealed that Mr. Tomlinson ordered the SWATs to his own house because he wanted to get in the news and sue the MPD for money.
- Torswats would repeat these allegations in private chats which were not intended for public view.
- Mr. Tomlinson has gone on multiple news tours since the SWATtings started in order to promote his victimhood brand, utilizing the services of Lenora Claire.
- He also recently sued the MPD for money.
I have a theory about why Kevin Smith stuff sucks so much
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The only episodes they did air were also played out of order, so nothing made sense.
The story goes that they signed Kevin when they were behind in the ratings. Then suddenly Who Wants to be a Millionaire pushed them to number 1 and they didn't need Clerks cartoon anymore.
The Clerks cartoon really did impress me. The first episode was rough, but after that, it was definitely better than anything Seth McFarlane has shat out in recent years (it even took a shot at McFarlane I one episode).
It perfected the blend of non-sensical pop culture references and absurdist humor that was refreshing at the time, and is almost a trope now. The episode where Jay sues the Quick Stop in particular is nothing short of a classic.
Yes, now that you bring it up I'm remembering that, too, you're right; I'd read an interview with Smith in like 2002-2003 where he went into this, this was also not long after Disney bought ABC, so that factored in as well, Disney had to hold on to their family-friendly image and Clerks didn't fit. Smith hated Disney for that for years, but now he slurps their nuts every time a Marvel or Star Wars movie comes out.