TV CARNAGE

For over 12 years, TV Carnage has been at the forefront of incredibly humorous video collages. It is the innovator of a popularized movement that arranges glimpses into brilliant and hypnotic stories that examine and satirize media’s involvement in today’s evolution of popular culture. TV Carnage's creator Derrick Beckles also currently hosts Adult Swim's Hot Package, is a producer and correspondent for Vice TV, and recently appeared on Comedy Central's Drunk History.

lso fueling the nostalgia is content. When things went straight to video in the ’80s and early ’90s, much of the content was meant to be disposable. The best way to get a real feel for how awful this content was is to look to a compilation series called TV CARNAGE. Derrick Beckles collected oddball video footage from the moment it started turning up at flea markets and yard sales. He was part of an informal network of collectors who traded the most jaw-dropping examples of trash culture. When he was laid up with an injury in 1996 he got two VHS machines and started editing together the most horrible clips. His genius at juxtaposing these has created a new generation of VHS aficionados.

Beckles recently turned up as a host on an Adult Swim show called Hot Package. The format is a panel like Entertainment Tonight where they review a mix of vintage and current clips compatible with the junk culture aesthetic. One of his co-hosts is an animated talking VHS machine that spews pink goo. His latest project: Totally for Teens blends vintage after-school-special material with new footage with the intent of “giving these teens the worst set of ethics and morals possible.” If you weren’t around for the glory days of awful VHS productions, TV CARNAGE is here to show you what you missed.