Soooo more than a decade ago, back when WAM clips on YouTube actually got shown to people besides, um, people looking for WAM clips.... I got a strange email from someone who worked for "WhackedOutTV." They were starting a new series and needed goofy, funny, and "bizarre" content to fill it out. And they'd seen my stuff on YouTube and wanted to know if they could license it.

I REALLY thought this was a scam. (I even spoke about it with PieFightGirls Neil! He thought it was a scam.) And yet, after some back-and-forths.... Turned out it was NOT a scam. They only wanted to license a handful of clips, for one-time-use, and in return they'd pay me $300. Back then, $300 was good money! It covered most of my rent that month!

So I wound up sending them the Marisa clips from SS50 & SS51. They cut me a nice check. And.... I never saw the footage.
Until now.
When a new channel started uploading vintage WhackedOutTV clips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXwW-Jx0kvA

They... basically just kept the spirit of the original skit? Right down to Marisa being a supermodel? But with a ton more voiceover? (And also, they used a cartoon pie when the real one was RIGHT THERE?)
It's a neat little time capsule, anyway. Sadly they never asked for more footage. Guess once was enough!

This is so very Tosh.0/The Soup/Best Week Ever, but with more of a "90s Spike TV" vibe.

I am utterly fascinated.

But I am glad it got you paid and spread some wonderful WAM to the masses. (I do love the constant creamy slimings, they look great in this clip/how they're used.)

JY

I really love great stories like this. Good of you to try and spread the good word of WAM.

Huh. I never knew about this. Was this the only time you ever licensed out one of your clips, Rich?

Is...that voice the guy who does Quiplash in the Jackbox party packs?

Wow, that's really cool!

Also, how many other producers lisenced their videos for mainstream productions? I know a Piefightgirls video was featured on Jimmy Kimmel in 2003 and Messygirl.com got featured on a reality TV show back in the 2000s.

Bizarre!