Being the master of your domain is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Seinfeld, from Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David’s rocky first episode to battling the network about being a show about nothing.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• Fox News
• Hollywood Reporter
• Seinfeld FAQ
• Seinfeld: How It Began
• Yahoo

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme
• Jenirae & Clint - Seinfeld Theme

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Making the first episode is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it is to make TV Show Pilots, from the recastings in 30 Rock, Gilmore Girls and Full House, to the more serious versions of Big Bang Theory and Saved By The Bell.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• ABC News
• AV Club
• Bustle
• Den of Geek
• I Was Saved By The Bell
• New York Times
• PopFocal
• SYFY
• Television Academy
• Twice
• Variety 1
• Variety 2
• Yahoo

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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Making high fantasy television is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the pilot of Game of Thrones, from the showrunners producing a terrible first episode to recasting the iconic Daenerys Targaryen.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• AV Club
• Collider
• Entertainment Weekly 1
• Entertainment Weekly 2
• Entertainment Weekly 3
• Entertainment Weekly 4
• Gizmodo
• The Guardian
• Hollywood Reporter
• HuffPost
• IndieWire
• KRCW
• MTV
• New York Times 1
• New York Times 2
• Scriptnotes
• The Telegraph
• Variety 1
• Variety 2
  
  
• 60 Minutes 1
• 60 Minutes 2
• Entertainment Tonight
• Jimmy Kimmel Live

Music:

• The Hold Steady - The Bear and the Maiden Fair
• Julien Hauspie - South Park / Game of Thrones (Wiener song mash-up)
• Ramin Djawadi - Game of Thrones (Original Soundtrack)

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Making a good female led superhero movie is (apparently) hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Wonder Woman, from the decades of trying to bring her to the big screen, to the constant juggling of writers and directors it took to finally get made.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• Box Office Mojo
• CBR
• Collider 1
• Collider 2
• Den of Geek
• Entertainment Weekly 1
• Entertainment Weekly 2
• Entertainment Weekly 3
• Gizmodo
• Good Morning America
• Hollywood Report 1
• Hollywood Report 2
• Hollywood Report 3
• Hollywood Report 4
• IESB
• IGN 1
• IGN 2
• IGN 3
• IMDb
• New York Times
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Sydney Morning Herald 1
• Sydney Morning Herald 2
• Superhero Hype
• Variety 1
• Variety 2
• Variety 3
• Variety 4
• Variety 5
• Whedoneque
• Yahoo

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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Keeping a Mogwai from eating after midnight is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Gremlins, from the insanely difficult puppetry to how it changed movie ratings for the future.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• The Associated Press
• Bloody Disgusting
• Empire
• Fangoria
• The Numbers
• Rotten Tomatoes
• TooFab
• Yahoo

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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Exorcising someone in the past is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the prequels to The Exorcist, from the unfinished DVD release of Dominion, to the completely reshot version of Exorcist: The Beginning.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• Box Office Mojo - Exorcist: The Beginning
• Box Office Mojo - Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
• Captain Howdy
• Chron
• FEARnet
• Independent
• New York Times
• Rotten Tomatoes - Exorcist: The Beginning
• Rotten Tomatoes - Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist

Featured Footage:

• Dominion: Prequel To The Exorcist (2005)
• Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) and special features
• The Simpsons (1989 - )

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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Exorcising someone multiple times is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the sequels to the Exorcist, from the nonsense that is Exorcist II: The Heretic, to the studio forced changes of The Exorcist III.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• Bloody Disgusting
• Book History
• Box Office Mojo - The Exorcist II
• Box Office Mojo - The Exorcist III
• Den of Geek
• The Exorcist: Out of the Shadows
• Fangoria

Featured Footage:

• The Exorcist (1973) and special features
• Roar (1981)
• Side Eyeing Chloe

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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Exorcising a little girl is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Exorcist, from William Friedkin’s manic directing style to the endless rumors about how cursed the movie was.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• AFI
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
• Film School Rejects
• The Friedkin Connection
• The Guardian
• The Numbers
• Raising Hell
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Washingtonian
• WTF Podcast with Marc Maron

Music:

• Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn
• Leonard Slatkin - Fantasia For Strings
• Leonard Slatkin - Five Pieces For Orchestra, OP 10
• Leonard Slatkin - Kanon For Orchestra And Tape
• Leonard Slatkin - Polymorphia
• Leonard Slatkin - Windharp
• Michael Hoenig - The Blob (Original Soundtrack)
• Mike Oldfield - Georgetown / "Tubular Bells"
• Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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Making Batman sell Happy Meals is hard. Join us for our first live show (via Utah Remote-Con, with moderator Steph Lisman from Cutscenes & Cupcakes), as we talk about how difficult it was to make Batman Forever, from the backlash against the overly kinky Batman Returns to the egotistical actor troubles of Val Kilmer and Tommy Lee Jones. 

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• Box Office Mojo - Batman
• Box Office Mojo - Batman Returns
• Box Office Mojo - Batman Forever
• Den of Geek
• Entertainment Weekly 1
• Entertainment Weekly 2
• Entertainment Weekly 3
• Hollywood Reporter
• io9
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Variety
• Vulture
• Yahoo

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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Making a sequel decades later is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to finally make sequels to Dumb and Dumber, Blade Runner, Crocodile Dundee, and Wizard of Oz.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• AV Club
• CNN
• Collider
• Deadline
• Film Freak Central
• How Did This Get Made? - Episode 69: Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
• Independent
• LA Times 1
• LA Times 2
• Wall Street Journal

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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