Midnight Heat
| The Cinema Snob | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Stoned Gremlin Productions Presents: The Cinema Snob |
| Genre |
Black comedy Insult comedy Satire Parody Review Deadpan Metahumor |
| Created by | Brad Jones |
| Written by | Brad Jones |
| Starring | Brad Jones Lloyd (2010–present) Jillian Zurawski (2009–present) Jerrid Foiles (2009–2013) |
| Opening theme | "Believe It or Not" by Joey Scarbury (2008–2013) "0000000018" by Alone in the Chaos (2013–2015) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 382 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Michael Michaud |
| Producer(s) | Brad Jones |
| Location(s) | Springfield, Illinois |
| Editor(s) | Brad Jones |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | Varies |
| Production company(s) | Stoned Gremlin Productions Channel Awesome (2010–present) |
| Distributor |
YouTube (2007–2009, 2012–present) Blip (2009–2015) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
YouTube (2007–2009, 2012-present) Blip (2009–2015) |
| Original release | June 16, 2007 (YouTube) August 5, 2009 (thecinemasnob.com) |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | 80's Dan |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Cinema Snob is an American comedy webseries created, edited, written, and starring filmmaker Brad Jones (born December 20, 1981). It started in 2007 on YouTube before copyright claims caused Jones to move the series to its own personal site, TheCinemaSnob.com, in August 2009. The series later joined Channel Awesome in January 2010.
The series follows the Cinema Snob, a caricature of pretentious film critics, as he reviews obscure exploitation films and pornography from the late '60s through the early '90s. Since 2013, however, the Snob has started to review more widely released films, such as the Friday the 13th series, Mommie Dearest, the Halloween series, Debbie Does Dallas, The Babe Ruth Story and Xanadu.
The series has obtained a large cult following, and has met with a positive reception. A movie adaptation, The Cinema Snob Movie, was made in 2012, directed by frequent Jones collaborator Ryan Mitchelle.
Brad Jones was inspired to create The Cinema Snob after watching Roger Ebert's review of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. "That review was very funny to me," Jones says, "and it made me think of how odd it is in general to see film snobs try to review horror or exploitation films. So that's how I came up with the character. I'm reviewing these movies the same way a pretentious cinema snob would and I'm trying to give some laughs at the expense of the movies to people like me who really do love exploitation films." Jones based the Snob's appearance and voice on an audience member he saw at a Q&A panel for George A. Romero, who told Romero how he had interpreted Monkey Shines as a metaphor for evolution and the bond between animal and man. The first episode, a review of Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror, aired on YouTube on June 16, 2007. He ran the show on his channel until he was confronted by a copyright claim from the distributors of Nail Gun Massacre. Then, Jones moved his videos to its own website, TheCinemaSnob.com, in 2009. For this new site, Jones also created several more series, such as Kung Tai Ted, The Big Box, The Bruno Mattei Show, and Brad & Jerrid, and uploaded two of his feature films (Freak Out and Cheap) to the site that same year. "So I built up a back log," Jones says, "so there would be a lot of content, to where I could apply to That Guy With the Glasses when my site had been up for a few months." Jones managed to rise in popularity when Noah Antwiler promoted his website.
...
Wikipedia