The History Of Former NBC Soap Passions Once Seen On e.tv

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Passions debuted in 1999 with major fanfare. Creator Reilly had been credited for a large surge in the ratings for Days of our Lives years before, thanks to innovative storylines like that of heroine Dr. Marlena Evans being possessed by Satan that drew new viewers, but also tended to alienate stalwart fans. With Passions, Reilly was able to start with a blank slate and no pre-existing fan base to please.

In the early days of the show, Passions heroine Sheridan Crane is identified as a close friend of Diana, Princess of Wales; soon Sheridan recalls speaking to Diana on the phone immediately prior to the 1997 car accident which took the Princess' life. Sheridan also has a similar accident in the same Paris tunnel, and speaks to a "guardian Angel Diana" who urges her to fight to survive, which drew considerable controversy. Sheridan later adopts the name Diana after a boating accident that results in amnesia.

The opening days of the show also introduced the Theresa/Ethan/Gwen love triangle that persisted as an ongoing main storyline to the very last episode of the series.

For much of the first three to four years of the series, supernatural elements such as witches, warlocks, and closet doors leading to Hell were major plot points, many surrounding the machinations of the centuries-old witch Tabitha Lenox and her doll-brought-to-life sidekick, Timmy — named by Entertainment Weekly as one of their "17 Great Soap Supercouples" in 2008. In 2001, HarperEntertainment released Hidden Passions , a tie-in novelization presented as Tabitha's diary, exposing the secrets and pasts of the town's residents. Passions featured a storyline involving Tabitha and Timmy promoting the book, which reached #4 on the real-life New York Times Best Seller list and garnered the series two alternative covers of TV Guide in July 2001.

In 2003, Passions submitted a trained orangutan named BamBam, who had been portraying the recurring role of Precious, for a Daytime Emmy Award. Precious was the non-speaking live-in nurse and caregiver for elderly Edna Wallace, and held an unrequited love for Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, which was depicted in elaborate fantasy sequences. In early 2004, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which administers the awards, disallowed the entry with the following statement:

Our ruling is based on the belief that the Academy must draw a line of distinction between animal characters that aren't capable of speaking parts and human actors whose personal interpretation in character portrayal creates nuance and audience engagement that uniquely qualifies those performers for consideration of television's highest honor.

In summer 2005, the prominent character Simone Russell came out as homosexual; Passions made daytime history by being the first serial to show two women — Simone and love interest Rae Thomas — in bed making love. In 2007, it was revealed that longtime hero Chad Harris-Crane was cheating on his wife with another man. This was also a daytime first, with the men portrayed in bed together. Passions also broke new ground in 2007 with its portrayal of Vincent as an intersexual who becomes pregnant with his own father's son.

Nearly seven years after the debut of Passions on July 5, 1999, the NBC-owned Sci Fi Channel began airing the series from its first episode starting February 13, 2006; the reruns had originally been announced to begin on February 6. Due to low ratings, the reruns were taken off the air as of May 25, 2006. On August 15, 2006, Passions became the first daytime drama to make full episodes available for download and purchase from the online music store iTunes. On November 6, 2006, the show also became the first daytime drama to make full episodes available for free viewing via streaming on NBC.com.

Though plagued since its inception by low overall Nielsen ratings, Passions was historically top-rated in key demographics. The series was not renewed by NBC for a full ninth season in 2007 because of its low ratings coupled with the network's decision to extend its morning news and talk show Today to a fourth hour. Since NBC owned the series entirely, NBC began shopping for other networks, especially cable networks to pick up the series for a ninth season, however there was no luck in other networks willing to pick up the series because of devastating low ratings and extreme expensive production costs. In April 2007, Satellite provider DirecTV bought exclusive rights from NBC to continue airing Passions, with most principal cast members staying on. As the series was coming to an end on NBC, Passions Live talk show hosted by Eric Martsolf premiered in August 2007 every Thursday night on DirecTV's The 101 giving fans the chance to call the show and interact live with Passions cast members, making Passions the first and only soap opera to ever have live talk show in U.S. history. The Passions Live talk show continued to air every Thursday night after moving to DirecTV until October 2007. The live show was also streaming live on the Official Passions Site at NBC.com. The series ended its NBC run on September 7, 2007, and new episodes began airing on DirecTV's original-programming channel The 101 on September 17, 2007, making Passions both the first soap opera broadcast on a direct broadcast satellite service and the first series to make such a transition from broadcast television. The series ran Monday to Thursday at 2 pm ET/11 am PT, with repeats airing later in the day and on weekends. Although NBC.com continued to cover the series' official website with updating features, video clips of each episode aired, updating news, and products relating to Passions, including all of the full videos of Passions Live show once the series left NBC and had moved to DirecTV, initially new episodes were no longer available for free viewing on the Passions official website at NBC.com or for purchase at iTunes.com since NBC's broadcasting decisions were entirely sold to DirecTV and the NBC.com Passions site promoted a DirecTV link letting fans know that Passions was no longer airing on NBC and was only available on DirecTV. On September 27, 2007, DirecTV announced they would provide an All Access Pass to Passions to view all new episodes on the Official Passions Site at NBC.com for a monthly fee. This service began on October 1, 2007 for $19.99 a month then reduced to $14.99 a month when Passions' schedule was cut from four episodes a week to three episodes a week. After the series moved to DirecTV, the subscription service added a special feature where a trivia question relating to Passions would pop up on each episode airing on The 101 for viewers to use their remote control to answer. Passions is first and only soap opera to ever have this type of feature.

On December 10, 2007, Variety magazine and various cast members confirmed that DirecTV had decided not to renew Passions for another year, but ordered 52 additional episodes to be taped through March 2008. New episodes of the series were broadcast until August 7, 2008, with DirecTV airing three new episodes per week starting January 2008. Universal Media Studios wrapped up production of Passions on March 28, 2008. The cast and crew were told at the wrap party that efforts to find a new outlet had failed and that the cancellation was final. Cast member McKenzie Westmore confirmed the news. Though Passions had been the highest-rated original program on DirecTV's The 101, it was reported that the network had failed to meet the projected number of new subscribers they had hoped to attract with the series.

Roundups #104: Insidus Games Presents Panic Restaurant, Adom TV To Air The Silent Thief And A Look At November's Lineup For WildEarth

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Panic Restaurant is now available to download on Insidus Games

Panic Restaurant is a platform game that stars a chef named Cookie who must navigate through his own restaurant, which has been cursed by a rival chef named Ohdove. Cookie has to battle evil food monsters with kitchen utensil weapons in six levels before taking on Ohdove in a final battle.

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The Silent Thief coming soon to Adom TV

Jessie’s perfect life becomes a nightmare when her only son, Ethan is kidnapped by unknown persons. No contact is made by the kidnappers, making the police conclude that the kidnapping was an act of revenge. Jessie has no clue as to who holds a grudge against her or her husband, Brylle, since they live a relatively quiet life. Brylle is a hard working doctor while Jessie is a devoted housewife. However, Brylle suspects Amado, the father of a patient he failed to save, and Reign, a lover he is keeping from Jessie.

Jessie spends her time searching for Ethan. She gains an ally in Larry, the lead investigator of the case who has hidden feelings for her. She meets Marie, who is actually Reign pretending to be a friend and who is plotting to ruin her marriage and steal Brylle.

In Jessie’s quest to find her son, she uncovers secrets that will point to unlikely suspects and will push her to the limit. Will she get back everything that was taken from her?

The series airs from 31 October on Adom TV.

What to expect on WildEarth in November 2022?

WILD Babies
10-13th November

WildEarth CAT GMT CET ET Wild Babies 3.30pm - 7.30pm 1.30pm - 5.30pm 2.30pm -6.30pm 8.30am - 12.30pm
Like humans, baby animals must all learn to thrive on this planet. Watching them develop their own characters as they face their first days, weeks and months in the wild is fascinating.
For four days WildEarth will be celebrating wild babies and finding as many as we can on SafariLIVE. November is the time when many of the herbivore babies are born at the same time so as to have safety in numbers form the predators. Also a plethora of baby chicks will hatch in our birds' nests. Prepare for many hours of cuteness overload.

On The Hunt
26-27th October 2022
WildEarth CAT GMT CET ET On the Hunt 5.30am - 7.30pm 3.30am - 5.30pm 4.30am -6.30pm 10.30am - 12.30pm

On the Hunt is a detailed look at the remarkable strategies employed by hunters to catch their prey and the hunted to escape. Rather than simply concentrating on 'the blood and guts' of predatory behaviours we will focus more upon the diverse strategies predators use to catch their food, and also the various evasive techniques prospective prey use to escape death by predator.

The Mystery Of Mess O' Blues (Unreleased Johnny Bravo Pilot)

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Mess O' Blues is a 1993 senior thesis project short film by Johnny Bravo creator Van Partible. The short film stars an Elvis Presley impersonator, who was the prototype version of what would later become the Johnny Bravo character. The title itself is a reference to an Elvis Presley song, A Mess of Blues.

While plot details of the short film are unknown, fifteen seconds of footage was shown in the "Bringing Up Johnny Bravo" look-back documentary, which was a bonus feature on the Season 1 DVD. In a video uploaded by Loyola Marymount University, four animation cels from Mess O' Blues were shown. These depicted the Elvis impersonator holding a mirror, holding a microphone, holding up a sheep with a bow on its head, and sitting on a bench across from an irritated woman. According to Partible, he owns the only VHS tape copy of the film.

As a guest on the What's In My Head Podcast, Van Partible confirmed that he has no plans to release Mess O' Blues. He wishes to preserve the novelty of sharing it with others as a "fun little thing" in private viewings, rather than publicly on the internet for all to see. Partible also reassured that the short film "isn't going anywhere" and that he saved a re-digitalized copy to his hard drive.

History
While Van Partible was a student at Loyola Marymount University, he decided to persue animation, and soon enough began to develop a short film for his senior thesis project. He originally wanted it to star a trio of Elvis impersonators ("Elvi") who fought crime, but settled on just one to lighten his one-man workload. This sole impersonator was described as an "over-the-hill aging rock star who thinks he's Elvis." The project originally had no soundtrack and was presented with a live-reading out of necessity, some friends of Partible's providing the voices and music, with Partible himself providing the sound effects. Due to Mess O' Blues being silent, he was unable to enter the piece in any film festivals.

When Partible learned that the short film was going to be shown to Hanna-Barbera, he added an audio track of himself doing all the voices. His animation professor, Dan McLaughlin, presented the completed short film (alongside student films by others) to Buzz Potamkin, a friend of his at the studio. Soon after, Partible was asked by Ellen Cockrill, one of the heads of development, if he was interested in pitching a 7-minute cartoon based on Mess O' Blues for their shorts program What A Cartoon! on Cartoon Network. When Partible pitched his polished idea of Johnny Bravo, it was met with some hesitancy until Cockrill and two other women fought to get the project made.

Credits: Wiki and YoshiKiller2S

Turkish Couple Edits Presents Verdeelde Liefde's Zeynep & Mehdi ❤️ You And I

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Turkish Couple Edits a YouTube channel which distributes a variety of music videos based on couples within a number of telenovelas. Part of which can be viewed on eExtra: #DisComplicated and Verdeelde Liefde.

Here's the first music video this time for the show Verdeelde Liefde:

If anyone is wondering what song is being used here it's You And I performed by the English Irish band One Direction which consists of Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.

Shrek "I Feel Good" Animation Test Part 1-4 Compilation

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Shrek is a 2001 computer-animated film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, based on the book of the same name. However, production for the film dates back to around 1995, when Chris Farley was originally cast as Shrek. Around this time, Dreamworks made an animation test featuring an early version of Shrek. It is currently unknown how long the animation test was. 

Plot 

All that's known about the plot is that Shrek enters a gated city at night, singing "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown. He comes across a Mugger tied to a rope, who was singing along with Shrek. Shrek proceeds to play with him and then stretches the Mugger on his rope, and sends him soaring into the night sky.

Availability 

Very little information is known about the topic, and all that remains of the actual animation test are still images. In April of 2017, YouTuber "unclesporkums" uploaded a storyboard version of the animation test. He later re-uploaded it in September of 2017 because he found more storyboards of the animatic. Since voices were absent from the original upload, he decided to voice over the missing lines by himself. The upload can be watched down below and is roughly 2 minutes and 23 seconds long. Considering the storyboards' existence, it’s likely that the actual animation is either somewhere in the Dreamworks Archives or in the hands of a collector.

On July 30th, 2022, LMW user DingleManBoy (aka DoofusManBoy on YouTube) found a sped-up clip of the tape in HD quality on a demo reel of a previous animator for Dreamworks' pre-production stage of Shrek (1996-1998). It was uploaded to YouTube and slowed down/zoomed so that every frame was visible (31 frames total). It is partially covered by another film and has no audio. 

On August 14th, 2022, YouTube user TheSecretLifeOfAliens uploaded two snippets of the test, a snippet with just Shrek, and a snippet with both Shrek and the Mugger, without the original audio. The footage comes from demo reels by another Dreamworks animator. 

On August 17th, 2022, a video containing early models for Shrek and the Mugger was found on the Hester Studios website. It's unknown if they were used in the final test. Credits: Lost Media Wiki and Simtonpore Studio

'G4', The American Version Of Britain's Ginx Esports To Go Dark Effective Immediately

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Comcast Spectacor, the cable and entertainment giant’s sports and esports division, told G4 TV employees Sunday that the gaming network was shutting down effective immediately. The decision has resulted in 45 staff members of G4 TV losing their jobs.

In a memo, obtained by the press, Comcast Spectacor chairman and CEO Dave Scott cited low viewership and said the network had not achieved “sustainable financial results.”

“Over the past several months, we worked hard to generate that interest in G4, but viewership is low and the network has not achieved sustainable financial results,” Scott wrote. “This is certainly not what we hoped for, and, as a result, we have made the very difficult decision to discontinue G4’s operations, effective immediately.”

Comcast Spectacor in July 2020 said it would reboot G4 TV, which NBCUniversal shut down in 2013 (after the network first launched in 2002). Russell Arons, the former Warner Bros., Machinima, EA and Mattel exec who joined G4 as president in September 2021, left the company two months ago.

The content studio and network officially returned to linear television on Nov. 16, 2021, after more than a year of the group releasing content online to test show new concepts. At launch, G4 TV was available Comcast’s Xfinity TV, Verizon Fios, Cox Communications and internet streaming service Philo. The network’s programming slate brought back fan-favorite legacy G4 shows like “Attack of the Show!” and “Xplay.”

In addition to Arons, Comcast Spectacor had hired two G4 alums: Brian Terwilliger, most recently at WWE and former producer for G4’s “Attack of the Show!”, joined as VP of programming and creative strategy. Blair Herter, who once worked on both “X-Play” and “Attack of the Show!”, had come on board as Comcast Spectacor’s VP of content partnerships and brand development.

G4 had established its own broadcast studio in Burbank, Calif., outfitted for professional esports gameplay. The roster of talent for the short-lived network include returning G4 hosts Kevin Pereira and Adam Sessler; esports personalities Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez (host of NBC’s “The Titan Games”), Ovilee May and Froskurinn; WWE Superstar Xavier Woods (aka Austin Creed); YouTube personalities Kassem G, Jirard “The Completionist” Khalil and Gina Darling; Twitch streamers Fiona Nova and Will Neff; livestreamer CodeMiko; and a “degenerate rat-puppet” named Ratty.

G4’s shutdown was first reported by Deadline.
Read Scott’s Sunday email to G4 staffers:
October 16, 2022

Team:
As you know, G4 was re-introduced last year to tap into the popularity of gaming. We invested to create the new G4 as an online and TV destination for fans to be entertained, be inspired, and connect with gaming content.

Over the past several months, we worked hard to generate that interest in G4, but viewership is low and the network has not achieved sustainable financial results. This is certainly not what we hoped for, and, as a result, we have made the very difficult decision to discontinue G4’s operations, effective immediately.

I know this is disappointing news, and I’m disappointed, too. I want to thank you and everyone on the G4 team for the hard work and commitment to the network. Our human resources team is reaching out to you to provide you with support, discuss other opportunities that may be available, and answer any questions you may have.

Thank you again for all of your hard work for G4.
Sincerely,
Dave Scott
Chairman and CEO
Comcast Spectacor

 

Long Read: Lessons On Transition And Consistency From Turkey's George Clooney Aka Ozcan Deniz

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Ozcan Deniz is born in Elmadag, which is a small province in the capital of Turkey - Ankara, has first showed up in screens and tabloids in early 90s as a teenager. Ankara is located at the heart of Anatolia and during the time the Arabesque (which is also a classical music genre) was massive in the region and had an influence in an entire generation and the country alike. The efforts from The Legendary Orhan Gencebay, The Emperor Ibrahim Tatlises and The Godfather Muslum Gurses has helped the music genre rise incredibly. There were people literally cutting their skin into pieces with razors during concerts, crying, screaming and all that good stuff. Not very much into dancing, except some funky gipsy-influenced songs of Ibrahim Tatlises.

Arabesque was a rather depressive, problematic and troublesome expression of music that described a nation which suffered 3 coupes by that time, experiencing economic difficulties, still paying the dues of a delayed catch-up of the industrial revolution's innovation. In fact, one can state that the problematic nature of Turkey in infrastructure, industrial, education and economic domains is caused by this which is still problematic to date. I mean, it is 2019 and Turkey still does not have a proper tax regulation to support tech companies or SMEs or NGOs - despite some efforts - and Turkish Lira has lost value significantly during the course of last several years. One can also state that this will provide the momentum of late catch-up culture of Turkey with The Internet Revolution (or Smart Phone revolution which I like to name it more like that but whatever) will also has consequences in the next 20 to 40 years considering the country has no proper environmental policy on top of all that previous stuff but let's leave that to a different article.

Ozcan Deniz was a youngster when he first came up, and due to the depressive nature of Arabesque music, performers and artists of the genre mostly (erm.. more like always) positioned themselves coming from 'really difficult times as a kid' and 'experienced every kind of drama in life'. It's not like I am unsymphatetic to any of the so called difficulties those individuals experienced, but obviously there were scams, flops, hypocrites and all kinds of applications you can think of when someone tries to get on to the fad train to gain fame and money. Like the start-up environment on our age today, instead people are starting companies with fancy one pagers for ICOs etc. nowadays - rather xtech then a depressive music style like arabesque or a Rap or R&B song.

Ozcan Deniz at his early days

Ozcan Deniz in his earlier days was a boy with huge afroish hair, rather 'natural' on his 'looks' despite some shiny accessories (probably gifted by their producers as arabesque come from Arabic in nature and I guess everyone knows the influence of Gold and its colour in the culture - does that come from Egypt originally?) claiming yet another pain story from his past with a powerful voice singing songs of love, agony, loneliness, solidarity, homesickness and basically any topic one can relate to arabesque.

As soon as he made to the stage, his transition started. There was stiff competition and most of the performers were positioning themselves as - sorry - losers, poor people who experienced unbearable miseries during their life and still maintained their faith in their beloved ones and The God, waiting for an update while singing. Crying on the stage while having booze and kebabs off the stage. They were the Drama Kings. Everything was bad and everything was like 'Oh God, what did I do to you, I am such a naive person and I sin not, yet you punish me with these experiences. Oh God I believe you so much and praying in you will definitely make things better in the next 50 years and worst case scenario I'll die and join you in heaven and that's when things will definitely be better. In Islam some claim that 40 hot chicks will welcome you in Heaven - Aloha! - if you be a good boy. Like Smurfs, you get to see them if you be a good boy, but in a more adult way. Funny such application from The God is never mentioned for the ladies, but I guess the Islamic POV of woman is pretty obvious, so. Nothing to worry about that, right?

I love you so much you make me dizzy, my white butterfly - Album by a rather more evolved Ozcan Deniz in later years.

A later Ozcan Deniz, on the other hand, positioned himself as a powerful guy - modern, handsome, taking good care of himself. He basically let go of the fad and became a more up to date performer who repositioned somewhere between Pop and Arabesque (Pop was big at the time also which made peak in Late 90s and Early 00s in Turkey). That was the 'breakeven point' for Ozcan Deniz. He became an early influencer, yet I doubt he even himself knew it. That doesn't mean of course it was very witty and smart of him to spot such gap in the market. Just like the start-ups, in a sense, there is a condensed market and someone comes up doing something in a way not very thought of before and succeeded with strategy. One can easily spot the transformation he performed from his early times to later 90s, with a nice suit and piercing looks and more sexy title which translates "I am losing my head for you because I am so much in love with you, my white butterfly." - Eww for me but it was significantly different positioning when compared to another arabesque-something like 'I am not even a human being because you have no interest in me, baby'.

His new strategy and line captured interest of producers, when Ozcan Deniz started showing up in series and movies. He started showing up in series and TV movies in mid 90s but his rise to the scene definitely happened in Asmali Konak, in which Ozcan Deniz was a landlord in South-East part of Turkey (close to Syria border) which had very dense cultural implications - these individuals are called 'Aga' in Turkish and basically 'own' the people (villagers, employees, etc.) in the area they live in. So basically he was that rich, educated nice guy who still had ties to his heritage and past. He was experiencing difficulties and drama but he stood so solid and cool ultimately he solved all the problems and issues. He was the new Drama Lord with a Modern look and Positive attitude.

In later years, he played in more shows. Let's take a quick look at his characters:

- Asmali Konak - Seymen Karadag: Respected landlord of Asmali Konak.
- Kader - Ali Asyali: Wealthy businessman who runs construction business internationally.
- Haziran Gecesi - Baran Aydin: Wealthy businessman who gets education in Italy.
- Istanbullu Gelin - Faruk Boran: Wealthy businessman, CEO of a multinational company (so wealthy to buy an airlines company, I mean, that wealthy).

You can spot the pattern, I guess. After his transition, Ozcan Deniz consistently positioned himself helping his cause in TV, eventually giving up the music business and becoming a phenomenal TV character. His series are mostly in top 5 of the rating list, became one of the highest earning movie stars and a publicly acclaimed individual who is widely respected - nothing to do with Arabesque only folks now. He has a reach on multiple domains.

Looking good, eh?

Ozcan Deniz became a self-made George Clooney of Turkey and deserves credit for his consistency, strategic execution and how he managed his transition so glamourously. Most of the Arabesque performers of his generation, old ones, young ones, mid level ones no longer exist in the scene or reach a minor audience nowadays, while Ozcan Deniz shows up on TV in every couple of years with a new series where he makes tons of money.

In a nutshell, what he has done to achieve this is:

1. Enter the market with a widely accepted business plan in potential.
2. Spot a gap in the market.
3. Reposition and rebrand in accordance to the gap.
4. Set a north pole of his own.
5. Strategically execute each move consistently - small like a paparazzi stand up chit chat after leaving a restaurant or big like positioning his character in an entire TV production - based on the direction of his north pole - a cultural transition.

Ozcan Deniz and his achievements can give a great depth of insight - a refined lesson - on what you or your company is today, and what it can become over time. If the gap you are looking for has a strategic potential, go for it, plan for it and execute it relentlessly - regardless of what others say. I am pretty certain when Ozcan Deniz first started rebranding his more sophisticated outlook by giving up on his gold accessories, many people criticized and did not support him. These people are long gone, retired or bankrupted while Ozcan Deniz is adding up to his bank account with ads, shows, live concerts and productions.

On the other hand, this also means that if you have followed a fad and keep the same business strategy and culture, you will also become non-existent over time.

Ozcan Deniz on the other hand has been influencing generations of Turkey since 2002.

Ozcan Deniz's success shows us what it takes to rebrand and transition your culture, and what it can take from you not to rebrand and evolve your culture and application over time can result into - loss and misery - and a few days later you find yourself with a big bottle of Raki, listening to 'that' arabesque song.

How Scooby-Doo Created A Generation Of Drug Junkies? By NTMA Production

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Scooby-Doo are a gang of characters that was introduced to audiences in 1969 at a time drug culture was booming. When Hanna Barbera created the brand it was already well known for creating several family shows about animals like The Huckleberry Hound Show, Yogi Bear, The Ruff And Reddy Show and Cattanooga Cats.

They also produced several superhero shows like Space Ghost and Dino Boy, The Space Kidettes and Birdman and the Galaxy Trio. Even produced riveting shows like The Jetsons and The Flintstones.

Perhaps one of Hanna Barbera's most greatest animal shows is about a gang who travel with their dog to solve mysteries. But unlike most kids shows this one inspired a generation to use drugs some of them wind up passing away.

Scooby-Doo has been onboard in one form or another for nearly 53 years with 15 series, 45 films and 46 short films including LEGO. While each of these projects have their own variation being a different cast or celebrity cameo from John Cena to Batman and Robin.

One thing these shows have in common is their whimsical view of drug use and abuse. As well as subliminal messaging peer pressuring people into taking these drugs.

Here's why Scooby-Doo leads people to do drugs?

1. Listening to peer pressure

Scooby and Shaggy haven't been fond of following the rest of the gang into abandoned places to apprehend various dangerous criminals. Listening to harassment from your friend can't do you wrong.

2. Bribery

There are special snacks your friends feed you that let you throw your sensibility out the window and live in a world where fear, pain and death doesn't exist or at least in your mind.

3. Addiction Is Not A Problem

The problem isn't addiction but people are being groomed to that lifestyle by various figures and special snacks wouldn't have that much affect on people.

Here's why Scooby-Doo leads people to do drugs?: Part 2

Those who've watched Scooby-Doo would recognise of the members Shaggy who comes across as someone who would use and here's why:

1. Paranoia

Shaggy gets terrified whenever the gang is going to shape up people and is often scared to help alongside Scoob.

2. Munchies

One of the traits about Shaggy is his habit of eating big quantities like sandwiches and is often a side effect to Marijuana.

3. Anorexia

For each quantity he eats he usually remains skinny meaning he's likely taking ecstasy or adarool. Both of which can contribute to one's weight when abused.

4. Addictive personality

Shaggy would do anything for a Scooby snack even overcome his paranoia.

5. Overcome peer pressure

It's no surprise that he would resort to this he was probably friendless till a guy like Fred came into the picture.

Other stuff

1. No job

The gang have no jobs and it is believed that they aren't being paid to solve mysteries so they sell Scooby snacks to kids in order to repair the mystery machine on top of other necessities. It's common for gangs to use this as a form of income.

2. Scooby Snacks: An Addiction

Shaggy can't stop getting his hands on them even throwing caution into the wind.

3. Talking Dog

Scooby is not Krypto or Airbud as the gang consider him a miracle dog despite his fear of danger. He wouldn't be able to talk or get least understand the English language fluently if the gang were using drugs. The only way anyone would be convinced he can talk is through a psychedelic.

To name a dog after a possible drug remains as a mystery perhaps they had another dog they too believed could talk. But how these get people into drugs is simple peer pressure.

 

Roundups #103: Blake Shelton To Exit The Voice On NBC, Thomas And Friends Scores Two Seasons Renewal On Cartoonito, Glee Docuseries Is Currently Underway On Discovery+

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The Voice to lose yet another Judge

Season 23 of “The Voice” will welcome some new faces and say goodbye to the hit show’s longest-tenured coach.

Next season will be Blake Shelton’s last on the show, NBC revealed in a statement on Tuesday, and Chance the Rapper and former One Direction member Niall Horan are set to join as first-time coaches.

Kelly Clarkson will round out the coach lineup in the new season, set to debut next spring,

“I’ve been wrestling with this for a while and I’ve decided that it’s time for me to step away from ‘The Voice,’” Shelton said in a statement via the network. “This show has changed my life in every way for the better and it will always feel like home to me.”

Thomas the tank engine is coming

Mattel, Incorporated announced that it has renewed Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, the highly successful animated series based on Thomas the Tank Engine, for two additional seasons. Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Studios has begun co-production with Mattel Television on the two new seasons which are set to deliver in 2023. Building upon the emphatic reception to Season 26 and the introduction of the series’ first autistic character, Bruno the Brake Car, seasons 27 and 28 will continue to broaden the global viewership of the celebrated series and are comprised of 26 11-minute episodes; each series also includes its own 60-minute special.

Season 27 finds the Number One Engine and his Sodor squad more ready than ever, as surprises await them around every turn. From cleaning up the muddiest of messes to the grand opening of a bakery-café, Thomas, Percy, Kana, Nia, Diesel and Bruno are all aboard for more memories and hijinks. No matter how big the delivery or impossible the task, there is nothing that Thomas and his friends can’t accomplish together.

“The global impact of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go is as strong as ever and has been reinforced through the franchise’s recent introduction of Bruno,” said Fred Soulie, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mattel Television. “Alongside our global broadcast partners, we’re excited to maintain the Thomas & Friends legacy by continuing the beloved adventures of Thomas and the Sodor crew, all while allowing audiences to revel in the playful nature of the series and further connect with our characters.”

Glee documentary in the works

Discovery+ and ID are exploring the real story behind Fox’s hit series Glee.

The streamer has ordered a three-part docuseries from Ample Entertainment, the company behind HBO docuseries The Invisible Pilot and Facebook’s 9 Months with Courteney Cox.

The series will have access to key cast and crew members, who will share first-hand stories of their time on the comedy drama series that ran for over 100 episodes between 2009 and 2015.

It will lift the curtain to reveal the highs and lows of the production and the on-set community and will also feature testimonials of close family and friends with never-heard-before stories.